MK1: How to - Remove and Install a drivers window switch

[Tech1e]

A simple guide for what should be a simple job. 

 

The switchpack - 

 

 

[Tech1e]

Insert a thin screwdriver into the access hole under the handle and release the locking tab. 

 

 

[Tech1e]

Separate the switch mounting trim using a plastic trim tool

 

 

 

Disconnect the switchpack and then remove the retaining screws. 

 

 

Edited 25 September, 2019 by Tech1e

[Tech1e]

Remove the old switchpack, install the new one into the trim and refit the screws. 

 

Edited 25 September, 2019 by Tech1e

[Tech1e]

Connect the switchpack and install the trim by pushing down into the handle. 

[Breezy_Pete]

Great stuff.

It's that first locking tab near the door card that's caught me out in the past. One of those things where until you see what it's like disassembled, you can't work out how the locking bit goes. This guide should help people avoid that struggle.