Lock Carrier Cover, Removing And Installing: Removing

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Courtesy of VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.

Version I

-- Remove the expanding clip bolts -1, 2, 3 and 5-.

-- Lift the lock carrier cover -4- -arrow- and disengage it from the radiator grille.

Version II

Courtesy of VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.

-- Remove the expanding clip -2-.

-- To remove the expanding clip, press in clamping pin -1- carefully by dimension -x- until it audibly engages in the expanding clip -arrow-.

Dimension -x- = 5 mm

-- Remove the released expanding clip with a clamping pin.