tow VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE 2013 3.G Owners Manual
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Front view
Fig. 2 Vehicle front overview.
Key to fig. 2:
(1) Inside mirror
(2) Front windshield
Windshield antenna
(3) Windshield wipers
(4) Engine hood
(5) Engine hood release
(6) Headlights
(7) Turn signals
(8) Fog lights/static cornering lights (if equipped)
(9) Front license plate bracket
(10) Threaded hole for the front towing eye (behind cover)
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Rear view
Fig. 3 Vehicle rear overview.
Key to fig. 3:
(1) Rear window
– Rear window defroster
(2) High-mounted brake light
(3) Volkswagen Emblem for opening the luggage compartment lid
(4) Taillights
(5) Threaded hole for the rear towing eye (behind cover)
(6) Rear license plate bracket
(7) License plate lights
(8) Luggage compartment lid
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Fig. 33 A: Sliding in the bars on the wind blocker. B: Sliding in the locking pins.
The wind blocker is in a storage compartment in the vehicle's luggage compartment.
You can close the convertible top even when the wind blocker is installed.
Unfolding the wind blocker
Folding the wind blocker outward before installing it is the easiest way to get it into the correct position
for installation.
x Remove the wind blocker from the luggage compartment
x Fold both side sections outward in the direction of the arrows ⇒ fig. 32 until they lock into place.
Installing the wind blocker
The wind blocker is installed correctly when the longer side faces toward the front and the wind block-
er frame is on top.
x Insert both pins on the driver side of the wind blocker into the holes in the side trim panel above the
rear seats ⇒ fig. 33 A (1) (magnified area).
x Fold the handle B (4) at the front center of the wind blocker upward in the direction of the arrow
and hold it in place.
x Pull the section of the wind blocker that is facing the front passenger side upward slightly.
x Insert both pins on the wind blocker on the front passenger side into the holes in the side trim
panel above the rear seats B (2) (magnified area).
x Press down lightly on the center of the wind blocker B (3) until it locks into place.
x Pull the top section of the wind blocker upward so it contacts the stops and snaps into place.
Removing the wind blocker
x Fold the upper section of the wind blocker down toward the rear of the vehicle.
x Fold the handle B (4) at the front center of the wind blocker upward in the direction of the arrow
and hold it in place.
x Pull the center of the wind blocker upward opposite the direction of the arrow B (3).
x Remove both wind blocker retaining pins on the front passenger side from the holes in the side trim
panel opposite the direction of the arrows B (2).
x Remove both wind blocker retaining pins on the driver side from the holes in the side trim panel
opposite the direction of the arrows A (1).
Closing the wind blocker
x Fold the handle B (4) at the front center of the wind blocker upward in the direction of the arrow
and hold it in place.
x Fold both side sections inward opposite the direction of the arrow ⇒ fig. 32.