long shot - 08 Passat question

Danton J.A. Cardoso djacardoso at gmail.com
Wed Nov 11 20:35:47 PST 2009


And it is said that Germans are some of the best engineers?  What are
they thinking?  Thank God, nothing broke.

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:
> Thanks... I finally got it to drop, it requires counter-intuitive violence.
>
> Break off rear cover, remove screws.  Then break off dome light clear
> cover, remove screws, break whole unit free.
>
> One bug in the ointment now - there probably isn't an ignition 12v wire
> in there anyway, the sunroof controller is under the dash somewhere,
> etc.  Fun fun fun.
>
> Kent McLean wrote:
>> Huw Powell wrote:
>>> I'm trying to remove the sunroof/dome light panel on an 08 Passat to
>>> hard wire a radar detector.
>>>
>>> Pulled off rear plastic cover and undid two torx screws, now the rear
>>> is "loose" but the front of the panel is very tight.
>>>
>>> Anyone ever been anywhere near this area and know how to get the thing
>>> hanging by wires?
>>
>> ETKA is no help; the diagram for the "sliding roof" switch doesn't show
>> the cover.  I seem to recall the 200's cover being counter intuitive --
>> instead of pulling back away from the windshield, you push it towards
>> the windshield. That has nothing to do with a Passat, but it may give
>> you a new direction (pun) to take.
>>
>
> --
> Huw Powell
>
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