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Windshield Assembly Overview






Flush-Bonded Windows

Windshield Assembly Overview

• On vehicles equipped with lane assist, the camera must be recalibrated if the windshield has been replaced.





1 - Windshield

• Removal, refer to => [ Windshield ] Flush-Bonded Windows.

• Distance to roof dimension - a - = 3 mm" ±.5mm

• Align distance at sides.

2 - Adhesive Sealing Material

• Observe curing times.

• Note varying spacing dimensions to window edge:

• Dimension - b - = 18 mm±2mm

• Dimension - c - = 8 mm±2mm

• Dimension - d - = 20 mm±2mm

3 - Cover Profile

• Can be replaced, refer to => [ Windshield Cover Profile ] Flush-Bonded Windows.

4 - Molding

• Is supplied with the windshield

• If damaged, pull off molding frame and remove adhesive residue using window scraper.

• Clean adhesion area with D 009 401 04 and prime with D 009 200 02.

• Press new molding frame onto window edge centered.

5 - Plenum Chamber Cover

• Removal, refer to => [ Plenum Chamber Cover, Removing and Installing ]

• For new replacement windows, a protective piping is located in the retaining strip, which must be pulled off before installing plenum chamber cover => [ Removing Protective Piping for Grip Channel ].

• Press into fastening strip only after window adhesive curing time has elapsed.

6 - Drip Rail

• Press into clips to stop only after the minimum curing time for the adhesive.

• When pressing in drip rail, make sure sealing lip lies flat against windshield and does not slip behind edge of windshield.

7 - Retaining Clip

• Press drip rail in to stop of clip.

Plenum Chamber Cover, Removing and Installing





- Remove the wiper.

- Pull seal - 4 - upward and remove.

- Pull front plenum chamber cover - 3 - toward front out of plenum chamber cover - 1 -.

- Pull plenum chamber cover starting at side - arrow - in steps upward from grip channel of windshield - 2 -.

Removing Protective Piping for Grip Channel





- Pull off protective piping from grip channel only after installing window.

- Before installing plenum chamber cover, protective piping - 1 - must be pulled out of grip channel - 2 - of windshield - 3 -.