Stuck center console arm rest

So I get in my car yesterday and lift up the arm rest to put some cards in the little storage bin and now it won't go back down. Doesn't matter if I extend the armrest back and forth it doesn't allow me to lay it flat. Am I going to have to remove the center console to take this apart and get it to work again?

Good time to order a rear vent that's been broke for over a year ?

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Nobody eh? I talked with my service writer friend and he showed this to his mechanics and none have ever seen this happen. Told me to bring it in. I don't schedule open ended appointment at the dealer so I will be tearing into this over the weekend. Hope it something small. Looks like a major PITA to remove.

To repair this, VW offers a kit. They used to offer the whole kit and kaboodle which to my mind indicates VW has seen this before.

Takes about an hour to R&R the console's rear panel and replace the BROKEN pins (which are locking the cover in the open position). It's NOT necessary to remove the complete console, just the rear trim.

Local dealer charged me ~$140 for the parts "kit" and labor.

FWIW…

a) Online info does NOT reveal the method to get to the "latch pins."

b) This repair is NOT an intuitive one, especially for those cars w/ the 115VAC outlet.

Thanks, I have the outlet out back as well. I need to replace my rear vent and figured I could kill two birds here. May not be so simple

30Bones said:

Thanks, I have the outlet out back as well. I need to replace my rear vent and figured I could kill two birds here. May not be so simple

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FWIW, the "kit" is $42. If you're good, you can "make" the little (metric) nylon pins.

My Tig did this the other day, I had the arm rest up plugging my phone into the charger and somehow i pushed it a bit further and I heard a pop noise..Its an easy fix, take the back panel off and there is this little piece of spring steel, that acts as a stop and also rubs along the curved support, I noticed it had went past its mark, I had to pry it out a bit to let the end stop of the armrest by and I am back to normal again. I put a zip tie around it to act as a pre stop I can feel hit first, so I know not to go farther now that that little tab is bent a it differently then it was from going past its stop.

Doesn't sound too difficult, Should be able to attack this over the weekend.

Black11TDI said:

My Tig did this the other day… Its an easy fix, take the back panel off and there is this little piece of spring steel

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That's good news for Tig owners, sounds quite a bit "simpler" than the JSW's use of nylon pins instead of that steel spring.

I guess I don't recall my golf, when I had mine apart a few years ago, I do remember the duct tape over the factory spring around the shaft, that wasn't on my Tig. I do know one thing is the armrest is a lot stronger. I was always afraid to bear weight in mine, fearing I would break it. I am starting to find more and more differences now, since the Tiguan is basically a fat Golf as a friend calls it, I just thought it was a taller armrest, but I guess they are 2 totally different ones now. Thanks for the clarification..

Got it apart yesterday and nothing appeared broken. Reassembled and it's working as it did before. Kind of an oddity of sorts.


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02TDIred said:

FWIW, the "kit" is $42. If you're good, you can "make" the little (metric) nylon pins.

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Do you have a part number or details on this fix?

Just figured it out and posted the fix at Vortex: https://forums.vwvortex.com/showthr...t-won-t-stay-up-fix&p=113440461#post113440461