Step removed

T3Z-GB · Mar 30, 2022

Pic of the step removed incase anyone has been considering it.

and.Adam23 · Apr 9, 2022

It looks great without the shining step! I'm considering removing the step as well. Do you have a picture of what it looks like from underneath? Did you have to make any adjustments when removing the step? For example, what about the cables leading to the step?

T3Z-GB · Apr 9, 2022

and.Adam23 said:
It looks great without the shining step! I'm considering removing the step as well. Do you have a picture of what it looks like from underneath? Did you have to make any adjustments when removing the step? For example, what about the cables leading to the step?

From the side under the sliding door there is 6 bolts. I should probably put the bolts back in. Then underneath the cable can easily be wrapped and tied, and a further 3 brackets unbolted. it literally took 15 min to remove.
We never used the step from day one.

I had VW remove it and bin it. All up they charged £47

rod_vw · Apr 12, 2022

I'd roll underneath with spanners etc. and spend the £47 elsewhere. But there again I've built five campers so a bit of work underneath even for a 73 year old doesn't daunt me.

flying banana · Apr 12, 2022

Would it not have been best to remove it your self and keep it. Maybe for resale reasons?

Eber123 · Apr 13, 2022

Hello,

I thought I read somewhere that something has to be changed at the controller also, because the camper will report an error when the step is "just gone". For that reason I would prefer that VW would look after this.

But I am a bit jealous because whatever I ask my VW dealer to do, which is outside standard VW repair work, he refused and say "... they can't do it...".

Regards,
Eberhard

T3Z-GB · Apr 13, 2022

Eber123 said:
Hello,

I thought I read somewhere that something has to be changed at the controller also, because the camper will report an error when the step is "just gone". For that reason I would prefer that VW would look after this.

But I am a bit jealous because whatever I ask my VW dealer to do, which is outside standard VW repair work, he refused and say "... they can't do it...".

Regards,
Eberhard

Not sure about the controller, all in all it took 30 min to do but the step was removed in 15min. So perhaps something else was done. Either way though I have no errors appearing and everything works as normal.