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Electric rear-wheel drive EIP220 and all-wheel drive EIA200, EIP220 - Edition 11.2021
❑ Renew after removing
❑ 130 Nm +180°
20 - Temperature sensor - G18-
❑ ⇒ Rep. gr. 19; Removing and installing temperature sensor [G18]
21 - O-ring
❑ Renew after removing
22 - Coolant hose
23 - Bracket
❑ Connection point for potential equalisation line
24 - Nut
❑ 8 Nm
25 - O-ring
26 - Breather line for gearbox
27 - Bolt for potential equalisation line
❑ 8 Nm
28 - Electrical connector for power and control electronics for electric drive - JX1-
3.2
Removing rear motor
Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Hook -3282/49-
♦ Pin -3282/48-
♦ bit XZN 16 -T10198-
♦ engine and gearbox jack -VAS 6931-
♦ engine bung set -VAS 6122-
♦ gearbox support -3282-
The three-phase current drive -VX54- along with the power and
control electronics for electric drive -JX1- will henceforth be
referred to as “motor”.
Removing
DANGER
High voltage can cause fatal injury.
Danger of severe or fatal injuries from electric shock or elec‐
tric arcs.
– Have a high-voltage technician (HVT) or a high-voltage
expert (HVE) de-energise the high-voltage system.
– ⇒ Rep. gr. 93; De-energising high-voltage system.
– Remove rear centre underbody cladding -1- ⇒ General body
repairs, exterior; Rep. gr. 66; Underbody cladding; Remov‐
ing and installing rear centre underbody cladding.
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Electric rear-wheel drive EIP220 and all-wheel drive EIA200, EIP220 - Edition 11.2021
– Remove rear underbody cladding -2- ⇒ General body re‐
pairs, exterior; Rep. gr. 66; Underbody cladding; Removing
and installing rear underbody cladding.
– Remove stone deflector for spring control arm -4- ⇒ Running
gear, axles, steering; Rep. gr. 42; Suspension link, track rod;
Removing and installing stone deflector for spring control
arm.
– Remove left and right drive shaft ⇒ Running gear, axles,
steering; Rep. gr. 42; Drive shaft; Removing and installing
drive shaft.
– Remove rear left and right wheel housing liner ⇒ General
body repairs, exterior; Rep. gr. 66; Wheel housing liner; Re‐
moving and installing rear wheel housing liner.
– ⇒ Rep. gr. 19; Draining coolant.
– Remove charging unit 1 for high-voltage battery -AX4-
⇒ Rep. gr. 93; Removing and installing charging unit 1 for
high-voltage battery [AX4], rear-wheel drive.
Note
The charging unit needs to be removed to allow replacement of
the gearbox mounting bolt.
– Open hose clip -arrow-, and pull off coolant hose -1-.
– Disconnect electrical connector -2-.
– Unscrew nut -arrow-, and remove retainer -1- for potential
equalisation line.
3. Removing and installing rear motor
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Electric rear-wheel drive EIP220 and all-wheel drive EIA200, EIP220 - Edition 11.2021
– Unclip coolant hose -1- as shown -arrow-.
– Unclip gearbox breather line -1- in rear left wheel housing
-arrows-.
– On gearbox side, unscrew bolts -arrows- for high-voltage
cable duct -1-.
– Place gearbox support -3282- -D- on engine and gearbox
jack -VAS 6931- -E-.
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Electric rear-wheel drive EIP220 and all-wheel drive EIA200, EIP220 - Edition 11.2021
– Position engine and gearbox jack -E- centrally under motor
and gearbox -2-.
– Screw in adapters into supports as follows:
A - Pin -3282/48-
B - Pin -3282/45- with screwed on nut -1-
C - Hook -3282/49-
– Adjust supports -A- and -B- so that they fit into jacking points
in motor and gearbox.
– Position mounting -C- under power and control electronics
for electric drive -JX1-.
– Lift motor and gearbox slightly so that weight is taken off
motor mountings.
– Use bit XZN 16 -T10198- to unscrew bolts -1- for left and
right motor mountings through opening -arrow- in longitudi‐
nal member.
– Unscrew gearbox mounting bolt -arrow-.
3. Removing and installing rear motor
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ID.4 2021 ➤, ID.3 2020 ➤
Electric rear-wheel drive EIP220 and all-wheel drive EIA200, EIP220 - Edition 11.2021
– Lower motor with gearbox approx. 150 mm.
– Detach high-voltage cable -1- from power and control elec‐
tronics for electric drive -JX1-. To do this, unscrew bolts -2-
and -3- above the gearbox.
– Open locking bracket on high voltage connector -4- in direc‐
tion of -arrow A-, and pull off high-voltage connector.
– Unclip coolant hose -1- above gearbox -arrow A-.
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Electric rear-wheel drive EIP220 and all-wheel drive EIA200, EIP220 - Edition 11.2021
– Lift catch -2- and pull off coolant hose.
– Unclip gearbox breather line -3- -arrow B-, and pull it off
gearbox.
NOTICE
Risk of damage to lines and hoses when lowering the mo‐
tor/gearbox assembly.
– Make sure that all connections between the motor/gearbox
and the vehicle body have been disconnected.
– When lowering, carefully guide motor/gearbox assembly
out of motor compartment.
– Lower motor with gearbox.
– Seal any open connections on motor and gearbox with plugs
from engine bung set -VAS 6122-.
3.3
Securing motor to engine and gearbox
support, rear motor
Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Adapter for engine and gearbox support -VAS 6095A/1-21-
♦ adapter for engine and gearbox support -VAS 6095A/1-21-
♦ engine and gearbox support -VAS 6095A-
♦ lifting tackle -VAS 501 019-
♦ retaining plate -VW309A-
♦ support plate -VW309A-
♦ workshop hoist -VAS 6100-
CAUTION
Risk of injury due to moving parts.
Danger of trapping or crushing parts of the body
– Never reach into or enter a danger zone.
Assemble lifting tackle -VAS 501 019--A-.
3. Removing and installing rear motor
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2024 VW ID.4 Owner's Manual