ISOFIX car seat brackets

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ISOFIX car seat brackets

Postby 64 SPLIT on Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:44 pm

Thought I'd post this up as it may be of useful reference to anyone else wanting/needing ISOFIX brackets in their B5.
B5.5's as far as I know came with these as standard though don't count on my word.
The ISOFIX brackets sit just behind the base cushion and allow you to simply click a baby seat base onto it and know that it's correctly fitted and secure - unlike the daft messing about you get with seatbelt-secured versions.

When I went in to my local VW dealership to ask about a retro-fit kit for these I was told point blank that if they weren't fitted as standard there was NO retro-fit kit. That's bull. I told them I'd seen the stuff online so the guy went off to ask the 'technical department' who rang me back on the Monday morning and told me the same - NOT available.

So I found the part numbers online:
8B0 813 545A for the actual bracket (you'll need one bracket per seat - so if you've got two kids or want the option of fitting the car seat on either driver/passenger side you'll need two).
You will also need two special bolts per bracket, part number 8L0 837 453 - this may differ depending on your model - but essentially it's the same bolt?!

Lift up the seat base cushion and take a peek at the back - you should see two pieces of sticky tape covering the necessary holes, remove the tape - all B5's have these - not sure about B4's?
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(with seat back removed ...)
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To gain enough access to bolt the bracket in place you'll need to remove the backrest for the seat too...
Drop the seat back forward and in between the two seat backs there's a small bracket that covers the two centre pivots for the seat backs. This is fitted with a T30 torx screw which you need to remove.
In an estate it looks like this (bracket and screw removed)...
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Remove the seat base by sliding it off the pin at the opposide side of the seat back. Then simply bolt up the bracket as shown - make sure you put it the right way up!
The bolts should be torqued up to 30lb/ft. I used a little thread lock on the bolts too.
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Refit the seat back. Do the same on the other side if you're fitting two brackets. Job done.
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Total cost - £40.60 (inc VAT) per bracket.
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Re: ISOFIX car seat brackets

Postby biz69 on Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:04 pm

cheers just got to persuade the miss's we need to get a seat with it now to save me messing about
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Re: ISOFIX car seat brackets

Postby Jarek on Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:51 pm

Just ordered parts today but had problems with part numbers.

Part number for bracket I got was 8D0 813 545

and part number for screw has changed last month so new

part number for screw is WHT 001 230

Now just need some spare time to fit this :lol:
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Re: ISOFIX car seat brackets

Postby passata on Tue Mar 23, 2010 10:16 am

For any others looking to retrofit isofix brackets, my W plate 2000 passat estate has the holes under the duck tape just as described and the part number still exists. 2 day delivery from my dealer.
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Re: ISOFIX car seat brackets

Postby matpat on Mon Apr 12, 2010 3:53 pm

I have just brought an 04 Plate Passat to find it didn't have Isofix fitted, Big supprise as my 03 plate Golf V5 did. However the information on this blog has helped me no end and I was able to fit mine in under 10minutes yesterday. Cheers to all for the information above and especially for uploading the how to photos (VERY HELPFULL)

If you need parts sending via post then email vagoemparts@ymail.com, Paul there has been really helpfull ;)
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Re: ISOFIX car seat brackets

Postby bill on Fri May 21, 2010 9:39 pm

All i can say is GOOD MAN! for putting this post up, i went to look at my 2001 passat sport estate, presuming it wouls have isofix as our 2001 golf does, and the advert said it did have, the car was spot on, and i'd made my mind up i was going to have it, thought i'd just double check the isofix points :shock: there was none! i didn't know what to do tbh, so i rang the mrs and our arrangement was that, the other car we buy honda crv would be the family car, so we could manage, i was a bit pissed off it didn't have them but thought we'd manage, so bought it anyway, then i found this post :hyst :hyst :hyst

say no more, 20 minutes later and a brocket socket ~x( jobs a good un!

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Re: ISOFIX car seat brackets

Postby 64 SPLIT on Mon May 24, 2010 7:11 pm

Glad to be of help! :)
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Re: ISOFIX car seat brackets

Postby mrstumotion on Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:50 pm

does anybody know if these part numbers work for the 4motion estates as well ? I need to get these sorted soon but I remember seeing something about the boot floor and rear seats of the 4motions being different to the 2wd estates ? any help would be appreciated as always.
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