Thread Repairs: Notes
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2025 Volkswagen Jetta. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
If damaged threads are repaired, inserts with zinc-nickel coating must be used.
Steel shavings from drilling must be removed completely.
Only replace threaded pins with original parts.
Damaged threads can be repaired with thread inserts with zinc-nickel coating.
NOTE:
Contact corrosion is prevented only by using this coating.
Some threads are already supplied with thread inserts at the factory.