Electrical system, General information

Chapter overview

• Starter, current supply, CCS
  1
• 1 Battery
  1
• 1.1 Fundamentals for batteries
  1
• 1.2 Battery load test
  1
• 1.3 Warning notices and safety regulations
  3
• 1.4 Battery load test
  5
• 2 Checking battery
  7
• 2.1 Checking the various types of batteries
  7
• 2.2 Visual inspection
  8
• 2.3 Information about battery replacement and battery gas venting
  9
• 2.4 Checking colour indicator in battery cover
  10
• 2.5 Battery tester with printer VAS 6161
  12
• 2.6 Midtronics MCR340V battery tester only for USA/Canada vehicles
  17
• 2.7 Current draw test
  21
• 3 Charging the battery
  23
• 3.1 Battery charger VAS 5095 A
  23
• 3.2 Battery charger VAS 5900
  30
• 3.3 Battery charger VAS 5900 A
  42
• 3.4 Battery charger VAS 5903
  51
• 3.5 Battery charger VAS 5906
  63
• 3.6 Battery charger VAS 5908
  66
• 3.7 Midtronics INC 940 battery charger only for USA/Canada
  75
• 3.8 Solar charger module VAS 6102B
  79
• 3.9 Totally discharged batteries
  80
• 4 Cruise control system (CCS)
  82
• 4.1 Activating and deactivating cruise control system (CCS)
  82
• Gauges, instruments
  83
• Windscreen wash/wipe system
  84
• 1 Washer fluid line hose couplings
  84
• 1.1 Windscreen and rear window washer system
  84
• 1.2 Headlight washer system
  85
• 2 Hose repair
  86
• 2.1 General description
  86
• 2.2 Repairing smooth pipe
  86
• 2.3 Repairing corrugated pipe
  86
• 3 Distinguishing features of jointless wiper blades
  89
• Lights, bulbs, switches - exterior
  90
• 1 Operation and safety notes for gas discharge lamps
  90
• Lights, bulbs, switches - interior
  93
• 1 12 V socket
  93
• 1.1 Removing and installing 12 V socket
  93
• 1.2 Removing and installing socket illumination bulb L42
  93
• 2 Cigarette lighter U1
  94
• 2.1 General description
  94
• 2.2 Assembly overview
  95
• 2.3 Removing and installing cigarette lighter socket
  96
• 2.4 Removing and installing cigarette lighter illumination bulb L28
  99
• Wiring
  101
• 1 Vehicle diagnosis, testing and information systems
  101
• 1.1 Connecting vehicle diagnostic tester
  101
• 1.2 Connecting vehicle diagnostic tester Golf Model Year 1998 - 2003
  103
• 2 Repairs to wiring harnesses and connectors
  104
• 2.1 General notes concerning repairs to vehicle electrical system
  104
• 2.2 Wiring harness repair set
  106
• 2.3 Tool descriptions
  108
• 2.4 Repairing wiring harnesses
  113
• 2.5 Repairing fibre optic cables
  143
• 2.6 Repair of aerial wires
  152
• 2.7 Repairs to contact housings and connectors
  164
• 2.8 Releasing and dismantling contact housings
  170
• 3 Contact surface cleaning set VAS 6410
  178
• 3.1 Using contact surface cleaning set VAS 6410
  178
• 4 Renewing lambda probe
  186
• 4.1 Renewing LSF Lambda probe (4-pin)
  186
• 4.2 Renewing LSU Lambda probe (6-pin)
  187
• 4.3 Types of protective tube on universal lambda probes
  188
• 5 Exhaust gas temperature sensor
  190