Starter, current supply, CCS
11 Battery A
11.1 Fundamentals for batteries A
11.2 Types of battery
11.3 Warning notices and safety regulations
21.4 Battery terminal connection
42 Checking battery A
52.1 Visual check
52.2 Test of colour display of magic eye
62.3 Checking low maintenance battery A
82.4 Checking no-load voltage of battery A (stock and stored vehicles)
112.5 Battery test using battery tester with printer VAS 5097 A
122.6 Battery tester with printer VAS 6161
172.7 Current draw test
233 Charging battery A
253.1 Battery charger VAS 5095 A
253.2 Battery charger VAS 5900
313.3 Battery charger VAS 5903
423.4 Battery charger VAS 5906
523.5 Solar panel VAS 6102 A
553.6 Totally discharged batteries A
564 Disconnecting and connecting battery A
584.1 Disconnecting battery A
584.2 Connecting battery A
595 Removing and installing battery A
615.1 Vehicles with 4-cylinder engine (petrol/diesel)
615.2 Vehicles with 5-cyl. 2.5l petrol engine
636 Starter B
666.1 Removing and installing starter B , 4-cylinder engines (petrol/diesel)
666.2 Removing and installing starter B , 5-cylinder petrol engine
696.3 Specified torques: starter B
717 Alternator C
727.1 Assembly overview - 4-cyl. 1.6l/1.8l/2.0l petrol engine
727.3 4-cylinder diesel engine with power steering - Assembly overview
747.5 Removing and installing alternator C
767.7 Securing battery positive wire on alternator C
817.8 Checking poly V-belt
827.9 Removing and installing voltage regulator C1
827.10 Checking carbon brushes
847.11 Removing and installing poly-V belt pulley on alternator C
848 Cruise control system (CCS)
888.1 Activating/deactivating cruise control system (CCS)
888.2 CCS switch E45
88Gauges, instruments
891 Dash panel insert
891.1 Renewing dash panel insert
891.2 Removing and installing dash panel insert
901.3 Installing adapter cable
901.4 Warning lamp symbols in dash panel insert
931.5 Multi-pin connector on dash panel insert up to 04.99
951.6 Multi-pin connector on dash panel insert from 05.99
982 Service interval display
1012.1 Service table
1012.2 Service interval display: resetting, up to 04.99
1012.3 Service interval display, from 05.99
1022.4 Service interval display: resetting, from 05.99
103Windscreen wash/wipe system
1051 Windscreen wiper system
1051.1 Assembly overview - windscreen wiper system
1051.2 Removing and installing windscreen wiper system
1051.3 Adjusting wiper blade park position
1081.4 Removing and installing wiper rubber
1092 Window washer system
1112.1 Assembly overview - windscreen washer system
1112.2 Adjusting spray fields for window spray jets
1112.3 Removing and installing window washer system spray jet
1123 Headlight washer system
1133.1 Assembly overview - headlight washer system
1133.2 Removing and installing spray jet carrier with spray jets
1133.3 Removing and installing headlight washer system supplementary reservoir
114Lights, bulbs, switches - exterior
1151 Headlight with halogen bulbs
1151.1 Assembly overview up to 06.05
1151.2 Assembly overview from 07.05
1161.3 Adjusting headlights
1161.4 Converting headlights from driving on the right to driving on the left and visa versa
1171.5 Removing and installing headlight, up to 06.05
1191.6 Removing and installing headlight, from 07.05
1201.7 Removing and installing headlight mounting plate, from 07.05
1221.8 Replacing bulbs up to 06.05
1231.9 Replacing bulbs from 07.05
1261.10 Removing and installing headlight range control motor, up to 06.05
1291.11 Removing and installing headlight range control motor, from 07.05
1302 Headlights with gas discharge bulbs
1322.1 Operation and safety notes for gas discharge bulbs
1322.2 Assembly overview
1342.3 Renewing bulbs
1362.4 Removing and installing headlight
1392.5 Adjusting headlights
1392.6 Removing and installing gas discharge bulb control unit
1402.7 Removing and installing front left vehicle level sender G78
1412.8 Removing and installing rear left vehicle level sender G76 :
1422.9 Removing and installing headlight range control unit J431
1422.10 Removing and installing headlight range control motor
1433 Fog lights
1443.1 Removing and installing fog light, up to 11.99
1443.2 Removing and installing fog light, from 12.99
1443.3 Removing and installing fog light, from 07.05
1453.4 Adjusting fog light height adjustment
1463.5 Renewing fog light bulb
1474 Front turn signals
1494.1 Removing and installing front turn signals, up to 06.05
1494.2 Removing and installing front turn signals, from 07.05
1494.3 Renewing turn signal bulb
1514.4 Removing and installing front turn signals (Sport Edition)
1524.5 Renewing turn signal bulb (Sport Edition)
1535 Side turn signals
1545.1 Removing and installing turn signal repeater
1545.2 Removing and installing turn signal lights (Sport Edition)
1555.3 Renewing turn signal bulb (Sport Edition)
1556 Turning signal lights in exterior mirror
1576.1 Removing and installing turn signal repeater bulb
1577 Tail lights
1597.1 Assembly overview up to 06.05
1597.2 Assembly overview from 07.05
1607.3 Removing and installing tail light, up to 06.05
1607.4 Removing and installing tail light, from 07.05
1617.5 Renewing tail light bulbs, up to 06.05
1647.6 Renewing tail light bulbs, from 07.05
1648 Reversing light
1678.1 Removing and installing reversing light, up to 06.05
1678.2 Removing and installing reversing light, from 07.05
1678.3 Renewing reversing light bulb, up to 06.05
1688.4 Renewing reversing light bulb, from 07.05
1699 Rear fog light
1709.1 Removing and installing rear fog light, up to 06.05
1709.2 Removing and installing rear fog light, from 07.05
1709.3 Renewing rear fog light bulb, up to 06.05
1709.4 Renewing rear fog light bulb, from 07.05
17110 Number plate lights
17210.1 Removing and installing number plate light, up to 06.05
17210.2 Removing and installing number plate light, from 07.05
17210.3 Renewing number plate light bulb, from 07.05
17311 Additional brake lights
17411.1 Removing and installing high-level brake light, limousine
17411.2 Removing and installing high-level brake light, Cabriolet, from 07.05
17412 Steering column switch
17612.1 Removing and installing steering column switch
17612.2 Pin assignment on steering column switch
17713 Ignition/starter switch D and lock cylinder
17913.1 Removing and installing lock cylinder
17913.2 Removing and installing ignition/starter switch D
18013.3 Pin assignment for ignition/starter switch D
18114 Parking aid
18214.1 General description
18214.2 Assembly overview - 4-channel parking aid
18214.3 Removing and installing parking aid control unit J446 saloon
18314.4 Removing and installing parking aid control unit J446 Cabriolet
18414.5 Coding parking aid control unit J446
18414.6 Adapting parking aid control unit J446
18514.7 Removing and installing rear parking aid senders
18514.8 Renewing rear parking aid senders
18714.9 Bonding sender bracket in bumper cover
18814.10 Testing parking aid senders
18914.11 Removing and installing rear parking aid warning buzzer H15 - saloon
19014.12 Removing and installing rear parking aid warning buzzer H15 convertible
19014.13 Checking rear parking aid warning buzzer H15
191Lights, bulbs, switches - interior
1921 Interior lights and switches
1921.1 Removing and installing light switch E1
1921.2 Removing and installing headlight range control/illumination regulators
1931.3 Removing and installing window regulator switch, up to 05.08
1931.4 Removing and installing window regulator switch, up to 05.08
1941.5 Removing and installing mirror adjuster switch/change-over switches
1941.6 Removing and installing front passenger side interior locking switch E198
1951.7 Removing and installing tank filler flap/rear lid remote release switches
1961.8 Removing and installing adjustable rear spoiler switch E127
1961.10 Removing and installing switches in centre of dash panel
1981.11 Removing and installing door contact switch
1991.12 Removing and installing luggage compartment light switch F5
2001.13 Removing and installing bonnet contact switch F266
2001.14 Removing and installing front interior light W1
2001.15 Removing and installing glove compartment light W6
2011.16 Removing and installing illuminated vanity mirrors
2011.17 Removing and installing rear reading lights
2021.18 Removing and installing luggage compartment light W3
2031.19 Removing and installing door warning lamps
2031.20 Removing and installing convertible roof switch Cabriolet
2042 Immobiliser
2072.1 General description
2072.2 Removing and installing immobiliser control unit J362
2082.3 Adapting immobiliser control unit J362
2082.4 Immobiliser reader coil D2
2102.5 Ignition key
2102.6 Adapting ignition keys
2103 Anti-theft alarm (ATA) and interior monitoring
2133.1 Assembly overview saloon
2133.2 Assembly overview Cabriolet
2153.3 Checking Cabriolet anti-theft alarm components
2163.4 Checking anti-theft alarm components
2163.5 Checking anti-theft alarm function
2173.6 Anti-theft alarm sensors saloon
2173.7 Anti-theft alarm sensors Cabriolet
2183.8 Removing and installing interior monitoring switch E183
2203.9 Removing and installing alarm horn H12
2214 Horn
2234.1 Removing and installing treble horn H2 / bass horn H7
223Wiring
2241 Vehicle diagnosis tester
2241.1 Connecting vehicle diagnostic tester
2242 Removing and installing fuse holder and relay carrier
2262.1 Removing and installing fuse holder on left of dash panel
2262.2 Removing and installing relay plate and 13-position relay carrier
2272.3 A-pillar coupling station
2272.4 Removing and installing fuse holder on battery A
2282.5 Removing and installing relay protective housing in engine compartment
2282.6 Removing and installing cable duct in engine compartment
2283 Control units
2303.1 Tyre pressure monitor control unit J502
2303.2 Convenience system central control unit J393
2314 Repairs to wiring harnesses and connectors
2344.1 Notes on safety
2344.2 General notes concerning repairs to vehicle electrical system
2344.3 Notes on repairs to wiring harnesses and connectors
2354.4 Crimp connector
2364.5 CAN bus line repair
2384.6 Repairs to airbag and belt tensioner wiring
2384.7 Optical fibre lines (OFL)
2394.8 Wiring harness repair set VAS 1978 B
2394.9 Release tool set VAS 1978/35
2404.10 Crimping pliers V.A.S 1978/9A
2465 Cleaning contact surfaces with contact surface cleaning set VAS 6410
2505.1 Repairing ring terminals
2505.2 Repairing threaded connections
2515.3 Cleaning battery terminals
2525.4 Anti-corrosion treatment
2536 Renewal of aerial wiring
2556.1 General description
2556.2 Assembly overview - aerial wire
2556.3 Installing a new aerial wire
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