Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Safety precautions when using testers and measuring instruments during a road test
| Risk of injury through insecure testing and measuring instruments |
| When the front passenger airbag is triggered in an accident, insufficiently secured testing and measuring instruments become dangerous projectiles. |
| – | Secure testing and measuring instruments on the rear seat. |
| or |
| – | a second person must operate the testing and measuring instruments on the rear seat. |
Safety precautions when working on the cooling system
Risk of scalding by hot coolant
When the engine is warm, the cooling system is under pressure.
Danger of scalding due to steam and hot coolant.
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Alway ...
Safety precautions when working on high-voltage system
Danger to life due to high voltage
The high-voltage system is under high voltage. There is a risk of
severe or fatal injury due to electric shock.
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Pe ...
Other materials:
Radiator fan control unit -J293
Note
Available in various designs, sometimes fitted to the
radiator fan -arrows-.
This control unit switches the magnetic clutch and thus the
air conditioner compressor on and off. It cont ...
Run-flat tyres, retrofitting/requirements when using run-flat tyres
Caution
Retrofitting run-flat tyres to vehicles may only be
undertaken if the tyres are fitted as standard or they
are available as an option.
These tyres may only be used ...
Checking exhaust ventilation for passenger compartment
Note
The stale air escapes via ventilation openings in the
luggage compartment trim.
If the ventilation is to function properly, the exhaust
openings must not be covered.
The ventilation ...
