Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Safety precautions when working in the vicinity of high-voltage components
| Danger to life due to high voltage |
| The high-voltage system is under high voltage. If high-voltage components are damaged, there is a risk of severe or fatal injury due to electric shock. |
| – | Perform visual check of high-voltage components and high-voltage cables. |
| – | Never use cutting or forming tools, or any other sharp-edged tools. |
| – | Never use heat sources such as welding, brazing, soldering, hot air or thermal bonding equipment. |
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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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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Other materials:
Removing and installing wheel bearing unit, multi-link suspension,
four-wheel drive
Special tools and workshop equipment
required
Torque wrench -V.A.G 1332-
Torque wrench -V.A.G 1410-
Remov ...
Removing and installing data bus diagnostic interface -J533-
Note
When renewing the control unit, select
Renew function for the respective control unit in
Guided fault finding or
Guided functions mode
→ Vehicle
diagnostic tester.
Removing
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Checking airbag securing parts after an accident
All damaged securing parts must always be renewed. It is not
permissible to bend the components back into shape or
»make them fit«
The following components must be checked after the relevant
airbag has been triggered.
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