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Volkswagen Golf Variant / Jetta. Manual - part 472

 

 

Battery Charger - VAS5903-

⇒ “3.3.1 General Information”, page 48
⇒ “3.3.2  Battery Charger VAS5903 Device Description”,

page 49
⇒ “3.3.3 Battery, Charging with Battery Charger VAS5903 ”, page

49
⇒ “3.3.4  Battery Charger VAS5903 Refresh Charge”, page 51
⇒ “3.3.5 Severely Discharged Battery, Charging with Battery

Charger VAS5903 ”, page 54
⇒ “3.3.6  Battery Charger VAS5903 Support Mode”, page 55
⇒ “3.3.7  Battery Charger VAS5903 Maintenance Charging”, page

57

3.3.1

General Information

WARNING

Risk of injury. Follow all warning messages and safety pre‐

cautions. 

Refer 

to

⇒ “1.3 Warnings and Safety Precautions”, page 3

 .

WARNING

Do not check or charge a Battery - A- when the visual indicator

has »no color or is bright yellow«. Jump starting must not be

used!
There is a risk of explosion during testing, charging or jump

starting.
These Batteries - A- must be replaced.

Observe the Battery Charger - VAS5903- Operating Instructions.
♦ Battery Charger - VAS5903- device description. Refer to

⇒ “3.3.2  Battery Charger VAS5903 Device Description”, page

49

 .

♦ Charge the Battery - A- . Refer to

⇒ “3.3.3 Battery, Charging with Battery Charger VAS5903 ”,

page 49

 .

♦ Refresh charge. Refer to

⇒ “3.3.4  Battery Charger VAS5903 Refresh Charge”,

page 51

 .

♦ Severely discharged Battery - A- , charging. Refer to

⇒ “3.3.5 Severely Discharged Battery, Charging with Battery

Charger VAS5903 ”, page 54

 .

♦ Support mode. Refer to

⇒ “3.3.6  Battery Charger VAS5903 Support Mode”,

page 55

 .

♦ Maintenance charging. Refer to

⇒ “3.3.7  Battery Charger VAS5903 Maintenance Charging”,

page 57

 .

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Battery Charger - VAS5903- Device De‐

scription

The Battery Charger - VAS5903- is designed to charge all 12 V

Batteries - A- in the VW group.
Battery Charger - VAS5903-

Control field overview
1 - Display
2 -

-button “Up”

3 -

-button “Down”

4 -

START/STOP

-button

5 -

INFO

-button

3.3.3

Battery, Charging with Battery Charger

- VAS5903-

Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Battery Charger - VAS5903-

WARNING

Risk of injury. Follow all warning messages and safety pre‐

cautions. 

Refer 

to

⇒ “1.3 Warnings and Safety Precautions”, page 3

 .

WARNING

Do not check or charge a Battery - A- when the visual indicator

has »no color or is bright yellow«. Jump starting must not be

used!
There is a risk of explosion during testing, charging or jump

starting.
These Batteries - A- must be replaced.

Note

The Battery - A- temperature must be at least 10 °C.

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the ignition key.

– Connect the Battery Charger - VAS5903- to the power supply.

The last selected operation mode is shown on the display.

Refer to

⇒ “3.3.2  Battery Charger VAS5903 Device Description”, page

49

 .

– Set the battery type with the 

INFO

 button.

The symbol -1- for “standard charge of wet batteries” or the sym‐

bol -2- for “standard charge of Gel/Absorbent Glass Mat (AGM)

batteries” is indicated in the display.
– Set the battery capacity (Ah) on the Battery - A- to be charged

with the corresponding 

 button or 

 button.

– Connect the red charge terminal (+) to the positive terminal of

the Battery - A- .

Note

On vehicles with a Start/Stop function and an installed Battery

Monitoring Control Module - J367- , the black charge terminal (-)

must be connected to the body ground. The Start/Stop system

will malfunction when it is connected to the Battery - A- negative

terminal.

– Connect the black charge terminal (-) to the negative terminal

of the Battery - A- /negative connector.

The Battery Charger - VAS5903- recognizes the nominal voltage

of the connected Battery - A- (6 V/12 V/24 V) and begins the

charging process automatically.

The Battery Charger - VAS5903- begins the “final charging” when

the charge level is approximately 80 to 85%. The fourth bar is

indicated on the display -1-. The Battery - A- is ready to be used.

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-1-.
With the battery type “standard charge”, parallel operation of

electrical consumers during the charging process is possible. The

charging time is lengthened by this.
Depending on the battery type, the Battery Charger - VAS5903-

switches to maintenance charging after 1 to 7 hours. To reach a

100% charge level, the Battery - A- should remain connected to

the Battery Charger - VAS5903- .
Possible malfunctions and how they are handled
1 - Displayed voltage does not match the nominal voltage:
– Hold down the 

 button or 

 button until the charging process

begins.

2 - Displayed battery voltage does not match rated voltage -

charging process has already begun:

– Press the 

START/STOP

 button two times.

– Hold down the 

 button or 

 button until the charging process

begins again.

3 - The charger does not recognize a Battery - A- , when the

battery voltage is less than 2 V:

The display remains unchanged.
The selected battery type and Ampere hours (Ah) are displayed.
Battery - A- charging, ending
– Press the 

START/STOP

-button.

– Remove the charging clamps from the battery terminals.
– Disconnect the Battery Charger - VAS5903- from the power.

3.3.4

Battery Charger - VAS5903- Refresh

Charge

Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Battery Charger - VAS5900-

WARNING

Risk of injury. Follow all warning messages and safety pre‐

cautions. 

Refer 

to

⇒ “1.3 Warnings and Safety Precautions”, page 3

 .

WARNING

Do not check or charge a Battery - A- when the visual indicator

has »no color or is bright yellow«. Jump starting must not be

used!
There is a risk of explosion during testing, charging or jump

starting.
These Batteries - A- must be replaced.

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