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Volkswagen Golf Variant / Jetta. Manual - part 607

 

 

Test conditions
The battery -A- must not have been charged or discharged within

the last 2 days.
Carry out following procedures:
– Check no-load voltage of battery -A- with hand-held multime‐

ter -V.A.G 1526 B- .

Test result

No-load voltage

Charge

Condition of battery -A-

11.60 V

0 %

Discharged, no capacity. Heavily discharged

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Measured value

Measure to be performed

No-load voltage greater than or

equal to 12.5 V

No-load voltage OK

No-load voltage less than 12.5

V

– Charge battery -A-

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2. Checking battery A     

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Charging battery -A-

WARNING

Danger of injury! Observe warning notices and safety regula‐

tions 

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 !

Caution

To prevent damage to battery -A- and vehicle, the following

instructions  relating  to  types  of  battery  must  be  observed

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WARNING

Do not test or charge batteries -A- whose magic eye is “col‐

ourless/light yellow”. Do not slave/jump start the vehicle!
Danger  of  explosion  when  checking  and  charging  or  slave/

jump starting
These batteries -A- must be replaced.

3.1

Battery charger -VAS 5095 A-

WARNING

Danger of injury! Observe warning notices and safety regula‐

tions 

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 !

WARNING

Do not test or charge batteries -A- whose magic eye is “col‐

ourless/light yellow”. Do not slave/jump start the vehicle!
Danger  of  explosion  when  checking  and  charging  or  slave/

jump starting
These batteries -A- must be replaced.

Note

The effective charge current cannot be read on this battery

charger -VAS 5095 A- . Charge current must be read exter‐

nally using a pick-up clamp ( 100 A pick-up clamp -VAS 5051B/

7- )

Observe ⇒  Operating instructions for battery charger -VAS

5095 A- .

♦ Description of battery charger -VAS 5095 A- 

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♦ Charge battery -A- 

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♦ Charging totally discharged battery -A- 

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♦ Buffer mode/trickle charging 

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3.1.1

Description of battery charger -VAS

5095 A-

The battery charger -VAS 5095 A- is suitable for charging all 12V

batteries -A- supplied by Volkswagen.
The battery charger charges without peaks in amperage or volt‐

age. This will not adversely effect the onboard electronics. Battery

-A- can remain in the vehicle while charging and do not have to

be disconnected from the on-board supply.
Battery charger -VAS 5095 A-
1 -

ON/OFF

 switch (0 = OFF)

2 - Charging current indicator (I greater than 12 A)
3 - Charging current indicator, battery -A- partially charged

(greater than 90 %)

4 - Trickle charging, lights up green when battery -A- is fully

charged

5 - Malfunction indicator
6 - Support mode indicator
7 -

Support mode/normal mode

 changer-over switch

8 - Charger cable: red terminal (+), black terminal (-)
9 -

Battery type

 changeover switch (on floor of charger)

3.1.2

Charging battery -A-

WARNING

Danger of injury! Observe warning notices and safety regula‐

tions 

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 !

Special tools and workshop equipment required
♦ Battery charger -VAS 5095 A-

Caution

Always set battery type 2.4 V/C (volts/cell) when charging! This

applies to all batteries -A- .

3. Charging battery A     

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The temperature of the battery -A- must be at least 10 °C.

WARNING

Do not test or charge batteries -A- whose magic eye is “col‐

ourless/light yellow”. Do not slave/jump start the vehicle!
Danger  of  explosion  when  checking  and  charging  or  slave/

jump starting
These batteries -A- must be replaced.

Carry out following procedures:
– Switch off ignition and all electrical consumers.
– Check setting for battery type on 

battery type

 switch

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Battery type

 switch must be set to 2.4 V/C

(volts/cell).

– Connect red terminal clamp (+) to positive terminal of battery

-A- .

Note

In vehicles with start/stop function and battery monitor control unit

-J367- fitted, black terminal clamp (-) must be connected to body

earth. Connecting it to negative terminal of battery -A- will cause

start/stop system to malfunction.

– Connect black terminal clamp (-) to negative terminal of bat‐

tery -A- /negative connection point.

– Switch on battery charger -VAS 5095 A- 

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The charging current indicators 

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 -2- and -3- light up

yellow. If only the yellow LED -3- lights up, battery -A- is partially

charged (approx. 90%).
If the green LED 

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 -4- lights up as well, the battery

charger -VAS 5095 A- has switched to maintenance mode. The

battery -A- is fully charged.
– Switch off battery charger -VAS 5095 A- 

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– Remove charger unit terminals from battery terminals.

3.1.3

Charging totally discharged battery -A-

WARNING

Danger of injury! Observe warning notices and safety regula‐

tions 

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The battery charger -VAS 5095 A- detects fully discharged bat‐

teries -A- automatically and starts the charging process gently

with a low charging current. The charging current is automatically

adapted to suit the charge condition of the battery.

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