2020 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 8 GTE Owners Manual

rakefcanpoltetheenvonmentnysplservefsmustbecanedup
anddposedofproper
12-vovehbattery
troductntothetop
The12-vovehbatteryacomponentoftheectraystemandservestosupp
powertheveh
oushouoncarryoutworkontheectraystemyouknowexacthowtoper
formtherequedtasksreawareofthegeneraafetyproceduresandhaveaccesstothe
correctequmentervefsandsuabtooaligtocarryoutworkcorrectcan
causeserusrsAlorkshoubecarrdoutbyaquaidworkshopo-
swagenrecommendsusgaVoswagendearshforthpurpose
formatnonwarnganddatormpsthatihtupcanbefoundthe
troubshootgsectnsattheendofthechapter(->12-vovehbatteryAQ)
ocatnof12-vovehbattery
The12-vovehbatterycatedundertheggagecompartmentforaccessed
vacovertheggagecompartmenthhcanbeunscrewed
xpnatnofthewarngsonthe12-vovehbattery
Aaysweareyeprotectn
ctroteverycorroseandcaustayswearprotectegvesandeye
protectn
ofeparksakedihtsorsmokg
hhexpsemtureofgasesgenoffwhenthe12-vovehbattery
chargg
ayskeepchlrenawayfromectroteandthe12-vovehbattery
aysobservetheownermanua

ARNG
Anyworkonthe12-vovehbatteryandtheectraystemcancauseserus
chemaurnseorectrshocksaysreadthefolwgwarngsandsafety
formatnbeforecarrygoutanykdofwork
wchoffthennandalctraonsumersbeforecarrygoutanyworkon
the12-vovehbatteryandaodconnectthenegatecabfromthe12-vo
vehbattery
hlrenshouaaysbekeptawayfromectroteandthe12-vovehbattery
aysweareyeprotectnandprotectegves
ctroteveryaggressecanburntheskandcancausebidnesshen
workgwhthe12-vovehbatterynsurethatyourhandsrmsandface
parturareprotectedfromacspllge
onotsmokedurgtheworkndneverworknearnakedfmesorsparks
henhandigcabsandectraqumentvogeneratgsparksandectro
statcharge
evershortccuthebatteryterma
everuseadamaged12-vovehbatterycanexpdeamaged12-voveh
battersmustberepcedassoonasposs
everuseafrozen12-vovehbatterycharged12-vovehbatterscan
aeadyfreezeattemperaturesofaround0(+32)rozen12-vovehbatters
mustberepcedmedte
vehswhthe12-vovehbatterytheggagecompartmentnsurethat
thebreatherhoseconnectedpropertothe12-vovehbattery
WARNG
The12-vovehbatteryaweargpartuetoadecreasecapacyofthe12-vo
vehbatteryafety-revantsystemssuchasthesteergandbrakgterventn
heihtsortheabagsystemsmayberestrtedthefunctnorfalompteh
couresuserusaccentsandrsoavothbservethefolwgsafety
precautn
vethe12-vovehbatteryrepcedevery4yearsbyaquaidworkshop
NOTE
Donotexposethe12-vovehbatterytodectdayihtforanextendedte
heuravtradtncandamagethebatteryhousg
OTE
Protectthe12-vovehbatteryagastfrostthevehftstandgforexten
dedperds
he12-vobatterycanfreezeandbedestroyedasaresu
Whenyoustarttheengeafterthe12-vobatteryhasbeentotaldchargedor
aftermpstartgoumayfdthatsystemsettgs(teateersonaon
venncesettgsandprogrammg)havebeenchangedordetedheckand
correctthesettgsasnecessaryoncethe12-vovehbatteryhasbeensuff
ntcharged

heckgtheectrotevefthe12-vovehbat-
tery
Theectrotevefthe12-vovehbatteryshoubecheckedregurhh-
mlagevehshotcountrsandoer12-vovehbattershe12-vo
vehbatteryotherwematenance-free
atteryposntheggage
compartment
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battery
penthebooti(->Bootiescrtn)
he12-vovehbatterycatedtheggagecompartmentundertheggage
compartmentfor
ttheggagecompartmentfortogaaccesstothecover(T)ofthe12vo
vehbatteryF
pengthecoverofthe12-vovehbattery
Toopennscrewthecoverwhasuabtoo
ocsecrewthecoverbackonwhasuabtoo

atterywdowonthetopofthe12-
vovehbattery(llstratn)
heckgtheectroteve12-vovehbatterswh
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nsurethatenoughihtavalbforyoutocarseethecourdatorthe
roundbatterywdowonthetopofthe12-vovehbattery(arrow)Fever
usenakedfmesorgwgobctsasaihtsource
hecourdpyedtheroundbatterywdowchangesaccordgtotheectrote
veithe12-vovehbattery
htyelworwhoutcourTheectrotevefthe12-vovehbatterytoo
whe12-vovehbatteryshoubecheckedand
repcedbyaquaidworkshopnecessary
ckTheectrotevefthe12-vovehbatterycorrect
WARNG
Anyworkonthe12-vovehbatterycancauseseruschemaurnsxpsnsand
ectrshocks
aysweareyeprotectnandprotectegves
ctroteveryaggressecanburntheskandcancausebidnesshen
workgwhthe12-vovehbatterynsurethatyourhandsrmsandface
parturareprotectedfromacspllge
evertlthe12-vovehbatteryctrotemayspllutofthebatteryvents
andcausechemaurns
everopena12-vovehbattery
acsplyoureyeoronyoursksemedteforseverauteswh
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harggepcgconnectgandconnectgthe
12-vovehbattery
yoususpectthatthe12-vovehbatterydamagedorfauyotoaquaidwork
shopandhavethe12-vovehbatterychecked
harggthe12-vovehbattery
The12-vovehbatteryshoubechargedbyaquaidworkshopsthetechnogy
usedfactory-fted12-vovehbattersrequesvoage-iedcharggChar
ggepcgconnectgandconnectgthe12-vovehbatteryoswagenre
commendsusgaVoswagendearshforthpurpose
epcgthe12-vovehbattery
The12-vovehbatteryhasbeendevepedtosuthecondnsofsstaltn
catnandhasspecafetyfeaturesa12-vovehbatteryhastoberepced
cusstheectromagnetcompatliyeandnecessaryservgutputandsafetyre
quementsforthenew12-vovehbatterywhaVoswagendearshbeforepur
chaseheventltnopengofthe12-vovehbatterymustaaysbeonthenegat
etermaeheventltnopengontheposetermaemustaaysbe
sead
nmatenance-free12-vovehbatterscompintwhthestandardsTL82506
andVW75073shoubeusedhesestandardsmustbedatedOctober2014orter
ayshavethe12-vovehbatteryrepcedbyaquaidworkshopstheveh
ectronsmustbeadaptedaspartoftherepcementprocessnquaidworkshops
havethetechnogyrequedtocarryoutthadstmentcorrectoswagenrecom
mendsthatthe12-vovehbatteryrepcedbyaVoswagendearsh
connectgthe12-vovehbattery
Paseobservethefolwgthe12-vovehbatteryhastobedconnectedfromthe
ectraystemtheveh
wchoffalctraonsumersandthenn
nckthevehbeforedconnectgthebatteryordertoavotrgergthe
anttheftarm
stdconnectthenegatecabandthentheposecabCharggepcg
connectgandconnectgthe12-vovehbattery
onnectgthe12-vovehbattery
wchoffalctraonsumersandthennbeforereconnectgthe12-vo
vehbattery
streconnecttheposecabandthenthenegatecabCharggepcg
connectgandconnectgthe12-vovehbattery

arusdatormpsmayihtupafterthe12-vovehbatteryhasbeenconnected
andthennswchedonheywllooutyoudreashortdtanceataspeedof
approxate15-20km/h(10-12mph)thedatormpsremaiupheveh
shoubecheckedbyaguaidworkshop
the12-vovehbatterywasdconnectedforanextendedperdhesystemmay
notabtocauteorcorrectdpythetewhenthenextservedue(->stru
mentcsterescrtn)bservethemaxumpermsserveterva(->Ma
tenanceescrtn)
ehswhKeyssAccess->KeyssAccessescrtn)thenncannotbe
swchedonafterconnectgthe12-vovehbatteryckandunckthevehfrom
theoutsehentrytoswchonthennagaaseseekexpertasstancethe
nncannotbeswchedon
utomatswch-offforectraonsumers
Thetelientvehectraystemautomatalpmentsarangeofmeasuresto
preventthe12-vovehbatteryfromdcharggunderhhads
heigspeedcreasedsothattheaernatorprovesmoreectry
heperformanceofrgeectraonsumersmaybereducedortheymaybeswched
offcompte
hepowersupptothe12-vosocketandthecaretteihtermaybeterrupted
temporarlwhltheengebegstarted
hevehectraystemcannotaayspreventthe12-vovehbatteryfromd
charggorexampwhenthennswchedonforanextendedperdwhthe
engeoffrwhentheseorparkgihtsareonwhenthevehparkedforanex
tendedperd
atteryswch-offanaccentwhhtheabag
trgered
vehswh12-vovehbatterytheggagecompartmentheectraonnec
tntothe12-vovehbatterydconnectedpyrotechnaltheeventofanacc
entwhhtheabagsaretrgeredhpreventsashortccu
2-vovehbatterydcharged
yngstandgperdswhoutrunngtheengespeclthenn
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hroughuseofectraonsumerswhentheengeswchedoff

WARNG
correctsecurgthebatteryandusgcorrect12-vovehbatterscancause
shortccuseandserusrs
aysusematenance-freeandak-proof12-vovehbattersthathavethe
samepropertspecatnsanddensnsasthefactory-fted12-voveh
battery
vehswha12-vovehbatterytheggagecompartmentnsurethatthe
breatherhoseproperattachedtothe12-vovehbatteryakesurethatno
opengasdchargeopengsarecatedtheareaaroundtheposebatteryter
mathereanopenventltnopengthareamustbecsedoffwha
pghebreatherhosemustbeconnectedtotheopenbreatheropengthearea
ofthenegateterma
ARNG
Ahhexpsemtureofgasesgenoffwhenthe12-vovehbatterybeg
charged
2-vovehbattersshouonbechargedwelventltedspaces
everchargea12-vovehbatterywhhfrozenorhasbeenfrozencharged
12-vovehbatterscanaeadyfreezeattemperaturesofaround0(+32)
he12-vovehbatterymustberepcedhaseverfrozen
correctconnectedcabscancauseashortccustconnecttheposecab
andthenthenegatecab
OTE
everconnectordconnect12-vovehbattersthennswchedonor
theengerunngeverusea12-vovehbatterythatdoesnotcorrespond
whthevehspecatnshcandamagetheectraystemorectron
componentshhcancauseectraaus
everconnectequmentthatsuppisectrpoweruchassorpaneorabat
terychargerothe12-vosocketortothecaretteihtertochargethe12-vo
vehbatteryhcandamagethevehectraystem
2-vovehbattersmaycontatoxsubstancessuchassuhurac
andadposeofthe12-vovehbatteryaccordancewhtherevant
regutns
Ectrotecanpoltetheenvonmentanupanyservefakagesand
dposeofthemproper

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wchoffanyectraonsumersthatarenotrequed
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avetheectraystemchecked
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autheconnectnbetweenthevehectraystemandthe12-voveh
battery
thevehdresystemdeactatedthsuatncannotbeswchedbackon
agatartthevehusgmpadsnecessary(-mpstartgescrtn)or
seekexpertasstance
otoaquaidworkshop
avetheectraystemchecked
2-vovehbattery
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authesystemformonorgthe12-vovehbattery
otoaquaidworkshop
avetheectraystemchecked
2-vovehbattery
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auepce12Vbatteryasevworkshop
he12-vovehbatteryhasaostreachedtheendofsserveie
otoaquaidworkshop
avethe12-vovehbatterycheckedandrepcednecessary(->12-voveh
batteryepcg)