Repair and Diagnosis: Maintenance: Procedures: Maintenance

• Type plate, vehicle identification number
  • Notes
  • Vehicle data sticker
  • Engine code and engine number
• Description of work
  • All switches, electrical equipment, displays and other driver-operated controls, checking function
  • Windshield washer system, checking and adjusting washer jet settings
    • Special tools required
    • Windshield washer jet settings
  • Headlight washer system, checking spray jet setting
  • Wiper blades, checking park position and checking for damage
    • Park position for windshield wiper blades
  • Power window regulators, checking positions
  • Digital clock, adjusting
    • Quartz clock
  • Air conditioner, checking function and setting temperature to 22°C
  • Radio (Symphony), deactivating transport mode
  • Radio, activating the anti-theft coding
  • On Board Diagnostic (OBD), checking Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) memory with VAG 1551 or VAS 5051
  • Instrument cluster (Country), coding/adapting the language variants
    • Notes
    • Adapting the language variants
  • Service Reminder Indicator (SRI), inspection service (fixed interval), resetting
    • Notes
    • Table for channels and adaption values
    • Resetting service display (VAS 5051)
      • Special tools, testers, measuring instruments and auxiliary items required
      • Connecting vehicle diagnosis, measurement and information system VAS 5051
      • Select operating mode:
      • Select vehicle system:
      • End of output
    • Adaption values: checking or changing
      • Select vehicle system:
    • Adapting the oil quality
    • Maximum time interval
    • Maximum distance in km
    • Minimum distance in km
    • Resetting of service display after service without VAS 5051.
  • Door checks and lock cylinders, lubricating
  • Hood catch hook, lubricating
  • Sun roof, checking function, cleaning guide rails and lubricating
  • Plenum chamber cover, removing
  • Telematics emergency power battery, replacing
    • Notes
    • Removing:
    • Installing:
  • Battery with magic eye, checking display and filling with distilled water
    • Notes
    • Fill with distilled water
    • Electrolyte level too high
  • Battery "no load" voltage, checking
    • Checking battery "no load" voltage (only in standing vehicles) before starting the engine for the first time
      • Test units required
  • Battery, checking secure attachment of battery cable
  • Battery, performing load test
    • Notes
    • Test equipment display during load test
  • Engine cover, removing
  • Engine (from above and below) and engine compartment, visually checking for leaks and damage
  • Windshield / headlight washer system, filling fluid
  • Cooling system, checking antifreeze and filling if necessary
    • Notes
    • Checking coolant level and fill if necessary
    • Delivery Inspection
    • Inspection Service
    • Mixture ratio
    • Checking antifreeze and fill coolant additive if necessary
    • Frost protection table
  • Air cleaner, cleaning housing and replacing filter element
    • All models:
    • 1.8 L 4-cyl. 5V Turbo engines:
    • 3.0 L 6-cyl. 5V engines
  • Spark plugs, replacing
    • Special tools required
    • 1.8 L 4-cyl. 5V Turbo engines:
    • 3.0 L 6-cyl. 5V engines:
      • Notes
      • Right-hand cylinder bank
      • Left-hand cylinder bank
  • Hydraulic system, checking for leaks, checking fluid level and filling if necessary
  • Dust and pollen filter, replacing
  • Noise insulation, removing
  • Toothed belt, replacing
    • 1.8 L 4-cyl. 5V Turbo engines
    • 3.0 L 6-cyl. 5V engines
    • Fill in toothed belt replacement sticker- all vehicles
  • Transport locks, removing blocking parts for front and rear suspension struts
    • Notes
    • Front suspension strut
    • Rear suspension strut
  • Manual transmission/final drive, checking oil level and filling
    • 5-speed manual transmission 012/01W, front wheel drive
    • 5-speed manual transmission 01A, all wheel drive
    • 6-speed manual transmission 01E, all wheel drive
  • Final drive (automatic transmission), checking oil level and filling
    • Automatic transmission 01V
    • Multitronic transmission 01J
    • Filling in sticker for final drive oil check- all vehicles
  • Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) 01J (Multitronic), changing ATF
    • Special tools and workshop equipment required
    • Test conditions:
    • Reading ATF temperature
    • Checking and filling ATF to level
    • Filling ATF
  • Engine oil, draining or extracting, change oil filter
    • Special tools required
    • All engines
    • 4-cylinder gasoline engines:
    • 6-cylinder gasoline engines:
    • All models
  • Brake system, visually checking for leaks and damage
  • Brake pads, checking thickness
    • Notes
    • Front disc brake pads:
    • Rear disc brake pads:
  • Underseal, visually checking for damage
  • Tie rod ends, checking play, attachment and protective boots
  • Tires (including spare wheel), checking condition and wear pattern
    • Checking tires
    • Delivery Inspection
    • Inspection Service
    • Checking tire wear pattern
  • Tires (including spare wheel), checking and recording tread depths
  • Tires (including spare wheel), inflating to correct pressures
  • Tire repair set, checking
  • Wheel bolts, tightening
  • Engine oil, filling
    • Notes
    • Inspection Service
    • Oil specifications
    • Oil specifications for gasoline engines:
    • Capacities with filter replacement:
    • Engines with turbocharger:
    • All Models
  • Engine oil level, checking
    • Test requirements:
  • Brake fluid level, checking
    • Notes
    • Delivery Inspection
    • Inspection service
  • Brake fluid, changing
    • Special tools and equipment required
    • Note the following:
    • Brake fluid, changing
    • Vehicles with manual transmission:
    • Continued for all vehicles:
    • Sequence: Brake fluid quantity which must flow out of wheel cylinders or brake calipers:
  • Headlights, checking and adjusting
    • Notes
    • Checking and adjustment conditions
    • Capacity Table
    • Checking headlight alignment
    • Adjusting headlights
      • Vehicles with halogen headlights
      • Vehicles with gas discharge headlights
      • Perform basic setting using VAS 5051:
      • Select operating mode:
      • Fog lights
      • Additional lights:
  • Headlights, aiming using Hella Universal Beamsetter IV
    • Service
    • Setting low beam alignment of driver's side headlight
    • Checking driver's side headlight high beam alignment
    • Aligning fog lamp
    • Passenger's side headlight, alignment
  • Test drive
  • RAPGARD®, inspection, removal and disposal
    • Notes
    • Service
    • Inspection
    • Removal
    • RAPGARD®, paint inspection after removal
    • Adhesive residue removal
    • RAPGARD® Disposal
• Vehicle, lifting
  • Notes
  • Trolley jack (floor jack)
  • Lifting platform
  • Lifting points for lifting platform and trolley jack
    • Front:
    • Rear:
• Towing
  • Notes
  • Front towing eye
  • Rear towing eye
  • Front-wheel drive vehicles
  • All-wheel drive vehicles
  • Towing speeds
    • Notes
    • Towing speed, distance (front hook-up)
      • Vehicles with front wheel drive:
      • Vehicles with All-wheel drive:
    • Towing speed, distance (rear hook-up)
      • Vehicles with front wheel drive:
      • Vehicles with All-wheel drive: