Safety Precautions; General Safety Precautions; Safety Precautions When Working On Vehicles With Start/Stop System - Volkswagen Golf Variant 2007 Repair Manual

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Safety Precautions

⇒ "5.1 General Safety Precautions", page 5
⇒ "5.2 Safety Precautions when Working on Vehicles with Start/
Stop System", page 5
⇒ "5.3 Safety Precautions during Road Test with Testing Equip‐
ment", page 6
5.1

General Safety Precautions

To avoid personal injury and damage to the vehicle, observe the
following:
WARNING
Risk of injury and accident by accidentally engaging a gear with
the engine running.
♦ Move the selector lever into "P" and set the parking brake
before working on a running engine.
To prevent personal injury and damage to the electrical/electronic
components, note the following:
♦ Only connect and disconnect test equipment when the ignition
is off.
Caution
Risk of destroying electronic components when disconnecting
the battery.
♦ Follow the steps when disconnecting the battery.
♦ Always turn off the ignition before disconnecting the bat‐
tery.
– Disconnect the battery. Refer to ⇒ Electrical Equipment; Rep.
Gr. 27 ; Battery; Battery, Disconnecting and Connecting .
5.2 Safety Precautions when Working on
Vehicles with Start/Stop System
Note the following when working on vehicles with a Start/Stop
System:
WARNING
Risk of injury if the engine starts automatically in vehicles with
a Start/Stop System.
♦ For vehicles with an activated Start/Stop System (recog‐
nizable from a notification in the instrument cluster), the
engine can be started automatically if needed.
♦ For this reason make sure the Start/Stop System is disa‐
bled when working on the vehicle (turn off ignition, if
needed, turn the ignition back on).
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5. Safety Precautions