Safety Precautions; General Safety Precautions; Start/Stop System Safety Precautions - Volkswagen Golf 2015 Repair Manual

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Safety Precautions

⇒ 2.1 General Safety Precautions , page 3
⇒ 2.2 Start/Stop System Safety Precautions , page 3
⇒ 2.3 Safety Precautions when Tow Starting and Towing , page
4 .
⇒ 2.4 Safety Precautions during Road Test with Testing Equip‐
ment , page 4 .
2.1

General Safety Precautions

Observe the following to Avoid Personal Injury and Vehicle Dam‐
age:
WARNING
There is a risk of injury and accident from accidentally engag‐
ing a gear when the engine is 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 Electrical and Elec‐
tronic Components, Observe the Following:
♦ Connect and disconnect test equipment only when the ignition
is off.
Caution
Risk of damaging electronic components when disconnecting
the battery.
♦ Complete the steps for 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 .
2.2

Start/Stop System Safety Precautions

When Working on Vehicles with Start/Stop, Note the Following:
WARNING
Danger of injury through automatic motor starting with vehicles
with the Start/Stop System.
♦ For vehicles with an activated Start/Stop System (recog‐
nizable from a notification in the instrument cluster), the
motor can be started automatically if needed.
♦ Always make sure the Start/Stop System is disabled when
working on the vehicle (turn off ignition, if needed, turn the
ignition back on).
Golf 2015 ➤ , Golf Variant 2015 ➤
Direct Shift Gearbox - Edition 09.2015
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2. Safety Precautions