Audi A3

Since 1997 of release

Repair and car operation

Safety locks

THE GENERAL DATA

Protection of electric contours of the car is provided with application of a combination of safety locks, breakers of a chain and fusible inserts. The burnt down safety lock is easy for distinguishing from serviceable by survey of its transparent plastic case.

Attentively examine a safety lock about its revealing перегорания. If the safety lock outwardly looks normally, but suspicions on its malfunction have remained, make conductivity check between ножевыми the plugs acting from its case.

REPLACEMENT

PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. Before safety lock replacement necessarily switch off the corresponding consumer and ignition.
	2. Safety locks are in the block of safety locks from the left face party of the panel of devices behind a cover.
3. Open a cover for what insert a screw-driver with a flat working part from below into a backlash (the marksman on an illustration) and wring out a cover.
4. The plan of placing of safety locks is on an inside of a cover of the block of safety locks.
5. Additional safety locks are on the relay panel, and also on the additional carrier of the relay behind the panel of the relay and in the holder of the storage battery.
6. At cars with the diesel engine the safety lock for preliminary heating is in a box of safety locks on the storage battery.
	7. A sign of the burnt down safety lock is the fused metal strip.
	8. Remove from the interior of a cover plastic clips and take out the failed safety lock.
9. Insert a new safety lock on the same current strength. The nominal current strength of a safety lock is specified on a handle underside. Besides, the safety lock handle has colour marks on which also it is possible to define a nominal current strength.
10. Again establish into place a cover of the block of safety locks.
11. If after a while the new safety lock again fuses, it is necessary to check up a corresponding electric chain.
12. At all do not replace a safety lock with a wire or a similar material as it can lead to serious damages of an electric equipment.
13. It is recommended to have always in the car spare safety locks.

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