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Relating to my other VW post here....
I have found a couple of hitches when fault-finding on the Golf. The fuse layout diagram does not relate to the actual fusebox, the fuse for the leccy windows is not to be found, and the handbook does not list the correct fuse size for each circuit.
VW CS are hopeless. All I want is to know the fuse rating for each circuit, which fuse is which (a bit tricky when the fusebox layout does not equate to what is on the plan), and a pointer to which fuse is the electric windows. Sure, in the handbook there is a helpful symbol denoting EW, but it does not appear on the fusebox diagram....
They tell me that they do not give Joe Public the information about fuse ratings as they want customers to go to a VAG dealer in case there is an underlying problem. Where have we heard that one before?
My arguement is that VW should EITHER tell customers the correct circuit ratings OR mention in the handbook their above get-out clause. They do neither. I tried to explain that if someone was to replace the fuse, how would they know which was the correct size?
For example, imagine the previous owner had a fuse-blowing problem and replaced it with a larger one, twice the size, then the new owner will replace that fuse with one of the same value, assuming the old one is the correct size.
I have found a couple of hitches when fault-finding on the Golf. The fuse layout diagram does not relate to the actual fusebox, the fuse for the leccy windows is not to be found, and the handbook does not list the correct fuse size for each circuit.
VW CS are hopeless. All I want is to know the fuse rating for each circuit, which fuse is which (a bit tricky when the fusebox layout does not equate to what is on the plan), and a pointer to which fuse is the electric windows. Sure, in the handbook there is a helpful symbol denoting EW, but it does not appear on the fusebox diagram....
They tell me that they do not give Joe Public the information about fuse ratings as they want customers to go to a VAG dealer in case there is an underlying problem. Where have we heard that one before?
My arguement is that VW should EITHER tell customers the correct circuit ratings OR mention in the handbook their above get-out clause. They do neither. I tried to explain that if someone was to replace the fuse, how would they know which was the correct size?
For example, imagine the previous owner had a fuse-blowing problem and replaced it with a larger one, twice the size, then the new owner will replace that fuse with one of the same value, assuming the old one is the correct size.