VW Passat B5

since 1996 release

Repair and operation of the car

The arrangement of safety locks and electric chains protected by safety locks are given in the sticker located from the inside on a cover of the block of safety locks.

Always replace a safety lock with other safety lock of the same power. Each safety lock has an inscription about the size of the protected current. Never replace a safety lock more than once, without having defined the reason of its burn-out.

Additional safety locks are available on the relay block, the additional block of the relay and the block of electronics. The block of the relay is located in interior of the car on the left side under the dashboard. The block of electronics is located on the left side about a partition of a motor compartment.

On models with diesel engines the safety lock of system of preliminary heating of the diesel engine is located on a relay arm in electronics block.

For replacement of safety locks open a cover for what insert the screw-driver into a groove from the lower party which is noted by an arrow and press a cover.

If the safety lock fused, so the conductor connecting contacts of a safety lock is broken off, see rice. Visual check of integrity of a safety lock.

To remove a safety lock, use tweezers for extraction of a safety lock from the socket (see rice. Use of tweezers for removal of a safety lock). Get a safety lock from tweezers. The wire in a safety lock is swept easily up and will be broken off if the safety lock fused.

Establish the new safety lock calculated on the same current. From a reverse side each safety lock has an inscription about the size of the protected current. Besides, color of a safety lock also corresponds to the size of the protected current.

Current	Color
5	Light brown
10	Red
15	Blue
20	Yellow
25	White
30	Green

The safety lock designated on the block of safety locks at number 24 on electric circuits of the car is designated by number 224, that is on electric circuits figure 2 is ahead added to number of a safety lock.