Battery, Charging With Battery Charger:Vas5095A

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Special Tools And Workshop Equipment Required

Battery Charger:VAS5095A

NOTE:

If software updates or flash campaigns/actions must be performed on a vehicle, a charger with at least 70 A must be used in order to avoid problems during software updates and flash campaigns/actions.

Battery Charger:VAS5903 . Refer to BATTERY CHARGER .

Battery Charger:VAS5908 . Refer to BATTERY CHARGER .

WARNING:

Risk of injury. Follow all Warnings and Safety Precautions. Refer to WARNINGS AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS .

CAUTION:

While charging, always set the battery type to 2.4 V/C (Volts/Battery Cell)! This applies to all batteries.

NOTE:

The battery temperature must be at least 10 °C (50 °F).

WARNING:

Batteries that have a light yellow visual indicator do not have to be tested or charged. Do not give a jump start.

There is a risk of explosion during testing, charging or jump starting.

These batteries must be replaced.

-- Turn off the ignition and all electrical consumers.

-- Check the battery type setting on the battery type selector. Refer to BATTERY CHARGER . It must be set to 2.4V/C (Volts/Cell).

-- Clamp the red charging clamp "+" of the charger to the positive battery terminal.

NOTE:

In the case of vehicles with a start/stop function and an installed Battery Monitoring Control Module:J367 , the black charging clamp "-" must be connected to the body ground. The start/stop system will malfunction if it is connected to the negative terminal on the battery.

-- Connect the black charging clamp "-" of the charger to the negative battery terminal.

-- Switch on the battery charger. Refer to BATTERY CHARGER .

Charge current displays. Refer to appropriate service information. -2 and 3- light up yellow. When only the yellow LED -3- is lit, the battery is partially charged (approximately 90 %).

If the green LED. Refer to appropriate service information. -4- is also lit, the charger has switched to the charge sustain function. The battery is charged.

-- Switch off the charger. Refer to BATTERY CHARGER .

-- Remove the charger clamps from the battery terminal clamps.