Battery, Removing And Installing, Battery In Luggage Compartment: Installing
Only maintenance-free batteries conforming to standards "TL82506" (from 12/1997) and "VW75073" (from 08/2001) may be installed.
If the vehicle was originally equipped with a deep cycle resistant and leak-proof AGM battery, another AGM battery must be installed when replacing.
Batteries from the Audi Parts Program have a base strip adapter for conforming to different clamping strips. Whether and how bottom strip-adapter is used. Refer to operating instructions for battery.
-- Insert the battery and push in the bracket -1, 2 and 3- until stop in direction of -arrows-.
- The battery must not be able to move at all.
-- Attach the hose for the central venting system.
Install in the reverse order of removal. Note the following:
-- When the ignition and electrical equipment is switched off, connect the battery in the following sequence:
-- First connect the battery positive cable terminal -2- to the battery positive terminal "+" by hand and tighten the nut -3-.
-- Close the cover -1- over the battery positive terminal.
-- Disconnect the connector -2- from the Battery Monitoring Control Module -J367- -3-.
-- Connect the battery ground cable terminal clamp to the battery negative terminal "-" by hand and tighten the nut -1-.
-- Reconnect the connector to the Battery Monitoring Control Module -J367-.
-- Make sure the battery is secure after installation.
-- If the battery was replaced, then the new battery must be adapted.