Battery -A-, DISCONNECTING AND CONNECTING, 0K3: Disconnecting
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2022 Audi S3, 2022 Audi RS 3, 2022 Audi A3 Quattro, and 2022 Audi A3. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
-- Switch off the ignition and all electrical equipment. Place the ignition key outside of the vehicle.
-- Remove the luggage compartment floor from the vehicle toward the rear.
-- Remove the tool box from the vehicle.
-- Remove the nut -2- from the ground connection and remove the ground cable -1-.
CAUTION:
Risk of short circuit by the battery terminal clamps.
- Insulate the battery terminal clamps.
-- Immediately wrap the ground wire with insulating tape and set it aside.