Volkswagen Golf GTI 2016, Owner'S Manual

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Open the appropriate fuse box → Fuses in the vehicle .
Identifying a blown fuse
Shine a flashlight on the fuse. This makes it easier to tell if the
fuse has blown.
A blown blade fuse (ATO
®
, MINI
®
) has metal strips that have
burned through, which you can see through the transparent
housing from above and from the side → Fig. 222 .
A blown cartridge fuse (JCASE
®
) has metal strips that have
burned through, which you can see through the transparent
housing from above → Fig. 222 .
Replacing a fuse
In some vehicles, there are plastic tweezers for removing blade
fuses on the inside of the fuse box cover in the engine
compartment.
Open the fuse box cover in the engine compartment → Fuses in
the vehicle and remove the plastic tweezers.
Depending on the type of fuse, slide the tweezers → Fig. 223
① or → Fig. 223 ① onto the fuse from the side.
Pull out the fuse.