Volkswagen Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Vehicles with automatic gearbox

• ‒ → Adjust throttle cable by moving the retainer at the support bracket so that the full throttle position is just attained at the throttle valve lever.

Vehicles with automatic gearbox

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items

• ◆ Distance piece 15 mm

• ◆ Hand multimeter V.A.G 1526
• ◆ Adapter set V.A.G 1594

• ‒ → Clamp distance piece -1-,
       a = 15 mm,
  between accelerator pedal -2- and stop -3- and hold accelerator pedal in this position.

• ‒ → Adjust throttle cable by moving the retainer at the support bracket so that the full throttle position is attained at the throttle valve lever.
• ‒ Release accelerator pedal.

• ‒ → Connect hand multimeter V.A.G 1526 with aux. cables from V.A.G 1594 to kickdown switch.
• ‒ Check resistance at switch.
       Specification: ∞ω
• ‒ Slowly move accelerator pedal in direction of full throttle.

Shortly after the kickdown pressure point the resistance must drop to 0 ω.
At this point the accelerator pedal must be just off the stop.