Volkswagen Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Work sequence

Vehicles with manual gearbox

• ‒ → Adjust accelerator cable by moving the retainer -arrow- at the support bracket, so that the full throttle position is attained at the throttle valve control part.

Vehicles with automatic gearbox

Special tools, workshop equipment, testers, measuring instruments and auxiliary items required

• ◆ V.A.G 1526 A Hand multimeter

• ◆ V.A.G 1594 A Auxiliary test set

Work sequence

• ‒ → Adjust accelerator cable by moving the retainer -arrow- at the support bracket, so that the full throttle position is attained at the throttle valve control part.
• ‒ Release accelerator pedal.
• ‒ Pull 2-pin connector off kick-down switch (F8) in engine compartment (on the bulkhead).

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

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

• ‒ Release accelerator pedal.
• ‒ Check idling speed and full throttle stops on throttle valve after adjusting.