Checking emergency exit battery voltage: Audi A8 D4
Step-by-step checking emergency exit battery voltage for the Audi A8 D4: 11 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi A8 D4 (4H, 2010–2017)
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- The test voltage is disconnected after 60 minutes without terminal 15!
📋 Procedure
- Switch on ignition.
- Connect hand-held multimeterV.A.G 1526 A to test coupling T2oc (right next to (1)) on emergency exit system control unit J479 using auxiliary cables from measuring equipment setV.A.G 1594/C.
- Measure the voltage.
- Switch off ignition.
- Remove the following fuse for the voltage supply to emergency exit system control unit J479:
- Start the stopwatch.
- Check emergency exit battery and replace, if necessary . [Note: The test voltage is disconnected after 60 minutes without terminal 15!]
- Check emergency exit battery and replace, if necessary .
- Fit all fuses again.
- Switch on ignition.
- Switch off ignition.
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