Removing and installing air conditioner compressor fuse S355 — VW
Removing and installing air conditioner compressor fuse S355 on VW: 19 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Golf VII Variant (BA), VW Golf VII (5G, 2012–2020)
📋 Procedure
- Observe safety precautions Safety precautions when handling refrigerants.
- Comply with notes Working on refrigerant circuit.
- Observe safety precautions when working on the high-voltage system Safety precautions when working on high-voltage system.
- Observe safety precautions when working in the vicinity of high-voltage components Safety precautions when working in the vicinity of high-voltage components.
- Observe the risk category of the high-voltage system 00Risk category of the high-voltage system.
- Now de-energise the high-voltage system 93De-energising the high-voltage system.
- Unscrew bolts (2) from cover (1).
- Pull out fuse (3) on high-voltage cable connector (2) for charging unit 1 for high-voltage batteryAX4 in (direction of arrow A).
- Press catch (4).
- Pull high-voltage cable connector (2) for charging unit 1 for high-voltage batteryAX4 off power and control electronics for electric driveJX1(1).
- Remove cover (1).
- Release catches (3) in direction of arrows (A), (B) and (C).
- Unclip catches (2) upwards.
- Remove safety cover (1).
- Remove bolts (2).
- Remove air conditioner compressor fuse S355(1).
- Screw in bolts for cover.
- Tighten bolts in the sequence (5), (6) and (1). The remaining bolts can be tightened in any sequence.
- Re-energise high-voltage system 93De-energising high-voltage system.
Other VW procedures
- Removing engine · 41 torque figures
- Removing and installing camshaft – VW Golf Cabriolet · 47 torque figures
- Adjusting valve timing – VW Passat B5 · 83 torque figures
- Removing and installing camshafts – VW Passat B6 · 39 torque figures
- Removing and installing coolant pump · 53 torque figures
- Checking low-pressure fuel system – VW 2.0 TDI
- Removing and installing alternatorC, 1.8 l, 125 kW petrol engine
- Removing and installing starter, 1.4 l petrol engine, 90/110/118 kW, dual clutch gearbox
- 5-speed manual gearbox 0AH — Checking gear oil
- Removing and installing toothed belt pulley for coolant pump, type 1
Who makes these pages, and how
TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
Seen a figure that does not match your manual? Write to us — we correct it and note when. support@torqfix.com
The story behind TorqFix →Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.