General Information

General Information


NOTE: Several different types of battery may be installed on Golf/Jetta vehicles. Each requires specific servicing:
- Batteries with charge indicator ("magic eye") and foil sealed cell caps. Low Maintenance Batteries, Checking
- Batteries with charge indicator ("magic eye") without cell caps. Maintenance Free Batteries, Checking
- Batteries without charge indicator. Battery Without Charge Indicator (Magic Eye), Checking
- For identification purposes, the following battery type definitions establish the technical differences between the two installed battery types.


Battery type definitions
- Low Maintenance Batteries: Lead-antimony coated electrodes (plates). With or without charge indicator. Electrolyte filling caps accessible.
- Maintenance Free Batteries: Lead-Calcium coated electrodes (plates). With charge indicator. Electrolyte filling caps not accessible.