Which way is your fuse box mounted

vwpolo16v · Post by **vwpolo16v** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 6:38 pm

Just occurred to me that the way my fuse box is mounted does not match the workshop manual.
Mine is like this :

which seems upside-down.
have is yours mounted ?
....and does yours have the white tamper-proof paint on the two torx screws ?

jammydodger · Post by **jammydodger** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 7:11 pm

Mine is that way, and can't say I've noticed the screws tbh.

robbieg · Post by **robbieg** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 8:36 pm

mine that way, and ive not noticed the paint either.
my manual doesnt have fuse layout in it

vwpolo16v · Post by **vwpolo16v** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:16 pm

Thx for checking.
so that's three out three that are the same.

Thus it looks like the workshop manual is wrong or they deliberately chose show it that way so that the fuse numbers start with "1" at the top left (as oppose to bottom right in reality).

@robbieg, VW have not printed the fuse box layout in the User manual. Picture below is from the Workshop manual.

By not publishing the fuse box layout and thus fuse functions, they effectively force you to take your car to a garage if something goes wrong.

jammydodger · Post by **jammydodger** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:36 pm

I think its because that's for the LHD variant you know.

Mart!n-GTI-DK · Post by **Mart!n-GTI-DK** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:44 pm

Don't you think it's because the car is right hand drive?

The wiring loom is usually the same they just flip it over.
And if the loom on the back of the fuse box isn't long enough to reach the fuse box if it's the other way round then they just flip it over too.

Here is one from a left hand drive Polo 6R GTI:

Ben90 · Post by **Ben90** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 6:50 am

That's what they did with the 9n/9n3, but they still provided the Fusecard for LHD which makes changing a fuse a puzzle every time

It's mirrored in the same way by the looks of it.

robbieg · Post by **robbieg** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 7:48 am

I found in winter that my washer fuse kept blowing.
Luckily i have a mate who works at VW dealer so he told me which fuse it was.
But they won't tell you which is fuse to turn off DRLs

jammydodger · Post by **jammydodger** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:49 am

The interior lights and sidelight fuse blew and I had to take everyone out and see if it had blown, might be an idea to put up a list on here with which fuse we have found to power what?

vwpolo16v · Post by **vwpolo16v** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 10:50 am

Mart!n-GTI-DK wrote:Don't you think it's because the car is right hand drive?

The wiring loom is usually the same they just flip it over.
And if the loom on the back of the fuse box isn't long enough to reach the fuse box if it's the other way round then they just flip it over too.

Here is one from a left hand drive Polo 6R GTI:

Thx Martin !
Mystery solved.

vwpolo16v · Post by **vwpolo16v** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 10:52 am

jammydodger wrote:The interior lights and sidelight fuse blew and I had to take everyone out and see if it had blown, might be an idea to put up a list on here with which fuse we have found to power what?

I have the list from Elsawin. I will put it here this week end.

Match · Post by **Match** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 5:48 pm

My wiper fuse blew when it was snowing, it was a nightmare. My fusebox is the same way and there were no instructions in the manual...

vwpolo16v · Post by **vwpolo16v** » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:16 pm

OK. Here's the fuse listing based on info from a year ago.
DISCLAIMER: I take NO responsibility if there's incorrect info and as a consequence you burn down your car

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rlpvjz7ss91e2 ... -Fuses.pdf

Download now as I cannot guarantee how long it will be in my dropbox.

scobb · Post by **scobb** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 7:25 am

vwpolo16v wrote:OK. Here's the fuse listing based on info from a year ago.
DISCLAIMER: I take responsibility if there's incorrect info and as a consequence you burn down your car
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rlpvjz7ss91e2 ... -Fuses.pdf

Download now as I cannot guarantee how long it will be in my dropbox.

That's really helpful. Downloaded, printed and now stored in my glovebox, along with the car manual. Many thanks.

jammydodger · Post by **jammydodger** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 5:00 pm

vwpolo16v wrote:OK. Here's the fuse listing based on info from a year ago.
DISCLAIMER: I take responsibility if there's incorrect info and as a consequence you burn down your car
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rlpvjz7ss91e2 ... -Fuses.pdf

Download now as I cannot guarantee how long it will be in my dropbox.

Thanks pal, just letting you know you've dropped yourself in it with the disclaimer!

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