The Volkswagen Sharan has been on the market from 1995 to the present in two generations. 1st generation was produced in 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. During this time, the car was restyled 2 times. Accordingly, there are also several block execution schemes. In this material, we will show the location of all electronic control units, we will describe in detail the purpose of fuses and relays in the 1st generation Volkswagen Sharan. Separately, we note the cigarette lighter fuse.
The number of units, their design and the purpose of the elements may differ from the one presented and depend on the year of manufacture, the level of equipment and the country of delivery. We will present 2 of the most popular options: the first option is suitable mainly for models produced before 1998, and the second after.
General layout
Arrangement of the electronic control units.
In the passenger compartment
The main fuse and relay boxes are located on the left side of the dashboard, behind the protective cover.
Behind it there will be an additional relay box.
Fuse box
Type 1
Type 2
Main relay box
Located behind the fuse box.
Auxilary relay box
In the engine compartment
The main power fuse box is located next to the battery and is covered by a cover.
Main unit
Decoding:
- 60A - Glow plugs
- 40A - Radiator fan
- 40 / 60A - Radiator rotator
- 110A - Interior
- 150A - Generator
- 3A - Multifunctional control unit
- 30A - ABS
- 30A - ABS (pump)
Additional unit
On some models, another additional unit was installed.
- 50 - Air conditioning decoupling relay (114)
- 51 - Relay off air conditioner (147)
- 52 - Reserve
- 53 - Reserve
- 54 - Relay of high power heating (103)
- 55 - Relay for starter and reversing lights (158)
- 56 - Air pump relay (53)
- 57 - Secondary air pump relay
- 58 - Fuse for radiator fan, glow plugs for additional heating elements for coolant
- 59 - Relay low heating power (103)