Volkswagen Jetta, Golf, GTI: 1993-1999 Cabrio: 1995-2002 Service Manual [Paperback]

Bentley Publishers (Author), Robert Bentley Inc. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1999 | Series: Volkswagen

This new service manual is the best source of comprehensive and up-to-date maintenance and repair information for all models of the Volkswagen Jetta, Golf, GTI, and Cabrios sold in the USA and Canada from 1993 through early 1999.

Features:

* Covers all Volkswagen A3 models with "1H" or "1E" at position 7 and 8 of 17 digit Vehicle Identification Number (VIN).

* Includes Cl, GL, LE, GLS, GLX, GTI, City, Wolfsburg, Trek, and K2 editions.

* Engine and cylinder head service, repair and reconditioning, including VR6 timing chain setup and adjustment.

* Troubleshooting and repair of Bosch Motronic, Bosch Mono-Motronic engine management systems and Diesel fuel injection.

* Emission control tests, repairs, and adjustments, including Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) and Secondary Air Injection (AIR) system.

* Transmission maintenance, troubleshooting, adjustment and repair, including 6-cylinder clutch hydraulics and automatic transmission cable shift.

* Complete adjustment and repair for "Plus" and "Base" suspension, including power-assisted rack and pinion service and repair.

* Disc/drum brake repair and troubleshooting, including anti-lock brakes (ABS) and traction control (EDL)

* Heating and ventilation repair, including blower motor replacement and air conditioning trouble diagnosis on CFC-free (R134a refrigerant) A/C system.

* Body adjustments and repairs, including Cabrio top and sunroof replacement and adjustment.

* Complete electrical wiring diagrams

* Comprehensive Volkswagen factory tolerances, wear limits, adjustments, and tightening torques that you've come to expect from Bentley manuals.

Engines and transmissions covered:

* 1.8 Liter gasoline (engine code ACC)

* 1.9 Liter turbo-diesel (engine code AAZ)

* 1.9 Liter turbo-direct injection (engine code AHU)

* 2.0 Liter gasoline (engine code ABA)

* 2.8 Liter VR6 gasoline (engine code AAA)

* 020 and 021 5-speed transmission

* 096 and 01M 4-speed adaptive automatics

Product Details

• Paperback: 832 pages
• Publisher: Bentley Publishers; 1st edition (May 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0837603668
• ISBN-13: 978-0837603667
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #442,791 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Since 1950, Bentley Publishers has helped professionals and do-it-yourself mechanics by publishing highly detailed automotive manuals and time-saving service guides. We started by reprinting and distributing hard-to-find British car manuals, such as Austin-Healey, MG, and Triumph. Today we offer a full line of technical automotive reference information for Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Volkswagen and many other vehicles.

Everything that goes into a Bentley manual - from developing the outline, tearing down a car, authoring the repair information, taking our own photography, to meticulously disassembling the vehicle (and putting it back together again!) - is done by our team of Technical Editors right here in our Cambridge, Massachusetts office.

In authoring our manuals, our approach has been to go for the details, resulting in books that may look intimidating, but are easy to use. More detail and less "averaging of facts" leads to less guess work when you are working on a car.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book! Very details instructions w/ good photos..., October 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Volkswagen Jetta, Golf, GTI: 1993-1999 Cabrio: 1995-2002 Service Manual (Paperback)

I am not an "auto mechanic" by any means, so I was pleasantly surprised when I recently ordered this book and used it to remove and replace the exhaust manifold gasket on my '94 Jetta. The book gave very detailed and easy to understand instructions to aid me in my task. The book has also helped me with other various tasks, including a complete front and back brake job and a complete tune-up. The book has already saved me hundreds of dollars & I would recommend it to anyone who is thinking about working on their own water cooled Volkswagen.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, but still needs more detail.., January 14, 2001

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M. Sumerano "sumo300" (Old Forge, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Volkswagen Jetta, Golf, GTI: 1993-1999 Cabrio: 1995-2002 Service Manual (Paperback)

This is an excellent repair and maintenance book. However, when attempting to service my brakes, it fell short of giving a full explanation of what needed to be done. All I really wanted to do was to was replace my brake pads, but the caliper drawings were confusing and it referenced one-time-only use on the bolts holding the caliper, which is not true. A little lock tite on the bolt and you're good to go. The replacement bolts are just new bolts with lock tite already applied, and, as long as the bolt is in good shape, there is no need to replace. This should have been referenced. It also did not reference the requirement to use a special caliper piston tool on the rear calipers, since the rears need to be twisted because of the e-brake.

Overall, however, this is a great book and a must-have for any 1993-99 Jetta, Golf, or Cabrio owner.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This book is excellent! But......, January 26, 2000

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Hung-Hui Wang - See all my reviews

This review is from: Volkswagen Jetta, Golf, GTI: 1993-1999 Cabrio: 1995-2002 Service Manual (Paperback)

I've got this book today,the content is very detailed and easy to read it! I'll begin to repair my mal-functioned A/C lights on Saturday.this book gave me great helps.

The only pity is this book only cover 2.0L 8v engine in code ABA(This is for North America only) (My engine code is 2E)

But I also bought a Haynes book"Volkswagen Golf & Vento (Feb '92 to '95)" from Amazon.co.uk. With cross-reference, I think this will do to me! which contains european models!