Does anyone have a schematic of the fuse panel behind the lower left dash in the MKVI GTI -- or know where I can obtain one ? I'm having difficulty troubleshooting fuse failure, because identifying a blown fuse requires pulling each one to determine failure. I need a map. Or a brain transplant. Help.
If you still didn't get your hands on a fuse map or solve your problem yet, try using a DMM (digital multimeter) and test for continuity using the needle-like probes. It's faster and more reliable than pulling each one out and looking to see if it's blown (sometimes the blown fuse is so clean that it's hard to tell).
Super simple: turn your DMM on to test continuity, and to test how it works, touch your red and black probe ends together. You should hear a *beeeep* letting you know that there's continuity, ie. you have a complete circuit running from one probe to another.
Now go to your fuse box. If you look at your fuses, you'll see two tiny exposed fuse leads, one on each side of the amp number (15, 20, 30, etc.).
The fuse leads are tiny, just big enough for your DMM probe. Touch one fuse lead with the red probe and the other fuse lead with the black probe. Doesn't matter which probe goes to which lead. If your fuse isn't blown, you'll hear a beep. If it is blown, that means there's no continuity, and you've found your culprit.
You can go through all your fuses using this method in under a minute. Auto techs use this method all the time to test possible blown fuses.