Ribbed Belt, Checking Condition
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2025 Volkswagen Jetta. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
-- Turn the engine at the vibration damper/belt pulley using a socket.
Check ribbed belt -1- for:
- Sub-surface cracks (cracks, core ruptures, cross sectional breaks)
- Separation (cover layer, belt cords)
- Breaks at lower layer
- Fraying of cords
- Wear at flanks (material wear, frayed flanks, hardening or glazing of flanks, surface cracks)
CAUTION:
Identified defects such as sub-surface cracks, separation, breaks at lower layer, fraying of cords or wear at flanks.
Failures and malfunction of the generator/engine/belt drive.
- Replacing the ribbed belt.
CAUTION:
Gasoline and diesel engines which came into contact with oils, brake fluid, fuels or AdBlue®.
Failures and malfunction of the generator/engine/belt drive.
- Replacing the ribbed belt.