Volkswagen Cabriolet

Relay Replacement Guide

The large numbers printed on the top of the relays applies to OEM relays; aftermarket relays do not usually have these
numbers.

Function Original Relay Replacement Relay(s) Pin Layout

Air Conditioning
1980-1982

VW #161959141 VW #161959141

Air Conditioning
1983-1993

VW #171959141A
VW #171959141A
Meyle #1009590008; KAE #3.700.110
Cold Start Enrichment
(CIS)
1988+

VW #141951253B
VW #141951253B
Meyle #1009510001
Coolant Low-Level
Warning Control Unit

VW #191919376A
VW #191919376A
KAE #3.800.100
Cooling Fan Time
Control Unit (Digifant)

VW #191955532A VW #191955532A

Cooling Fan After-run

Control Unit
1988-1993

VW #171919505A; 141951253B
VW #171919505A
Meyle #1009510001

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Daytime Running
Lights

VW #701919505 VW #701919505

Fog Lamps
(Europe)

VW #141951253B
VW #141951253B
Meyle #1009510001
Fuel Injection Power
Supply (CIS)
AKA:
Lambda Relay
O2 sensor relay
VW #171906381 VW #7M0951253
[See notes on page 5] Audi #431951253C Bosch #0332015006
Fuel Injection Power
Supply (Digifant)
AKA:
Digifant Control
Unit
VW #141951253B
VW #141951253B
Meyle #1009510001
Fuel Pump (CIS)
1980-1982

VW #321906059C
VW #321906059C
KAE #3.300.100
Fuel Pump (CIS)
1983-1987

[See notes on last page]

VW #321906059D VW #321906059F
VW #321906059E KAE #3.300.210
Fuel Pump (CIS)
1988-1989 (N.
Amer.)
1986-1993
(Europe)
VW #321906059G; 321906059H
[See notes on last page] VW #321906059G
KAE #3.300.220; 3.300.230

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Fuel Pump (Digifant)
1990-1993

VW #191906383C
VW #191906383
KAE #2.400.140
Headlight Washers
(Europe)

VW #701955200 VW #701955200

Headlights On
Warning
Optional upgrade
for panel position
7, if currently
unused (CE1 panels Audi #443951307B Audi #443951307B
only)
Seat #1L0951307 Seat #1L0951307
Hella #3SB-004-885-02 Hella #3SB-004-885-02
Heated Seats

VW #443919533A VW #443919533A

Horns
1980-1993

VW #141951253B
VW #141951253B
Meyle #1009510001
Hot-start Pulse
Control Unit (CIS)
1980+

VW #813906064
VW #813906064
Wehrle #53201003
Idle Boost Valve
Control Unit (CIS)
1984+

VW #811905343 VW #811905343

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Intermittent Wipers

VW #321955531A
VW #321955531A Programmable: VW #357955531,
1HM955531A; KAE #3.200.110
Load Reduction
AKA:
X Circuit relay 17
VW #171937503, 171937503A
VW #7M0951253A

Power Windows
(Europe)

VW #141951253B
VW #141951253B
Meyle #1009510001
Seatbelt Warning
1980-1984

VW #171919433 (buzzer)
VW #171919433
VW #321919433B (chime)
Seatbelt Warning
1985+

VW #171919433 (buzzer)
VW #321919433B
VW #321919433B (chime)
Starter Inhibitor
Interlock
Auto trans only
1990+

VW #191927181 VW #3A0927181; 357927181A

Shift Lock Control Unit

Auto trans only
1990+

VW #191919185; 155919185 VW #191919185; 155919185

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Turn Signals &
Emergency Flashers

VW #111953227D, 191953227A;
VW #111953227D, 191953227A 1H0953227
Meyle #1009530012
Upshift Indicator
Control Unit
1981-1987
Manual trans only

VW #171919091C VW #171919091C

Important notes about the CIS-Lambda Fuel Injection Power Supply Relay
The relay MUST have the following pin The following relays are WRONG:
layout:

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