VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2009 Owners Manual

Booklet 1.2 USA Warranty
Performance Warranty claim approval
You may raise a cla im und er thi s w arranty im ­
m ediatel y af te r y our vehicl e ha s fa iled a Cali ­
fo rni a 1/M lest
if, as a resul t of that fa ilure , you
a re r equir ed by law to repai r the vehicl e to avoid
imp osition of penalty or cance lla tion of your
ri ght u se the ve hicl e. You need n ot act ually
s uff er th e los s or lose the rig ht to u se yo ur ve­
h icle or pay for the r epair b efore prese nting your
cla im.
C lai ms ma y be presented only by br ing ing yo ur
veh icle
an y a uth ori zed Vo lkswagen deale r in
the United States, includin g its territo ries , a nd
Canada . Th e dea ler w ill h onor or den y yo ur
clai m wit hin a re a sonabl e tim e, not to excee d
thirt y (30) days, from the tim e at whi ch your ve­
hi cle is pr ese nted fo r repair or within any time
pe rio d sp eci fied b y local , sta te o r fe deral law,
wh ic hev er is s ho rt er, exce pt w hen a de lay is
ca used by even ts not auribu table to Vo lks wagen
or the dea le r. If the dea le r den ies yo ur cla im, you
w ill b e
in writi ng of the reaso ns fo r re­
j ec ting the claim. If you do not receive notice of
d en ia l of your claim with in th e a bove tim e pe­
riod, Volk swage n is re qui re d b y law to ho nor th e
clai m.
Unde r c ert ain cir cu mstan ces, yo ur cla im may be
denied because you have fa iled t o comp ly with
i n struction s for schedu le d maintenance con­
ta in ed in your Volkswagen Mainten an ce
boo klet. In dete rminin g wheth er yo u h ave com­
p lied with
in structi on s for sc hed uled m ain- tenan
ce an d prop er use, Volkswage n m ay re­
quire you to furnish proo f of compli anc e on ly
wit h those mainte nance instru ctio ns whi ch
Volk swage n has rea son to believe were no t p er­
formed and wh ic h co uld be th e cause of the 1/ M
T es t
Vol kswage n ma y deny an emission perfo rmance
war ranty clai m on the basis th at a non -E PA ce r­
tifi ed rep lace ment part was used in the
nance or r epair of the vehicl e if Vo lk sw age n can
prove t hat th e non-certified part is e ither d efec­
t ive in materials or workman sh ip , o r
eq uiva­
le nt from an emiss ion standp oint to the orig inal
part , and yo u are nor ab le
to offe r info rm ation
t h at th e part is eith er not d efective or eq uiva le n t
to the original part with res pect to its emi ssion
p erfor man ce.
Volk swage n will not den y a cla im re la tin g
to:
• warranty work or pre-de liv ery serv ice per­
form ed by an auth orized Vo lk swagen dea le r, or
• w ork perform ed in an e merge ncy
to rec tify
a n un safe co nditi on att ribu tabl e t o Vo lksw age n,
provided you have take n ste p s in a time ly
mann er
to pu t th e ve hicle ba ck into a con­
for min g co nd ition, or
• th e use of an uncertifi ed part or
to noncom­
pliance with in stru ctio ns for proper mainte­
nan ce and u se, w hic h i s not lO th e 1/M
Te st fa ilur e
dare it is fir st placed in
serv ice.

Proper maintenance and use
for proper maint enan ce are co n­
tained in your Volkswagen Maintena nce
bookl e1. Time and mileage intervals at whi ch
maint enan ce is
to b e perform ed, ma y vary from
mode l to model.
Vo lkswage n reco mm en ds you k eep a reco rd of
s chedul ed maint enance perfo rmed by ha vin g
yo ur Volkswagen Maintena nce booklet vali­
dated at the approximate time or mi leage inter­
va ls by a n auth ori zed Vo lkswagen dealer, and
that you prov ide these recor ds to the new ow ner
whe never yo u se ll th e vehicle.
Use of Genuine Volkswagen Parts
Vo lkswagen reco mmend s th at Genuin e Volk­
swagen parts be use d a s rep laceme nt parts for
th e m aint enan ce, repa ir or rep lacement of em is ­
s ion con trol systems . U se o f re placeme nt parts
which are nor equiv alent to Ge nuine Volk­
swage n parts i n emi ssio n pe rfo rm ance and du­
ra bilit y may impair the effec tiv en ess of em iss io n
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Fa ilur e to m ainta in yo ur vehicl e accor ding to the
in stru ction for pro per maintenance may cause
t h e ve hicle to excee d appli cab le emission s stan­
d ard s and could re sult in denial of warranty cov­
e rage. However, Volkswagen w ill not deny a
wa rra nty claim sole ly on t he bas is of your fa ilure
to ma intain th e ve hicle according to the in stru c­
ti ons o r failur e to keep a record of maint enance.
In struction s for proper use of the vehicle are
co ntained in
Volkswage n Ow ner's
Ma nual. <11
con tro l sys te m s. Although use of parts oth er
than Genuine Vo lkswagen parts does not invali­
da te these warranties, Vo lkswa gen assumes no
li ability und er the se wa rranti es for fa ilur e of
suc h parts and damage to ot her parts cause d by
s u ch failur e
Maintenance and repairs performed by independent service shops
Without invalidating these warranties, you may
choose ro have ma inten an ce, repair or re pla ce­
ment of em iss io n con trol com pon ent s per­
formed by any automot ive se rv ice es tab lish ­
m ent or indiv idu al qu alifi ed to perform such
se 1v ices . I loweve r, the cost of su ch serv ices is
not covere d by tJ1 ese warra nties excep t in em er­
gencies . If the indepe ndent service es tablish - m
ent find s warrantabl e defect, you m ay del ive r
th e ve hicle to a n au thorized Volk swage n dealer
and have
defect correc ted free of ch arge.
Vo lkswagen wi ll not be liab le for any expenses
w hi ch yo u h ave incur red at the independent ser­
vice estab lishm ent , exce pt for em erge ncy re­
pa irs. See "Emerge ncy Repa irs" for furthe r
Parts not scheduled for inspection or replacement
Any part, whi ch is no t sc hedu le d for inspec tion
or rep lace men t a t m aint en an ce intervals speci­
fied in th e Volkswage n Main te nan ce booklet, is
covered by thi s wa rran ty for the full warranty pe- riocl
. A ny su ch repa ired or re pla ced under are warrante d for the remaining war­
ra nt y
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Scheduled part in spection or replacement
A part scheduled only for in spection in accor­
dance with Volk swag en' s in struction s or re­
quired schedu le d maintenance i s covere d for
the duration of these warranties.
Damage to non -warranty parts
If failure of a warranted causes damage to a
part not covere d by wa rranty, the non-war­
ranted pan will al so be rep laced free of
will be re imbur sed if the
r e pair work was ne eded and corr ectly per ­
forme d, a nd it was impossible or unrea sonable
und er th e cir cu mstan ces to
or d rive yo ur
Vo lkswage n to the nearest a uthorized Volk­
sw agen dealer. Th e maximum reimbursem ent
allowab le is an amount equal
the cost if yo ur
authorized Volk swagen d ealer had compl ete d
the repa ir(s) . Reimbursem ent wi ll be consid ered A
part installed in acc ordanc e w ith Volk­
sw agen 's instruction s or required scheduled
maintenan ce is warranted uncil the nex t sc hed­
ul ed repla cement int erval for the durati on of
the se
when you submit th e fo llow ing items t o yo ur au­
t horized Volkswagen dealer:
• A stateme nt expla ining the c ircum stances
tha t pre vented you from getting
to an autho ­
ri ze d Volk swage n dealer,
• Paid recc ipt(sl.
• Repair order (s), and
• Part(s) re mo ved
yo ur
the vehicl e ca use d by tamp ering with emi ssion
contro ls, use of fuel containing l ead, or fuel n ot
m ee ting th e speci fica tion s set forth in the
Implied warranties
Any implied warranty, including warran ty
o f merchantabi lity or war ranty of fitness for
26 California Emissio ns Warranties
Ow ner's Manua l, and abu se, n eg lect or im ­
p rope r maint enance of the ve hicl e. D iag no sis
a nd repair of su ch damag e are at the expense of
particular pu rpose, is limited in durat ion to the period of these w ritten

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pocket expenses for sub stitu te transportation
o r lodg ing.
So me s tate s do not allow the exclu sio n or limit a­
t ion of incidental or conse quentia l da mages , so
thi s limit ation or excl usion may no t apply to
yo u. Tip s
In the evenl you have not rece ived the services
promised in these warrantie s, please follow the
procedure s de scribed in
booklet und er the
tille "Customer CARE"
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Customer CARE
Dealer assistance
If yo u h ave question s ab out the se rvice yo u ha ve
r ece ive d, we sugges t yo u fir st disc uss them
w ith the se rvice person nel at your au thor ize d
Vo lk swage n dealer. Yo u ma y want to speak to the
Se rv ice Mana ger or dir ec tly to th e ow ner of th e
dealer ship. It is their busin ess to be concerne d abo ut you r
s ati sfa ction and goodwill. Sin ce th ey are closest
situation, th ey are in the bes t p osit ion to
q ui ckl y reso lve an y co nce rns you may have. "4
When to notify the manufacturer
Your sati sfaction with ou r p ro du ct is very to us, and we would to m ake ce rtain th at
we have had th e opportunit y to wo rk w ith you
an d yo ur deale r to re so lve yo ur co ncern s.
I f yo ur co nce rns a rc not resolved to yo ur
fac tion by the d eale r, p le ase contact Volkswage n
o f A m eric a, Inc., imm ediatel y by ca lling our
free n umber:
Tel.: I (800 ) 822-8987
I f you prefe r to w rite, please use the following
a d dress :
Vo lkswagen Custom er CARE Cente r
3499 Wes t H am lin Roa d
Ro ch ester Hill s, Ml 483 09
Yo u can also contac t us using our Int ern et
dress :
www.vw.co m.
Sim ply cl ick on "Co ntact Vo lk swag en of
Amer ica, Inc."
When you ca ll or w rit e, p lease prov ide th e
low ing inform atio n:
28 Custom er CARE
• Your nam e, a ddr ess and te lephone number
• Ve hicle Iden til1ca tion Number (VIN)
• Vehicl e type and mileage
• Deale r's name and location
• Natur e of compl aint or probl em
• Co pies of repa ir order s (re tain origina ls for
yo ur record s) or per tinent do cum ents
if you are
w rit in g to us
Custo mer Re presentative will gathe r
an d caref ully rev iew all facts re la tin g to yo ur
quest for assis tance. After this rev iew is plete d. Custo mer CA RE Rep rese ntative w ill
info rm you of a ny ass is ta n ce that the co mp an y
w ill be abl e to provi de.
Please note
as part of co ntinuin g to ma int ain th e hi gh est q ualit y of serv ice to our
C ustomer s, superviso rs w ill occas ionally itor th e quality of t ele phone ca lls betwee n our
C usto m ers an d Hepre scntat ives. W e hop e yo u
u nde rs tand our int erest in prov idin g the best
po ssib le se rvice.
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to time. In eve nt o f a se r­
vice action, Vo lkswa gen of Ameri ca, In c. w ill no­
ti fy yo u by mail and re qu est that you br in g yo ur
ve hicl e
your near est aut horized Volkswagen
dealer for repa ir free o f ch arge.
If you have not rece ntly c ha ng ed yo ur addr ess
and Volk swagen of A me rica , In c. ha s yo ur cu r­
r e n t addre ss on file , you will r ece ive notifi calion
a ut om aticall y. If yo u are co nce rned th at you
ma y not have received no lice conce rning a par­
ti cu la r se rv ice act ion , p lease c hec k w ith your d
eal er to de te rmin e whe1h er yo ur vehicle is eli­
g ible for any re p ai r fr ee of ch arge.
In oth er instanc es, Volks wagen of Am eri ca, Inc.
ma y offe r ass is 1a nc e wit h a rep air beyo nd
on a case-by-case bas is. If you beli eve lhat
yo ur ve hicl e needs re p air no t cov ered by war­
ran ty whi ch Vo lksw age n of Am erica, Inc. should
pay for i n
or in whole, plea se disc uss the re­
qu est w ith your dea le r. If yo u ar e nol satisfi ed
w ith your dealer's decisio n, pl ea se
Vo lk­
sw agen of Ameri ca, In c. Cu stom er CARE by Le le­
phone or in writ ing. Your r equ est s houl d pro vid e
th e ve hicle identifi cation numb er, th e mil eage ,
mainten an ce histo ry a nd an explan atio n of why
yo u b eli eve that the re pai r should be perform ed
free o f ch arg e. Your reques t should be acco mpa­
ni ed by all avai lab le main te nan ce and re p air
r eco rds wh ic h yo u ha ve reta ined . A C ustom er
CARE Rep rese ntati ve will review your r eques l
and advise you of our d ecis io n.
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BBB AUTO LINE
BBB AUTO LINE dispute resolution services
I f yo ur dealer or Customer CARE does not re solve you r prod uct concern to yo ur
sat isfact ion or if you do not wish to presen t yo ur
concern
to e ither of th em, you may advan­
t age of th e me diatio n and a rb it ra tion serv ices of
the Better Business Bureau. This program i s
ca lled BBll AUTO LINE and is ava ilab le to you
free of charge, on
nat ionwide bas is as long as
yo ur vehicle has been dr iven less than 24,000
m iles and has not been in use fo r more t han 2
years. Not every cla im i s eligible; there are some
age and mileage limitat ions , so please c heck
with you r loca l B euer Bu sines s Bureau ("BBB ")
r ega rd in g yo ur clai m.
The BBB AUTO LINE program has
staff wi ll fac ilitate negot iations between th e
parties in an effort to bring you r claim to a mutu­
ally acc eptab le re so lu tion . You do no t have to
partic ipate in med ia tion if you would rather pro­
cee d imme diate ly to arb itra tion. Arbitration is
th e o ther part of llBB AUTO LINE. Arbitrat ion is
a process by w hic h an imp art ia l pe rson makes a
deci sion on your cla im. The arbitrators are not
connected w ith the automob ile ind ustry and
serve on a vol untary ba sis.
I f yo u do not agree with the m ed iate d reso lution
and/or have opted to arb itrate, an arb itration
hear ing w ill be scheduled. You may attend the
hea ring in pe rso n, be represe nted by a n at­
torn ey, br ing witnesses, a nd give supporting ev­
id ence . Instead of ap pear ing perso nall y, yo u
ma y request a wri tten or eve n a tel ephon e arb i­
tratio n hea ring.
If yo u wis h to u se BBB AUTO LINE, please call
the fo llow ing to ll-free numbe r:
30 BBB AUTO LINE
Tel.: I ( 800) 95 5-5 100
you call th e local office of the "BBB", its
staff w ill need the following informatio n:
• Y our n am e, a ddress a nd tele ph one number
• Make, mod el and Vehicl e Id entifi cation
N umb er o f yo ur vehicl e (VIN)
• D elivery date a nd curr ent mil eage
• Natur e of c ompl aint or p roblem
The
will follow-up o n you r complai nt;
an d if it canno t be med iated, they w ill arra nge an
arbitratio n hearing.
A dec is io n will be made by the arb itra tor w it hin
3 days of the h earing (typica lly a decision is
m ade 40 days fro m th e date yo u fil ed yo ur cla im
with
Yo u th en have the op po rtu nity to acce pt or re ject
the deci sion. If you accept t he deci sio n, Volk ­
swagen of Am erica, I nc. wi ll b e bou nd by th e de ­
cisio n and f ulfi ll its o bli ga tion within th e time
s p eci fied by t he arb itrator.
If yo u reje ct the deci sion:
Yo u are free to pursue other legal remed ies
available under and federa l law.
2
T he ma nufacture r w ill no t have to comp ly
w ith any part of the deci sio n.
California re sid ents
A ddition al informati on re la tin g to y our ri ght s
t o arbitrat e warr anty claim s und er th e BBB
A UT O LINE Arbit ration Pr ogra m is p rovid ed in
th e O wner In form atio n ab out Co nsum er Pro­
t ec tion La ws bookl et w hich i s pre sented t o you
b y yo ur dea le r w hen yo u take delivery o f your
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Vo lks wage n mo nitors produc t p erf or manc e in
th e fie ld and reg ularl y se nds deale rs th e latest
serv ice in forma tion abo ut Vo lk swagen ve hicle s.
Now yo u too, ca n get th ese bull etin s.
B ull etins cover a wide v ariety of su bjec ts: th e
p ro per u se a nd care of your car, costly repa irs,
in ex pen sive repai rs or ad jus tme nts whi ch, if
d one ea rly, may avo id cos tly futu re re pai rs.
So me bu lletin s desc ribe re p air s a bou t ne w or
un expec te d co nditi on s. O thers desc ribe im­
pro ved re pa ir pro cedur es o r parts imp rove­
m ent s. A ll of thi s inform ati o n ca n also help a
qualified t echni cian b ett er servi ce y our vehic le. Mos
t bu lletin s ap ply to condit ions affec ting a
s m all numb er of vehicles. Yo ur dea le r or a q ual­
ifi ed tec hni cian m ay have to de te rmin e if a sp e­
cific bulleti n a pplies to your vehicle. You ca n
o rd er Vo lkswage n bull etins, Vo lk swagen re p air
in form ation an d Volkswagen Ow ner 's Litera ture
24 hours
I 7 days a week o n the Intern et fro m the
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Ceme r at :
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di stributi on se rv ic e a t:
T elephone:
I (800 ) 544-8021 Fax : 1 (800) 572 -1438
What you will also find on the website
• A list of Vo lkswagen bulletins fo r 1 985 a nd
l a te r m od el years, covering all No rth Am eric an
s p eci fica tion Vo lkswag en m odels.
• Ord ering a nd prici ng in format ion on h ow to
bu y speci fic bullet ins.
• Orde ring a nd p rice infor matio n for Volk­
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H OM or DVD.
• Ordering and p rice inform atio n fo r Vo lk­
s wag en Elec tri ca l W irin g Di agra ms.
• Owner's Manuals
• Maint en ance Booklets
• War ra nty Ma nuals
• Sound Syste m Ma nua ls WARNING
Th ese bulletin s ar e int ended for te chnici ans. They are not meant for th e CA­
S U A L do -it -y our self er. Qualifi ed technici ans
ha ve th e equipment, tool s, s afe ty instruction s,
and know-how to do a job properl y and safel y.
I mprop erl y performed repair s or mainte­
nan ce ca n ad vers el y aff ect the saf ety of your
v ehicl e, possibl y le ading to accid ent or injury.
Th ey ma y al so impair th e econom y, dur abili ty
or r eliab ility of your v ehicle and may vo id the
w arranty of your car.
If you are not sur e that
y ou can p erform a job prop erl y and saf ely, y ou
s hould not ri sk tryin g to do so .
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Tire Manufacturers
List of tire manufacturers for new Volkswagen
vehicles
The Magnuson-Moss Federa l Trad e
Commiss ion Impro vemen t Act of 1975 and regu­
latio ns iss ued pur su ant to the act require th at a
tir e warranty pamphlet be placed in every new
vehicle prior to sale.
To assist you in obta ini ng th e relat ed warranty
informat io n , th e fo llow ing li st of tire manu fac­
turers and addresses is bein g pro vided.
Tir e Man ufactur ers
D unl op
re Corp.
11 44 East Mark et Street
Akron, OH 44316
Te l.: I (800 ) 548-47 14
B ri dges tone/Firesto ne In c.
J Br idg estone Park
Nas hville. T N 37214
Te l.: l (800 ) 356-4644
Goodyea r Tire
& Ru bber Co.
1144 East Ma rket Street
32 Tire Manufacturer s
Akron, 44316
Tel.: I (800) 32 1-2136
Co ntin en tal Genera l
1800 Contin ental B lvd.
C har lotte, NC 28273
Te l.: I (800) 847-3349
Mic helin Tire Corp.
P.O. Box 19 00 1
Gree nvill e, SC 29602-9001
Tel.: I (800) 887 -0662
P ire lli Tires North Am er ica
300 George S tree t, 5th Floor
New Have n,
e r 065 1 I
Tel.: I (800) 747-3554
Uniroya l Good rich Tire Co.
P.O. Box 19001
Greenv ille, SC 296 02-900 1
Tel.: I (800 ) 521-9796

Afterword
It has always been Volkswagen's policy to con­
t inuously improve its products . Volkswagen,
therefore, reserves the right to make changes in
design and specifications, and to make addi­
tions o r improvements to its products without
inc urring any obligation to install them on prod­
ucts previously manufactured.
All rights reserved.
May not be reproduced or translated in whole or
in part without the written consent of Volk­
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jec t to change without notice. Text
and specifications in this manual a re based
on info rmation and knowledge ava ilable at the
time of printing.
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