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window switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2 -Door handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3 -Adjuster control for outside mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4 -Air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
5 -Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
6 -Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 7 4
7 -
illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
8 -Height adjuster for steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
9 -
cluster: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Warning indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
-Steering lock ignition starter switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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15 -Climate controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
16 -
side Air bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
idle speed boost
( D1esel models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
-Turn signals with knobs for cruise control ................. .
21 -Horn (works only when the ignition is switch on)
22 -Driver 's side air bag ................................... .
23 -Windshield wiper washer lever
w ith knobs for multi -function indicator .................... .
24 -Air conditioning switches ...............•........•.......
25 -Ashtray .............................•.................
26 -Gearshift lever (Manual transmission) .................... .
Selector lever (Automatic transmission) ............... .... .
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29 -Rear window defogge r switch ................•...........
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For technical reasons, the arrangement of the switches and
indica to r/warnin g lig hts may differ. The govern ing factor is the symbol on the sw itch itself.
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Anti-Lock Brake System
Rear window defogger
Fog
for ex­

AND EQ UIPMENT
K eys
A - Mas te r key
T his key fits locks on the vehic le.
B-Secondary key
Your Volkswagen comes with three keys:
This key is only for the doors, and the
you have to leave a key wit h somebo dy
else , it may be adv isa ble to giv e them this
key only.
This tag gives the key numbe r.
For your prot ection ag ain st th eft:
R ecord the key number and keep it in a
safe place , suc h as your wallet. Do not keep
i t in the vehicle.
thor ized Volkswagen dealer with the key
number to obtain a du pl ica te key.
Master key with light*
To sw itch on light , press the button in the center of the key head (arrow 1) and hold.
To replace battery or bulb:
a coin into the slit on the side of the
key head (arrow 2) and twist to open.
so as not to pollute the environment.
Always heed

AND
The power locking system locks or unlocks
doors , rear l id an d fuel filler flap neously. is act uated from the driver 's or
passen ger's door.
with power windows, if you hold
the key in the unlock position , you can also
open the windows.
er's or passenger 's door .
You can also and the power while locking your
your key, turn and hold in the lock
flap.
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To unlock the driver's or the front ger's door , insert the key into the lock and turn it one t ime.
you wan t to unlock ing the rear lid and the fuel filler
one knob does not
move when locking doors, open that
lar door and it properly.
The rear lid can be locked and unlocked
with the key; manual lock operation
doors and the rear an emergency it
the power locking system should fail, you can the locks with your key cept the
in an emergency,
see page 1

Rear
in ho rizontal position
(a) , the ca n be locked and unl ocked by the power locking system.
remains locked when the power ing system is actuated. This provision has
been made to facilitate permanent locking of
the rear in a
public garage or workshop. Take master key
with you and
tendant.
To
closed while driving.
Do not transport objects larger
than those safely into the
luggage area.
key in
Turn key in this position.
Press cylinder i n and raise
can
and open doors
from the inside
To doors and the rear part of central locking
switc h loc ated in the dash board . To unlock doors and the rear simulta neous ly, press the upper part of the switch.
Th e central lo cking switch can
be used to lock and un lock the vehicle when the
moved from the steering you the
ve hicl e with th e driver 's do or ope n, yo u that doo r with the key. This feature to preve nt you from
being locked out of your car.
pende ntly of the central locking system by
d epressi ng or raising the locking knob on
the window
To open doors

Doors
To and open doors from
outsid e
Lock and
the outer door
doors (excep t driver 's door) can be by first depressing knob and
then
The door can be
the drive r's door in the
To and open doors from
th e inside
doors depress the knob.
prevent unwanted entry from the outside. Locked doors can, however,
knob.
To open doors , after raising the kn ob .
riding in the back seat
from opening the rear a
safety mechanism is provided.
move is
when no

AND
To unlock rear insert master key in key in position. Turn until key is in horizonta l position , (see page 13), press the rear
swing with your key.
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Do not transport objects larger
than those fitting safely into the
luggage area.
Keep the rear times to pre­vent unauthorized access to the vehicle.

AND
For safety reasons , the automatic opening and features work when the ignition is switched on.
Convenience
feature
can with your ignition key after making sure that
the windows are not obstructed: insert the
key into
the position.
If the
roof direction . The
windows and sunroof
Convenience open feature
As a
aid in hot weather, both front
w in d ows can be Insert the key into
the doo r and in the unlock position.
B oth windows be lowered at the same
time. The windows stop as soon as the
key is
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Do not
keys . Unsupervised use of the keys can result in starting of the
engine and use of systems such as power windows, power sunroof, etc . which
after
the ignition key has been removed
and one of the doors have been
opened.
Do not stick anything on the windows or the windshield that may
interfere with the driver 's vision.

Automatic Locking Retractor (ALA)
The
aut omatic loc kin g retractor is necessary to sec ure child r estraint systems.
The
ret rac to rs for th e fron t passenger and
rear outboard three-point safety belts are
equipped with an automatic locking feature
in addition
to the emergency locking feature.
you need to restraint system
at an outer seating position of the rear seat,
it must be secured by use of the
the way out.
tongue into the buckle for
that seating position with your hand back
in
that the
retractor is deactivated by un­
f asten ing th e safety and the
safe ty to ret rac t to its stowed
position. The safety can now be use d as an ordinary three-point safety without
the additional
a person sitting in the rear w earing the
s af ety activate the re ­tractor, then the sa fety mus t b e un­fastened in order to deactivate the ing retractor.
Never unfasten the safety retractor is in motion.
Push the orange button on the spring out of the
tongue to its stow ed position.
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The rear seating center position is equipped
with a
To fasten
sert it is securely locked with
an audible click.
to the and
buckle up and end of the