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utes. The
The rear window defogger is not designed
to melt snow. Therefore. always remove
heavy snow
and ice accumulations before
driving off.
7-n
passenger
With the ignition on. the seat cushion and
backres t of the passenger's seat can be
heated.
The heating eleme nts
in the seats can be
turned on and regulated with the thumb
wheel switch.
To switch off the seat heating, turn the
t humbwh eel switch to the detent position.
Switches in the driver's door
A -
up the switch to unlock the fuel filler
flap . The switch works also with the ignition
off .
B -Rear
up the switch to unlock the rear lid.
The switch works also
with the ignition off.
A warning light in the instrument cluster
comes
on when the ignition is on and the
rear lid is open. Additionally a warning tone*
wi ll sound an d a warning text* is shown
in
the display of the instrument cluster. This is to remind you to close the rear lid. The ligh
should go out when the rear lid is closed

( +5
Operating control
A-Temperature control switch
B -
Fan switch for ventilation
-Airflow distribution switch
-Turn the switch clockwise for warmer air.
-Turn the switch counterclockwise for
cooler
air.

Automatic
Lock The
to The locki ng ele­
ment only locks the selector lever if it is left
in the
h).
AND
When the ignition is switched
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Automatic
Your VO LKSWAGEN is equipped with an au­
toma tic Shih Lock !ASLJ. The ASL is an tromec han ical device that the
tor positio ns when the ignition is on.
You must press the brake before the
from bein g unintentionally moved into a dri­
v in g p osit ion,
moveme nt.
the following instruction* ap­
p ears in the inst rument
as a remin­
d er for the driver:
A t ime prevents the when it is moved through
the position (for shifting from to The
the if it is
being depresse d.
the N position, th e
not is moving
faster than 3 mph (5 km/h).
When the ignition is switched the posi­
tion of the
in the instrument The
ap­
pear bright against a dark background
the other positions appear just the oppo site .
when the is
s tat ion ar
y. Therefore, when park ing your the parking brake first, and
then move the
to
position To do this depress the but­
ton in the
T o move the out of the P (Park) position you must first insert the
ignition key into the ignition and turn
t h e key .
Before you move the

AN D
2 -Position for steep
This position is to be used for extremely
steep uphill and downhill gradie.nts or
driving. also provides for engi­
ne braking effect. To engage
2 th e trans­
mission will start
in th e f irst gear and only
upshift to the second gear.
When manually downshifting, the selector
lever will move into th e lower gear position,
however th e automatic transmission itself
will not downshift un til there is no possibi li­
ty of over revvi ng.
Kick-down device
The kick-down device gives maximum ac­
celeration when the accelerator pedal is
pressed
down past the full throttle
one of the driving positions
is engaged a safety switch will prevent the
engine from bei
ng started .
Selecting a driving position
never have any driving position en­gaged when checking under the
hood. Make sure the selector lever is securely locked into the P posi­
tion with the parking brake firmly set. Otherwise, any increase in en­
gine speed may set the vehicle in motion, even with the parking bra­ke applied.
foot off the accelerator pedal and wait until the engine speed has dropped to idle speed before selec­ting a driving position.
tor pedal.
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D
Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Data Link
. . . . . . 23
Day-Night mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 42
Defogging
- Rear windo w switch . . . . . . . . 43
win dows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
-Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 -Windshield and side windows 75
Defr osting
- Rear
window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
-
wind ows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
-Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
-
tank . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42
. . . . . . Multi-Function
Distance driven indicator . . . . . . . . 13
.......................... 23
Do ors
......................... 31
-Automatic ........... 33 rear doors . . 33 .................... 31
-. . . . . . . . 44 -Locking with key ............ 31 -Loc king with remonte . . . . . . . 28
- Power switch . . . . . . . . 32
- Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 -Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
-Unlocking w ith key .......... 31
-with remote . . . . . . 28
Driver posi tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Driver
's
key
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
E
Easy-Entry-Functi on . . . . . . . . . . . 57
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
-Heated driver 's seat . . . . . . . . . 43
- Heated passenger seat . . . . . . 44
- Power
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
heated driver's seat . . . 43
heated passenger seat 44
Diffe rential Lock . . . . . . 43
(EDL) . . 17
immob ilizer . . . . . .
power
sun roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
-switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Emergency brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Emerg ency
system
-Malfunction indicator . . . . . . . . 23 -Malfunction indicator . . . . 23
ALPHABEDCALINDE X-----------------------------------109

Gearshift lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Generato r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Glove box light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Glove Box
-Light 49
Glow plugs indicator light . . . . . . . . 16
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Head Restra ints
Height Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . 54
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
............. See also Booklet 2. 1
H eadlight
- Dimmer switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
- Flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Headlight dimmer switch lever . . . 45
H eadlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Heated - Driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
-Mirrors .................. .. 51 - Passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
-Window ................... 43
Heated driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Heated outside mirrors . . . . . . . . . .
51
Heated passenger seat . . . . . . . . . 44
Heat ing ...................... . 72
Heat ing interior quickly . . . . . . . . . . 75
Heating system
.................. . .............. S ee
opening . . . . . See B ook let 3.2
Hooks
........................ 64
Tie-Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Horn .
.......................... 3
............. See also Book le t 2.1 How to use the air conditioning
more economically
........... 77
How to use this Manual . . . . . . . . . . 2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
- Key safety interlock . . . . .
..................... 98 key safety interloc k . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
size of luggage
compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
63
rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . 22 -Electronic power control . . . . . 16
- Engine oil pressure . . . . . . . . . . 22 -Engine coolant temperature . .
-Engine coolant temperature level ....................... - Engine oil pressure . . . . . . . . . . 22
- Front brake pads worn . . . . . . . 22
-Fuel level too low . . . . . . . . . . . 23

-Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 -High beam ................. 17 -
too . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 day-night mirror . . . . . . . . . .
- Engine temperature
gauge
.....................
illumination .......... 42
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
-
temperature gauge ...................... 9
-gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.................. 49
- Front map
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
J
Jump starting . . . . . . 3.2
K
Keeping interior
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
-Tag ........................ 26
...................... 26
Key for remote . . . . . . . . . . 25
Keys .......................... 25
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 49
-Hazard ..................... 43
-
15
-
compartment box 49
Loading a roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Locking
power . . . . . . . . . . 32
Locking the 31
-Truck Rear

Lock posi tions of trunk
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Locks
- Doors
........ ............. 31
-Rear
Box/Compartment . 71
Luggage
- Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
- Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
-Light ...................... 49
-
. . . . . 49
Luggage compartment socket . . . 69
Lumbar Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
57
M
Maintenan ce, 1.2 and 3.2
indicator . . . . . . 23
tran smission . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
- Back-up
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Master key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
- W
ith remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Mats,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ma ximum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Memory
functions
(MFA) 11
MFA . Multi-Function
per km ................ 13
per hour
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Momentary
consumption 13
-
. . . 24
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
........................ 23
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
specification ....

. . . . 23
One-touch down featu re . . . . . . . . 36
One-touch up feature . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Openi
ng the hood . . See
. . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Operating controls
-Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Air .................. 74
Outs ide Mirrors
-
mirr ors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
- Synchronized adjustment . . . . 52
Outside mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
51
Outside temperature indicator . . . 12
Literature storage . . . . . . 71
literature storage . . . . . . . 71
p
button
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
-Front
- Foreward & backward
adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
- Heated seat switch . . . . . . . . .
44 -Heigh t adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 57
- Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
........................
protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
-
Windows .................. 36
locking swi tch . . . . . . . . . . . 32
................... 31
outside mirrors . . . . . . . . . . 51
roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 41
-Emergency . . . . . . . . . . 41 - Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
...
on multifunct io n
steering 46
Rear
- Doors,
Lock . . . . . 33
- Lid{Trunk Lid 34
-Lock . : : : : : : : : : : 33
- Remo
te Release . . . . . . . . . 28
- Backrest .....