light VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2009 Owners Manual

Pollen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pollutants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Power locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Power locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Pow
er locking system A nl i-lheft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 doo r unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
L ock ing from the outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power
lock ing switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Un locking and locking fr om the inside . . . . 43
Un locking from the outside . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power s
unroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 ............ ................ 56
Conv enience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M alfun ction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Opening ..............•............ 56
Pinch protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Pow
er wa sh er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Automa tic and open ing . . . . . . . . . 54 ............................ 53
Conven ience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Ma lfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Opening ........................... 53
P inc h protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Sw itc hes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Prehea ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 168
Preparations
Addi ng engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Adding engine
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Checki ng engine coolant . . . . . . . . . 236
Checking e ngi ne . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Light bulb repla cemen t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Vehic le battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 127
Rear backrest
F oldi ng forward . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 142
344
Rear hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
D riving with an open rear hatch . . . . . . . . 138
L ock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 5 1
Open ing
........................... Opening the rear hatch from inside the gage compartm ent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U nlock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Warning li ght . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
F olding back int o place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Rearv iew
mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Rear
window defogger/defroster . . . . . . . .
Recalibrating tire pressure
T ire Mo nito ring System and button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 A t the gas station . . . . . . . . . . . . .
light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Release
button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Remote
control vehicle key
Ba ttery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
see Vehicle keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Remov ing
wax residu e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Repa irs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283, 285
L abels . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Sticker s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Wo rkshop lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Replacement keys
see
keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Replacement parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Replacing parts . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 284
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 294
Resetting
tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Retrofit s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Roof rack
146
s
Safety belt height adjusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Safety belt load limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Safety
belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
S afety belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Belt status display . . . .
Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Owner's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
. . . . . . . . . . . . 127 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
56 ............................ 56
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
T
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Adaptive Front Lighting . . . . . . . . 126
A nti-Lock Brake . . . . . . . . 185 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 , 187 ............................. 185
Brake Assist ....................... 185
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 ccs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Cruise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
EDL ............................. 186
Electronic L ock (EDL) . . . . . 186
Electronic
............................. 185 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Launch
. . . . . . . and button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 18 data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Engine data and dimens ions . . . . . . . . . . 35
Engin e capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Engine specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 . . . . . . 132 capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Gross
.. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 148 . . . . . . . . . pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Tongue weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 identifica tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Workshop .. . . . . . . 289
Temp e
rature Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Temp erature gauge Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Tightening torque bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
TIN................................. 272
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . 176
damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 Compact spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Tire
Monitoring Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Tir e Pr
essure Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tire Pressure Monitoring button Recalibra ting tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . Tire s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Tires and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Avoiding damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Determine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 Load rating code of the tires . . . . . . . . . 273
N ew tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Objects embedded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Rotating tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
rating code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 the . . . . . . . . . . . 269
T echnical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 Tire and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tir e damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Tire identification number . . . . . . . . 272
Tire i nflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Tire
. . . . 261, 273
UTQG classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Valve caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Wear indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Wheel balancing . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 268
Wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Winte r tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Tire wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Tongue weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Trailer loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Tools kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Towing ............................. 331 Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Front towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Manua l tr ansmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rear towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 considerations . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Tow bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Tow rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Tow truck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Trail er
Connec ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
151 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Head
light settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Hitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 LED taillights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Load ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Ou ts ide mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Sa fety chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Ta illi gh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Tongue weight ................. 149,151
Towing capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Trai ler towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
hitch
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Driving with an open rear hatch . . . . . . . . 138
Driving with a trai ler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Luggage compartment pass-thro ugh . . . . 144
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146, 148
Shopping bag hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Stow
ing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Trailer loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Tran
sporting children in vehicles . . . . . . . Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
T urn s
ignal leve r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
u
Undercoating ....................... . 249 Unidirectional tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Unlocking From inside the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
From outside the vehicle . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
wi th Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 .......... ................... 252
. . . . . . . . . . . . 252
. . . 252
. . . 255
UTQG classification 292
v
Valve caps Vehi cle 265
L oad ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
37 Lock ing from the outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
grade . . . . . . . . . . 183 Stopping on an grade . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Unlocking and locking from the ins ide . . . . 43 U nlocking from the outside . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Au toma tic deact ivation . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Battery acid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Battery runs down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
347

Charg ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1 Checking acid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 D ischarges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disconnect ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Drain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 166
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Vehicl e ca re
A irbag module (instr umen t panel) . . . . . . 256 Alcan tara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 A luminum parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 8 anod ize d surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Caring for upho lstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4 Ch rome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Cleaning storage compartments . . . . . . . 255 Cleaning the safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Clean ing wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Cleaning wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Deicing door lock cyli nders . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Door and window seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 E xterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Fab ric trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 H eated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Leat her . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Leathere tte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Manual seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 N on -hea ted seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
. .
with airbag components . . . . . . . . . 252 Seats without airbag components . . . . . . 253 Service position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Specia l co ns iderations . . . . . . . . . . . 244 , 245 Undercoa ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Uph olstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Vehic le paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Washing by han d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Windshield-in tegrated antenna . . . . . . . . 292 Wood trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Vehicle identification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Vehicle Identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Vehicl e keys
Ass ignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
348 Index Indicator
ligh t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 38 Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Pan ic butto n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Vehicle key set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Vehicle label s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
V eh icle m odifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 1 Sticker s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Vehicl e overview Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Rear view
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Vehicle washing Specia l conside rat ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Volk swag en Information Sy ste m . . . . . . . . . 24 Disp lays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Menu structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
w
Warning light Alte rnator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Applying the brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
S hiftin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Steer ing column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Vehicle batt ery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 By hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Washing wit h a power washer . . . . . .
. . . 45 W axing the p aint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Wear indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Weight-sensing m at
Deactivation of passenger front airbag . . . 97
Weights.............................
What happens to p assengers not wearing a safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
What if? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Wheel bolts 311 Cove r caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Wheel c h ang e
Preparations ..........•.....•....... 311
Wheel cove rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wheel bolt caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wheel rim s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Bolted decorat ive cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Bolted rim ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Windows power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 129
Windshi eld washer fluid Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 li g ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Windshi eld wiper
Funct ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Hea dligh t washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Heated washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Lifting off the wiper blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Lifting the wiper blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Service position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Windshield wiper lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Windshi eld wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Windshield wiper service position. . . . . . . 132
Winte r
operation
Fuel consumption................... Headlight washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Heated washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Menu setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Power sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
. . . . . . . 149
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Windshield washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . 246
Winte r tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 274
Winter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Speed res trictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
4
Wip er blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Wip ers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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XDL

New
tion to the period of this written warranty.
2310(d) with respect to the New
Vehicle Limited Warr anty. You may a ls o be quir e d to u se the BBB
section of this booklet for more information.
Covera ge
Thi s limite d wa rra nty covers any repai r to corre ct a
m anu
factur er's defect in mate rial or workmansh ip
except wheel a lignme nt, tir e balance, and the
ufactu rer specifica tions, brake discs worn below manufact urer specificat ions, and light bulb s 1
)
placed for wear and tear, are cove red up to one
year or miles , w hic heve r occurs first. Wiper
blades replaced for wea r and tea r are cove re d up
t o 6 months or mil es, whichever occurs first.
Original Equipment Battery
Original equipm ent batte ries are cove re d p arts a nd labor for 2 yea rs or mil es, eve r occ urs first, for defects in material or man ship.
Mechanical
Adjustments
Mechan ical adjus tments not associa te d wit h a
fect in materia l and workma nship , a re cove re d up
t o one year or
24-H ou r Roadside Assistance Services include th e
fo llowing:
Towing
for a mechanical breakdown or sion
Battery jump start
Fl at tire se
rvice
Lock-out service
Fu el delivery se rvice
Tri p
interruption ben efits
R efe r to
the 24- Hour Roadside Ass ista nce
be honored by any thorized Volkswagen dealer in the United States ,
including its te rri tories.
your Volkswagen model is brought to an
including its te rrit ories , this limi ted war ra nt y not
apply . D efects in mat erial or wo rk m ansh ip be
correc ted under the terms of the limited warranty
f o r new Volkswagen vehicles in effect in th at try (excep t Canada).
W a
rranty re pairs while t raveling in Canad a
Warranty repairs while t rave ling in Canada shoul d
be perfo
rmed by an au thori zed Volkswage n dea le r.
New Veh icle Limit ed Warrant y, Ca nad ia n
dealers can su b mit a claim. Pro of of Uni ted reside nce is req uired . the Ca nadia n d eale r not submit you r claim, you may be asked to pay for
t h e repa ir. your ret urn to the United States,
p lease present th e invoice to yo ur United Volkswagen dealer , who s ubmi t a claim on
yo ur behal f an d ob ta in re imb urse ment for you.
When the warranty period begins
T he warra nty period begi ns on the date the vehicle
i s del ivered to e ither the original purc h aser or the
orig in al lessee; or if the vehic le is fir s t placed in service as a or "co mpany" car, on
the date su ch vehicle is first placed in se rvi ce.
miles , whichever occurs first. Headlight bulb s damaged by outsi de are not covered .
Warranty

Delivery inspection
and Maintenance information
Delivery
for your Volkswagen
tant can answer any questions you may have .
you are not sure when to bring your car in for
service, ask your authorized Volkswagen
consultant.
Before your
vehicle is delivered to you , it is inspected according to fac tory guidelines.
Th e Delivery
cable)
Coo lan t lev el and f rost pro tectio n: Check
Engine a nd engine compartment components :
Che ck (from above) for leak s and damage
Engine and engine compartment components :
Ch eck (from below) for leaks and damage, check
transm ission, final drive , and drive shaft boots
26 USA Warranty and Maintenance
T oday's date and Volkswagen Dealer stamp
partment lighting, turn signals, and hazard warning
lights: Check
Visual inspection of windshie ld. Note dam age if
necessary

Service at
or one year after service, whichever occurs first.
engine
Brake pads: Check thickness and brake disc condi tion (front and rea r)
Engine : Change and replace
Rear window: Check cleaning nozzle (if
Next Service:
Date :
.............. ......... .
Service sticker: Enter the date of the next ice on the service sticker and apply to the driver's
side door
Tires: Rotate front to rear
Windshield washer, headlight cleaning system,
and wiper blades: Check for damage and function ,
Check

at
AdBiue® Fluid: Check and add if necessary
(Pas sat TDI engine only)
Air e lement and sn ow scree n: Replace el­
e m ent an d scre en and housing (if
Body : Visual in spectio n for corrosion
B rakes : Inspect brake system and shock ab­
sorber for leaks and damage, check thickness of brake pads , b rake disc conditio n front and rear and
c h eck brake fluid leve l subject to abrasion (front and rear)
Coolan t level and frost protection: Check
CV joints: Check for leaks and damage
Diesel Particulate Filte r: Perform after the first or (DPF) replacem ent: Check ash
loading according to manufa ctur er wo rk procedure;
Repl ace
if necessary. DPF replace ment
is not necessary, perform ch eck every
miles thereafte r until rep lacement beco mes neces­
sary.
Door checks and mounting pins: Lubricate
Dust and
Engine : C hange oil and replace oil
Engine and engine compartm ent components:
Check (from above) f or leaks and damage
Engin e a nd eng ine compa rtment co mponents:
C heck (from below) fo r leaks and damage, check
tran smi ssio n, final drive , and drive sha ft bo ots
Exha ust syste m: C heck for leaks, damage, and
secure fittings
Fuel filter: Replace
Interior lighting and glove box lights, cigarette
lighter/power horn, and
Lighting: F ront and rea r lights, luggage com­
partmen t
Ribbed Belt: Ch eck condit io n
Service interval display: Reset
Service sticker: Enter the date of the next serv­
ice on the service sticker and apply to the driver's
side door pillar
Spark plugs : Replace (All engines except
S unroof and Panoramic sunroof : Check, clean,
and lubrica te (if
s unroof and check front and
r ear wate r drains a nd clea n if necessary (if cable)
ne rod ends : Check for excessive play and
l oose ness, check boots
Check and replace if necessary miles, check
every mil es after. If not repl aced at mil es, chec k every
Check tread depth, condition , tire age ,
wear pattern and pressu re o f tires (including spare)
Rotate front to rea r
(non Automa tic) : Change
fluid and
Underbody : Inspect unde r sea l, u nderbody
t rims, pipe placing, and plug for damage
Winds hield washer, headligh t clea ning system,
and wipe r blades : C heck fo r da mage and function,
Check fluid level and add
if necessary