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the engine
the engine of the vehicle with the good
battery that is providing help and let it run at idle
speed .
Turn on the ignition of the vehicle with the dead
b attery. the engine starts, wait 2 to 3 minutes
the engine does
not start within about seconds , turn off the tion and wait at least 1 minute ; then try again .
Removing the jumper cables
Before you remove the jumper cables. swi tch
off the headlights (if they are on) .
the vehic le with the dead batte ry , switc h on
t he heater fa n and the rea r window defroster. This
he lps
to m in im ize voltage spikes when the cables
a re disconnected.
With the engine running , remove the jumper
nected .
Disconnect the black (- ) cab le f rom the vehicle
wit h the dead battery .
Disconnec t the black (-) cable from the other
vehicle (vehicle with the good battery) .
Disconnect the red(+) cable from the other
Disconnect the red (+ ) cable from the vehicle
with the dead battery .
Close the battery cover.
Improper use of jumper cables when starting a vehicle with a dead battery can
cause the battery to explode , leading to
Always wear proper eye protection. Never
lean over the vehicle battery.
Attach the jumper cables in the correct
Never connect the negative cable from the
vehicle providing starting assistance to parts of the fuel system or to the brake hoses or brake lines.
Never
sistance.
Avoid electrostatic discharge in the may cause the hydrogen gas escaping from the vehicle battery to ignite.
Never jump-start a vehicle with a battery
that is damaged or frozen or that was frozen
and has thawed. The battery can explode.
Always the instructions of the jumper cable manufacturer.
Never connect the negati ve cable from the other vehicle directly to the negative terminal of the dead battery . The hydrogen gas from
the battery is explosive.
Never short out the battery terminals by connecting the positive(+) and negative
Practical tips 329

Towing
this sectio n you 'll find informat ion about:
T owing on a comme rc ia l tow truc k . . . . . . . . . .
Tips on towing .......................... 33 1
Installing the front tow ing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Installing th e rear towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 Driving tips towing 333
Exterior views
295
WARNING
Never tow a vehicle without any electrical
power.
denly engage and you would not be able to steer of control the vehicle. trol of the vehicle, crash , and seriously injure yourself and others.
Towing on a
on page
To help avoid damaging th e vehicle , h ave it towed
o n ly by a professional towing company. Read and
heed the following
information:
General information
N ever let the vehic le be towed at speeds above
km).
Towing a vehicle changes the way it handles
and brakes . To help reduce the risk of an cident and serious personal injury, note the following:
ed:
-
will have to use considerably more
force to turn the steering wheel because
the power steering is not working.
stalling and removing the towing eye and the cover for the threaded hole behind the bumper.
Towing manual transmission vehicles
Release the parking brake .
the transm ission into Neutral (N).
necessary, the vehicle can also be towed with the rea r wheels off the grou nd
Towing automatic transmission vehicles
Release the parking brake.
the transm issio n into Neutral (N).
Tow the vehicle only with its fron t wheels off the
gro und

of the vehic le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Braking assistan ce sy ste ms . . . . . . . 185
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283, 284
Acoustic warnings Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Warning and indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Adapti ve Front Lighting Dynami c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Adjusting Electr ically ad justable front seat . . . .
. . . 63 sea ting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
a nd child restrain ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... ..................... 126
Afte rm arket equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Aftermar ket installation ph one . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
R adio equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Aftermarket installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Adva nced Airbag s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Advanced Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
C le a ning the instrument panel . . . . . . . . . 256
D ea ctivation by we ight -sensing mat . . . . . 97
Deactivation
of passenger front airbag . . . 97
Descr ipt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Fun ction ality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Locking ve h icle afte r inflatio n . . . . . . . . . . . 42
airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Curt ain airbags . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . conside rations 211
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Climatron ic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Man ual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Air recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Fun ctio nality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
off.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Alarm button in vehicle key
. . . . . . . . . . 248
Anodized surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Anti-Lock Brake . . . . . . . . . 185
. . . . . . . . . 186 , 187
Anti-th eft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Descr iption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Anti-th e
ft wheel bolts .....•.... 311
Antifreeze agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Armrest.................. ...... ...... 66
braking assistan ce syste ms . . . . . . . 187 Braking assistan ce sy ste ms . . . . . . . 186 on and off... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
A ss ista nce
systems Anti -Lock Brake . . . . . . . . 185 Regulation (ASR )........ 186, 187
Br ake Assi st . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Brak e Ass ist
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 ccs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
C ru ise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Elect ronic Diff eren tial Lock (EDL) . . . . . . 186 Ele ct ronic Stabil it y Cont rol . . . . . . 185 H old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 nre button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Auto-dimming inside mirror . . . . . . . . 134 Autom atic load deactivation...... . . . . . 241
Autom atic Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Dir ect . . . . . . 177 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Driving on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Emergency release for the sele cto r lever
l ock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Vehicle key safety in terlock . . . . . . . . . . . 166
B
Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Brak ing assistance systems . . . . . . . 185
Battery Rep laceme nt in rem ote cont rol vehicle key 39
Before taking the vehicle in to the shop . . 297
Belt pretensioners
D isposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Belt warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bottle holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Brake
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Brake nuid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Brake nuid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Brak e pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Braking assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Bre aking
in the brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Chang ing brake nuid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2
Warning l igh t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brake Assist (BAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 , 185
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Spec ificati ons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Brake
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Braking assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5
Break-in period
E ngine .
.......................... 283
The fir st few miles (k ilometers ) . . . . . . . . 283 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Breakdown the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Breaking in
B rake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 183
Breaking in the brake pads
Care
. . . . . . . 136
Catalytic
converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
I ndicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 157
. . . . 288
Center
armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Center
console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 13
Changing a
light bulb Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 313
Wheel bolls 311 Wheel change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Chang i
ng bulbs changing light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Changing light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fr on t bumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 . . . . . . . . . . . 325 th e headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 the rear hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 License plate ligh t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324, 325
Characteristics Rad io reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Checking
leve l . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Gelling ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 an eme rgen cy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Lifting veh icle with jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Light bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 321 for changing a wheel 311 Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
U phol stery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Checks
while refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Child res
traint and fron t airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Eyeglass storage compartment . . . . . . . . . 158
F
FAQs ............................... 297
Features , troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 capacity
Windshield washer fluid reservoi r . . . . . . 132
Fire extinguisher Trailer lowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Fog
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
aske d questions . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Front airbags
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 219
Fuel capa cities
F uel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Fuel
consumption D riving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Wha t inc reases fuel consumption? . 296, 298
Fu el
container, p o rt abl e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Fu el
ca p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
C losing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Fu el
gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Fueling Wrong
fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
G
cod ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
F use boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
G
12 plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Gearshift lever
Manual transmiss ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Getting re ady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31 Gla sses storage compartm ent.......... 158
Glove compartment
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Gross vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
H
Headlight range adjustm ent . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Dynamic headlight range adjustment . . . . 126
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
H igh beam switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 23
. . . . . . . . . . . 195
Horn
11
removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
eng ine and igni tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
keys
see Vehicle keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
U nau thorized vehicle key . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
an emergency . . . . . . . . 299 light the brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Br ake syste m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . converte r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Ch ang ing a light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Checki ng engi ne . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
E mission control sys t
em . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Engine coolan t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
E ng ine se nsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 ..............• . .............
. . 215
Remo te control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Sh ifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Stee ring
lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Press ure Monitoring Syste m . . . . . . . . . 129
door unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Luggag e compartment
Gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Power outside mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Power sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Radio rece ption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 , 292 Tire Pressure Monitoring . . . . . . .
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
. . . . . . . . 297
O cta ne rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Odom ete r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 7
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 From outside the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Power sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Rear hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wind ow s ............. ....... ...... 53 with
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 4
Outside antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Outs ide door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Outs ide mirror Auto-dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 5
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Overview
Center
upper section . . . . . . . . . . 12 Driver door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Dr iver side .. .............. , . . . . . . . . Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Menu structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Passenger side . .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14 Rear view ....... ......• ........... .. 8 Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
and high beam switch . . 123 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Owner's 1 59
p
P anic button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179. 182
Parkin g brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 P assenger front airbag
D eactivation by w ei ght -s e n sin g mat . . . . . 97 airb ag sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Phy sical principle of a . . . . 71
Pinch protection
P ow er sunr oof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 cham ber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

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

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

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

Service at
in-service date, whichever occurs first.
Ad Check and add if necessary (Passat engine
Brake pads: Check thickne ss and brake disc
conditio n (front and rear)
Engine: Change
Rear window : Check cleaning function­(if
Tires: Rotate front to rear
Windshield washer, cleaning system,
and wiper Check for damage and function,
Check
s tamp
Maintenance