Fuel low VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2008 Owner's Guide

Booklet 3.2 Tips and Advice
WARNING (continued)
• Always make sure that the battery pro­
v idin g ass istance has the same vo ltage as the
discharged battery (12V) and approximately
the same ca pacity (see battery label).
• Neve r jump start a ve hicle with
rrozen
batt ery. 1r a battery is or has been frozen, re­
pla ce it.
• Batteries giv e
explosive hydrogen gas.
A lways keep sparks, open flame and
smoking materials away from batteri es.
• Never short out the battery pole s by con­
necting the positive
and nega tive po les
with eac h other .
• Always follow the jumper cab les ' manufac­
turer's instruct ions.
• Never co nn ect the negati ve cab le from the
other vehicle directly to the negat ive terminal
or the discharged battery. The hydrogen gas
rrom the battery is exp losive.
Towing
WARN ING (continued)
• Never attac h the negative cable from the
ve hicl e providing starting assistance to parts
of the fuel syst em or to the brake hoses o r
brake lines.
• Never a llow the non -in sula ted parts of th e
batt ery clamps to touch. Never allow the
jumpe r cab le a ttached to the positive battery
t ermina l to contac t metal parts of the vehicle.
• Alw ays route the jumper cables so that
th ey can not ge t tangled up with moving parts
in th e engi ne c ompartment.
the vehicl e's e lec­
tri cal sys te m.
• Do not l et
veh icles touch eac h oth er. Oth ­
e rw ise curr ent could fl ow betwee n the ve hicles
a s soo n as the plu s(+) te rminal s are
co nn ect ed.
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Fig. 43 The front right secti on of the vehicle: fitti ng
t he towing eye
- Rem ove the scre w 42 usin g the
sc rew dri ver.

Booklet 3.2 Tips and Advice
your vehicle ou tside th e con­
tin ent al limits of the Unit ed States o r Ca nada,
th ere is the p ossibilit y th at:
• Unleaded fuel s for veh icles w ith cata lyt ic
co nvert er may not be availabl e; •
may
have a co nsid erab ly low er octa ne
rating . Improp er fuel may cause engine damage;
• Service may be inad equ ate due to lack of
prop er service facilit ies, tools or test ing equip ­
n1en t;
• parts may not be readil y avail­
abl e.
Volkswagen Servic e Repair Manual s
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possible after model introduction.
Service and Hcpair manuals arc ava ilable from:
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