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Booklet 1.2 USA War ranty
California Emissions Control System Defect
Warranties
For 3 years
I 50,000 miles
General
Vo lkswagen of America, Inc. (Vo lk sw agen ), wa r
r a nt s to the o rig in al re ta il pur ch aser o r o rig in al
l essee
a n y su bsequent p urc hase r or lessee
th at every mod el year 200 6 Vo lkswage n ve hicle
imp ort ed by Vo lkswagen a nd cert ifie d for sale
a n d regi stered i n Cal iforn ia:
• was desig ned, bu ilt and equip ped so as to
confo rm with a ll app licable require me nts of th e
California Air Resources Boa rd (CA RB) an d
• is free from defe cts in mate ria l a nd work
man ship whic h cause the veh icle to fail to con
for m wit h
requi reme nts, in clud ing any
defect which would cause the vehicle's on
board ma lfunct ion i ndicator to illum inat e, for 3
yea rs or 50,000 miles. wh ic h eve r occ urs firs t.
warranted is any part installed on a motor
ve hicl e or moto r ve hicl e eng ine by the ve hicle or engine
manufactur er, or in sta lled in a warranty
re pair, whi ch
any regu la ted emi ssio n
from a mo to r ve hicle or eng ine w hi ch is s ubjec t
to Ca liforn ia e missio n sta nda rd s.
Th e ob liga tio n of Vo lkswage n unde r thi s
is limited , how ever, to the follow ing: If
w ith in t his per iod d efec t in ma ter ia l o r wo rk
ma nship causes the vehicle to fai l to co nform
w ith California regu lations and the ve hicle is
bro ught to the worksho p of any au thorize d Volk
swage n deal er in the Un it e d State s. in clud ing its
te rr ito rie s, and Canada th e dealer will make re
pair s
may b e required b y these regula tions
free of charge.
Th ese coverage's may a lso he included in the
V olk swage n
years I 50 .000 mile s Limited New
Ve hicl e
For 7 years I 70 ,000 Miles Covering Certain Emission System Part s
The fo llow ing emi ssio ns co ntrol system m arked wit h "yes" are covered for 7 years or
7 0 ,000 m iles, which eve r oc cur s first:
J e tt a, Passa t
2. 0T FSI
Ca msh aft ad juste r u n it
no
C am sh aft adju ste r co n-
no
tr ol h o usin g
F u el tank
yes
Turb ocharge r
yes
Int ake man ifo ld
11 0
Engin e co ntrol yes
Exhau st manifo ld
yes G
olf, J e tt a, New
Be etle 2 .5L
no
11 0
yes
n o
110
yes
110
22 California Emi ssion s Warranties
To uareg VR 6
Toua reg 4 .2 L
yes yes
110 yes
yes yes
n o
11 0
yes
yes
yes yes
yes no
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Jetta, Passal Go
lf, Je tta , New
TouaregVR 6
Touareg 4.2L
2. 0T FS I Beetl
e2.5L
Ca ta ly ti c
yes yes
yes yes
Tran smiss ion control
yes Uetta only)
modu le no
110 no
Ma lfun ction indic ator
l amp (MIL) (cove red
only when equipped
yes yes yes yes
with Driv er Informa ·
tion Displa yJ•l
Passenger com part -
no no yes yes
m ent
h eate r
T hrott le va lve c ontro l
unit no
110 n
o yes
Also cove red by the Federa l Em iss ion s Wa rranty for
Cal ifo rn ia In spe ctio n an d Maintena nce Pro
gra m wit hin 3 ye ars or 50, 000 m iles, whic h ev er
occ urs first, a ny au thori zed Vo lksw agen dealer
in the Unit ed States, incl uding its ter ritories, and
Ca nada w ill per form fr ee of charg e any re pair s
n ecessary for the vehicle to pass th e smo g tes t.
Afte r th e 3 year
I 50,000 mil es perfo rm an ce wa rha s exp ir e d , an 1/M 1es t fa ilur e du e to a de
fect in a pa rt whi ch is warra nted for 7 yea rs I 7 0 ,000 miles , w hich eve r occurs fir st, is cove re d.
T hese repa irs include dia gn os is, rep lace ment ,
r e pa ir, an d adju stm ent s. For
15 year s or 15 0 ,000 m iles , w hic h eve r occ urs
fir st
So me Volkswagen mode ls m ay be sp ecia lly
e quipp ed
to mee t Californi a Partial Zero E mis
s ion Vehicle (P -ZEV) require men ts, as ide ntifi ed
on the Vehicl e Em iss io n Co ntrol Informati on
Labe l locat ed on the hood . Fo r th ese ve hicle s, if
yo ur Volk swa gen fails an 1/M test, OR if an y
emissio n-re la te d part i s found
to be d efe cti ve,
t h e part will be rep aired or re p laced by Vol k
s wage n for 15 yea rs or 150,000 miles, which ever
occu rs fir st, fr om the tim e of delivery o f the ve
hi cle to th e origi nal retail purc h aser or ori gin al
l essee. Thi s repr esents yo ur Em iss io n Co ntrol
Sys te m PE RF OHMANCE
and DEWA RRANTY .
California Em iss ions Warra nties 23
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Performance Warranty claim approval
You may raise a cla im und er thi s w arranty im
m ediatel y af te r y our vehicl e ha s fa iled a Cali
fo rni a 1/M lest
if, as a resul t of that fa ilure , you
a re r equir ed by law to repai r the vehicl e to avoid
imp osition of penalty or cance lla tion of your
ri ght u se the ve hicl e. You need n ot act ually
s uff er th e los s or lose the rig ht to u se yo ur ve
h icle or pay for the r epair b efore prese nting your
cla im.
C lai ms ma y be presented only by br ing ing yo ur
veh icle
an y a uth ori zed Vo lkswagen deale r in
the United States, includin g its territo ries , a nd
Canada . Th e dea ler w ill h onor or den y yo ur
clai m wit hin a re a sonabl e tim e, not to excee d
thirt y (30) days, from the tim e at whi ch your ve
hi cle is pr ese nted fo r repair or within any time
pe rio d sp eci fied b y local , sta te o r fe deral law,
wh ic hev er is s ho rt er, exce pt w hen a de lay is
ca used by even ts not auribu table to Vo lks wagen
or the dea le r. If the dea le r den ies yo ur cla im, you
w ill b e
in writi ng of the reaso ns fo r re
j ec ting the claim. If you do not receive notice of
d en ia l of your claim with in th e a bove tim e pe
riod, Volk swage n is re qui re d b y law to ho nor th e
clai m.
Unde r c ert ain cir cu mstan ces, yo ur cla im may be
denied because you have fa iled t o comp ly with
i n struction s for schedu le d maintenance con
ta in ed in your Volkswagen Mainten an ce
boo klet. In dete rminin g wheth er yo u h ave com
p lied with
in structi on s for sc hed uled m ain- tenan
ce an d prop er use, Volkswage n m ay re
quire you to furnish proo f of compli anc e on ly
wit h those mainte nance instru ctio ns whi ch
Volk swage n has rea son to believe were no t p er
formed and wh ic h co uld be th e cause of the 1/ M
T es t
Vol kswage n ma y deny an emission perfo rmance
war ranty clai m on the basis th at a non -E PA ce r
tifi ed rep lace ment part was used in the
nance or r epair of the vehicl e if Vo lk sw age n can
prove t hat th e non-certified part is e ither d efec
t ive in materials or workman sh ip , o r
eq uiva
le nt from an emiss ion standp oint to the orig inal
part , and yo u are nor ab le
to offe r info rm ation
t h at th e part is eith er not d efective or eq uiva le n t
to the original part with res pect to its emi ssion
p erfor man ce.
Volk swage n will not den y a cla im re la tin g
to:
• warranty work or pre-de liv ery serv ice per
form ed by an auth orized Vo lk swagen dea le r, or
• w ork perform ed in an e merge ncy
to rec tify
a n un safe co nditi on att ribu tabl e t o Vo lksw age n,
provided you have take n ste p s in a time ly
mann er
to pu t th e ve hicle ba ck into a con
for min g co nd ition, or
• th e use of an uncertifi ed part or
to noncom
pliance with in stru ctio ns for proper mainte
nan ce and u se, w hic h i s not lO th e 1/M
Te st fa ilur e
dare it is fir st placed in
serv ice.
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Proper maintenance and use
for proper maint enan ce are co n
tained in your Volkswagen Maintena nce
bookl e1. Time and mileage intervals at whi ch
maint enan ce is
to b e perform ed, ma y vary from
mode l to model.
Vo lkswage n reco mm en ds you k eep a reco rd of
s chedul ed maint enance perfo rmed by ha vin g
yo ur Volkswagen Maintena nce booklet vali
dated at the approximate time or mi leage inter
va ls by a n auth ori zed Vo lkswagen dealer, and
that you prov ide these recor ds to the new ow ner
whe never yo u se ll th e vehicle.
Use of Genuine Volkswagen Parts
Vo lkswagen reco mmend s th at Genuin e Volk
swagen parts be use d a s rep laceme nt parts for
th e m aint enan ce, repa ir or rep lacement of em is
s ion con trol systems . U se o f re placeme nt parts
which are nor equiv alent to Ge nuine Volk
swage n parts i n emi ssio n pe rfo rm ance and du
ra bilit y may impair the effec tiv en ess of em iss io n
Booklet 1.2 USA Warranty
Fa ilur e to m ainta in yo ur vehicl e accor ding to the
in stru ction for pro per maintenance may cause
t h e ve hicle to excee d appli cab le emission s stan
d ard s and could re sult in denial of warranty cov
e rage. However, Volkswagen w ill not deny a
wa rra nty claim sole ly on t he bas is of your fa ilure
to ma intain th e ve hicle according to the in stru c
ti ons o r failur e to keep a record of maint enance.
In struction s for proper use of the vehicle are
co ntained in
Volkswage n Ow ner's
Ma nual. <11
con tro l sys te m s. Although use of parts oth er
than Genuine Vo lkswagen parts does not invali
da te these warranties, Vo lkswa gen assumes no
li ability und er the se wa rranti es for fa ilur e of
suc h parts and damage to ot her parts cause d by
s u ch failur e
Maintenance and repairs performed by independent service shops
Without invalidating these warranties, you may
choose ro have ma inten an ce, repair or re pla ce
ment of em iss io n con trol com pon ent s per
formed by any automot ive se rv ice es tab lish
m ent or indiv idu al qu alifi ed to perform such
se 1v ices . I loweve r, the cost of su ch serv ices is
not covere d by tJ1 ese warra nties excep t in em er
gencies . If the indepe ndent service es tablish - m
ent find s warrantabl e defect, you m ay del ive r
th e ve hicle to a n au thorized Volk swage n dealer
and have
defect correc ted free of ch arge.
Vo lkswagen wi ll not be liab le for any expenses
w hi ch yo u h ave incur red at the independent ser
vice estab lishm ent , exce pt for em erge ncy re
pa irs. See "Emerge ncy Repa irs" for furthe r
Parts not scheduled for inspection or replacement
Any part, whi ch is no t sc hedu le d for inspec tion
or rep lace men t a t m aint en an ce intervals speci
fied in th e Volkswage n Main te nan ce booklet, is
covered by thi s wa rran ty for the full warranty pe- riocl
. A ny su ch repa ired or re pla ced under are warrante d for the remaining war
ra nt y
California Emissions Warrantie s 25
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Scheduled part in spection or replacement
A part scheduled only for in spection in accor
dance with Volk swag en' s in struction s or re
quired schedu le d maintenance i s covere d for
the duration of these warranties.
Damage to non -warranty parts
If failure of a warranted causes damage to a
part not covere d by wa rranty, the non-war
ranted pan will al so be rep laced free of
will be re imbur sed if the
r e pair work was ne eded and corr ectly per
forme d, a nd it was impossible or unrea sonable
und er th e cir cu mstan ces to
or d rive yo ur
Vo lkswage n to the nearest a uthorized Volk
sw agen dealer. Th e maximum reimbursem ent
allowab le is an amount equal
the cost if yo ur
authorized Volk swagen d ealer had compl ete d
the repa ir(s) . Reimbursem ent wi ll be consid ered A
part installed in acc ordanc e w ith Volk
sw agen 's instruction s or required scheduled
maintenan ce is warranted uncil the nex t sc hed
ul ed repla cement int erval for the durati on of
the se
when you submit th e fo llow ing items t o yo ur au
t horized Volkswagen dealer:
• A stateme nt expla ining the c ircum stances
tha t pre vented you from getting
to an autho
ri ze d Volk swage n dealer,
• Paid recc ipt(sl.
• Repair order (s), and
• Part(s) re mo ved
yo ur
the vehicl e ca use d by tamp ering with emi ssion
contro ls, use of fuel containing l ead, or fuel n ot
m ee ting th e speci fica tion s set forth in the
Implied warranties
Any implied warranty, including warran ty
o f merchantabi lity or war ranty of fitness for
26 California Emissio ns Warranties
Ow ner's Manua l, and abu se, n eg lect or im
p rope r maint enance of the ve hicl e. D iag no sis
a nd repair of su ch damag e are at the expense of
particular pu rpose, is limited in durat ion to the period of these w ritten
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to time. In eve nt o f a se r
vice action, Vo lkswa gen of Ameri ca, In c. w ill no
ti fy yo u by mail and re qu est that you br in g yo ur
ve hicl e
your near est aut horized Volkswagen
dealer for repa ir free o f ch arge.
If you have not rece ntly c ha ng ed yo ur addr ess
and Volk swagen of A me rica , In c. ha s yo ur cu r
r e n t addre ss on file , you will r ece ive notifi calion
a ut om aticall y. If yo u are co nce rned th at you
ma y not have received no lice conce rning a par
ti cu la r se rv ice act ion , p lease c hec k w ith your d
eal er to de te rmin e whe1h er yo ur vehicle is eli
g ible for any re p ai r fr ee of ch arge.
In oth er instanc es, Volks wagen of Am eri ca, Inc.
ma y offe r ass is 1a nc e wit h a rep air beyo nd
on a case-by-case bas is. If you beli eve lhat
yo ur ve hicl e needs re p air no t cov ered by war
ran ty whi ch Vo lksw age n of Am erica, Inc. should
pay for i n
or in whole, plea se disc uss the re
qu est w ith your dea le r. If yo u ar e nol satisfi ed
w ith your dealer's decisio n, pl ea se
Vo lk
sw agen of Ameri ca, In c. Cu stom er CARE by Le le
phone or in writ ing. Your r equ est s houl d pro vid e
th e ve hicle identifi cation numb er, th e mil eage ,
mainten an ce histo ry a nd an explan atio n of why
yo u b eli eve that the re pai r should be perform ed
free o f ch arg e. Your reques t should be acco mpa
ni ed by all avai lab le main te nan ce and re p air
r eco rds wh ic h yo u ha ve reta ined . A C ustom er
CARE Rep rese ntati ve will review your r eques l
and advise you of our d ecis io n.
Customer CARE 29
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Th ese bulletin s ar e int ended for te chnici ans. They are not meant for th e CA
S U A L do -it -y our self er. Qualifi ed technici ans
ha ve th e equipment, tool s, s afe ty instruction s,
and know-how to do a job properl y and safel y.
I mprop erl y performed repair s or mainte
nan ce ca n ad vers el y aff ect the saf ety of your
v ehicl e, possibl y le ading to accid ent or injury.
Th ey ma y al so impair th e econom y, dur abili ty
or r eliab ility of your v ehicle and may vo id the
w arranty of your car.
If you are not sur e that
y ou can p erform a job prop erl y and saf ely, y ou
s hould not ri sk tryin g to do so .
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Table of contents
driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Pr oper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 4
P eda l area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
S tow ing luggag e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
R eporti ng safety defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
General no te s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Why safe ty belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . 15
Safety bel ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ofe ty belt prelensioners . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . 25
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
I m port ant thing s to know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Fr ont airbag system - the basics . . . . . . . . . 31
Booklet 2.1 Safety first
Monitoring th e Advanced Airbag Sys te m . 39
Side airbag s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Side Cur tain Prot ect ion™ airbags . . . . . . . . 48
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Chi ld Se als . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
I ns talling child res tra int with a safety belt 60
A dd itional I nfo rmati on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
L ow er anchorages (Canada veh icl es: lower
universa l anchorage bars} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7
In stalling a CRS using th e "LATCH " system 69
Where con I g el additional informa tion
about chi ld restraints and their use? 70
Alphabetical index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
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Booklet 2.1 Safety first
Safe driving
Gene ral notes
Dear Vo lkswagen Driver
Plea se remembe r -safety first!
This booklet conta in s impo rtan t informa
tio n, tip s, suggest ions and wa rnings wh ic h
you sh ou ld r ead an d heed fo r your own
safety, the safety of your passen ge rs and
o th ers .
WARNING
Alwa ys make sure th at yo u follow the sugges
ti ons and heed the WARN INGS in thi s Boo klet.
Safety equipmen t
WARNING (continued)
It 's in your interes t an d in th e int erest of a ll
yo ur p ass enge rs.
• Addit io nal imp orta nt information that
need to know fo r yo ur own safety a nd the
safe ty of yo ur passengers and oth ers is in
other Booklet s of your Owner' s Lit erature .
• Thi s Owne r's Lit erature must alw ays re
m ain with your Volkswagen w hen eve r you
l e nd or se ll your vehicl e so that thi s imp ortan t
informa tion will always be ava ilable to the
driver and
The safe ty feat ures are part of the occu.pan t rest raint system and work togeth er to
help re duce the risk of injury in accident
Yo ur safe ty and the sa fety of your pa ssenge rs
s hou ldn 't b e left to ch ance. Adva nce s in t ech
n o logy have ma de a va riety of fea tur es ava ilable
to h elp reduc e the risk of injur y in a n acc id ent.
The follow ing is a listin g of ju st a few of the safe ty
fea tures in your Volk swage n:
• sophi sti cate d safe ty be lts for a ll sea ting posi
tion s,
• saf ety be lt fo rce lim iters for t he front scats
a nd out boa rd rear seating pos itio ns.
• safe ty belt pre te nsion ers for the fro nt o ut
board seati n g posi tions, for th e outboard re ar
sea tin g pos itio ns in com binatio n with optio nal
r ea r sid e air ba gs.
• safe ty belt heig h t adju stm ent for th e front
sea ts,
• fron t airbags.
• sid e airbags for th e fro nt sea ts,
• Sid e Curt ain
airbag s.
2 Safe driving
• LATCH a nchora ges fo r child r estra in ts (in
Ca nada , the t erm s "to p tet her" w ith "lowe r uni
versal a nch orage s'' (or ''lowe r uni versal a n
c h orage bars" are use d
to desc ribed th e sys te m
• head restraints for eac h se ating position , ano
• adju stab le s teer ing co lumn .
T hese indi vidual safety fea tur es, can work to
ge ther as
sys tem to help protec t yo u and your
pa sse nge rs in a w ide ra nge of accid ent s. T hese
feature s ca n't wo rk as a syste m i f th ey are not a l
ways co rrec tly adjusted a nd correc tly use d!
Th is Booklet pro vid es imp ortant inform atio n
about
t h ese fe atur es are important, h ow
t h ey work to help prot ect yo u and your pa sse n
ge rs and how they mu st b e ad justed and use d to
ge t th e grea test ben efit and red uce th e lik eli
hoo d of inj ur y. T he Book le t a lso co nta in s im po r
WA HN INGS that you and your passengers
mus t a lw ays rea d and h eed in orde r to help re-
du ce the risk of per sona l injur y.
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Safety is everybody 's res pon sibilit y! ..
Important things to do before driving
Safety is job. Vehicle and occupant safety always depends on the in
fo rm ed and
driver.
For your safety and th e sa fe ty of yo ur pas
se ng ers, before drivi ng a lways :
- Make sure that a ll lights and signals are
ope ratin g correctly.
- Mak e sur e that the tire pressure is co r
rect.
- Make s ure that all wind ows are clea n
and a fford good vis ib ili ty to the out side.
- Secu re all luggage a nd oth er items care
fully
10.
- Make sure that not hing can interf ere
w ith the peda ls .
What impairs driving safety
- Adju st fr ont sea t, head res traint and
mirror s correct ly for your heig ht.
- Instru ct pa ssengers to adjust the head
restra ints accor ding to th eir h eig ht .
- Ma ke su re to use the r ig ht chil d re
s tra int and use it cor rectl y to prot ect chil
dren
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- Sit p rope rly in you r sea t and make sur e
that your passenger s do th e sa me
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- Faste n yo ur safe ty belt and wear it prop
e rly. A lso i nst ruct your pa ssenge rs to
fasten their safety belts prop erl y
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Safe driv ing is directly re lat ed to the condition of the vehicle , the driv er as well as
the driver's
to concentrate on the road without being distracted.
The driv er i s respo nsibl e for the sa fe ty o f
th e ve hicle and a ll of its occupan ts. If yo ur
ab ilit y to dr ive is im paired, safe ty risks for
eve ry bod y in th e veh icle increase and you
a lso become a hazard to everyo ne e lse on
t he road
The refo re:
- Do not le t yo urse lf be distra cte d b y pas
se nge rs or by usi ng the sound system o r a
ce llul ar t elep hone
- Never drive when yo ur driv in g abil ity is
imp air ed (b y m edi ca tions, alco hol , drugs,
etc.) .
- Obse rve a ll traffic laws, rules of th e road
and sp eed limit s and plai n co mm on se nse . -
Alw ays ad just yo ur spee d to road , traffic
a nd wea ther condition s.
- Take frequ ent breaks on long trips.
Don't drive for more than two hou rs at a
s tr etc h.
- Do n ot dr ive w he n yo u are tir ed, und er
press ure o r w hen you a re s tressed.
WARNING
dri vin g sa fe ty increases the risk of
se riou s perso nal inju ry and dea th when ever a
ve hicle is being use d ...
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