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and Advice and Technical Data.
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Free-of-charge repair
Repairs und er this warranty free of char ge.
Your authorized Volk swa gen d ea le r w ill re pa ir
Emergency repairs
If an em erge ncy r epair was perf ormed b y a non­
Volkswag en se rv ice faci lity, keep a ll rece ipt s. r e­
pair ord ers, and parts re mo ved from your Vo lk­
swage n.
You will be re imburs ed if the re p air wo rk was
needed and correctly p erform ed and it was im­
possibl e or unr easonab le und er th e circum-
Booklet 1.2 USA Warranty
the defective part or r ep lace it with a new o r re­
manufactured genu ine Vo lkswag en part.
to t ow o r drive yo ur Vo lk swage n to the
n ea res t author ize d Vo lkswage n deale r.
A sta tem ent of the circ umstanc es that preven te d
yo u from getting to an auth ori zed Volksw agen
dealer, tog eth er with th e paid receipt s, repair or­
d ers, and re pla ced
mu st be sub mitt ed to
yo ur au tho rize d Vo lkswagen dea le r in order lO
be consid ered for
BBB AUTO LINE dispute resolution services
If yo u are no t sa tisfied with t he warranty s erv ice
y ou r eceive, yo u may wish fo llow th e ste ps set
fort h
page 30.
Vo lkswage n of Amer ic a, Inc., pro vides a media­
tion and arbitr ati on service for the reso lution of
warra nty and other produc t related disp ut es .
T hi s serv ice is called 1313BAUTO LINE and is c on­
du cte d thr ough l ocal offices of the Bette r Busi­
ness Bur eau. If you wis h
use th is serv ice, you
ma y call th e fo llow in g toll-fr ee numb er:
I (8 00 ) 955 -5!00
We enco urage you u se 131313AUTO LINE befo re
yo u decide to see k remedi es in a court of law.
In some s tates yo u may be requir ed
use 13813
AU TO LI NE befor e yo u ca n asse rt yo ur right s in
a co urt of law .
T he 813BAUTO LINE serv ice is fr ee of charge and
perm its yo u
presen t you r case w ithout an at­
torney. Additio nal informatio n on 131313 AUTO
LI NE ca n be
pa ge 30.
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Free-of-charge repair
under thi s warranty are free of charg e.
Your author ize d Volkswagen dea ler w ill repair
Emergency repairs
If an em erge ncy re pair was performed by a no n­
Vo lkswag en serv ice facility , keep a ll rece ipts, re­
pair orde rs, a nd parts removed from your Vo lk­
swagen .
You will be reimbursed if th e repair wo rk was
ne eded and correctly perform ed an d it was im­
possib le or unr easo nable under th e circum-
Bookl et 1.2 USA Warranty
th e defec tive part or re place it with a new or re­genu ine Volkswagen
stan ces 10 tow or drive your Volkswage n the
n ea rest a utho rize d Vo lkswagen dealer.
A
of the ci rcumstances that pr eve nted
you from getting to an au thori zed Volkswagen
deal er, tog ether with th e paid rece ipts, re pa ir or­
ders, and re p laced parts must b e subm itted to
yo ur authori zed Vo lkswagen dea le r in or der to
be consid ere d for re imbursement. •
BBB AUTO LINE dispute resolution
If yo u are not satisfi ed w ith the warrant y service
yo u rec eive, you may wish to fo llow ste p s se t
fo rth => page 30 .
Vo lkswage n of America, Inc., prov id es a media­
ti on and arbitra tion servi ce for the re so lution of
warra nty and ot her product re lat ed disput es.
Thi s service is c alled BBB AUTO LINE
is co n­
du cte d th rough l ocal offi ces of the Bett er Bus i­
n ess Bureau . If yo u wish
to use th is se rvice, yo u
ma y ca ll th e follow ing toll-free numb er:
I (800) 955-5100
We e nco ura ge you 10 u se BBB AUTO LINE b efore
you dec ide seek remedi es in a co urt of law.
In some s tates yo u may be re quir ed to use
BBB AUTO LINE befor e you ca n assert your right s in
a court of law.
The BBB AUTO LINE se rv ice is free of char ge and
p ermit s yo u to pr esent your case w ithout
at­
torn ey. A dditi onal informat ion on AU TO
LI NE can be found => page 30. •
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Booklet 1.2 USA Warranty
Federal Emissions Warranties
General
The Emissions se t out on the fol­
l ow ing page s are war ranties which th e m anuf ac­
is req uir ed b y law to furni sh to you a t the
ti me you take delivery of yo ur new vehicle.
T hese cove rages may als o be includ ed in the
Vo lkswage n 4 yea rs
I 5 0,00 0 mil es L imit ed New
Ve hicl e Warranty.
T he w arranLies re qu ired by fe deral l aws ap ply
all new Volksw age n ve hicle s import ed and di s­
tribut ed by Vo lk swage n of Am erica . In c. (Vo lk ­
swage n) for sa le in the United States, includ in g
it s te rritori es, and Canada . T he warra nties re­
quire d by the State of Calif orn ia law appl y to all
new Vo lksw agen ve hicl es imp ort ed a nd dist rib­
ut ed by Vo lkswage n for sale and reg is traLion in
t h e State of Ca liforn ia.
Th e Co mmonwea lth of Massac husetts and the
S ta tes of Ve rmont and
have adopte d wa r­
r a n ty re quir em ent s Lh at a re id enti cal to the Ca li­
forn ia warra nties.
The owner of a ve hicle certified for sa le and reg­
i s tered in Californi a, Massachusett s, Vermont
or Ma ine ma y, th erefore , have warranty rights
under both Federa l and State mandat ed emis ­
s ion s warranties. The sta te of New York has
14 Federal Emissions Warranties
adopted emi ssions warranty re quir ement s
i dentica l to Ca lifornia mandated emi ssion s
warranties O NLY for vehicles equipped to me et
Ca liforni a's Par tial Zero E mission Ve hicl e (P­
ZEV) emi ssion s requir em ent s, as iden tifi ed on
the Vehicl e Emission Control Information Lab el
l oca ted on th e hoo d.
T he ow ner of a new Volkswagen vehicle im­
p ort ed and di str ibut ed by Volkswag en for sale in
s tat es other than Californ ia, Massach usetts , Ver­
m ont , Mai ne o r New Yo rk (as set fort h in the
a b ove paragraph ) has righ ts on ly und er th e
era l E mi ssio n s Wa rranty.
Pl ea se rea d the se warra nties care fully.
If you
h ave any questio ns co n ce rning th e ap plicabili ty
of eac h wa rranty to yo ur vehicle or wan t to kn ow
w hether a parti cular repai r w ill be perform ed
free of ch arge pursuant to these wa rranti es,
pl ease writ e
or te le phone:
C ustom er

About this booklet
This bookl et conta ins importan t informa tion,
tips, sugge stions and WARN INGS on using your
ve hicl e. Th e other booklets in the Owner's Liter­
ature contain furth er information th at you
sho uld be aware of for your own safety and for
the safety of your passengers.
Make sur e th at you always keep the comple te
Own er' s Litera ture in the vehicle . Th is is es pe­
cially important when you le nd or sell th e ve­
h icle.
This manua l describes the ve hicle equipment at
the t ime of publication. Some of the equipment
d esc ribed will not be available until a later date,
or is on ly available for certain markets.
Illu stratio ns may sli ghtlyvary from your vehicle.
For t his re aso n you should rega rd illu strations as
a genera l gu ide.
A t the beginning of this booklet , you will find a
table of contents sh owing all
items de­
scribe d in th is manua l in the order they appea r.
An alph abetical index is at the end of the
book.let.
Directions and positions (for example rig ht, left,
front, rear) are always relative
to the direc tion of
t rave l of the vehicl e un less stated otherwise.
So me sectio ns of this booklet do not appl y to all
ve hicl es. If this is the case, a text at the beginning
of the section indicates which vehicles it applies
to , for exam ple "App lies to USA Models on ly".
The section is contin ued on the nex t page.
Indicates the end of a sect ion.
® Registere d trademarks are marked
or®.
How ever, the a bsence of thi s symbo l does
not constitute a wa iver of t he rights con­
cerning any term.
Cross-reference to a within
or out side of a section.
WARNING
Texts with this symbol conta in importa nt in­
formation on safety and how to reduce the risk
o f personal injury or death.
Note
Texts with thi s symbol draw your attention to
pot entia l sources of damage to your ve hicl e.
<£> For the sake of environment
Tex ts with this sy mbol contai n in formation
about the environment and how you can help to
protect it.
Tips
T ex ts with this sy mbol contain s pecial tips and
o ther information about getting tl1e mo st out of
your veh icle and its features.

res tr a int s th at liste d in th e Sta nd ard 53. "C hild restra int s an d Adva nce d Air­
bag s."
"S uppr essio n " req uir es the front a irb ag o n the
p ass eng er side to be tu rn ed off if:
• a child up
o n th e fro nt pa ss e n ger se at in one of th e
r ea r-f acing o r forward -facing infant r estra int s
li sted in F ed era l M otor Vehicl e Sa fe ty Stan dard
20 8 w ith whi ch th e Ad van ce d Air b ag Sys te m in
yo ur v eh icl e
ce rtifi ed. Fo r a l is ti ng o f th e
c h ild r estrai nts th at we re use d yo ur ve­
hi cle's complian ce the US Sta n dard
• weight le ss th an a t hres ho ld leve l sto re d in
t h e co nt rol uni t is detec ted on th e fro nt pas­
se nge r
Th e PASS ENGER AIR B AG OFF li ght co mes on
w hen th e el ec tro nic co ntro l un it de tec ts a
w ei ght on th e fron t p asse nge r se at th at r eq uires
th e front a irbag b e tu rn ed off. If th e PAS-
S EN G BAG OFF lig ht do es not co me o n
a nd stay o n, th e air bag o n the passe nge r
s id e has b een turn ed ofTb y th e con trol u nit depl oy if th e con tro l un it se nses an im­
pa ct m ee ts th e co nditi ons st ored in i ts
m emor y.=> page 45 39 "Mo nitoring th e
A dva nce d Airb ag Sys te m ."
Al ways re m emb er: E ve n t hou gh your veh ic le is
eq uip ped
Adv an ce d Air b ags. the safes t
p la c e fo r chil dren i s prop erl y res tra in ed on th e
b ack
Ple a se be sur e re a d th e infor matio n in th e sections fo llow a nd b e
s u re to a ll of th e WARN INGS .
WARNIN G
To re du ce the ri sk of inj ury w hen an airb ag in ­
flate s, always we ar safet y belt s pro perl y.
• If yo u ar e un res tra ine d, lea nin g forw ard,
s itlin g sid eway s or o ut of pos ition in any way,
y our risk of injur y is mu ch hi ghe r.
• You will als o rece iv e se ri o us injuri es and
co uld eve n be kill ed if yo u arc up again st th e
a ir bag o r too clo se to it when it infl ate s
e ve n
w ith an Adva nced Airb ag 27 .
WARNING
A chil d in a rear ward -fa ci ng c hild sea t in­
s talled on th e front p assenge r sea t w ill b e se ri­
ou sly in jur ed and can be killed if th e front
Booklet 2.1 Safety first
WARNI NG (conti nued)
a irba g infl ates eve n with an Ad van ced Airb ag
Sys te m .
• Alth ou gh th e Adva nced A irbag Sys te m in
y our vehicl e is de sig ned to turn ofT the front
a irb ag w hen a rea nva rd-fa cing c hild res trai nt
ha s bee n in stalled on th e front pa ssenger sca t,
n ob od y ca n ab solut ely g uarant ee that d epl oy ­
m ent is im poss ible in all co ncei va ble s itu a­
ti on s th at ma y ha pp en du rin g th e use ful life of
yo ur ve hicl e.
• Th e infl ating airb ag will hit the c hild seal
or in fant carri er w ith grea t for ce an d w ill
s m as h th e c hild seat and child aga inst th e
ba ckres t, ce nter arm r est, door , or r oof .
• Al ways insta ll rea rw ard -facin g child r e­
s traint s in th e back scat.
• If yo u m ust insta ll a rea rwa rd fa cin g c hild
sca t on the front passe nger sea t bec aus e of ex­
ce pti ona l cir cum sta n ces and the "PAS­
SENGE R A IR B AG O FF" light doc s not come on
a nd stay on, imm edi atel y in stall the re ar­
f aci ng c hild scat in a re ar se atin g position and
hav e th e a irbag s ys te m in sp ect ed b y your
V ol kswage n dea le r.
WARNING
A n im prop erl y in sta lled child restr ain t can in­
t e rf ere w ith the a irbag as it d epl oy s and se ri­
o usly injur e or eve n kill the c hild -eve n with
an Ad van ced Airba g Sy stem . If , in exc epti onal
cir cum stan ce s, y ou mu st in sta ll a fo rwar d­
facin g child r estraint on the front p asse nger' s
s ea t:
• Fo rward- facin g child scat s i nstall ed on th e
fr ont p asse nge r's s cat ma y inter fere w ith the
d epl oy ment of the a irbag and cause ser iou s
p erso nal inju ry to the child.
• Alw ays m ake sur e th e forwar d-fa cing se a t
h as bee n d esig ned and certified by its
fa ctur er for u se o n a front se a t with a pas­
s e n ge r front and sid e air bag .
• Alw ay s car efull y follo w the m anu fac turer' s
i n stru ctio ns prov ided with th e child seat or
ca rri er.
• Neve r put th e fon var d-facin g child re­
s traint up against or ve ry ne ar the in strum ent
p an el.
• Always move the passe nge r scat in to its re ­
a rm ost pos ition in th e sea t's for e and
Airbag system 33

Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
It em Symbol Meaning of warning Lights Fur ther informa tion
. Fue l fi lle r ca p not prop erl y clo sed 29
Hi gh beam 29
Ai rba g or b elt t en sio ner sys te m 2. 1. ch apt er "Mo nitorin g the m alfun cti on o r airb ag disabl ed
vanced airbag system"
Depress pedal 30
Tire press ure m onitorin g syste m 30
(TPMSJ
or
Day time running lights
WARNING
Failur e to heed warn ing l ig ht s and o ther im­
por tan t ve hicle informatio n can lead to a
b rea kdow n in
coll is io n an d se rio us
p erso nal injur y.
• Neve r ign ore w arn ing lig ht s and warn ing
t ex ts !
• Whe neve r sta ll ed o r sto pp ed for re pa ir,
move the vehicle a safe dis ta nce ofT the road ,
s top the en gine, and turn on th e emergency
na sher and u se other warn ing device s to
approac hin g
Tip s
• Some warn ing lig hts ar e also displ aye d in th e
instru ment cluster. The pri orit y of malfun ctio ns
i s di spl ayed w ith red and yellow sy mbo ls and
d isp laye d with addition al in for mat ion.
• I f o n e o f th e ligh ts mark ed wit h
comes o n
wh ile yo u are driving , mo ve a safe dista n ce off
th e road. Turn off the en gine , turn the e mer­
ge ncy flas her o n and use o ther
devices
t o alert ot her motorists. Go to listed page in yo ur
book let fo r ex planations.
• Some fea tures menti oned are
eq uipment on some models options on
This warning light exh aust system.
W arnin g lig ht
flashe s:
Mi sfiring
damage th e co nverter .
Red uce sp ee d and drive caref ull y to the neares t
au thorized Vo lkswage n dea le rs hip . I lave the e n­
g in e c hecke d.
T he follow in g tex t is di spla yed in th e ins trument
clu ster disp lay: Emissions workshop !
22 Instrument pan el
Wa rnin g li g ht i s illumin ated:
A malfun cti on ha s deve loped d urin g driving
w hi ch ha s red uced the qualit y of th e ex haust
e mi ssio n s.
spe ed an d dri ve c arefull y to
th e nearest a uthorized Vo lk swage n deale rs h ip.
H ave the engi ne checke d.
The fo llow ing tex t is displayed i n the instrum ent
cl uste r display: Emissio ns

Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
Applies to w ith elect rically odjus toble front seals
Electrically ad justable driver and front passenger seats (power seats)
The switches look like a seat viewed from the s ide. The seat cushion and back rest
follow the mot ions of the respective switches.
Fi g. 43 Contro ls for elec tric seal adjustment
Move the co rres ponding switch =£lg . 43
to ad just the fronr seat to suit your size
Adjust ing th e height and for­
wa rd/ba ckward position of sea t
c u shi on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Adjusting backre st angle . . . . . . . . . 63
Adjusting lumbar support. The cu r­
vatu re of the cu shi oned a re a is de­
term in ed b y th e se tting s made in
the lum bar region. This supports
the natu ral c ur vature of the sp ine
very effe ctive ly .......... ...... .
WARNING
63
Dri vers or pa ssenge rs w ho are unb elted , out of
p os ition or t oo close to the airbag can b e se ri­
o usly injur ed or killed b y an airbag as it un­
in "W hy is sca t adju stm ent so im­
po rtant? " on page 57.
62 Seats and storage
WARNING
Neve r adjust the seats while the vehicl e is
m oving. You r sea t ma y mo ve un expecte dly
and you could lose control of th e ve hicle.
• Never drive with the ba ckrest r eclined or
tilt ed far back! T he farther the bac kre sts arc
t ilt ed ba ck , the grea te r the ri sk of inju ry due to
incorrec t po sitionin g of the sa fety belt and im­
proper seating po sitio n.
• The scats in your vehicle can be electri cally
ad juste d eve n with the ig nit ion ke y removed.
Neve r leave unattend ed childr en in th e ve­
hi cle becau se the unsupe rvised use of the
electric scat adju stm ent s ca n result in serious
p erso nal injury.

Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
Applies to vehicles: with front center armrest and one storage comportment
Front center armrest with storage compartment
arm rest can be moved backward and forward.
Fig. 5 5 Front armrest with storage comportme nt
Opening and closing the storage
compartment
- To open th e storage compar tment lift
th e armr est in the direction of the arrow
55 .
Applies to vehicles: with rear armrest
- To clo se th e s torag e co mpartm en t, pu ll
do wn the a rm re st.
Cooling the s torag e compartment in the front
ce nter armr est
In ve hicles w ith air co nditi oning there is a n
ou tlet in the s to rage c omp artm ent (pro vid ed a
C D Chang er
no t be en in sta lled) . D ep ending
o f th e settin g of th e front controls =: page 81 or
84 cold or h eat ed air ca n be g uid ed int o
th e co mpartm ent . Turn th e air outl et t o o pen
a nd clo se it.
WARNING
Str iking an open armrest cover can cause se­
riou s inju ry in a cras h.
• Always keep the armrest closed when th e
ve hicl e is m ov ing.
Opti onal e quipm ent
70 Seats and storage
-Fold th e rear armr est do wn complete ly .
- Pre ss the s torage compa rtment relea se
c at ch
56
- Lift th e storage compartme nt
WARNING
St riki ng an open armrest cover ca n cause se ­
r ious injury in a cras h.
• Always keep the ar mr est clo sed when the
ve hicl e is movin g.

Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equ ipment
Accelerating
- Pull th e lever upward in direction
to th e+ position to increase the
s peed by about 0.5 mph
(I km/h ).
Decelerating
- Pull the lever downward in direction of
a rrow © to the - positio n to lowe r the
s peed b y 0.5 mph (about I km/h).
Switching off
-Push the leve r in the direction of arrow
all the way to the OFF position whil e
d rivi ng. The CHU ISE or
symbo l goes off .
- Sw itch th e ignit ion off when the v ehicle
i s standing still.
WARNING
Using the crui se cont ro l whe n it i s not possib le
to dri ve sa fely at a constant speed is dangerous
in "Desc ription".
Tip s
• If th e cruise con trol is switc hed on th e
( or ·t-i sy mbol in the in stru ment cluster
li g ht s up .
• If th e c ruise co ntrol i s
the or symb ol goes o ut. The syste m is
swi tc h ed off compl etely when the selec tor leve r
is in P, Nor
• If yo u increase vehicl e speed with th e accel­
erato r pedal, the prev ious ly programmed sp eed
will be re sum ed when the acce le rator p edal is re­
leased . T hi s w ill not be the case. however, ifche
vehicle s peed is mo re than 6 mph (10 km/h)
hi gh er than the s tored speed fo r long er
5
minut es. The speed will then have to be store d
again .
• The set speed can be sw itche d off te mpo­
rarily if you p ress the brake peda l or the clutch
pedal. Pull th e lever briefly towa rd th e steering
whee l to the point where you can start to fee l re ­
s is tance
107, fig. 85 to r esum e the
speed again. "'4
App lies to vehic les: with independent lever for Cruise cont·ol
Turning off control temporarily
You can turn off the control temporar ily as
follow s:
- Depress the brake pedal,
- Dep re ss th e clutch pedal, or
- Pu sh the l ever briefly to the point where
yo u can star t to feel r esis tanc e in the dir ec­
t ion of a rrow
10 7, 85
Th e set sp ee d re mains in th e mem ory , but it is
not maintain ed. To res um e the spee d previo usly
se lected, re lease the brak e pedal and pull th e
l e ver bri efly coward the stee ring wheel to the
108 Driving
point whe re yo u ca n start to f eel resi stan ce 107, fig. 85
If you drive faster than about 1 10 mph (180 km/h)
the cru ise co ntrol is sw itch ed off automati cally
a nd you cann ot ac tivate the cruise contro l. To
ac tivate the cru ise control again, drive s lower
than about 110 mph (180 km/ h).
WARNING
Us ing the cruise contro l when it is not possib le
to drive safely at a constant spee d is dangerous
in "Descrip tion" on page 107. "'4