key battery VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 1997 Owners Manual

Key words Booklet
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
-Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
-Rear ........................................ 3.1
- Storage bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
Ashtray, -Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
Ashtrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
-Front ..................................... . .. 3.1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
Auto Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
Automatic car wash
-
when taking your to the car wash . . . . . . . . . 3.2
-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
-
liptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
-Towing . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
-key safety . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
Average driving speed indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
Average . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
B
Back-up .................. ............... . . 3.1
- Automatic transmission (5-speed) .............. . 3.1
-transmission ......................... . 3.1
Backrest ...................................... . . 3.1
.................................... . 3. 1
-Raising ....... .............................. . 3.1
Backward adjustment of seats .................... . 3.1
Battery ......................................... . 3.2
- Battery acid
............................... ... .. . 3.2
-charging ............................. . 3.2
-............... ..... . 3.2
-Disconnecting
-Important information before you
disconnect your battery! ............. ......... .
-What you must do after you reconnect
the battery! .................... ............ .
3.2
3.2
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66
66
66
23
52
21
23
23
97
94
98
93
96
93
11
11
96
96
99
69
69
69

Anti-theft
can turn on the system using either
yo
ur key or the remo te control.
When you lock the vehicle, you turn
on the
a la rm sys tem au toma tically. S im ply turn the
key to the lock position or use the remo te
control.
The alarm sounds when
(on a locked ve­hicle)
a
th e engi ne or
the rear lid is forced
or when the ignition is switched on.
The horn will sound and the emergency
flashers will blink for about
the system warning
light in the driver's door will go out after 28
days . This is meant to conserve battery
power . The system is still operating.
the alarm has sounded on e and
t hen the vehicle is forced open again (for ex ­
ample. someone t ries to for
cibly ope n a
an d t he n tr ies to force open the rea r
lid). the signal will sound once again.
AND

Using power windows, ignition
You can
minutes after the ignit io n is
switched off even if the ignit io n k ey has
been removed
as as the driver's door
o r passenger's door are not opened.
The automatic
be as the switch is act ivated.
dows a re hard to because of stiffness
or are obstruc ted by an object whe n (pin ch protection) the window open im-
the battery is disconn ected and
then reconnected,
comes discharged. the be work.
To reactivate this feat ure, do the
-Lock the via the drive r's door.
Mak e sure th at dows are
-one more time.
-
Turn the key to the posit ion a second
t im e and
1 secon d.
A utoma tic
th is case the window can be again vated.
when the ignition is switched on.
The windows
can be or opened
fr om the outside . To do this. the key must
be
on the drive r's door.
The window
AND CLOSING----------------39

How to coordinate the remote
can use the remote
seating position stored in memo­ry.
We reco mmend that you coordinate the
master
keys for your
Assigning a seat and mirror setting
to a memory button using the re­mote
After you have adjusted your seat and the
inside
Remove the key from the ignition
Press the .. open .. button on the remote
(see page 27). and you
hear
an acoustic you know that
the seat and mirror positions have been as­
signed to a memory button.
Notes
and then reassign a new setting
using a different
the setting
be erased and the new one
The assignment of a master key to a me­
mory button is maintained even if you store
new seat and mirror adjustments to this
button.
the battery is disconnected,
assignments between the remote
SEATS AND STORAGE

8
Back-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
-Aut om atic tr ansmission ......... 96 -Door .......................... 25
-
....................... 1
............. ... ............ 21
........................ 69 -Safety ..................... 19
-
....................... 69 Cigarette ................... . 76
- Raising
........................ ....................
Backward adjustment of seats ....... 59 See also Air conditioning;
Battery replacement. remote key ..... 25 ........................ 87
Batt
ery-....... See
............... 18 -Automatic
.............. See ................. 87
-
. . ........................ 16 -.............. 88
-Warning ................... 18 ............................. 1
-Wear indicator .................. 16 -Setting ........................ 1
c -........................
.................... 49
-Locks ......................... 31 2 .1
................... ..... 35
safety -
window .............. 3
6
....... See
................. See also 2.1 ..................... 1
rear doors ........... 34 ........................ 74
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