Speed VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 1998 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
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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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Front interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
Front map
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economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
- Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
see also
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Garage door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 53
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 4
-What in my car? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 4
temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 9
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
-Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 3
Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.1 19
box
Box/Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 79
Air Vent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 79
compartment

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seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
-Tether strap to anchorage point on the model 2.1
-Tether strap to anchorage point on the Wagon model 2.1
a chi ld restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
- Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
- Display , Multifunctioin indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.1
- E ngine coolant temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
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Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
- Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.1
- Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
light contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
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Restra int Head Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 .1
Rest raint systems.
see Booklet 2.1
Retrac tors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
Reverse
-Automatic transmission
(5-speed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
-Manual transmiss ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
Road salt, - Remo ving from
wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
Roof
............ ......................... ....... 3 .1
Rack
Ins talling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
L o ading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 .1
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
s
d riv ing tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
belt.-Lap-shoulder belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
belt height adjustor s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
- Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.1
-How can
w hen the belt is secure ly locked? . . 2.1
- Ho w to fasten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.1
- Ho w to wear properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
-Making sure
children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
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-Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
Synchronised mirror adjustment . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 .1
-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 .1
Temperature indicator. outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
Tensioner for the safety -Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
-How to attach on the Wagon model . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
Theft protection, -Alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
Tie-Down Hooks. Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
Time driven indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 3.1
-Top speed............. ........ ............... 3 .1
Tire
-Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
-Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
- Rotation . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
-Specification . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . .
. 3.2
tire designation code
. 3.2
Tire quali ty grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 3.2
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chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
-
. . 3.2
- Unifo rm tire
quality grading . . . .
season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
a wheel, precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
Top speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
Torn safety
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .1
Tow in
g............. ............ .. ............... 3 .1
Towing ... ................ ...... ...... ... ........ 3.2
- Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
-Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
-With a commercial tow truck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
brak es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
Transmission. see
Automatic transmission;
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
Uni form tire
grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
Unl ocking the
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 .1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
v
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
-Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
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afte rm arket springs, shock absorbe rs, or low­
ering kits.
This warranty does
not cover vehicles se­
vere ly damaged an d
I or decla red to be a total
loss by an i nsurer or veh icles sub sta ntially re­
assembled from
or repaired with parts ob­
tained from an
other used vehic le.
Damage or malfunctions due to lack of maintenance
This warranty does not cover damage or mal­
functions
due to failure to
scheduled ma intenance was performed in a
time ly manner.
Odometer tampering
These warranties do not cover repairs on an
Volkswagen on which the odometer has been
altered
or on which the actual mileage cannot readily be determined. windstorms,
tree sap
or other simila r
occurrences.
If the speedomete r uni t is rep laced, a
out by an authorized Volkswagen
limited New

safety
the
The illustration above shows the passen­
gers on a
They're not using safety
The Both the
The higher the speed of the weight, the more ener­
gy there is to be
safety see For

SAFETY FIRST
Vehicle speed is the most significant factor.
km/h). the energy increases 4 times!
Because these passengers
are not using
safety
they was moving just
before the crash,
the
The same principles to people sitting
in a that is involved in a frontal
Even at city speeds of to mph
km/h). the forces acting on the body can
reach one ton
are a frontal

Babies and older children must
never ride in a vehicle sitting on the lap of an adult. Holding a child
in your arms is never a substitute for a child restraint system. The
strongest adult could not hold onto the child under the forces
a crash at a speed of
be more than times the weight of the means the weight of the be more than kg).
Under these conditions.
too for an infant restraint up to
4 years
or 18 kg) strained in a seat
dangerous
est
seat. for an fant or a in a rearwar d-facing
seat.
ous injury to the child.
ward-facing child seats on the rear seat .
Always read and heed all