seat adjustment 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
-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
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66
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52
21
23
23
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94
98
93
96
93
11
11
96
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99
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Driver's Seat
-Adjustments, -
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
Driving
in foreign countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
Driving under
conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
E
................................... .
3.1
- Heated driver's seat .......................... .
3.1
- Heated passenger seat
....................... . 3.1
- Power ................................. . 3.1
....................... . .
3.1
............. .......... . .
3.2
................... .
3.1
power .................... . 3.1
Emergency
sunroof ..... ......................... .
3.1
................. .................... . 3.1
-
.............................. .
3.2
Emission
................... .. . 3.1
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44
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E xhaust system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
E xpansio n tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
Extenders for the safety
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
F
Fahrenheit to Centr igrade. setting
Fan
Booster seats .............................. . .
safety
seat on the center position on the rear seat ..
seats on the outer rear se at position ....... .
se ats ............................ ..... .
system .............................. .
exte nder ............ .............. .
................................. .
Fastening Net ............................. .
Fasten ing your safety
cap ................... .................... .
containe r .................... .
emergen cy .................... .......... .
Mats ...................................... .
-Br ake ...................................... .
..................................... .
washer tank ...................... .
F
og Front ................... ............ .
outsi de mirrors ........................... .
F orward adjustment of seats
...................... .
For ward facing
2.1
F ront airbags .
.......................... ......... .
Fro nt armrest
................................... .
Front door
............................ .
Front doors
..................................... .
Front fog
.................................. .
3.1
3.1
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3.1
2.1
2.1
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2.1
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2.1
3. 1
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3.2
3.2
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3
.2
3.1
3 .2
3.2
3.2
3 .1
3.1
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2.1
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3. 1
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H
Handbrake ...................................... . 3.1
.................... .......... . ...... .
3.1
56
R emov ing
...... .. ..... ................ ....... . 3.1 56
H
ead re straints ........................ ....... .. . . 2.1 49
see also Booklet 2.1
Removing and ....................... .
2.1 49
Headl ight
Dimmer switch .............................. . 3.1 45
................ ............ ......... . 3.1 45
H eadlight dimmer switch lever .................... .
3.1 45
Headlight flasher ... ....................... . ..... .
3.1 45 Heated
Driver 's seat .............. ................. . . .
3.1
43
seat ...................... ....... . 3.1 44
-Window ........... ...... ................... . 3.1 43
Heated driver's seat ............................. .
3.1 43
H eated outside mirrors
.... ....... ................ .
3.1
51
H
eated passenger seat ......... ... ............... . 3.1 44
H
eating ..................... . ......... ......... .
3.1
Heating interior quickly .... ....................... .
3.1
83
H eating system.
see Climate controls
Heavy clothing and safety belts ................... . 2.1 8
Height adjustment of seats .................... ... .
3.1
59
H eight adjustors
................................. .
2.1
11
High beam .
.................................... .
3.1
16
H igh beam lever
...................... ........... .
3.1
45
Homelink
................. ...................... . 3.1 53
Hood
release ................................... . 3.2 33
Cargo Net ..................... . 3.1 72 Horn
see also Book le t 2.1
- see also Booklet 2.1 .......................... . 3.1 3
How can adjust the heigh t of my safety belt? ...... . 2.1 1 1
H
ow can when t h e safet y belt is secu rely lo cked? 2.1

Booklet 1.2
miles, whic hever occurs first.
Any impli
ed warranty, including any im­
plied warranty
of merchantability or war­
ranty of fitn ess for a particular purpose, is
Coverage
This warrant y covers any repair t o corr ect a
m
anufacture r's defec t in material or work­
m
anship except wheel alignment, tire bal ­
a n ce,
and the repair or replace ment of tir es .
Th e re p air or replacement of wear and tear
ite ms, such as manual tran smission clutc h
friction material , brake pads worn below
manufa cturer sp ec ification s,
light bulbs (ex­
cludin g Halo gen h
eadlight s, instrument
panel bulb s, and Xeno n headlight s, unle ss
da maged by outside influ en ces), seat cove rs,
ca rpetin g a
nd re p lacem en t o f rubber wip er limit
ed
in duration to the period of thi s
writt en wa
rranty.
blade inserts, replaced for wea r an d tea r, a re
cove re d up to one yea r or miles,
w hi ch e ver occurs
first.
Baueries
are covered p ar ts and labor for
4 years
or mile s, whi chever occurs
first, for defec ts in mate
rial o r work manship.
Mechanica l
adjustment not associated w ith a
defect in material
and workmanship, are not
covered
the first yea r o r mile s,
whic hever occ
urs firs t (i.e. headlight
in clu din g its te rrit ories, or Canada.
If
you r Volkswage n is brought to an autho­
r ized Volkswagen dealer outside Uni te d
2 Limited New Vehicle Warranty

Power outside mirrors
You can change the setting of both outside
mirrors using the
L -Outside mirror on the driver's side
R -Outside mirror on the passenger's side
A -Mirror heating
T
he mirror surface rection as you move the joystick.
the electrical adjustment of the mirror
doesn't
you move the joystick to position the
mirrors
this should be necessary, just move the
joystick to position (R ) to switch over to the
passenger's mirror-the mirror can now be
adjusted.
AND
Memory for outside mirrors*
Vehicles equipped with memory driver's seat* also have a
auto­
When you move the gearshift or selector
tilt slightly downwards
position see illustration.
T his makes it possi ble to
see the edge of
the curb when parking your vehicle. T
he mirror
MERKER.

back or forth to make sure it is secu ­
2 -Lumbar support*
Adjust the backrest support by turn ing the
adjuster
This give more support to
the
reduce fatigue trips.
3 -Seatback adjustment
With your body weight taken off the seat­
turn
the seat.
SEATS AND STORAGE-----------------59

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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D
Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 -Adjust ments -Electrical
Data Link
Daytime running lights ....... ....... 42
Defogging -Side
windows .................. 83
-Windshield ..................... 83
-Windshield and side windows .... 83
Defrosting -Rear
window ................... 43 Backrest
..................... 61
Height ...........
............ 61
Raise & L ower ............... 61
Memory ..................... 62
Driver's seat ....................... 57
-Adjustments. - Height .. 59
Dr iver's seat-memory
............... 62
Duplicate key ..
.................... 26
-Windshield and side windows 89
D ig ita l
....................... 1 E
Dimmer switch, -Dashboard lights ... 42
Elect rical Electronic
Distance driven indicator
............ 13 Heated driver's seat ............. 43
.............................. 23
-Heat ed passenger seat .......... 44
Doors ............................. 31
-safety lock. rear ............ 34
Electrically heated driver's seat ....... 43
...... 17
locks ....................
-Unlocking with key .............. 31 Electronic power control
Unlocking with remote ........ ... 28
Emergency
Driver position
................... .. 57 sunr oof ................. 41
Driver' s Seat -Flasher ........................ 43
- Adjustments -Manual
-
Forward & Backward ........ 59 Emergency
brake .................. 1
-Lumbar Support ............. 59
Emission control system
- Seatback
........... ........ 59 Malfunction indicator ............ 22
- Malfunction indicator light
........ 22
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