steering VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2001 Owners Manual

Keywords Booklet
Multi-function steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
- Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
- Radio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.1
Multifunction steering control . . . . . . . . 3.1
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-pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
cool ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
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-Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2
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do wn feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
controls
-Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
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Service at
Air
Dust and (where
Ribbed condition
Steering:
Drive shafts:
Front dust on
Roof frame:
Automatic transmission:
Rear Lubricate (New Beetle only)
check every 12 months regardless of
kickdown.
power accessories and
12V starter and
protec tion with convertible top
open (
New Beetle Convertible only)
Next Service:
Date: ........................ .
km : .......... ......... .
whichever occurs first Today's
date and
Volkswage n

Engine: Change
Eng ine: Check for
Exhaust system: Check for damage and
Water separator: Drain water
Battery: Check electrolyte
Door check straps: Lubricate
Cooling system: Check coolant
Manual transmission: Check add if necessary; check for
Timing
Brake system: Check for damage/leaks, brake pad thickness and brake
Front joints and tie rods; check tie rods
Road test: Check kickdown, braking, steering, heating and ventilation, air condition­
ing, power accessories and electrical systems

Wheels: Rotat e from front to rear
Tires/spare wheel:
Power steering: fluid level
boots
dust seals on ball joints, tie rod ends; check tie rods
and lubricate
Automatic transmission:
top: protection with convertible top
open (New Beetle Convertible
Today's date and
Volkswagen Dealer stamp

Service at
Head lights: Adjust
Rear spoiler: Lubricate (New Beetle only)
Road test: kickdown, braking, steering, heating and ventilation, air condition­
liming belt: Replace (TDI engine
Engine:
liming belt and timing belt tensioning roller: R eplace (Passat, Golf, Jetta, New
Beetle 1.8 T engine only)
Next Service:
Date: ........................ .
Miles/ km: .......... ......... .
whichever occurs first
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Today's date and
Volkswagen Dealer stamp

SAFETY FIRST
occupants are not to resist passengers in the rear seats en­
the tremendous forces of impact by other
tight or bracing themselves. Without the passengers.
collision they be
benefit of safety restraint systems, the un- thrown forward
into and injure the driver or front seat passenger.
the steering
interio r has the energy
they had just before the collision .
Don't
f or protection .
Even when they
in
occupants,
the driver,
once and that your safety are
or when they have
occupa nts can

SAFETY FIRST
ride in the rear seat.
B45-421K
Adjusting the driver's seat
For see
We recommend that you adjust the driver's
seat as follows:
- adjust the seat in fore and aft direction
so
that you can push the
keeping your knee
-adjust the steering
and chapter Booklet 3. 1.
-the distance from the center of your
breastbone to the center of the airbag
cover on the steering
must be at least inches (25 em) or more. See
--------------------AIRBAG

How the front airbag system works
Both front airbags in some fron­
not in sions in which
cover every
of impact, since the circumstances vary
factors
rate
caused by the collision and registered by
the unit.
programmed into the unit. the airbags
with a propellant gas. break open the
padded covers, and between the
steering
of an
so fast that many don't even that the airbags have
be in their way when
they
airbags in combination with
worn safety down and
so that the front occupants can see through the
This is

B4S-421K
Driver's seat
To avoid contact with the airbag the driver must not sit any
than necessary and ways
provided.
We recommend that you adjust the driver's
seat
as
- adjust the seat in fore and aft direction so
that you can
the
way
bent.
- adjust the seatback
so that when you sit
with your back agains t the seatback, yo u
can
tance from the center of your breastbone
to the center
of the airbag cover on the
steering must be at inches (25 em) or more.
See Booklet 3.1 .
For address and telephone number of NHTSA­
see
To contact NHTSA. you may either
at:
D epartment of Tra n sp ortatio n,
Washington, D .C .

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Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82, 91
Turn
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21 -Steering
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