VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2003 Owners Manual

Settings
-Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
- O utside Mirrors ......... ...... .. 62
-Memory ............. ...... 62
Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76. 77
Spec ificat ion s,
3.3
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
-engine ......... 1
Starting procedures ................ 1
....... ........... 24
- Light
ing ........................ 24
Steer ing
............ .. ........
Steer ing
-. .... ......... 49
-
roof
.......... .... 43
- Fog
switch ............ 33
-
Rear window defogger ......... . 43
Synchronised mirror adjustment .. .... 51
T
Tachometer ......................... 8
Tag, Key .......................... 26
Tem peratur e
-Air conditioning .................
-......... ............ 87
Temperature indi cator , outside
....... 12
The ft protection -
and Steering .... 68
driven indicator ............... . 13
t iptronic .
.............. ....... ..... 94
-
Top speed ........... ........... 96
Towing ..
.......................... 98
Transmis sion
........ ... Automatic tran smission . . . . . . . . . . . . . transmission
Transporting heavy objects .......... 71
Trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Trun k - Light ....................... 49
Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
-

u
the ............... 31
v
Identification Number ....................... See
........ 22
-
Rear ........................ 22
-
Rear .................. 22
-Turn ..... ............... 45
- Washer
................... 22
Warning
Washer ....... See also
3.3 Washer system
protection ................ 36
w
-Rear defogger ............. ..... 43
-Wiper ... ................ 48
Warning
Generator . . . . . . . . . . . 19 -
Def rosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
............. 23 -
protecti on ................ 38
-
................... 19 wi per ................... 46
-
......... 19 .........................
- Engin e -Rain sensor .................... 47
temperature ..................... 19 ............. ........ 46 -Engine
...................... 22
- Generator
...................... 19 -Container capacity .. See 3.3
-

fications. and to make additions or

Passat,
Inst ruction s

About this booklet
This booklet contains important
tion, tips. su ggestions and warnings on us ing
yo ur ve hicle. The
other booklets in th e
Liter ature contain further tion that you should be awa re of for your own
safe ty
and for the safety of your passeng ers.
Make s
ure that yo u always keep th e complete
Literature in the ve hicle. This is
pecially important when you lend or sell the
vehi cle.
Thi s
manual d escr ibes th e scope of vehicle
e
quipment at the time of publication.
of the equipment described will not be able until a la ter d ate, or is on ly availab le for
ce rtain market s.
Illustrati
ons may s lightl y vary from your
hicle. For this reason you should rega rd
pear.
A n
alphabetical inde x is at the end of th e
bookle t.
Directions a
nd positions (for example rig ht ,
left, front , rear ) are alwa ys rela
tive to the
to
h icles with airbag
or
®.How ever, the absence of this symbol
does
not con stitute a waiver of the rights
c
oncerning a n y term .
The section continued on the next
p age.
Indicate s th e end of a section.
Texts with thi s symbol contain important
information on safety. They help protect
yo u, your passeng ers and oth ers from
cidents and inju ry.
For the sake of the environment
Texts w ith this symbol co ntain additional
ment.
Note
Texts with this symb ol contain addit ional
formatio n.

3.2
Table of contents
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 2 Star
information . .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. . 2
.............................. .
U sing ............. ............ .
emergency button . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
system status . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
M em o recorder .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. 10
Voice Response -Tips and Tricks . . . . . 13
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. . .. 29
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
information and
system status messages . . . . . . . . 35
informa tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
of contents

Booklet 3.2 Volk swagen Telematics by
Dear Volkswagen Driver,
Thi s
manual gives you all the inform at ion
you need to get s tarted using Volkswage n
Telematics by
serv ices, includin g
keep this booklet in your ve hicle for
easy re fe rence. If you need information
must activate immediat e ly to en sure that
yo u rec eive your full year of service, as the prepaid sub scription begin s w hen the
hicl e is delive red. page 6.
If yo u d o no t activa te your sys te m or if yo u
a ll
ow your service contrac t cannot g uarantee that serv ices can be
models o nly
2 Introduction
Note
can obtain additional services by callin g (1-888-466-7827) .
you sig n an contract, yo u are given a to access different
serv ices.

3.2
service is onl y availabl e throughout the Unit ed States (including Hawaii and
Alaska ) an d If a request for service
occurs out side of these areas, communica­
tion s
may not be avai labl e, and the
24 hour service.
The is th e heart of your serv ice
-staff ed 2 4 hours a day, 7 days a week wit h
knowl ed gea ble
Adv iso rs. Eve n on
weeke nds a nd holidays there is alwa ys
someo ne ready to help. For further d etails
25.
uses sophisticate d G lobal Positionin g
Sy ste m
satellit es to locate your vehicle,
w ireless technology to provide the commu­
nicati
ons link , a n d seamless integration into your ve hicl e. I
f
you make an em erg ency or serv ice call, the
System uses the Global Pos itioni ng
Sys te m
to determine your locati o n au­
page 3.
Thi s sys te m allo ws the
vice page 26, the Adv iso rs can access
a n ext en sive
databas e to ass is t yo u with di­
rect ions, making reservat io ns, a nd other
conve nient serv ices .
pos itioning in for mation is re laye d to
th e during Button or
Em erge ncy Serv ice Button requests from the
veh icle. Location in for mation w ill be tracked and give n onl y to th e prop er authoriti es in
th e eve nt o f a veh icle th e
ft notifi cation.
How GPS works:
The sig nal bein g sent from the
If th e s ig nal s are obstructe d, the sys te m
will operate but th e co uld
h ave di
fficulty id entifyin g your current loca­
ti on. The last
Advisor m ay depend on
yo u to prov id e verba l inform ation regard ing
Introduction 3

3.2 b y OnStor
your vehicles location if s uch a n obstruction
of th e satellit es occ urs.
Even if yo ur posit ional data was trans­
m itted, there
is no guarantee that your ve­
h icle
can always be loca ted.
The pesonalized MyOnStar web site offers a wide rang e of infor­
mation and individual settings.
perso nalized webs ite will
prov ide you with easy access to pe rsonalize d
acc
ount i n fo rmati on and help with your
sys te m , in cl udi ng you r V irtual
and Pe rsonal will also be able to
p l
an yo ur travel. rece ive location based or personal weat her informatio n, a n d in terac t
w it h
subscrib er, yo u have access to
the Subscriber Website. The
can also custo m ize your
all ows you t o
c us to mi ze the depth and brea dth of th e in ­
f o r
mation you will have access to auto m ati-
System limitations
cally when you sig n on t o th e V irtua l A dviso r
f ro m you r ve hicl e.
T o access th e S ubsc
riber Webs ite, sim ply go
to:
www .vw
.com
T he S ubscr iber sit e is secured. Access re­
q uires your
account n umber and personal
ident ifica tion number if you do not
k n ow
your account n umber or at
An On Star Servi ce Subscription Agreem ent is re quir ed in ord er
to re ceive On Sta r s ervi ces.
Th is manu al conta ins the latest informat ion at the lim e it was printed. reserves the rig ht to make ch anges to th e services withou t
prior not ificatio n .
In
order t o provide you w it h excellent service,
any call to the ca ll
models on ly
4 Introduct ion
atl-
(l-888-466-7827).
(