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Keys he vehicle is supplied with two keys
"hese keys fit all locks on the vehicle.
Attention
When leaving
the
vehicle unat­
tended
-
even
if
only
for a few
moments
-
always take
the
keys
with
you.
Key
tag
The key number is on the plastic tag. With the aid of the number, a replacement key
can be ordered from a Volkswagen dealer. It must then be stated if it is the main key or
the second key.
The tag should be kept safely and separate­
ly (in your wallet for example) so that no un­
authorized person can order a key.
In addition to the plastic tag there may also
be a metal tag on which there is a part of the
vehicle identification number. This tag is no longer required after vehicle has been deliv­

ered.

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Central
locking system*
With this system all the doors, and - de­
pending
on the position of the tailgate or
wing door lock - the tailgate or wing door

can
also be locked and unlocked.

The
system is operated from the
driver's
door or
front
passenger door - from

outside
with the key, from inside with the
locking
knob.

Note

The
central locking system can only func­
tion correctly when the driver's and
front
passenger
doors are properly
closed.

When
locking,
the locking knobs on all doors must move down. If the knob on one door

does
not move at any time, open the door

concerned
and close it properly.

Attention

•
When
the locking knobs in the

driver's
or
front
passenger doors
are pressed
down
all
other
doors
are locked
automatically.
Since it
would
be
difficult
to ren­
der assistance
from
the outside in an emergency,
when
the doors
are locked, children should
never
be
left
in the vehicle on
their

own. • Locking the doors can
prevent

them
from
bursting open in an
extraordinary
accident situation. Locked doors also
prevent
per­

sons
from
entering
the car forci­ bly e.g. at
traffic
lights.
However,
in an emergency
they
make
it

more
difficult
for outside
help
to
open the doors.
Notes: If the central locking system should develop

a
fault, all the locks can be operated nor­
mally,
see next page.

The
sliding door can be secured or released
separately
with the safety catch.
Sliding door and
tailgate
or
wing

door can be locked or unlocked separately
with the key.
To
unlock the tailgate or wing door insert key

and
turn
it to right (c). Hold in this position

and
press button in.
If the key is withdrawn in the horizontal
posi­

tion (a), locking of the tailgate or wing door
will be controlled by the central locking
sys­

tem when it is closed again.

When
the key is withdrawn in the vertical
position (b) and tailgate or wing door
closed,

it will be locked all the time. The tailgate can
then only be unlocked with the key.
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Doors
Cab doors
From outside
the
front
doors can be
coked
or unlocked
with
the key. When un-
D
eking,
the locking knobs go up, when lock-

"5
:hey go down.

Ihe
front
passenger door can be locked

from
outside
without
using the key: Just
:"5ss
locking knob down and close door.

~~e
driver's door cannot be locked when
coen
by pressing the locking knob down
and closing door. This prevents you from
esving
the key in the car and forgetting it.

From inside
all the doors can be locked by

messing
down the locking knobs.

-s
long as the knobs are pressed down the

coors
cannot be opened from inside or out-

skte.

Attention Locking
the
doors
can
prevent
them from bursting open
in an
extraordinary accident situation. Locked doors also prevent per­
sons from entering
the car
forci­
bly e.g.
at
traffic lights. However,
in
an
emergency they make
it

more difficult
for
outside help
to

open
the
doors.

Sliding door

From outside,
the sliding door can be

locked
and unlocked
with
the key.
The sliding door can also be locked from out­
side
without
using the key:
Press
locking knob down and close door.

From inside,
the sliding door is locked by
pushing down the locking knob.

As
long as the knob is pressed down the
door cannot be opened from inside or out­

side.

When the vehicle is moving, the door must always be properly
closed,
but when carry­ing passengers the locking knob should be

left
in the upper position so
that
the door can
be opened from outside in an emergency.

Note

In the opened position the sliding door is
held open by a retainer. Child-proof
catch

When the child-proof catch is engaged - lever on door lock down - the inner lock re­

lease
lever is inoperative. The door can only
be opened from outside
with
the locking
knob in the up position.
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Tailgate

To
open
the tailgate when key slot is hori­
zontal,
pull control behind finger strip on tail­
gate and
lift
tailgate.
To
open
from
inside
On
the inside of the tailgate there is, de­
pending on model, either an opening lever
or an emergency lock release which can be
reached
through a hole in the trim.

This
makes it possible for vehicle occupants
to leave the vehicle via the tailgate in an emergency.
Child
proof
lock*

Vehicles
with
an opening lever on the inside of the tailgate are
fitted
with
a child proof lock.
When the child proof catch is engaged - lever on lock moved down - the inner lever

is
blocked. The tailgate can then only be
opened from outside.
To close
tailgate
pull it down and slam it to gently.

To
make the tailgate easier to pull down there is a loop on the inside.
Attention

•
After
closing the
tailgate
al­

ways
pull
up on it to
make
sure

that
it is
properly
closed -
other­
wise
it could
open
suddenly

when
vehicle
is moving,
even

though
the key has
been
turned
in lock.
• The
tailgate
must
always
be

fully
closed
when
vehicle
is
mov­
ing,
otherwise
exhaust
gas
will

be
drawn
into
the
vehicle
in­

terior!

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Wing
doors*

Righthand
door

From
outside
the wing door can be rcked and unlocked with the key. When un-
;cking the locking knob goes up, when
:eking it goes down.

From
inside
the door is locked by pressing down the knob.

-s
long as the knob is pressed down the

;3or
cannot be opened from inside or out.
- the fully open position (approx. 90°) the
;cor is held by a check strap.
Lefthand
door

The lefthand door can be opened when the righthand door is open.
To open, pull release lever (see illustration) and open door.

Note

When
closing
the
wing
doors
always
ensure
that
the
left
door
is
closed

first.
Unhooking
door
check
strap

Both doors are held in the open position (ap­
prox. 90°) by check straps.
To open the doors further the check strap can be unhooked (see illustration).
When doors are closed the check straps en­ gage again automatically.
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Windows

Mechanical
windows

The
windows are opened and closed
with
crank-handles
fitted
in the door
trim
panels.
Electric
windows*
Electric
windows offer the following
com­

fort
facilities:
• Single-touch opening for driver's and
front
passenger's door windows
• Single-touch closing of driver's door win­ dow

The
windows function
with
the ignition switched on. If the driver's door is not

opened
after switching off the ignition, the
windows can still be operated for about one hour. Apart from this, the windows can al­

ways
function when the driver's door is

open.
For safety reasons, the single-touch
closing
of the driver's door window only
functions when the ignition is on.
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- 142]

The
switches are in the door
trim
panels.
The
window of the
front
passenger's door

can
also be opened and closed from the
driver's door.
a
- Driver's door b - Front passenger door

All
windows can be opened automatically by touching the lower part of the appropri­
ate switch. If more than one window is to be
opened
at the same time, this is done auto­matically, one afterthe other, in the selected

sequence.

If the appropriate switch is tapped once

again,
the window will stop immediately.
All
windows can be closed by pressing the
upper part of the appropriate switch. To

close
the driver's door window, when the ignition is switched on, it is sufficient to
touch the switch. If the switch is touched

again,
the window stops moving immedi­
ately.

Attention

• Be
careful
when
closing the

windows!
Careless or
uncontrolled
closing
of the
windows
can cause in­

juries.

Therefore
when
leaving
the ve­ hicle,
always
take
the
ignition

key
with
you. The
electric
win­

dows
are
then
only
put out of ac­

tion
if the
driver's
door is opened and closed again. As soon as the
driver's
door is opened again, the

windows
can once
again
func­
tion.
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Seat
belts

CONTROLS AND EQUIPMENT
It has
been
proven
that
seat
belts

give
good
protection
in accidents. In

most
countries
therefore
the
wear­
ing of
seat
belts
is
required
by law.

Attention

The
belts
should be put on
before
every
journey
-
even
in
town

traffic.
This
applies
also to the
rear
seats.

Pregnant
women
too should al­

ways
wear
a
seat
belt.

The
routing
of the
belt
is of
major
importance
to the
protective
ef­

fect
of the
belt.
How the
belt

should be
worn
is described on
the
next
pages.
General
notes

• The
belt
must
not be
twisted.

• Two persons
(including
children)
must never be secured
with
one belt. It is
particularly dangerous to put the belt round

a
child sitting on a persons lap.
• The belt should not be worn over hard or
breakable
articles (glasses, ball pens, key
rings,
pipes, etc.) because this can cause in­

jury
to the body.
•
Loose,
bulky clothing (e.g. overcoats
over
jackets) affects the fit and function of
the belts.
• The belt must not be jammed anywhere or rub on any sharp edges.
• The lock tongue may only be inserted into the lock part belonging to the appropri­
ate seat otherwise, the protective effect is
impaired.
• The slot for the belt tongue rr„s: -;: ze

blocked
with
paper or anyth'-c s ~
otherwise the tongue cannot 5"a;e properly.
• The belts must be kept clean otherwise the retractors may not work properly (see
also
"Care
of car" section).
• Seat belts which have become damagec or have been stressed in an accident and stretched must be renewed - preferably by

a
Volkswagen dealer. The anchorages

should
also be checked.
• In some export countries seat belts
could
be used on which the functions differ
from those described on the next pages.
• On the Delivery Van there are no belt an­
chorage
points in the load compartment.

-DW
children can be carried safely in the ve- " cle is explained on page 18.
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Ignition
lock

Petrol
engines
1 -
Ignition
off/engine
stationary

-
Steering
can be
locked
2
-
Ignition
on
3
-
Starting
engine
Diesel
engines

1 -
Fuel supply
cut
off/engine
sta­
tionary
-
Steering can
be
locked
2
-
Glow
and
drive
position
No
other current consumers should
be

switched
on together with the glow plugs
-

this avoids draining the battery
unnecessar­
ily.
3
-
Starting
engine
For
all
vehicles:

Position
1:

To
lock
the
steering
wheel
withdraw
key
and turn wheel until you hear the locking
pin engage.

Attention
Do
not
withdraw
key
from
lock
until
vehicle
is
stationary!
The

steering lock could
be
uninten­

tionally
engaged.
Position
2: If
the key is difficult to turn in the lock or
can­

not be turned to this position at
all,
the steer­
ing wheel must be rocked
to
and fro slightly
to release the locking pin.
Position
3:
In this position
the
headlights
and
other

heavy
current consumers are switched
off.

Before
the starter can be operated again the

key
must be turned back
to
position 1. The
non-repeat
mechanism
in the
ignition lock

prevents
the
starter from being operated

when
engine
is
running, as this could
dam­

age
the starter.

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Starting
the
engine

General
hints
Attention

When
starting
the
engine
in con­

fined
spaces
there
is a
danger
of poisoning.
• Before starting, move gear lever to neu- ml
(with
automatic gearbox, selector lever -
"P"
or "N" position) and apply handbrake
I 'mly.
• On vehicles
with
a manual gearbox de-
:"9ss
the clutch pedal when operating

=:arter
so
that
starter only has to
turn
en­
gine.

• As soon as engine starts, release the gnition key so
that
starter can disengage.
• After starting a cold engine it may sound
_oisy
for a moment or two because the oil pressure has to build up in the hydraulic
tappets
first.
This is normal and no cause for
a
arm. Do not
warm
engine
up by run-
W>
ning
it
with
vehicle
stationary.
Drive
off
straight
away.

Do
not overrev or use
full
throttle
until the
engine has reached the normal operating
Temperature. • On vehicles
with
a
catalytic
con­

verter
the
engine
must
not be

started
by
towing
the
vehicle
in ex­

cess
of 50 m.
Otherwise
unburnt

fuel
can pass
into
the
converter
and
lead
to
damage.

•
Before
trying
to
start
engine
by
towing,
the
battery
from
another
ve­
hicle
should be used for
starting
if
possible - see
page
130.
Petrol
engines

These
engines are equipped
with
a cer: ~-
jection system
that
automatically s^c; es the correct fuel/air mixture at ail anc e~:
temperatures.

When
engine is cold or at
operating

temperature
do not accelerate before or
during the starting procedure.
Applicable to all engines:
If the engine does not start at once, stop

using
the starter after 10
sees,
wait about
half a minute and then try again. If the engine still does not start, the electric
fuel pump fuse may have blown - see page
122.

When
the engine is
very
hot it may be
necessary
to accelerate slightly after the
engine has started.
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Diesel
engines

Glow plug system

The
engine is
fitted
with
a glow plug
sys­
tem.
The required glow plug warm-up time
is
indicated by a lamp which is controlled by
the coolant temperature - see page 49.
Cold
starting
aid

To
assist cold starting, there is a device (cold starting aid)
fitted
in the injection
pump.

The
cold starting aid is actuated when the knob on the
left
of the steering column is

fully
pulled out.
Starting
a cold
engine

• At ambient temperatures down to -15
degrees
C, pull the cold start knob our

fully
before operating the starter.
At lower temperatures, the knob should not
be
pulled out
until
engine
is
firing
reg­
ularly
- the engine will then start more
readily.
• Turn the key in the ignition lock to
posi­
tion 2 (see page 36) - the glow plug warning lamp comes on. It goes out when the igni­
tion temperature is reached (see page 49).

While
the
glow
plugs are
working
do not
switch
on any
other
heavy
cur­

rent
consumers because
this
would

place an unnecessary load on the

battery.

• When the warning lamp goes out, start the engine immediately.

Do
not depress the accelerator while start­

ing.

If the engine only fires irregularly, continue
to operate the starter a few seconds longer (30 seconds at maximum) until the engine runs under its own power.
If the engine does not start, switch the glow
plugs on again and try starting it again as de­

scribed.
If the engine still does not start the
fuse for the glow plugs may have blown -
page123.
•
Push
the cold start aid knob in fully as

soon
as the engine has reached its normal
operating temperature.

Starting
a
warm
engine

The
glow plug lamp does not come on - the engine can be started straight away. Do not pull the cold start aid knob and do not press
the accelerator pedal.
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