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The Air Resources Board is
the emission
system warranty on your
must
warrant the emission system on
your
provided there has been no abuse,
or improper maintenance of your
emission
parts such as the carbu retor or
injection system, the ignition system,
Where a
repair your
your
ments be made by
The se cov erages may also be 1ncluded the Volkswagen 4 New Veh1cle Warrant y.
any emission -related part on your
is defective, the part be repaired
or by
System
whichever first occurs.
e rage for 7 years or is
tive, the part
As the owner, you are
in your owner's
nance recommends
that you retain
to ensure the
perfo rmance of
are for pres enting your
to a as soon as
a
amount of time, not to excee d days.
As the
be
aware that
due to abuse,
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B1H·124C
has a warning light for the driv
er to remind you to wear the safety belt.
the ignition is switched on, the warn
ing ligh t in the instrument
SAFETYBELTS-------------- -----------------------------7
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Front airbags
The airbag for the driver is located in the
steering wheel hub and is marked
if the ignition is switched off
in side collis ions
in rear-end collisions
in rollovers.
Front airbags may not inf late
in certain fron
tal collisions. Vehicle damage, repair costs
or even the lack
of vehicle damage is not
necessarily an ind ication of proper airbag
operation .
SAFETY FIRST
The front airbags can only provide additional
protection for the chest and face
of the driv
er and the front seat passenger when
...
safety belts are worn properly,
the seats have been positioned so that
the occupant
is properly seated as far as possible from the airbag
and the head restraints have been prop
erly adjusted.
Airbags do not protect the l
ower part of the
body.
belts are important to help keep front
seat occupants in the proper seated posi
tion so that airbags
can unfold properly and
provide added protection
as intended.
For more details see next pages_
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and
can
not been specifically approved by
paired immediately by an authorized
The side airbags in some side
The side airbags
if the ignition is switched off
in
in side eration is not high enough
in rear
in
damage , repair costs or even the of an indication of proper airbag operation.
U nd
er some accident conditions, both fr on t
and side airbags may .
Remember
airbags in certain kinds of accidents
- your safety there to offer
p rotection in those accidents in which air
bags are not supposed
to or when
t hey have
How the supplemental side airbag system works
side air
bags can
order to assure this
is not to define an airbag trigger
i ng range that cover every
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AND EQUIPMENT
3 -Fuel gauge 5 -Digital clock
When the ignition is on, the on the the
14.5 (55
When the reaches the red area (ar
row), the warning D
there is
1.9 (7
4 -Speedometer odometer
Refer to
-the outer row of num
bers numbers) indicates the vehi spee d in
numbers) indicates
t h e
To set the hours, turn the knob counter
(arrow 1 ). you turn the
kno b
hour .
To set the minutes, turn the knob
minute.
can set th e time to thesecond using the minute button:
Turn th e knob to the right it is just
one minute before the
Then turn th e knob to the next w hen , for
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6 -
The MFA (Multi-F unktions- Anzeige) or shows the
Outside temperature
Momentary consumption
Average consumption
Distance driven
Average driving speed
or
The illustration shows the
average consumption.
Note
dis
depressing button B in the with the ignition
switched
-
function in re
verse sequence .
The memories
The system is equipped with two automatic
memories:
The
used.
When the ignition
is turned on again, accu
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data covering any ber of successive trips, of how the ignition is off between trips.
age capacity of the total trip memory is:
Driving
time-1
(999
To information. press switch A,
cated on th e to
tr ip memory
The data can be
Ave rage
Distance driven
Average driving speed.
Driving time
one of the stored is exceeded, then
the
be erased and trip
memory, the
erase each memory. Press and
function .
you disconnect the battery, stored be erased .
The
When the ignition is on. 1 or 2 according to which memory
is turned on.
Press the rocker switch Bon the
function.
the ignition. the re main in the
memory
for up to 45 minutes.
faster than about km/h within the 45 m inute period, the
ne w
outside temperatu re be
The temperature range
and + 136 °F ( and +58°C).
When the
temperature may be
the outside temperatures are between
+2 1°F and +39°F (-7°C and
an ice appears in the
onds. then stays on
+21°F (-7°C).
Note
multi-function display
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7 -
For Automatic Transmission
When the ignition is switched
pos ition appea r
bright against a dark background
the positions appear bright against a
dark background at the same time, there
may be a
in the
8 -Odometer
. . . . . . . . . . .
The upper odometer indicates the dis
t ance driven. The
odom eter indica tes
the distance driven since the
tr ip.
the trip odometer, the of a or
the but
to n for than 1 second .
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