2000 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT service

Reporting safety defects
you that your
cause a crash or
jury or death, you
Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
(NHTSA) in addit ion to noti­
fying VOLKSWAGE N United States,
it
may open
an investigation. and if it finds
that a safety defects exists
in a group of
paign .
Howe ver , NHTSA cannot become
or VOLKSWAGEN United States.
at:
(or 366-0123 in Washington. area)
or write to:
NHTSA. U.S. Department of Transportat ion.
Wa shington,
20590.
saf ety from the
Outside the
U.S.A. or Canada
Operating your
in the United
tes and require that
of the United States
for with
octa­
ne rati
ng. may cause engine damage ;
service may be inadequate due to or testing
equipment;
WHAT

c D
washer
. . . . .
of
- exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
- interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
27
radios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
a . . . . 66
engine . . . 38
-Battery acid ........... 47
- Brake
. . . . . 43
- Eng ine
. . . . . . . . 41
-Eng ine . . . . 37
. 37
Taking care of ch rome
parts .......................... 27
-Engine compartment . . 29
...................... 27
. . . 27
- Leather
. . . . 28
- Outside
of . .
. . . . . . . . 28
. . . 22
. . . . . . .
system . . . . . .
- Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . 41
. . . . . . . . . . . . 9
. . . . 14
service . . .
............ 15
Drivin g
in foreign countries . . . . 81
Drivin g under
9
Emergency
-
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . 52
Em ission . . . . . . 17
E ngine
-
. . 34
-
. . .
-Hood ...................... 33
take
when working inside the engin e
compartment .
. . . . . . 34
Engine
-Additives . . . .
-add .............
-4 1
84-------------------------------------ALPHBEDCAL/NOEX

R T
Radiator fan 42 Tire
Radio ......................... 74
Rear
window washer container . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Repair
a radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Reporting safety defects . . . . . . . .
81
Road -Removing from
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Safet y defects, -Reporting . . . . . .
81
Service kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 75
. . . . . . . . 26
Summer tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
61
-Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
- Rot ati on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
-Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
-Wear ...................... 58
Tire designation code ........... 61
Tire grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Tires
.......................... 56
Tires/Wheels -Ho w often
check the
condition of
my tires? . . . . . . . 56
-Ho w often check the
tire pressure? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
-tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
-New tires, breaking in . . . . . . . 56
season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
. . . . . . . . . . . 66
a
......................... 53
Towing
........................ 78
- D
istance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
-Speed ..................... 78
-With a
............... . 19

Safety
The retractors for th e fron t three-poin t safe­
ty
activate the tensio ners in fron ­
Taking up the t o re­
duce forward occupant movement during a
The tensioner can
tensioner
or in any side impact.
to the body in a crash.
Never
tion of this system. Therefore, any work on the safety
Notes
When the safety
a fine dust is This is and is not caused by a fire in the
if the ve­
par­
au thorized with these and can perform th is service for you.

Engine
engine was factory season high
you need to add chan ges high with correct sp eci­
f ications.
e ngine viscosity grade is not
To assure that the you use is of the high­
est
required by your
or in combinat ion with other designa ­
tions:
-or VW
-A2 or A3
-
Service
o r viscosity grade is
not
use a viscosity grade fo r the
c ondition s th at exis t w here
t h e
meets the standards
above.
Specifications and viscosity for
season high engine that has a vis­
cosity grade of GF3 temperature ranges
for driving. pe­or synthe tic-bas ed with cor­
rect specif ic ations . is not
VW or
-
(when performi ng an