2003 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT Owners Manual

lifting point front
the
in the area of the marking for the on-bo­
ard jack.
lifting point rear
reinforcement of the
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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

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A 8
do
8 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
-Battery acid
want to add an accessory to my
....................... 51
Adding
-Brake
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
- Engine
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
-Windshield washer . . . . .
Drive
. . . . . . . . . 8
Anti-Lock Brakes
-
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
- Warn ing
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
- What does
it mean when
. . . . . . . . . . 8
-When
switch it off? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Regula tion . . . . . . . 11
Anti-theft . . . . . . . . . . 72
charger
-How often
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Br
ake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Brake
be changed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
-What is the correct brake
use? ...................... 44
-What do if the brake war­
ning comes on? . . . . . . . . 43
- Precautions when taking your
to the car wash ..... .
-reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 23 Brakes
antenna? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
23 - Ho w does the moisture or road
. . 8
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Break-in period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12
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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 .............
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Engine
38
- Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
-
-When check the engine
................... 37
-Where is the
cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
-
jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
43
.................
washer tank . . . . .
Environment -Lock tank .... 2
- Brake
and protection . . . . . . 22 economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
-
................. 4
- Dr iving
to m inim ize 2
and noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 -... 3
- Engine
...... 39 Fuses ............... 73
........... 3
-Maintenance ........... 31
G 57
.. 4
23 -Additves ..... 4
Exhaust system
... 17 _
in my car? .... 4
INDEX----------------- -85

H M
Hood
Hydroplaning
33 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
14
pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
J
Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Jack
and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Jac k support positions . . . . . . . . . . 69 -Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Jumper
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
K
parts, . . . . . . . . . . . 27
L
........ . 28
jack
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
-Jack ................... .... 66
- Workshop hoist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Lift ing point
-front .......................
-rear .......................
Lift ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Light
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Locks , -
-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
86 -------------------INDEX

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