2003 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT maintenance schedule

Emission Control Maintenance
1 A of us. Volkswagen has into your
system, using genuine Volkswagen parts, in con­
formance with the
system in your
2 Maintenance, repair or components
may be performed by any
3 make sure that such parts are warranted by their manufacturer and that they are
at
equivalent to genuine Volkswagen replacement parts in emission perfor­
mance and durability.
To be certain that the emission components of the which influence exhaust
e
missi ons.
Why Service?
1 An untuned engine wastes
1 the recommended maintenance schedule and make in-between checks. This
way you
the case of severe condit ions, such as ext reme ly
tempera tures, excessive dust etc., it is necessary for cer tain operatio ns to be carried out in between the given intervals. This
or replacing of the air
or about your Maintenance
Authorized VOLKSWAGEN service and customer care.
4

afte rm arket springs, shock absorbe rs, or low­
ering kits.
This warranty does
not cover vehicles se­
vere ly damaged an d
I or decla red to be a total
loss by an i nsurer or veh icles sub sta ntially re­
assembled from
or repaired with parts ob­
tained from an
other used vehic le.
Damage or malfunctions due to lack of maintenance
This warranty does not cover damage or mal­
functions
due to failure to
scheduled ma intenance was performed in a
time ly manner.
Odometer tampering
These warranties do not cover repairs on an
Volkswagen on which the odometer has been
altered
or on which the actual mileage cannot readily be determined. windstorms,
tree sap
or other simila r
occurrences.
If the speedomete r uni t is rep laced, a
out by an authorized Volkswagen
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but not limited to the installation of engin e
m anagement
components not approve d by
Volkswagen; damage or malfunctio ns due to suspen­
sion modifications, such as the in sta llation of afte rmarket springs, shock absorbers, or low­
e ring kits.
Th is warranty does
not cover ve hicles se­
ve re ly
damaged and I or declared to be a total
l oss by an insurer or vehicles substantially re­
assem bled
fro m or repaired w ith parts ob­
tained from another used vehicle.
wear as a result of normal use or
deteriorat ion.
Manual and the Maintenance Your dealer
will
deny warranty coverage unless
yo u pre
sent to the dea ler proof in the form of
service or repair orders that all scheduled
maintenance was perfor med in a timely
manne r.
water, windstorm or other similar
occurrences.
The
2 l
or exclus ion may you.
limited Powertrain Warranty 9

You may raise a claim under this warranty
immediately after
your vehicl e has failed an
1/M Test if, as a resu lt of that fai lu re, you are
required by la w to repai r th e vehic le to
avoid
imposi ti
on of a penalty or cancellation of
by this warranty for the full warranty
yo ur r ight to use the veh icle. You need not ac­
tually su ffer th e loss
or lose the right to use
y
our ve hicle or pay for the repair befo re pre­
sentin g your
days , from th e tim e a t w hic h your
vehicle is presented for repair or within any
time period specified by local, state or federa l l
aw, whic h
ever is shorter, except when a
d elay is
caused by eve nts not attributable to
Volkswage n or the dealer. If th e dea ler denies
yo ur claim , you will be notifi ed in writin g of the reasons for re jecting the cla im.If yo u do
no t receive notice o f denia l of your claim
wi th in
the above time period, Volkswagen is
required by law to honor th e
for schedule d maintenance conta ined in your Volkswagen
Maintenance booklet. In determining
w het her yo u have complied with the inst ruc­
tions for sc heduled m aint enance and proper
u se, Volk swagen may require you to furnis h
proof of co mpli
ance o nl y w ith those maint e­nance Instructi ons w hich Volk swagen has
reason to believe were
not performed and
which could be the cause of the 1/M Tes t
Emissions Warrantie s 17

Maintaining your
Volkswagen recommend s th at yo u use and
maintain your vehicl e in accordance w ith the
instructions set forth in the Volkswagen
Owner's
Manual and Volk swage n Mainte­
nance booklet and that you keep a record of you r maintenance. Failure to maintain your
vehicle according to
the required mainte­
nance schedule may ca use the ve hicl e to ex­
ceed applicable emissions standards and
co uld result in denial of warranty cove rage.
However, Volkswagen will not deny a war­
ranty claim sole ly
on the basis of your failure
t o
maintain th e vehicle in accordance with
these instructi ons or your failure to keep a
record
of your maintenance of the vehicle.
We also recommend that you provide your
maintenance reco rds to the new owner
wheneve r yo u
sell your veh icle.
swage n parts be used as rep lacement parts
for
the maintenance. repair or replacement
of emiss ion control systems. Use of replace­
ment parts whi ch are not equiv alent to Gen­
uin e
Volkswagen parts in emission perfor­mance and durability may impair the effec- tiveness
of emiss
ion control systems . Al­
th ough use of parts other than Genuine
swage n parts does not invalidate these war­
r anties,
Volkswagen assumes no liability
under these warranties for failur e of such
parts and damage to other parts caused by
s u ch
Any warranted part w hi ch is not sch eduled
for
inspection or replacement is covered for
the warranty period. Any such parts repa ired
or replaced under warranty are warranted for the remaining warranty
A part which is installed in accordance with
Volkswagen's instructions or required sched­
u l
ed maintenance is war ranted until the next
scheduled replacement interval or until the
vehicle has been driven 3 years or miles, whi ch eve r occurs