
Your 
a goo d idea to alway s keep  it handy  in your vehicle.  This 
Owner 's Literatur e contains important  informa
t ion  and all sorts of useful tip s abo ut your Volk
swage n. Be sur e to care full y rea d all bookle ts  so 
t hat yo u beco me familiar  with your Volkswage n 
a s soon as  poss ible . 
Ma ke s
ure  that  you always keep  th e complete Owner's  Literature in the ve hicle . T hi s is  espe
cially  important w hen  you lend  or sell the  ve
hicle . you cannot find one of th e booklets lis ted,  brin g thi s to  the  attent io n  of your autho
r ize d Volkswagen  dealer. 
Quick Reference Guide 
You find the Quick  Reference  Guid e in  the 
front cover of your Owner's Lite rature  binde r. 
You  will find any Supplements in  the Ow ner's Literature  immediate ly  afte r thi s booklet . 
Ia cli ente le m Bayly W es t 
A jax , Ontario 7G7 
To obtain  a versi on, contact your a u
thori zed Volkswagen  dealer (d e layed  introd uc
tion). 
Service : This  section contains detailed in for 
mation about your warr anti es and  explain s  how you can keep  your Volk s wa gen in  top  drivin g 
co ndition by  hav ing it serviced  regularly. 
covers  topics like safe ty  belt s, pass ive 
safety,  airb ags,  child  seats  alo ng  wit h child safety and head res tra ints . 
Functio ns: This section exp lain s all th e con
trols of your Vol k swage n, ex pla in s how  to op
erate  and  maint ain your car  a nd  cove rs  th e tech-
nical  data of your Volkswagen .  

Anti-theft alarm system 3.1: 34 
Linking  your trailer  3.2: 18 
Switching  off 3.1: 34 
Anti-theft  wheel bolts 3.2: 84 
Antifreeze 3.2:47 
Arm  rest 
front 
3.1:60 
Automatic  belt  retractor 2.1:  19 
Automatic  car wash 3.2:  22 
Automatic locking  3.1: 32 
Automati c 
mode 
Climatronic 3.1: 79 
Automatic  transmi ssion 
Selec tor  lever  lock 3.1: 89 Tiptronic  3.1: 88 
Automatic transmiss io n  with 
Tiptron ic 3.1: 91 
Automatic wipe/wash function for the rear 
w idn ow 3.1: 51 
Auto Hotline 2. 1:  12,3.2: 106 
Average  fuel consumption 3.1: 21 
Average  sp ee d 3.1:21 
8 
2.1:  27 
Booster seats  2.1: 62 
Brake  assis t sys tem 3.2: 3 
Brake  boo
ster 3.2:  2 
4 Key words 
Brake 
Changing 3.2: 54 
level? 
. 3.2:53 
W hat kind  of brak e 
65 Warning 3.2: 39,  55 
Capacities  3.3: 5 
Ca rgo  area  2.1: 
Car wash 3.2:  22 
Catalytic converter 3.2:  9 
CB radio  3.2:  33 
CD changer 3.1: 65  

Engine coo lant 3.2:47 
Add i
tive s  3.2:47 
Ca n  I 
add plain  water  to the en gi ne coolant ? 3.2 : 
Engine data 3.3:  5 
Eng ine 
hood 3.2: 41 
How do unlock the engin e hood?  3.2: 41 Warn ing light  3.2: 41 
Engin e management 3.2: 9 
E ngin e oi l 3.2:  42 
Adding  3.2: 45 
Add itives  3.2: 46 
Check ing leve l 3.2: 44 
Consumption 3.2: 4 3 
Dip s
tick  3.2: 44 
How  do know how much  oil m y e ngine  is 
consuming ? 3.2: 43 c h an ge  3.2:  46 
S p ecifica tion s 3.2: 42 
Specificatio ns  gaso line engine 3.2: 42 
Wha t kind of e ngine  oil should put in my ve hicle?  3.2: 42 
When  should check the e n gi ne  oi l 
l eve l?  3.2 : 4 3 
Where  is  th e oil  dip stick  3.2: 
44 
E ngin e oil pr essure 
Warning light  3.2: 45 
Eng ine oil 
senso r 
Warning  light  3.2: 
44 
Environme nt 
Avoidi ng  pollution  3.2:23,36 
C le
aning  th e e ngin e compartment 3.2 : 28 Drive  economicall y 3.2: 
Warni ng  ligh t 3.2:  9 also Elec tronic Co ntrol 
3.2:6 
B utt on  3.2 : 7 
Warning 
lig ht  3.2: 7 
Even t Data  Hecorder  3.2: 
34 
Examples of improper seating 
position s 2.1: 
Infant seats 2.1: 59 
Sa fe ty  belt  ex te
nder 2.1: 24 
Sa fet y belts  2.1: 
F loor mat s 2.1:  9 
Fog  light s 3.1
:43 
F r
ont ai rbags 
De
scription  2.1:32 
Front  air b ag  sys tem 
2.1: 32 
A irb ag  deploym ent zone 2.1:38 
Th e bas ics  2.1: 32 
Fronta l 
collisions and the laws  of 
physics 
1 5 
Fr
ont center armres t 3.1:  65 
Front  seats  3.1: 58 
F u el 
fille r  cap 
Warni ng  light  3.2:35 
Fuel ga uge 
Displa y 3.1: 
F ue l level  3.1: 
Fuse box 
th e in strume nt panel,  left  3.2: 92 the instrument panel, rig ht  3.2: 92 
Fu ses  3.2:  

Booklet 
Gasoline 3.2 : 37 
B le
nds  3.2 : 37 
Containin g alco hol  3.2: 37 
Octane  rating 3.2: 37 
line in my car?  3.2:37 
W i
nter or  summer  tip s  3.2 : 37 
Gaso line additives  3.2:38 
Gear 
select o r leve r 
Weig ht Ratin g 3.3:3 
H 
Hand brake 
Hydrop laning  3.2: 72 
Iden tification number  3.3:  2 
I g nition  key  3.
1: 84 
removal  lock 3.1: 85 
Ignition  swi tc h 3.1: 84 
Importance of sining properly 2.1:28 
Importance of wea ring sa fety belts  2.1:28 
Importa
nt information  to know  before  dis-
co
nnect the batte ry  3.2: 55 
Important thing s to  do  befor e driving 2.1:3 
I mproperly  wo
rn safety belt s  2.1:26 
Im
proper sea ting positions  2.1:8 
Indi
cat o r ligh t 
A ir 
bag  system 2.1: 
C ruise con trol syste m 3.1: 96 
also Warn ing light 
also Warning lights 
Indi cato r 
ligh ts 
A ir
bag sys tem 2.1:41 
Instrument clu ste r  3.1: 4 
AIR BAG 2.1: 41 
Indirec t ve ntila tio n  3.1:80 
In div idu al  unlo ckin g 3.1:  16,30 
I n fa nt  sea ts  2.
1: 59 
Infor mati on  messages 3.1: 11 
Info rmatio n tex ts  in  the dis p lay  3.1: 12 
In sid e day-n ight mirror  3.1: 52 
Install ing 
C hi ld  restraint  with  a 
safety  belt 2.1: 63 CRS using  the sys tem 2.1:72  

seat 3. 1: 
seal. 
foldin g back 3.1:61, 62 
fold ing  forward  3.1: 61 
v iew  mirror 3.1:52 
window  heating 3.1: 75 
Heating wires  3.2:25 
window  wiper 3. 1:51 
H
earwipe r 3.1:49 
3.2:  35 
care  3.2:2 1 
contro l key tons  3.1:  2 8 
Heplaci ng  th e bauery 3.1: Synchroni zing 3.1: 29 
H emoving caps  to acce ss  positiv e and tive  te rminal s 3.2: 
2.1: 12,3.2: 106 
R etra ct
or 2.1: 19 
R everse 
A utomatic transm ission 3.1:93 
Hims 
R
epl aci ng  3.2: 75 With  screw-on decorative cove rs  3.2:  58 
With threaded rim  ring  3.2:57 
Hoof  l
oad 3.1: 74 
we ight 3.3:  4 
Rubb er ga sket s 3.2: 
26 
s 
driv in g 2.1: 2 
Sa fety 
C hild 
safet y lock  3.1:  33 
Sa fe ty  belt  ex te
nder 2.1:23 
b elt  height  adjustment 2.1:25 
belt pos ition  2.1:21 
Adju sting  safe ty 
belt  height 2.1:25 
Pr eg nant 
women 2.1: 22 
Sa fe ty  belt pre tension ers 2.1:26 
Sa fety  belt s 
2.1: 13, 19 
C leaning  3.2: 
Extende r  2. 1: 23 
Ho w ca n  I  adjust  the height of my safety 
belt?  2.1: 25 
How 
do yo u pu t on your safety  belt correc tly? 2.1 :  19 
Improp erly  worn  2.1:26 
child  restraint 2.1:63 
N ot 
worn 2.1: 16 
belt positi on 2.1: 2 1 
instru ction s 2.1: 17 
S p ec ial c
onsiderations  for pregnant women 2.1: 22 
Swi tc h able  lo cking  feature 2.1: 6 5 
Unfa ste
ning s afety  be lt s  2.1:2 5 
Warning  lig ht  2.1: 14 
What  happens to occ upants not  wearing 
safe ty  be lts? 2.1: 16 
Why  assume 
the correct seatin g 
po sition ? 2.1:28 
Why saf e ty  belt s  protect ? 2. 1: 1 7 
Why  wear safety  belt
s? 2.1: 15, 28 
Safe ty  belts  pro tect 2.1: 17 
b elt  warning ligh t 2.1: 14 
Safety compliance  sticke r 3.3:  2 
Key words 11  

Safety instructions 
Belt pretensioners 2.1: 27 
Child  restraint on the front seat 2.1: 
Child seats  2.1 :  56 
Coolant tempera ture 3.2:48 
Loading 
the lu ggage  compartment 2.1: 
seating position  for passengers  in 
r
ear seat s  2.1: 6 seating position  for 
driver 2.1: 4 
seating position  for the front 
passenger 2.1: 5 
Safety belt extender 2.1: 23 
Sa fet y 
belts 2.1: 17 S id e airbag s 2.1: 48 
Side Curtain ProtectionTM airbags  2.1: 52 
Screw-on decorati ve covers  3.2: 58 
Seat adjustment 3.1:  55, 58 
Seat heating 
Front  3.1: 
59 
Seating ca pacity 2.1: 13 
Sea ting 
position 
Di s
tance between driver  and  ste erin g 
w
hee l 2.1:4 Dr iver 2.1: 4 
Fron t passen ger 2.1: 5 Improper seatin g position s 2.1: 8 
Speed rating le tter  code 3.2: 74 
Speed warning 3.1:  21 
Starting th e engine W ith  the ig nition  key 3.1:85 
S tartin g 
with jumper  cables  3.2: 99 
Stee rin g 3.1: 25 
S
teering lock  3.1: 84 
S te ering 
wheel 
Di s
tance  to  the  driver 2.1: 4 
Steerin g wheel height adjustment 3.1:  25 
S
teps  for determining co rrect  load limit  3.2: 71 
Sticker  on  th e left door jamb 3.3 : 3 
Stopping the en gine  3.1:8 6 
Sto rage 
area 
Roof  3.1:65 
S torage 
compartment 3.1: 64 
additional  sto rage 3.1: 66 
Front center armrest 3.1:  65 
S torage  for 
the vehicle  literature 3.1: 64 
Sunroof 3.1: 41 
Sunshade 
power  roof 3.1:41 
Sun viso r 3.1:49 
Sw itch
able  loc king  feature 
Activatin g 2.1: 65 
D
eacti va tin g 2.1: 67 
Sw itches Em ergency flasher 3.1: 45 
Light swit ches 3.1:  43 outside mirrors  3.1: 53 ro of  3.1:41 windows  3.1: 38 
Sw itching off the engin e 
W ith the ignit ion key  3.1: 86 
Sw itch 
lig htin g 3.1: 3 
T 
Tachometer 3.1:  9 
Ta
ilga te 3.1:35  

Tank 
the tank 3.2: 35 
Fuel  gauge  3.1: 
fuel filler  flap  3.2: 35 
Technic al modifications  3.2: 
32 
Tether  anchors  2.1:68 
Tether  strap 2.1: 
69 
Threaded rim ring 3.2: 57 
down hooks  3.1: 
Tie-dow ns  2.1: 12 
Tire  pressure  3.2: 68 
Tir e pressure  monitorin g disp lay 
mode ls) 3.2: 65 
Warn ing 3.2:  65 
T i
re pres sure monitoring sys tem 
3.2: 75 
Tires and wheels  3.2: 75 
Valves  3.2: 75 
Tire  pressure monitoring  system 
models)  3.2 : 62 
Tires 
Repla cing 3.2: 
75 
life  3.2:72 
rating  le tter code 3.2: 74 Tire  Identification  Number  3.2: 74 
Tire  manufacturing date 3.2: 74 
Tire  specifications  3.2: 74 
Tread 
depth  3.2:72 
tire  pressure  3.2: 68 tire inflation pressure 3.2: 61 Dimensions  3.2: 73 
General  notes 3.2: 57 
Glossary of tire  and loading terminology  3.2: 58 
New  tires 
and wheels  3.2: 73 Replaci ng  3.2: 73 
ch ai.ns  3.2: 78 
Tir e pressure monitoring  system 3.2: 75 
Tires and vehic le  load  lim its  3.2: Whee l bolts  3.2: 79 
Winter  tires 3.2:77 
Tir e serv i
ce life  3.2:72 
Tool s 3.2: 
Torn or fra yed safe ty  belts  2.1: 17 
Towing  3.2: 
General notes 3.2: 103 
When can your vehicle not be 
t owed?  3.2: 
Towing  eye 3.2: 
See Tire pre ss ure monitoring  system 
model s) 
Warning 
light 3.2: 62 
Trail er  towing  3.2: 15 
Anti-theft alarm system  3.2: 18 
Brake s 3.2: 15 
instructions 3.2 : 16 
3.2: 
Transporting long  items  3.1: 63 
Tread  Wear Indi cato r 
Trunk lid 3.1: 35 
See also Rear lid 
Turn signa l and high beam lever 3.1:46 
Turn signal s 3.1: 46 
Warning  light 3
.1: 46 
u 
Underbody sealant 3.2: 27 
Unfast ening belts 2.1: 25 
Unidirectional  tires 3.2:57, 86 
tir e  qual ity  grading  3.2: 76 
Unpleasant odor 3.1: 83 
Uphol stery 
Key word s 13  

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Vehicle Lifting  3.2: 
Location  3.2: 
Vehicle  Weights 3.3: 6 
Ventil atio n slit s  2.1: 
Volk s wagen  Servic e Repair  Manuals 3.2 : 
w 
Warn ing light 
3.2: 5 
Brake 
pads worn 3.2:  2 
Brake  system 3.2: 2 
Bulb  failure  3.2: 
93 
3.2:5 
Eng ine hood  3.2:41 
Engine  oil pressure  3.2:  45 
E n
gin e  oil  se nsor 3.2:44 3.2:9 
3.2:7 Exhaust  gas  syste m  3.2: 
Fuel fille r cap 3.2 : 3 5 
Gen erat or  3.2: 56 MIL 
steering 3.2:  8 
Safe ty  belts  2.1:  14 
mode ls)  3.2 : 62 
Wind shi eld washer fluid  3.2 : 
Warning  light (Ca nada models) 
Tire pressure  m onitorin g di spla y 3.2: 65 
14 Key words 
Warn ing light s 3.1: 4 
Emergency 
flasher 3.1: 45 
I n strume nt  clus te r  3.1: 4 
Washi ng  by hand 3.2:22 
Wash in g  th e ve hicle  3.2: 22 
Washin g with  power  cleaners  3.2: 23 
Waxing  How  often  s
hould I wax  my car?  3.2: 24 
Wear  indicator  3.2: 
72 
Weights  3.3:  3. 
What does  it  mean when I feel  a slight  vi bra-tion o n the brake  pedal ? 3.2: 4 
W h
at happens if  yo u do not wear your safe ty 
b elt ? 2.1: 16 
happe n s if you wear yo ur safe ty  belt  too 
l oose? 
2.1: 21 
happe n s  to occupants not wearin g 
safe ty  belt s? 2.1: 
if  I purchase poor quality fuel?  3.2: 37 
is the correct  brake  fluid leve l?. 3.2: 53 
What  is the r ight way to break-in  my 
ve hicl
e? 3.2:  12 
kind  of brake  fluid  should I u se?  3.2: 54 
What  kind of engine  oil should 1 put in  my 
ve hicle ?  3.2: 42 
What should  I d o a fter changing a 
w heel?  3.2:  69, 87 
should  I do after  re pla cing 
wheels? 3.2: 
should I do if! want t o add an acces sory 
t o  my  vehic le? 3.2:  31 
sh o uld  I do if I want to modify m y 
ve hicle?  3.2:  32 
should  I do if I want to  re p air  my 
ve hicle? 3.2:  32 
What  sh o uld  I 
do if the brake  wa rnin g light 
comes on?  3.2: 2, 53 
What wou ld 
happen if  I put  leaded gaso line 
i n  m y car?  3.2:  37 
W h
at you must do after  reconnect  th e battery  3.2:  55