
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 
N 
New tir es  and whe els  3.2:  73 
tr ol m odules  3.2 : 34 
N
umber  o f seats 2.1: 1 3 
Occ upa nt seatin g posit i o ns 2.1:4 
3. 2:4 2 
ch a nge  3.2: 46 
dip stic k  3.2: 44 
On-Boa rd-D iagnosti c (OBD) 3.2: 
One-to uch  openin g and  closing 
power 
windows  3.1 :39 
O p
erate  yo ur  ve hicle  safe ly  3 .2:  14 
O perat in g  yo
ur veh icle  out side th e or 
Ca nad a  3 .2: 
light s 3.1 :  4 
Paint 
Polishin g  3.2 : 24 3.2 : 24 
Panic  button 3.1: 28 
Parkin g  3.1:  95 
A ut om atic  tra nsmi
ssion 3.1: 
w hen parkin g  ncar a p arkin g rie r or curb  3.1 :  96 
L ow  bum
per cover, s po ilers and susp en sio n  3.1: 96 
also Parking b ra ke 
Parts  3.2 : 3 1 
K ey w ord s 
ligh t  2.1:41 
positio n 
Ped als 2.1 :  9 
P hysica l pr incip les  of a  f r
ontal 
collisio n 2.1: 15 
P i
nch  pro tect io n 
Power  roof 3. 1:
42 
P lastic parts 3 .2 : 24 
C l
eaning 3.2:  28 
Pollen filter 3.1:83 
P ollu tio n filler  3.1:83 
Power 
Roof  3.1:4 1 
Power  locks  3.1 : 
In d ividual unlockin g  3 .1 : 
P owe r roof  3.1:41 
Pinch  protect io n  3.1: 42 
Powe r s teerin g  3.2:  8 
light  3.2 : 8 
P o we r was her  3.2: 
23 
Powe r w ind ows  3.1: 38 
Preg na nt  wo men 
co nside ra tions w hen wearing  a 
safety bell  2.1: 22 
Pre miu m  Gaso line 3.2 :37 
Pr ess
ure mark s  2.1: 
Pro per adju stment  o f head  res train ts  2.1: 7 
P
roper occupant seat i n g  positio ns 2.1: 4 
Pro per 
safe ty  bell  pos it io n  2.1:2 1 
Prope r 
posi tion 
R 
D river  2.1:  4 
Fron t passenge r 
2.1: 5 
Occ upants  2.1:4 
Rear  passengers  2.
1:6 
Rais in g  th e  ve hicl e w ith th e  jack  3.2 : 85 
H
eading lig ht s 
back  3
.1:48 
front  3.1: 47 
Rear lid  3 .1 :  35 
clos in g  3
.1: 37 
Emerge ncy  unloc kin g  3.
2:89 Ind icator light 3.1:35  

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  

driving ........................ . 
occupant seating  positions  ...... . 
a  reo .............................. 
Stowing ....................... . 
Reporting  safety defects 
............... . . 
.........................  . 
notes ....................... ... . 
Why safety ...................... . 
Saf ety ................. 
Safety pretensioners ................ . 
Airbag system 
28 
Front airbog system  the basics ..... 32 
Boo klet 2.1 first 
Monitoring  the Advanced Airbog System 
46 Side 
safety 53 
Seats ...... ........... .. 53 restraint  with  o safety . 63 
Inform ation 0................. 68 
Lower anchorages .......... .... 7 1 system 72 
Where con get additional inform ation 
a bout 
res traints and their use? .  . . .  . . 73 
Alphabetical  index ....  

WARNING 
Always make sure that you the suggestions and heed  th e WARN INGS in this Booklet. 
Safety equipment 
Additional important information that yo u 
need  to know fo r you r own safety and the safety of your passengers and others  is in the Bookl ets of your Literature. 
T his 
The  safety are part of the occupan t rest rain t system and work  together  to 
help  reduce  the risk 
of injury in accident  situation s. 
Your safe ty  and the safety of your pass enge rs 
s houldn 't be left t o chance. Adva n ces  in  te ch
n ology  have  mad e variety of feature s  available to  help  red uce the risk of injury  in a collisio n. 
T he followin g is lis tingofjust a  few  of th e s afe ty 
f e at ures in  your Vo lk sw age n: 
sophisticate d safe ty  belt s  for  all seating positio n s. 
sa fe ty  belt force for the  front seats 
s eati ng  po sition s, 
safety be lt pre te nsioners  for  the front seatin g 
p ositions and for the outboard rear seating pos i
t io ns  in combin ati o n  w it h  optional re a r s id e air
b ags, 
sa fety b elt  he ight adjustment for the front s eat s, 
fr ont airbags  sys te m , 
sid e  airb ags  for the front seats, optiona l for the  outboard  re a r seats ( fo u r doors  ve hicl e) 
2 Safe driving 
S id e Protection ai rbags, 
h ead res tra in ts  fo r ea ch seat in g positi on , and 
adjustable s teerin g column. 
T he se 
individua l sa fety features, wo rk t ogeth er as a syste m  to  help protect yo u and your passeng ers  in  a  wid e range of collis io ns. T hese features can't work as a  sys te m  if they are  notal
w ays correctJy a dju ste d and correc tl y  used! 
T
his Bookle t p rov ides  important in for matio n 
a b out why  these features are important,  how they  w ork  to help  protect yo u and your passengers and the y  m ust be adju ste d  and used to get the  g re atest  ben efit  an d reduce the  lik eli
h oo d of  injury. T he  Booklet a ls o  conta in s i mpo r
t a nt  WARNINGS  th a t yo u a nd  you r passenge rs mus t  alw ays rea d and  hee d  in order to  he lp r e
d uce  th e  risk o f perso nal  inju ry. 
Safety  is 
everybody' s  responsibility!  

inches (25 em) between your breastbone and the steering  wheel. 
Always hold the s teering wheel on the 
Never  hold the steering  wheel at the 12 o'clock  position or with your hands at other positions  inside the steering  wheel rim or on the steering wheel hub. Holding the steering 
wheel the  wrong  way can cause serious 
2.1 Safety  first 
(continued) 
Always sit in an upright  posit i on and never lean against or place any part of your  body  too 
close  to the area where the airbags are located. 
strained. 
Never  adjust  the seats the vehicl e is mov ing.  Your  seat may move unexpecte dly and yo u could lose control of the vehicle. 
Never  drive  wit11 the backrest  reclined or tilted  far back! The fart her t11e backrests are tilted  back, the greater the risk of injury due to 
incorrect positionin g ofthe safety belt and 
Children must  always  ride in child  seats 
page restraints on t11e front seat some important things to 
Move  the front passenger seat back as 
far as possible.  There must be a minimum 
of 
Adjust th e angle of the seat back  so that 
it is  in an upright  position and your back 
comes in full contact with  it whenever the 
veh icle  is  moving. 
Adjust the head restra int so that the 
upper edge is as eve n with the top of your 
h
ead as poss ible but not lower than eye 
leve l 
and so that  it is as close  to the back of 
your head  as 
Keep both feet  flat on the floor in  the 
footwell  in fron t 
of the front passenger 
seat. 
Fasten and wea r safety belt s  co rrectly 
13. 
For  detail ed  inform ation on how  to adju st  the 
front  passenger bookl et 3.1 and s torage."" 
WARNING 
Front  seat passengers who are unbelted, out of posit ion or  too  close to the airbag can be 
risk of serious 
Passengers must always  sit  in  an upright position and nev er  lean  against or place any part of their body  too clos e to the area  where the airbags are located. 
Passengers who are u nbelted, out 
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