2005 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT transmission

Wheels: Rotat e from front to rear
Tires/spare wheel:
Power steering: fluid level
boots
dust seals on ball joints, tie rod ends; check tie rods
and lubricate
Automatic transmission:
top: protection with convertible top
open (New Beetle Convertible
Today's date and
Volkswagen Dealer stamp

Service at
1 Engine: and
1 Engine: for
1 Exhaust system:
(TDI engine only)
1 Battery: (Passat)
1 Battery:
(where
1 add if necessary
1
1 transmission: add if necessary; check for
1 Rotate from front to rear
1 Tires/spare
for
1 Drive shafts:
memory; purge if necessary
1 Roo f frame:
1 Front

may vary depending on
shows the arrangement of
the instrument
Pos. Page
1 - Tachomete r ..................... 8
2 -
Engine temperature gauge ............ .. 9
3-gauge .....................
odometer ........ 1
5 -
-........ 11
-with automatic
transmission) .......... ... ..... 14
7 - Odometer
indicator ............ 15
1 -Tachometer
The red area at the end of the cates maximum
the next higher gear or position or ease your foot off the
Upshifting early saves fuel and reduces engine noise.
gear when engine RPMs.
8 -------------INSTRUMENT PANEL AND

Vehicles with Automatic transmission only
When the ignition is switched the
all the positions appear bright against a
dark background at the same
page 95 for more information on
the display .
7 -Odometer
models: . . . . . . . . . . . Kilometres
The upper odometer indicates the total
the trip odometer, the last digit in indi­
cates either
of a mile or metres.

Automatic transmission (Tiptronic®)*
Your
take
After switching off the ignition, you can re­
move the ignition key
in the P (Park) position.
The transmission
changing speeds with­
out heavy This gives best
efficiency, with
and
This causes the transmission to shift down
into a gear and makes quick
tion (for
into the kick-down range. After the
transmission has upshifted again, the origi­
the auto­
matic transmission
to and
The
transmission
shift down to a on
a gradient. This makes use of the
braking effect of the engine without the
need to
shift down as far as 2nd gear.
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AND EQUIPMENT
Maneuvering
When
stop and the engine is running at
speed.
Parking
Engage P (Park) when the is
not moving. When parking your
to position P. To do
To move the
When stoppin g for
it is not necessary to move these­to N (Neutral).
The driving positions must never be used
for
the
when the engine is running.
and turn. Emergency starting
Before you move the selector lever from the P (Park) position, you must always apply the brake pedal before
and while depressing the button in the handle of the selector lever.
the parking brake.
When the
is parked on a steep
hard­er. This is due to the weight ex­
erted on the transmission.
Always heed
Your with automatic trans­
mission cannot be started by pushing
or towing.
Refer to
to
start.
Towing
To tow the Booklet 3.2.
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The parkin g brake
re-
enga­
When the ignition is switched on and the hand br ake is not
up!
engaged
brake
and cause excessive wear.
This
set the parking brake when parking your
Move the
(automatic transmission) or move the gearshift to or
When parking on so that the front
starts to
-parking headed ways turn the front to­ward the curb.
-
parking headed
away from
the curb.
Do not unat­tended in the
the parking brake
and I or move the and the to move causing an accident and per­injury.
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and
press the upper part of button B (RES) af­
ter taking your foot
off the brake
switched off if you are in N (Neutral) can increase speed by preesig the up-or in 1. per part of button B (+ ) without having to
Accelerate I
press the gas
-By pressing the upper part of button B
you press and
-When you
Vehicles with automatic transmission:
The system is
switch A towards
The speed of the
switcheo off the system is
stored and can be retrieved.
Vehicles with manual transmis-sion:
The system is
The speed you are going at the time you switched off the system is
stored
and can be retrieved.
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