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Technical Data255
Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Performance figures
Weights
Trailer weights
Engine oil capacity
Maximum speed
in km/h 176
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in sec. 8,7
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in sec. 12,9
3 doors 5 doors
Gross vehicle weight in kg 16201644
Weight in working order (with driver) in kg 11811206
Gross axle weight, front in kg 890897
Gross axle weight, rear in kg 775795
Permitted roof load in kg 7575
With no brakes, gradients up to 12% 600
With brakes, gradients up to 12% 1000
Approximate engine oil capacity with oil filter change 3.8 litres
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256Diesel engine 1.9l TDI 74 kW (100 bhp)General engine data
Performance figures
Weights Power output in kW (bhp)
rpm 74 (100)/ 4000
Maximum torque in Nm at rpm 240/ 1800 - 2400
No. of cylinders, capacity in cm
3
4/ 1896
Compression 19
Fuel Min. 51 CN
a)
a)Cetane- Number (cetane index) = Measure of the combustion power of the diesel.Maximum speed in km/h 190
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in sec. 7,4
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in sec. 10,8
3 doors 5 doors
Gross vehicle weight in kg 16581682
Weight in working order (with driver) in kg 12191244
Gross axle weight, front in kg 920926
Gross axle weight, rear in kg 784804
Permitted roof load in kg 7575
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Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Trailer weights
Engine oil capacity
Diesel engine 1.9l TDI 96 kW (131 bhp)General engine data
Performance figures
With no brakes, gradients up to 12%
600
With brakes, gradients up to 12% 1200
Approximate engine oil capacity with oil filter change 4.3 litres
Power output in kW (bhp) rpm 96(131)/ 4000
Maximum torque in Nm at rpm 310/ 1900
No. of cylinders, capacity in cm
3
4/ 1896
Compression 19
Fuel Min. 51 CN
a)
a)Cetane- Number (cetane index) = Measure of the combustion power of the diesel.Maximum speed in km/h 208
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in sec. 6,4
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in sec. 9,3
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258Weights
Trailer weights
Engine oil capacityDiesel engine 1.9 TDI 118kWGeneral engine data 3 doors
5 doors
Gross vehicle weight in kg 16751693
Weight in working order (with driver) in kg 12491252
Gross axle weight, front in kg 935940
Gross axle weight, rear in kg 783810
Permitted roof load in kg 7575
With no brakes, gradients up to 12% 600
With brakes, gradients up to 12% 1200
Approximate engine oil capacity with oil filter change 4.3 litres
Power output in kW (bhp) rpm 118 (160)/3750
Maximum torque in Nm at rpm 330/2000
No. of cylinders / capacity in cm
3
4/1896
Compression 18,5
Fuel
a)
a)BIODIESEL is NOT suitable as fuel for this engine.
Min 51 CN
b)
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b)Cetane- Number (cetane index) = Measure of the combustion power of the diesel
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Technical Data259
Safety First
Operating instructions
Tips and Maintenance
Te c h n i c a l D a t a
Performance figures
Weights
Engine oil filling capacity
Maximum speed
in km/h 220,2
Acceleration from 0-80 km/h in sec. 5,25
Acceleration from 0-100 km/h in sec. 7,6
Gross vehicle weight in kg 1675
Weight in working order (with driver) in kg 1290
Gross axle weight, front in kg 935
Gross axle weight, rear in kg 783
Permitted roof load in kg 75
Approximate engine oil capacity with oil filter change
a)
a)Only use engine oil 0W-30 that meets the standards VW506 01 or VW 507 00.
5 litres
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260Dimensions and capacities
Dimensions
Length, width 3,953 mm/ 1,698 mm
Height at kerb weight 1,441 mm
Front and rear projection 931 mm/ 662 mm
Wheelbase 2,460 mm
Turning circle 10.54 m
Track width
a)
a)This data will change depending on the type of wheel rim.
Front Rear
1,435 mm 1,424 mm
1,419 mm 1,408 mm
Capacities
Fuel tank 45 litres, reserve 7 litres.
Windscreen washer fluid container with headlight washer 2 l/ 4.5 l
Tyre pressure
Summer-grade tyres:
The correct tyre pressure can be seen on the sticker on the inside of the tank flap.
Winter tyres:
The pressure of these tyres is the same as the summer tyre pressure plus 0.2 bar.
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Index261
Index
AABS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Acoustic signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Acoustic warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Adjustable service interval display . . . . . . . . . . 58
Adjusting simp le headlights
driving on the left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
driving on the right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Adjusting the seat belt height . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Air conditioning system Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Air conditioning* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Air outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Air recirculation Semi-automatic air conditi oning . . . . . . . . 124
Air recirculation mode Climatronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Airbag covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Airbags
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Alarm system Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Alterations to the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Alternator Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Ambient temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 57
Anti-freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Anti-theft wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Aquaplaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Athermic windscreen* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Automatic anti-dazzle interior mirror* Activating the anti-dazzle function . . . . . . 101
Deactivating anti-dazzle function . . . . . . . . 101
Automatic car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Instructions for driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Kick-down feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Automatic wiper/wash function for the rear window 99 Auxiliary audio connection: AUX-IN . . . . . . . . . 115
BBall coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
BAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Battery
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Winter conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Belt tension device Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Belt tension devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Bonnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Boot* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96, 230
Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151, 152
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147, 152
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Braking distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Bulb changes general notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
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262Buzzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94, 132CCar care
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Car care products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Car phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Automatic speed dependent locking and un-locking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Emergency unlocking system . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Locking system for invo luntary unlocking . . 72
Selective unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Unlocking system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Central locking button Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Cetane number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Change lamps dipped headlight lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Changing gear See Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Changing lamps interior light and reading light . . . . . . . . . . 229
rear light units on the boot: access to the lamp227
rear light units on the boot: access to the rear
light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 changing lamps
rear lights on frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Changing the lamps glovebox light* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
main beam lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Main headlight lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
side beam lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Side indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Changing windscreen wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 190
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Checking battery electrolyte level . . . . . . . . . . 195
Checking engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Categorisation in groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Group 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Group 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Group 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Groups 0 and 0+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Child seats ISOFIX and Toptether system . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
on the front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Cleaning alloy wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Cleaning and caring for your vehicle . . . . . . . . 163
Cleaning chrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Cleaning cloth seat covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Cleaning dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Cleaning engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Cleaning fabric trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Cleaning leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Cleaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Cleaning seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Cleaning steel wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Cleaning windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Cleaning wooden trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Climatronic
automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
manual mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Connector for Apple iPod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Control Light switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
wing mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Control lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Control lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Controls Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Convenience closing Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Convenience opening Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
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