
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  

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!  

Unbuckle the  safety  belt with the  red re lease  button  only after  the vehicle has 
stopp ed. 
Fig. 19  Relea sing the tongue from the  buckle 
-the red  re lease butto n on the 
fig.  19 . The  belt tongue  will 
s p ri
ng out of th e 
WARNING 
Never unfaste n  safet y belt  while the vehicle is 
moving. Doing so  will increase your risk of being injured or 
to h eight adjustment 
Adju sting safety 
the  safety  belt height  adjustm ent to ch ange  belt position on th e  shoulde r. 
Fig. Location of manual  belt  height  adjuster 
The b e lt  heig ht  adjusunent for th e 
fron t 
seating pos it ion s ca n be used to ad
just  the heig ht  of th e should er porti on  of 
the safety  belt so that i t is  posit ioned cor
r
ectly . 
-
Keep the s trap  guid e squeeze d in  the di
r
ection  indicate d  by  th e fig. 
-
WARNING 
Always  read and hee d WARNINGS and other important page 17.  

the elec tronic  control page 41, SENGER 
Always  remember.  a child  seat or infa nt carrier 
in stalled on th e fron t seat  may the rapidly pas senger's airbag  in a frontal collision. The 
airbag could  greatly  re duce  the effectiveness of the c hild  restraint and even  seriou sly injure  th e 
c hild  during 
stro ng ly  recommend  that children  always sit  in 
th e back page 53, 
infant in  a seat stall ed on th e front  passe nge r seat ously injured  and can be killed if the front 
airbag  inflates eve n with  an 
System. 
The inflating  airba g will hit the child  seat or infant carrier  with  great  force and will 
smas h  th e c hild  seat and c hild  against the backrest, cent e r armre st,  door or roof. 
Always  install r earwa rd-facing  child seats on the rear scat. 
If  you must install  a rearward  facing child seat on the front passe nger scat becau se  of 
light docs not com e on and stay on, imme diatel y 
your authorized swage n dealer or qualified  workshop. 
terferc  with the ously  inju re or even the child -eve n with 
a n A irb ag 
in exceptio nal  circumstances,  you must 
in stall  a fonvard-facing c hild  restraint on the front  passe nger's sca t: 
-
Fon vard-facin g seats install ed on the front  passenger's  seat may interfer e 
with the  deplo ym ent of the air bag and cause seriou s personal  injury to  the child . 
2.1 Safety  first 
turer's  instructions  provid ed  with the c hild 
sea t or carrier. 
- Neve r 
put the fonvard-faci ng c hild 
ment panel. 
- Always move the passe nge r sca t into  its 
rearmost pos ition  in the scat's fore and aft adjustment range,  as far away  from the airbag as possi ble before  installing ward-facing 
scat that can increase the total weight te re d  by the weig ht-sensing mat and ca n 
ca use  injury  in a cras h. 
Make  sure that the BAG light  comes  on  and stays on all the time w henever  the  igniti on i s switc hed  on. 
th e BAG light does not com e on and stay  on , imm ediately  in stall the fonv ard-facing child scat  in  a rea r seatin g 
position  and have the  airba g sys tem inspec ted 
by  your authorized Volkswagen  dealer or qualified  workshop. 
To reduce the ris k of se rious  injury, make su re that  tltc light is on whenever  a child  restraint is  install ed on th e 
front passenger  scat and the ig niti on is switched on. 
the d ocs not stay on, perform th e c hecks  descr ibed the  Advanc ed 
Take  the c hild  restra int  off  the front senger seat and in stall  it properly at one of the 
r ear sea t position s if  th e BAG light  does  not sta y on. 
Airbag system 31  

Alway s seats on the rear seat. 
a rearward-facing 
seat in  a rear seating position and h ave the airbag system inspec te d immediately by your authorized  Volkswagen dealer or qualified 
workshop. 
Fonvard-facing  child seats  installed on the 
front passenger seat may  interfere  with the 
chorage to the highest adjustment posi
t ion. 
- Always  move 
the passenger seat to the 
hi ghest  position  in th e up and down justment range and move  it back  to 
the tim e whenever the ignition  is 
switched 
Advanced front airbag system and 
Your vehicle  is  equipped  with  a dual-stage  front Airbag in compliance with 
Unit ed Federal  Motor  Vehicle  Safety dard as at th e  tim e your 
ve hicl e was manufactured. 
T he  Advanced  Airbag  system  in you r veh
icle to meet th e requ irements for 3 and 6 year-old  chil dre n (as  defined in the s tandard ) on the passe nger  side and small 
adults on the  driv er  side. d eplo ym ent 
occurs  in tho se crashes  that take  plac e at lower 
d ecla ratio ns  as  defin ed in th e  ele c
tronic unit. Th e low risk  deployment  crit eria  are tended  to  redu ce the  risk of injury  through inter
action  with  the airbag  that can occur in these 
safety 
airbag  inflates. In  additi on, the  system has been certified to  comply with  the qu ir e m ent s of th e  Safety  Standard , to  turn  off the 
f r ont  airbag  for infant s up to 12 months  w ho  are restrained on th e  front  passenge r seat in child that  are 
can be a very  dangerous  place for an in-fant or la rger child  in a rearward -facing  

Booklet 2.1 Safety first 
(continued) 
even with an Adva nced  Air bag Sys tem. 
The  infl ating airbag  will hit the child seat or infant carrier w ith  great force and will 
smas h the c hild  seat and  child  against  the 
backre st, center armrest, door o r roof. 
Always in stall r eanva rd-facing  child seats or infant  carri ers on the rear scat. 
Fonvard -facing  child seats in stall ed on th e 
front passe nger's sea t can interfere 
th e c hild's safety  and well-being  require  that  the fo llowing  special precautions  be  taken: 
- Make  s
ure the fo nvard -facing seat has been  designed  and certifi ed b y its manufacturer  for use on  a  front  scat with 
as po ssib le  before 
installin g the child  res traint . 
58 safety 
the front  passenger's  seat from  being moved  to the rca rmost position  in its for e and aft adjustment  range. 
-
Always make s ure  that th e ba ckrest  is  in the upright position. 
Always buckle  the child seat finnl y in  pla ce 
eve n if a child  is not  sitting  in it. A loo se child 
seat 
can fly around durin g a sudden  stop or in 
a  collisio n. 
Alway s read  and  hee d all WAHNINGS whenever  usi ng  a  child  restrain ed  in  a ve hicle 
i s  being page page and 
To  reduce the risk  of serio us  injury, make sure th at the PASSENGER BAG light comes o n and stays on whenever  a child  restraint  is 
installed  on the front p asse nger  seat  and the ignition  is  sw itch ed on. 
Tak e th e c hild  restra int the front senger seat and in stall it properly  at  one of th e 
rear  seat posi tio ns  if PASSENGER light does  not sta y on. 
Have  the airbag sys te m  inspec ted by your au thori ze d Volkswagen  dealer or qualified 
worksho p immediat ely .  

(continued) 
A lways  read and heed  all WARNINGS wheneve r using  a child  restrained in a vehicle 
is  bein g page 13, page 53, "C hild safety". 
WARNING 
An improperly  installed child  restra int can ter fer e with the airbag as it  deploys and ously  injure or even kill  tlte child-eve n with an Adva nced  Airbag  System. 
turer's instruction s provided  with the child seat or carrier. 
2 .1  Safety  first 
(continued) 
- Never put the  fonv ard-facing  ch ild 
ment  panel. 
- Always  move 
the passe nger seat  into its 
rearmost  position in tlte seat's fore  and aft 
adjustment range, as far  away  from the 
airbag as p ossib le befor e in stalli ng the 
prevents 
th e f ront passenger's  seat from  be ing 
m ove d to th e rearmos t  position  in its  fore 
an d aft adj ustment range. 
- Neve r pl
ace a dditional  items on tlt e seat 
th at can in crease the to ta l weight tered  by the weight-sensing mat and ca n 
cause  injury in  a cras h. 
Make  su re that th e BAG 
If th e 
safety 61