Improper usc of jumper cables when starling a ve hicl e wit h a dead battery can cause the battery to exp lode, leading to serious sonal injury. To help red uce the risk of battery
explo sion:
All work on the batteri es or the elec trical
sys tem in your veh icle can cause serious acid burns, fire s, or e lec trica l shocks. Always read and heed the followin g WARNINGS and safety
precaution s before working on the batteries or the electrical page 257,
Always wear proper eye protection. Never
lean over the vehicle batteries.
Attach the jumper cables in the correct order:
first the positive cable, then the negative cable.
Never connect the negative cable from the ve hicl e providing starting assistance to parts of th e fuel system or to the brake hoses or brak e
line s.
Never allow no n-i nsu lated parts of the battery clamp s to touch. Never allow the jumper cable attache d to the positive battery terminal to
contact metal parts of the ve hicle.
Do it yourself
hicl e battery. If you cannot sec the color ofthe window clearly, never usc a cigare tte
light er, or other open Use
Avoid electrosta tic dischar ge in the vicinity of the ve hicl e battery . Sparks may cause the
Neve r jump start
A lways follow the instru ction s of the jumper cable manufacturer.
Always make sure that the battery providing
star ting assistance has th e same vo lta ge as the dead battery (12 V) and about the same capacity
(sec battery lab el).
Batterie s give off explos ive hydrogen gas. ways keep fire, sparks , open and smoking
materials away from batteri es.
Never connect the negat ive cab le from the other vehicle directly to the negative terminal of the dead battery. The hydrogen gas from the battery is exp losive.
Neve r short out the battery te rminals by co nn ecting the positi ve(+) and negati ve(-)
terminal s with each other.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
locking switc h ....................
switch .................
sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1
C losing ................ 51
Eme rgen cy clos ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Malfun ction ............ 0............ 51
Opening ............... pro tec tion .......... 52
was her .. o o o
windows .
One-to uch closing an d openin g ........ 49
Opening ...... 49
pro tec tion ...
Switch es ................
.......... o 176
Adding e ng in e oi l. ............ ....... 249 C heckin g engin e coolant leve l . . . . . . . . 255
Checking engin e oil leve l. 249 Light bulb re p lace ment .. 346
T ire m obilit y set ..................... 338
Topping off en gin e c ool ant. . . . . . . . . . . 255 Vehicl e battery ............
331
Workin g in the engine compartment .. 245
activities Befo re every trip .........
.... 172
Q
Que ry ing a service message ..... o
R
Rain sensor ..... ........ .... 13 1
Malfun ctio n .............. .. 13 1
Raising the vehicle
Witl1wor ksho p hoi
st. ......
Raising vehicle
Workshop hois t
.................
Reading light ............... 125
Rear Assist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
212
Operating in structi ons ..... ...... 211
. ..... .......
consid era ti o ns ........... 2 12
Rear backrest
F olding forward .. 143
Rear hatch ........... 45
C losing .............. ................ 47 Driving with an open rear hatch . 139
Eme rgency lockin g and unlocking . . . . 324 Locking ................... 39, 47
Opening ......... 46
U nl ocking .. o o o 39
Warn ing light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Rear seat ...... 143
Folding back into place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Rear window d efogger ..
234
A t th e gas statio n .................... 234 C hecks w hil e ref uelin g .........
237 Fue l gauge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Indicator light ............ o 235
R elease butto n . o 183
Remote control k eys
see Vehi cle keys ..
............. o
Labe ls. 311 Workshop ho is t ...... .. ..
Replac em ent ke ys
see Vehicle keys .................
Replacing parts ........
Reporting
Vehicle identification number ............ 3 1
Vehicle key
Indi
cator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Vehicle key set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Vehicle keys
button......................... 34 Regio nal diff ere nces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Sy nchronizing ........................ 37
Valet ke y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Vehicl e labels ............................ 31
V eh icle modifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Signs. . ........................... 311
Sticker s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
V ehi cle washing
Spec ia l con sid eration s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Volk swage n Information System .......... 21
Displa ys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Menu structure ........... ............ 21
w
Warning light
Alternator.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Brak e sys tem .......... .............. 189
Cruise co ntrol .................... .. . 215
Depre ssing
the brake ................. 189
Doors... ............................ 43
Engine coo la nt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Engine hood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Engine oil pressure ................... 247
Overv iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Rear h atc h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Safety belt s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Shiftin g ............................. S teerin g column lock.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Washing vehicl e
S p
ecia l con sideration s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Waxing the paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Wear indicato r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Weights ................................
What if? ..................•............. 318
Whe el bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Cove r caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Tightening
torque ....... . ............ 332
Whe el change ........... ..... ......... 331
Wheel covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Full w heel cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Hubcap ................. ..... ...... 328
Whee l bolt c
aps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Wheel rims. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bolted deco rative cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bolted rim ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C leaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Window s
power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Wind shi eld
Insulat ed ............................ 127
Wind shi eld washer ..................... 128
Windshield washer
C heck ing ............................ 132
Indicator li ght ....................... 128
R efi llin g ............................. 132
Wind shield
wiper
F un ction s .. .........................
Headlight washer sys te m ............. H eated wash er no zzles ...............
Lifting off the wiper blade ............. Lifting th e w ip er blade ................
po siti on ...................... W in d shi eld wip er leve r ............... 129
Wind shield wiper serv ice position .......
Wind shie ld wipers ...................... 128
Wind shi eld-integrated antenna .......... 312
Wint er di esel ........................... 241
Winter ope
ration
F ue l consumptio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Headli ght wa sher sys tem .............
H ea te d was he r n ozz les ............... Menu s e ttin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 s treak s ......... ................. 13 1
Audio mode
FM and AM Radio Mode
Introduction
ing:
. . . . . 11 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
. . . . . . . 14
and Accessi ng . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Different versions of the radio system are shipped,
depending on the country of deliv ery and the
1.
Accessing and operating Radio mode depends to
a certain extent
on the device variant.
Device overview 6
radio data services and TP (tr affic gram ) 16
Parking garages, tu nn els , h ig h buildin gs or mountains can in te rfere with the radio signal.
Decals or metal-coated stickers on the cle windows can affect ra dio recep tion in ve -
hicles with window antennas .
89.9FM
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Fig. 2
Read and follow the on page 3 and the introduction on page
P ress the device -d ep en dent devic e key or fBAND ) 1
devices have an key , press
e ither one of these to s tart Radio mode in the
2 .
is ava ilable, th e s tation name can be played instead of the frequ e n cy 16 .
Initially, only ava
ilable freq ue ncies will appea r in the bott om line of the sc ree n afte r sw itc hing to dio mode 3. Afte r approx imately 5 seco nds,
"sta tion prese t keys " are disp layed 2 Radio stations can be saved on station preset keys
Media source Conditions for playback
External audio source.
-3.5 mm jack plug connectab le for audio output =>page 31.
MDI: External media. -Compatible with multimed ia interface =>page 33.
a) Bluelooth ® is a registered trademark or Blueloolh
Limitations and notes
Dirt, high temperatures and mechanical damage
can render a data medium unusable . Please ob
serve data medium manufacturer information.
Quality differences between data media
of different
manufactu rers can cause problems during play
back .
Observe
lega l requirements regarding copy
rights!
not be played if they were recorded in
UDF or direct format. Under Windows Vista®
pay attention to the format.
The data medium configuration or the devices
or programs used for recording can cause individual
tracks or data medium to be unreadable . lnforma-
Audio Data CD
Read and the on page 3 and the introduction on page 24.
Audio files on a data medium
and playlists in order to
define a certain playback sequence . lion
regard ing best practices for the creation
of au
dio files and data media (compression rate,
tag , etc .) can be found on the
audio
are treated as folders and are num
bered according to their order on th e
F igu re =>fig . 16 shows an example of a typ ica l
MP3 CD contain ing tracks fo lders
order:
1 . Track
and in the root folder of the CD (display:
in the first folder F1 of the
root folde r of the CD (display:
in the second subfolder F1.2 of folder F1 (display:
-
-operation for windshield wipers
-wiping" tx
-Windshield wiper
-Automatic wipe/wash for windshield
-Rear window wiper
-Lever with buttons for the Volkswagen information system ,
let and s topping the engine
® Pedals Manual , chapter Switches
® Adjustable steering column lever sition
Horn (only works when the ignition is swi tc h ed on)
Driver 's front airbag
or one year after service, whichever occurs first.
Ad Check and add if necessary engine
Batt ery: Check (and second battery if
brake system and sh ock
Dust and (if
and
Hyb rid co mpo nents : Perform a in
the engine compartment and the rear of th e for damage (Touareg
Date : ............... .........
......... ..........
w hicheve r occurs
first
Rear window: Check (if
sticker : Enter the date of the next ice on the service sticker and
Sunroof: sunr oof an d check fro nt and
rear water drains and
Tires : Check tread depth, condition . wear tires (including spare )
Tires : Rotate front to rear
Windshie ld was he r, headlight clea ning system ,
and wipe r blades: Check for damage and function ,
Check fluid
stamp
N
Service at
service, whichever occurs first.
Ad Fluid : Check and add if nec essary engine
Brake pads: C heck thick ness and brake disc
cond ition (front and rear)
Engine : Change
Hybrid components : P erform a visua l inspeccomponents and the engine compartment and the rear of the vehicle
for damage (Touareg
Rear window : C heck cleaning nozzle function(if applicable)
Service interval display: Reset
Service sticker: Enter the date of the next serv
ice on the service sticker and to the driver's
s ide door
Windshield washer , headlight cleaning system ,
and wiper blades : Check for damage and functi on,
Check
Maintenance