How to if the passenger front airbag is on or off
Please first read and note the introductory information and heed the on page
Passenger fr ont airbag
if the weight on th e front passenger seat is less than the
a m ount programmed in the e lectro nic contro l
unit.
The fron t airbag on the passenger sid e of the front seat will als o be turned off if the weight regis ter ed on the seat (b y the weight -sensin g m at) is less than o r equal to the combined weight of -a typicall-year-old in fant and -any of the Safe ty Standard for whi ch th e
of the restraints that were used to
ce rtif y your vehicle' s compliance with U.S. Safety
Standard or BAG light comes
o n and stays on to tell you w he n th e front Advanced
A irb ag on the passenger sid e has bee n turned off.
P
assenger f ro nt airbag active
Switch on th e ig nition.
T he weight-sensin g mat regi sters the weight on the front passenger seat. lfthat weight is above the
refer ence val ue , the passenger fron t airbag be activa ted.
If th e ign it io n is on, and the ligh t or PASSENGER BAG light in the in strument pane l do es
light h as burn ed out (see below), yo u be able to tell wheth er the passen ge r front airbag is
active or n ot.
U sin g child restraints on th e f ront passenger seat
The airbag o n th e front passenger side m akes the
front seat a potentially dangerous place for a child
page For a listing of the child
re straints that were use d to certify you r vehicle' s compliance with U.S. Safe ty Standard see your authorized V olkswagen dea le r or auth o rize d Volkswage n Se1vice Facility or page
For more information, see C hi ld safety and child page in How to tell if nirbng is
know when th e passenger fro nt airbag
h
as been turned o ff by th e cont rol unit ?
Th e
BAG light come on and stay on to tell yo u when the front A dvanced A irbag on the passenger sid e has been turned off by t he
e lectron ic control unit. Un less th e ye llo w light
page
For safety reasons, yo u m ust never use a child straint sys te m on the front passenger seat unless the lig ht comes o n and stays on, haps in combinati o n w ith th e indicator light in the instrument clu ster. I f th e passenger front airbag deploye d in an accident. it would severel y injure and possibl y
light burns o ut, the airbag m onitorin g cator light will come on and signal a mal function of the A dva nced Airbag System. Although the bulb
light to make sure that the airbag
Have the airbag sys te m inspect e d ately b y your authorized Volkswagen deale r o r au-thorized Volk swag en Serv ice
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Please first read and no te th e im rod uc tory info rmation a nd heed th e on page
Light s up Possible cau se Proper re sponse
any burned out lightbulb s page 344 or Driving not worki ng.
if ligh t bulbs are d ea le r or authorized ... swage n Serv ice Facility if necess ary.
Adaptive Front Ligh
ting Sys te m malfunc-
t ion. -
near fog s witc h e d on.
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Front fog
T he in dicato r blin ks twice as fas t if a
If necessary, ch ec k th e vehicle and t railer turn signal is not wo rking on the vehi cle or
DRL
Daytime runnin g on.
High beams switched on or headligh t in use.
High beam co ntrol (Lig ht Assis t) on.
F las h
es Poss ible cause
.. Adap tive Front Lighting Syste m malfun c-tio n.
Whe n the ig nition is swi tched
Failure to heed warning light s and Instrument clu ste r t ex t m essages can cause the vehicle to break down in traffic and result in and seriou s personal injury.
Never i gno re warn ing lights or t ex t INGS.
Alwa ys stop the as soon as it is safe to do so.
light s and vision
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122.
Proper respon se
a n authorize d
Wheneve r safe di stance ofT the sto p th e e ng in e, turn on th e em erge ncy flasher s,
and usc other warning dev ices to warn chin g
Neve r park the ve hicl e in areas where th e
h o t catalyt ic converter and exhau st syst em can
come int o contact with dry grass, brush, oil , or other m ate rial that can catch fire. A broken down ve h icle present s a high
ge ncy flash ers and se t up warning triangl e to
wa rn oncoming traffic
Please first read and note the introdu cto ry information and heed the on page 344.
for re pla cing a light bulb. Please carry out these ste p s only in the order
page 188.
3. Turn the light switch page
4. Move the tu rn signal lever to neutral page
5. Auto mati c transmission: 179.
6. the eng ine and re move the key from the ig ni tion page 172.
7. Manu al transmission: Engage a page 179.
8. Let orie nt ation lighting go page
9. Let the burned out light bulb cool down.
page 341.
11. R e place the burned out light bulb accordi ng Always replace a burned-out light bulb with a good bulb with the sa me s pecifications. Specifications are on the g lass bulb or on
the meta l base.
12. Neve r tou ch the glass of th e light bulb with your bare hands. Finge rprin ts can clo ud t he o uter sur
f ace of the light bulb when heated, affec ting the lighting power, clouding the reflector, andre
d u ci ng th e brightness.
13. Always make sure th at the new bulb works. the bulb does not work, it may not be installed cor
rectly; the connector may no t be co mplet ely seated; the correspondin g fuse may be burned out; or the bulb may be bad.
14. Always have th e headligh ts adj usted by an authorized Vol k swage n dealer or an a uth orized swagen Service Facility
to accidents and serious Injuries.
Always review and follow the
Note
Alway s insert and remove lamps car efully to avoid damage to the vehicle paint or to other parts of the
in the
Tu rn signal indicator, High beam and parki ng light as as daytime r u n ni ng lig ht.
fir st read and no te the introductory inform ation and heed the o n page344.
is no t necessary to dismantle th e headlight
pl ace a light bulb.
carry out each step only in the order specified:
fig. !92
Front turn sig n al
Low beam indicator H ig h beam day-Parking light (small bulb time running light h older)
Hev ie w and follow th e page 3 46.
2.
t h e engine page 2 42.
off the respective rubber co ve r on th e re a r o f th e 3. Dep endi ng on the model, a plas tic cove r w ith a securing cl ip mig h t be used. th e secu ring cl ip upward and r emove the c o ve r.
Rotate th e bulb h older as far as it goes to the left and pull out the bul b h old e r 4. with the light bulb Faci ng
out with t h e ligh t bulb facing rearw ard. rearward.
5 .
the light bulb straight out o f th e bulb ho ld er.
I f necessary, press the lo ck on th e bulb holder.
6. the burned out light bulb with bulb of th e ty pe.
I n
sert the bulb holder into the headlight and turn far as Insert th e bulb holder into 7. th e headligh t and sli d e it
it goes to the right.
in complete ly .
8 . Attac
h
the rubber or pla sti c c over. If applicable push down the securing cl ip.
The illu stra ti ons s how the le ft headlight fro m the re ar. The right h eadlight is the mirror ima ge.
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Check for prop er in stallatio n and secure fit of
Attac h t he page fig. to the bul b ho ld er.
H eplace the s id e inte rio r tr im of the lu gg age co mpartm ent.
C lose t h e re ar hatch page 45 .
D ue to diff ere n t v ers io ns of t he th e
re p resentati on in the illustratio ns.
Taill ights w ith h av e a bulb fo r the turn signal. This bul b ca n b e
rear bumper: License plate lamp. Fig. License plate lamp: Removing bulb holder.
on page 344.
page 346 .
W ith
the flat bla de o f the screwdriver fr om the ve hicl e tool kit
3 . out th e license la m p sligh tly.
o n the connecto r re le ase in th e apa rt th e sec urin g cl ip on the rear of t he
4 .
lio n of the fig . pull the license plat e lam p assembly .
connect o r plu g off.
Turn bulb ho ld er in the direc tio n of the arro w
He move th e bul b ho ld er fr om the license 5 .
®an d p ull it out togethe r w ith th e light bulb. p
la te lamp.
6.
Hepl ace the burned out light b ulb w ith a new bulb of the sam e typ e.
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