2.1 Safety firs t I Jetta
Pr int status: 04.2005
Art.-Nr.: 261.551JKS .21
I englisch Nordame rika 05.2005
About this booklet
This booklet conta ins important information ,
t ip s, su ggest ions, and WARN INGS on using your
vehicle. The other booklet s in th e Owner's Liter
ature contain further information that you
should be aware of for your own safety and for
the safety of your passengers.
Make sure that you always keep the comp lete
Owner's Literature in the vehicle. This i s espe
cially important when you len d or sell th e ve
hicle .
Thi s manual describe s the vehicle equipment at
the time of publication. Som e of the equipment
described will not be available until a later date,
or is only available for certain markets.
Illustration s may slight ly vary from your vehicle.
F or thi s rea son you should regard illu stration s as
a general guide.
At the beg inning of this bookl et, you will find a
t a ble of contents showing all the items de
sc ribed in this manual in the order they appear.
An alphabetical index
at the end o f the
booklet.
Dir ections a nd positions (for examp le right, left.
front, rear) are always relative
to the dire ction of
trav el of the ve hicle unl ess s tated otherwise.
Some sect ions of this booklet do not apply to all
ve hicles. If this i s the case, a text at the beginning
of th e sect ion indicates which vehicles it applies
to , for example "Applies to vehicles with Die sel
engine ".
® Regi ster ed trademark s are marked®. How
ever, the absence of this symbo l doe s not
co nstitute a wa iver of the right s concern ing
any term.
The sectio n is con tinued on t he next pa ge.
Indicates the e nd of a section.
Cro ss-refe rence to a "WARN ING" within
or outside of a section.
Cross-reference to a "Note" wit hin or out
s ide of a section.
Texts with this symbo l contain important ' formation on safety and how to reduce the risk
of personal injury or death.
Tips
Texts with this symbo l contain special tips and
other informat ion about gelling th e most out of
yo ur vehicle and its features.
Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipm ent ®
Table of contents
Instrument panel ........... .. .. ... .
Overview .............................. .
Overview of the contro l butto ns on the
mu lti- function steering w heel ..... .... . . .
Instrument cluster ...... ............. ... . .
Display in the in strument cluster ......... .
Menus in the instrument cluster ..... •.. ..
Warning lights .... ....... ........ ..... . .
2
2
4
5
7
12
20
Op ening and closing Keys . . . . . . . .
31
K ey Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Remo te cont rol key . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . • . . 32 C ent ral locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Anti-the ft o lorm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 36
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Windows .... .. . . .. .... ... . .... . .. .. .. . .
39 Po wer roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 42
H ome link® Universal Transm itter . . . . . . . . 44
Lights and a clear view . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Clear vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Windshie ld wi pers . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Seat s and storag e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Why is seat adjust ment so im portant ? . . . . 57
H ead restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Front seats .
..... .... ... •..... .• .... .....
Rear seat bench . ... ...... ....... •.. .... .
Sto rage ......... ................... .... .
Additiona l storage comportmen t ond
elec trica l sockets .... ... .... .... ... ...... .
Luggage comportment ........... ....... .
R oo f rock . .......... ......•.... .. •.......
Air conditioning system ...... ... .. . 60
66
69
73
74
76
80
Heal
ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 80
Cl imatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 8 1 Climotronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Im portan t no tes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Driving ................... ............. 90
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Igniti on lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Starting ond stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . 95
Monuol transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Automatic transmissio n
I Direct sh ift
gea rbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
P arking brok e . ...... .... .... .. .. .. . .. ...
104 Electronic Parking Assistance . ........ •.. . 10 6
Crui se co ntrol ......... ........ .... ...... 107
Alphabetical inde x .... ...... .... ... 10 9
T ab le of contents
Booklet 3.1 Cont rols and Equipment
WARNING (cont inued)
• Never leave children, disabled persons or
anyone who cannot help themselves in the ve
hicle. The doors can be lock ed with the ce ntral
locking button. This could leave peo ple
trapped in the vehicle in an emergency. People
trapped in the vehicle can be exposed lo very
high or low temperat ures.
• Heat build-up in the passenger compart
ment and luggage compartment of a parked
ve hicle can result in temperatures in the ve
hicle that are much higher than the outside
t emperatures, particularly in summer. Tem
perature s can quickly reach leve ls that can
cause unconsciousness and death, particu
l arly lo small children.
Child safety locks
WARN ING (con tinued)
• Never allow passenge rs lo remain in a
lock ed vehicle. Locked doors can delay assis
tance to vehicle occupants and rescue from
the outs ide in the event of an emergency. In an
emergency any person still in sid e th e vehicle
might not be able to get out.
Tips
Wh en you lock your ve hicle with the central
l ocking button:
• The doors and the rear lid cannot be ope ned
from the out sid e ( fo r your safety, for examp le,
when stopped at a traffic light).
• If yo u tr y to lock the vehicle using the central
l ock ing button while the driv er's doo r is still
open, the driv er's door will not lock. This feature
pr eve nts you from locking yourself out of the
The child safety lock prevents the rear doors from being opened from the inside .
Fig . 17 20 Child safety lock in the rear left door, A
- sw it ched off, B - switched on
The rear doors have a child safety lock . You
can use any vehicle keys to engage or dis
engage the lo ck.
Engaging the child safe ty lock
- Use a vehicle key to turn the slot in the
door to the position sh own in =£l g. 1 7
I
=ii g.18
Fi g. 18 C hild safe ty loc k in the rear r ig ht doo r, A -
swit ched off, B -sw itched on
Di sengaging the child safety lock
Use a vehicle key to turn th e slot in the
open door to the position shown
The child safety loc k can be activat ed to pr eve nt
chi ldren ope ning th e doors by accident. When
the child-pro of lock is act ivated, the doo r can be
opened from the o utside only. The ch ild safe ty
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other doors ea ch hav e own switch .
Fig . 21 Section of th e driver door: window controls
Opening and closing the windows
-Press the ope n a
w indow.
- Pull
to close a win dow
Opening and closing all wind ows at
the same time
-Ope n the driver's door.
- Press the
21 for abou t
t wo se conds to op en all wi ndows at the
s am e tim e.
A lwa ys close the w indows fully if yo u
vehicl e or le a ve ii
You ca n u se the power window s for about 10 minut es aft er ofT the ig niti on if n eith er
th e dri ver nor front pa ssenge r doo r been opened and the key has 1101 been re m ove d
from the igniti on.
You can open a ll wi ndow s at the
time by
pr ess ing but ton lo ng as you have o pe n ed
th e dri ver's door yo u ha ve 1101 switched on th
e ignirio n. Once th e ig niti on i s sw itch ed on,
will o nly open dri ver's w indow.
Buttons in the driver door
Button for window in front le ft d oo r
Button for wind ow in front right doo r
Buttons for rear windows
Safe ty sw itch for d isa bling the power
window b uttons in th e re ar door s.
B utt on for wind ow in rear le ft d oor
13u11on for window in rea r ri ght doo r
Safety switch
Safety th e driver doo r can be use d to
di sa ble th e rear p ower w in dows.
The symb ol
in the safe ty sw itch i s illum i
n ate d : the button s in th e rear doo rs a re "o n".
The symbol
in the safety s witch is illumi
n ated: the button s in th e rea r d oo rs are "off'.
WARNING
Imp roper use oft he power windows can result
In se ri ous perso nal inju ry.
• Neve r let anyo ne get in the way of a power
windo w wh en clos ing it.
• When locking the veh icle from the out sid e,
make sure that no on e especia lly c hildren re
m ain s in the vehicl e. T he w indo ws w ill not
open in case of an eme rge ncy .
• Always take the key with you when yo u
l e av e the vehicle . Un supervised u se of ke ys
ca n re sult in u se of ve hicle systems su ch as
pow er windows leading to serious perso nal
injury. The power wind ows will continu e lo
until the i gnition key has been re
mo ved and one of the fron t door s ha s be en
opened.
• When children arc in the back seat, use the
s afet y sw itch
di sa ble the rear power win
dow s and preve nt th em from being opened
clo sed. II>
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Pinch protection
The wind ows have a pinch protection feature. This helps re du ce the risk of inju
ries when the windows are closing.
• lfa w indow is obst ructe d w hen closing, the
w ind ow will sto p and open (go down) aga in
If this happe ns, see why the window could
n ot clo se befo re att emp ting to close aga in. If
yo u tr y to close the wind ow again wit hi n 10 sec
o nd s, th e w ind ow's closing force is a utomati
ca lly incr ease d.
• If th e wi ndow is st ill obst ructed, the wi ndow
w ill stop at this po int.
• If th ere is no obvio us reason why the w indow
ca nn ot be closed, try to close it agai n wit hin 5
seconds. T he pin ch protection is now off. The
window clo ses with maximum force.
If you wa it lo n ge r th an the lO or 5 seco nds de
sc ribed above, the w in dow will open f ully whe n
you ope rate o ne of the buttons. One-touch
closi ng is on aga in.
Th e one- tou ch functio n and pinch prot ection do
not wurk if ther e is a m alf un ction in th e power
windows. Contact yo ur authoriz ed Vo lkswage n
deal er co have the m alfunc tion corrected.
Convenience opening and closing
You can ope n or clo se the windo ws from
outside the vehicl e.
Convenience closing
-Hold th e key in th e close pos ition in th e
l oc k of the driver's door, until all windo ws
a re clo sed.
- Turn th e key the other way to interrupt
th e fun ction.
Convenience opening
-Hold th e key in the ope n position in the
l oc k of the driver' s door, until the windows
are ope n.
WARNING
Improper use of the pow er windows can result
in serious personal injury .
• Never let anyone ge t in th e way of a power
window when closing it.
• Always make sure that no one i s in th e w ay
while overriding the pinch protection to close
a w indo w!
• When locking the vehicle from the out side ,
make sur e that no one especially c hildr en re
mains in the vehicle. Th e windows will not
open in case of an emergency.
• Always take the key with you wh en you
leav e the vehicle. Unsupervised use of keys
can result in use of vehicle s ystem s such as
power windows leading to serious personal
inju ry.
• The power windows will continue to op
crntc until the igniti on ke y has bee n re mo ved
and one of the front door s ha s bee n opened.
• When children are in the b ack sea t, use the
safety switch to disable the rear power win
dows and prevent them from b eing opened
and closed.
<4
-Turn the key the oth er way to interrupt
t h e function.
Using set-up in the main menu , you can select if
yo u want the driver 's doo r w in dow. all w indows
o r n o window a t all to open whe n you unlock
your vehicle using the ma ste r key in th e driver's
doo r lock. C hoose the se ttings yo u want in the
CONVENIENCE menu.
WARNING
Improp er use of the power windows can result
in seriou s per sonal injury.
• Neve r let anyon e get in the way of a power
window when clo sing
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Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
The Homelink ® Universal Tran smill cr is ca
pab le of opera tin g up thr ee se para te ly co n
tro lled dev ices.
Th e HomeLink ® op era tes off
vehicl es bat
t e ry and ch arg ing system and has non volat ile
m em ory . If th e batt ery dies or i s di sco nnecte d ,
l-lom eLink ® will re tain all programmin g.
Trai ning a Garage Door Equipped with Rolling
Cod e
I f a
d oor opene r has bee n progra mmed
b u t doe s not activa te w ith H ome Link®, proc eed
the fo llowin g section: "Training Ga rag e
D oo r Eq uipp ed with Rolling
• and pre ss and r eleas e train ing (o r bu li on on garage door op en er
m otor h ead unit. (Exa ct loca tion and colo r of th e
bu tto n ma y vary by garage door opener bran d.)
I f th ere is difficulty locat ing th e tra in ing bull on,
refe re n ce th e garage doo r opene r O wn er's
manu al o r ca ll toll free:
1-8 00-355-35 15.
• th e veh icle and a nd r elease progra mmed H am el.ink ® ch an nel. Pr ess
a nd release the l-lomeLink ® ch ann el second
t im e comp le te t he prog ram ming pro cess.
(So me ga rage doo r op en ers m ay re quir e you to
d o thi s pro ced ure
third tim e.)
T he garage door ope ner shou ld n ow recog nize
the l-lom eLink ® Univer sal
You may
u se eith er th e ha nd -h eld tran smitt er or the
Homel.ink ® Uni versa l Tran smit te r
to ac tivate ga rag e door.
Acc essor ies
A ccesso ries fo r th e Hom eLi nk ® Un ive rsal Tran s
mill er are ava ilab le thr ough variou s sources.
If yo u wou ld like additi ona l inf orm ati on on
Hom el.ink ®. wh ere to purcha se th e Hom e Lin k®
co mpa tibl e prod ucts, or wo uld like
to p ur cha se
th e 1-lome Link® Hom e Lightin g Packa ge. ple as e
ca ll to ll-free : l-000-355-3515. Certification
Th e re mote contro l d evice complie s w ith
•
model s: Pan 15 of the FCC Rules
• Canad a model s: HS S-2 10 of Indu str y Ca nada.
Opera tion is subj ect
the fo llow ing co nd itions:
• Thi s de vice ma y not ca use an y harm ful int er
f ere nce, and
• Thi s dev ice mu st a ccep t any in te rfe re n ce
tha t ma y be rece ive d includ in g int erfe re n ce
ma y ca use und esire d op erat ion.
• The tra nsmitt er has been tes te d and co m
pli es with FCC and DOC/MDC ru les. C hanges or
m odifi catio ns no t ex pres sly appro ved by th e
res ponsib le for comp lian ce could void the
user 's authori ty to operate the dev ice.
WARNING
Imp roper use of HomeLink ® Univer sal Tr ans
mitter can cause serious person al in jur y.
• Garage doors o perate with enough force to
ca use ser ious perso nal inj ury.
• Neve r le t anyo ne get in th e way of a garage
door when o penin g or closing it.
• Never use th e Ham el.ink® Uni vers al
Tran sm itt er w ith any garage door opener that
do es have not t he sa fety stop and reverse fea
t ure as required by fe d eral safety standards.
T hi s includ es any garage door opener model
manufactur ed befo re Ap ril
I, 1982.
• A garage door o pener wh ic h ca nn ot detec t
a n obj ec t, sig nalin g the door to stop and re
verse docs no t me et c urr ent federa l sa fe ty
standards. Usin g a garage door opener
wit hout the se feat ures inc reases risk of se
rious injury or d ea th.
Tips
F o r m ore informati on, call to ll-free : I (000 ) 355-
35 15 .
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WARNING
Cras hes a nd oth er acci dcn t s ca n hap pen w hen
yo u cann ot sec the road a head a nd when yo u
ca nn ot b e see n by other m otor is ts.
• Never use day time runn ing ligh ts to sec
w here yo u are goi ng. Th ey a rc no t b right
eno ugh an d w ill n ot let y ou sec fa r eno ugh
a h ea d for safety especia lly a l dusk or w hen it i s
dark. Always sw itch on the low bea m at du sk
or w hen it is dark .
•
t a il li ght s do not ligh t u p w hen da y
tim e runnin g lig ht s arc o n. A ve hicle w ithout
r ear ta il li gh ts turne d on ca nn ot b e see n by
ot hers in b ad wea the r at dusk o r w hen it s d ark .
Applies to ve hicles: with Highline instrument clus ter
WARN ING (continued)
• If aut oma tic head light cont rol is sw itch ed
o n, th e low bea m and w ill n ot be
switc hed on in fog or heavy You have to
sw itc h on t he low bea m using t he light sw itch .
• J\lways tu rn on th e he adli ght s befo re d usk
a n d in ra in or fo g so th at yo u ca n see a head
and so that oth ers can see your vehicl e from
t h e bac k.
Tip s
I f yo u re m ove the key from t he ig n ition lock w ith
t he ligh ls s till on, a b uzze r w iU sou nd when you
o pen
dri ver's door re mi nd yo u turn light s off .
• Always observe loca l o rdin an ces a nd traffi c
regu la tion s w hen using yo ur lights. •
Coming /leaving home function (orientation lighting)
T he comi ng hom e/ leav ing home functio n is ro lled by ligh t sensor.
Coming h om e function
If th e hea dlight s sw itc h
46, is in th e
"Au to ma tic headligh t co ntrol" (AUTO or po
sition whe n the ig n it ion is sw itc hed off an d th e
driver's door is opened and closed,
co ming
h o m e fun ction (sw itc h-off delay) switch es on
th e orientat ion ligh ti n g. The le ngth of
sw itch-o ff delay ca n be adju sted, o r sw itch ed off
co mple te ly, in Lights a nd vis io n 17.
L e a vi ng h om e fu ncl ion
th e ve hicl e is un locked, the leav ing hom e
func tion switch es on orie nt atio n li gh tin g. The lig
htin g is switched off as soo n as t he ign i
t ion is s witched on.
Tips
I f th e co min g home or le aving hom e fu nct ion is
sw itched on, the head ligh ts, s ide mar ke r ligh t,
t ai lli g h t a nd lice nse pla te ligh ts w ill come on.
• If yo u r em ove t he ignitio n key and open t he
dr iver door while the vehicle ligh ts are on , you
w ill not h ear an acoust ic warning if the comi ng
home funct io n is sw itched on.
• You can set th e com ing hom e fu ncti on
s wit ch off delay in th e Lights and vis io n
menu , provid ed yo ur ve hicl e has th is m en u in t he
di spla y.•
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