Booklet 2.1 Safety first
cause of exceptional circum stances, be properl y
r es train ed and as far away from th e airb ag as
poss ible.
lly keeping ro om b etwe en the child 's
body and the front of th e pa sseng er co mpart
the airbag can inflat e co mple te ly and pro
v id e s uppl emental protection in certain fr ontal
c olli sions.
WARNING
No t usi ng a booster seat, using the booster
scat improp erly, inco rrec tly in sta llin g
booster seat or u sin g the veh icle safety belt
improp erly increases the ri sk of ser iou s p er
sonal injury and death in a co llisio n or other
e m ergency s ituation. To help reduce the risk
of serious personal injury and/or death:
• Always make sure to position the should er
portion of the three-point belt over the middle
of chi ld's shoulder.
• Never le t the sh o uld er portion of the belt
r es t again st or across the neck, face, chin, or
th roa t of the ch ild.
• 1\Jway s make sure the lap belt portion of
th e thr ee-po int belt is worn s nug and pas ses as
l ow as possib le across the child 's pelvi s. Neve r
l et the belt pass over the soft abdome n.
• Failure
10 properly rou le safety belt s over chi ld's body will cause severe injuries in an ac
cident or other em erge ncy s ituation 13.
• Children on the front scat of any car, eve n
w ith Adva nced Ai rbags, can be serious ly in
jured or even killed when an airbag inflates. A
ch ild in a rea rw ard-fac ing ch ild sca t installed
WARNING (continu ed)
on the front pas senger seat w ill be serious ly
injured and can be killed if the front a irbag in
flates.
• Never le t a ch ild stand or kneel on any seat,
for examp le the front scat.
• Never let a child ride in the cargo area of
your ve hicle.
• Always remember that a child leaning for
ward, s itting sideways or out of po sition in any
way during a collisio n can be struc k by a de
ploying
Thi s w ill r esult in seriou s per
so nal injur y or death.
• If you must in stall a rcanvard facing child
sea t o n th e front passenger scat becau se of ex
cept ional circum stance s the PASSENGER AIR
BAG
OFF light must come on and stay on,
whenever the ignition is switch ed on .
• If th e PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light does
not come on and stay on, perform th e checks
described
39.
• Take the child restr aint olT the front pa s
se nger seat a nd install it properly at one of the
r ear seat pos itions if the PASS ENGER AIR BAG
OFF light docs not stay on whenever the ig ni
tion i s switched o n.
• Always read and heed a ll WARN INGS
whenever using a c hild restrained in a vehicl e
i s bei ng used
13, "Sa fety belt s", 27, "A irb ag sys tem" and 51, "Child safe ty" .
Installing child restraint with a safety belt
Impo rtant t hin gs to kno w
Safety belts for the rea r seats and thefro nl passenger be locked with the
switchable lockingfeature to properly secur e child sea ts.
Th e retractors fo r th e rear sear safe ty belt s and
th e front passenger safety belt have sw itchabl e
l oc kin g fea tur e for chil d res traint s in addition to
emerge ncy lo ckin g fe a ture.
I f yo u need to insta ll a ch ild sea t
one of these
sea ting po sition s, y ou mus t first route the safe ty
b elt as dire cte d b y
manufactur er o f th e ch ild
60 Child safety
seat that you arc using th en act ivate the
convertib le lockin g fe ature.
Whe neve r a ch ild restrai nt is installed
a
sa fe ty th e safe ty belt must b e locke d so that
b elt web bing cannot unr eel. Th e sw itchabl e
l oc kin g fea tur e le ts you lock the belt so that a
c hild r estraint
be prop erl y in sta lled and. for tii,
Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
Applies to vehicl es, with multi-fun cti on s teeri ng wheel
Overview of the control buttons on the multi
function steering wheel
These controls let you pe,form variou s fu 11ctions without tak ing off
the steering wheel.
Fig . 1 Mu lti-fu nct io n steer ing whee l wi th co ntrols
T he con tro ls in th e multi -fun ction ste erin g
whee l I work only when ignition is
sw itch ed on . Depend ing on yo ur model some of
features shown in the may 1101 app ly to your vehicle. A lways ask you r auth o
rized Volkswag en dea ler if yo u not sur e.
G;;l orQ volume con tro l
Pad dle sw itch for downshiftin g on vehi
cles equipped with Tip tronic®
- Pull th e lever towa rd
s tee ring whee l to
down shift when u sin g Tiptronic ®
mute th e rad io .
- Pre ss thi s butt on to silenc e
sound
sys te m
4 Instrument panel
I Nol J
Use thi s to open m enu s in th e in
st rum ent cluster disp lay and togg le betwe en
menu s and 12
Press co nfirm a menu or
on vehicles
e quipp ed wi th Tipl ronic®
- Pull
leve r stee ring wh eel to
up shi ft w hen u sing the Tiptroni c®
U se these bu11on s to m ove these
l ec tor bar up or dow n within menu in the
i nst rum ent clu ste r
Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
Applies to vehicles: H ighline instrumen t cluster and multi-function steering wheel
Example of using the menus with the mult i- function steering wheel
All menus in the i nstrwnen t cluster can be used following the steps described here.
Fig . 10 In the multi -fu nction steering wh eel: button lo toggle between the disp lays, button to con
f irm o se lect ion and button © to select o menu or
submenu.
T he se lling of a speed warning w ill be used
as an exam pie of how lo use the menus .
The speed warn ing feat ure is a helpfu l re
minder if you are, for example, usi ng
wi nter ti res whi ch arc no t suit ed for th e top
s p ee d of
ve hicle.
l. Opening the Set up menu
Switch on the ignition. A ve hicle p icto
gram appea rs .
Press butlon the mult ifunct io n
s tee rin g whee l until the Set up (Settings)
menu is disp layed.
The example menu Winter tires 2. Opening the Winter
tires menu
hig hli ght
the menu item Winier tires. The hig h
li ghted menu item is between two hori
zonta l lines. Th ere is also a trian gle on the
Mark the m enu opt ion Wint er tire s.
Press The Winter tires
menu opens.
3. Setting th e speed warning
Highlight th e menu it em+ 5 mi/h
( (+
10 km /h )) or 5 mi /h ((-10 km /h)) usi ng
th e ar row keys and p ress
butto n to
increa se or decrease the speed s how n at
th e top of t he di sp lay.
4 . Switching the speed warning on
and off
U sing th e arrow keys , select th e menu
i tem
On I Off a nd press to
sw itch the sp ee d wa rnin g on o r off. When
t h e s peed warnin g is swi tched olT, three
da she s --- appea r at the top of the disp lay .
5. Exiting the Winter tires menu
Se lect the m enu item Back .
The fu nction "Winter tires" w ill generate a v is
ible and acoustic warn ing once the ve hicl e has
r eac hed th e set speed .
In di splay
Winter tires
X mi /h (X km/ h) or--- Function
Th e na m e of the displaye d m enu
D isp lay of the speed cur ren tly set
or dashes if the function is switched off.
ON/OFF Swi tc h es the fu nction on or
+ 5 mi /h (+10 km/h ) In crease the set va lue by 5 mp h (10 km/h ).
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Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
Func tion
Co nven ience
Door open The vehicl e lock s all door s w he n th e vehicle is mov ing and unl ocks
th e door s w hen key is re mo ved fr om ignition loc k.
ATA con firm The activati on of ala rm sys te m ca n be confirmed if re
quir ed .
Co nv. mode Co nve nien ce opera tio n of powe r w ind ows: dete rm in es if dri ver's door wi ndow, all w indows o r no window all sh ould h e
o p en ed when ve hicle is unlo cked. Thi s fun ctio n ca n o nly be ac
t ivated via dr iver's door.
Mirrors odjust The pa sse nger mir ror will be adju ste d au to mati cally wit h dri ve r's mirror if thi s fun cti o n is on.
Factory setting
Bo ck fun ctio n s in thi s m en u factory sellin gs.
Y o u w ill
m enu .
Tip s
T he m enu s show n in
displ ay depends on ve hicl e elec troni cs and o pti on l eve l of yo ur v
ehicl e. If
arc s ur e, ask yo ur authori zed
Vo lk sw age n dealer for assis ta nce .
Applies lo vehicles: wi th Hig hline ins trument cluster and compass
Compa ss
Th e ve hicle c ompa ss displa ys diff ere nt dir ect of trave l
The com pass is a n extremely ac curat e comput er di spl ays veh icle hea di ng s of N, NW . W, SW ,
S , SE , and NE. Th e m enu "Co mpa ss" can b e
op en ed wit h th e mu lti-fun cti on stee ring w hee l
bu H ons.
Ti ps
W hen dri vi ng in und erg round garages, throug h
or nea r subwa y stat ions o r rail roads·· - -"
app ear in displa y in stead of tr ave l
di rec tio n. If
m enu Compa ss is op en ed by
u sing w ind shi eld wipe r lever or multi-func
tion stee rin g w hee l butto ns Co m
pa ss avai lable prese nt" wi ll in dis p lay. Once imerfer cn ce cause dis appears. co mp ass rea ding will re app ear in d isp lay.
Applies to vehicles: with instrument cluster and compass
Calibrating the compass
vehicle compass must be calibrated time install aclditionnl i te m s
your vehicle, i.e. a roof ra ck.
Opening the Compass menu
Se lec t Set up the ma in
1 2 and press the bu11on
und er th e windsh ie ld wiper leve r o r th e
button on the multi-func tion steer ing
18 Instrument panel
wheel 13, fig . IO
Selec t th e sub-m enu Composs and
pr ess
button.
Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
If the warning light ligh ts up again after d rivi ng
o n for a sh o rt dis tan ce, stop the vehicle and
swi tch off the engine. C onta ct an authorized
V olk swa gen deal er or a qualifi ed wor ksh op.
WARNING
Stop! Before working in the engine compart
ment, always read and heed all WARNINGS
3.2 "Working in the engine com
partment. " The engine compartment of any
motor vehicle is a pot entially dangerou s area
and can cause serious personal injury.
WARNING
Hot steam or coo lant can cause serious burns.
• Never open the engine hood if you sec
steam or coo lant escapi ng from the engine
compartment. Always wa it until you no longer
sec or hea r steam or coo lant escap ing from the
engi ne.
• Always let the en gi ne to cool down com
pletely before carefully open ing the engine
h ood. Hot components w ill burn skin on co n
tact.
• When the engine has cooled down and you
are ready to open the engine hood:
R emove the key from the ignition.
Engine oil pressure 9=:7:
WARNING (continued)
Apply the parking brake firmly and put
the selector in P (Park, automatic trans
mis sion) or Neutral (manual transmis
s ion) .
Keep c hildren a nd oth ers away from the
vehicle.
• Never reach into the area around or touch
the radiato r fan. Contact with the blades can
re sult in serious persona l injury.
• Alway s remember that the radiator fan is
temperature-contro lled and can t urn on sud
den ly - even when the engine has been
switched
for a longer period of tim e and the
k ey has been removed from the ignition.
• Never unscrew the coolant expansio n tank
ca p when the engine is hot. A hot engine will
h eat the coolant and put it under pressure . Re
moving a ca p that is under pressure can result
in serious personal injury and/or burns.
• Alw ays protect face, hands and arms from
h ot escap ing coo lant or steam by cover ing the
cap w ith a large, thick rag.
• Turn the cap slowly and very carefully in a
co unt er-clockwise direction while applying
light downward pres sure on the top of the cap.
• Never sp ill antifreeze or coo lant on the ex
haust system or hot engine parts. Under some
co ndit ions, the ethylene g lyco l in engine
coo lant can catch fire.
This warning symbol indicat es that the en gin e oil pressure is low.
I f thi s wa rning symbo l s tart s to flas h. an d thr ee
w arning s sound , sw itch th e e ngin e and ch ec k
th e oi l leve l. Top off with en gin e oil if necessary
3.2 "Tip s an d Adv ic e" , ch ap te r "E n
g in e o il."
The follo win g inform ation text is disp la ye d:
ST OP Oil p ressure Engin e off Owner 's manual!.
If th e sy mb ol fl as hes eve n though the oil l eve l is
co rrec t, do 11 01 drive on. D o not le t th e engine
idl e. Co nta ct a n authori zed Vo lksw age n d eale r
or a qua lified wo rksh op .
Tip s
Th e oil pre ssure wa rnin g symbol is not an oil
l eve l ga uge. Check the o il leve l reg ularl y, pre fe r
a bl y every time you get gas .
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@ Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
Electronic Stabilization Program {ESP) I Anti-slip regulation ASR
This warning light monitors the Elect ronic Stabil iza tion or th e Anti-slip
regulation.
The warnin g light has the follow ing functi ons:
• It light s up when the ignition i s switched on
and sh ou ld turn off aga in afte r about 2 seconds.
• It flashes whe n the ESP/ASR is activa ted
w hen dri ving.
• It will li gh t up cont inuou sly if th ere is a ma l
f un ction in th e ESP/ASR.
• It
will ligh t up continuou sly if th e ESP/ASR is
sw itch ed off =:pag e 91. •
It w ill also light up if a fa ult sh o uld occur in
the ABS because th e ESP/AS R operates in con
jun cti on w ith the AJ3S.
If th e warning ligh t light s up and stays on a fter
th e e ngin e is
thi s may mean that th e
c ontro l sys tem has tem porarily switch ed o ff the
fu ncti on . In thi s case the ESP/ASH ca n be reac ti
vated by sw itchin g th e ig niti on off and then on
again. If the wa rnin g lig ht goes out, thi s m ea ns
t he sys tem is fully functiona l.
Brake system I Parking brake or BRAKE
The warnin g light lights up if the parking brake is applied, if the brake level
is too low or if there is a malfunction in the brake system .
This warning light or BRAK E lights up if
• the park ing brake is o n
If yo u dri ve faster than 3 mph (5 km /h } w ith the
parking brake on, the follo win g m essage will ap
pear in the in strum ent cluster di spl ay :
Handbrake on!. An ac oustic wa rnin g is a lso
give n.
• If th e brake flu id leve l is too
3.2, chap te r "J3rake fluid"
The infor matio n text disp layed in the instru
m ent cluste r di sp lay is : STOP! Brake fluid
Owner's manual!.
This warn ing light can l ight up t ogether with the
ant i- locki ng bra ke system warni ng lig ht
27 .
WARNING
• Stop! Before workin g in the en gine com
partment always r ead and heed all warnings
3.2, chapter "Working in the engin e
compa rtment." The en gi ne compa rtment of
any motor vehicl e is a pot enti all y dangerou s
area and can cause serious personal injury.
28 Instrument panel
ir1 WARN ING (co ntin ued)
• Drivin g with bad brake s can cause a colli
s ion and seriou s per sona l injury.
• If the brak e warning symb ol BRAKE or
docs not go out, or if it l ights up when drivin g,
the brak e fluid leve l in the r eservoir i s too low
o r th ere's a malfun ction in the brake system.
Imm ediat ely stop driving and get profe ssional
assista nce
3.2, chapter "13 rake
fluid ".
• If the brak e warn ing sy mbol BRAK E or
ligh ts up at the same time as the ABS warning
light the ABS may not be working prope rly
a nd the rear whee ls cou ld lock up
und er
hard braking . R ea r whee l brak e lock-up can
ca use loss o f vehicl e control. If you beli eve
that it i s safe to do so , go imm ediat ely to the
near est auth orized Volkswagen dealer or
qualified works hop a nd h ave the brak e syste m
in spe cted. Dri ve slow ly and avoid sudden
h ard brake application .
• If the ABS warn ing light does not go out o r
if it come s on whil e driving , th e AB S sys te m i s
not working properly. The vehicle can then be
s topped onl y with stand ard brake s (w ithout
A BS ). Co ntact Your authorized Volkswage n
or qualified workshop as soo n as
po ssible ...
Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment @
Applies lo veh icles: with cruise con tro l
Cruise control CRUISE or t-)
The indicator lig ht or ·r.i li g hts up when
the cruise contro l is sw itched
Powe r steering system
The pow er steeri ng syste m automatica lly ad
ju sts itself to the vehicle 's spee d and the steer ing
w heel angl e.
Th e wa rnin g light sh o uld ligh t up for a few sec
o nd s w hen th e ignition is sw itch ed on ..
T here is a m alfun ctio n in the power steering
sys te m i f th e warn ing light (
does 1101 go
o ut or ligh ts u p w hile yo u are dri vin g. The power
s te eri ng cou ld be re du ced (lamp ) or may have
fa iled co mpl etely
a nd thr ee aco usti c
wa rnin gs) . Ha ve th e powe r steering syste m
ch ecked by your au thori zed Volkswagen dea ler
s h ip as soo n as poss ible. If t he yellow wa rning
light r em ain s off afte r the ig niti on has been re
and you have driven a distance,
Fuel filler cap not closed properly
you do not n eed to an auth orize d Vo lk
s wag en d ea le rs hi p.
you nee d co nsid era bly m ore
for ce than norm al to stee r th e ve hicl e if th e
p ower ste ering is re duc ed or has failed com
pl etel y.
T he power steer ing do es not
w hen th e e n
gin e is off (e.g. wh en th e ve hicl e is being towed).
Tip s
If th e ban ery has bee n disconne cted, the ye llow
wa rning light li ghts up when the ig niti on is
s w itch ed on . I t shou ld go out when yo u h ave
dri ven a sh ort
This warning light lights when the filler cap is not prop erly closed .
If th e warn ing light come s on, you sh ou ld
turn th e e ngin e and th e fue l filler cap
p rope rly
Once the cap is prope rly close d all the way , th e
warn ing light will go out when th e ig n itio n is
turn ed on aga in and the ch ec k cycle is co mpl ete.
The comp le tion of the ch ec k cycle depend s on
how you d riv e.
High beam
If th e warnin g light ha s been o n for at leas t 5 it w ill go o ut onl y w hen th e ig niti on i s
turn ed and on aga in.
Note
A lways make sure the fue l filler ca p i s sc rewed on
a ll th e way. This pr eve nts fu el fr om spilling out
o r
This warning lig ht li ghts when th e hi gh beams are on.
The warn ing ligh t lights up wh en th e high
b ea ms are o n or when the head light flas her is
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Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
WAR NING (c on tinued)
hicl e th at a re mu ch hi gh er th an th e outsid e
t e mp eratur es, parti cul arl y in summ er. T e m
pe rature s can quickl y reac h leve ls th at ca n
ca use un consci ou sn ess a nd dea th, p articu
l a rl y to
children.
• Neve r remove
key from steer ing loc k
w hil e th e ve hicl e is m ovi ng or w hile it i s ro llin g
t o a s to p. Th e stee rin g w hee l co lumn
will lock
u p a nd yo u will not b e a ble to stee r or contro l
th e ve hicle.
Not e
• Never leave any veh icle keys in sid e th e ve
hi cle. En try by unau tho rized perso ns cou ld
har m th e vehicle or yo ur vehicle could b e stole n.
A lways take th e keys with you wheneve r you
l e a ve yo ur vehicle.
• Unsuitable ba tter ies ca n dama ge the remote
contro l key. Rep lace use d batteries
new
o ne s of the sa me vol tage and same s ize.
Resetting the remote control key
32, fig. 15 (blue
area).
• When yo u unlock your vehicl e with the re
mote control, you have 30 seco nds to open
door or the rear lid. If you do not, t he ve hicle w ill
a u tomatically r elock itse lf. T his safery re lock fea
ture prevent s you from leav ing your veh icl e un
lock ed.
• lfthe remote control doe s not work, it may
have to be synchro niz ed again
33.
• I f you try to u se the remote control severa l
t im es outs id e its effect ive range, the remote con
tro l m ay not work and will h ave to be re se t
33.
• Use t he remo te co ntrol o nly if you in te nd to
u se one o f th e fun ctions . Since terra in and con
dition s may vary, pressing the rem ote ma y un
lock th e ve hicle or set off the panic function even
think your are out of range.
• You can
up to 4 remote controls for
your vehicl e.
The remote key has to be reset if it does not lock or unlock the vehicle .
Switch on the ignition a nd leave the key
i n t he ignition lock.
U nlock the dr iver's door ma nua lly by
in se rting t he mas ter key with remo te co n
tro l in t he dr iver's door lock .
Press t he un loc k k ey 32, fig. 14
in t he remo te co ntrol o nce.
Remove the key from th e ign ition lock .
Close the doo r and check if th e remote
co ntro l is res et.
Tip s
The remote control key will h ave to be reset if
yo u press t he bu tton tim es outs ide effect ive a nd t he vehicle can no longer be
loc ked or unlock ed u sing t he re mote.
Opening and closing Keys 33