
Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
Remote control key
Locking and unlocking the vehicle
The remote control key can be used to lock and unlock the vehicle from a distance.
Fig. 14 A ssi gnme nt o f buttons on th e remote con tro l
k ey
Controls on the remote control key
Unlocking the vehicl e 14
Unlocking the rear
Lo cki ng the vehicle ©
Th e red
{PANIC! button ® activa tes the "pa nic
f un cti on" .
Press th e re le ase button © to fold out the key bit.
Th e re m ote contro l tran smitter and
batte ri es
ar e insid e th e key fob. The rece iver is in side the
ve hicle . T he maximum ran ge of th e remo te con
trol dep end s on various conditions. The range is
s h o rter when the balteric s are weak
15 .
The indicator light in th e key fob li ght s up when
cver
p u sh ed and when the
batt ery is ge llin g we ak.
Lo cking and unlocking
Usi ng "se t-up" in the inst rument clu ster you ca n
se lect doo r or doors un loc k you u se
th e remot e control. C hoo se th e sett ings yo u
want in the CONVENIENCE menu under DOOR
OPEN ..
Panic button
W hen yo u press t he panic butt on. horn
sou nds fo r about 30 seco nds an d th e turn signal s
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Fig . 15 Ra nge of remote con'ro l
flash fo r about minut es. Press ing the pani c
butt on turn s them off. Use panic on ly in an emerge ncy.
Replacing the battery
Yo ur auth orized Volkswagen dealer can ch ange
the b atteri es for you.
WARNING
Improp er use of vehicl e key s ca n resu lt in se
ri ous per sona l injury.
• Alwa ys take the key with you when you
l e ave the vehicle. The en gine
be start ed vehicle systems such a s the power win
dow s can be operated le ading to seriou s per
sona l injur y.
• Never leave childr en, disab le d pe rsons or
anyone who cannot help them se lves in
ve
hicl e. The door s can be locked using the re
m ote con tro l ke y. This could r esult in peop le
b eing trapp ed in the vehicle in an emergency.
For exam ple, depending on the tim e of yea r,
people trapped in the vehicle can be exposed
to very high or low temp eratures.
•
build -up in the passenge r compar t
ment a nd luggage compartment of a parked
ve hicle can re sult in temp erature s in the ve-

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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.
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lock ca n be switch ed on and off using a key in th e
opened door.
Anti-theft alarm system
Applies to vehicles: with anti-theft alarm
Description of anti-theft alarm system
The anti-theft alarm triggers an alarm unauthorized movements are detected
around the vehicle.
Activating the anti-theft alarm system
- Lock the vehi cle.
Switching the alarm off
-Un lock the vehicle using the unlo ck
button in the remote control key or unlock
the veh icle by inserting the vehicle key into
the driver's door lock.
The anti-th eft alarm make s it more difficult break into the vehicle or steal You will hea r
and see the alarms if someone tri es break inlO
th e ve hicle.
Whe n yo u lock the ve hicle, the an ti-t heft alarm
syste m is aulOmat ica lly sw itched on.
Close all windows a nd doors compl etely befo re
locking the vehicle so that the ant i-t hef t system
does no t tr igger alarms unnecessar ily.
What triggers th e alarm?
With the vehicle locked, th e alarm will go
under th e fo llowing circ umstances:
• Man ually open ing of the rear lid u sing the ve
hi cle key,
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• Opening a doo r,
• Ope ning th e en gine ho od,
• Opening the rea r lid.
Wh en th e alarm is triggered, th e horn
will sound
for about 30 seco nds and the turn signals wi ll
fla sh for about 4 minutes.
Ho w c an I switch off the ala rm system?
You ca n sw itch th e anti- theft alarm sys te m ei
ther by unlock ing th e veh icle using the unl ock
the remote contro l or by unlocking
the vehicle in se rting th e key into the driv er's
d oor lock.
Tips
• When the alarm stops sound ing and you
op en anothe r door or the rear lid or any other
part
th e vehicle that is monito red by the anti
th eft alarm system, the alar m will be triggered
aga in.
• The anti-t heft ala rm syste m works even if t he
battery is disconnected or not wo rking
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Tips
If som ethin g ob stru cts th e w indow w hile it i s
cl os ing (go ing up ). th e w ind ow will stop and
One-touch opening and closing
th en aut omati ca ll y op en (go do wn) aga in 41. If thi s happ ens, see w hy th e w indo w
co uld not clo se before att emptin g to close it
On e-tou ch openin g and closin g mean s you do not to hold th e button.
Th e button s for th e windo ws hav e tw o po
s ition s for openin g th e w indow and t wo for
clo sin g it. Thi s m akes it easie r to op en or
clo se wind ows to the des ired p osition .
One-touch closing
- Lock the vehicl e outside u sing
y our k ey and hold the k ey in the lo ck p osi
tion for at least on e second. The on e-touch
funct ion is no w read y for op eration .
If yo u pu sh (o r pull ) a butt on t o th e fir st p os ition ,
th e w ind ow open (o r clo se) until you rel ease -Pull the butto n up bri efl y to th e seco nd
po siti on. Th e windo w clo ses c omple te ly . th e butt on . If y ou pu sh (or pull) th e butt on
One-touch opening
- Push th e button down bri efl y to th e
s econd p osition. The wind ow op en s c om
pl ete ly.
Re-activating the one-touch op ening
and closing again
- The on e-tou ch op enin g an d clo sin g
function will not work af ter th e ve hicle
b at tery has bee n di sconn ecte d or if th e
batter y is dead . You will h ave to r e-activa te
thi s fu ncti o n.
- Clo se all
in "Po wer win
dow s" on pa ge 39.
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briefl y to the seco nd po sit ion , th e win dow w ill
o p en o p enin g) or cl ose clos i11g) aut omatic ally. lfyou pu sh or pull the
butt on while th e w indow is o penin g or clos ing,
th e wind ow will stop.
O ne- tou ch clo sin g do es not work w hen th e ig ni
ti o n h as bee n sw itch ed off, e ven if the key is s till
in th e ig niti on .
T he autom atic op en and clo se fun cti on will not
wo rk if th e ba ttery has bee n te mporaril y di sco n
n ec te d, or if th e batt ery is clisc harged. lf thi s hap
p en s, then yo u mu st sw it c h on th e one-t ouch
o p enin g/clos ing again.
Th e one -tou ch fun cti on does not wo rk if th ere is
a m alfun cti on in th e po we r wi nd ows . Con tac t
yo ur auth orize d Vo lkswa gen d ealer to have the
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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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em erg ency flasher also works when th e ign ition
i s sw itched off .
L'.D, WARNING
A vehicle stalled or stopped on or bes ide a
highway can be st ruck by ot her vehicl es and
increase the risk of se rious per sonal injury.
• Whenever s tall ed or stopp ed fo r repair ,
move th e ve hicl e a safe distan ce off the road,
s top the engine, and turn of the emergency
WARNING (continued)
flash er and use a warning tria ngle or similar
d ev ice to warn approa ching
• Never park the vehicle in areas w here the
h ot cata ly tic con verter and exhaust system
ca n come in contac t w ith dry grass, brush, fu el
s pill or oth er mater ia l that can ca use fire.
Tips
Yo u can disc harge the ve hicle batt ery if yo u le ave
t h e eme rgency flash er on for a Jo ng time
Turn and high beam lever
The tum signal and high beam lever also operates the headli ght flashe,:
F ig. 27 Turn signal and high beam lever
The turn sig nal a nd high b eam lever has
rhe follo win g fun ctions:
Using the turn signals
-Mo ve the leve r a ll th e way up 27
to indicate a right turn, and all th e way
down
t o in di cat e a left turn .
Changing lane s
-Push the lever up or down to the point
w here yo u ca n start to feel res is tan ce. The
t u rn sig nal fla sh es as lon g as yo u hold the
l ever in thi s po sit ion.
Switching the h igh beam on and off
- Turn the light sw itch to
- Press th e lever fo rwa rd to po sit io n to
sw itch on the high beam s.
- Pull th e le ver back toward you to swit ch
th e hig h b eam off again.
Headlight flasher
- Pull th e lev er tow ard t he s tee rin g w hee l
to operate the
L'.D, WARNING
I mp roper use of the hea dlight fla sh er or the
hi gh b eams ca n di strac t oth er dri vers ca usin g
a cras h and serio us personal injury.
• Never use the head light flash er and high
bea ms w hen the y w ill bl ind or di stra ct ot her
m otor is ts .
• Always use the turn sig nals when chan gin g
l a n es to al ert ot her motori sts.
Tips
• The signa ls o nl y work w hen the ign ition
i s swi tched on. The co rrespo nding warnin g light
fla sh es in th e in strum ent clust er.
• The
then
co me s on in th e in strum ent clust er.
• The
flasher co mes on for as lon g as
yo u pu ll th e leve r- eve n if no oth er light s are
s w itch ed on. The warning lig ht
th en comes
o n in the instrum ent cluste r.
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Additional storage compartment and electrical
sockets
Additional storage compartment
Fi g. 60 Opening the additiona l storage comport
ment
Power outlet
- To open, press the cover briefly in the
d irect ion of the arrow
60 . The cove r
w ill ope n.
- To close, push th e cove r down as far as
it will
Elect rical equipment can be connected to of the 12-volt sockets.
Fig. 6 1 Powe r ou tlet in th e luggoge compartment
The 12 -vo lt so ck ets next in the addit io nal stora ge
co mpartm ent, in th e front cent er co nso le and in
the lug gag e compartment can be use d fo r elec - t
ri cal appliance s. Do not us e an y elec tri ca l ap
plian ce s that us e m ore than 120 W.
WARNING
Improper use of the socke ts and e lect rica l ac
cessor ies ca n ca use and ser io u s in ju ry.
• Never leave childr en alone in th e vehicle.
The elec trical sockets and an ythin g connected
to them can b e use d when th e ig nition is
sw itched off and the key remove d.
Tips
• The e lec trical so ck ets re ma in fun cti on al eve n
wi th th e ignit ion off. Usin g e le ctrical app lia nces
wi th th e eng ine swi 1ch ed off will dra in 1he bat
t e ry .
• Befo re bu yin g acces so ries , refer 10 th e no te s
3 .2 , cha pte r" Ac cessories , part s,
r e pair s and
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i0, WARNING (continued)
different wheel/lire combination and brake or
c ha ssis modifications 3.2 "Tips and
Advic e", chapt er "lle pair s and technical mod
ifications."
• Changing the vehicle suspens ion or using
unappro ved tire
I rim combination can
c h ange the way the ABS, BAS, EDL and ASH
sys tems work and redu ce their elTective ne ss.
• Th e effectivene ss of
is also determined
b y th e tir es 3.2 and Ad
v ic e", chapter "Wheels."
Ignition lock
Position of the ignition key
F ig . 76 lgnilion key posit io ns
Ignition switched off, steering column
In thi s po siti on the ig niti on is sw itched
off, and th e steering co lumn i s locked.
T o engage the stee ring wheel lock, re m ove the
key from the steering lo ck and turn the stee ring
w hee l un til it locks into place. You should always
l oc k the steer ing whee l w hen yo u le ave your ve
hicl e. This make s vehi cle th eft m ore difficult
Switching on the ignition or glow plug system
Turn the ig niti on key to this pos ition and re lease
th e key. If the key can not b e tu rned or is difficult
turn from pos ition ® to posi tion m ove the
go off afte r you have
d riven about IO fee t (3 meter s) at 10 mph (15 km/ h).
s tee ring wheel (to take the load off the stee ring
l ock mec han ism) until it turn s free ly.
Starting the engine
Start the en gin e when the key is in this posit io n.
Co mp onent s th at u se a lot of electricity are
sw itch ed olT te mp orar ily. Each time you want to
s tart your engine, you must turn the ke y back to
position
0, and then perform the starting proce
dure once aga in.
Switching off the ignition
Turn the ignition ke y this position and re lease.
Automatic switch-off of ele ctrical components
Comp on en ts that use a lo t of e lectricity (for ex
a mpl e se at heat ers, or rear win dow defogge r)
wi ll aut om aticall y be switc hed off wh en th e ign i
ti on is o n and th e eng ine off. This prevents
draining your b all ery.
Com po nent s th at us e littl e elec lricit y are not
sw itch ed off automatica lly. H oweve r, th ey ca n
drain the batt ery.
WARNING
Improp er u se of vehicl e ke ys can resu lt in se
rious personal injur y.
• Always take the key wit h yo u when you
le ave the vehicl e. The engine can be star ted
and vehicle systems s uch as the power win-
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