2007 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA light

Alphabetical index
A
Acoustic sig nal 14
Ac tivatin g th e sw itchabl e locking featu re 62
A ddress of NHTSA 1 2
Adjusting safety belt height 24
Adva nced Airb ag Sys tem 3 1
A irb ag dep loymen t zo ne 37
Ho w the compo nen ts wo rk toge th er 35
Adva nced A irbag Sys te m compon ent s 34
Adva nced front airbag syste m 32
A irbag dep loy me nt zone 37
A irba g syste m 27
C ar e 42
Co mpone nts (fro nt airbag s) 34
Co mpone nts (s id e a ir bags) 44
Co mpon en ts (s ide curta in
c hi ld sea t o n t he front
passenger seat 29
Disposal 42
F ro nt airbags 31
Ho w it wo rks? 46, 49
How m any a irbags does my ve hicle
ha ve? 34,
49
Importance of sittin g properly 27
I mportance of wearing safety be lts 27
I mportant thing s
know 27
Indicator light 39
Mo nitor in g 39
PASSENGER
BAG OFF li ght 39
Repai rs 42
S ide airbags 44
W hen mu st the sys te m b e inspected? 39
W here are my a irba gs located? 31, 44, 48
Auto Safety Hotli ne 12
A ut omatic belt r etr ac tor 19
B
Before driv in g 3
Belt p rete nsio ner
D is p osal 26
Service 26
Booster seats 59
Booklet 2 .1 Saf ety first
T et her an chor s 65
Tether strap 65
C onve rtibl e child seats 57
Curtain a irbags 48
C ustome r CARE Ce nter 27
D
Danger offitting a child seat o n the front pas­
se nge r sea t 29
D eact iva ting th e swit c hab le lo cking
f ea tur e 63
Dis ta n ce between drive r and steer ing
whee l 4
Dr iver
See Sea ting p osition
Driving safety 3
Dr iv in g w ith childr en 51
E
Examples of imp roper sea ting positions 8
Ext end er for th e s afe ty belts 22
F
Faste nin g
B oos ter sea ts 59
Conve rtible c hild sea ts 57
Infant seats 56
Safety belt extende r 23
Safety belt s 19
Flo or mats 9
Alphabetical inde x 71

@t) Booklet 2.1 Safety first
Front airb ag s yste m 31
A irb ag deplo ym ent zone 37
Th e ba sics 3 1
Front a irba gs
D escr iption 31
F ront al co llisio ns a nd th e la ws of physics 15
G
G uid e fixtu res for lowe r an ch or ages 68
H
H ead rest raint s
C orr ect a djustm ent 7
He avy clothin g and safety b elt s 17
H ow man y airba gs does my ve hicl e have? 34,
44,49
How to in stall th e upp er teth er strap to th e
an chorage 66
I mp orta n ce of s ittin g pro perly 27
Imp ort an ce of wea rin g sa fety be lts 27
Important thin gs
10 do befo re dri vin g 3
Imp roper sea tin g pos ition s 8
Impr operly wo rn safety belt s 25
Ind ica to r light
Ai rbag sys tem 39
Indic ator li ght s
A irb ag sys te m 39
P ASS ENGE R
BA G OF F 39
In fant sea ts 5 6
In stallin g
L
Child r estra int with a s afety belt 60
CR S usin g th e LAT CH sys te m 69
L ea ther sea ts
P ressu re mar ks 67
L owe r an chora ges 67
Lu gg age compartm ent 10
M
M onitorin g th e A dva nce d Airbag Sys te m 39
72 Alphab etical index
Mount in g and re leas ing th e an cho ra ge
h oo k 68
N
NHTSA 12
N umb er of sea ts 13
0
Occ up ant seatin g po siti ons 4
p
PASS ENGE R AIR BAG OFF light 39
P asse nge rs
See Sea ting pos ition
Pe dals 9
P hys ic al prin ciple s of a fro ntal collisio n 15
P reg nant women
S p ec ia l co nside rations w he n wea ring a
s afe ty be lt 21
Pr ess ure m ark s 67
P ro per adju stm ent of head res traint s 7
Pro per oc cu pa nt sea ting po siti ons
Pro pe r safe ty belt po sition 20
P ro per sea tin g pos ition
R
D rive r 4
pa sse nger 5
Occ upant s 4
Rea r passe nge rs 6
R epa irs
i\i rb ag sys te m 42
R epo rti ng saf ety de fec ts 12
R et ra cto r 19
s
Safe driv in g 2
Sa fety belt ex te nd er 22
Sa fe ty belt heig ht adju stm ent 24
Sa fe ty belt pos itio n 20
A dju stin g sa fe ty belt h eig ht 24
P reg nant women 21
Sa fe ty belt pr ete n sion ers 25
Safe ty belt wa rnin g ligh t 14

Safet y belts 13, 19
Ex tende r 22
H ow can I adjust the height of m y safe ty
b elt ? 24
I - l ow d o you put on yo ur safe ty belt
cor re ctly? 19
Im properl y wo rn 25
In sta lli ng child res traint 60
No t wo rn 1 6
Safety be lt po sit io n 20
Safety i nstru cti ons 17
S pec ial co nsid erations for pregnan t
wo men 21
Sw itchab le locki ng feat ure 62
safet y belt s 24
Warn ing light l4
Wha t hap pens to occupa nts not wea ring
sa fe ty belts? 16
Why a ssum e th e corr ect sea ting
p osi tion ? 27
Why safety be lts protect? 17
Why wear safety belt s? 15, 27
Sa fe ty be lts pro tec t 17
Safe ty e quip ment 2
Safe ty in stru ctions
Be lt pre ten sioner s 26
C hil d res traint on th e fro nt sea t 29
C hild seats 54
Lo ad ing the luggage comp artm ent 10
Mo nitoring t he Advanced Air bag
Sys tem 41
Prop er se ating posit io n fo r pa sse ngers in
r ea r sea ts 6
Proper seating positio n for t he dri ve r
Prop er se ating posit ion for th e fron t
p ass en ge r 5
Sa fe ty belt exte nder 22
S af ety b elts 17
S ide a irbags 46
S id e C urtain Protectio n
airbags 50
Sea t marki ngs 67
Sea ting capac ity 13
S eatin g po sit ion
Di stance betw een driver an d stee rin g
w hee l 4
D riv er 4
Fro nt passe nger 5
Im prope r se ating posit io ns 8
Occ upa nts 4
R ea r pa sse ngers 6
Booklet 2 .1 Safety first
Sea ts
N umber of seats 13
S id e a irb ags 44
Description 44
H ow they wo rk? 46
Sa fety instruction s 46
S id e C urtain Prot ectio nT M a irbag s
Desc ription 48
Ho w they wo rk ? 49
Sa fe ty in stru cti ons 50
S teer ing w hee l
Di sta nce to th e dri ve r 4
Stow ing lug gage in the lugg age
c ompartm ent 1 0
Sw itchabl e lo ck in g fea ture
Act iv ating 62
Deactivating 63
T
Tether an ch or s 65
T ether stra p 65
T ie-dow ns 11
T orn or frayed safety belt s 17
T runk
IQ
u
Unfa ste ni ng
Safe ty be lts 24
U phol stery
Pre ssur e ma rks 67
V
Ve ntil ati on slo ts
w
Warn ing lig ht s
PA SSENGE R AIR BAG OF F 39
Safety belts 14
Wha t happe ns if yo u do no t wea r yo ur safe ty
b elt ? 16
W hat happ ens if yo u w ear your safe ty heir to o
l oose '? 20
What happen s to occupants not wea rin g
sa fe ty be lts? 16
W hat im pairs dri ving safe ty ? 3
Alphabetical inde x 73

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 Controls and Equipment
help you t o fami liarize yo urself the control s and displays
quickly.
Re lease hand le
Central locking button
Light switc h ............ •... ..•.
A ir out le ts
Th um b whee l for ope nin g and
cl osing th e air outl et
T urn sig n al a nd high beam head-
li ght lever ..................... .
In strum ent clu ste r:
Inst rum ents ...... ........... .
Display s .... .... ........ .... .
Warn ing lights ............... .
Lever for win dshi eld wipe r and
was her an d for Mu lti-fun ctio n
indicator. ............ ......... . .
Sto rage compartm ent or ai r outlet
fo r in di rec t ve ntilation .......... .
Emerge ncy flas her sw itch ... ... . .
Warni ng light fo r fro nt passe nger
a irbag switched off 2.1 ,
c h ap te r "Mo nitoring th e advan ced
a irb ag sys te m "
Fron t passe nge r a irb ag 2.1, c hap te r "Airbag
sys tem"
Openi ng leve r and lock for glove
co mp artm ent
Fuel fi ller flap release b utton
= bo okle t 3.2, cha pter "F illing
Hea r lid releas e butt on and overr ide
lock .... .. .... ....... ....... ... .
Power w indow switch es ..... ... .
Sw it c h for adj ust ing the pow er mir rors ................. .
Engine hood re lease leve r 3.2. cha pte r "Op ening the
e ngi ne
In strument cluster illumin atio n
49
5
7
20
53 .9
48
37
sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C rui se contr ol leve r
Driv era irha g 2.1 , cha pter
"A irb ag
I lorn {wo rks onl y whe n the ig ni tio n
is on)
L eve r for adjustable steering
co lumn ...... ................. .
Ig niti on lock ................... .
Thumb w hee l fo r l eft se at heati ng
Co ntr ols for
Hea tin g and ve ntilat ion . ..... .
Clima tic ........ ..... ....... .
Clima troni c ................. .
Ad ditional storage comp artme nt
Powe r outl et . ............ ... .
ON/OFF b utton fo r Elec tronic Sta ­
b ili za tion Pr ogram {ESP) or Ant i­
sli p regu latio n (ASH)
Park ing brak e re lease leve r ...... .
Cup hold er ... .... .... .........•
Levers in the center conso le
Sh ift le ver (ma nual
t ra nsmi ssio n) ....... .... .
Se lec tor le ve r (A utomatic tran s-
111i ssio n / Dir ect shi ft gearbox)
Thu111b whee l for r ight seat
heat ing .. .... ..... .... ........ .
So un d sys te111 =book le t
Tips
90
93
80
8 1
84
73
73
104
• Some feature s m en tion ed arc s ta nd ard
e quip111en t o n so me m od els on ly and opti ons on
o th ers.
• For tec hn ica l reasons, t he
of
t h e sw itches and indica tor/warn ing lig h ts ma y
di ffer. T he
factor is t he sy mbol o n th e
sw itch its elf.
Instrument panel 3

Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
Tachometer
The tachomete r display s the engi ne s pee d in rev olutions p er minute (rpm).
If, fo r examp le, the n eedle is di rec 1ly ove r 1h e 2.
this corre sp on ds 10 a n eng in e sp ee d of2000 rpm
( r evo lution s per minut e).
T he red zone on the dial indi ca tes 1he m ax imum
e n gin e spee d th at may be use d brie fly w hen the
e n gin e is warm an d aft er it has bee n b roken in
properly. However . it is ad visa ble 10 up sh if1 or
m ove 1he se lec 1o r lev er 1 0
D (or take yo ur fool ofT
th e acce le rator pedal 10 slow down ) b efo re I h e
n eed le rea ches the red zo ne.
Engine coolant tempera ture gauge
Th.i s gaug e sh ow s the en gi ne coola nt tem peratur e.
Fi g. 4 Sect ion of th e i nstrument cluster: engine
coola nt tempe ra tu re gauge
Engine cold
Avoid high en gin e s pee ds and heavy en gin e
l o ad s
nee dle
s h ould b e in th e middl e of the ga uge. The lem ­
pe rat ur e ma y also rise whe n the en gin e is
work ing hard, espec iall y at high out sid e te mp er­
a tur es. D o no t worry if th e wa rning light and a
warning message does not appea r in th e displa y.
I f th e sy mbol
Jc: and a wa rning text app ear th e
d is pla y, eith er the coo la n1 t emp eratur e is
hi gh or the coo la nt l eve l is 100 low "Tips a nd Advice", c hapte r "Coo lant."
6 Instrument panel
N ee dle in warning zon e©
If need le is in the warning zo ne, the symb ol wi ll light up. If yo ur vehicle is equi pp ed wit h
1hc m essage displa y feature, an in forma tion tex t
wi ll al so appea r in the display . See yo ur a uth o­
rize d Volksw age n dea le r fo r m ore inform atio n .
the coo la nt 1e mp erature is too high, or th e
coo lanl le vel loo low . Stop the vehicle and
ofT the e ngine. Check the coo la nt leve l "Ti ps and Advice", c hapter
Do not cont inue driving if th e coo lant level is
c orre ct and yo u have wa rnin g in th e in stru­
ment clus1e r te llin g yo u th ere is a prob le m. Con-
the nea res t auth orized Volk swagen dea le r
fo r ass is ta nce.
WARNING
Stop! Before working in the en gin e co mpart ­
ment, alwa ys read a nd heed all WARNI NGS
"Tips and Advice", c hapter
"Wo rking in th e en gi ne compartment. " The
e ngin e co mpartm ent of any motor veh icle is a
potentiall y dang erou s area and can ca use se­
riou s pers onal injury .
of th e air inlet red uce the
coo ling efTec1 of th e coo la nt. If is ho1 out sid e drive high e ngin e loads, th ere is a
ri sk of the en gin e ove rhea tin g. .,

Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
Fig. 7 Display i n the instrument cluster : Hig hli n e i n·
str um ent clus ter
Wa rnin g light s
Clock a nd In vehicl es wit h Low­
li ne in strum en t cl uster the temp erature is
a lso sh ow n in this area . In ve hicl es with
Hi ghline instru ment clu ster the warning
l ights also app ear in thi s area.
9.
O dome te r , Trip Odometer
Mileage (kilometer ) display
T he lef t-hand counter 7, fig . 6 7 in the di sp lay sh ows the tota l numb er of miles
( k il om ete rs) dri ven .
Optio nal equipment
8 Instrument panel
Sele cto r lever posit ion disp lay for th e auto­
m atic tran smi ssion1
l . Th e se lec tor lever po­
s it ion or the gea r se le cte d (Ti ptro nic ®l w ill
b e sh ow n in the dis p lay field w ith a ligh t
ba ck gro und .
There o pti onal an d au toma tic di sp lays
i n thi s field:
- Selec tab le di spla ys: M ulti-fun ctio n indi ­
(MF I) and outs id e te mp erature dis ­
p lay
- Automati c di sp lays: In form ation t ext o r
wa rnings
11
There are opti ona l an d auto matic di spla ys
i n thi s field:
- Selec tabl e dis p lays: . M ulti -fun ctio n in d i­
ca to r (MFI ) an d out sid e te mperat ure d is­
pla y
- Aut om atic d is p lays: Inform atio n tex t or
wa rning s
II
-Menu s pro vid in g in formation, whi ch can
b e use d t o make d iffere nt settin gs, a re
a lso s how n in th e
The rig ht -h and cou nter regis ters th e sh ort
trip s. Th e fin al d igi t in t he trip count er sh ows
d is ta nces of
100 yard s (meters) T he tr ip count er
ca n be rese t b y pr ess ing th e 5, fig.2