
Booklet 3.2 Tips and Advice
Do no t let your Diese l e n gin e idl e u1111 ecessa rily
afte r a co ld start. Drivin g off s low ly wi ll sho rten
th e wa rm -up peri od.
WARNING
• Neve r use "s tarting a ssist fluid s". The y
may be pot entiall y explosive or cause a "run
away" engine condition. This could result in
ser ious engine damage and personal injury.
• Do not use fuel line antifreeze offered for
gasoline engines.
Note
• Your Diese l engi ne ha s bee n sp eci fica lly de
s ig ned
10 ope rate o n Die sel fu el o nl y. T here fore.
n eve r use home hea tin g oil o r reg ular gaso line.
Th e pro p erti es of th ese fuels
ca use se rious
damage fuel injection sys tem and th e
e n gin e. This could l ead to additional expense
and will al so affe ct your warrant y.
• If Die sel fuel should get o n any rubb er h ose,
it
b e w ip ed off imm ediat ely . T he n wash th e
con ta minat ed hose port io n w ith so ap and warm
wa te r. Do not allow D iesel f uel
remain on co n
n ec ting hoses . Th ey may de velop leaks and
ca use se rious damage.
be taken when worki ng on engine or on components the
engine compartment.
an y work on the engine or
in th e engi ne compartment:
I. Move the se lecto r l eve r P (Park ).
2 . App ly the parking brake firm ly .
3. Sw itch off the engi ne a nd re mo ve the
key from th e igni tion.
4. Wai t for the engine lo coo l d ow n.
5. Keep children and oth ers awa y fro m the
vehicle.
6 . Open the eng ine hood
36 .
All se rv ice fluid s, spark plugs. bau er ies etc. a rc
co nstantl y being deve lo ped and improved. Au
th ori zed Volkswage n dea le rs a re kept up- to-da te
by the m anufa ctur er. For this reaso n
recom
m end that you h ave these re placed b y an autho
ri zed Volkswagen dea le r. P lease re ad th e notes
bel ow. The engin e co mpartment of an y m otor
vehicle is a hazardous
WARNING
Propo sition 65 Warning:
34 Checking and Filling
Lt::, WARNING
• Eng ine ex hau st, some of its cons tituent s,
and certain vehicle components contain or
em it chemica ls known to the Stale of Ca li
forn ia
cause ca ncer and birth defe cts and
r e produ cti ve harm. In addition , cer tain fluid s
co ntained in vehicle s and certain product s of
c omponent wear contain or emit chemical s
known lo the Stale of California to cau se
cancer and birth defects or other reproductive
h ar m.
• Batter y posts, terminals and related acces
so rie s co ntain le ad and lead compon ent s,
c h emi cal s known to th e S tate of Ca lifornia
cau se cancer and reprodu cti ve harm . Was h
hand s hand ling.
WARNING
The en g ine compa rtment of an y motor vehicle
i s a pot entiall y dangerou s area and ca n ca use
s er io us per sonal injury.
• Always use extrem e ca ution when doin g
an y wo rk in th e engine compart ment. Alwa ys
follow common ly acce pted safety practi ces

WARNING (continued)
and use co mmon se nse. Never r is k p ersonal
injur y.
• Never perform an y work in th e engi ne
c ompartm ent unl ess you know exactl y
to
ca rry o ut th e jo b ancl have the c orr ect tec h
ni cal informati on and th e corre ct tool s! lf yo u
a re un certain about what to do, have th e w ork
performed b y an authori zed Volk swagen
d ealer or a qu alifi ed d ealers hip. Seriou s per
s on al injur y m ay res ult fr om impr op erl y per
form ed wo rk.
• Neve r open th e eng in e ho od if you see
s team or coo la nt esca ping from the e ngi ne
com partm ent. I-l ot ste am or cool ant can cause
se riou s burn s. Always wa it until you no lo nge r
see o r h ear s te am or coolan t esca pin g fro m th e
e ng in e.
• Alw ays let t he en g in e coo l d ow n com
pl ete ly before c aref ully openin g th e e ngin e
hood . I-l ot co mp on ent s w ill burn skin on co n
ta ct.
• When th e engin e has coo le d d own and you
ar c r ead y to open th e engin e ho od:
- Rem ove the key from th e ig nition.
- Appl y th e parkin g brake firml y and put
th e se lec tor in P (P ar k).
- Kee p childr en and oth ers away from the
ve hicl e.
• Never reac h in to th e a re a aro und or to uch
th e ra diato r fa n. Co ntact w ith th e blad es can
r es ult in serio us pe rs on al inju ry. A lw ays re
memb er that th e ra diato r fa n i s te mp erature
con tro lled a nd can turn on su d d enl y
eve n
w hen th e e ng in e ha s bee n sw itch ed off for a
l o nger pe riod of tim e and the k ey has bee n r e
mo ved fro m th e ig niti on .
• Never unscre w th e coo lant expan sio n tank
c ap when the en gin e is hot.
h o t e ngin e will
h eat th e coolant and put it unde r pr ess ure. Re
mo ving
cap th at is under pressur e ca n res ult
in seriou s perso nal in jur y and /o r burn s.
• Alw ays prot ect fa ce, hand s a nd arm s from
h ot esca ping coo la nt or stea m b y cove ring th e
ca p with a la rge, thick rag.
• Turn the ca p slow ly and very ca refull y in a
co unt er-cl oc kw is e dir ec tion whil e ap ply in g
li g ht d ownwa rd press ure on the to p of the cap.
Booklet 3.2 Tips and Advice
,1i WARN ING (continued)
• Neve r spill flui ds on hot engine parts or ho t
ex haust sys te m . S pill ed fluid s can cau se a fire!
• Neve r sh ort -ci rc uit th e e lec trical sys te m ,
es pec iall y wher e the jump er ca bles a rc at
ta ch ed
Th e ba tter ies co uld explo de!
• Never leave a ny o bjec ts in th e eng in e co m
p artm ent, fo r exa mpl e cle anin g rag s and to ols .
O bjec ts le ft b ehind can cau se m alfu nction s
and e ven
res .
• Neve r wo rk und er th e ve hicle unl ess y ou
h ave safe ly sec ured th e vehicle from m oving.
If yo u mu st wo rk und er the vehicl e with th e
w hee ls on th e gro und, always make sure the
ve hicl e is on leve l gro und , th e w hee ls arc
b locke d from m oving and th e key is not in the
i g niti on.
• Al ways supp ort yo ur ve hicl e w ith safet y
st and s if you have to w ork und erne ath it. T he
j ac k suppli ed
th e is no t stron g
e nough fo r thi s purpo se and can collap se
ca usin g se riou s pers on al injury.
• lfyo u have to perform a ch eck or re pair
w hen th e e ngin e is runnin g, ther e are mor e
ri sk s from th e rot ating pa rts , su ch a s the driv e
be lts, ge nera tor , ra diato r f an , et c., and from
th e hi gh -v olta ge ig niti on sys te m. Al ways use
ex trem e c are:
- Never to uch th e elec trical wirin g of th e
i g nition syste m.
- Always make s ure th at j ew elry, lo ose
clothi ng and lon g
do no t ge t ca ught in
r o ta tin g e ngin e part s. B efor e sta rtin g any
wo rk re move je w elry, tic back a nd cove r
h air , a nd do n ot wea r cl othin g th at can
han g dow n and get ca ught in mo vin g en
g in e part s.
- Alwa ys use ex trem e caution if th e acce l
e ra tor pedal ha s to be d epr esse d to perform
ch ec k. Th e vehicl e could mo ve sudd enl y,
eve n if th e parkin g br ake is a ppli ed.
• If wor k on the fuel sys te m or th e elec trical
sys te m
ne cess ary:
- Alw ays disco nnect the b att eri es . Ma ke
s ur e th e ve hicle is unlo ck ed when disco n
nec ting th e batter ies, o r th e a larm will go
off.
- Neve r sm oke.
Ch ecking and Filling 35

Booklet 3.2 Tips and Advice
or th e centra l locking malfunctions, th e doors can be locked o r
unlocked manually.
Fig. 28 Emergen cy lock (covered by weatherstrip)
in the edge o f the left rea r doo r
Locking the passenger's door and the
rear doors
Open the door.
Pull back the wea thers trip on th e edg e
of the door th a t is id en tifi ed by a lock
2 8 us ing th e ma ster key .
Inse rt the m aster key into th e ve rtical
s lot and pus h it forward
29 -arrow-
Rea ttach t he weat hers trip.
C lose the door comp le te ly.
C hec k w hethe r the door is lock ed.
Repea t the proced ure at the other
doors.
H ave the ve hicle in sp ec ted immedi
ate ly by your auth orize d Vo lkswage n
d ea le r wo rks ho p.
Fig . 29 Using the emergency key to lock the vehicle
WARNING
• Always sto p the vehicl e as soo n as it is to do so and move the ve hicle a sa fe d is tance
olT the road w here it is sa fe to lock a ll doors in
a n eme rge ncy. Turn on the emerge ncy fla sher
t o warn a pproac hing traffic.
• Never close a door wit hout first makin g
s u re th at it is sa fe to do
so. You ca n injure your
se lf or other people. Always make certain that
n o o ne is in t he way of the door that is bein g
clo sed.
• Neve r leave c hildren, di sabled perso ns or
anyo ne who cannot help th em se lves in th e ve
hicle when lock ing th e doors. This could r esult
in p eople being trapp ed in th e vehicle in an
e mergenc y. For example, depending on the
tim e of year, peop le trapped in the vehicl e ca n
be expo sed to very high or low temperat ures.
Tips
Yo u can unlock the passenger's door and th e
rear doo rs from th e insid e aga in if you pu ll the
door opening leve r o nce. Pulling on th e openi ng
l ever a secon d time op en s th e
What do I do now? 75

WARNING (continued )
hide. The doors can be lock ed using the re
mote control key or the powe r lock button.
Th is co uld res ult in peop le bein g trapped in
th e ve hicl e.
•
build -up in th e passenger com part
ment an d lu ggage compartmen t o f a parked
Fuses
Changing a fu se
Fig. 32 Dosh panel, le fl: cover of fuse box A
Fuse bo x A locat ed in th e side of the
da sh pan el on th e driver' s side
In se rt a suit abl e obj ect (e .g. a sc rew
dr iver) into th e
32 and car efull y
pry the cove r oil
Fu se box B in the engine compartment
Open the en gin e hood .
Press the release tabs 33 (arrow s)
to re lease the fuse box cove r.
R e mo ve the cover .
To re mount the cover, place it ove r th e
fu se box
press the sid e tab s in the op
po sit e direct ion until they latch sec ure ly.
Bookl et 3.2 Tip s and Advice
WARNING (continu ed)
vehicle can re sult in tem peratur es in the ve
hicle that arc much higher than the out sid e
tem peratu res, p arti cularl y in su mmer. Tem
p era tures ca n quickl y reac h levels that can
cause unco nscio usne ss and death, particu
l ar ly to sma ll childre n. _.
Fig . 33 In the engine compa rtment: caver of fuse
box B
The indiv idu al el ec trica l ci rcu its are prot ecte d
b y fu se s. We reco mm end y ou sev eral spar e
fu ses at all tim es. T hese are availab le from a u
th ori ze d Vo lk sw agen dea le rs.
A ut omob ile te chnol ogy chan ges co ntinuously.
Your a uthori ze d Volkswage n deal er h as the mo st
curr ent t echn ica l in format io n for your Vo lk
sw agen.
I f yo u ar e
sur e w hich fu se to use or to ch an ge ,
co ntact your authori zed Vol kswage n Se rv ice
viso r.
Co lar cod ing o f fu ses
C olor
rating
li ght
5
brow n t 7.5
reel I 10
What do I do now? 77

Booklet 3.4 Premium Sound System
Radio I CD
Radio
ON /OFF Button
88.3 89.1 94.1
Fig. 3 Radio b uttons
Pr ess the knob fig. 3 to turn the unit
on I
Whatever was playing when the uni! was las!
turned off -radio or CD -will automaticall y
come back on when the unit is turned on again.
The foll owing se lling s will b e saved whenever
yo u tu m off the system:
• Rad io: the frequen cy (ra dio s tat ion or
c h an nel) se ttin g.
• Interna l CD c han ger : the se lected CD track.
W hen you
on the again , th e ra di o or the
CD player w ill co me on depend ing on which on
yo u wer e la st li ste nin g
when you turn ed the
unit off .
The uni! turn s off au!Omati ca lly w hen you re
m ove the key fro m the ign ition lock.
The radio can be turn ed on wh ile th e ignition
key is rem oved b y simpl y pressing the kn ob
88,3
about 1 hour. This procedure can be re p eate d as
o ften as des ired .
WARNING
Dri ver distraction causes accid ents, collision s
and ser ious personal injury!
• Never let yourse lf be distr acted by setting,
a djusting or using the Audio System.
• Use the Audio System only if road, traffic
and weather conditions p ermit and you will
not b e distracted from your driving .
• Alwa ys set vo lum e le vel s so that you can
clearly hear horns, sir ens and other warning
s ounds outside the vehicl e.
Tips
If th e radio does not emit any so un d w hen it is
sw itched on and the word SAFE appears in the
display, then the unit i s electronica lly lock ed u p.
See
page 34.
Radio I CD 7

Booklet 3.4 Premium Sound System
External CD changer 32
F
Fader control 13
FLDR button 25
FM presets 9
ID number 15
Ignition lock 7
Illumination 36
Important information 5
Interference suppress ion 36
K
Key 7
L
LOAD button 20
M
Manual Radio Station search 11
Maximum power output 36
Middle control 12
MIX
does it mean when MIX appears in
the display when
I am playing a CD? 2 1
Wha t does it mean with MIX CD appears
in the disp lay when I
am playing a
CD? 26
Mix mode 21, 26
MP3 25
MP3 player operation 25
N
NO DISC 21, 24
NO MAGAZINE 21
0
ON I OFF 7
38 Alphabetical index
p
Preset button s 10
Preset scan
11
Q
Quick overvi ew 2
R
Radio 7
Radio Card Where should
I keep my Rad io Card? 5
Radio code numb er 5
Replacement 35
Roof mount ed antennas 35
s
SAFE What does it mean w hen "SAfE" ap-
pears in the display? 5
SAT button 15 Sa tellite Digital Radio Service 13
Satellite Radio D igital Serv ice
Ho w the system works?
13
Satellite radio providers 13
SCAN function 11
SCAN/TUNE button 11
SEEK/TRACK Button 11
Se lecting a category 16
Selecting a chan nel 16
Se lecting folders 25
Se lectin g tracks 27
Service 35
S iriu s
ID Numb er 15
Skip through the files in the same folder 27
S kip through the same track 23, 28
Sound setti ng 12
Speed Vo lume Co ntro l (S VC )
SVC (Speed Volume Contro l) 8
Station buttons 10
Station selection 36
Sto ring a channel 15
System information 19
Siriu s message s 19
XM messages 19