2007 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA bulb

Automatic belt retractor 2.1: 19
Automatic car washes 3.2: 17
Automatic mode Climatronic 3 .1: 85
A utomatic switch-off of electrica l compo­
nents 3.1: 93
A utoma tic transm iss ion
D irec t shif t gearbox 3.1: 98
Safety interlock for ignition key 3.1 : 94
Se lector lever lock 3.1: 99
Tiptro nic 3.1: 98
Automatic transmission with Tiptronic 3.1:
IOI
Average fuel consum ption 3.1: 9
Average speed 3.1: 9
B
Background lighting 3.1: 521
BAS3.2: 2
Batt ery
Charging 3.2: 50
How often should
I replace my engine
battery? 3.2: 50
I m portant information to kn ow before
disconnect the batt ery 3.2: 49
Repla cin g 3.2: 50
What you must do afte r r eco nnect the bat­
tery 3.2: 49
Winter condi tions 3.2: 49, 50
Battery acid level
C hec kin g 3.2: 50
Before d riv in g 2.1: 3
Belt pretensioner
Disposa l 2. 1: 26
Serv ice 2.1: 26
Bonnet 3.2: 36
Booster seats 2.1 : 59
Brake assis t sys tem 3.2: 2
Brake booster 3.2: 2
Brak e flu id
C hangin g 3.2: 48
How of ten s hould the brak e fluid be
changed? 3.2: 47
Warning light 3.1: 11
What is the correc t brake fluid level?. 3.2:
47
What kind of brake fluid should
I u se? 3 .2:
48
Booklet 0.1 General Index ®
Brake pad
Warning message 3.1 :
ll
Brak e pad wear indicator
Warn ing light 3.1: 26
Brak e pads 3.2: 8
Brak e servo 3.2: 8
Brak e system
Warn ing light 3.1: 28
Brake system 3.2: 47
Brakes 3.2: 8
H ow does moisture or road salt aff ec t the
brakes? 3.2: 8
What does it mea n when I fee l a s ligh t vi­
bration o n the brake peda l? 3.2: 3
Braking distance 3.2: 8
Br eak-in peri od
Engine 3.2: 7
W hat is the rig h t way to break- in my vehi­
cle? 3.2:
7
Breaking in
Brake pads 3.2: 7
Tire s 3.2: 7
Breaking in tires 3.2: 7
Bulb c hange 3.2: 8 1
Bulb defective Warning light 3.1: 24
Bumper Clean ing 3.2: 18
Bumper cover Caut ion w hen parking n ear a parking bar­
rier or curb 3.1: 105
B uzzer 3.1: 50, 93
C
Ca libratin g the co mpa ss 3.1 : 18
California Propos ition 65 Wa rning 3.2 : 34 , 49
Car washes 3.2: 17
Cata ly tic converter 3.2:
10
CB radio 3 .2: 29
Ce ll phone 3.2 : 29
Cellu lar phone 3.2: 29
Ce ntral lo cking
I ndiv idua l un locking 3.1 : 34
Ce ntral locking button 3.1: 34
Ce ntral locking syste m 3.1: 34
C han gi ng a bu lb 3.2: 8 1
C hanging a wheel 3.2: 73
Alphabetical inde x 3

@ Booklet 1.2 USA Warranty
Limited New Vehicle Warranty
What is covered
Warranty period
The New Ve hicle Warranty peri od is 4 yea rs or 50 ,000 mile s, whicheve r occ urs fir st.
Any impli ed wa rranty, includin g an y im pli ed
warran ty of merc h ant ab ilit y or wa rra nty of fit­
ne ss for a part icu la r purp ose, is limit ed in dura -
Coverage
Thi s wa rranty cove rs any re p air 10 co rrect a
manuf acturer's defec t in mate ria l or wor kman­
s hip exce pt whee l a lignmen t,
ba la n ce, a nd re pair or rep laceme nt of tir es. The repair or
r e p lacemen t of wear an d item s, suc h as
m anu al trans missio n clu tch frict ion material ,
b rake pad s wo rn below manufac tu re r sp ec ifica -
1ions, ligh1 bulb s (ex cludin g H aloge n head lights,
ins trum ent pane l bu lbs, and Xenon head lig ht s,
un less damaged by outsid e influ ence), sea t
cove rs. c arp eting and re p la ce men t of rubb er
w iper blad e ins erts, re pl ace d for wea r and tea r,
Where to go for warra nty service
T hi s war rant y will b e honored by any authorized
Vo lkswage n dea ler in t he Unit ed Sta tes . in ­
cl ud in g
ter rito ries, or Ca nad a.
I f yo ur Volk swage n is brou ght t o an autho rize d
Volkswag en deale r out sid e th e
Sta tes, in-
When the warranty period begins
Th e warranty period begins on elate th e ve­
hicl e is delive red to eith er th e ori gin al pur ch ase r
o r th e or ig in al lessee; or i f th e ve hicle is firs t
pl ace d in serv ice as a "de monstrato r" or "co m­
pany" car, on th e elate s uch ve hicle is fir st plac ed
in service.
2 Limit ed N ew Vehicl e Warranty
tion 1 0 th e pe riod of thi s wriuen warranty. So me
s tat es do not allow limitatio ns on how lo ng an
implied warrant y last s, so
limil ali on may
n ol appl y lo yo u.
are cove red up to one yea r or 12,00 0 miles,
w hich eve r occ urs firs t.
13aueries are c ove re d
100 % and l ab or fo r 4
yea rs o r 50 ,000 mi les, w hic h ever occ urs firs t, for
defec ts in ma te ri al o r work mans hip.
Mec hanica l adjus tm ent s 1101 associa ted
a
defe ct in ma te ria l and w ork m ansh ip, are no t
covered a fter th e first year or
12,000 m iles,
w hichever occurs fir st (i. e. hea dli ght
adjustment).
eluding t e rritorie s, or C anada, wa rran ty
w ill 1101 a pply. De fects in or workma n­
s hip will be corrected under the terms of th e
wa rranty for new Vo lksw age n ve hicl es in effec t
in tha t
Thi s Li mit e d New Ve hicl e Wa rrant y is automa ti­
ca lly tra nsfe rr ed with out cos t if the ow ners h ip of
th e ve hicl e changes with in the Warra nty

Booklet 2.1 Safety first
Two separate indicators monitor the function the Advanced Airbag System: the
airbag monitoring indicator light and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
senso r circu its and
sys tem wirin g) is moni to red conti nuous ly to
make sur e that it i s fun ctio ning pro perl y when­
ever th e ig niti on iso n. Eac h tim e you turn on the
i gn ition . t he airbag mon it or ing ind icator lig ht
w ill co me on for a
seconds (se lf diagn ostic s)
and the text AIRBAG /BELT TENSIONER appears
in the in strum ent cluster.
The system must b e inspected wh en the indi­
cator light
• does no t co me on when the ig nition i s
s wit ch ed on ,
• does not go out a few secon ds after you ha ve
sw itch ed on th e ig niti on. o r
• comes on whil e dri ving.
I f an airbag syste m malfun ctio n is detec te d, th e
ind icator li gh t w ill come on and sta y on
ca tc h
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ligh t
Fig. 25 Section from the ins trument panel: PAS ­
SENG ER AIR BAG OFF light
T he PAS SENGER AIR BAG OFF light is
in
the cent er of t he in strum ent pan el 25 . th
e driver's artentio n and serve as a constant re­
mind er to ha ve the syste m inspected immedi ­
ate ly. If a m alfunction occurs that turn s th e fro nt
airbag on th e pa sse nger side off, the PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF light
co me on and stay on
w heneve r the ig niti on is on.
WARNING
An airbag system that i s not functionin g prop­
erly cannot pro vide supplemental protection
in a frontal crash.
• If the airbag indicator light comes on, it
mean s that there ma y be somethin g wrong
with the Advanced Airbag System.
It is po s­
s ible that the airbag will inflate when it is not
s uppo sed to, or not inflat e when it
• H ave the airbag system inspec te d immedi ­
ately by your Volkswagen
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF lig ht will co me
on and sta ys on to te ll you when the front Ad­
va nce d Airbag on the passe nge r side ha s been
turn ed off by the e lectro nic co ntro l unit.
I f th e bulb for the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
li ght burn s out , the airbag monitoring ind ica to r
li ght
39 will co me on a nd sig nal mal ­
fun cti on in th e Advanced Airbag system. Al­
th ough th e burn ed o ut bulb will not ch ange the
way the
air b ag on t he pa sse nger s ide
w ork s, it wi ll n o longer be possible to use the
BAG OFF light to verify that t he
a irb ag on/off s ta tu s is co rrect for the occ upant
on the front passe nge r seat. Have the airb ag
sys tem in spec ted imm ed iate ly by your Volk­
sw agen deal er.
Th e PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF lig ht will blink for
up to as long as 9 seco nds w hen
• th e ig nit ion is s witch ed on and
Airbag system 39

Booklet 3 .1 Control s and Equipm ent @
Sy mbol Meaning or warning lig hts Further
Exhau st sys tem m alrun cti o n
EPC Elec troni c Power Contr ol (gaso line eng in e only)
G low plug sys te m (d iese l e n gin e)
Ill umi nated: Glow p lug sys tem switch ed on
F lashi ng: engine malrun cti on.
Electronic immobilizer
-Genera tor ma lrunc1ion fi::i
bulb
Turn sig nal s
Cool ant te mp erat ure I Coo lant
l evel 1'
I oil pre ssur e
Bra ke pad wear indicator
Doo rs open
washer leve l
Dis play fo r engin e hood or rear lid o pen --
Fu el l ev el too low
Fa ste n sea l be lts! 2.1 , ch ap te r "Sea t
or in anti-lock 27
sys te m
Fla shi ng: ESP or ASR in operation,
ll Ill umi nated: ESP or AS R 1io n or sw itch ed
Parki ng applied or low brake fluid l eve l o r 28 m alrunct ion
· or
Crui se contr ol sys te m sw itch ed on
Powe r stee ring sys te m
In strum ent pan el 2 1

Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
Generator
This warning light signal s a m alfun ction in ge nerator.
Th e w arni ng lig ht lig ht s up when th e ig niti on
i s sw itch ed on . It sh ould go o ut when th e e ngin e
s tart s runnin g.
If th e w arnin g ligh t
lights up while driv ing .
t h e ge nera to r i s no lo nge r ch a rgi ng th e ba ucry.
Burned-out light bulb
Yo u sh ou ld imm ed ia tely drive 1 0 q u al ifie d d eale rs hip .
I l owever, you sh o uld avoid usin g elec tr ic a l
is no t ab so lut ely necessa ry be­
cau se w ill d rain th e ba ttery furth er.
The warning light lights a bul b exte rior li ghtin g is
T he w arnin g lig ht light s up when a bulb i n vehicl e's exte ri or light in g is no t
Turn
Th e warnin g light fla sh es w hen sig nal s ar e bein g use d.
Depen ding on w hich tu rn signa l is opera ted, ei­
th er th e lef t or in dicato r la mp fl ashes.
Bo th indi cato r light s w ill flas h at th e sam e tim e the em erge ncy wa rnin g light s are
sw itch ed on.
I f one tu rn sig nal fa ils, th e in dica to r l amp will
s tart flas hin g tw ice as
Engine coolant level I temperatu re
Th e warning symbo l li ght s if th e coolant is too high or if
coolant l eve l is too low .
There is a fault if:
• The wa rning symbol do es not go out again a few seco nds.
• Th e warning symb ol li g ht s up or fl ashes
w hil e th e ve hicle is m ov in g. Thr ee wa rnings
Thi s m ean s that eith er th e coo la nt leve l is too
l ow or coolant t emp eratur e is hi gh .
C oo lant level too low
The followin g information tex t is di spla yed: STOP Check coolant Owner's manual! 3.2 "Tip s and Advice" , c h apt er
"C oolant "
24 Instrument panel
Fir st l ook at th e coo la nt te mp eratur e gauge. If
t h e nee dle is in th e no rmal ran ge, top ofTw ith
coo lant at
ea rliest
Coo lant temperature too high
The fo llow ing in form atio n t ext is di spla yed: ST OP Check coolant Owner's manual!.
lo ok a t the coo la nt gau ge. The is 1 00 high if the need le is
over 10 th e far ri ght on th e di al. Stop the veh icle, olT the engi ne and wait for it to cool
down. Chec k th e coo lant level.
I f
coo la nt leve l is corr ect, th e ove rheat ing
m ay be cau sed b y fa n C hec k th e
r a diat or fa n fuse and have re pla ced if neces­
s a ry 3 .2 'Tip s and /\dvi ce", c h apt er
" Fu ses".

Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
Alphabetical index
A
ABS Wa rnin g light 27
See also Ant i-lock brake syste m
A co ustic wa rning 93
Add itional storage co mpartment 73
Adj ustin g the compass variance zone 19
Ai r co ndit io nin g
Co ndensation 89
Impo rtant notes
88
Malfunct io ns 88
Unp leasa nt od or 89
A ir conditioni ng sys tem 81
C lim atro nic
84
Air r ecircul ation mode
2C -Cl imatroni c 83, 88
Alarm syste m 36
Sw itch ing off 36
A lt ern ator
See Genera to r
A nti -lo ck brake system
ligh t 27
An ti-Slip Re gula tion 92
A nti -th eft alar m sys tem 36
Sw itchin g off 36
Arm res t
F ro nt ce nte r arm res t 66
S tora ge compartmen t 70
AS R 92
A ut omat ic mod e
C lim atroni c 85
A ut om atic sw itch-off of elec tri cal
co mp onen ts 93
A utom atic tra nsm iss io n
Dir ect shift gearbox 98
Sa fe ty int erlo ck for ign ition key 94
Se lec tor leve r loc k 99
Tiptroni c 98
A utomati c tra nsm iss ion with Tiptronic LO I
A ve rage fu el con sumpti on 9
Average sp ee d 9
B
Ba ckground lightin g 51 Brake
fluid
Wa rnin g ligh t 11
Brak e pad
W arn ing m essage II
Brak e pad wea r indi ca to r
Warn ing ligh t 26
Bra ke sys te m
Wa rnin g lig ht 28
Bulb defe cti ve
Warn ing lig ht 24
Bumpe r cov er
Ca ution when pa rki ng nea r a parkin g ba r­
ri er or cu rb LO S
Bu zze r 50 , 93
C
Ca librat ing th e co mpass 18
Ce ntral loc king
I ndi vid ual unl ocking 34
Ce ntral locki ng butt on 34
Ce ntr al locki ng sys tem 34
C han ging unit s 16
C hild safe ty lo cks 35
C lea nin g
E lec troni c park ing a ssis ta nc e se nsors 106
C lim ati c 81
Ma lfun cti ons 88
C lim atroni c
I mpor tant not es 88
Ma lfu ncti ons 8 8
C loc k 5
C lo sin g
R ea r li d 38
C lot hes hook 7 1
Co rning home fu n ctio n 47
Co mp ass 18
Adjusting 19
Ca librat ing 18
Compa ss fun ctio n 12
Co ndensa tion 89
Contro ls
P owe r w ind ows 39
Conven ience closing 41, 43
Co nve nien ce men u 17
Alphabetical index 109

Table of contents
Smart technology ........... ... .. .. .
Brakes .............. .. .. ..... .. .. .• .....
Po we r stee ring ....... .. ..... ... .. ...... .
Notice about data recorded b y vehicle
contro l modu les ....... ........ .... ..... .
Driving and protecting the
environment ..... ... .... ..... ...... ..
Break-in Pe riod ... ... ........ ......... . ..
Catalytic converter ....... .. .. .. ....... ..
T ra ile r t owi ng . . . . . . . . ... ............ .. .
D riv ing economically o nd respecti ng the
environmen t ... .... ..... ............. ... .
Cleaning and protection ........ . .
General notes .... .... ... ....... .. ...... .
Car e of veh icle exte rior ....... ..• ...... ..
C ore of the vehicle interior ... ..... ..•. ..
Accessories, new parts, repairs
and modifications .......... ...... ..
Accesso ries and pa rts .......... .... .... .
R epa irs and technica l modifications ..... .
Cellu lar phones a nd CB radi os ........ . .
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6
7
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10
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16
16
17
23
27
27
28
29
Booklet 3 .2 Tip s and Advice
Checking and Filling 30
Fill ing the tank . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . .. . . .. . • . . . . 30
Fu el supp ly . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Working in the eng ine compa rtment . . . . . 34
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. .. . . . .. .. . . .. . . 37
Coo lant ....... .... .... ...... ... ......... 43
Wos he r fluid and wind shie ld wiper blade s 45
Brok e fluid . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 47
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. .. . .. . . .. . 49
T ir es and wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
What do I do now? . .. .. . . .. . . . . .. . 67
Vehicle tools and spore whee l . . . . . . • . . . . . 67
Changing a whe el . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. • . . . . . 68
Em erg ency closing or opening . . . • . . . . . . . 7 5
F use s . . . . . . . .. .. . .. .. . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . 77
Cha nging a light bulb . .. .. . . . .. .. . • .. . . . 81
Jump start ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 84
To wing .... ... . . .. . .. .... ....... ... . . .•. . 86
Lifting th e ve hicle .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 89
C onsumer Info rmat ion . . . . . • . . . . . . 90
Alphabetical index . . . . . . . . . 92
Table of contents

Booklet 3.2 Tips and Advice
Vehicl e batt ery
Location of battery
The battery is mai nte nance-free is c h ecked during the inspection serv ice.
Warning note s on handling batterie s
Battery acid is very co rrosive a nd
ca usti c. Always we ar protective
g loves and eye prot ection !
Fires, s park s, open ligh ts and
s moking arc pro hibit ed!
Always kee p childr en away acid and batt eries!
WARNING
Wo rki ng on the batt eri es or the electr ical
syste m in yo ur vehicl e can result in ser ious
acid burns,
th e
batt eri es . Whe n a light bulb is c han ged, always
sw itch o!Tt he light.
• Turn o!Tt he an ti- th ert alarm by unl ockin g
the vehicl e befor e yo u disco nnect th e bat­
terie s to pre vent th e ala rm rrom goin g on.
• Always kee p childr en a way
acid an d
batterie s.
• Alw ays wear eye prot ectio n. Nev er let bat­
t ery acid or lead particl es contact your eyes,
and clothin g.
•
batter y acid is ve ry co rrosive and
can cause damag e to unprote cted ski n and
blindn ess. A lways wear protectiv e gloves a nd
eye protec tion. To re du ce yo ur risk o r injur y,
n eve r tilt the batt eri es, as thi s co uld spill acid
throu gh th e ve nts and burn you.
WARN ING
• Wh en disconn ecting the batt eri es from the
ve hicl e elec tr ic al sys tem , a lways disco nnect
the negative cable(- ) fir st a nd th en th e po si­
ti ve ca ble(+ ).
• Alwa ys avo id fires, spark s, op en li ght s a nd
s moking. Alw ays avoid generatin g sparks a nd
e lectro static charges whe n handlin g cables
a nd elect rica l equipment. Never short-cir cuit
the battery pole s. Hi gh -energy sparks can
c au se se rious per sonal injury.
• Always swi tc h off all electrica l con sumer s
before recon nectin g the batteries. Heconncct
th e plu s ca ble( +) first and then the negative
cab le(-). Neve rrever se the polarity or the con­
ne ctions. This could cause fire.
• A hi ghl y exp losive mixtur e or gases is give n
off when th e batter y is bein g ch arged.
• Never cha rge a frozen batt ery, or one that
ha s th awe d. Thi s could res ult in explos io ns
and chemical burns! A lways re pla ce
batte ry
t h at h as frozen. A discharged battery can
rr eeze a t temperatures around 32° F (0 ° CJ.
• Alwa ys make sure that t he ven t hose is co n­
n ec ted to the batt eries.
• Never use dama ged batter ie s- they can ex­
p lode ! Im med iately repl ace dam aged bat­
terie s.
•
yo u ge t b att ery acid in yo ur eyes or on
y our imm edi ate ly rin se with co ld water
fo r sev eral minut es and see k m edi ca l att en­
tion imm ed ia te ly.
yo u in ges t a ny batt ery
aci d, seek medi cal aue ntion imm ediatel y.
WARNING
California Propositi on 65 Warnin g:
• Battery posts, te rm in al s and re la te d acces ­
so ries contain l ead and lead compon ent s,
c hemicals kno wn to the
of Ca lifornia lo
ca use cance r and reproducti ve harm . Wash
h ands
h and ling.
Ch ecking and Filling 49