Booklet 2.1 Safety first
Additional Information
What types of Child Restraint System anchors are availabl e and how
are they related to child safety?
For years , C hild Restrai nt Sys te m s (C RS) have
b ee n in sta lled us ing the safety belts already
pr ese nt in every ve hicle.
S in ce September
1999, CHS man ufac turers
h ave been providing tet her s traps tha t attach the
top of the C RS to the vehicl e's s tructure on mo st
of th eir forwa rd-fac ing syste m s in order to
co mp ly with U.S. Federal re gulation s for
ens perfo rmance in crash . Ve hicle manu fac tur ers
were req uir ed to p hase -in tether a nchorag es fo r
a tta chm ent of the tet her
in th eir U. S. ve hi
cl es beg innin g September 1999.
The combination of the teth er an cho rages and
the lower anch orages is no w generally ca lled the
LATCH syste m for " Lower Anch or and Tethe r
for Childr en".
(T he t erm
rega rdin g lower anc ho ra ges
had bee n use d by Volkswagen a nd other manu
facture rs in the past, but LATC H is now the stan
dard nam e for the ne w child res traint anchorag e
sys te m .)
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Some C HS manufa ctur ers have been providin g
t e th er straps on certa in mod els o f their CHSs, ei
th er as sta ndard equi pment or as a retrofit, for
seve ral years. Chec k w ith the manufacturer of
th e CRS for te th er stra p availab ility.
Tu provide a simpl er and mor e prac ticable
to attac h th e ens on the ve hicle U.S. Fed
eral reg ulations req uired the pha se- in of lowe r
anchorages in vehicles and d evices on new CRSs
to attach to t he ve hicle a nch orages.
CRS man ufa ctur ers w ill prob ably offer
kin ds
of lower an ch orages o n their c hild seats
T hey co uld come w ith:
• hook-on or p ush -on con nec tor s attach ed to
adj ustable strap s or
• rigid l atches o n bars
exte nd out the ba ck
o f the and a re release d with re lease buttons
at the bo ttom of the
In addition to the LATCH lowe r anchorag es,
both of these child r estrain t systems use teth er
he lp kee p th e C HS firm ly in
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 Control s and Equipment
Instrument cluster
Instrument overview
The instrument cluster displays the vehicle operating status.
Fig. 2 Detai l of instrumen t cluster
Se ttin g buttons fo r the clock 5
Ta cho me ter 6
E n gi ne coolant te mp erature ga uge 6
indi cator 9
Setting the clock
Fu el ga uge 7
Sp ee dom ete r
button for trip odome te r
The clock is located in the instrument cl uste r.
Fig . 3 Sec tion of the instr um ent cl uster : button s for
se tting the clock
Pre ss the le ft button 3 to set the
hour. Th e clock will ad vance to the nex t
hour if you briefly press the bullon.
Pre ss the right-h and to se t
th e minute . Th e cloc k will ad vance
10 th e
n ex t minut e if yo u br ie fl y press th e
button.
In strum ent pan el 5
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-
Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
other doors ea ch hav e own switch .
Fig . 21 Section of th e driver door: window controls
Opening and closing the windows
-Press the ope n a
w indow.
- Pull
to close a win dow
Opening and closing all wind ows at
the same time
-Ope n the driver's door.
- Press the
21 for abou t
t wo se conds to op en all wi ndows at the
s am e tim e.
A lwa ys close the w indows fully if yo u
vehicl e or le a ve ii
You ca n u se the power window s for about 10 minut es aft er ofT the ig niti on if n eith er
th e dri ver nor front pa ssenge r doo r been opened and the key has 1101 been re m ove d
from the igniti on.
You can open a ll wi ndow s at the
time by
pr ess ing but ton lo ng as you have o pe n ed
th e dri ver's door yo u ha ve 1101 switched on th
e ignirio n. Once th e ig niti on i s sw itch ed on,
will o nly open dri ver's w indow.
Buttons in the driver door
Button for window in front le ft d oo r
Button for wind ow in front right doo r
Buttons for rear windows
Safe ty sw itch for d isa bling the power
window b uttons in th e re ar door s.
B utt on for wind ow in rear le ft d oor
13u11on for window in rea r ri ght doo r
Safety switch
Safety th e driver doo r can be use d to
di sa ble th e rear p ower w in dows.
The symb ol
in the safe ty sw itch i s illum i
n ate d : the button s in th e rear doo rs a re "o n".
The symbol
in the safety s witch is illumi
n ated: the button s in th e rea r d oo rs are "off'.
WARNING
Imp roper use oft he power windows can result
In se ri ous perso nal inju ry.
• Neve r let anyo ne get in the way of a power
windo w wh en clos ing it.
• When locking the veh icle from the out sid e,
make sure that no on e especia lly c hildren re
m ain s in the vehicl e. T he w indo ws w ill not
open in case of an eme rge ncy .
• Always take the key with you when yo u
l e av e the vehicle . Un supervised u se of ke ys
ca n re sult in u se of ve hicle systems su ch as
pow er windows leading to serious perso nal
injury. The power wind ows will continu e lo
until the i gnition key has been re
mo ved and one of the fron t door s ha s be en
opened.
• When children arc in the back seat, use the
s afet y sw itch
di sa ble the rear power win
dow s and preve nt th em from being opened
clo sed. II>
Opening and closing Key s 39
Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
Pinch protection
The wind ows have a pinch protection feature. This helps re du ce the risk of inju
ries when the windows are closing.
• lfa w indow is obst ructe d w hen closing, the
w ind ow will sto p and open (go down) aga in
If this happe ns, see why the window could
n ot clo se befo re att emp ting to close aga in. If
yo u tr y to close the wind ow again wit hi n 10 sec
o nd s, th e w ind ow's closing force is a utomati
ca lly incr ease d.
• If th e wi ndow is st ill obst ructed, the wi ndow
w ill stop at this po int.
• If th ere is no obvio us reason why the w indow
ca nn ot be closed, try to close it agai n wit hin 5
seconds. T he pin ch protection is now off. The
window clo ses with maximum force.
If you wa it lo n ge r th an the lO or 5 seco nds de
sc ribed above, the w in dow will open f ully whe n
you ope rate o ne of the buttons. One-touch
closi ng is on aga in.
Th e one- tou ch functio n and pinch prot ection do
not wurk if ther e is a m alf un ction in th e power
windows. Contact yo ur authoriz ed Vo lkswage n
deal er co have the m alfunc tion corrected.
Convenience opening and closing
You can ope n or clo se the windo ws from
outside the vehicl e.
Convenience closing
-Hold th e key in th e close pos ition in th e
l oc k of the driver's door, until all windo ws
a re clo sed.
- Turn th e key the other way to interrupt
th e fun ction.
Convenience opening
-Hold th e key in the ope n position in the
l oc k of the driver' s door, until the windows
are ope n.
WARNING
Improper use of the pow er windows can result
in serious personal injury .
• Never let anyone ge t in th e way of a power
window when closing it.
• Always make sure that no one i s in th e w ay
while overriding the pinch protection to close
a w indo w!
• When locking the vehicle from the out side ,
make sur e that no one especially c hildr en re
mains in the vehicle. Th e windows will not
open in case of an emergency.
• Always take the key with you wh en you
leav e the vehicle. Unsupervised use of keys
can result in use of vehicle s ystem s such as
power windows leading to serious personal
inju ry.
• The power windows will continue to op
crntc until the igniti on ke y has bee n re mo ved
and one of the front door s ha s bee n opened.
• When children are in the b ack sea t, use the
safety switch to disable the rear power win
dows and prevent them from b eing opened
and closed.
<4
-Turn the key the oth er way to interrupt
t h e function.
Using set-up in the main menu , you can select if
yo u want the driver 's doo r w in dow. all w indows
o r n o window a t all to open whe n you unlock
your vehicle using the ma ste r key in th e driver's
doo r lock. C hoose the se ttings yo u want in the
CONVENIENCE menu.
WARNING
Improp er use of the power windows can result
in seriou s per sonal injury.
• Neve r let anyon e get in the way of a power
window when clo sing
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Appl ies to vehic les: wi th Homelink Universol Tronsmitter
Homelink ® Universal Transmitter
The Hom eLink ® will le arn the radio frequency codes of to three tran s
mitter s.
BJK-00 11
Fig. 23 H ome link buttons in driver 's su n visor
23 th e dr iver 's
s un viso r ca n b e use d to pr ogram th e se t
tin gs of remote co ntrols , for exa mple for a
home safet y ala rm or an automati c garage
door opener.
Programming
I. Simultaneou sly pre ss and hold button s
until the indi cator light above
button m b egins to fla sh. R ele ase the but
ton s.
2. Hold th e end of th e hand-h eld tran s
mitter appro x. 2
(5 cm) from th e
m emo, y butt ons keepi ng th e ind icato r
li gh t in view.
3 . Simult an eously press and hold the
button on your remote control whose
fun ction you wo uld like to ass ign to a
m emor y button and button
th e HomeLink ® indi cator light ab ove
button
s ta rts to flas h slow ly a nd t hen
rap idly.
Reprogramming a remote control
1. Pre ss button m
2. Ho ld your remot e control , fo r exa mple
fo r the garage door, appr ox. 2 inch es (5 c m)
from the m emor y button s.
3. Pre ss the button on yo ur r emot e contro l
w ho se function you would lik e to ass ig n to
a m emory button and press button
or
at the sam e tim e.
4 . Hold down both button s until the
Hom eLin k® indi cator ligh t abo ve but ton
s ta rts to flash slowly and then qui ckly.
Op erating the Homelink ® Universal
Transmitter
l. Turn the ign ition switch on.
2. Press button
to activa te th e
d es ired re mote control
Deleting all programmed remote con
trols
I. Turn th e ig niti on sw itch on.
2 . Sim ultan eo usly pr ess and h old butt ons
until the light s in the m emor y
bu ttons flash rapidly.
3 . Rel ease the butt ons.
Th e Hom eLin k® Uni vers a l Tr an sm ill er is lo
ca ted in th e dri ver's sun viso r.
Thi s inn ova tive fea ture
lea rn radio fr e
qu en cy co des of most c urr clll tran sm itte rs use d
to act iva te g ara ge doors. en try door locks, es tate
gates.
syste ms, and hom e or lighti ng.
Depending on the hand -hel d 1ransmi11cr. the distan ce O 12 in che s (0 3 0
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Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
WARNING
• Never adjust the driver or front passenger
seat while the vehicle is in motion. While ad
ju stin g your seat, you could adjust your seat to
an incorrect sitting position. Adjust your seat
before driving
or when th e vehicle is not
moving.
• The elect rical front seat adju stment also
work s with the ignition off. Therefore, chil
dren sh ould never be lef t unattended in the
vehicle -ther e is a risk of injury!
• Exercise caut ion when adjustin g the seat
height or fonvard/backward position. Care
l ess use of the front seat adjustment co ntrols
can cause injuri es.
WARNING (continued)
• To reduce the risk of personal injury in an
accident, front seat passenge rs must never
ride in a moving vehicle w ith the seat back re
clined. Safet y belt s offer prote ction only when
th e seatback is upright and belt s are properl y
po sition ed on the bod y. The more Lheseatback
i s re clined, the greate r th e risk of personal in
ju ry from an out of position safety belt.
avoid damaging the e lec trical co mp onen ts of
th e front seat, do not knee l on the sea t or apply
dir ect pressure at a sing le po int to the seat
cu shi on a nd
Applies to vehicles: wilh electrically adjustable fronts seat and memory buttons
Memory for driver 's s eat
Use memory buttons on dri ver seat to sto re to three diffe rent positions
for
seat.
••••
F ig. 46 Memory buttons on the front seot: to sove
the setlings, first press the SET butlon and then one
of the memory butlons , l, 2 or 3 .
Storing settings for driving forward
-Sw itch on the igniti on. Do not en gage
Rever se gear.
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-Press the =*i g. 46
bri efly whil e the key is s till in the ignition .
T hi s ca n be don e on the driver side only
whe n th e ve hicle is
moving.
- lfyou w ish to reca ll the memor y set
t ings whe n the vehicle is moving, hold
dow n the memory button until the sa ve d
p osit ion is reac hed .
The m em ory butt ons ca n sto re th e sea t positions th e fron t d river