2008 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE door locking

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About this owner's manual . . . . . . 4
Overview of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 6
Exterior views
-Side v iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
- Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
- Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Vehicle interior
- Overview of the driver door........... . 9
-Overv iew of the driver side . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
- Overview of the centre console . . . . . . . . 13
- Overview of the front passenger side . . . 15
-Symbols in the roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Instrument cluster
- Warning and indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . 16
- Instruments.......................... 20
- Volkswagen information system . . . . . . . . 26
lnfotainment system
- Menu and system settings (SETUP) . . . . 31
Before the journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Before setting off
- Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
- Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Opening and closing
-Vehicle key set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
- Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
-Doors....................... .. . 55
-Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
- Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
- Electric panorama sliding/tilting roof . : : : : 63
Sitting correctly and safely
- Adjusting the seat position . . . . 66
-Seat functions · · · · · · · · 75 -Seat belts ..... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
- Airbag syst~~ . : : : : · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 79
-Child seats (access~;;~~)· :::::::::::: : ~~
lights and vision
-Lights ...
- Protection
·f~~~ ~h~· ~~~ · · · · · · · · · · · 105
-WM.indscreen wiper and w~·s·h~r· . . . . . . . . . 111175
-1rrors · · · · · · · .. ............. ...... ........... 122
Transporting
- Driving notes ..........
-Luggage compartment · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 126
-Roof carrier · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 130
- Towing a trai·l~; .. ... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 137
..... ................. 140
Practical equipment
-Stowage area ........... .. .
- Drink holder
.. · · · · · .. · 151 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
-Ashtray and cigarette lighter ......... : ." 158
- Electrical sockets ........ .. .......... 160
- Toll card reader (ETC) .............. .. 162
While driving ...................... 163
Starting the engine, changing gear and
parking
-Starting and stopping the engine ....... 163
-Changing gear ....................... 169
-Braking , stopping and parking ........ . 179
- Driving with respect for the environment 190
-Steering ............................. 193
Driver assist systems
- Pull-away assist systems ............. 196
- ParkPilot ............................ 201
- Reverse assist system (Rear Assist) ... 209
-Park Assist system ................... 213
-Cruise control system (CCS) .......... 218
-Speed limiter ........ .. .............. 222
- Adaptive cruise control (ACC) ........ . 226
- Area monitoring system (Front Assist) .. 235
-Lane departure warning system (Lane
Assist) .
.......... ................... 240
- Traffic sign recognition ................ 243
- Driver Alert System (recommendation
for rest breaks) ........... ........... 246
- Driving Mode Selection ............... 248
- ProActive occupant protection ..... .... 251
- Tyre monitoring system .. ............. 253
Air conditioning system
- Heating , ventilating, cooling ........... 256
- Auxiliary heater (supplementary heating 64 system) ................. ............ 2
At t~~ filling station 269
- Frllrng the tank ............. · · · · · · ·::: 274
-Fuel ................ .. · · · · · · · · ·· ·

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'e h ic le interior
Ov erview of the driver door
Fig . 4 Overv ie w of the contro ls in the drive r doo r (left -ha nd dr ive ve hicles ). The controls are mirrored in
rig t- h and drive vehic le s
Key for Fig . 4 :
CD Door release lever ........................... ............ ..... . ................ .
® Centra l lock ing butt on s for locking and unlo cking the vehicle ( a -o>] ............... ...... .
G) S w itch for adjusting the exter ior mirror s
- Exte ri
or mirror setting L -0 - R
- Exterior mirror heat ing 0.
- Fo ld ing in the exterior mirrors 9
55
46
122
G) Ind icator lamp for anti -theft alarm or SAFELOCK mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6
® Buttons for oper atin g t he electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
- Electric windows~
-S afety button for the rear electric windo ws ~
® Hand le for releas ing the bonne t ....................................... .... ...... . .
0 Bott le holder ................................... . .............................. .
®
®
Stowage compartmen t for high-visi bility waist coa t .. ................................. .
Reflecto r
Vehicle interior g
277
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The fo llo w ing func t1ons can be activated or
d eac tivated :
- Daytime running ligh ts
- Dynamic Light Assist
- Dynamic bend lighting
- Aut omatic dipped headlights (when
rain-
light A sist i
n g)
- La n e change
flash.
The following func tio ns can be set :
- Switch -on time for the dynamic bend
lighting
light settings -Trav e l mode (right-hand or left -hand ~page 105
drive) .
The
f ollo win g functions can be set:
- Court
esy light (instruments and
Interior lighting sw itc hes)
- Background lighting
in the doors
-
Footwell lighting .
The following fun ctions can be set:
Coming Home/Leaving -
Switch -
on pe riod of the Com ing Home
function Home function - Switch -on period of the L eaving Home
function .
The
f ollowing fun ctions can be activated or
deactivated :
Mirrors -Synchronised mirror adjustment ~page 122
Mirror and -
Mirror lower ing function in reverse gear
-Folding in when parked .
wiper settings The following functions can be activated or
Windscreen wipers deactivated : ~page 117 -Autom atic wipe when raining
- Rear window wipe
in reverse gear.
Window
operation Se tting convenience opening of the win-~page 60
Settings for dows .
opening/cl os-Central locking sys-Setting door unlock ing.
ing Activation or deact ivat ion of automatic ~page 46 tem
locking.
Seat settings Storing seat posi- Activation
or deactivation of the vehicle
tion key . ~page 66
Automatic belt pre- Activ ation or deactivation of automatic belt ~page 79 tensioning pre-tensioning for the left or right side . ~

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Ope ning and closing
Vehi cle key set
ClJJ Introduction
Th is c hapte r contai ns info rmatio n on th e fo llo wi ng
subj ects:
V eh
icle ke y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
I
ndicator l amp in th e ve hi cle key . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
S yn ch ronis ing the ve hicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Additional information and warnings:
• Settin g s in the Volkswagen inform atio n system
=>page 26
• Central locking sys te m =>page 46
• S tarti ng and stopping the engine =>page 163
• Consumer info rmation =>page 328
• Manua lly closin g or open ing =>page 339
Swallowing batteries with a diameter of
20 mm or other lithium batteries can result in
severe or even fatal injuries within a very
short period of time.
• Always keep the vehicle key, key ring w ith
batteries, spare batteries, round cells and
other batteries that are larger than 20 mm out
of the reach of children.
Vehicle key
Fig. 22 Ve hicle key
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L-J.=J.I information and safety warnings & on
page 43.
~"iDANGER '(ContinUed) .
• Call for medical help immediately you sus­
pect that someone has swallowed a battery.
A WARNING . .,~
Improper or unsupervised use of the vehicle
key can cause accidents or injuries.
• Always take all vehicle keys with you ev­
ery time you leave the vehicle. Children or
unauthorised persons could lock the doors
and tailgate, start the engine or switch on the
ignition and thus operate electrical equip­
ment, such as the electric windows.
• Never leave children or people requiring
assistance alone in the vehicle. They could
become trapped in the vehicle in an emergen­
cy and may not be able to get themselves to
safety. Depending on the time of year, for ex­
ample, locked vehicles can be subjected to
very high or very low temperatures. This can
cause serious injuries and illness or fatali­
ties, especially for small children.
• Never remove the vehicle key from the ig­
nition Jock when the vehicle is in motion. The
steering Jock may be activated and you will
no longer be able to steer the vehicle. Fig. 23 Vehicle ke y w ith alarm butto n
Vehicle key
Th e ke y ca n b e used t o lock and unlock th e car
f rom a
distance =>page 46.
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c:DJ Introduction
This chapter contains information on the following
subjects:
Description
of the central locking system 46
Locking and unlocking the vehicle from the
outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
Locking and unlocking the vehicle from the
inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
48
Locking and unlocking the vehicle with
Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SAFELOCK mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Interior monitoring system and anti-tow alarm 53
The central locking system
will only work correctly
when all doors and the tailgate are closed properly.
The
vehicle cannot be locked with the key if the
driver door is open .
In vehicles with the Keyless Access locking and
starting system, the
veh icle can only be locked
when the ignition has been switched
off and the
driver door is closed .
If the vehicle is unlocked and not used for a long
time (e.g. in your own garage) the
vehicle battery
could discharge
or the engine may not start.
Additional information and warnings:
• Exterior views ~page 6
• lnfotainment system ~page 31
• Vehicle key set ~page 43
• Doors ~page 55
• Tailgate ~page 57
• Electric windows ~page 60 •
Electric
panorama sliding/tilting roof
~page 63
• Towing a trailer ~page 140
•
Manual opening or closing ~page 339
A WARNING
Improper use of the central locking system
could cause serious injury.
• The central locking system locks all
doors. Locking the vehicle from the inside
may prevent the doors from being opened
unintentionally and unauthorised persons
from entering the vehicle . However, locked
doors can delay assistance to passengers in­
side the vehicle in the event of an accident or
emergency.
• Never leave children or people requiring
assistance alone in the vehicle. All doors can
be
locked from the inside using the central
locking button. This may mean that people
lock themselves in the vehicle. People locked
in the vehicle may be subjected to very high
or very low temperatures.
• Depending on the time of year, locked ve­
hicles can be subjected to very high or very
low temperatures. This can cause serious in­
juries and illness or fatalities, especially for
small children.
• Never leave anyone inside a locked vehi­
cle. People in the vehicle could become trap­
ped in an emergency and may not be able to
get themselves to safety.
Description of the central locking system
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L-Jr=JJ information and safety warnings & on
page 46.
The central locking system enables you to lock and
unlock
all the doors, the tailgate and tank flap from
one central point:
• From outside the vehi cle with the vehicle key
~page 47.
• From outside the vehicle with Keyless-Access
~page 49.
• From inside the vehicle with the central locking
button ~page 48.
Certain central locking functions can be activated
or deactivated in the infotainm ent system using the
@ill button and the~ and (Open and Clos e) function
buttons =>page 31, or the vehicle can be taken to a~
qualifi ed work shop .
46 Before the journey J
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~~t nMtl lml , k in g (Auto Unlock)
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A c
tion
• Th e ve hi cle comes to a s tandst ill and th e veh i­
c le
k e y is removed .
• In v e hic le s with an au to m atic gearbox: w hen
th e se lec to r le v
er is in p ositio n P and the ignitio n is
s wi tc h ed o ff.
Locking the vehicle after the airbags have
been triggered
The entire vehic le is un locked if the air bags are ac­
tiva ted d uring an accide nt. Depe ndi ng o n the level
of damage,
the veh icle can b e locked after an a cc i­
d ent as fo llows .
-
Swi tc h off the ig ntt ion.
l · 1ng th veh1 le using the ve ­
hl lt) ~e :
-Open and close one of the ve hicle doors once .
- Press
~e cent~lockin~_b_u_tt_o_n-.:@)=o_. -------------
- Swi tc h off th e ignitio n .
OR: remove the key from the igni tio n lock.
-Open one of the ve hicle doo rs o nce .
- Lock
the ve hicle with the vehicle key.
If tho butt ns n the vehic le ke y ~ Fig . 27 or
·' Ft , 28 r ne of the centrnl locking bu tto ns
i, , 9 r press d repeatedly within a short pe­
t tim~. th central lo k ing sys te m wi ll swi tc h o
ff brie fly to pre vent ove
rloading . Th e ve hic le is
th en u nlocked fo r app roxima tel y
30 seco nds . If the
d oors or th e
ta1lga te a re no t opene d during this
tim e th e vehic le
w ill lock again au to m atically . Locking and unlocking the vehicle from the outside
Fig . 27 Butt ns on th e ve h icle ke y Fig. 28 V e hic le ke y with alarm button
Opening and closing 47

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Function Buttons to be used on the vehicle key =>Fig. 27 or =>Fig. 28-
Unlocking the vehicle . Press the@ button . Press and hold for convenience opening. -
Lo cking the vehicle .
Pres s the@) button . Press and hold for convenience closing. In
vehicles with a SAFELOCK mechanism , press the@) button
once to lo ck the vehicle us ing the SAFELOCK mech anism .
Press the @) button twice to lock the vehicle without the SAFE ­
LOCK mechanism .
Unlocking the tailgate .
Press the~ button =>page 57.
Please note: depending on the central locking
function that has been set in the infotainment sys­
tem ,
all of the doors and the tailgate may only be
unlocked when the
@ button is press ed twice
=>page 31.
The vehicle key
will lock or unlock the vehicle only
when the battery has enough power and the key
is
located within a few metr es of the vehi cle .
• When the vehicle is locked , all turn signals will
flash
once as confirmation.
• When the vehicle is unlocked, all turn signals
will flash twice as confirmation .
If the turn signals do not flash as confirmation, at
least one
of the doors or the tailgate is not closed. The v
ehic le cannot be locked using the
vehicle key
if the driver door is still open . The vehic le will lock
again automatically within a few seconds of being
unlocked if you do not open one of the doors
or the
tailgate . This function prevents the vehicle from re­
maining unlocked if the unlocking button is pressed
by mistake .
Convenience opening and closing
• See electric windows -functions =>page 60 .
• See fun ction of the electric panorama sliding/
tilting roof
=>page 63. ~
Locking and unlocking the vehicle from the inside
Fig. 29 In the driver door: central locking button
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L-l=.U information and safety warnings £on
page 46.
Press the
button =>Fig. 29:
a Unlocks the vehicle . The
centr al lo ck ing button functions with the igni­
tion switched on or
off only when all doors are
closed.
If the vehicle has been locked with the vehicle key,
the central locki
ng button does not work .
Please note the following when using the central
lo cking button to lock the veh ic le :
~ The indicator lamp Q in the button =>Fig. 29
lights up yellow when all doors and the tailg ate are
closed and locked .
• In vehicles with SAFELOCK mechanism: the
SAFELOCK mec hanism is not activated
=>page 51.
• The anti-theft alarm will not be activa ted.
• lt is not possible to open the doors or tailgate
from the outside, for instance when stopped at traf ­
fic lights .
'
Q Locks the ve hicle .
• The doors can be unlocked and opened from
the inside by pulling the door release handle . The ~
indicator lamp Q in all doors switches off. You maY ~ ~
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Fig. 30 Keyless Access locking and starti ng sys­
te m : operating range
r-f"n First read and observe the introductory
1.-.W.J information and safety warnings & on
page 46.
Keyl ess Access is a lock ing and starting sys te m
th at
allows the ve hicle to be locked or unl ocked
without using the key . lt is only necessa ry f
or a va l­
id veh ic le key to be in the operat ing range of th e
vehi cle ~Fig. 30 and for one of the front door han­
dl e
sen sors~ Fig . 31 to be touched, or t he V olks­
wagen badge ~page 57 in the tailga te to be
pres sed
~CD.
General notes
If a valid vehicle key is in the oper ating range
~Fig. 30, the Keyless Access locking and starting
system authorises the ke y to obtain access to the
vehicle as soon as the corresp ond ing sensor on
the driver
or front passenger door handl e or the
Volkswagen b
adge in the ta ilg ate is activate~. The
following functions can then be performed w1thout
active use of the vehicle key:
B~K-OlH
Fig. 31 K yl ss Access loc king and starting sys­
te m : se nsor® fo r loc king on the inside of th e door
ha nd le and s nsor@ fo r unl ockin g on the outside
of the door ha ndl e
• Keyl ess Entry : unlo cks th e ve hi cle v i the sen­
sor in the door ha ndl e on t11e driv er or front pas ­
senger door or the Volk sw age n b dge on the tai l­
g a te .
• Keyl ess Go: allow s you to sta rt th e e ngin e and
driv e . To do this, there mus t be a va lid ve hi cle k e y
insid e th e ve hicle, and the sta
rte r bu tton mu st be
pr essed
=>page 163.
• Keyl ess Exit: locks the v e hi cle vi a t he door h an­
dl e sensor on the driver or front passe nger door.
Th e cen tral l ocking syste m fun c
tions as with the
norm al u nl ocking and loc kin g s yste m . Only the
co ntrol ele m ents are differe nt.
Th e
ve hic le unl ocking procedure is confirm ed by
all the turn signals flas hing twi ce and the locking
proc edure by the turn sig na ls flas hing once .
The ve hicl e will lock aga in within a fe w s conds of
being unl ocked if y ou do no t open one of the doors
or the tai lgate .
Unlocking and opening the doors (Keyless
Entry)
• Grip the door ha nd le on th e driv er or front pas ­
seng er door . Th is makes con tac t wit11 the unlock-
ing surface Fig . 31 @ .
• Open th e door. ..,.
Op ening and closing 49