
You are responsible for presenti ng yo ur ve hicle
to a Volkswagen dealer as soon as a problem ex
ist s. The warranty re pair s shou ld be completed
i n a reasonable amount of
not to exceed da ys.
As
ve hicle owner, you shou ld also be aware
that Volkswagen may den y yo u warranty cov
erage if your vehicle or a part has failed due to
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abuse , neg lect, impro per main te n ance o r unap
proved modifications.
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDfNG
YOUR WARRANTY AND RESPONS IBIL
IT IES, YOU SHOULD CO NTACT VOLKSWAGEN
OFAME HICA, INC:., CUSTOMER
I (800)
822-8987, OR THE CALIFORNIA R E
SOURCES BOARD AT P.O. BOX 8001, EL MONTE,
CA 91734-2302.
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Jetta, Passal Go
lf, Je tta , New
TouaregVR 6
Touareg 4.2L
2. 0T FS I Beetl
e2.5L
Ca ta ly ti c
yes yes
yes yes
Tran smiss ion control
yes Uetta only)
modu le no
110 no
Ma lfun ction indic ator
l amp (MIL) (cove red
only when equipped
yes yes yes yes
with Driv er Informa ·
tion Displa yJ•l
Passenger com part -
no no yes yes
m ent
h eate r
T hrott le va lve c ontro l
unit no
110 n
o yes
Also cove red by the Federa l Em iss ion s Wa rranty for
Cal ifo rn ia In spe ctio n an d Maintena nce Pro
gra m wit hin 3 ye ars or 50, 000 m iles, whic h ev er
occ urs first, a ny au thori zed Vo lksw agen dealer
in the Unit ed States, incl uding its ter ritories, and
Ca nada w ill per form fr ee of charg e any re pair s
n ecessary for the vehicle to pass th e smo g tes t.
Afte r th e 3 year
I 50,000 mil es perfo rm an ce wa rha s exp ir e d , an 1/M 1es t fa ilur e du e to a de
fect in a pa rt whi ch is warra nted for 7 yea rs I 7 0 ,000 miles , w hich eve r occurs fir st, is cove re d.
T hese repa irs include dia gn os is, rep lace ment ,
r e pa ir, an d adju stm ent s. For
15 year s or 15 0 ,000 m iles , w hic h eve r occ urs
fir st
So me Volkswagen mode ls m ay be sp ecia lly
e quipp ed
to mee t Californi a Partial Zero E mis
s ion Vehicle (P -ZEV) require men ts, as ide ntifi ed
on the Vehicl e Em iss io n Co ntrol Informati on
Labe l locat ed on the hood . Fo r th ese ve hicle s, if
yo ur Volk swa gen fails an 1/M test, OR if an y
emissio n-re la te d part i s found
to be d efe cti ve,
t h e part will be rep aired or re p laced by Vol k
s wage n for 15 yea rs or 150,000 miles, which ever
occu rs fir st, fr om the tim e of delivery o f the ve
hi cle to th e origi nal retail purc h aser or ori gin al
l essee. Thi s repr esents yo ur Em iss io n Co ntrol
Sys te m PE RF OHMANCE
and DEWA RRANTY .
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Performance Warranty claim approval
You may raise a cla im und er thi s w arranty im
m ediatel y af te r y our vehicl e ha s fa iled a Cali
fo rni a 1/M lest
if, as a resul t of that fa ilure , you
a re r equir ed by law to repai r the vehicl e to avoid
imp osition of penalty or cance lla tion of your
ri ght u se the ve hicl e. You need n ot act ually
s uff er th e los s or lose the rig ht to u se yo ur ve
h icle or pay for the r epair b efore prese nting your
cla im.
C lai ms ma y be presented only by br ing ing yo ur
veh icle
an y a uth ori zed Vo lkswagen deale r in
the United States, includin g its territo ries , a nd
Canada . Th e dea ler w ill h onor or den y yo ur
clai m wit hin a re a sonabl e tim e, not to excee d
thirt y (30) days, from the tim e at whi ch your ve
hi cle is pr ese nted fo r repair or within any time
pe rio d sp eci fied b y local , sta te o r fe deral law,
wh ic hev er is s ho rt er, exce pt w hen a de lay is
ca used by even ts not auribu table to Vo lks wagen
or the dea le r. If the dea le r den ies yo ur cla im, you
w ill b e
in writi ng of the reaso ns fo r re
j ec ting the claim. If you do not receive notice of
d en ia l of your claim with in th e a bove tim e pe
riod, Volk swage n is re qui re d b y law to ho nor th e
clai m.
Unde r c ert ain cir cu mstan ces, yo ur cla im may be
denied because you have fa iled t o comp ly with
i n struction s for schedu le d maintenance con
ta in ed in your Volkswagen Mainten an ce
boo klet. In dete rminin g wheth er yo u h ave com
p lied with
in structi on s for sc hed uled m ain- tenan
ce an d prop er use, Volkswage n m ay re
quire you to furnish proo f of compli anc e on ly
wit h those mainte nance instru ctio ns whi ch
Volk swage n has rea son to believe were no t p er
formed and wh ic h co uld be th e cause of the 1/ M
T es t
Vol kswage n ma y deny an emission perfo rmance
war ranty clai m on the basis th at a non -E PA ce r
tifi ed rep lace ment part was used in the
nance or r epair of the vehicl e if Vo lk sw age n can
prove t hat th e non-certified part is e ither d efec
t ive in materials or workman sh ip , o r
eq uiva
le nt from an emiss ion standp oint to the orig inal
part , and yo u are nor ab le
to offe r info rm ation
t h at th e part is eith er not d efective or eq uiva le n t
to the original part with res pect to its emi ssion
p erfor man ce.
Volk swage n will not den y a cla im re la tin g
to:
• warranty work or pre-de liv ery serv ice per
form ed by an auth orized Vo lk swagen dea le r, or
• w ork perform ed in an e merge ncy
to rec tify
a n un safe co nditi on att ribu tabl e t o Vo lksw age n,
provided you have take n ste p s in a time ly
mann er
to pu t th e ve hicle ba ck into a con
for min g co nd ition, or
• th e use of an uncertifi ed part or
to noncom
pliance with in stru ctio ns for proper mainte
nan ce and u se, w hic h i s not lO th e 1/M
Te st fa ilur e
dare it is fir st placed in
serv ice.

Proper maintenance and use
for proper maint enan ce are co n
tained in your Volkswagen Maintena nce
bookl e1. Time and mileage intervals at whi ch
maint enan ce is
to b e perform ed, ma y vary from
mode l to model.
Vo lkswage n reco mm en ds you k eep a reco rd of
s chedul ed maint enance perfo rmed by ha vin g
yo ur Volkswagen Maintena nce booklet vali
dated at the approximate time or mi leage inter
va ls by a n auth ori zed Vo lkswagen dealer, and
that you prov ide these recor ds to the new ow ner
whe never yo u se ll th e vehicle.
Use of Genuine Volkswagen Parts
Vo lkswagen reco mmend s th at Genuin e Volk
swagen parts be use d a s rep laceme nt parts for
th e m aint enan ce, repa ir or rep lacement of em is
s ion con trol systems . U se o f re placeme nt parts
which are nor equiv alent to Ge nuine Volk
swage n parts i n emi ssio n pe rfo rm ance and du
ra bilit y may impair the effec tiv en ess of em iss io n
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Fa ilur e to m ainta in yo ur vehicl e accor ding to the
in stru ction for pro per maintenance may cause
t h e ve hicle to excee d appli cab le emission s stan
d ard s and could re sult in denial of warranty cov
e rage. However, Volkswagen w ill not deny a
wa rra nty claim sole ly on t he bas is of your fa ilure
to ma intain th e ve hicle according to the in stru c
ti ons o r failur e to keep a record of maint enance.
In struction s for proper use of the vehicle are
co ntained in
Volkswage n Ow ner's
Ma nual. <11
con tro l sys te m s. Although use of parts oth er
than Genuine Vo lkswagen parts does not invali
da te these warranties, Vo lkswa gen assumes no
li ability und er the se wa rranti es for fa ilur e of
suc h parts and damage to ot her parts cause d by
s u ch failur e
Maintenance and repairs performed by independent service shops
Without invalidating these warranties, you may
choose ro have ma inten an ce, repair or re pla ce
ment of em iss io n con trol com pon ent s per
formed by any automot ive se rv ice es tab lish
m ent or indiv idu al qu alifi ed to perform such
se 1v ices . I loweve r, the cost of su ch serv ices is
not covere d by tJ1 ese warra nties excep t in em er
gencies . If the indepe ndent service es tablish - m
ent find s warrantabl e defect, you m ay del ive r
th e ve hicle to a n au thorized Volk swage n dealer
and have
defect correc ted free of ch arge.
Vo lkswagen wi ll not be liab le for any expenses
w hi ch yo u h ave incur red at the independent ser
vice estab lishm ent , exce pt for em erge ncy re
pa irs. See "Emerge ncy Repa irs" for furthe r
Parts not scheduled for inspection or replacement
Any part, whi ch is no t sc hedu le d for inspec tion
or rep lace men t a t m aint en an ce intervals speci
fied in th e Volkswage n Main te nan ce booklet, is
covered by thi s wa rran ty for the full warranty pe- riocl
. A ny su ch repa ired or re pla ced under are warrante d for the remaining war
ra nt y
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Scheduled part in spection or replacement
A part scheduled only for in spection in accor
dance with Volk swag en' s in struction s or re
quired schedu le d maintenance i s covere d for
the duration of these warranties.
Damage to non -warranty parts
If failure of a warranted causes damage to a
part not covere d by wa rranty, the non-war
ranted pan will al so be rep laced free of
will be re imbur sed if the
r e pair work was ne eded and corr ectly per
forme d, a nd it was impossible or unrea sonable
und er th e cir cu mstan ces to
or d rive yo ur
Vo lkswage n to the nearest a uthorized Volk
sw agen dealer. Th e maximum reimbursem ent
allowab le is an amount equal
the cost if yo ur
authorized Volk swagen d ealer had compl ete d
the repa ir(s) . Reimbursem ent wi ll be consid ered A
part installed in acc ordanc e w ith Volk
sw agen 's instruction s or required scheduled
maintenan ce is warranted uncil the nex t sc hed
ul ed repla cement int erval for the durati on of
the se
when you submit th e fo llow ing items t o yo ur au
t horized Volkswagen dealer:
• A stateme nt expla ining the c ircum stances
tha t pre vented you from getting
to an autho
ri ze d Volk swage n dealer,
• Paid recc ipt(sl.
• Repair order (s), and
• Part(s) re mo ved
yo ur
the vehicl e ca use d by tamp ering with emi ssion
contro ls, use of fuel containing l ead, or fuel n ot
m ee ting th e speci fica tion s set forth in the
Implied warranties
Any implied warranty, including warran ty
o f merchantabi lity or war ranty of fitness for
26 California Emissio ns Warranties
Ow ner's Manua l, and abu se, n eg lect or im
p rope r maint enance of the ve hicl e. D iag no sis
a nd repair of su ch damag e are at the expense of
particular pu rpose, is limited in durat ion to the period of these w ritten

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Customer CARE
Dealer assistance
If yo u h ave question s ab out the se rvice yo u ha ve
r ece ive d, we sugges t yo u fir st disc uss them
w ith the se rvice person nel at your au thor ize d
Vo lk swage n dealer. Yo u ma y want to speak to the
Se rv ice Mana ger or dir ec tly to th e ow ner of th e
dealer ship. It is their busin ess to be concerne d abo ut you r
s ati sfa ction and goodwill. Sin ce th ey are closest
situation, th ey are in the bes t p osit ion to
q ui ckl y reso lve an y co nce rns you may have. "4
When to notify the manufacturer
Your sati sfaction with ou r p ro du ct is very to us, and we would to m ake ce rtain th at
we have had th e opportunit y to wo rk w ith you
an d yo ur deale r to re so lve yo ur co ncern s.
I f yo ur co nce rns a rc not resolved to yo ur
fac tion by the d eale r, p le ase contact Volkswage n
o f A m eric a, Inc., imm ediatel y by ca lling our
free n umber:
Tel.: I (800 ) 822-8987
I f you prefe r to w rite, please use the following
a d dress :
Vo lkswagen Custom er CARE Cente r
3499 Wes t H am lin Roa d
Ro ch ester Hill s, Ml 483 09
Yo u can also contac t us using our Int ern et
dress :
www.vw.co m.
Sim ply cl ick on "Co ntact Vo lk swag en of
Amer ica, Inc."
When you ca ll or w rit e, p lease prov ide th e
low ing inform atio n:
28 Custom er CARE
• Your nam e, a ddr ess and te lephone number
• Ve hicle Iden til1ca tion Number (VIN)
• Vehicl e type and mileage
• Deale r's name and location
• Natur e of compl aint or probl em
• Co pies of repa ir order s (re tain origina ls for
yo ur record s) or per tinent do cum ents
if you are
w rit in g to us
Custo mer Re presentative will gathe r
an d caref ully rev iew all facts re la tin g to yo ur
quest for assis tance. After this rev iew is plete d. Custo mer CA RE Rep rese ntative w ill
info rm you of a ny ass is ta n ce that the co mp an y
w ill be abl e to provi de.
Please note
as part of co ntinuin g to ma int ain th e hi gh est q ualit y of serv ice to our
C ustomer s, superviso rs w ill occas ionally itor th e quality of t ele phone ca lls betwee n our
C usto m ers an d Hepre scntat ives. W e hop e yo u
u nde rs tand our int erest in prov idin g the best
po ssib le se rvice.
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BBB AUTO LINE
BBB AUTO LINE dispute resolution services
I f yo ur dealer or Customer CARE does not re solve you r prod uct concern to yo ur
sat isfact ion or if you do not wish to presen t yo ur
concern
to e ither of th em, you may advan
t age of th e me diatio n and a rb it ra tion serv ices of
the Better Business Bureau. This program i s
ca lled BBll AUTO LINE and is ava ilab le to you
free of charge, on
nat ionwide bas is as long as
yo ur vehicle has been dr iven less than 24,000
m iles and has not been in use fo r more t han 2
years. Not every cla im i s eligible; there are some
age and mileage limitat ions , so please c heck
with you r loca l B euer Bu sines s Bureau ("BBB ")
r ega rd in g yo ur clai m.
The BBB AUTO LINE program has
staff wi ll fac ilitate negot iations between th e
parties in an effort to bring you r claim to a mutu
ally acc eptab le re so lu tion . You do no t have to
partic ipate in med ia tion if you would rather pro
cee d imme diate ly to arb itra tion. Arbitration is
th e o ther part of llBB AUTO LINE. Arbitrat ion is
a process by w hic h an imp art ia l pe rson makes a
deci sion on your cla im. The arbitrators are not
connected w ith the automob ile ind ustry and
serve on a vol untary ba sis.
I f yo u do not agree with the m ed iate d reso lution
and/or have opted to arb itrate, an arb itration
hear ing w ill be scheduled. You may attend the
hea ring in pe rso n, be represe nted by a n at
torn ey, br ing witnesses, a nd give supporting ev
id ence . Instead of ap pear ing perso nall y, yo u
ma y request a wri tten or eve n a tel ephon e arb i
tratio n hea ring.
If yo u wis h to u se BBB AUTO LINE, please call
the fo llow ing to ll-free numbe r:
30 BBB AUTO LINE
Tel.: I ( 800) 95 5-5 100
you call th e local office of the "BBB", its
staff w ill need the following informatio n:
• Y our n am e, a ddress a nd tele ph one number
• Make, mod el and Vehicl e Id entifi cation
N umb er o f yo ur vehicl e (VIN)
• D elivery date a nd curr ent mil eage
• Natur e of c ompl aint or p roblem
The
will follow-up o n you r complai nt;
an d if it canno t be med iated, they w ill arra nge an
arbitratio n hearing.
A dec is io n will be made by the arb itra tor w it hin
3 days of the h earing (typica lly a decision is
m ade 40 days fro m th e date yo u fil ed yo ur cla im
with
Yo u th en have the op po rtu nity to acce pt or re ject
the deci sion. If you accept t he deci sio n, Volk
swagen of Am erica, I nc. wi ll b e bou nd by th e de
cisio n and f ulfi ll its o bli ga tion within th e time
s p eci fied by t he arb itrator.
If yo u reje ct the deci sion:
Yo u are free to pursue other legal remed ies
available under and federa l law.
2
T he ma nufacture r w ill no t have to comp ly
w ith any part of the deci sio n.
California re sid ents
A ddition al informati on re la tin g to y our ri ght s
t o arbitrat e warr anty claim s und er th e BBB
A UT O LINE Arbit ration Pr ogra m is p rovid ed in
th e O wner In form atio n ab out Co nsum er Pro
t ec tion La ws bookl et w hich i s pre sented t o you
b y yo ur dea le r w hen yo u take delivery o f your
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ha ve th e equipment, tool s, s afe ty instruction s,
and know-how to do a job properl y and safel y.
I mprop erl y performed repair s or mainte
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v ehicl e, possibl y le ading to accid ent or injury.
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or r eliab ility of your v ehicle and may vo id the
w arranty of your car.
If you are not sur e that
y ou can p erform a job prop erl y and saf ely, y ou
s hould not ri sk tryin g to do so .
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