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Booklet 3.2 Tips and Advice
WA RNING (continued)
• Always pro perl y s ecur e th e ve hicle ja ck
a nd t ool kit in th e lu ggage co mpartm ent.
L o ose item s in th e vehicle ca n fly a round th e
in sid e o f th e ve hicle during hard brakin g or in
a c rash cau sing seriou s pers onal injur y.
Changing a wheel
Applies lo vehicles: with spare wheel
Getting started
WARNING (contin ued)
• Before y ou rai se yo ur ve hicl e the jac k,
al ways re ad and h eed all
Pa rk vehicle in a safe place befo re changing a whee l.
-If yo u have a flat tir e or pun ctur e, park
t h e ve hicle as fa r away from th e flow of
t ra ffi c as poss ible o n a firm , eve n surf ace.
- Turn o ff the engine. Turn o n the emer­
ge ncy flas her.
- Apply the park ing brake firm ly and en­
gage a gear or
pu 1 1h e se lecto r in P.
- A ll passe nge rs mus t leave the ve hicle.
Th ey sh o uld wait in a safe place (for ex­
a mpl e behin d a g ua rd rail or other safe ty
ba rrier) .
- Block the w hee l o pp osite t he w hee l
b ein g cha nged wit h a su itabl e objec t. .
- If yo u are tow ing a tra iler, u nh itch it
fr om your ve hicle .
- Remove the spare w hee l and the ve hicle
t oo ls from t he lu ggage com part ment.
WARNING
C han gin g a w hee l, es pecia lly on the s ide the
ro ad , can b e da ngero us. To hel p re du ce th e
ri sk of seriou s perso nal inju ry:
• Alw ays sto p th e vehicl e as soon as
is safe
t o do so and mo ve the ve hicle a safe distan ce
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WA RNING (cont inu ed)
off th e ro ad wher e it i s safe lo c hang e th e
wh eel.
• Turn on th e emerge ncy flas her a nd set up
an other warnin g dev ice a bo ut 27 ya rds (25
m eters) behin d th e ve hicl e to wa rn ap­
pro achin g traffi c.
• Always make sure th at th e gro und i s leve l
a nd
if n ecessary use a s turdy boar d
und er th e jac k.
• When one w heel is lif ted
th e g round
puttin g th e se lector leve r in P will not pre vent
s udd en ve hicl e mo vement .
• Always appl y th e parkin g brak e
and
e ngage the se lec tor lever in P to help prev ent
the vehicl e from m oving s udd enl y a nd s lip­
p in g o ff th e ja ck.
• Always block the whee l oppos ite th e w hee l
be in g cha nged with b oth fo ld in g ch ocks or
s imil ar obj ec ts .
• If you arc towin g a tra iler, a lways unhit ch it
fr om yo ur vehicl e before star tin g to c hange
th e w hee l.
• Alwa ys use a ja ck th at ha s bee n approve d
b y th e m anufa ctur er for your vehicle .
• Neve r u se oth er j ac ks, ev en if th ey have
b ee n ap pro ve d for u se on oth er Vo lkswag en

Booklet 3.2 Tips and Advice
Applies lo vehicles: wi th spore whee l
Removing the spare wheel
The spar e wheel is located und ern eath the floor covering in the luggag e compart ­
Fig. 21 Under th e floor ponel: spore wheel secured
wi th o p las tic nut.
Removing the spare wheel
-Lift floor panel and hang on
rubb er sea l aro und the luggage compart­
ment openin g.
- Unscrew the black plastic nut securin g
th e s par e whee l by turning it in
direc­
tion of th e arrow
21and remo ve
-Press dow n on pla stic screw 22
in the ce nter of the spare wheel and
turn it co unt erclo ckw ise in th e direction of
the arro w
22 and remove.
- Tak e out the s pare whee l. Stowing the
flat tir e.
- Lift the fl oor pan el a nd h ang i t on the
rubb er sea l around the luggage compart ­
m en t open ing.
- Pla ce the flat tir e in the spar e whee l we ll
in the lu ggage co mpartment.
- Take the pla stic scr ew, place it in the
c ente r of th e flat tire pre ss
dow n and
t urn
clockw ise.
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Fi g. 2 2 Under th e floor pone!: plo stic screw for se­
cur ing the plostic n ut.
- Secu re the flat tire w ith bla ck pl astic
nut.
WARNING
• Do not use the spar e tir e ifit i s damaged or
if it ha s worn down to the wear indicators.
• If th e s pare lire i s more than 6 years old,
u se
it only in an em ergen cy and with extreme
cau tion and careful dri vin g.
• The spare tire mu st alwa ys be se cur ed w ith
the wheel bolt s provided b y the factory.
• After installin g the spare tire, the tire pr es­
s ur e must be c hecked as soon as p ossible
56.
• On some ve hicles, the spare tire ma y be
sma ller th an th e original tire. The smaller
spar e tir e is identified with a sticker and th e
word s
"50 mph" or "80 km/h". These words
identify the max imum permissible sp ee d for
driving with this tire.
Not e
Mak e sure that the spare w heel. or
re mo ved ar e stored safe ly i n luggag e

Booklet 3 .2 Tips and Advic e
Raising the vehicle
Raise the vehicle only on the appropriate jack points for vehicle jack.
Fig. 25 The jock points fo r the vehicle jock
Do not jack up th e vehicle until all the
w heel bolt s on t he w he el be ing changed
ha ve been loo sened
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Jacking up the vehicle
1. Locate the jack point 25 (arrow )
closest to the whee l that has to b e
c h anged.
2 . Ra ise the jack u nder the jack point until
it fits under the ve hicle.
3. Make sur e th at the stand of the jack is in
full contact with th e gro und.
4. A djust th e jack and cont inue cranking
up the handle until i t is in position around
th e vertica l rib und ern eat h the vehicle
5. Cra nk up the jack until the whee l is off
th e gro und.
T he jack must be po sitioned only at th e jack
po ints fo r th e ve hicle jack sh ow n 25 . A l­
ways use the jack p oin t closest to the wheel you
are wo rking on.
WARNING
Improp er use of yo ur vehicle jack ca n ca use
th e ve hicle to fa ll th e jack lea ding to se riou s
72 What do I do now?
Fig . 2 6 Jock ot le ft reor
WARNING (continued)
p erso nal inju ry. To r edu ce the risk of in jur y
caused by the ve hicle fa lling off the jac k:
• Always set up the jack o n firm , leve l
grou nd. Soft ground under the jac k m ay cause
th e ve hicle to s lip
the jack. If nece ssary use
a large , stron g board or sim ilar su pport. On a
h ard , slipp ery su rface (such as tile s) use a
ru bber mat or something simil ar to pre vent
th e jack from slippi ng.
• Always position the jack on ly at the jack
p oin ts for t he ve hicle jack
25 .
• Before you
your vehicl e, always make
s ur e th e jack claw properl y grasps the ver tica l
rib und er th e s ill so that the jack docs no t slip
ofTw hen yo u are ra is in g th e ve hicl e
26 .
• If yo u are tow ing a tra iler, unhit ch it from
yo ur vehicle before ra is ing the veh icle. Always
appl y the tra iler brakes firml y and make s ure
th e tra iler ca nn ot mo ve unint enti ona lly.
• Alw ays keep children at a safe di stanc e
wh ile usin g th e veh icle jac k an d also make
s ure there are no per sons under the ve hicl e.
Children at p lay cou ld knock the ve hicle off
the jack or hide un der a veh icle.
• Never supp ort yo ur body we ig ht on the ve­
hi cle w hen it is up on t he jac k.
• Never allow a nyone to sta y in the veh icle
whe n raising the ve hicle
the jac k or when
it is up on th e jack.

Booklet 3.2 Tips and Advice
Changing the headlights and front turn signal bulbs
Fig. 3 6 Cove r A fo r low b eom , co ver B for high
beom a nd position lamp
Changing th e low beam headlight
bulb
- Switch the headlights ofT.
- Sw itch off the ign ition and remove the
k ey from the ig nition loc k.
- Ope n the engi ne hood.
- Turn the cover
36arrow @ to the
ri ght and re m ove .
- Turn the bulb hold er t o the lef t and re­
move.
- Pull t he defec tive bul b out of the h older
a nd install a new bul b.
- Rein sta ll th e bu lb holder by turning
int o th e rig ht.
- Replace the cover by turnin g it to th e
left.
Changing the high beam light bulb
- Switch the head light s off .
- Switch off the ig ni tion and re m ove the
k ey from the ignit ion lock.
- Op en the en gin e hood.
- Pull the rubb er cover off
36a rrow
82 What do I do now?
F ig . 37 In the headlight : high beam bulb 3 and po­
sition lamp bu lb 4
- Remove the conn ector @.
- Move the w ire retainer
82, fig. 37
towa rd the front of the vehicl e and the n
pu sh it in the d irec tion of th e a rrow out
th e re tai nin g lug s
- Fold the w ire hook up.
- Remove the bulb holder from the head-
li ght.
- C hange the bulb.
- Place the bulb holder back in the head-
l ight. Make sure th e reta ining
a t
th e botto m.
- Fold the w ire hook dow n and engage it
in th e opposit e di rect ion sh own by th e
arrow in the re ta inin g
Gently pu ll
o n th e w ire hook to check it h as engaged
sec urely.
- Connec t the connector @to th e bulb
ho lder.
Changing a side light bulb
- Remove the bulb holder 82,
fi g. 37
from the headli ght.
- Change the bulb.

Booklet 3.2 Tips and Advice
WARNING (continued)
• Always make sure that the battery pro­
v idin g ass istance has the same vo ltage as the
discharged battery (12V) and approximately
the same ca pacity (see battery label).
• Neve r jump start a ve hicle with
rrozen
batt ery. 1r a battery is or has been frozen, re­
pla ce it.
• Batteries giv e
explosive hydrogen gas.
A lways keep sparks, open flame and
smoking materials away from batteri es.
• Never short out the battery pole s by con­
necting the positive
and nega tive po les
with eac h other .
• Always follow the jumper cab les ' manufac­
turer's instruct ions.
• Never co nn ect the negati ve cab le from the
other vehicle directly to the negat ive terminal
or the discharged battery. The hydrogen gas
rrom the battery is exp losive.
Towing
WARN ING (continued)
• Never attac h the negative cable from the
ve hicl e providing starting assistance to parts
of the fuel syst em or to the brake hoses o r
brake lines.
• Never a llow the non -in sula ted parts of th e
batt ery clamps to touch. Never allow the
jumpe r cab le a ttached to the positive battery
t ermina l to contac t metal parts of the vehicle.
• Alw ays route the jumper cables so that
th ey can not ge t tangled up with moving parts
in th e engi ne c ompartment.
the vehicl e's e lec­
tri cal sys te m.
• Do not l et
veh icles touch eac h oth er. Oth ­
e rw ise curr ent could fl ow betwee n the ve hicles
a s soo n as the plu s(+) te rminal s are
co nn ect ed.
67.
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Fig. 43 The front right secti on of the vehicle: fitti ng
t he towing eye
- Rem ove the scre w 42 usin g the
sc rew dri ver.

-Press the cove r together u sing both
hand s in the direc tion or th e arrows
42 and pull the cover
Booklet 3.2 Tips and Advice
-Screw th e tow ing eye into the t hread ed
ho le , turnin g
co1111t er-cl ockwi se as far as it
will go
43.
- Use the wre n ch for leverage to tighten
the towing eye.
Towing eye at the rear of the vehicle
Fig. 44 Rear lawing eye
General notes
Installing the towing eye
-Take the towing eye , the wrench a nd
th e sc rew driver out of the vehicl e tool kit
=;:iage 67.
- Pull the cover down and lea ve it
hanging on the vehicl e
- R em ove the cove r on the threaded hole.
- Screw t he towin g eye into th e thr ea ded
hol e, turning
co 1111r er-clockw ise as fa r as it
w ill go
44.
- Use the wrench for leve rage to tight en
the tow ing eye.
po ssi ble tow with the fron t wheels off ground
A lways observe the following use a
t ow-rope :
Notes for the driver of the towing ve­
hicle
- Turn on the emerge ncy flas her.
- Driv e slowly at fir st until th e tow-ro pe is
taut. Then acce lerate graduall y.
- Press the acce le rator slow ly .
- Remembe r that the brak e boo ster and
po we r stee rin g ar e not working in the ve­
hi cle you are tow ing. Brake earlier and
mor e gently than you wo uld n orm ally
Do not drive than 30 mph (50
k m /h ) and furth er tha n 30 miles (5 0 km ).
Notes for the driver of the towed ve­
hicl e
-Turn on the emergency flash er.
- Move the selecto r leve r or gears hi ft
l ever to the neutral posi tion (NJ
- Make sure tha t rh e tow -rope is taut at a ll
Tow-ro pe or tow -bar
It is easier and sa fer to tow a vehicle with a tow­
bar . O nl y use a tow- rope if yo u d o no t h ave a
tow -bar.
A tow -rope s hould be sli ghtl y e las tic to re duce
th e lo adin g on both vehicl es. U se
tow-rope
mad e of sy nthetic fib er or sim ilar ela sti c m ate -
r ia l.
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Booklet 3.2 Tips and Ad vic e
Attach the tow-rope or the tow-bar only to th e
tow ing eyes provid ed .
D riv in g s ty le
T ow ing require s some exper ie nc e, es pecia lly
when using a tow -rope. Both driv ers should be
familiar w it h th e tec hn iqu es required for tow ing.
In ex perienced drivers should not try to tow an­
o th er ve hicle.
Do not pu ll to o hard w ith th e towing vehicle and
a vo id j erking the tow- rope . When tow in g on an
unpa ved road, there i s alway s
risk of over­
l oad ing and damaging the an ch orage points .
T he ignition oft he ve hicle be in g towed must be
s witched on to prevent the stee ring whee l fro111
lo ck ing. Also ensur e that the turn signals, horn,
windshield wipers and wash ers work properl y.
Keep in mind that the brake b ooste r d oes not
work when th e e ngine is not running. You will
hav e to apply considerably more pressure to th e
brak e pedal than you wou ld nor111a lly.
A lso the pow er stee rin g do es not work when the
e n g in e is not running. You will n eed m ore for ce
to stee r than you would norma lly.
Tow in g ve hicl es w it h an aut om atic tran smi ssio n
• Move the se lec tor leve r to N. •
Do not drive fa ster than 30 mph (50 km/h)
wh en towing a ve hicl e.
• Do not tow further t han
3 0 111iles (50 km ).
• lfa tow tru ck i s use d, th e ve hicle must be
tow ed with a ll w heels off the ground .
WARNING
Towing a vehicle c hange s th e way yo ur vehi cle
h an dles a nd br akes. To help re du ce t he risk of
an acci den t lead ing to se rious persona l injury,
no te th e fo llow ing:
• T he dr ive r of t he ve hicle t hat is be ing
towe d:
- Will h ave to p ress th e bra ke peda l con­
s id era bly harder than no rm al beca use th e
b ra ke boos te r i s not a cti ve. Always be alert
no t to rear-end the tow ing ve hicle .
- Will h ave to use cons idera bly more fo rce
t o t urn th e steerin g w hee l, b eca use th e
power steer ing is not active.
• The driver o f the ve hicle that is tow ing:
- Must accelera te grad ually a nd ge ntle,
avo id je rkin g m oveme nts.
- Must b ra ke ear lier a nd more gentle t han
yo u wo uld norm ally
When can your vehicle not be towed?
Yo ur ve hicle m ay no t be towe d un der the fo l­
l ow ing con ditions:
• If th e tran sm iss ion mal fun cti o ns and there is
no tran smis sion flui d.
• I f th e veh icle e lectr ical sys tem is not func ­
ti o nin g beca use the s tee ring will lock up.
• If yo u ha ve to driv e fu rth er th an 30 mile s (5 0
• If the front or rea r axl e is off th e ground
because you dama ge th e gea r.
In the se cases the vehicl e mu st be transport ed
o n a car c arrie r or trailer.
WARNING
If you still tow your ve hicle un der these co ndi­
tio ns, you could ca use an acci dent or ca use
d am age to th e ve hicle. Thi s w ill n ot b e covere d
by your Limit ed New Ve hicle Warra nty .
88 Wha t do I do no w?
Do no t tow your ve hicl e beh ind a re cre a tional
vehicle . The Automatic transmi ssio n can be se­
ve re ly damaged. This can happ en even if these ­
l ec to r lever is in th e N (Ne utral) pos ition.
• If th ere is no oil in th e tra nsmi ssio n because
o f dama ge to yo ur vehicle , th e veh icl e s hould b e
mo ved with a ca r carrier .
• If th e front or rear axle is lift ed off th e grou nd,
thi s will serio us dama ge the dr ive gea r.
• If th e veh icl e ha s to be towe d more than 30
mi les (5 0
all whee ls must be rai sed to tow
t he vehicle. The vehicle should be m oved with a
car carrier .
• If vehicle has no e lec trica l po we r, th e
s te erin g will be locked. The ve hicle must

then be towe d w ith all w hee ls rai sed. The ve hicle
s h ould be m ove d with a car
45 ..
Usin g th e ve hicle jack lift the vehi cle 72 .
To p reve nt damage to the un derbo dy of the ve­
hicl e when lifting th e vehicl e, rubber pads must
be used.
B efo re driv ing o nto a flo or jack. yo u mu st chec k
make s ure that there is enou gh clea rance be ­
tw een low of the vehicle and the floor jack.
WARNING
Improp erl y your vehicl e with a floor
ja ck can cause the fl oor
j ac k and cause seriou s perso nal inju ry:
Booklet 3.2 Tips and Advice
WARNING (continued)
• Always lift your vehicle on ly at th e des ig­
nated lift point s shown in the illu strations.
• Neve r allo w anyone to sta y in the ve hicle
when it is bein g lif ted or when it is
the
ground.
• Not u sin g the des ig nated lift point s can
ca use the vehicle to fall
the floor j ack when
hea vy part s such as the en gine or tran smi s­
s ion are rem oved.
• If yo u must work under a veh icle rai sed on
a floor j ack, alway s mak e sure that the vehicle
i s sa fely supp orted on safety stands int end ed
for that purpose that arc strong e nough to
s upport th e we ight of the ve hicle.
•
mak e sure th at th e weight of th e ve­
hicl e is not h eav ier than th e liftin g capac ity of
th e floor jack bein g used.
• Never start the engine when you have
rai sed th e vehicle on the floor jack. The engin e
v ibration s and vehicle move ment s co uld
knock the vehicle
the floor jac k.
Note
• Lifting yo ur vehicle at any point s oth er than
th e de signated lifting po int s c an cause se rious
damage
th e veh icle.
• When drivi ng yo ur vehicle on
10 hoist, m ake there is suffici ent cl earanc e betwee n
th e ho is t a nd bot1om of the
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