
Booklet 3.1  Cont rols and  Equipment 
WARNING (cont inued) 
•  Never  leave  children,  disabled  persons  or 
anyone  who  cannot  help  themselves in the  ve
hicle.  The doors  can be lock ed  with  the ce ntral 
locking  button.  This  could leave  peo ple 
trapped  in the  vehicle in an  emergency.  People 
trapped  in  the  vehicle  can be exposed  lo very 
high  or low temperat ures. 
•  Heat  build-up  in  the  passenger  compart
ment  and  luggage  compartment  of a parked 
ve hicle  can  result  in  temperatures  in the  ve
hicle  that  are much  higher  than  the  outside 
t emperatures,  particularly  in  summer. Tem
perature s can  quickly  reach  leve ls  that  can 
cause  unconsciousness  and  death, particu
l arly  lo small  children. 
Child safety  locks 
WARN ING  (con tinued) 
•  Never  allow passenge rs  lo  remain  in a 
lock ed vehicle.  Locked  doors  can  delay  assis
tance  to  vehicle occupants  and  rescue  from 
the  outs ide in  the event  of an  emergency.  In an 
emergency  any  person still in sid e th e vehicle 
might  not  be  able  to  get  out. 
Tips 
Wh en  you  lock your  ve hicle with  the central 
l ocking  button: 
•  The  doors  and the rear  lid  cannot  be ope ned 
from  the  out sid e ( fo r your  safety,  for examp le, 
when  stopped  at  a traffic  light). 
•  If yo u tr y to lock  the  vehicle  using  the central 
l ock ing  button  while  the driv er's  doo r is  still 
open,  the driv er's  door  will  not  lock.  This  feature 
pr eve nts you  from  locking  yourself  out  of  the 
The  child  safety  lock prevents  the  rear  doors from  being  opened from  the inside . 
Fig . 17  20  Child  safety  lock  in  the  rear  left  door,  A 
- sw it ched  off,  B - switched  on 
The  rear  doors  have  a child  safety lock . You 
can  use  any  vehicle keys to  engage  or  dis
engage  the lo ck. 
Engaging  the  child  safe ty  lock 
- Use  a  vehicle  key  to turn  the  slot in  the 
door  to the  position  sh own  in  =£l g. 1 7 
I 
=ii g.18 
Fi g. 18  C hild safe ty  loc k in  the  rear  r ig ht doo r, A -
swit ched  off, B -sw itched  on 
Di sengaging  the  child  safety  lock 
Use  a  vehicle  key to  turn  th e slot  in  the 
open  door to the  position  shown 
The  child  safety  loc k can  be  activat ed to pr eve nt 
chi ldren  ope ning th e doors  by accident.  When 
the  child-pro of lock  is  act ivated,  the  doo r can  be 
opened  from  the o utside  only.  The ch ild  safe ty 
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Booklet  3.1  Controls  and  Equipment 
lock ca n be  switch ed  on  and  off  using a key in th e 
opened  door. 
Anti-theft  alarm  system 
Applies  to vehicles:  with  anti-theft alarm 
Description  of  anti-theft  alarm  system 
The anti-theft  alarm triggers an  alarm unauthorized  movements  are detected 
around  the vehicle. 
Activating  the  anti-theft  alarm  system 
- Lock  the vehi cle. 
Switching  the  alarm  off 
-Un lock  the  vehicle using  the  unlo ck 
button  in the  remote  control key or  unlock 
the  veh icle  by inserting  the  vehicle key  into 
the  driver's  door  lock. 
The  anti-th eft alarm  make s it more  difficult break into  the  vehicle  or  steal You will hea r 
and  see  the  alarms  if  someone  tri es break  inlO 
th e ve hicle. 
Whe n yo u lock  the  ve hicle,  the an ti-t heft alarm 
syste m is aulOmat ica lly sw itched  on. 
Close  all  windows  a nd doors  compl etely befo re 
locking  the  vehicle  so that  the  ant i-t hef t system 
does  no t tr igger  alarms  unnecessar ily. 
What  triggers  th e alarm? 
With  the  vehicle locked,  th e alarm  will go 
under th e fo llowing  circ umstances: 
•  Man ually  open ing of  the  rear  lid  u sing  the ve
hi cle  key, 
36  Opening  and  closing  Keys 
• Opening  a doo r, 
•  Ope ning th e en gine  ho od, 
•  Opening  the rea r lid. 
Wh en  th e alarm  is triggered,  th e horn 
will sound 
for  about  30 seco nds and  the  turn  signals  wi ll 
fla sh  for about  4  minutes. 
Ho w  c an  I  switch  off  the  ala rm  system? 
You ca n sw itch th e anti- theft  alarm  sys te m  ei
ther  by unlock ing th e veh icle  using  the unl ock 
the  remote  contro l or  by  unlocking 
the  vehicle in se rting  th e key  into  the  driv er's 
d oor  lock. 
Tips 
•  When  the  alarm  stops  sound ing and  you 
op en  anothe r door  or the rear  lid  or  any  other 
part 
th e  vehicle  that is  monito red  by the anti
th eft alarm  system, the alar m  will  be  triggered 
aga in. 
•  The  anti-t heft  ala rm  syste m  works  even if t he 
battery  is disconnected  or not  wo rking 
prop erl y.  

Booklet  3.1  Controls  and  Equipment 
Rear  lid 
Opening  the  rear  lid 
F ig.  19  Detail  of  the  driver's  door : rear  lid  release button 
There  are  th ree  differe nt  ways  to unlock 
and  open  the  rear  lid: 
Unlocking  the  rear  lid 
- Press  the button  in  the  remo te  c on
tro l key.  The rear  lid  wi ll open  auto mat i
ca lly  all  the  way  or 
-
th e rear  lid  r elea se  sw itc h 
(41 g. 19 th e driver 's  do or.  Th e rea r 
lid  op en s  automaticall y all  the way  o r 
- Insert  the  maste r  key  into  th e lock  in the 
rear  lid and 
the ke y co unt er-clo ckwis e 
=m g. 2 0 
T he a nti-theft  alarm syste m 
w ill r ema in  active  thoug h and  the veh icle 
alarm 
go off. To  deacti vate  the  anti
theft  a larm  syste m  pr ess 
in 
the  remote  control. 
Fig.  20  Rear  lid  lock 
Override  lock  for  the  rear  lid  release 
switch 
-In  the  d river's  door  there  is a lso  an 
override  loc k next  to  the rea r lid  r elease 
sw itch.  Inser t th e m aste r key into  the lock 
19 a nd  turn  it clockwi se. W hen 
you  ac tivate  thi s lock  th e  rear  lid re lease 
sw itch  is  inact ive.  Thi s way  the lu ggage 
compa rtment  r emain s locke d. 
A  grap hic di spla y in  th e in strum ent  clu ste r w ill 
indi cate if  th e re ar  lid  is  op en  or  im prop erl y 
clo sed.  A wa rnin g will al so  sound  if  th e r ear  lid  i s 
open  w hen  th e veh icl e is  dri ven  fa ste r  than  3 
mph 
( 5 km /h ). 
WARNING 
Dri vin g with  an open  re ar  lid  can  lea d to  se
ri ous  personal  injury. 
•  After  closing th e rear  lid, always  pull  up  on 
it t o mak e sure that  it i s properl y clo sed  and 
ca nn ot open  sudd enl y w hen  the  vehicl e is 
mo vin g, eve n th oug h  th e ke y ha s bee n turn ed 
t o  the  locke d po siti on. 
•  Always  keep the rea r lid  closed  wh ile 
dri ving  to h elp  pre vent  poiso nou s ex hau st gas 
fr om  b eing  dr awn  into the  vehicle. 
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Booklet  3.1  Controls  and  Equipment 
WARNING (continued) 
•  Never  transport  objects  larger  than  those 
fitting  completely  into the  luggage  area  be
cause  the rear 
cannot  be  fully closed. 
•  If you  absolu te ly  must  drive  with the rear 
lid  open,  observe  the  following  notes  to  reduce 
the  risk  of carbon  monoxide  poisoning: 
Close  all  windows , 
Close the  power  roof, 
Open all outlets  in  the in strument 
panel, 
Swi tch off  the air  recirculation, 
Set  the  fresh  air  fan to the  highest  speed. 
•  Never  leave  yo ur veh icle  unattended  or let 
ch ildr en play  around  your  vehicle , esp ecially 
with  th e rear  lid  left  open.  A child  could craw l 
into  the  vehicle through  the  luggage  com part-
Closing  the  rear lid 
Place  you r hand  into  one  of the  hand le 
rece sses  in the in sid e trim  of th e re ar  lid 
and  pull the rea r  Lid  do wn. 
If  the  vehicl e is  loc ke d  (anti-theft  alarm  syste m 
act ivate d ) and  the  r em ote co ntrol k ey is  use d t o 
o p en 
rea r lid  onl y,  th e rea r li d is  loc ke d  im 
m ediat ely w hen  it is  cl ose d. A ll turn  sig n als  flas h 
bri efl y  as co nfirmati on. 
A  di spl ay  ap p ea rs  in  the in strum en t clu ster  if  th e 
r e ar  lid  i s not  properl y close d. 
WARNING 
Always close  the rear  lid properl y to help  avoid 
ser iou s personal  injury. 
•  Never  let anyone 
in the way of  the of  the  rear  lid or its  hin ges  when  the  rear  lid  is 
closing. 
•  Always make  sure  that  the  rear lid closes 
properly  when  you  close  it so that 
it cannot 
open  s udden ly while  the vehicle  is moving. 
38  Opening  and  closing  Keys 
WARNING (cont inued) 
ment  and pull  the lid  shut  becoming  trapped 
and  unable  to  get out.  Being  trapped  in  ave
hicle  can l ead  to ser iou s persona l injury. 
•  Heat  build-up  in the  passenger  compart
ment  and luggage  compar tmen t or a  parked 
vehicle  can  result  in  temperature s in  the  ve
hicle  that  are much  high er  than  the  outside 
temperatures,  particularly  in  summer.  Tem
pera tures  can  quickly  reach  leve ls  that  can 
cau se  unconsciou sn ess  and  death,  particu
larly  to sma ll ch ildr en. 
Tips 
At t emp era tur es below O  • th e  re ar  lid  will not 
o pe n aut om atic all y a ll th e w ay  afte r unl ockig  it. 
I t wil l b e  necess ary to lift  it  by  hand 
WARNING (continued ) 
• Never  leave  your  vehicle  unattended  or  let 
ch ildr en p lay around  your  vehicle,  especially 
w ith  the  r ear 
op en.  A child  could  craw l 
into  th e vehicle  through  the  luggage  compart 
ment  and pull  the lid shut  becom ing tra pped 
and  unable  to  get out.  Being  trapped in ave
hicl e can  lead  to  serio us  per sona l injury,  esp e
cially  when  it  is very  hot or co ld. 
•  Nev er  le ave  c hildren, disabled  per son s or 
anyone  who  ca nnot help  themsel ve s  in  the  ve
hicle . The  doors  ca n be  locked  using  the  re
mot e co ntrol  key or  the central  lo cki ng button. 
Th is  cou ld result  in peop le  being  trapped  in 
the  veh icle. 
•  Hea t b uil d-up  in the  passenger  compart
ment  and luggage  compartm ent  of a parked 
vehicle  ca n result  in  temperatures  in  the  ve
hicle  that are  much  higher  than the outside 
t e mperat ures , particularly  in  summer.  Tem
peratures  can  quick ly  reac h leve ls  that  can 
cau se  unconsciousness  and death,  particu
larl y to  small  children  

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> 
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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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Booklet 3.1  Controls  and Equipment 
Applies  to  vehicles: with power  windows  and  power  roof 
Convenience  closing 
You can close  the pow er  roof  from  outsid e 
th e veh icle.  The  w indows will  clo se 
and  then  the power in  "O pening 
and  clos ing 
power  roof"  on  pa ge 42. 
-
you r key  into  the  dri ver's  door 
lock, 
il l o th e lock  positi on  and  hold  it 
in 
po siti on  un til the  po wer roof  i s 
co mpl etel y clo se d. 
- Press  the  unlo ck  button  if  you wan t 
lO 
stop power  roof  from  closin g. 
Applies  to  vehicl es: with  power  roof 
Power  roof  -pinch  protection 
Th e power  roof has protection tha t pre
ve nts  large r objects  fro m gett ing trapp ed  w hen 
th e roofis  closed . T he  pin ch protection  does  not 
however  preve nt finge rs  fro m gelling  pinc hed 
aga inst  t he  roof  opening.  T he  pow er  roof  stops 
a nd  ope ns aga in immed iate ly ifit  is  obstructe d 
w hen  clos ing. 
I f  th e power  roof  has  been  opened  again  by the 
pin ch protection,  it ca n b e close d only b y 
p ressing  bac k th e 
control  in  po sit ion 42,  fig. 22 until  the pow er r oof  has 
closed  fully.  Pl ease  note that  the roof will now 
clo se wit hout  pinch  prote ction. 
- Turn  th e key  the ot her w ay  to  the  unlock 
po sition  if you  want  to s top  the powe r roof 
from  closin g. 
Tips 
Th e po we r roof ro tary  control  r em ain s in  the last 
pos ition  selected  if  th e roof  is closed us ing co n
ve nie nce  closing  from  out sid e the  vehicl e and 
will  have  to  be turn ed  b ack  to  its  ori gina l po si
ti on  th e nex t tim e you  drive. 
WARNING 
With out  pinch p rotec tion,  the  p ower  roof will 
close  with  enou gh  forc e to cau se serious per 
so nal  inju ry. 
•  A lways  make  sur e that  no one  is  in  th e way 
while  overriding  the pinch  protection  to  close 
th e power 
•  Th e pinch  protection  feature  does not vent  finger s from  gellin g pin ch ed again st  the 
roof  opening . 
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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 
44  Opening  and closing  Keys