2010 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA Owners Manual

Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
Tachometer
The tachomete r display s the engi ne s pee d in rev olutions p er minute (rpm).
If, fo r examp le, the n eedle is di rec 1ly ove r 1h e 2.
this corre sp on ds 10 a n eng in e sp ee d of2000 rpm
( r evo lution s per minut e).
T he red zone on the dial indi ca tes 1he m ax imum
e n gin e spee d th at may be use d brie fly w hen the
e n gin e is warm an d aft er it has bee n b roken in
properly. However . it is ad visa ble 10 up sh if1 or
m ove 1he se lec 1o r lev er 1 0
D (or take yo ur fool ofT
th e acce le rator pedal 10 slow down ) b efo re I h e
n eed le rea ches the red zo ne.
Engine coolant tempera ture gauge
Th.i s gaug e sh ow s the en gi ne coola nt tem peratur e.
Fi g. 4 Sect ion of th e i nstrument cluster: engine
coola nt tempe ra tu re gauge
Engine cold
Avoid high en gin e s pee ds and heavy en gin e
l o ad s
nee dle
s h ould b e in th e middl e of the ga uge. The lem ­
pe rat ur e ma y also rise whe n the en gin e is
work ing hard, espec iall y at high out sid e te mp er­
a tur es. D o no t worry if th e wa rning light and a
warning message does not appea r in th e displa y.
I f th e sy mbol
Jc: and a wa rning text app ear th e
d is pla y, eith er the coo la n1 t emp eratur e is
hi gh or the coo la nt l eve l is 100 low "Tips a nd Advice", c hapte r "Coo lant."
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N ee dle in warning zon e©
If need le is in the warning zo ne, the symb ol wi ll light up. If yo ur vehicle is equi pp ed wit h
1hc m essage displa y feature, an in forma tion tex t
wi ll al so appea r in the display . See yo ur a uth o­
rize d Volksw age n dea le r fo r m ore inform atio n .
the coo la nt 1e mp erature is too high, or th e
coo lanl le vel loo low . Stop the vehicle and
ofT the e ngine. Check the coo la nt leve l "Ti ps and Advice", c hapter
Do not cont inue driving if th e coo lant level is
c orre ct and yo u have wa rnin g in th e in stru­
ment clus1e r te llin g yo u th ere is a prob le m. Con-
the nea res t auth orized Volk swagen dea le r
fo r ass is ta nce.
WARNING
Stop! Before working in the en gin e co mpart ­
ment, alwa ys read a nd heed all WARNI NGS
"Tips and Advice", c hapter
"Wo rking in th e en gi ne compartment. " The
e ngin e co mpartm ent of any motor veh icle is a
potentiall y dang erou s area and can ca use se­
riou s pers onal injury .
of th e air inlet red uce the
coo ling efTec1 of th e coo la nt. If is ho1 out sid e drive high e ngin e loads, th ere is a
ri sk of the en gin e ove rhea tin g. .,

Booklet 3.1 C ontr ols and Equipm ent
• Th e front spoiler also en sur es prop er distr i­
bution of th e coo ling air when the vehicl e is
mo ving. The en gin e c ould overh ea t if th e s poil er
Fuel gauge
Fig. 5 Se ction of the instrument cluster: fuel tonk
gauge i
s dam age d, to rn olT or re m ov ed! Have the
s poi le r repaired or re pla ced b y an authori zed
Vo lks wage n dea le r.
Th e fu el t an k ho lds abou t 14 .5 ga llons (55 lite rs) .
W hen the n eedle re ach es th e low fuel l eve l zo ne
5 (a rro w), the dis pla y lig ht s up. If yo ur
ve hicl e is e quipp ed with th e m essage displ ay
featu re , Pl ease re fue l! wi ll also appear in the dis ­
pla y. See your authorized Volkswag en dea le r for
mo re info rmati on . A t t he same tim e,
wa rnin g
wi ll so und as re m inder to ref uel. At thi s point
t h ere a re s till ab o ut 1.8 ga llo ns (7 liters) of fuel in
th e tank . Th e di spla y only wo rks when the ig ni­
t io n is sw itch ed on .
Ti ps
R eme mber to re fu el whe n the tank is 1/4 full
reduce the risk of runnin g ou t of f uel, es pec ia lly
in re m ote
clu ste r, wi th a mat ching t ext in
the display.
Fi g. 6 Disp lays in the instrument cluster : Left Lowl ine ins trument cluster, right Mid line instrument cluster
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Fig. 7 Display i n the instrument cluster : Hig hli n e i n·
str um ent clus ter
Wa rnin g light s
Clock a nd In vehicl es wit h Low­
li ne in strum en t cl uster the temp erature is
a lso sh ow n in this area . In ve hicl es with
Hi ghline instru ment clu ster the warning
l ights also app ear in thi s area.
9.
O dome te r , Trip Odometer
Mileage (kilometer ) display
T he lef t-hand counter 7, fig . 6 7 in the di sp lay sh ows the tota l numb er of miles
( k il om ete rs) dri ven .
Optio nal equipment
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Sele cto r lever posit ion disp lay for th e auto­
m atic tran smi ssion1
l . Th e se lec tor lever po­
s it ion or the gea r se le cte d (Ti ptro nic ®l w ill
b e sh ow n in the dis p lay field w ith a ligh t
ba ck gro und .
There o pti onal an d au toma tic di sp lays
i n thi s field:
- Selec tab le di spla ys: M ulti-fun ctio n indi ­
(MF I) and outs id e te mp erature dis ­
p lay
- Automati c di sp lays: In form ation t ext o r
wa rnings
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There are opti ona l an d auto matic di spla ys
i n thi s field:
- Selec tabl e dis p lays: . M ulti -fun ctio n in d i­
ca to r (MFI ) an d out sid e te mperat ure d is­
pla y
- Aut om atic d is p lays: Inform atio n tex t or
wa rning s
II
-Menu s pro vid in g in formation, whi ch can
b e use d t o make d iffere nt settin gs, a re
a lso s how n in th e
The rig ht -h and cou nter regis ters th e sh ort
trip s. Th e fin al d igi t in t he trip count er sh ows
d is ta nces of
100 yard s (meters) T he tr ip count er
ca n be rese t b y pr ess ing th e 5, fig.2

Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
Applies to veh icles: with multi- function indicato r (MFI)
Multi -Function Indicator (MFI)
The Mu lti-Function Indicator (MF !) shows you various t ravel data.
F ig. 8 On the windshie ld wiper lever: Button selec t memory l or memory 2 and the rocker switch to se lect and cha nge the menus
The MF I is e qu ipped with two autom ati c
m em ories: 1 -Trip memory and 2 - Total
j ourney memory . The se lec te d m emor y
w ill be shown in th e uppe r right-h an d
co rner of th e M Fl disp lay.
Opening the MFD menu
- From the m ain menu , se lec t th e MFD
m enu and press button o n the
w ind sh ield wip er leve r
8
-Pres s button 4, fig . I in th e
multi-fun ctio n stee rin g whee l
the
MFD menu i s di sp layed.
Selecting a memory
- With th e ignit ion switch ed on , bri efl y
pr ess the button
8 on th e w in d­
s hield wiper leve r or
button on th e
multi-fun cti on stee ring w hee l
4,
fi g . I
to to ggle betwee n m emor y I a nd
m emor y 2.
Where appli cab le
Deleting the memory
- Selec t th e m emor y you wo uld like
to de le te.
- Press and ho ld th e bu tton
und er the
w ind shi eld wip er leve r or
butt on
o n th e multi-f unct io n stee rin g w hee l fo r at
l eas t 2 sec ond s.
The trip m emory I co llec ts th e tra vel and fu el
co nsumpt io n fr om the m om ent the ig n i­
tion is sw itc h ed on unt il it is sw itch ed If th e
trip is co ntinu ed within two hours o f sw itc hing
off the ig niti on , th e new valu es w ill be add ed to
th e ex is tin g trip reco rder. Th e m em ory w ill aut o­
m atica lly be dele te d i f th e ign ition is sw itc h ed
off for more t han two hour s.
Th e tot al journe y m em ory
2 coll ects th e trip
data for any numb er o f indi vidua l trip s (eve n if
th e ig niti on is sw itched off for lo nge r than two
hour s}. The max imum travel time is 99 hour s
and
5 9 minu tes. The m ax imum number of mi les
{ kilo mete rs) is 999 9 an d the maxim um numb er
of gall ons (lit ers } of f uel co nsum ed is 999. The
m emory will au to mati cally se t itse lf ba ck to
0 it ha s reach ed th e m ax imum value.
Memory di splay s
You can sw itch b etwee n the fo llow ing display s
in th e mult i-f un ction indica tor by
pre ssing th e rocke r switch 8 the end
o f th e windsh ield wiper leve r or by pr ess ing the
bull ons
(0 4, fig. I on the multi­
f un cti on stee ring whee l.
• Driv in g tim e
• Curr en t f uel con sumpti on
•
fue l co nsumpti on
• Miles ( kilom ete rs) to empt y
• Dista nce trav ell ed
• Ave rag e sp ee d
• Spee d warnin g
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m in Dri vin g t ime
The displa y s ho ws the amount of time that ha s
g on e by sinc e th e ignit io n was switch ed on.
max imum d isp lay valu e in bo th m emor ies
i s 99 ho urs and 59 minu tes . T he m em ory wi ll
r ese t itself ba ck to zero once thi s value has be en
re ached.
g all ons /100 miles ( l/ 100 km) Curr ent fu el
co nsum ption
The displa y w ill sh ow the current fuel con sump ­
t io n in gallons {liters ) per
100 m iles ( kilom etr es)
w hile the ve hicle is in moti on or in gallo n (lit ers)
pe r hou r w hen the vehicle is stationary with th e
e ngin e runn in g.
U sin g th is di spl ay you ca n se e ho w yo ur dri vin g
s ty le affe cts
co nsumpti on = boo klet 3.2 . chapt er "Dri vin g eco nomica lly and respe ctin g
th e en v iro nm ent ".
0 ga llo ns/ 10 0 m iles (0 1/ 10 0 km )
Average
f ue l co nsu mpti on
Th e ave rage fuel co nsump tio n will appear aft er
y ou h ave driven approx ima te ly
100 y ards
( m ete rs) . Das hes will app ear in th e di spla y until
t ha t tim e. Th e dis pl ay wi ll be updat ed eve ry 5
se conds while th e vehicle is in m otio n. The
amou nt of fuel u sed will not be sh ow n.
Mil es (kilome te rs) to e mpty
Th e mil es ( kilo m ete rs) to empt y is calc ulat ed
u si ng th e fuel tank cont ent and curr en t fu el con ­
s umpt io n . It s ho ws how far th e ve hicl e ca n travel
u sin g th e s am e con dition s as a re fe re n ce.
Mi les (km)
Di sta nce travelled
T he di spla y shows the dis tan ce tra ve lled sin ce
t h e ignit io n was sw it c h ed on .
T he m ax imum displ ay valu e in bo th mem orie s
i s
999 9 mile s (kilo m eters) . T he memo ry will rese t
itse lf b ack to zero o nce th is va lu e ha s bee n
rea ch ed.
0 mp h (0 km/ h)
Ave rage speed
T he av erag e spee d will app ear af ter you
dr ive n approximat ely 100 y a rd s (m ete rs). Das hes
w ill appea r in the di spl ay until th at tim e. T he
d is p lay will b e upd ated every
seco nds w hile
t h e ve hicle is in m oti on .
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Spee d warnin g
The sp ee d
can be se t so yo u w ill see an d hear a warning w hen yo u re a ch the desired
s p eed . Fo r examp le , th is se ttin g co uld be used to
l e t yo u kn ow if yo u exc eed t he poste d sp eed
li mit. When you re ac h th e des ired sp ee d, bri efl y
pre ss butt on
9, fig . under th e w ind ­
s hi eld wip er leve r or, with th e ve hicle at a sta nd ­
s ti ll, pr ess butt on
4, fig . l in th e m ult i­
fun ctio n stee rin g w hee l and then se t th e de sir ed
s p ee d with
fig . I. Press hold t he @Kl button to e rase the sto re d
speed .
O uts id e te m pe ratur e di spl ay
The te mp era ture range is
- 4 0° F to +122 ° F(-40 ° C to + 50 ° CJ. At out sid e te mp eratur es between -40° F and +39 ° F (-4 0° C an d +4° CJ. a ··s n owfla ke
sy mb ol" (ice wa rnin g) appe ars in addition the
o ut sid e te mp erature di sp la y. Thi s sy mbol
fla sh es fo r appr oximat ely
5 seco nds and r e­
main s lit until th e outsid e te mp era ture rises
above
+39 ° (+4° C).
WARNING
Roa ds and br id ge s can be dangero usly ic y
eve n if the o utside a ir te mp erat ure is above
fr eez ing.
• If yo u u se th e o utside tempera ture d is p la y
t o te ll yo u abo ut fro st co nditi on s, remem ber
th at roa ds can eve n ice
ove r at temperat ure s
abo ve 39° F (+ C).
• Alway s rem ember, even if th e "s now flak e
s y m bo l" ( ice warn ing) doc s no t a ppear in th e
d is pla y, b lack ice co uld be o n the roa d.
• Never rely exclu sive ly on this th e ou ts ide
t e m perat ure di sp lay.
• A lwa ys redu ce yo ur speed a nd dr iv e wi th
s peci al care under wea ther co nditi ons w hen
t he c hance s th at y o u
w ill en co unte r icy roa d
s ur face s arc g re at er.
Tip s
• The
MFI displa ys whi ch ha ve I and
m emo ry 2 arc " Driv in g tim e," fuel con ­
s umpt io n," "Di stanc e an d "Ave rage
s p ee d."
• The
MFI displa y ma y look diffe re nt in your
ve hicl e beca use arc diffe ren t instrum en t
clusters. If you not sur e. as k your au th oriz ed
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Booklet 3.1 Control s and Equipment
• Wh en th e ve hicle is stat io nar y or tra vellin g at
ve ry lo w sp ee ds, the te mp era tur e di sp la ye d m ay
b e sli ghtl y hi gher th an th e actua l o ut side te m -as res ult of th e heat r adi ate d fr om th e
Applies to vehicles : With Highline o r Midline instrument cluster
Warning or information te xt in the disp lay
Malfun ction s are s hown in th e di spl ay wa rnin g light s a nd warning infor ­
m ation me ssages.
Fig . 9 Warn ing text in the display of a Midline in ­st rumen t cluster: STO P Oi l pressure
T he sys te m run s a c hec k on ce rtai n co mpo nem s
an d fun cti on s w hen th e ig niti on is sw itc hed on
an d whil e the ve hicle is m ov ing. Fun ction al 111 al­
f un cti on s are indi cate d by sy mbols w ith warn ­
in gs a nd in form ation t exts in th e di sp lay. An
ac ou sti c w arnin g is give n in certain cases. The
scree n may vary according to th e ve rs ion of th e
in strum ent cluste r yo ur vehicle has.
Warning symbo ls
Th ere ar e re d warnin g sy111bols (p riority I) and
ye llo w warnin g sy mb ols ( prior ity 2).
E xamp les of priority
1 wa rning s (red)
• Bra ke sys te m symb ol
or wi th th e
wa rnin g tex t STOP Broke fluid Owner 's manual!
• Coo lant symbol
with the w arnin g STOP Check coolant! Owner's manual!
• En gin e oil pr essure sy mbol
't=:r: with the
w arnin g text STOP Oil pressure engine off!
Owner's manual!.
If one o f the se malfun ction s occ urs, th e wa rnin g
li g ht will flas h or lig h t u p and will be acco 111pa­
ni ecl b y three acoustic warning s. This is a clan
ger wa rnin g. Pull off th e roa d where it is sa fe
a nd sw itch off the e ng in e i111m edi ate ly . Co nta ct
your auth ori zed Vo lkswagen dea ler or a q uali­
fi ed wo rks hop imm edia te ly and h ave the m al­
fun ctio n r epa ired .
I f severa l priorit y
wa rnin gs are detec ted at th e
sa me tim e, the symb ols w ill ap pe ar one aft er th e
o th er fo r abo ut 2 seco nd s at a tim e.
a se t
ti 111e , th e in fo rm ati on tex t wi ll disap pear, how­
eve r th e sy mbo l w ill app ear in th e dis pl ay a nd
s tay on as a re 111ind er for yo u to have the m al­
f un cti on r epai red.
lo ng as pri or ity I wa rnin g is sh own in the
di sp lay, yo u will not be abl e to see an y o ther
m en us
7.
Examples of priority 2 warnings (yellow):
• Fu el sy mb ol with th e in fo rm ation tex t
Pl ease refuel!
• Windshie ld was her flui d sy mb ol with th e
i n fo rm atio n tex t Top up wa sh fluid!.
•
p ad sy 111b ol with inform atio n tex t
Check broke pods!
• Imm obili zer sy mb ol with th e info rmati on
tex t Immobilizer active!
If one o f th ese situ ations occ urs,
wa rnin g
sy mb ol li ght s up, an d yo u wi ll hear one acou stic
warning . C hec k th e c ause as soon as poss ible.
If seve ral p riorit y
wa rnin gs arc detec te d at th e
sa me tim e, th e sy mb ols di spl aye d on e aft er
th e oth er fo r ab out 2 seco nds at a tim e. a
se t tim e, th e inf ormati on te xt w ill disa ppe ar,
ho weve r the symb ol w ill app ear at the sid e of th e
di sp lay a nd stay on
a re 111ind er fo r yo u t o
c h eck th e c ause as so on as poss ible .
Pr ior ity 2 warnin g m essa ges will n ot be sh ow n
until all Priority I warnin g m ess ages have bee n
co rrec te d!
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Information text
In ad dition 10 warnin g message s give n on a maJ .
fun ction , yo u w ill r ece ive inform ati on in th e di s­
pla y on procedur es or will be asked to do some­
thin g. Tips
So me indicat ed onl y by the
warning light s in the in strum ent du ste r w ith out
warning o r inf ormat ion tex 1s. If yo u
not sur e,
a sk you r auth ori zed Vo lkswage n dealer for
WARNING
Fun ction
C han ges to 1he multi -fun ctio n indi cat or (MFI)
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In forr na1i on about t he c urrenl radi o mode
appear in th e dis­
pla y.
Thi s m enu op lion
on ly be s how n in those vehicles equi pp ed Naviga tion Sys te m . T he Nav igat ion Sys te m mu st b e sw i1ched
on.T urn signals an d pro ximity bar s be sh ow n if th e rou te ass is­
t a n ce func tio n is ac1i ve. The sc ree n is s im ilar to 1he symbol s shown
in th e Nav iga tion Sys1e111
3.2 .
Th e dir ect io n of trave l (co mp ass) and the nam e of the curr ent s1r ee 1
will b e show n if 1he rout e ass is ta nce fun ction is 1101 ac1ive.
Thi s m en u sh ows c urrent warnin g and informal io n tex ts
15.
The m enu opti on fl ashes if warni ng o r in form ati on t exts are to be
read.
Se lling s for th e time , spee d wa rnin g fo r w inter tires, la n guag e,
unit s, co mpass, ligh ls
& vis ion and conve nien ce .
Tip s
Driver distracti on ca n cause accident s and se­
rious persona l injur y. Th
e m enu s sho wn in the di sp lay depe nds o n th e
ve hicl e elec troni cs a nd the op tion le vel of yo ur
ve hicle. If you are not sur e, a sk yo ur authori zed
Vo lkswage n dea le r for
• Neve r se lec t menu s when the vehicle is
moving.
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Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
Applies to vehicles: H ighline instrumen t cluster and multi-function steering wheel
Example of using the menus with the mult i- function steering wheel
All menus in the i nstrwnen t cluster can be used following the steps described here.
Fig . 10 In the multi -fu nction steering wh eel: button lo toggle between the disp lays, button to con­
f irm o se lect ion and button © to select o menu or
submenu.
T he se lling of a speed warning w ill be used
as an exam pie of how lo use the menus .
The speed warn ing feat ure is a helpfu l re­
minder if you are, for example, usi ng
wi nter ti res whi ch arc no t suit ed for th e top
s p ee d of
ve hicle.
l. Opening the Set up menu
Switch on the ignition. A ve hicle p icto­
gram appea rs .
Press butlon the mult ifunct io n
s tee rin g whee l until the Set up (Settings)
menu is disp layed.
The example menu Winter tires 2. Opening the Winter
tires menu
hig hli ght
the menu item Winier tires. The hig h­
li ghted menu item is between two hori­
zonta l lines. Th ere is also a trian gle on the
Mark the m enu opt ion Wint er tire s.
Press The Winter tires
menu opens.
3. Setting th e speed warning
Highlight th e menu it em+ 5 mi/h
( (+
10 km /h )) or 5 mi /h ((-10 km /h)) usi ng
th e ar row keys and p ress
butto n to
increa se or decrease the speed s how n at
th e top of t he di sp lay.
4 . Switching the speed warning on
and off
U sing th e arrow keys , select th e menu
i tem
On I Off a nd press to
sw itch the sp ee d wa rnin g on o r off. When
t h e s peed warnin g is swi tched olT, three
da she s --- appea r at the top of the disp lay .
5. Exiting the Winter tires menu
Se lect the m enu item Back .
The fu nction "Winter tires" w ill generate a v is­
ible and acoustic warn ing once the ve hicl e has
r eac hed th e set speed .
In di splay
Winter tires
X mi /h (X km/ h) or--- Function
Th e na m e of the displaye d m enu
D isp lay of the speed cur ren tly set
or dashes if the function is switched off.
ON/OFF Swi tc h es the fu nction on or
+ 5 mi /h (+10 km/h ) In crease the set va lue by 5 mp h (10 km/h ).
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