2011 VOLKSWAGEN TRANSPORTER information

Dimensions
Fig. 324 Dimensions.
l""""'('n First read and observe the introductory L-J,.:.U information and safety warnings & on page 450.
The data in the table apply to the most basic mod-el.
Key for Fig. 324:
® Front track
Rear track
® Width
© Width across the mirrors
@ Height at kerb weight8l
® Height with open tailgate at kerb weight8l
® Height with open bonnet and kerb weight8l
@ Ground clearance in road-ready statecl between the axles
® Wheelbase
CD Length
-Turning circle diameter
•l Kerb weight without driver, without payload.
b) Figures were not available at time of publication.
c) Kerb weight with driver (75 kg) and service fluids.
452 I Technical data
The specified values can vary due to different tyre and wheel sizes, if additional equipment is fitted, for different model versions, for retrofitted accesso-ries, and for special vehicles. They can also vary in vehicles that have been manufactured for other countries.
Short wheelbase Long wheelbase
1,622 -1,634 mm
1,628 -1,640 mm
1,904 mm
2,297 mm
1,950-1 ,990 mm
b) b)
b) b)
178-202 mm
3,000 mm 3,400 mm
4,904-5,006 mm 5,304 -5,406 mm
11.9 m 13.2 m

Index
Numbers and Symbols
12-volt socket California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
2-seat arrangement Stowage compartment in armrest . . . . . . 184
2-seat arrangement, Business . . . . . . . . . . 182 Adjusting armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Ash tray . .. .. . . . .. . . .. . . • . .. . .. .. . 186 Centre console . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . 186 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Drink holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Front stowage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 186 Moving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Refrigerator box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Seat heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Upper stowage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 186 230-volt Euro socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
230-volt grounded safety socket . . . . . . . . 246
230-volt power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Residual current circuit breaker . . . . . . . . 247
3-seat bench
A
Folding out the table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Setting up the bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 74
Abroad Extended trips with your vehicle 405 Selling the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
ABS see Brake support systems . . . . . . . . . . . 275
ACC see Adaptive cruise control (ACC) . . . . . . 298
Accessing a service message . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Acoustic warnings Seat belt not fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Adaptive chassis control Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317, 318 Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Adaptive chassis control (DCC) . . . . . . . . . 317 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Adaptive cruise control (ACC) . . . . . . . . . . 298 Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 Special driving situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Switching off temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . 300
Ad Blue Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 347 Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 Refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Additional battery California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Adjust Electrically adjustable front seat . . . . . . . . 66 Single seats in the passenger compartment .7.3
Adjusting Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Headlight range ..................... 113 Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Mechanical front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Memory seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Single seats in the passenger compartment .73 Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Adjusts Electric lumbar support adjustment . . . . . . 66
Aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.406
AGM battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
........................ Cleaning the dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392 Combined curtain and side airbags . . . . . . 94 Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Differences between front passenger front airbag systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Front airbags . . . • . . • . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . 92 Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Switching off the front passenger front air-bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Switching off with the key switch . . . . . . . . 93 Using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Air recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Climatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Climatronic . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323, 325 Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Indirect ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 Information . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . 328 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Index 465

Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Switching off the front passenger front air-bags............................. 93 Weight classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Chrome ............•................ 385
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Circuit breaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
City Emergency Brake function .......... 311
Cleaning see Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Cleaning the drain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Cleaning the vehicle interior Cupboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Display of the central control panel, Califor-nia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Gas cooker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Refrigerator box, California . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Sink .....................•....... 253
Climatic see Air condilioning system . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Climatic, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Climatronic see Air condilioning system . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Cllmatronic, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Clock ................................ 20
Closing Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Electric sliding door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Sliding door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Sliding windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Taiigate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 42 Windows ...........•.............. 56 Wing doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Coasting function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Code number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Combined curtain and side alrbags see Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Coming Home function ................. 112
Communication window ................ 116 Consumables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Controls 2-seat arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Control units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 Reprogramming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Convenience closing Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Convenience functions Reprogramming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Convenience opening Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Checking the coolant level . . . . • . . . . . . . 361 Filler opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 G 12 plus-plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 Indicator lamp . . . . • . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . 359 Refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . 360 Temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 359 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Cool box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Battery monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
1W Fitting the adapter plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Removing the adapter plate . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Switching on and off.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Cooling and heating box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Countdown timer Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Cruise control system (CCS) Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 297
Cupboards Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Curtain airbags see Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94. 95
D
Darkening the interior of the vehicle California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Multivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 392 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 Data recorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
DCC see Adaptive chassis control . . . . . . . . . . 317
De-icing door lock cylinders . . . . . . . 387
Declaration of conformity . . . . . . . . . . 188, 406 Decorative film Caring for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Default settings of the mobile telephone Rear-seat telephony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Diagnostic connection . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 399 Diesel .............................. 345 Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 342 Filter preheater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Index 469

Gear-change Indicator . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 268
Glasses compartent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Glove compartment Lights ............................. 114 see Stowage areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Gross vehicle weight rating . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Guide rail system In the rear vehicle floor Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Multivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
H
Handbrake
Hands-free system in the passenger com· partment
271
See Rear-seat telephony . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Headlight range control ............. 11,113 Dynamic headlight range control . . . . . . . . 113
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Cleaning system . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Headlight (LED) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Heat-insulating glass windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Heated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Heating and fresh air system Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
High-pressure cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
High-visibility waistcoat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Hill Descent Assist . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . 285
Hill Hold Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Horn ................•................ 11
Hubcaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417, 420 Centre cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418 Wheel bolt caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 419 Wheel cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
ICC 173
Identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
If and when.......................... 410
Ignition see Engine and ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Ignition key see Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Non-authorised vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Withdrawal lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Fault ............................. 257 In-car communication system . . . . . 173
Indicator lamp Adaptive chassis control (DCC) 317 Adaptive cruise control (ACC) . . . . • . . . . 300 AdBiue . . . . . . ............. 347 Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Brake pad wear indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Checking the oil level . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 354 Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 359 Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Depress brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 Engine management system . . . . . . . . . . 407 Engine oil sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Exhaust purification system . . . . . . . . . . . 407 Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 In the driver door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Lane change assist system . . . . . . . . . . . 313 Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Tyre monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Windscreen washer fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 117
Indirect ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Information stored in the control units . . . 398 Infrared-reflecting windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 21, 25 Indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Menu structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Symbols ........................... 16 Using menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 20
Integrated child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Seat belt routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 05
Interior lights ................ , ........ 114
Interior lights, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Living area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Pop-up roof . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . 21 0 Interior mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Interior monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 ISOFIX.............................. 100 see Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 96
Index 473

Push-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
R
Radar sensor . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 301, 309
Radio reception Aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Fault .........•...........•....... 406
Rail transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Ratchet straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Reading lights ...............•........ 114
Rear-seat telephony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 First user pairing . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 190 Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Pairing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 190 Private mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Telephone handset . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 191 User pairing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Rear-view mirror . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Rear Assist Reversing camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Rear axle differential lock . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 286 Functioning principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Noises ........................... 286 Not switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Tyre wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Rear seat entertainment system . . . . . . . . 165 Care and protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Changing the language . . . . . . • . . 171 Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Controls on the LCD screen . . . . . . . . . . . 168 DVD player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Folding the LCD screen out and in . . . . . 167 Folding the screen out and in . . . . . . . . . . 167 Function settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Image settings . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 171 Main menu (DVD player) . . . . . • . . . . . . . 171 Main menu (screen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Settings on the DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Settings on the LCD screen . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Rear view camera system Camera .......................... 293 Camera lens . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 General information . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Requirements . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 Rear window heating . . . . . . . . . . 324, 326, 328
Recommendation for rest breaks . . . . . . . 315 Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 316 Operation by the user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316 Switching on and off................. 316
Recording data during a journey . . . . . . . . 398
Rectifying faults on the camping equip-ment .............................. 254
Recycling end-of-life vehicles . . . . . . . . . . 407 Refitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396, 405
Refrigerator box, Business . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Battery monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Refrigerator box, California . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Refuelling E10 . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 344
Regeneration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Remote control Rear seat entertainment system . . . . . . . 169
Remote control key Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 38 see Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Synchronising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Remote control (supplementary heating system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Auxiliary coolant heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Removable ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Remove and Install Single seats in the passenger compartment .7.3
Removing and Installing 3-seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Bench seaUbed, California . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Single seats in the passenger compartment .7.3
Removing Ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Removing snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 Removing wax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 Renewing parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Repairing stone chips (note) Windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394, 396 Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Lifting platform . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 401 Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 Stickers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 Windscreen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396 Replacement key see Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Replacement parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Reprogramming control units . . . . . . . . . . 399
Requirements Rear view camera system . . . . . • . . . . . . 292
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Service position . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 119 Things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381. 382 Undersea! . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 387 Washing by hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 381 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 Wooden trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 392
Vehicle data sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Vehicle identification data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Vehicle ldentiflcatlon number . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Vehicle Interior Centre console, comfort version . . . . . . . . 13 Centre console, standard version . . . . . . . 12 Driver door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Driver side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 10 Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Headliner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Vehicle key see Key . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Vehicle key set . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . 36
Vehicle overview California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Centre console, comfort version . . . . . . . . 13 Centre console, standard version . . . . . . . 12 Driver door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Driver side . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 6 Headliner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Rear view (with tailgate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Rear view (with wing doors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Side view ...................•....... 5
Vehicle toolkit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416 Contents . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 Stowage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Vehicle wallet stowage . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . 151
Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 329
Voice enhancement................... 173
Volkswagen Car-Net Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Exchanging your system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Interferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Lending or selling the vehicle to others . . 403 Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Volkswagen Information system . . . . . . . . . 24 Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Menu structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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Warning lamp Adaptive cruise control (ACC) . . . . . . . . . 300 AdBiue ........................... 347 Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Coolant . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 Depress brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270, 300, 308 Doors ............................. 45 Engine oil pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . 16 Rear axle differential lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 Wing doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Warning messages Central control panel, California . . . . . . . . 206
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380, 381 By hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Folding in the mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 High-pressure cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382 Things to note . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Waste bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Waste water tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Water disposal, California . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Water supply, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Waxing ............................. 384
Wear Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
What happens to vehicle occupants who have not fastened their seat belts . . . . . . . 82
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421 Caps............................. 419 Tightening torque. . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . 421
Wheels and tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 All-terrain tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 Asymmetrical tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377 Avoiding damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 Balancing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 373 Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 Foreign bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 Handling wheels and tyres . . . . . . . • . . . . 368 Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Incorrect wheel alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 More than one damaged tyre . . . . . • . . . . 420 New tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 Old tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 Replacing tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 Rims ............................. 369 Rotating wheels front to rear . . . • . . . . . . 368 Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 Serial number . . . • . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 374 Speed index ...............•... 376,377 Storing the removed wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 374 Storing tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 375 Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . 372
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Before using your vehicle for the first time, please read and observe the Information In this own-er's manual. it will quickly help you to become familiar with your vehicle and all of its functions as well as making you aware of dangers to yourself and others and of how these dangers can be avoided.
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