2011 VOLKSWAGEN TRANSPORTER air condition

Remove stubborn impurities carefully using white spirits. and then rinse using warm water. Do not use any aggressive substances such as petrol, thinner or solvents.
Care of the decorative film
Basically, the same care instructions for vehicle paint apply =>page 384.
Treat the decorative film regularly, every 3 months (no longer) with liquid hot wax. Hot wax smooths the surface and has a dirt-repellent effect.
Only use soft microfibre clothes to apply it.
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles recommends that you seek advice from a Volkswagen Commer-cial Vehicles partner or workshop as to a suitable care product.
Cleaning wheels
rill First read and observe the introductory information and safety warnings & on page 380.
Cleaning steel wheels
An industrial cleaner is needed to remove accumu-lated brake dust. Steel wheels should therefore be cleaned regularly with a separate sponge.
Any damage to the paint on steel wheels should be touched up before the metal starts to rust.
Caring for and cleaning alloy wheels
Wash grit and brake dust from alloy wheels ap-proximately every 2 weeks. Then use an acid-free detergent to clean the wheels. Volkswagen Corn-
Care of rubber seals
rill First read and observe the Introductory Information and safety warnings & on page 380.
The rubber seals on the doors, windows etc. will seal better, remain flexible and last longer if they are treated at regular intervals with a suitable care product.
386 Cleanmg and maintenance
• Always direct the nozzle perpendicular to the decorative film edges and surface.
• Depending on the condition of the brushes and car wash, fine scratches may appear In the decorative film.
• Remove impurities on the decorative film as soon as possible using suitable cleaning agents in order to avoid long-term damage to the film.
r::l If the surface of the decorative film is dam-L!.J aged, e.g. by the impact of gravel, the dam-age can only be rectified by replacing the whole decorative film element. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles recommends having the work carried out by a qualified workshop. mercial Vehicles recommends applying a hard wax compound to the wheels approximately every 3 months.
it is important to remove road salt and brake dust by washing the wheels at regular intervals, to deter corrosion to the alloy.
Always use an acid-free detergent for alloy wheels. Car polish or other abrasive agents should not be used on the wheels.
If the protective coating is damaged, e.g. by stone impact, the damaged area should be repaired im-mediately. Use a soft cloth to remove dust and dirt from the rubber seals.

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Check the condition of all seat belts regularly. If the belt webbing or any other part of the seat belt becomes damaged have it removed and replaced immediately by a qualified workshop. Damaged seat belts are very dan-gerous and can cause severe or fatal injuries.
• Never use chemical cleaning agents on the seat belts or their components. Further-more the seat belts may not come Into con-tact with corrosive fluids, solvents or sharp objects. These could considerably weaken the webbing.
• After cleaning, allow seat belts to dry completely before rolling them up. Otherwise the automatic belt retractors could become damaged and thus Impair their function.
Cleaning cool box
)""""'('n First read and observe the Introductory L.-J,:,JJ Information and safety warnings & on page 388.
Cleaning seat rails
)""""'('n First read and observe the introductory information and safety warnings & on page 388.
Clean the surface of the seat rails on a regular ba-sis
• Use a narrow nozzle on a vacuum cleaner to remove sand, dirt etc. from the seat rails.
Cleaning opaque shades
)""""'('n First read and observe the introductory information and safety warnings & on page 388.
For the best cleaning results have the opaque shades dry cleaned.
A WARNING (ConUnued)
• Avoid allowing foreign bodies or liquids to enter the slot for the seat belt buckle. This could prevent the belt buckle and seat belt from working properly.
• Never try to repair, modify or remove the seat belts yourself.
• Damaged seat belts must be replaced im-mediately with new seat belts approved by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles for your ve-hicle type. Seat belts subjected to stress and stretched during an accident must be re-placed by a qualified workshop. Renewal may be necessary even if there is no apparent damage. The belt anchorage should also be checked.
• Clean the cool box with a household detergent before using it for the first time and whenever it needs cleaning.
• To prevent mould and mildew from forming in the cool box when it is not being used for long peri-ods, place a folded dry towel between the box and its lid.
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If seats are moved when the seat rails are soiled, the seat rails and the seat feet could be damaged.
Please refer to the information on the labels sewn into the opaque shades before cleaning in a wash-ing machine.
Vehicle care and maintenance 393

Retrofitting two-way radios
.--m First read and observe the introductory L-.lc.U information and safety warnings & on page 394.
You will need an external aerial to use a two-way radio in the vehicle.
Any retrofit installation of electrical or electronic equipment in the vehicle will affect its vehicle type approval. Under certain circumstances, this can negate the type approval for the vehicle.
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has approved the vehicle for use with two-way radios providing the following conditions are observed:
• Correct installation of external aerial.
• A maximum transmitting power of 10 watts.
The equipment can only operate at maximum range with an external aerial.
Check first with a qualified workshop if you wish to use a two-way radio with a transmitting power of over 10 watts. Qualified workshops are familiar with the technical options for retrofitting. Volkswa-gen Commercial Vehicles recommends using a Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles dealership for this purpose.
Information stored in the control units
.--m First read and observe the introductory L-.lc.U Information and safety warnings & on page 394.
Your vehicle is factory fitted with electronic control units which are responsible for engine and gearbox management. The control units also monitor the function of the exhaust system and the airbags.
These electronic control units continuously evalu-ate data relevant to the vehicle while the vehicle is being driven. Only these data will be stored if there are any faults recorded or any deviations from the specified values. This is generally displayed by the indicator lamps on the instrument cluster.
Special units are required to read and evaluate da-ta stored in the control units.
These data are stored so that specialist workshops can diagnose and solve problems. The following data may have been stored:
• Engine and gearbox-relevant data.
• Speed.
• Direction of travel.
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Please comply with relevant legislation and the in-structions and information given in the operating manuals for radio equipment.
A WARNING
If radio equipment is not secured or not prop-erly secured in the vehicle, it could be flung though the interior during a sudden driving or braking manoeuvre, or In the event of an accident. This can cause Injuries.
• While the vehicle is in motion, always se-cure radio equipment properly outside the airbag deployment zone or stow them away safely.
A CAUTION
If you use two-way radios in the car without an external aerial, electromagnetic radiation in the vehicle could exceed limit values. This also applies to external aerials which have not been correctly installed.
• Two-way radios should only be used In the vehicle If an external aerial Is properly connected.
• Braking power.
• Seat belt monitor.
The control units never record conversations that take place in the vehicle. it is neither possible nor permitted to use the stored data to create move-ment profiles.
When the vehicle is being used, situations may arise in which the stored data (alone or in conjunc-tion with other information such as accident re-ports, vehicle damage, witness statements etc.) can become assignable to a particular person, whereby consultation of an expert and use of the expert's information may be necessary.
In vehicles with an emergency call function via a mobile telephone or other units, the current loca-tion can be transmitted. In the event of an accident in which the control units register that an airbag has been triggered, the system can automatically send out a signal. This depends on your service provider. Transmission is possible only in areas
with a sufficiently strong mobile telephone signal. .,..

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
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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

Vents ............................ 329 Windscreen heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Air conditioning system, California . . . . . . 250
Air reclrculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Switching off temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 364
Aluminium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Anodised surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Anti-freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 360 Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . 275 Anti-snaking coupling Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . 43 Anti-tow alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Interior monitoring system . . . • . . . . . . . . . 44 Risk of false alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Anti-theft wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . 417, 420, 421
Anti-tow alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 404
Apps ............................... 404 Area monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 City Emergency Brake function ......... 311 Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 System limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Armrest, 2-seat arrangement, Business Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Stowage compartment . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 184
Armrest, 3-seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Front. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Removable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Assist systems Adaptive chassis control (DCC) . . . . . . . . 317 Adaptive cruise control (ACC) . . . . . . . . . 298 Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . 275 Area monitoring system (Front Assist) . . . 307 Automatic Post-Collision Braking System 274 Brake Assist system (BAS) . . . . . . . . . . . 275 ccs ............................. 295 Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 295 Driver Alert System .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. 315 Electronic differential lock (EDL) . . . . . . . 275 Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . 274 Hill Descent Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Hill Hold Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 284 Lane change assist system . . . . . . . . . . . 312 Parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
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Parking aid (front and rear) . . . • . . . . . . . 289 Parking aid (only at rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 ParkPilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 ParkPilot (front and rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 ParkPilot (only at rear) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Rear Assist (reversing camera) . . . . . . . . 291 Recommendation for rest breaks....... 315 Reversing camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Side Assist (lane change assist system) . 312 Start/stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Traction control system (TCS) . . . . . 275, 276 Tyre monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . 318, 321
Asymmetrical tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Automatic car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Automatic gearbox See Dual clutch gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 see Dual clutch gearbox DSG . . . . . . . . . 264 Automatic headlight control ............. 110
Automatic Post-Collision Braking System 274
Automatic switch-off for electrical consum-ers .............................. . 366
Auxiliary air heater See Supplementary heater .......... . 332 Auxiliary coolant heater Remote control .................... . See Supplementary heater .......... .
Auxiliary equipment or body parts ..... .
335 332
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Auxiliary heater Remote control .................... . see Supplementary heater ........... . See Supplementary heater .......... . Switch-off delay ..............•.....
335 251 332 334 Awning ............................. 226 Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 227 Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Removing and fitting . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 228
Axle weight rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 450
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Ball coupling Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 142 Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Ready position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
BAS see Brake support systems . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Battery Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 Remote control (supplementary heating sys-tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Replacing in remote control key . . . . . . . . . 38 see Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Battery charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 24 7
Bed extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Belt height adjuster . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Service and disposal . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 87
Bench seaUbed Drawer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Bench seaUbed, California Load-through hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Moving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Removing and installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Setting up the bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Black ice warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Entering password for rear-seat telephony .1.90 Establishing a connection for rear-seat tel-ephony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Bonnet Closing . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 352 Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Boot lid see Tail gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Bottle holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Brake Assist system (BAS) see Brake support systems . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 272 Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Brake support systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Emergency brake lights for hard braking . 412 Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Running in brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Brake servo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273, 274
Brake support systems . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 ABS ............................. 274 BAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 EDL ............................. 274 ESC ............................. 274 TCS ............................. 274 Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 see Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Breakdown Vehicle safety...................... 412
Breakdown set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425 Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 Inflating the tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428 More than one damaged tyre . . . . . . . . . . 425 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Sealing the tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428 Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426 Test after driving for 10 minutes . . . . . . . . 429 When not to use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Buckle straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Bulb defect see Changing bulbs . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 432 Business
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2-seat arrangement . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . 182 Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Rear-seat telephony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Seat functions. rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Seat heater in the 2-seat arrangement 183 Vehicle overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
California 12-volt socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 230-volt power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Additional batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 250 Awning ........................... 226 Battery charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Central control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Darkening the interior of the vehicle . . . . 215 Drink holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Electric pop-up roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Gas system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Manual pop-up roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Power supply in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Practical tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Seat functions, rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 193 Stowage areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Supplementary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Tables and camping chairs . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Vehicle overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Water supply and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Camera ............................. 293 Camping chairs, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Camping equipment, California Camping chairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Work table . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 230, 231
Capacities Ad Blue tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 346 Fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Car-Net see Volkswagen Car-Net . . . . . . . . . • . . . 402
Care see Vehicle care . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . 380 Car telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 408 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
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Factory plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
FAQs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 134
Fault 230-volt Euro socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Adaptive chassis control . . . . . . . . . 317, 318 Adaptive cruise control (ACC) . . . . . . . . . 299 Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Area monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 308 Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 Driver Alert System .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. . 316 DSG dual clutch gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Electric exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Front Assist .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 308 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Lane change assist system (Side Assist) 313 Main beam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 ParkPilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288, 289 Radio reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 120 Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 145
Fault finding . . . . . . . • . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Fault memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 At the filling station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 Checks when filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . 343 Diesel ............................ 342 Fuel ...........•................. 342 Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Indicator lamp ......... , . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 342
Filling up Incorrect fuel . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 341
Filter preheater .......... , . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . • . . • . . 413 Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 142
First aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 Stowage location . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . 413
First user pairing Rear-seat telephony.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Flyscreen element Sliding window . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 232
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Folding out the table 3-seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Single seats in the passenger compartment .7.3
Folding table in the side panel . . . . . . . . . . 155 Assembling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Stowed ........................... 156 Stowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 156
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Folding table in the sliding door . . . . . . . . 229 Assembling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Foot mats . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Footwelllight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Four-wheel drive Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Fresh water system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 239
Front airbags see Alrbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . 81
Front Assist City Emergency Brake function ......... 311 Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 see Area monitoring system (Front Assist) .307 System limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Front passenger front airbag see Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 87 Switching off with the key switch . . . . . . . . 93
Front scan system Swnching off temporarily . . . . • . . . • . • . . 310
Front seats Turning . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . • . . 343 Diesel ............................ 345 Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 344
Fuel consumption Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 What increases it? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
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Camping equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431 Detecting a blown fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Fuse box in engine compartment . . . . . . . 431 Fuse box in the dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . 430 Preparation for changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
G 12 plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
G 12 plus-plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
G 13 ................................ 360 Gas bottle Changing . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Gas cooker Cleaning . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Turning off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Turning on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Selecting a gear DSG dual clutch gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Selective Catalytic Reduction see Emission control system for diesel vehi-cles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Selector lever lock Dual clutch gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Selling the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 In other countries/continents . . . . . . . • . . 405 Volkswagen Car-Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Service fluids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Service interval display Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Oil change service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Service position for the front wipers ...... 119
Settings Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Setting up Integrated child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Setting up the bed 3-seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Bench seaVbed, California . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Side airbags see Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Side Assist Lane change assist system . . . . . . . . . . . 312 Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108, 109
Signal tones Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Warning and indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Single door opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Single seats in the passenger compartment Folding out the table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Sink Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Sitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Sitting position Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Manual closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Roll-back function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Sliding doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Childproof lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 48 Opening and closing electrically 47 Opening and closing manually . . 46 Sliding windows Closing ............................ 58 Opening . . . ...................... 58
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 Four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Socket 12-volt sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 230-volt Euro socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 230-volt grounded safety socket 246 External socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Sockets 12-volt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 230-volt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Spare fuel canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Spares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374 Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 4 Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374 Speed index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 377
Start/stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 When towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Starting with jump leads see Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 443 Static cornering light ..........•........ 110
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 281 Pulling to one side . . . . . . . . . . . 373 Vibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 373
Steering wheel Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Sterilising agent . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 239
Stickers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Storing vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Stowage Stowage compartment in the headliner . . 214 Stowage areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Armrest, 2-seat arrangement, Business . 184 California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Drawers ........................... 76 Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Lockable stowage compartment . . . . . . . 214 Stowage compartment lights ........... 114 Vehicle wallet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Stowage box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Stowage compartment in the headliner . . 214 Stowage compartment lights on the front passenger side ...................... 114 Stowing Centre console . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 151 Dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Integrated child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Other stowage compartments . . . . . . . . . 152 Stowing cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Stowing items of luggage . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 126
Sunbllnd Side windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
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