Accessories, replacement of parts and
modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Accessories and spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Roof aerial* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Mobile telephones and two-way radios . . . . . . . . 191
Fitting a towing bracket* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Checking and refilling levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
LPG system* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Working in the engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . 200
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Washer fluid and windscreen wiper blades . . . . 209
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
If and when . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Vehicle tools, spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Wheel change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Tyre repair kit (Tyre-Mobility-System)* . . . . . . . . . 229
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Bulb change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Single headlight bulb change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Double headlight bulb change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Changing the bulbs of AFS headlights . . . . . . . . 242
Changing the fog light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Changing the rear lights (on the wing) . . . . . . . . 244
Changing the rear lights (on the rear lid) . . . . . . 245
Side turn signal bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Interior light and front reading lights . . . . . . . . . 247
Additional brake lights* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Luggage compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Towing and tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Description of specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Information on fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Checking fluid levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Petrol engine 1.2 51 kW (70 PS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Petrol engine 1.2 TSI 63 kW (85 PS) . . . . . . . . . . 261
Petrol engine 1.4 63 kW (85 PS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Petrol engine 1.2 TSI 77 kW (105 PS) . . . . . . . . . 263
Petrol engine 1.2 TSI 77 kW (105 PS) Start-Stop 264
Petrol engine 1.4 TSI 110 kW (150 PS) automatic . .265
Diesel engine 1.2 TDI CR 55 kW (75 PS) DPF
Start-Stop Ecomotive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Diesel engine 1.2 TDI CR 55 kW (75 PS) DPF . . . . 267
Diesel engine 1.6 TDI CR 66 kW (90 PS) DPF . . . . 268
Diesel engine 1.6 TDI CR 77 kW (105 PS) with/
without DPF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Dimensions and capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
4Table of Contents
6Content
Content
This manual is structured to provide the information you need in an organ-
ised way. The content of this Manual is divided into sections which belong
to chapters (e.g. “Air conditioning”). The entire manual is divided into five
large parts which are:
1. Safety First Information about the vehicle equipment relating to passive safety such as
seat belts, airbags, seats, etc.
2. Operating instructions
Information about the distribution of controls in the driver position of your
vehicle, about the seat adjustment possibilities, about how to create a suit-
able climate in the vehicle interior, etc.
3. Practical Tips Advice relating to the driving, caring and maintenance of your vehicle and
certain problems you can solve yourself.
4. Technical specifications
Figures, values and the dimensions of your vehicle.
5. Alphabetic index
At the end of this manual there is a detailed alphabetical index, this will
help you to quickly find the information you require.
270Technical specifications
Dimensions and capacities
DimensionsLength, width 4236 mm/1693 mmHeight at kerb weight (with bars) 1445 mmFront and rear projection 857 mm/910 mmWheelbase 2469 mmTurning circle 10.7 m
Track width a)FrontRear1465 mm1457 mmCapacitiesFuel tank 45 l. Reserve 7 l.Windscreen washer fluid container with headlight washer 2 l/4.5 lTyre pressureSummer-grade tyres:The correct tyre pressure can be seen on the sticker on the inside of the tank flap.Winter tyres:The pressure of these tyres is the same as the summer tyre pressure plus 0.2 bar.a)
This data will change depending on the type of wheel rim.
Seat belt tensionercontrol lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Selective opening* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Semiautomatic air conditioning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Single headlight bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Sitting position driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sitting position, occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221, 258
Soot accumulation in the diesel engine particu- late filter
control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Spanner symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Speed selector lever lock control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Start-Stop Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Starting petrol engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147, 148
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147, 148 After the fuel tank has been run dry . . . . . 148 Steam jets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Steering lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Steering column controls Audio Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Steering wheel height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 144
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Front passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Sun visor Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Switch Hazard warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Switches Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
panoramic/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
T Tank Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Reserve indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
The danger of not using the seat belt . . . . . . . . 22
Tightening torque of wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . 258
Tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Top Tether system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178, 257
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Towing bracket, fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Towline anchorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Towline anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Tow starting
Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Traction control system control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Trailer turn signals control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Trailer weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 107
Two-way radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Tyre-Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 229
Tyre Mobility-System (Tyre repair kit) . . . . . . . 224
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Control lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Tyre pressures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Tyre repair kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224, 229
Tyres and wheels Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Tyres tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Tyres useful life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Tyres with directional tread pattern . . . . . . . . 217
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