2014 VOLKSWAGEN TRANSPORTER torque

150 kW, 4-cylinder TDI®, emission standard EUG
Power output 150 kW at 4000 rpm
Engine code CXEB
Capacity 1,968 ccm
Injection technology TDI®
Maximum torque 450 Nm at 1,400-2,500 rpm
Gearbox MGS MGS 4MOTION 4MOTION
Normal roof km/h 203a) 199a) 203b) 199b) Maximum speed Pop-up roof km/h 199a) 1958) 199b) 195b)
Multivan, Busi-kg 2,070-2,625 Kerb weight ness
California kg 2,351 -2,764
Gross vehicle weight Multivan, Busi-kg 3,000 /3,080 ness rating California kg 3,000 /3,080
Gross axle weight rat-Multivan, Busi-kg 1,610-1,680 ne ss ing, front California kg 1,610
Gross axle weight rat-Multivan, Busi-kg 1,515-1,600 ness ing, rear California kg 1,550-1,575
Maximum trailer weight, trailer with sep-a rate brakes kg 2,500 gradients up to 12%
Maximum trailer weight, trailer with no kg 750 separate brakes
Maximum permitted gross combination kg 5,200 weight
a) Maximum speed is reached in 6th gear.
b) Maximum speed is reached in 7th gear. 4621 Technical data

Abbreviations
Abbreviation Definition
4MOTION
A2DP
ABS
ACC
Ad Blue®
ATA
SAS
ccm
ccs
C02
DCC
DIN
DPF
DSG®7
DVE
EC
EDL
EN
EPC
ESC
g/km
ICC
kN
kPa
kW
LED
LW
MFD
MG5
MG6
N
Nm
PGVW
PS
psi
PVC
RON
Four-wheel drive.
Advanced Audio Distribution Profile
Anti-lock brake system.
Adaptive cruise control.
Ad Blue® for diesel vehicles with SCR catalytic converters.
Anti-theft alarm.
Brake Assist system.
Cubic centimetres. Unit of displacement.
Cruise control system.
Carbon dioxide.
Adaptive chassis control.
German Standards Authority.
Diesel particulate filter.
DSG® automatic dual clutch gearbox.
Digital voice enhancement
Engine code.
Electronic differential lock.
European standard.
Engine management system (electronic power control).
Electronic Stability Control.
Carbon dioxide emissions in grams per kilometre.
In-car communication
Kilo Newton, pulling power.
Kilopascal. Unit of measurement for pressure.
Kilowatt, indication of engine power.
Light-emitting diode.
Long wheelbase
Multifunction display.
5-speed manual gearbox.
6-speed manual gearbox.
Newton, pulling power.
Newton metres, unit of engine torque.
Gross vehicle weight rating.
The approximate equivalent of brake horse power. formerly used to denote engine power.
Pound-force per square inch, imperial measure for the pressure
Polyvinyl chloride.
Research octane number, indication of the knock resistance of petrol.
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Temperature display Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 Outside temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Things to note Automatic car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 Disconnecting the vehicle battery . . . . . . . 24 Engine juddering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Engine not running smoothly . . . . . . . . . . 343 Folding in the mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 High-pressure cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 144, 382 If vehicle has not been used for long peri-ods.............................. 39 Parking . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 269, 272, 453 ParkPilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288, 290 Push-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Radio reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Removing the vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Smoke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339, 345 Switch-off delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257, 446 Towing .................•......... 447 Towing a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Water underneath the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 328 Wipers ............................ 118
Tightening torque Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Timer .....................•.......... 20
TIN................................. 376
Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 266
Toolkit see Vehicle toolkit . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 416 Torches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Small torch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Torch behind front passenger seat . . . . . . 153
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257, 446 Things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Another vehicle . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . 447 Driving notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 448 Dual clutch gearbox . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . 447 Four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 Removing cover for towing eye at front . . 448 Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 Tow bar .......................... 447 Towing bracket . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 Towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448 Tow rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 When not to tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 Your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
Towing bracket Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Fitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Retrofitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 see Trailer . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448 Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 Removing cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Traction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Traction control system (TCSI . . . . . . 275, 276
Trailer Anti-snaking coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Drawbar load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140, 146 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Emergency breakaway cable ...... 141,145 Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 142 Fitting the ball coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Headlight adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Hitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 ParkPilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288, 290, 291 Rear lights .................... 141,145 Removable ball coupling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Removing the ball coupling . . . . . • . . . . . 144 Retrofitting a towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . 149 Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139, 146 Trailer stabilisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7 Trailer weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146, 450 Trailer stabilisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7
Trailer weight Loading the trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 max. permissible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Transporting Buckle straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Driving with an open tailgate . . . . • . . . . . 129 Driving with open wing doors . . . . . . . . . . 129 Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Net partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Ratchet straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 T-shaped fastening ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Trailer weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Transporting items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Loading the trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Stowing cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Stowing items of luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139, 146
Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Tread wear . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 Trip recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 20 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Turn Single seats in the passenger compartment .7.3
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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
Index 483