2015 VOLKSWAGEN TRANSPORTER height

A WARNING
Never program the supplementary heating system so that Is switched on and run In un-ventilated or enclosed areas. The fumes from the supplementary heating system contain carbon monoxide, which is an odourless and
Practical tips, California
o::n Introduction
This chapter contains information on the following subjects:
Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Before you take a road trip . . . . . . . . . . 252
Actions to take during thunderstorms 253
Winter conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Cleaning cupboards, cooker and sink . 253
Cleaning the display of the central control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Before setting off
rl'"'n First read and observe the introductory L..J.:.U Information given on page 252.
Checklist
The following points should be verified in addition to the checklist 33:
..( Close the pop-up roof .
..( Close all drawers, cabinet doors and flaps.
Before you take a road trip
rl'"'n First read and observe the Introductory L..J.:.U Information given on page 252.
Checklist
Observe the following additional suggestions:
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Familiarise yourself with parking and ma-noeuvring the vehicle.
Note the height and width of the vehicle-particularly if any accessories have modified these dimensions.
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A WARNING (Continued)
colourless poisonous gas. Carbon monoxide can cause people to lose consciousness. it can also cause death.
m All saved switch-on times will be deleted if W you switch off the central control panel or dis-connect the additional battery. They will also be de-leted ifthere is a defective fuse in the control pan-el.
Rectifying faults on the camping equipment . . 254
Technical data. living area . . 255
Additional information:
• Central control panel 204.
• Before setting off =:>page 33.
• Vehicle care and maintenance 380.
..( Retract the awning completely.
..( Remove all vehicle interior shades and open all blinds.
..( Bring all tables into their stowed position .
../ Close all gas shut-off valves.
/ Secure all loose items in the vehicle. _., ______________________________
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Check that all items of equipment are in good working order .
Observe the entry and vaccination require-ments of any foreign country you will be vis-iting.
Have the following documents on hand:
-Valid identity cards or passports
-Driving licence and vehicle registration papers ..,.

A WARNING
Handling the vehicle Incorrectly will Increase the risk of accident and Injuries.
• Comply with legal regulations.
• Observe the owner's manual.
Information stickers and plates
r--('n First read and observe the introductory L-1=.1.1 information and safety warnings & on page 404.
Safety certificates, stickers and plates showing im-portant vehicle operation information are factory-fit-ted in the engine compartment and on certain parts such as the tank flap, front passenger sun visor, the driver door pillar or in the luggage compart-ment floor.
• Never remove or damage the safety certifi-cates, stickers and plates. They must remain legi-ble at all times.
• If vehicle parts bearing safety certificates, stick-ers or plates are removed from the vehicle, re-placement safety certificates, stickers or plates with the same information must be applied properly to the new parts by the qualified workshop.
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Handling the vehicle incorrectly could lead to the vehicle becoming damaged.
• Comply with legal regulations.
• Carry out service jobs in accordance with the service schedule.
• Observe the owner's manual.
Safety certificate
A safety certificate on the door pillar of the driver door provides the information that all necessary safety standards and specifications of the transport safety authorities of the individual country have been met at the time of production. The month and year of production and the chassis number may al-so be listed.
High voltage warning sticker
There is a sticker near the bonnet lock showing a warning about the high voltage in the vehicle's electrical system. The vehicle's ignition system ful-fils the requirements of standards that include
Canadian standard ICES-002. Using the vehicle in other countries and continents
r--('n First read and observe the lntrod uctory L-Jo-ll Information and safety warnings & on page 404.
The vehicle has been manufactured specifically for a particular country and complies with the registra-tion regulations that applied in that country at the time of vehicle production.
If you want to use the vehicle abroad for a short period, all relevant information and Instructions should be followed 34, Driving abroad.
If the vehicle is going to be sold in another country or used in another country for an extended period, the legal requirements applicable in that country must be observed.
In some cases, certain equipment will have to be fitted or removed and functions deactivated. The service scope and service types could also be af-
fected. This is particularly important if the vehicle is driven in another climate region for a long period of time.
Because different frequency bands are used in dif-ferent countries, the factory-fitted radio or naviga-tion system may not work in other countries.
Rail transport
Due to differing tunnel heights and loading stand-ards in some countries, there may be restrictions on transporting your vehicle by rail or special measures may be required. Volkswagen Commer-cial Vehicles Service will provide information on
Vehicle care and maintenance 405

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
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-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

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
Index 467

Residual current circuit breaker . . . . . . . . 247 California Beach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 California Coast and Ocean . . . . . . • . . . . 247
Retrofitting Car telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 398 Rear seats, Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Rear seats, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Rear seats, Multivan . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 64 seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Two-way radio . . . . • . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . 398
Retrofitting seats Business . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 California . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Multivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Reversing camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Rims .......................•....... 369 Bolted-on rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 Bolted-on trims . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 370 Identification . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . • . . . . 370
Roll-back function Electric sliding door . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . 48 Electric windows . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . 57 Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Rolling road test bed . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . 286
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . 137. 139
Roof ventilator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Rotating front seats . . . . . • . . . . . . • . • . . . . . 71
RSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . 165
Rubber seals . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Running in
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Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Engine ........................... 394 see Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 The first kilometres . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 370
SAFELOCK mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SAFE shown In the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Safety equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Scrapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Screen Changing the language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Folding in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Function settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Image settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Settings . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Screen mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Seat adjustment Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Seat belt protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Seat belt routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
478 I Index
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . 86 Belt height adjuster . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . • . . 86 Belt status display . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 80 Belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 86 Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 83 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 392 Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . 84 Not fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 82 Seat belt routing . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . 85 Twisted seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 84 Using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 83 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Seat belt warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Seat covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388 Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 Cleaning and caring for natural leather . . 391 Cleaning cloth seat covers . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 Cleaning fabric trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 Handling seat covers . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 389 Leatherette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Seat functions front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 69 Passenger compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 rear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 72
Seat functions, rear Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 182 California . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 193
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Seat rails Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 133 California . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 133 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393 Multivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 64 3-seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Adjusting head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Adjusting the steering wheel position . . . . . 68 Electrically adjustable front seat . . . . . . . . 66 Electric lumbar support adjustment . . . . . . 66 Fitting head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Mechanical front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Memory seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 70 Multivan ......................•.... 64 Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Number of seats, Business . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Number of seats, California . . . . . . . • . . . 193 Removing head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Rotating front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Single seats in the passenger compartment .7.3
Securing straps Buckle straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Ratchet straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128