2015 VOLKSWAGEN TRANSPORTER remote control

If and when
Practical tips
Frequently asked questions
If you suspect that a vehicle fault has arisen or your vehicle has been damaged, read and observe the following information before contacting a Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles dealership or
qualified workshop. You may also find useful infor-mation in the index under the headings "Things to note" or "Checklist".
To note Some possible causes Possible solution
Vehicle battery is discharged. -How to jump start =>page 443. -Recharge vehicle battery 362.
Engine does not start. The incorrect vehicle key is be-Use a valid vehicle key 36. ing used.
Fuel level is too low. Fill the tank 340.
Supplementary heating system Switch off the supplementary heating
Smoke is coming from the is running. system 332. wing. Supplementary heater is run-No solution 345. ning.
-Battery in the remote control -Replace the battery 36. Vehicle cannot be locked or key is flat. -Move closer to the vehicle. unlocked with the remote -Located too far away from the -Synchronise the vehicle key =>page 36. vehicle. control key. -Buttons were pressed outside -Lock or unlock the vehicle manually
the range. 413.
Cold engine. brake assist sys-Refer to the index under entries for Unusual noises. tems, supplementary heating "Noises". system.
Assist systems are active. Refer to the index under entries for "As-sist systems". Unusual handling. DSG® dual clutch gearbox is too Stop the vehicle immediately hot. 266.
Front seats cannot be ad-Vehicle battery is discharged. Recharge vehicle battery 362.
justed electrically. Fuse blown. Check fuse and replace as necessary 429.
The vehicle has no vehicle No direct solutions possible as it depends
jack, spare wheel or break-Equipment depends on type of on the equipment level. Contact a Volks-vehicle. wagen Commercial Vehicles dealership if down set. necessary 416.
-Windows or sliding roof are open. The interior monitoring sys--Item attached to the interior Remove any objects that could trigger a tem triggers a false alarm. mirror is moving. false alarm 44. -A mobile telephone is vibrating inside the vehicle.
Functions are not working Settings have been made in the Check and if necessary reset back to fac-as described in the owner's manual. Volkswagen information system. tory settings 24.
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First aid kit, warning triangle, high-visibility waistcoat and fire
extinguisher
l"'""'('n First read and observe the introductory L.-J,::,JI Information and safety warnings & on page 411.
High-visibility waistcoat
In some vehicles there is a stowage compartment for a high-visibility waistcoat in the driver door 9.
Warning triangle
The warning triangle must comply with legal re-quirements.
First aid kit
The first aid kit must comply with legal require-ments. Comply with the expiry dates of the con-tents.
In some vehicles, there is a bag containing the warning triangle and first aid kit next to the vehicle toolkit.
To remove the bag, pull it inwards by the long end at the front while turning it downwards slightly.
Manual opening and closing
COl Introduction
This chapter contains information on the following subjects:
Unlocking the driver door manually . . . . . . . . . 414 Unlocking the tailgate manually ............ 414
Closing the sliding/tilting roof manually . . . . . 415
Unlocking the selector lever lock manually . . . 415
Should the radio signal of the remote control key or the central locking system fails, the doors, tailgate and sliding/tilting roof can be locked and, with some exceptions, unlocked manually.
Additional information and warnings:
• Vehicle key set 36
• Central locking system 39
• Doors 45
• Tailgate 49
• Sliding/tilting roof 58
• Closing the electric pop-up roof manually, Cali-fornia 192
In vehicles with a kitchenette, the first aid kit is lo-cated on the rear panel of the left stowage com-partment in the kitchen unit.
Fire extinguisher
Before using the fire extinguisher, make sure you are familiar with its operation. If an operating man-ual is supplied with the fire extinguisher, place it in the vehicle wallet.
The fire extinguisher must comply with the valid legal requirements. lt must be fully functional and checked regularly. See the test certificate on the fire extinguisher.
A WARNING
In the event of a sudden driving or braking manoeuvre or accident, loose objects could be flung though the vehicle and cause severe Injuries.
• Always secure the fire extinguisher, high-visibility waistcoat, first aid kit and warning triangle safely In the holders. • Securing the pop-up roof manually from outside the vehicle, California 192
• In an emergency 411
A WARNING
Careless manual opening and closing can cause serious Injury.
• If the vehicle Is locked from the outside, the doors and windows cannot be opened from the inside.
• Never leave children or people requiring assistance alone In the vehicle. They could become trapped In the vehicle In an emergen-cy and may not be able to get themselves to safety.
• Temperatures Inside a locked vehicle may reach extremes of heat or cold, according to season. This can cause serious Injuries and Illness or fatalities, especially to small chil-dren. .,.
Practical tips 413

A WARNING
The path of the doors, tailgate and sliding/tilt-ing roof is a dangerous area. Injuries could be sustained here.
Unlocking the driver door manually
rl'11 First read and observe the introductory L-J.:.I.I Information and safety warnings & on page 413.
If unlocked manually, only the driver door is un-locked. Observe information on the anti-theft alarm 39.
Unlocking the tailgate manually
Fig. 290 In the vehicle interior: removing the cov-er in the tailgate.
rl'11 First read and observe the introductory L-J.:.I.I information and safety warnings & on page 413.
• Ensure that the child proof lock is not engaged.
• Remove the round cover from the interior trim on the tailgate 290.
• Push the release lever 291 @ in the di-rection of the arrow to unlock the tailgate.
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A WARNING (Continued)
• Therefore doors, the tailgate and the slid-ing/tilting roof should only be opened or closed when nobody is in their path.
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When carrying out manual opening or closing remove and Install parts carefully In order to avoid damage to the vehicle. • Fold the key bit out of the remote control key 36.
• Insert the key bit into the driver door lock cylin-der and unlock the vehicle. The anti-theft alarm re-mains activated. However, the alarm will not be triggered.
• Switch on the ignition within 15 seconds. When the ignition is switched on, the electronic immobiliz-er recognises a valid remote control key and deac-tivates the anti-theft alarm system. Fig. 291 release lever in the tailgate
m In some vehicles, there is a rubber stopper l!.J instead of the cover. Carefully lever it out with the screwdriver from the vehicle toolkit.

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
396
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

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
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Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 How to .......•................ 444 Jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
K
Kerb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Key Assigning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Replacement key . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Key switch Switching off the front passenger front air-bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Kickdown function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
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Lane change assist system . . . . . . . . 312. 313 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Lane change assist system (Side Assist) Driving situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 Visual displays in the exterior mirror hous-ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Lane change flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 LCD screen Changing the language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Folding in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Function settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Image settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 171 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Leaving Home function ................. 112
LED headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434 LED lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 434 LED number plate light . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 434
LED tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434 Lending the vehicle Volkswagen Car-Net . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 403 Lifting platform . . . . . . . 401
Lifting the vehicle Checklist . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 423 Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 Lifting platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 With the jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 423 Light Assist see Main beam assist ................ 11 0 Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 AUTO .................•..•........ 110 Coming home ....................... 112
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Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . • . . . 108 Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 109 Headlight range control ............... 113 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 lnstrumentlighting . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Interior lights ....................... 114 Leaving home ...................... 112 Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Main beam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 0 Main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Reading lights . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108, 109 Signal tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Static cornering light ................. 110 Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Switch lighting ...................... 113 Turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Loading Driving with an open tailgate . . . . . . . . . . 129 Driving with open wing doors . . . . . . . . . . 129 Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Net partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Stowing cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 127 Stowing items of luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 T-shaped fastening ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Lockable stowage compartment California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Lock button Dual clutch gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Locking Vehicle ............................ 40
Luggage carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137, 139
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Luggage compartment lights ........... 114
Luggage compartment cover . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Luggage net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
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Main beam assist............... 110 Fault ............•.....•........... 111 Switching off ......•.....•.....•..... 110 Switching on ........................ 110 Main beam lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Mains connection 230-volt power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 DSG dual clutch gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Tyre monitoring system . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 319

Push-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
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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
Index 477

Sun visors ........................... 115
Supplementary heater . . . . . . • . . . . . . 332, 345 Automatic switch-off . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 341
Supplementary heaters Remote control: range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Supplementary heater, California . . . . . . . 251 Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Supplementary heating system Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 338 Automatic switch-off . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Child proof lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 Programming . . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . . . • . . 338 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . . 333, 334 Things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Supposed faults...................... 410
Switch-off of electrical consumers . . . . . . 366
Switching off consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Symbols see Warning and indicator lamps . . . . . . . . 16
Systems
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ASS ............................. 275 Anti-lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . 275 Automatic headlight control . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 0 BAS ............................. 275 Brake Assist system (BAS) . . . • . . . . . . . 275 ccs ............................. 295 Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 EDL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Electronic differential lock (EDL) . . . . . . . 275 Electronic stability control (ESC) . . . . . . . 274 ESC ............................. 274 Hill Hold Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Lane change assist system . . . . . . . . . . . 312 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 Reversing camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Side Assist (lane change assist system) . 312 Start/stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 TCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275, 276 Traction control system (TCS) . . . . . 275, 276 Tyre monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . 318, 321
T-shaped fastening ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 155 California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Central table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
480 I Index
Folding table in the side panel . . . . . . . . . 155 Folding table in the sliding door . . . . . . . . 229
Tachograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 172
Tallgate . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . 49 Child proof lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 52 Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . 50 Drivlng with an open tallgate . . . . . . . . . . 129 Locking............................ 40 Locking from the inside . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 51 Manual opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . 414 Opening ........................... 50 Power closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 50 see Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 40 Unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Unlocking from the inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 50
Tall lights (LED) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Tank cap Closing . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
TCS see Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 see Brake support systems . . . • . . . . . . . 275 Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Technical data Axle weight rating . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . 450 Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 121. 343 Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452 Drawbar load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Engine oil specification . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 354 Engine specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 450 Factory plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 451 Gross vehicle weight rating . . . . . . . . . . . 450 Kerb weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 Living area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Maximum speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 Output ........................... 450 Performance figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Trailer weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 Type plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451 Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 Vehicle data sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451 Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396 Lifting platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 Plates ............•............... 405 Stickers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Telematlc services see Volkswagen Car-Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Telephone handset, rear-seat telephony, Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191