Table of Contents
Table of Contents The essential s
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Ext erior vie
w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Exterior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Driver-side general instrument panel
(left-hand drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9
Driver-side general instrument panel
(right-hand drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
P
assenger-side general instrument pan-
el (left-hand drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11
Passenger-side general instrument pan-
el (right-hand drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Centr
e console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Interior view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
How it works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 21
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 23
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Easy Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
34
Warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Gearbox lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 41
Fluid level control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 50
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 51
Action in the event of a puncture . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
57 Emergency towing of the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 58
How to jump start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Changing the windscreen wiper blades . . . . 61
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
63
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Advice about driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Correct position of the vehicle occu-
pants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 64
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Why wear a seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
How to properly adjust your seat belt . . . . . . 72
Seat belt tensioners* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Brief introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Safety instructions about airbags . . . . . . . . . . 76
Deactivating airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Transporting children safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Safety for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 82
Emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84Self-help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Emergency equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Tyre repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 85
Changing the windscreen wiper blades . . . . 87
Towing or tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 91
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Change the front bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Change the rear bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Changing the interior bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Controls and displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
General instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Instruments and warning/control
lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . 102
Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
102
Using the instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Control and warning lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Multifunction steering wheel* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . . 125
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Anti-theft alarm* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . . . . 136
Controls for the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Lights and visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. . . . . . 139
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 144
Visibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. 145
Windscreen wiper and rear window wiper
systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . \
. . 145
Rear view mirr
ors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Seats and head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Adjusting the seat and head restraints . . . . . . 148
Seat functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 149
Transport and practical equipment . . . . . . 153
Practical equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Roof carrier* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\
. 159
Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Heating, ventilation and cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Heating and fresh air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Manual air conditioning* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Climatronic* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
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The essentials
Emergencies
Fuses Fuse l ocation Fig. 63
On the dashboard on the driver side:
lid of the fuse bo x.Fig. 64
In the engine compartment: lid of the
fuse bo x. Opening and closing the fuse box situated
bel
ow the dash panel
Fuses and bulbs
Fuses and bulbs
Fuses Intr oduction In general, a fuse can be assigned to various
electrical components. Likewise
, an el
ectrical
component can be protected by several
fuses.
Only replace fuses when the cause of the
problem has been solved. If a newly inserted
fuse blows after a short time, you must have
the electrical system checked by a special-
ised workshop as soon as possible. WARNING
The high voltages in the electrical system
can give serious electrical shocks, causing
burns and ev en death!
Fuses and bulbs
No. Consumer/Amps
5 Pressure transducer, EPW Solenoid
Valve
, T
OG Sensor, PWM Electric
fan, Camshaft Control Valve, Active
Carbon Tank Valve and Oil Pressure
Regulating Valve (TSI) 10
6 Ignition coils (MPI and TSI)
20
Glow plug relay, Suction hose re-
sistance (diesel) 7.5
7 Vacuum pump (T SI) 15
8 Inject
ors and EKP Relay Coil (MPI),
Fuel metering valv e (diesel) 10
9
Servo sensor 7.5
10 Vref Battery: Gateway, BDM and
BCM 7.5
14 Engine Injection Module, Main En-
gine Relay, ESC 7.5
15 Automatic Gearbox DQ200 and
AQ160 30
1
7 50 Diag 7.5
18 Starter Motor 30
20 ESC (Pump)
60
ABS (Pump) 40
21 ESC/ABS (Valves) 25
24 TH4 Electric fan without A/C for
moderate climate countries 30 No. Consumer/Amps
25 TH4 fan with A/C or T5I for moder-
ate climate countries
20
PT C1 40
26 T
J1/TJ4/TJ7/T6P or TH4/T5I Electric
fan for warm climat e countries 50
27 TH4 f
an with A/C or T5I for moder-
ate climate countries 30
PT C2 40
28
PTC3 40 Changing bulbs
Gener al not
es Read the additional information carefully