2020 VOLKSWAGEN TRANSPORTER wheel

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
CD Length
-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

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.
Abbreviations I 463

Abbreviation Definition
rpm
SCR
SWB
TCS
TDI®
trip
TSJ®
UTC
4641
Revolutions per minute -engine speed.
SCR catalytic converters (SCR = selective catalytic reduction).
Short wheelbase
Traction control system.
Diesel engine with direct injection and turbocharging (turbocharged direct or diesel injec-
tion).
Trip recorder.
Twin-charged stratified injection.
Universal Time Coordinated
Abbreviations

Index
Numbers and Symbols
12-volt socket California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
2-seat arrangement Stowage compartment in armrest . . . . . . 184
2-seat arrangement, Business . . . . . . . . . . 182 Adjusting armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Adjusting seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Ash tray . .. .. . . . .. . . .. . . • . .. . .. .. . 186 Centre console . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . 186 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Drink holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Front stowage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 186 Moving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Refrigerator box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Seat heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Upper stowage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 186 230-volt Euro socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
230-volt grounded safety socket . . . . . . . . 246
230-volt power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Residual current circuit breaker . . . . . . . . 247
3-seat bench
A
Folding out the table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Setting up the bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 74
Abroad Extended trips with your vehicle 405 Selling the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
ABS see Brake support systems . . . . . . . . . . . 275
ACC see Adaptive cruise control (ACC) . . . . . . 298
Accessing a service message . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Acoustic warnings Seat belt not fastened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Adaptive chassis control Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317, 318 Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Adaptive chassis control (DCC) . . . . . . . . . 317 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Adaptive cruise control (ACC) . . . . . . . . . . 298 Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 Special driving situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Switching off temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . 300
Ad Blue Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 347 Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 Refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Additional battery California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Adjust Electrically adjustable front seat . . . . . . . . 66 Single seats in the passenger compartment .7.3
Adjusting Correct sitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Headlight range ..................... 113 Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Mechanical front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Memory seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Single seats in the passenger compartment .73 Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Adjusts Electric lumbar support adjustment . . . . . . 66
Aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.406
AGM battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
........................ Cleaning the dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392 Combined curtain and side airbags . . . . . . 94 Curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Differences between front passenger front airbag systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Faults . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Front airbags . . . • . . • . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . 92 Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 Switching off the front passenger front air-bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Switching off with the key switch . . . . . . . . 93 Using child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Air recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Climatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Climatronic . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323, 325 Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Indirect ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 Information . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . 328 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Index 465

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
466 Index
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
8
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

ccs ................................ 295
Central control panel, California . . . . . . . . 204 Cleaning the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Countdown timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 206 Menu structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Programming the wake up time . . . • . . . . 207 Warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Central locking button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Anti-theft alarm . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . • . . 43 Central locking button . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 42 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Locking from outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Locking or unlocking from inside . . . . . . . . 42 SAFELOCK mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Single door opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Unlocking from outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Central table Base position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . 157 Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Lowering the table module . . . . . • . . . . . . 157 Moving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Moving the table module . . . . . . • . . . . . . 157 Opening the table surfaces . . . . . . . • . . . 157 Raising the table module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Centre armrest 3-seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 78
Centre console, comfort version . . . . . . . . . 13
Centre console, standard version . . . . . . . . 12
Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 420 After changing a wheel . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 425 Changing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 Lifting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 More than one damaged tyre . . . . . . . . . . 420 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 Wheel bolts . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 Daytime running light in H4 halogen head-lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Daytime running light in H7 halogen head-lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437 Dipped beam in H4 halogen headlights . . 435 Dipped beam In H7 halogen headlights . . 437 Fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 In front bumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439 in H4 halogen headlights . . . . . . . . . . • . . 435 in H7 halogen headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437 in the LED headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 LED headlights . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 434 LED tail light cluster . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 442 LED tail lights . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
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Main beam in H4 halogen headlights . . . . 435 Main beam in H7 halogen headlights . . . . 437 Number plate light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 Side light in H4 halogen headlights . . . . . 435 Side light in H7 halogen headlights . . . . . 437 Side turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Tail light cluster on vehicles with tailgate . 440 Tail light cluster on vehicles with wing doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441 Tail lights with LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442 Turn signal bulb in the LED headlight . . . 438 Turn signal light in H4 halogen headlights 435 Turn signal light in H7 halogen headlights 437
Changing gear DSG dual clutch gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 Gear-change indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Selecting a gear (dual clutch gearbox) . . 264 Unlocking the selector lever lock manually .4.15 Warning and indicator lamps . . . . . . . . . . 261 With Tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 266
Changing gears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Manual gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Selecting a gear (manual gearbox) . . . . . 263
Charger.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Chassis number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . 451
Checking the oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Checklist Before working in the engine compartment .352 Breakdown set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 Broken down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 412 Changing bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . 356 Checks when filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . 343 Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . 34 Driving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 252 Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412 Lifting the vehicle with the jack . . . . . . . . 423 Preparation for a journey . . . . . . . . . . 33, 252 Preparation for changing a wheel . . . . . . 420 Refilling the engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Seat covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Checks when filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Childproof lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Sliding doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Wing doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 55
Child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Airbag sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 97 Approval categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Integrated child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Securing systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Securing with a lockable seat bell . . . . . . 102 Securing with a seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Securing with ISO FIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Securing with the top tether strap . . . . . . 101

Supplementary heater . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . 345 Winter diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Diesel engines Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 455
Diesel partlcutate filter . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 409 ............................. 408 Gear-change indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 407 Regeneration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 Things to note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Differential lock see Brake support systems . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Digital voice enhancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Setting the volume . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . 173 Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Dipped beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Display Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 21 Area monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Front Assist .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. 308 Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Disposal Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 Belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 87 End-of-life vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Door arresters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Door release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 9
Doors .................•............. 45 Manual opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414 Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . 45
Drawbar load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Loading the trailer . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 146
Drawers .....................•....... 76
Drink holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 153 California . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . 215 Centre console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Living area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Driver Alert System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . 316 Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . • . . . 316 Operation by the user . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . 316 Switching on and off........ . . . . . . . . . 316
Driver assist systems see Assist systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Driver door Overview ........................... 9
Driving Before setting off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Data recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 Driving abroad . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Engine and transmission guard . . . . . . . . . 33
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Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Fuel level too low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Off-road driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Parking on a downward incline . . . . . . . . 272 Parking on an upward incline . . . . . . . . . . 272 Preparing for a journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Pulling away on an incline . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Stopping on an incline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Through salt water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Towing ........................... 448 Water on the roads . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 35 With a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 with dual clutch gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 With Loaded vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 With respect for the environment . . . . . . . 278
Driving abroad Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . 111
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Driving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Driving through salt water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . 35
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Driving with respect for the environment . 278
DSG see Dual clutch gearbox . . . • . . • . . . . . . 266
DSG dual clutch gearbox Changing gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Pulling away on an incline . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Safety interlock for ignition key . . . . . . . . 258 Stopping on an incline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Dual clutch gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260, 266 also refer to Changing gears . . . . . . . . . . 260 Coasting function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . 266 Dual clutch gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Kickdown function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Towing ........................... 447 Unlocking the selector lever lock manually .4.15
Dual clutch gearbox DSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Dust filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
DVD player . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Main menu . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
DVE ................................ 173
Dynamic headlight range control .....•... 113
E
E10 Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 344 EDL see Brake support systems . . . . . . . . . . . 275

F
Factory plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
FAQs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Fastening rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 134
Fault 230-volt Euro socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Adaptive chassis control . . . . . . . . . 317, 318 Adaptive cruise control (ACC) . . . . . . . . . 299 Air conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Area monitoring system . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 308 Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 Driver Alert System .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. . 316 DSG dual clutch gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Electric exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Front Assist .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 308 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Lane change assist system (Side Assist) 313 Main beam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 ParkPilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288, 289 Radio reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406 Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 120 Sliding/tilting roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 145
Fault finding . . . . . . . • . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Fault memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 At the filling station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 Checks when filling the tank . . . . . . . . . . 343 Diesel ............................ 342 Fuel ...........•................. 342 Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Indicator lamp ......... , . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 342
Filling up Incorrect fuel . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 341
Filter preheater .......... , . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Fire extinguisher . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . • . . • . . 413 Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . 142
First aid kit . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413 Stowage location . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . 413
First user pairing Rear-seat telephony.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Flyscreen element Sliding window . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 232
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Folding out the table 3-seat bench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Single seats in the passenger compartment .7.3
Folding table in the side panel . . . . . . . . . . 155 Assembling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Stowed ........................... 156 Stowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 156
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Folding table in the sliding door . . . . . . . . 229 Assembling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Foot mats . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Footwelllight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Four-wheel drive Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447 Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Fresh water system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 239
Front airbags see Alrbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . 81
Front Assist City Emergency Brake function ......... 311 Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Radar sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 see Area monitoring system (Front Assist) .307 System limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Front passenger front airbag see Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 87 Switching off with the key switch . . . . . . . . 93
Front scan system Swnching off temporarily . . . . • . . . • . • . . 310
Front seats Turning . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . • . . 343 Diesel ............................ 345 Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 344
Fuel consumption Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 What increases it? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
G
Camping equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431 Detecting a blown fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 Fuse box in engine compartment . . . . . . . 431 Fuse box in the dash panel . . . . . . . . . . . 430 Preparation for changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
G 12 plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
G 12 plus-plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
G 13 ................................ 360 Gas bottle Changing . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Gas cooker Cleaning . . . . . . • . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Turning off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Turning on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236