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0.1 Alphabetical Index 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.1 Maintenance 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1.2 USA Warranty 42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.1 Safety First 83. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.1 Controls and Equipment 166. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.2 Driving your Vehicle 292. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.3 Tips and Advice 343. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.4 Premium Sound System 460. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.5 Technical Data 502. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

0.1 Alphabetical Index Tiguan Model year 2009

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E) Features

1.1 Maintenance

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Warranty voucher ... . ............ .... . . . Odometer replacement and other d ealer stomps .......... . . . . . ....... . .......... . Service information ..................... .

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Booklet 1.1 Mainte nance ®

Volkswagen No Charge Scheduled Maintenance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Service schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Additional service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Broke fluid replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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l.2 USA Warranty Tiguan Model year 2009

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New Vehicle Limited Warranty ..

What is covered . .. .. ............. . . .... . What is not covered ............... . .... .

Powertrain Limited Warranty ... .

What is covered . . . ... . . . .. . ... . ... . .. .. . What is not covered ........ . ... . ....... .

Limited Warranty Against

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Corrosion Perforation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

What is covered . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 What is not covered . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . 11

Federal Emissions Warranties . . . 13

General . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. .. .. . . . .. . .. .. . .. . 13 Federal Emissions Control System Defect Warranty . . .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . 14 Federal Emissions Performance Warranty 15 Additional Information About Your Federal Emissions Warranties . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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California Emissions Warranties 19

Ca lifornia low requires us to provide you with the fo llowing Emissions Warranty Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9 California Emissions Control System Defect Warranties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 For 3 years I 50,000 miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Additional Information About Your California Emissions Warranties 22

Customer Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Volkswagen dealer assista nce . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Volkswagen corporate assistance . . . . . . . . 27 Repai rs not covered by warranty . . . . . . . . . 28

Consumer Protection Information 29

BBB AUTO LINE Dispute Resolution . . . . . . 29 State-Specific Warranty Enforcement Lows 29

Service Publications .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. . 32

Volkswagen Technica l literature O rdering Center . . .. . . .. . . ... .. . . . . .. . . . .. . .. . .. .. 32

Tire Manufacturers 33

List of tire manufacturers for new Volkswagen vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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2.1 Safety first

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Safe driving ...... 0 .......... .. .... 0 . 2

General notes . ..................... . ... 0 2 Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 4 Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Stowing luggage .. ... . . .. . ......... o. • • • 1 1 Reporting safety defects .. . .... 0........ . 13

Safety belts . ... .. 0 •••• • • • ••••••••• 0 .. 14

General notes . .. .. .. 0 ••• • ••••••• o •• •• o.. 14 Why safety belts? . . . 0 ...... . 0 .. • .. • • • • .. 1 7 Safety belts ....... . ..... ...... 0 . .. ... 0.. 21 Safety belt pretensioners ... . . .. 0 • ••••• 0. . 27

Airbag system ...... ......... 0....... 29

Important things to know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Front Advanced Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . 35

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Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 40 Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Side Curtain Protection® oirbags . . . . . . . . 47

Child safety ...... . 0. 0 .. ... 0.......... 50

Child Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Installing child restraint with o safety belt . 63 Additional Information . . .. .. . . .. . . .. . .. .. 68 LATCH lower universal anchorages . . . . . . . 72 Installing a ch ild restraint with LATCH lower universal anchorages . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Sources of information about child restraints and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5

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3.1 Controls and Equipment

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Instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Warning and indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Instrument cluster display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Menus in the instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . 14 Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . 26 Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Key set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Power locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Rear hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Windows . ..... ......... . ... . ... . ....... 42 Panorama sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Lights and a clear view . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Clear vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Seats and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Why is seat adjustment so important? . . . . 67 Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Ashtrays, cigarette lighter and electrical sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Lugga ge compartment floor ............. 101 Roof rack .. . .......... . .. ....... . .... . .. . 102

Air conditioning ........... . .... . .. . . 105

Climatic ....................... . .... . .. . . 105 Climatronic . . .... . ....... .. .............. 110 Important notes . ... . . .... . .. . ... . .... . .. 117

Alphabetical index ................. 118

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3.2 Driving your Vehicle Tiguan Model year 2009

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Driving .. . . ... .. ... . . . . . . ........... ... 2

Introduction . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . 3

Starling and stopping the engine . . . . . . • . 4

6-speed manual transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Parking broke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . 1 3

Driver a ssistance systems . . . . . . . . . 19

Rear view camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . 19 Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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Driving and protecting the environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0

Break-in period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Trai ler towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Drive economically and help protect the

environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Driving off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Driving under d iff icult cond itions and off-road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Alphabetical index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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3.3 Tips and Advice Tiguan Model year 2009

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Sma rt technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Engine management and exhaust system . 9 All-wheel-drive (4MOTION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Cleaning and protection . . . . . . . . . . 13

Regular core and vehicle core p roducts . . 13 Core of vehicle exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Core of the vehicle inte rio r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1

Accessories, new parts, repairs a nd modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Accessories and ports . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Repairs and technical modifications . . . . . . 28 Cellular phones and CB radios . . . . . . . . . . 28 Notice about do to recorded by vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . .. 29

Checking and fill ing .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . 31 Filling the fuel tonk .. .. .. .. .. .. • .. .. .. .. . 31 Fuel supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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Working in the engine comportment . . . . . 34 Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Coolant . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . 43 Windshield wa sher fluid and wiper blades 47 Broke fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO Vehicle baHery .. .. .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. . .. . • .. 52 Tires and wheels . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . • .. .. . . . . . 55

What do I do now? .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. 78

Vehicle tools and spore wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Cha nging o wheel . .. . .. . . .. . . .. .. . .. .. . . 81 Emergency closing or opening . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 92 Changing a light bulb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . 98 Towing ..... ... . ... . . .. ... . ... . .......... 100 lifting the vehicle ........................ 104 Consumer Information ........ . ..... . .... 105

Alphabetical index ................. 108

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3.4 Premium Sound System

Eos, Rabbit, GTI, Passat, Passat Wagon

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Quick overview . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . 2 lmportont information . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . • . . . 5

Radio I CD . ...... ........... . ... .. .. 6

Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . • .• . . . . 6 Satellite Digital Radio Service . . . • . . . . . . • . 12 CD ........ ... . ................... •.. .... 1 8

MP3 . ..... . ....... .. . . . . . . .•.. . . ... . ..•.. 23 CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Tips for operating the internal and external CD changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Preventive measures for laser units . . . . . . . 32 Anti-Theft Coding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Warranty and technical description . . . . . . 34

Alphabetical index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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3.5 Technical Data

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General notes ........... . . . . ....... . 2 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 What you need to know ................ . 2 200 hp gasoline engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 How ore the figures measured? . . . . . . ... . 3 200 hp gasoline engine 4MOTION . . . . . . 7

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