VW Passat B5

since 1996 release

Repair and operation of the car

Foltsvagen Passat B5
- Maintenance instruction
   Keys
   Doors, central blocking of locks
   Trunk lid (back door of the Station wagon car)
   Remote radio control by locks
   Electrowindow regulators
   Rear-view mirrors
   Seat belts
   System of inflatable safety cushions
   Head restraints
   + Front seats
   Memory for a driver's seat
   Storing of adjustments of a seat and external mirrors for advance
   Call of adjustments of a seat and external mirrors for the movement by the forward course
   Back many-placed seat (Sedan)
   Back many-placed seat (Station wagon)
   Cover for lengthy baggage
   Armrests
   Luggage compartment
   Shelf of the luggage compartment (station wagon)
   Parking brake
   Mechanical transmission
   + 4-staged automatic transmission
   + 5-staged sekventalny automatic transmission
   Adjustable steering column
   Ignition lock
   Launch of the engine
   Engine stop
   Control devices
   Control lamps
   System of automatic control with the multipurpose index
   Violations of paramount importance (red pictograms)
   Violations of minor importance (yellow pictograms)
   Navigation system
   Switches and switches
   Understeering switch of indexes of turns and light of headlights
   Cruise control
   Screen wipers and windscreen washers
   Heating and ventilation
   Air supply nozzles
   Climatic installation
   Air supply nozzles
   + Climatic Klimatronik installation
   Lifting and movable panel of the hatch of a roof
   Internal lighting
   Box for things
   Plug sockets in the luggage compartment
   How economically to drive the car
   Braking
   Anti-blocking system of brakes
   Protivobuksovochny system (the reduced torque of the engine, ASR)
   Protivobuksovochny system with snubbing of a wheel (EDS)
   Electronic system of stabilization (ESP)
   Amplifier of steering
   Fuel (petrol engines)
   Fuel (diesel engines)
   + Motor compartment
   Bases of safe operation of the car
   Specifications
   Bases of safe operation of the car
   Specifications
+ 1. Maintenance
+ 2. Engines
+ 3. Cooling system
+ 4. Fuel system
+ 5. Engine management
+ 6. Exhaust system
+ 7. Transmission
+ 8. Running gear
+ 9. Steering
+ 10. Brake system
+ 11. Body
+ 12. Heating, ventilation
+ 13. Electric equipment

Violations of minor importance (yellow pictograms)

GENERAL INFORMATION

big wear of brake slips;

low level of liquid for windscreen washers;

small reserve of fuel.

At emergence of the yellow pictogram one sound signal sounds. Emergence of pictograms means the prevention. It is necessary to react to these preventions whenever possible earlier. If at the same time there is a need for several preventions, pictograms appear one by one, everyone approximately for 2 seconds.

Big wear of brake slips

Text message: "BREMSBELAG PRUFEN" ("to CHECK BRAKE SLIPS").

It is necessary to address to the service enterprise Volkswagen for check of a condition of brake slips.

As the index of wear of brake slips signals about big wear of overlays only of forward brake mechanisms, we recommend, along with replacement of overlays of forward brake mechanisms to check a condition of overlays of back brake mechanisms.

Liquid for windscreen washers

Text message: "WASCHWASSER AUFFULLEN" ("LIQUID FOR WINDSCREEN WASHERS").

The pictogram appears at too small level of liquid for windscreen washers in a tank.

It is necessary to add liquid for washers of a windshield and headlights.

Small reserve of fuel

Text message: "BITTE TANKEN" ("PLEASE, REFUEL").

It is necessary to fuel the car.