Volkswagen Polo Owners Manual: Vehicle care and maintenance
- Caring for and cleaning the vehicle exterior
- Introduction
- Washing the vehicle
- Washing the vehicle with a high-pressure cleaner
- Cleaning windows and exterior mirrors
- Cleaning and changing windscreen wiper blades
- Waxing and polishing the vehicle
- Cleaning and caring for chrome and aluminium trim parts
- Cleaning and caring for the deck stripes
- Cleaning wheels
- Care of rubber seals
- De-icing door lock cylinders
- Underseal
- Cleaning the engine compartment
- Cleaning and caring for the interior
- Introduction
- Seat covers
- Checklist
- Cleaning cloth seat covers, fabric trim and Alcantara® upholstery
- Cleaning and caring for natural leather covers
- Cleaning leatherette upholstery
- Cleaning stowage compartments, drink holders and ash trays
- Cleaning and caring for the dash panel, wooden trims and plastic parts
- Cleaning seat belts
- Wheels and tyres
- Introduction
- Handling wheels and tyres
- Rims
- New wheels and tyres
- Tyre pressure
- Tread depth and wear indicators
- Tyre damage
- Spare wheel or temporary spare wheel
- Tyre lettering
- Winter tyres
- Snow chains
- Accessories, modifications, repairs and renewal of parts
- Introduction
- Running-in
- Accessories and parts
- Service fluids and consumables
- Repairs and technical modifications
- Repairs and faults in the airbag system
- Retrofitting two-way radios
- Information stored in the control units
- Using a mobile telephone in the vehicle without a connection to the external aerial
- Vehicle lifting points
- Mobile online services
- Consumer information
- Introduction
- Information stickers and plates
- Using the vehicle in other countries and continents
- Radio reception and aerials
- Volkswagen repair information
- Declaration of conformity
- Declaration of conformity for wheels and tyres
- Recycling and scrapping end-of-life vehicles
- Engine management system and exhaust purification system
Charging, replacing, disconnecting and connecting the vehicle battery
First read and observe the introductory information
and safety warningsCharging the battery
The vehicle battery should be charged by a qualified workshop, as the technology
used in factory-fitted ...
Other materials:
Wear Spots
A wear spot is a flat spot on the tread of the tires that
can be caused by extreme braking maneuvers on subsurface such as
asphalt.
At the same time a tire during the braking maneuver is
rubbed at selective points which ...
Adjusting the steering wheel position
Fig. 41 Adjusting the steering wheel position
mechanically
First read and observe the introductory information
and safety warnings
Adjust the steering wheel position before setting off and only when the vehicle
is stationary.
Push down the lever .
Adjust the steering wheel so th ...
Introduction
With the ignition switched on, the different display functions can be
accessed via the menus.
There are no buttons on the windscreen wiper lever in vehicles equipped with
a multifunction steering wheel. The multifunction display is controlled using
the buttons on the multifunction steering w ...
