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:
Changing gear using Tiptronic
Fig. 113 Selector lever in Tiptronic position
(left-hand drive) The controls are mirrored for right-hand drive vehicles
Fig. 114 Steering wheel with paddles for
Tiptronic
First read and observe the introductory information
and safety warnings Using Tiptronic, the gears can be shifted
u ...
Changing the bulbs in the tail light cluster
Fig. 184 On the side of the
luggage compartment: removing the tail light cluster
Fig. 185 Tail light cluster:
removing the bulb holder
First read and observe the introductory
information and safety warnings
The steps should only be carried out in the specified order.
Removing the tail li ...
Fender Corrosion Repair Measures, in Wheel Housing Liner Contact Area
Note
The corrosion protection in the fender seam must be applied on all
replacement parts, on which the attached seal is not already present.
The additional corrosion protection seal will prevent “chafe marks”
in the fender wheel housing liner.
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