4.8.4 General notes
WARNING
♦ For safety reasons, only tyres of same type and tread pat‐
tern should be fitted on a vehicle!
♦ On four-wheel drive vehicles, tyres of the same type and
tread pattern must be used. Otherwise the centre differ‐
ential may be damaged.
Note
♦
The tyre pressure table is valid for standard tyres for all tyre
sizes fitted at the factory.
♦
The pressures in the table apply to cold tyres. Do not reduce
increased pressures of warm tyres.
♦
Tyre inflation pressures for the relevant model are on a sticker
attached to the inside of fuel tank flap or on the driver side B-
pillar.
♦
Adjust the tyre pressure to suit the vehicle load.
♦
The spare wheel should have the highest tyre pressure deter‐
mined for the vehicle.
♦
Please note that basic setting should be performed on vehicles
with tyre pressure monitoring after every pressure change
⇒ page 144 .
Winter tyres
Note
♦
Important information on recommended winter tyres can be
found in ⇒ Wheels and Tyres Guide - Standard ; Rep. Gr. 44 ;
Recommended winter tyres “Recommended winter tyres”.
♦
For winter tyres the tyre pressures for standard tyres are valid.
4.8.5 Checking inflation pressure and adjust if
necessary, Jetta 2005▸, Bora 2006▸
Golf Variant 2007▸ for North American
markets
Petrol engines
2.0 l / 85 kW ⇒ page 62
2.5 l / 110 kW ⇒ page 62
2.0 l / 147 kW FSI ⇒ page 62 .
Diesel engines
1.9 l / 77 kW TDI ⇒ page 63
2.0l / 125 kW TDI ⇒ page 66
Golf Variant 2007 ➤ , Golf Variant 2010 ➤ , Jetta 2005 ➤
Maintenance - Edition 09.2009
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