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could become damaged.

Component protection

Some electronic components and control

modules, such as the Infotainment

system, are equipped with component

protection at the factory.

The component protection allows suitably qualiﬁed professionals to legitimately install or replace components and control modules. Volkswagen recommends

contacting your Volkswagen dealership.

In the following situations, component protection reduces the risk of components supplied by the factory being operated without restrictions outside the vehicle.

Installation in other vehicles, for example the components have been stolen

Operating components outside of the vehicle

If a message about component protection appears in the instrument cluster display or on the Infotainment system screen, contact a suitably qualiﬁed professional fo

assistance. Volkswagen recommends contacting your Volkswagen dealership.

Disposal of old batteries and electronic devices

Old batteries

As with electronic devices, old batteries must be collected and recycled separately by the end user. These batteries are indicated by the crossed-out wheeled

garbage can symbol

. You, as the end user, are legally obliged to return old batteries ⇒

In many federal states, old batteries can be handed in to an authorized Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volkswagen Service Facility.

You can obtain more information on return and recycling from your authorized Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volkswagen Service Facility.

Old electrical or electronic devices

Your vehicle contains old electrical/electronic devices, such as the navigation system SD card or remote controls. You can recognize these from the symbol of the

crossed-out wheeled garbage can

Old devices with this marking must be collected separately from normal household garbage and disposed of in accordance with legal requirements.

Batteries within devices that are not permanently installed must be removed beforehand and disposed of separately as batteries.

Any saved personal data must be erased before disposal of old devices.

You can obtain more information on return and recycling from your authorized Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volkswagen Service Facility.

WARNING

Handling lithium-containing batteries requires particular care. For instance, damage can cause gaseous or liquid substances to escape, which pose a

signiﬁcant risk to health and the environment. A short circuit at the battery terminal may also result in a ﬁre or explosion.

Never heat up lithium-containing batteries.

Never damage lithium-containing batteries.

Never short circuit the battery terminals.

Batteries containing heavy metals are marked with the chemical symbols Hg (mercury), Cd (cadmium) and/or Pb (lead). Heavy metals can be harmful to the

health of humans and animals and accumulate in the environment.

In order to avoid these consequences, it is imperative to ensure you collect batteries separately and return them properly.

Batteries for the remote control vehicle key and remote controls may contain perchlorate. For information on how to handle these materials correctly, see the

following website: Follow all the legal speciﬁcations for dealing with and disposing of these batteries. Volkswagen recommends

having these batteries replaced and disposed of by suitably qualiﬁed professionals. Volkswagen recommends contacting an authorized Volkswagen dealer or

authorized Volkswagen Service Facility.

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The Triman logo and the Infotri symbol contain important sorting information for the end consumer.

Declaration of conformity (Declaration of Compliance, Telecommunications and Electronic

Systems)

Radio Frequency Devices and Radiocommunication Equipment User Manual Notice.

Radio equipment

Provision for mobile telephone.

Electronic immobilizer

Remote start relay function

Vehicle key

Keyless locking and starting system Keyless Access.

USA: VW Car-Net®.

Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC)

Autonomous Emergency Braking (Front Assist).

Rear Trafﬁc Alert.

These devices comply with:

FCC Part 15.19

These devices comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following 2 conditions:

(1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and

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(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation

FCC Part 15.21

CAUTION:

Changes or modiﬁcations not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

These devices comply with RSS-210 of Industry Canada.

Operation is subject to the following 2 conditions:

(1) This device may not cause interference, and

(2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by unauthorized modiﬁcations to this equipment.

Third Party Copyright Information

Some products installed in this vehicle contain software components that are covered under Open Source licenses.

A list of the Open Source software components being used, including copyright information, the relevant Open Source license conditions, and those applicable

license texts, are available at the website given above. The source code of speciﬁc Open Source software components can be requested from the vehicle

manufacturer. The manufacturer will provide the source code in accordance with the relevant license conditions, whereby you will only be charged for the provision

costs, e.g. delivery costs. The required information can be obtained at the website given above.

Old vehicle return and scrap disposal

Old vehicle return

At the end of its life cycle, your vehicle should be recycled or disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner. This is why the last owners of vehicles in many

states are legally obliged to hand their vehicles over to an authorized treatment facility.

Volkswagen has already made provision for this point: Recycling centers where you can hand over your vehicle are available throughout many federal states.

Find out more information about recycling centers from your authorized Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volkswagen Service Facility.

Scrap disposal

If scrapping the vehicle or its individual parts such as the airbag system and the safety belt pretensioners, the applicable safety regulations must always be followed

Suitably qualiﬁed professionals will be familiar with these provisions. Volkswagen recommends contacting your authorized Volkswagen dealer or authorized

Volkswagen Service Facility.

Radar sensors

Depending on the vehicle equipment, assistance systems e.g. Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) (ACC) that use a radar sensor can be installed in your vehicle.

Observe the legal regulations for restricted access to certain zones that prohibit entry for vehicles with radar sensors. Observe relevant available trafﬁc signs where

applicable. If you want to drive into one of the regions, ﬁrst contact an authorized Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volkswagen Service Facility to ask whether

radar sensors are installed in your vehicle.

WARNING

Sensors can be subject to physical system limitations. External sources of interference, e.g. from other vehicles, can affect the functions of the sensors. The

supporting systems may be restricted or may not work as expected.

Reporting Safety Defects

If you believe that your vehicle has a defect which could cause a crash or could cause injury or death, you should immediately inform the National Highway Trafﬁc

Safety Administration (NHTSA) in addition to notifying Volkswagen of America, Inc. 3800 Hamlin Road, Auburn Hills, MI 48326.

If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may open an investigation, and if it ﬁnds that a safety defect exists in a group of vehicles, it may order a recall and remedy

campaign. However, NHTSA cannot become involved in individual problems between you, your dealer, or Volkswagen of America, Inc.

To contact NHTSA, you may call the Vehicle Safety Hotline toll-free at:

Tel.: 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153)

go to:

or write to:

Administrator, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE. Washington, D.C. 20590

You can also obtain other information about motor vehicle safety from

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