Rear Assist -> Perpendicular parking (Mode 1) for Your Volkswagen Passat SUV Seventh Generation (2010-2014)

Select the Reverse (R) gear.  
Wet the camera lens with a commercially available alcohol-based  
glass cleaner and clean with a dry cloth .  
Remove snow with a brush.  
Remove ice with deicer spray .  
NOTICE  
Never use abrasive cleaning agents to clean the camera lens.  
Never remove snow or ice on the camera lens with warm or  
hot water. This can damage the camera lens.  
Volkswagen recommends practicing parking with Rear Assist in a  
safe place with little or no traffic or in a parking lot under good visibil-  
ity and weather conditions in order to familiarize yourself with the sys-  
tem, the orientation lines and the way they work.  
Rear Assist does not work when the luggage compartment lid is  
open.  
Perpendicular parking (Mode 1)  
Fig. 154 On the screen: Orientation lines for the parking area behind  
the vehicle.  
¤ Please first read and note the introductory information and  
heed the WARNINGS  
Orientation lines overview  
Meaning of the orientation lines projected on the screen fig. 154. All  
distances of the orientation lines refer to a vehicle on a level surface.  
(1) Red: Safety distance. Area up to about 16 inches (40 cm) behind  
the vehicle on the road.  
(2) Green: Vehicle extension (somewhat wider) toward the rear. The  
green area ends about 6 feet (2 meters) behind the vehicle on  
the road.  
(3) Yellow: The extension of the vehicle to the rear showing the ve-  
hicle path as determined by the position of the steering wheel.  
The yellow area ends about 10 feet (3 meters) behind the vehicle  
on the road.  
Parking  
Position the vehicle in front of a parking space and shift into Re-  
verse.  
Slowly back up and steer so that the yellow orientation lines lead  
into the parking space (3).  
Align the vehicle so that the green and yellow orientation lines are  
parallel with the parking space.  
Parallel parking (Mode 2)  
Fig. 155 On screen: Orientation lines and area of the parking space  
behind the vehicle.  
¤ Please first read and note the introductory information and  
heed the WARNINGS