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Service Department. Technical Information
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List of Workshop Manual Repair GroupsList of Workshop Manual
Repair GroupsList of Workshop Manual Repair Groups
Repair Group
44 - Wheels, tyres, vehicle geometry
Technical information should always be available to the foremen and mechanics, because their
careful and constant adherence to the instructions is essential to ensure vehicle road-worthiness and
safety. In addition, the normal basic safety precautions for working on motor vehicles must, as a
matter of course, be observed.
Service
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Contents
44 - Wheels, tyres, vehicle geometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1 General notes on wheels and tyres (passenger cars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 Legislative and technical conditions for converting wheel and tyre combinations . . . . . . . . 3
2.1 Legislative conditions for converting wheel and tyre combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.2 Technical conditions for converting wheel and tyre combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.3 Additional wheel housing extensions (flaps) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.4 „Series 80“ tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Documents and codes/designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1 New vehicle registration documents since 01.10.2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.2 COC document (EEC Certificate of Conformity) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.3 EU general type approval number, sales type and sales or trade designation . . . . . . . . . . 6
4 Useful information regarding tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.1 Identification markings on the tyre sidewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.2 Explanation of tyre markings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.3 Speed ratings for tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.4 Undulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.5 Tyre storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.6 Tyre ageing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.7 Tyre sizes for vehicles with four-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.8 Winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.9 Winter tyres with speed symbol „V“ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.10 Extra Load (XL) V winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.11 Maximum speeds for V and Extra Load (XL) winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.12 Reinforced and Extra Load (XL) tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.13 Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5 Tyre wear/ mileage for passenger car tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.2 Requirements to be met by tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.3 Wear behaviour of high-speed tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
5.4 Factors influencing the service life of a tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
5.5 Driving style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
5.6 Tyre maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
5.7 Evenly worn tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5.8 Measuring tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.9 One-sided wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.10 Outer shoulder wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5.11 Wear in middle of tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5.12 Diagonal washout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
6 Tyre noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
6.1 General notes on tyre noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
6.2 Saw-tooth wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
6.3 Flat spots (from locking wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
7 Vehicle pulls to one side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
7.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
7.2 Conicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
7.3 Remedies when vehicle pulls to one side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
7.4 Strategic rotation of wheels for non-directional tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
7.5 Strategic rotation of wheels having unidirectional tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
8 Tyre damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
8.1 General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
8.2 Construction of a radial belted tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
8.3 Impact damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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8.4 Cuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
8.5 Damage caused by foreign bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
8.6 Loss of air from tyre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
8.7 Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
8.8 Tyre damage due to insufficient tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
8.9 Rising tyre temperature caused by insufficient inflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
8.10 Tyre damage due to fitting error (fitting damage) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
9 Tyres with run-flat properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
9.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
9.2 Design and identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
9.3 Retrofitting/requirements when using run-flat tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
9.4 Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
10 Rolling resistance optimised tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
11 Facts about disc-type wheels (passenger cars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
11.1 Design of disc-type wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
11.2 Data on wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
11.3 Wheel rims - pitch circle diameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
11.4 Split rim composite wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
11.5 Alloy wheels with exchangeable trim elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
11.6 Alloy wheels with exchangeable trim elements (Zaragoza) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
11.7 Care and maintenance of alloy wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
11.8 Restoring alloy wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
11.9 The valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
12 Notes on use of temporary spare wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
13 Fox from model year 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
13.1 Fox, type 5Z model year 2006 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
13.2 Wheel allocation for Fox, type 5Z model year 2006 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
14 up! from model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
14.1 Advance information about up! Model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
15 Polo from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
15.1 Polo, type 6R model year 2010 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
15.2 Wheel allocation for Polo, type 6R model year 2010 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
16 Polo BlueMotion from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
16.1 Polo BlueMotion, type 6R model year 2010 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
16.2 Wheel allocation for Polo BlueMotion, type 6R model year 2010 to model year 2012 . . . . 74
17 CrossPolo from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
17.1 CrossPolo, type 6R model year 2011 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
17.2 Wheel allocation CrossPolo, type 6R model year 2011 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
18 Polo GTI from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
18.1 Polo GTI, type 6R model year 2011 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
18.2 Wheel allocation Polo GTI, type 6R model year 2011 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
19 Golf from model year 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
19.1 Golf, Golf 4Motion, sales type 5K model year 2009 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
19.2 Wheel allocation for Golf, Golf 4Motion, sales type 5K model year 2009 to model year
2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
20 Golf BlueMotion from model year 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
20.1 Golf BlueMotion, sales type 5K model year 2009 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
20.2 Wheel allocation for Golf BlueMotion, sales type 5K model year 2009 to model year 2012
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21 Golf GTD from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
21.1 Golf GTD, sales type 5K, model year 2010 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
21.2 Wheel allocation for Golf GTD, type 5K model year 2010 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . 122
22 Golf GTI from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
22.1 Golf GTI, sales type 5K, model year 2010 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
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22.2 Wheel allocation for Golf GTI, type 5K model year 2010 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . 139
23 Golf R from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
23.1 Golf R, sales type 5K model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
23.2 Golf R, sales type 5K model year 2011 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
23.3 Wheel allocation for Golf R, type 5K model year 2010 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
24 CrossGolf from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
24.1 CrossGolf, sales type 521 model year 2011 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
24.2 Wheel allocation CrossGolf, sales type 521 model year 2011 to model year 2012 . . . . . . 168
25 Golf Cabriolet from model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
25.1 Golf Cabriolet, sales type 517 from model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
25.2 Wheel allocation Golf Cabriolet, sales type 517 from model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
26 Golf Plus from model year 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
26.1 Golf Plus, sales type 521 model year 2009 to model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
26.2 Golf Plus, sales type 521 model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
26.3 Wheel allocation for Golf Plus, sales type 521 model year 2009 to model year 2012 . . . . 211
27 Golf Plus BlueMotion from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
27.1 Golf Plus BlueMotion, sales type 521, model year 2010 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . 228
27.2 Wheel allocation for Golf Plus BlueMotion, sales type 521, model year 2010 to model year
2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
28 Golf Variant from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
28.1 Golf Variant, Golf Variant 4Motion, sales type AJ5 model year 2010 to model year 2012
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28.2 Wheel allocation for Golf Variant, Golf Variant 4Motion, sales type AJ5 model year 2010 to
model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
29 Golf Variant BlueMotion from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
29.1 Golf Variant BlueMotion, sales type AJ5, model year 2010 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . 263
29.2 Wheel allocation for Golf Variant BlueMotion, sales type AJ5, model year 2010 to model year
2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
30 Jetta from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
30.1 Jetta, sales type 162 model year 2011 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
30.2 Wheel allocation Jetta, sales type 162 model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
31 Jetta from model year 2011 (NAR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
31.1 Jetta, sales type 162 from model year 2011 (NAR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
31.2 Wheel allocation for Jetta, sales type 162 from model year 2011 (NAR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
32 Beetle from model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
32.1 Beetle, sales type 5C1, from model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
32.2 Beetle, sales type 5C1, from model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
33 Scirocco from model year 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
33.1 Scirocco, sales type 137, model year 2009 to model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
33.2 Scirocco, sales type 137 model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
33.3 Wheel allocation for Scirocco, sales type 137 model year 2009 to model year 2012 . . . . 322
34 Scirocco R from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
34.1 Scirocco R, sales type 137, model year 2010 to model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
34.2 Scirocco R, sales type 137 model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
34.3 Wheel allocation for Scirocco R, sales type 137, model year 2010 to model year 2012 . . 330
35 Touran from model year 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
35.1 Touran, type 1T model year 2003 to model year 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
35.2 Touran, type 1T model year 2007 to model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
35.3 Touran, type 1T and type 1t model year 2011 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
35.4 Wheel allocation Touran, type 1T and type 1t model year 2003 to model year 2012 . . . . 349
36 CrossTouran from model year 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
36.1 CrossTouran, type 1T model year 2008 to model year 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
36.2 CrossTouran, type 1T and type 1t model year 2010 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
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36.3 Wheel allocation CrossTouran, type 1T and type 1t model year 2008 to model year 2012
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37 Touran BlueMotion from model year 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
37.1 Touran BlueMotion, type 1T and type 1t model year 2009 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . 369
37.2 Wheel allocation Touran BlueMotion, type 1T and type 1t model year 2009 to model year
2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
38 Tiguan from model year 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
38.1 Tiguan, type 5N model year 2008 to model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
38.2 Tiguan, type 5N, model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
38.3 Wheel allocation for Tiguan, type 5N model year 2008 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
39 Eos from model year 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
39.1 Eos, type 1F from model year 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
39.2 Eos, type 1F model year 2007 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
39.3 Wheel allocation for Eos, type 1F model year 2006 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
40 Passat saloon from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
40.1 Passat saloon, sales type 362 model year 2011 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
40.2 Wheel allocation Passat saloon, sales type 362 model year 2011 to model year 2012 . . . . 406
41 Passat Variant from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
41.1 Passat estate, sales type 365 model year 2011 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
41.2 Wheel allocation Passat estate, sales type 365 model year 2011 to model year 2012 . . . . 417
42 Passat CC from model year 2009, CC from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
42.1 Passat CC, sales type 357 model year 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
42.2 Passat CC, CC, sales type 357 model year 2010 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
42.3 Wheel allocation Passat CC, CC, sales type 357 model year 2009 to model year 2012 . . 426
43 Phaeton from model year 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
43.1 Phaeton, type 3D, model year 2003 to model year 2009 - short and long wheelbase . . . . 431
43.2 Phaeton, type 3D and type 3d, model year 2010 to model year 2012 - short and long
wheelbase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
43.3 Wheel allocation for Phaeton, type 3D and type 3d, model year 2003 to model year 2012 -
short and long wheelbase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
44 Sharan from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
44.1 Sharan, Sharan 4Motion, type 7N model year 2011 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
44.2 Wheel allocation Sharan, Sharan 4Motion, type 7N model year 2011 to model year 2012
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45 Touareg from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
45.1 Touareg, type 7P and type 7p, model year 2010 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
45.2 Wheel allocation for Touareg, type 7P and type 7p, model year 2010 to model year 2012
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46 Touareg hybrid from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
46.1 Touareg hybrid, type 7PH and type 7pH, model year 2011 to model year 2012 . . . . . . . . 456
46.2 Wheel allocation Touareg hybrid, type 7PH and type 7pH, model year 2011 to model year
2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
47 Breakdown set for VW Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
48 Temporary spare tyres and wheels for VW vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
49 Recommended summer tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
49.1 Summer tyres for Fox from model year 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
49.2 Summer tyres for Polo from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
49.3 Summer tyres for Polo BlueMotion from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
49.4 Summer tyres for CrossPolo from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
49.5 Summer tyres for Polo GTI from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
49.6 Summer tyres for Golf from model year 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
49.7 Summer tyres for Golf BlueMotion from model year 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
49.8 Summer tyres for Golf GTD from model year 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
49.9 Summer tyres for Golf GTI from model year 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
49.10 Summer tyres for Golf R from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
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49.11 Summer tyres for CrossGolf from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
49.12 Summer tyres Golf Cabriolet from model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
49.13 Summer tyres for Golf Plus from model year 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
49.14 Summer tyres for Golf Plus BlueMotion from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
49.15 Summer tyres for Golf Variant from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
49.16 Summer tyres for Golf Variant BlueMotion from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
49.17 Summer tyres for Jetta from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
49.18 Summer tyres for Beetle from model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
49.19 Summer tyres for Scirocco from model year 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
49.20 Summer tyres for Scirocco R from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
49.21 Summer tyres for Touran from model year 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
49.22 Summer tyres for Touran BlueMotion from model year 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
49.23 Summer tyres for CrossTouran from model year 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
49.24 Summer tyres for Tiguan from model year 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
49.25 Summer tyres for Eos from model year 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
49.26 Summer tyres for Passat saloon from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
49.27 Summer tyres for Passat Variant from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
49.28 Summer tyres Passat CC from model year 2009, CC from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . 482
49.29 Summer tyres for Sharan from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
49.30 Summer tyres for Phaeton from model year 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
49.31 Summer tyres for Touareg from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
49.32 Summer tyres for Touareg hybrid from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
50 Recommended all-season tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
50.1 All-season tyres for Polo from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
50.2 All-season tyres for Polo BlueMotion from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
50.3 All-season tyres for CrossPolo from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
50.4 All-season tyres for Polo GTI from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
50.5 All-season tyres for Golf from model year 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
50.6 All-season tyres for CrossGolf from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
50.7 All-weather tyres Golf Cabriolet from model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
50.8 All-season tyres for Golf Plus from model year 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
50.9 All-season tyres for Golf Variant from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
50.10 All-season tyres for Jetta from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
50.11 All-season tyres for Jetta from model year 2011 (NAR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
50.12 All-season tyres for Touran from model year 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
50.13 All-season tyres for Beetle from model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
50.14 All-season tyres for Tiguan from model year 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
50.15 All-season tyres for Eos from model year 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
50.16 All-season tyres for Passat saloon from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
50.17 All-season tyres for Passat Variant from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
50.18 All-season tyres Passat CC from model year 2009, CC from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . 489
50.19 All-season tyres for Sharan from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
50.20 All-season tyres for Phaeton from model year 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
50.21 All-season tyres for Touareg from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
50.22 All-season tyres Touareg hybrid from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
51 Recommended winter tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
51.1 Winter tyres for Fox from model year 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
51.2 Winter tyres for Polo from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
51.3 Winter tyres for Polo BlueMotion from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
51.4 Winter tyres for CrossPolo from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
51.5 Winter tyres for Polo GTI from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
51.6 Winter tyres for Golf from model year 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
51.7 Winter tyres for Golf BlueMotion from model year 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
51.8 Winter tyres for Golf GTD from model year 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
51.9 Winter tyres for Golf GTI from model year 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
51.10 Winter tyres for Golf R from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
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51.11 Winter tyres for CrossGolf from model year 20011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
51.12 Winter tyres Golf Cabriolet from model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
51.13 Winter tyres for Golf Plus from model year 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
51.14 Winter tyres for Golf Plus BlueMotion from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
51.15 Winter tyres for Golf Variant from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
51.16 Winter tyres for Golf Variant BlueMotion from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
51.17 Winter tyres for Jetta from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
51.18 Winter tyres for Beetle from model year 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
51.19 Winter tyres for Scirocco from model year 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
51.20 Winter tyres for Scirocco R from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
51.21 Winter tyres for Touran from model year 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
51.22 Winter tyres for Touran BlueMotion from model year 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
51.23 Winter tyres for CrossTouran from model year 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
51.24 Winter tyres for Tiguan from model year 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
51.25 Winter tyres for Eos from model year 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
51.26 Winter tyres for Passat saloon from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
51.27 Winter tyres for Passat Variant from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
51.28 Winter tyres Passat CC from model year 2009, CC from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
51.29 Winter tyres for Sharan from model year 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
51.30 Winter tyres for Phaeton from model year 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
51.31 Winter tyres for Touareg from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
51.32 Winter tyres Touareg hybrid from model year 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
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44 – Wheels, tyres, vehicle geometry
1 General notes on wheels and tyres
(passenger cars)
This information is intended to help you form an opinion as precise
and accurate as possible in cases of tyre damage and other com‐
plaints.
In this chapter you will learn more about tyres and wheels/rims.
Tyres are high-tech products that are especially adapted to the
requirements of modern vehicles.
As with all highly developed technical products, tyres require
proper care, maintenance and service. This is essential to ensure
safety, performance and comfort for the entire service life of the
tyre.
Tyres are constantly being further developed. Quality tyres are
the result of modern design methods and production processes,
as well as continuous quality checks. All tyres that are recom‐
mended by VW have been tested by the technical development
department and have been designed specifically for each model
in collaboration with the tyre manufacturers.
We therefore recommend fitting only the recommended tyre
makes when renewing tyres.
Vehicle safety is the top priority. With regard to the various oper‐
ating conditions such as
• differing speed ranges,
• winter and summer use and
• wet and dry roads,
the optimal compromise for vehicle safety must be found.
Every tyre is subjected to a wide range of different driving condi‐
tions over its entire service life. It is therefore important that the
basic requirements for ensuring optimal tyre performance are
met.
Proper adjustment of the axle geometry during wheel alignment
is an important prerequisite for ensuring the maximum service life
of the tyre. The wheel alignment must always be within the speci‐
fied tolerance range.
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Note
Tyre damage and related problems can have various causes. It
is therefore very important that one determines whether the prob‐
lem has been caused by the tyre or by other components.
Normal wear and tear on a tyre will alter its characteristics. Rolling
noises or rough running can be the result of such wear. These are
simply the symptoms of normal wear and tear and do not consti‐
tute damage in the sense of the tyre being defective. You can take
measures to eliminate the symptoms at least to some degree.
However, in some cases it may not be possible to eliminate tyre
noise completely.
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Special models
Special models are only partly represented in the certificate state‐
ments. Modification of these vehicles depends on the engine
capacity of the basic model.
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