Interior Light - Volkswagen Beetle 1973 Owner's Manual

Rear view mirrors
Rear window defogger
(VW Sedan 113 only)
The rear window defogger - together
with the flow-through ventilation - will
help to keep fhe ins«de of the rear win¬
dow clear of condensation and fro9t in
the winter.
Turn the ignition on first before you
switch on the rear window defogger.
To give you full battery power while
starting the engine, the operating rear
window defogger will turn off auto¬
matically at this moment
After the rear window has been cleared,
switch off the rear window defogger to
avoid an unnecessary drain on the bat¬
tery
Depress the rocker switch to turn on the
rear window defogger. The green control
lamp in the switch will light up to remind
you that the defogger is switched on.
Be careful when removing objects from
the luggage compartment behind the
rear seat. Sharp edges may damage the
defogger in the rear window.
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Assist straps and coat hooks
There is one assist strap and one coat
hook on each side on the door post.
Hang clothes in such a way that they do
not Impair the driver's vision.
Interior light
The switch positions are
Up - ON |with doors open)
Center - OFF
Down - ON (with doors closed)
On the VW Convertible, the light and light
switch are on the mirror bracket.
The switch positions are
Left - ON (with doors open)
Center - OFF
Right -ON (with doors closed)
Adjust the outside and inside mirrors
before driving off II is imporlant for safe
driving that you havo good vision to the
rear
Outside mirror
The outside mirror is hinged and folds
flat against the car when struck from
either direction
Inside day-night mirror (except VW 111)
You can move the day-night mirror from
clear daylight visibility to non-glare visi¬
bility at night by adiustmg the lever up¬
ward or downward at the bottom of the
mirror.
Ashtrays
From ashtray
Pull to open the ashtray in the instrument
panel To remove the tray, depress the
leaf spring which you see just beneath
the top cover Now pull out the tray
To put it back in. fold the top cover down.
Insert the tray in the guide rails and push
in with the heel of your hand
Rear ashtray
To remove the ashtray in the rear
passenger compartment, press down on
the tray and pull out To reinstall, just
push the ashtray back in again
Sun visors
To protect the driver from side glare, the
sun visor on the driver s side can be
moved toward the door window after
lifting it out of its center mounting. The
sun visor on the passenger s side cannot
be moved toward the side.
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