Wheels and Tyres Guide

Chapter overview

• Wheels, tyres, vehicle geometry
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• 1 General notes on using the “Wheels and Tyres Guide”
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• 1.1 General information
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• 1.2 Explanations regarding world regions
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• 1.3 Definition of tyre package
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• 1.4 Procedure for determining the required tyre package
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• 2 Notes on the vehicle registration certificate
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• 2.1 Vehicle registration certificate part 1
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• 2.2 Version key (D2)
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• 3 Wheel and tyre combinations without tyre package
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• 3.1 Tiguan - Model year 2008 to model year 2011 (type 5N)
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• 3.2 Tiguan - from model year 2012 (type 5N)
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• 4 Wheel and tyre combinations depending on tyre packages
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• 4.1 Type approval number (K): e1*2001/116*0450*21 to e1*2001/116*0450*23
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• 4.2 Changing to other wheel and tyre combinations
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• 5 Wheel allocation
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• 5.1 6.5 J x 16
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• 5.2 6.5 J x 17
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• 5.3 7 J x 17
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• 5.4 7 J x 18
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• 5.5 8 x 18
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• 5.6 9 J x 19
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• 6 Recommended summer tyres
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• 6.2 Recommended summer tyres, Indonesia
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• 6.3 Recommended summer tyres, Japan, South Korea
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• 6.4 Recommended summer tyres, Russia
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• 6.5 Recommended summer tyres, Taiwan
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• 7 Recommended all-season tyres
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• 7.1 Recommended all-season tyres, worldwide except North America and China
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• 7.2 Recommended all-season tyres, North America
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• 8 Recommended winter tyres, worldwide except North America and China
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• 9 Recommended temporary spare tyres and wheels
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