1992 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF lock

Automatic Locking Retractor (ALA)
The
aut omatic loc kin g retractor is necessary to sec ure child r estraint systems.
The
ret rac to rs for th e fron t passenger and
rear outboard three-point safety belts are
equipped with an automatic locking feature
in addition
to the emergency locking feature.
you need to restraint system
at an outer seating position of the rear seat,
it must be secured by use of the
the way out.
tongue into the buckle for
that seating position with your hand back
in
that the
retractor is deactivated by un­
f asten ing th e safety and the
safe ty to ret rac t to its stowed
position. The safety can now be use d as an ordinary three-point safety without
the additional
a person sitting in the rear w earing the
s af ety activate the re ­tractor, then the sa fety mus t b e un­fastened in order to deactivate the ing retractor.
Never unfasten the safety retractor is in motion.
Push the orange button on the spring out of the
tongue to its stow ed position.
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The rear seating center position is equipped
with a
To fasten
sert it is securely locked with
an audible click.
to the and
buckle up and end of the

To reduce the risk of serious personal injury in an accident, front seat passengers must never ride in a
moving with the seatback
reclined . The risk of personal injury increases with increasing rearward of the seatback .
are properly positioned on the body. positioned safety can cause serious personal injury in an accident.
For driver's and pas senger 's protection, make sure front seats and
seatbacks are securely in
Never store items under the seats.
Loose objects can inte rfere with the
seat latching mechanism and can cause injury in an accident .
1 -Forward and backward adjust-
ment
in f ront of seat.
s eat into positi on.
curely lock ed int o posit ion .
2-Seatback adjustment
Turn wheel on outboard side of seat ion , with your body weight ta ken off the back .
AN D
you r body weight fo rw ard and

Automatic transmission*
Automatic shift (ASL)
Your Volkswagen is equipped with an matic Lock Th e is an tro-mechan ical device that locks the tor lever in the P (Park and N (Neutral)
positions when the
ment.
A time delay element prevents the selector
lever from locking when it is moved through
the
( Neutral ) position (for example, ing from to This enables , for
(Neutral )
position for more than about one second
without the brake pedal being depressed.
theN (Neutral ) position , the selector lever will not lock when the vehicle is driving faster
than 3 mph (5 km /h).
key safety interlock
After switching off the ignition, you can move the ignition key only when the selector
lever is in the P (Park ) position. When the
ignition key is removed, the selector lever
will be locked in the P (
Park) position .
tion of the selector lever is indicated by the
display in the cluster.
The
pear bnght ative on
on page 55.
AND
hicl e, depress the brake pedal first, apply the
parking brake, and then move the selector lever completely to position P. To do this the handle of the lector lever and push

Kick-down device
The kick-down device gives maximum
on road speed and engine
s peed, the upshi ft is either delayed (forced
t h ro t
tle) or the transmission change s down 1nto the next lower gear.
one of the driving positions is gaged a safety switch will prevent the
ing lock if you depre ss the button in the tor _lever and hold it in while swi tching on the
Selec ting a driving position
to move , because power is transmitted
to the wheels as soon as a driving position is engaged .
the
transmission.

key safe ty
vehicles with Automatic transmission
you can remove the ignition key on ly when
the selector lever is in the P (Par k) posit ion .
When the key is remo v
ed, the selec to r le ver
w ill be locked in
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on steering free g low plug e rahon . it i s di fficult to turn the key from posit ion 1 to 2, gent ly mov e the steer ing wheel
unt il the key turns freely.
3
Starter engages.
K ey return s to p ositio n 2 as so o n as it is
release d.
For
t h e power supply to
ly interru pte d t o co nserve battery
age the starter.
tor d icator for deta ils .
you lea ve the key in the ignition/ steer ing
lock , a chime will sound when the driver 's
door is opened . This is your re minder

AND
page
-Speedometer/odometer ......... 62
2 - Tachometer with
................ 62
D igi tal clock or ................. 63 Multi-function en.
USA models: Miles
Canada models: Kilometers
dicates meters.
To record a distance , reset the trip odometer
to zero by pressing the button.
tronic speedometer, the button must be
pressed longer than two seconds .
2 -Tachometer
The sh aded area at the end of the scale
lected or th e foot eased off the accelerato r
pedal.
Upshifting early saves fuel and duces engine noise.
Shift to the next lower gear when engine
r pm 's drops below

2 -
cond using the minute button:
fore time to be set.
The MFA (M ulti- Funkt ions- Anzeige) or
Clock time
By repeatedly depressing button 8 in the
wmdshield wiper lever with the ignition
switched on, the time is displayed first
lowed by other information .
bu tton 8 is pressed for longer than one