1993 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF Owners Manual

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When one of the front doors is locked or un­
lock ed w ith the key, all the other doors, the
tank flap and -depending on the position of
h e tailgate lock cylinder -the tailgate as w el l, are locked or unlocked by the central locking system
T he centra l locking system
is equipped with
a safe mechanism: Once the vehicle has been locked fr om the outside, the door lock ­Ing knobs on the inside are also blocked
a ft er approx. 12 seconds. This makes
b reaking in d ifficult.
W hen
unlocking, all the locking knobs
m ove upwards .

I f the key is held at the open position on
ve­

h icles with electr ic win dows, all windows
wi ll open.

W hen
locking all door locking knobs must
m ove downwards. If this does not happen,
o p
en the door concer ned again and lock by pre ssing the locking knob down .
On ve hicles equipped w ith electric w in­ows/ele ctri c s liding roof, w indows/ele ctri c
s liding roof w hich hav e been left open can be automatically closed when the doors are
l o cked . T o do this one only need s to hold the
e y
in the lock ing position, until all windows and the sliding roof are completely closed.
The doors can also be locked by pushing down the locking knobs. However, the
s fe system IS not activated when th is is done. When the driver's door is locked all the other doors are locked as well. The
driv er
's door canno t be locked by pres­
s ing the locking knob down as long as the
door is open. This is to prevent you from
locking yourself out.
Notes
• If you lock the car using the ignition key and with the driver' s door open, get into the
car and shut the door, all doors are locked.
They cannot be opened from the inside or
from the outs ide. As soon as the ignition is swit ched on, the door s are unlocked .
• If the ce ntral loc king shou ld fail , all locks
apart from the tank flap can be operated
manually.
Releasing tank flap manually, see Page 82.
Attention • When the vehicle is locked from outside, no-one should re­main in the vehicle -especially not children -because the doors can no longer be opened from the inside. This applies particularly where the vehicle has electric windows, because then the win­dows cannot be opened either ­see page 10. • If the locking knob in the driver's door is pushed down, all the other doors are automatically locked as well. • Locking the doors can prevent them from bursting open in an extraordinary accident situation. Locked doors also prevent per­sons entering the vehicle forcibly e.g. at traffic lights. However, in an emergency, they make it more difficult for outside help to open the doors.
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Anti-theft warning
system*
Tailgate
• When the key slot is horizont al (a) the
tailgate is locked or unloc ked automatically
by the central locking system. The tallgate can also be locked or unloc ked separately with the key. • When key slot is vertical (b) the tailgate
will be locke d all the time after closing . It can the n only be unlocked with the key. To unlock tailgate , insert key and turn It fully
to the right (c) Hold in this position and press button in .
The alarm system is switched on automati­cally when the driver's or front passenger's door is locked. Simply hold the key briefly in the locking position until a warni ng light
near the driver's door locking knob flashes
t o show that the system IS operative. The
system becomes active about 30 seconds
lat
er.
If the warning lamp does not flash, check
the doors and tailgate and close if necess­ary.
The alarm will be triggered if, with the ve­
hicle locked, one of
• the doors,

• the bonnet,

• the tailgate/boot
lid
is opened or

• the ignition is switched
on.

When the alarm is triggered the horn

sounds and a flashi ng signal is activated for

about 30 seconds (in Switz erland a continu­

ous note for about 30 seconds), and the en­

gine cannot be started .

The windows and sun roof* are not separ­

ately monitored .
Note
• The wa mi ng lamp goes out after approx . 24 hours. T hiS pre ven ts the battery becom­
ing disc harged when the vehicle is not used for a long peri od
• The
tailgate/boo t lid can be opened sep­
arate ly wi th the key even w hen the system is active . This wi ll not trigger the alarm .
Whe n the lid is closed the luggag e compart­ment wili again be included In the alarm cir­cu it.
•
The alarm signal will be triggered a sec­
ond time if one of the protecte d part s of the
car
is inte rfered w ith again aher th e alarm
si gnal has stopped (for insta nce if the tail­gate/boo t lid is opened after one of the
doors has been opened)
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Doors
From outside the front doors can be
ocked or unl ocked with the key.
h
en unlocking, the locking knobs move .Jp.
I the key is held in the opening position in .119 d riv er's door (with central locking front passenge r door also), on vehicles with elec­
-'le wi ndows all windows will b e opened .
:Jh
en locking, the locking kn o bs move dow n.
-o n vehicles with central locking or electric
Nln dows the key is held in th e loc king posi­
- o n in the driver's door (with cen tral lock ing 'ront passe nger door also), windows an d
:ne electric sliding roof which have been left
o pe n w ill be closed.
The fron t passenger's door and the rear
d oors can be locked from outside without Jsing the key J ust press locking knob down and close door.
-he dri ver's door cannot be locked when :Jpe n by pre ssing the locking knob down and closing door . This pre vents you from
eaving the key in the car and forgetting it.
From inside all the door s can be locked by
press ing down the locking knobs.
As long as the knobs are pr esse d down the
doors cannot be opened from inside or out­side.
Attention Locking the doors can prevent them from bursting open in an extraordinary accident situation. Locked doors also prevent per­sons from entering the car forci­bly e .g. at traffic lights. However, in an emergency they make it more d ifficult for outside help to open the doors. Child-proof catch
The rear doors also have child-pr oof catc hes . When the small lever at the bot­
to m of the lock is moved down the chi ld­
proof cat c h i s engaged. The inner lock re­lease is inoperative and the door can only be opened from outside. The locking knob
m ust be in the up po sition .
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Boot lid
To open the tailgate when key slot is hori­
zontal, press the lock cylinder and lift tail­
gate.
To close, pull tailgate down, the best way
to do this is to grip in the recess in the inner
tailgate trim, swing it down and slam it to
gently . The tailgate is locked when the key
slot is vertical (with central locking horizon­tal)
Attention • After closing the tailgate al­ways pull up on it to make sure that it is properly closed -other­wise it could open suddenly when vehicle is moving, even though the key has been turned in lock. • The tailgate must always be fully closed when vehicle is mov­ing, otherwise exhaust gas will be drawn into the vehicle in­terior!
Electric windows*
The switches are arranged as follows:
•
In driver's door handle: Two switches for
the
two front windows.
• One switch
in door pull of front passen­
ger's door and rear doors. •
In the
centre console above th e ciga­

r ette lig h ter:
Tw o sw it c hes for the rear windows and a
safety switch (A), which pu ts the switc hes

I n the re ar doors out of act ion.

T he win
dows function with th e ignition
switche d on.

If the ign ition is switche d off and the driver's

doo r clos ed, th e wi ndows can st ill be oper­

ated for ab out ten minutes.

For saf
ety reaso ns, the single- to uch clo s­ing~ of the dr iv e r's door window only func­tions whe n the ignition is on.
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-I windows can be opened automatically o~ touch ing the lower part of the appropri­ate switch.
< the appropriate switch is tapped once aga in, the window will stop immediately
.... windows can be closed by pressing the
_op er part of the appropriate switch. On ve­cles with single-touch closing* of the
qv er's door window, to close the window -: IS s uffici ent to touch the switch while the
gnlt ion is on. If the switch is touched again,
e window will stop immediately
- h e
windows can also be closed or opened
cent rally To do th is, the key in the driver's
d o or loc k (or in th e front passenger door
l o ck as well if a centralized locking system
' s fitted) must be held in the locking/unlock­ng position
Attention • Be careful when closing the windows! Careless or uncontrolled closing of the windows can cause in­juries. Therefore -if necessary put the rear win­dows out of action with the safety switch (A). -when leaving the vehicle, al­ways take the ignition key with you. However the window mo­tors are only put out of action if the driver's door is opened. If the vehicle has been locked from the outside, nobody should remain in the vehicle as the win­dows cannot be opened, even in an emergency. This is the case es­pecially for vehicles with central locking, as the doors cannot be opened from the inside either ­see page 7.
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Mirrors
Adjusting mirrors
The rear view mirrors should always be ad­
j u sted properly before moving off so that
good vision to the rear
is obtained.
Anti-dazzle inside mirror
The leve r on the lower edge of the mirror
s hou ld be pointing to the rear when the
basic setting is made.
To set the anti-dazzle position, push lever
forwards .
Exterior mirrors controlled mechan­ically from inside are adjusted wi th the
knob in the door trim panel. Electrically adjustable mirrors· are
set by moving the knob in the driver's door
trim .
B y pressing the
two lower buttons L or R switche s to the left or right mirror.
I f the electrical
contro l of the mirror fails at
any time the mirrors can be adjusted man­
uall y by pressing on the edge of the mirror
surface.
Mirror heating *
The electrically operated outside mirrors are heated as long as the heated rear Wi ndow is switched. on.
Note for vehicles with convex or as­pherical outside mirrors •
Convex (curved outwa rds) mirrors enlarge
th e field of view but they make objects look
sm aller. These mirrors make it difficult to
e stimate h
ow far away a following veh icle IS .
Aspherical outer mirrors have a mirror
surface vlfith different curvature. This wide­angle mirror increases the area of vis ion e en more so than conventional convex
mirrors . The ir usef ulness is also li mi ted
" hen Judging the distan ce to vehicles ap­
proaching from behind.
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Seat belts
Why have seat belts?
It has been proven that seat belts give good protection in accidents. In most countries therefore the wear­ing of seat belts is required by law.
Attention • The belts should be put on be­
fore every journey -even in town
traffic. This also applies to the
rear seats.
Pregnant women too should al­
ways wear a seat belt.

• The routing of the belt is of
major importance to the protec­
tive effect of the belt. How the
belt should be worn is described
on the next pages.

How children can be carried safely in the ve­
h icle is explained on pag e 21 .
In case of a frontal collision accident, occu­
pants w ho are not belted up are thrown for­
w ards and collide with parts of the vehicle
interior, e.g steering wheel, instrument panel or w ind screen.
The wide spread opinion that you can pro­
tect your body with your hands in the event
of a light accident is not corr ect. Even at low speeds of collision, forces which cannot be
deflected act on the body. It
is also
important that occupants sitting on
the rear se at are belted in, as they can also
be th rown throu gh the vehicle in the event
of an accident. Somebody sitting on the rear
seat and not u sing a seat belt is endangering
not only himself , but also the occupants of the front seats.
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General notes
• The belt must not be twisted.
• Two persons (including children) must never be secured with one belt.
• The be lts give maximum prot ection only in the correct seat position -see page 25.
• The belt shou
ld not be worn over hard or
breakable articles (glasses, bal l pens etc.) because this can cause injury to the body .
• Loose, bulky clothing (e.g. overcoats
over Jackets) affects the
fit and funct ion of
the belts .
• The lock tongue may only be inserted
into the lock part belonging to the approp
ri­ate seat otherwise, the protect ive effect is impaired.
• The belts
must be kep t clea n otherwise
the redactors may not work prope rly (see
a lso" Care of car" section) •
The
slot for the belt tongue must not be
blocked with paper or anything similar, otherwise the tongue cannot engage
proper ly.
• Seat belts which have become damaged
or have been stressed in an accident and
stretched must be renewed -preferab ly by
a
Vol kswagen dealer. The anchorages
should also be checked .
•
In some export countries seat belts
co uld be used on w hich the functio ns differ
from those described on the next pages.
Three-point inertia reel belts
The ine rtia ree l belt gives complete free­
do m o f mov ement when pul[ed slowly.
Sud den brak ing
however will cause the belt
to loc k.
Th e mec hanism w
il[ a lso lock the belt w hen acc eler ati ng, driving down steep gradients
o r cornering.
The backrests of the front seats must not be inclined too far to th e rear or the belts are no longer fully effective.
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