1993 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF lock

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D -Normal driving position

-e four forward gears are shifted up and
~own automatically depending upon engine

:lad and road speed.

J n d er certain driving condit ions it
is advan­
--"geous to engage one of the following de­

s "ribed selector lever positions.

3 -Position for hilly regions

ne 1st, 2nd and 3rd gears are shifted up
a'1d down automatically depending upon
~ngine load, road speed and selected pro­
gramme (E or S) The 4th gear IS not en­
;}aged. This increases the engine braking ef­
-e el w hen the accelerator pedal is released.

-
his selector position is recommended in
5. uations where the gearbox alternates fre­quently between 3rd and 4th gears in the D" position .
2 -Position for steep hills
-h is selector lever position is sUitable for
n g climbs and descents. The
1 st
and 2nd gears are shifted up and
down automatically depending on engine

load and road speed . The 3rd and 4th gears

are not engaged in order to avoid unnecess­
ary gear changes. This further increases the

engine braking effect on deceleration .

1 -Position for very steep hills

This selector lever position is recom­

mended for very steep climbs and de­

scents.

To engage this gear, the lock button in the

selector leve r handle must be pressed in.
The vehicle only moves in 1st gear. The 2nd,

3rd and 4th gears are not engaged. Maxi­

mum possible engine braking effect is now
available.

The cruise control
* cannot be used in posi­

t ion "1".

Note
When changing down manually the select or
lever can be moved into the lower gear posi­
tion, but the automatic will not change
down until it is n o longe r possible to over­
rev the engine.
Kick-down device
The kick-down device gives maximum ac­celeration. When the accelerator pedal is pressed righ t down past the fu ll throttle
position, depending on road speed and en­
gine speed, the box changes down into a
lower gear. The shift up into the next higher
gear then takes place as soon as the maxi­
mum specified engine speed is reached.
Notes on driving
Starting
The engine can only be started when selec­
tor lev er is at "N" or "P". See also " Starting
engine" on page 36 .
Selecting a driving range
When the vehicle is stationary and the engine is running always de­press the foot brake when selecting a gear.
When the vehicle is stationary do not depress the accelerator when selecting a gear.
If the lever is moved accidentally into "Nu when driving, release ac­celerator and let the engine speed drop to idling before selecting a for­ward gear again.
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• Attention • When the engine is running it is necessary to hold the vehicle with the foot brake in all gears. Because with an automatic gear­box the transfer of power is not fully interrupted even at idling speed -and the vehicle tends to "creep". If a driving range is selected while the vehicle is stationary, the throttle must on no account be opened (e.g. by hand from in­side the engine compartment). The vehicle can then start mov­ing, possibly even when the hand brake is applied.
Before working on a running en­gine, ensure that selector lever is
in position "p" and thatthe hand­brake is applied.
Moving off
Select driving range (R, 0, 3, 2, 1) Wait until the gearbox has shifted and the power flow is made to the driving
wheels (light selection jerk perceptible). Then one can accelerate.
Stopping
To stop vehicle temporarily such as at traffic
lights, it is only necessary to apply the
brakes. It is not necessary to move selector
lever to "N". The engine should however on ly be running at idling speed.
Parking
On level ground all you need do is engage
the parking lock. On a gradient the hand­
brake should be applied firmly first and then
the parking lock engaged. This will ensure
that the locking mechanism
is not too heav­
ily loaded and makes the lock easier to dis­
engage .
Tow starting
On vehicles w ith automatic gearbox the en­
gine cannot be started by towing or pushing
the vehicle. See page130 .
When the battery
is flat. the engine can be started from the battery of another vehicle
by using jumper cables See" Emergency starting", page 128.
Towing
If the vehicle has to be towed at any time ,
you must read the instructions in the sec­
tion "Towing/tow starting on page 129.
Emergency programme
If functional defects occur in the electronic system the gearbox can, amongst other
things, carry on operating in two emergency
programmes: •
The gearbox continues to change up
and
down automatically as before but hard shift

jerks are however noticeable. The vehicle

should
be taken to a Volkswagen dealer.

• The gearbox no longer changes up and
down automatically.

The gearbox can then be shifted manually

but in the selector leve r positions "0", "3"
and "2" only the 3rd gear is available.

I n se lector lever positions " 1 " and " R", the
1 st and reverse gears
are available as nor­
mal .
However, the converter must. due to the
absence of 2nd gear work harder ,
and under
certain circumstances this causes the con­
verte r to overheat.
In a case such as this the
vehicle should be taken, as soon as poss­
ible, to a Volkswagen dealer.
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Height adjustable
steering wheel*
-n e steering wheel height can be adjusted as r equired . To do this pull the lever on the :::1 of th e stee ring co lumn down and move -~e w hee l to the desir ed position
Attention
For safety reasons, the lever
must then be pressed fully up again, so that the steering wheel position cannot move while ve­
hicle is moving.
Ignition lock
Petrol engines
1 -Ignition off -Steering can be locked
2 -Ignition on
3 -Starting engine
Diesel engines
1 -Fuel supply cut off! engine stopped, steering can be locked
2 -Glow and drive position
No other current co nsumer s should be sw itc hed on together w ith the glow plugs ­
this aVOi d s dra ining the batte ry unn ecessa r­ily.
3 -Starting engine
For all vehicles:
Position 1:
To lock the steering wheel withdraw key and turn wheel unti l you hear the lock­
ing pin engage
Attention Do not withdraw key from lock until vehicle is stationary! The steering lock could be uninten­tionally engaged.
Position 2:
If the key is difficult to turn in the lock or can­
not be turned to this position at all, the steer­
ing wheel must be rocked to and fro slightly
to release the locking pin .
Position 3:
In this pos ition the headlights and other
h eavy cu rre nt consume rs are switched off.
Before the start er
can be operated again the key must be turned back to position 1. The
non-repeat mechanism in the ignition lock
prevents th e starter from being operated
w hen engine
is ru nning, as this could dam­
age the starter.
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Diesel engines
Glow plug system
Ith the 47 and 66 kW Diesel engines. ~fter sw itching to the driving position (igni­on on ), the required glow plug warm-up
• m e is Indicated by a lamp which is con­
:r oll ed by the coolant temperature -see
p ag e 47 .
On he
55 kW Diesel engine the glow pl ug sys tem is automaticall y activated after ~'osing the driver's door. If the engine is not subsequentl y sta rted, the glow plug syst em .111 not be activated by each further opening an closing of the driver's door.
Cold starting aid/idling speed
boost (47 and 55 kW engines only)
-0 facilitate starting from cold, there is a
c old starting device (cold sta rting aid) in the nJec tion pump.
he cold starting device is actuated when "'1e knob on h e left of the steerinq column
s pulle d out fully. ­
fl addition , the idling speed can be in­~reased with the knob to reduce any vehicle
• br ation which may occur .
47 and 55 kW engines
Starting a cold engine
• At ambient temperatures down to -155C, pull the cold start knob out fully before operating the sta rter .
At lower t em pe rature s, the knob should not
be pulle d out until engine is firing reg­ularly -the engine wi ll then start more
readily .
•
Turn the key in the igniti on lock to posi­
tion 2 (see page 35) -the glow plug wa rning
lamp comes on. It goes out when the igni­
t ion tempera ture is reached (see page 47) While the glow plugs are working do not switch on any other heavy cur­rent consumers because this would place an unnecessary load on the battery.
• When the w arning lam p goes out, start
the engine immediatel y
D o not depress the acce lerator while star
t­ing
If the
engine only fire s irregul arly, continue to ope rate the starter a few seconds longer (30 seconds at maximum) until the engine
runs under its own power. If
the eng ine does not start , switch the g
low plugs on again and try starting it again as de­
scr ibed . If th e eng ine still doe s not start the
fuse for the glow plugs may have blown ­
page 120 .
• Push the cold start aid knob
in fully as soon as the engin e has rea ched its norma l
operating te mper ature.
If ve hicle vibrati on then
occurs whe n i dling,
the knob can be pul led out again until the en­
gine runs free of vibration at the lowest
pos sible idling speed
Starting a warm engine
The glow plug lamp does not come on -the engin e can be started straight away. D o not pull the cold s tart aid knob and do not press
the accelerator pedal.
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Stopping engine
66 kW engine
Starting a cold engine
Ambient temperature above +5 0C:

The engine can be started without pre­
glow Do not depress throttle during the

starting procedure.

Ambient temperature below +5 0C:

• Turn the key in the ignition lock to posi­
tion 2 (see page 35) -the glow plug warning
lamp comes on It goes out when the igni­
tion temperature is reached (see page 47). While the glow plugs are working do not switch on any other heavy cur­rent consumers because this would place an unnecessary load on the battery.
• When the warning lamp goes out, start
the engine immediately
If the engine does not start, repeat
preglow and try starting it again as described. If the
engine still does not start the fuse for the glow plugs may have blown -see page 120.
Starting a warm engine
The glow plug lamp does not come on -the
engine can be started straight away
When engine has been running fast for a long time, let it idle for about 2 minutes so that it can cool down slightly before being switched off.
Attention After the engine has been stopped the fan can continue running for a while (up to about 10 minutes) with the ignition switched off. It can also start to run again suddenly after a short time if -the coolant temperature in­creases due to heat build-up
-when engine is hot and the en­gine compartment is heated additionally by strong sun­light.
Special care must therefore be taken when working in the en­gine compartment.
On vehicles with a catalytic con­verter, the ignition must not be switched off as long as the vehicle is rolling with a gear engaged, other­wise, unburnt fuel can pass into the catalytic converter and cause dam­age.
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Instruments
r;e arrangement of the instruments de­-~nds on the model concerned and the en­'le fitted . 1 ­
Speedometer
................ 39 with service interval indicator. . 40
2 ­ Analog clock ... 41 or rev counter* ... 41 with digital clock. . . . 41 or multi-function indicator* . . 42 3 ­ Coolant temperature .. 45
4 ­ Fuel gauge . . .... 45
1 -Speedometer

Carefully read the notes on page 71.

Mileage recorder
If the word "total" appears in the mileage

display, the total mileage covered is indi­

cated.
Briefly pressing the button below the

speedomete r (left arrow) will switch over
to
trip recorder and the word "trip" will appear.

The fi?ure behind the comma indicates 100

m or
ha mile.

If this button by the
"trip" display is pressed

for longer than one second, the trip recorder

will be zeroed.

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1 -Service interval display
The display appears after switching on the
ignition (engine not started) for a few sec­
onds in place of the mileage recorder in speedometer. If no service is necessary IN 00 will be displayed.
If a service is due,
the following appears in the display for a few seconds even after
starting the engine
• 0
E: L - Engine oil change
• :n 0 : -Inspection service
• : n 02 -I nspection service with addi­
tional work After a service has been carried out, each
service must be called up individually and
the display zeroed . If for instance the in­
spection service
IN 02 with oil change is car­
ried out, the OEL, IN 01 and IN 02 must be
zeroed . The zeroing will be carried out by
the Volkswagen dealer
as follows : •
The zeroing of the service interval dis­
play should only be carried out
in "total" mileage recorder mode. If the service inter­val display is zeroed in the "trip" recorder
mode the trip recorder can be erased .
•
With the ignition switched off, press and
hold the button below the speedometer
(left arrow)
• Switch
off ignition and release button.
The word OEL can be seen in the display By briefly pressing the button for adjusting the analog clock (right arrow) or the minute but­
ton of the digital clock will zero the service.
•
By again pressing the button below the
speedometer the other services will be dis­
played and can be cancelled
individually
• Switch on ignition.
Notes
• Do not zero the display between the ser­
vice intervals -otherwise an incorrect read­
ing will be shown.
• If the battery
is disconnected the details in the service display are retained.
• If a defective speedometer is replaced,
the service interval display
must be repro­
grammed This should be carried out by a Volkswagen dealer. Should the display not
be reprogrammed , then the service work must be carried out in accordance with the Service Schedule and not according to the
service display. The service display only be­
comes valid again after
an inspect ion IN 02 is carried out and the service display is zeroed.
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2 -Analog clock
--e th e time there is a button below the
_ -(right arrow):
• -pr esse d briefly , the
time is advanced one minute.
• pressed continuous ly the minute hand
ss fa ster and the hours are set as well.
;h the button the clock can be set exactly
- h e second :
• Press button until
time is one minute be­.,re ti me to be set.
• ress button at the
moment when the
_ =f'"on ds indicator of an accurate clock -~ows a full minute or when the time signal
s eard on the radio.
2-Rev counter *
- e rev counter needle mu st not move into
e red zone of the sca le on any account.
~Changing up in good time helps ~,) to save fuel and keeps the noise down.
_hange down to the next lower gear before ~"e engine starts labouring or no longer runs
l oothly.
rin g the running-in period, high engine ' 9VS should be avoided.
2-Digital clock *
To set the time there are tw o buttons on right below the re v counter . The hours are
set with the upper button (h) and the min­
utes with the lower one (min) :
•
If pressed briefly, preferably w ith a ball
pen, the time changes one hour or one min­
ute.
• If pressed continuous ly the hours or
m inutes change continuous ly . With
the minute button the clock
can be set
exactly to the second:
• Press button until
time shown by clock is one mi nute before time to be set.
• Press button at the moment w he n the
seconds indicator of an accurate clock
shows a fu ll minute or when the time signa l
i s heard on the radio.
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