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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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Emergency starting
A -Flat battery
B - Boosting battery
The battery
is located in the engine com
partment.
I f the engine will not start because the bat
tery is flat.
jumper cables can be con
nected to the battery of another vehicle to
start the engine . The follow ing points
should be noted
• Both batteries
must be of the 12 Volt var
iety and the capacity (Ah) of the booster bat
tery must be app roximately the same as that of the flat battery .
• The jumper cables must be heavy
enough to carry the load. Note cable manu
facture r's data. •
Only use Jumper cabl
es with insulated
clips.
• A flat battery
can freeze at -1 Ooe and if
a battery is frozen it must be thawed out be
fore connecting Jumper cables, o th erwise it
could explode.
• There
must be no contact between the
vehic les, other wise current can flo w as soon as the plus terminal s are connected .
• The flat battery
must be properly con
nected to the electrical system.
• The engine of the boosting vehicle
must be running.
•
The jumper cables must only be con
nected as follo w s: 1. One end of (+) cable (usually red) to the (+) term inal of the flat battery.
2 . Other end of the red cable to the (+l ter
minal
of boosting battery.
3. One end of H cable (usually black) to the
H terminal of boosting battery.
4. Other end of blac k cable (X) to a solid
metal part bolted to th e block or to cylinder
block itself.
Do not connect the cable to the flat battery
m in us terminal. The sparks could Ignite the
exp losive gas flowing out of the battery
Attention • The non-insulated parts of the cable clips must not touch one another on any account. Furthermore the jumper cable attached to the battery positive terminal must not come into contact with electrically conductive vehicle parts -Short circuit danger! • Route the jumper cables so that they cannot come into contact with rotating parts in the engine compartment. • Do not stand with your face over the battery -danger of acid burns! • Keep sources of igni~ion(naked flames, burning cIgarettes etc.) well away from the battery -Explosion danger!
• Start the engine as described in the
"Starting engine" section.
• If the engine does not start at once, stop
using starter after
10 seconds, wait about
half a minute and then try aga in.
• With engine running, disconnect cables in reverse sequence .
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