1993 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF window

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Dashboard and Controls ..... 4

. ey s, Cen tral locking . . .... 6, 7

::"tl-thef t warning system .... 8
Joors .......................... .... 9
oot lid .... ........... . . . . . 10
::Iectric windows .. . .. 10

• ~Irrors . . ..... . ... 12
Seal belts 13
"" rbag System . . . . . 18
Safe ty for children .. ... 21
ead restraints . . . . . .. 24

= ro nt seats . . . . . . . . . . . .. 25
Rear seat . . . 27

L u ggage compartment ... . ... . ...... 28

M esh partition (Estate) ...... 29

L u ggage compartment cover /

F olding/sliding cover
... 30
Pedals, Hand brake .. 31
Manual gearbox .... ... .... 31
Automati c gearbox . . . .. .......... 32

H eig ht-adjustable steering wheel ..... 35

I gnition lock. . . . . .. 35

Starting/stopp ing engine 36, 38
\lIstrumellts .. .... 39
Warning lamps ....... 46

Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Turn signal and dip lever ............. 53
Cruise control system ........... 54
Wi ndscreen wipe r and washer system 55
Heating an d ventilation .. . ...... 56
Air cond itioner ......' 59
Sliding/ti ltin g roof. . . . . . . . . . . . ... 65
Sun visors / Interior lights 66,67
Cigarette lighter, Ash tray ..... 68

Shelves and boxes . . . . . . . . . . . ... 69
Roof rack / Roof ra ilings ... 70

DRIVING TIPS
The firs t 1500 km -and after wards .... 71
Driving economically and ecologically .. 72
Brakes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Tra iler tow ing . .. ..... . .... ... ...... 77
Driving a four- wheel drive vehicle .. 79

GENERAL MAINTENANCE
Filling the tan k, Fuel. 81, 82

Care of vehicle ........ .. . . 85

Bonnet . . ... 90

Engine compartment .. ...... .... .... 91
Engine oil ..... .......... ........... 92
Automatic transmission fluid (ATF)* ... 96
Power-assisted steering .. 96

Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . .. . 97

B rake fluid ...... 99

Battery . . . . .. 100

Spark plugs. V-belts . . . . . . . . . 102

Washer system
... . .. 103

Windscreen w iper blades . . . 104

Dust a
nd pollen filter * . 104

Wheel s . 105

D riving abroad ..... ............... 110

Accessories, modifications and
renewa l ot parts .............. III
Mobile telephones and tw o-way rad ios 111

DO -lT-YOURSELF
First -aid kit, Warn ing triangle ........ 112

Storage of vehicle tools, spare wheel

a n d ball coupling trailer bracket ...... 113
Vehicle tools, Spare wheel 114

CONTENTS
Changing w heels . 116

F uses . ........ .. .. . . . ... . .... 119

Changing bulbs. . .... .. . 121
Installing radio . . . . .. 127

E mergency starting .. .. 128
Tow starting / to wing . . .. 129

L ift ing vehicle ......... 131

SPECIAL INFORMATION
Body ..... .... . .......... 132

Environmental compatibility ... 133

TECHNICAL DATA
Engine data . .. , .... .... . 134

P er forman ce .. ... ... ... . .. 136

Fuel consump tion .. 137

Wh eels
. . 139

T yre pressures
.. .. ... .. . . .. ... 1 4 1

Weights ... 143

Trailer weights .. 144

Dimensions. ...... .. ... 145

Capacities " ..... 146

Vehicle identification data ... 147

ALPHABETICAL INDEX
Alph abetical index ... 148

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1 Switch for electric front windows 10
2 Door lock release lever 9
3
Remote controlled outside mirror 12
4 Warning lamps 49
5 Air vents 57
6 Light switch 50
7 Instrument lighting regulator 50
8 Headlig ht range control 51
9 Lever for heig ht adjustable steeri ng w heel 35
1 0
Combi instrument:
Instruments
Warning lamps
39
46
1 1 Emer gency light system switch 51
' 2 Ignition lock 35
' 3
Knurled wheel for seat heating 51
'4 A ir ve nts 57
' 5 Radio 1)
·6 Controls and switches for heating and
ventilation/air conditioner 56
59
17 Glove box or passenger side Airbag 69,1 8
18 Bonnet release handle 90
'9 Fuse box behind shelf 119
Page
20 Cold starting aid/idling speed boost (Diesel engines) 37
21 Turn signal and headlight dip lever
Cruise control system 53
54
22 Horn (on ly functions with ign ition switched on)
or driver's airbag 18
23 Windscreen w iper/washer lever
w ith switch for multi function indica tor 55 42
24 Push buttons for air conditi oner 59
25 Ash tray 68
26 Gear lever (manua l ge arbox) Sel ector lever (automa tic gea rbox) 31 32
Xl-Handbrake leve r 31
28 Cassette or CD storage box
29 Cigarette lighter/elec tric soc ket 68
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Heated rear windo w switch 52
31 Switch for rear electric w indows 10
• Some of the items listed are only fitted on certain models or are op tional extras .
• On right-hand drive vehicles the
arrangement of the switches
and the location of some items can vary. However the symbo ls on
th e switc hes are the same as for left-hand drive vehic les.
n Vehicl es with a facto ry fitted radio have a rad io ins truction le aflet sup­plied Whe n re trof ittin g a radio pay atte ntion to the instructions on
page 127 in the" Do-it-yours elf " sect ion.
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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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Luggage compartment cover / Folding/sliding cover*

Articles of clothing can be placed on the lug­gage compartment cover.
Attention Do not place heavy hard articles on the luggage compartment cover or folding/sliding cover ­they could endanger the vehicle occupants or damage the fold­ing/sliding cover if the brakes are applied suddenly_
Furthermore, the heater element wires in
the heated rear window could be damaged

by articles rubbing against them.

The folding/s liding cover
can be pushed to­

gether to the front or rear .

When the tailgate of the saloo n is opened ,

the luggage compartment cover is also

lifted .

If large items of lug gag e are to be carried,

the cover
can be removed:

Saloon
• Unhook retaining cords fro m the tail­gate.
• Pull cover to rear out of the retainers ­
see arrow s in left-hand illustration.
When removed, the luggag e co mpartment
cover
can be stored behind the rear seat
backrest:
- Unlat
ch rear seat backrest and fold for­
wards slightly.
- Place the cove r vertically between the back rest and the wheel housing, with the upper side to the front and the retain­
ing straps at the bottom. Secu re back­
r est.
• When installing , slide the cover forward
into the side retainers and hook the retain ­
ing cords onto tailgate.
Estate
• Press the two front locking flaps in the
side consoles forwards (arrow 1 in right­
hand illus tration).
•
Pull fo lding/sliding cover backward and out of the consoles (arrow 2) I n so doing,
dislodge th e front/ rear cross bar of the
cover with a qUi ck jerk.
• When
installing the folding/s liding cover, push the front cross bar of the cover for­
ward and the rear cross ba r backward un til
the y engage securely.
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