2006 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF MK5 warning

3.1 and Equipment
Failure to heed warning light s and other im­portant vehicl e information can lead to a
breakdown in traffi c, collis io n and se rious personal injury.
Never ignore warni ng lights and warning m essages !
Wheneve r stall ed or stopped for repair,
m ove the vehicle a safe distance off the road,
s top th e e ngin e, and turn on th e emergency flas he r a nd use other warn ing dev ices to warn approaching traffic.
Before workin g in the engine compart­ment, always read and heed all WARNLNGS bookle t 3.2 in the engine The engi ne compartmen t of motor ve hicl e is a potentially dangerous area and can cause se­rio us personal injury .
Note
Failure to observe warning lights or wa rning
text s can cause damage to you r veh icle.
is used to make various different settings for the
Fig. 9 Multifunction steering wheel: right sid e
Opening the Settings menu
-the on the
tion steering= fig. 9
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Booklet 3.1 and Equipment
Co mfo rt indi c.
Factory settin g
Bac k
Display off
WARNING
Driver distraction can cause accidents and rious personal injury.
Neve r select menus w hen the ve hicl e is mov ing.
Tip s
The menus sh own in the display depends on the ve hicl e electron ics and the options i nstalle d on your ve hicle. you are not sure, ask you r thorized Volkswagen d ealer or qualified
authorized Volk swagen dealer or
T he menu can only be ope ned w hen th e ve hicl e is at a stan dstill.
Appl ies to with display area in the instrumen t and the
All m enus in the instrument cluste r can also be used following the step s describ ed
here.
F ig. Multifunction steering wheel: right side
Th e
minder if yo u are, for example, u sin g
w int
er tir es which are not suit ed for th e top
speed of the ve hicle.
1. Opening the
the ign itio n on. A ve hicle
fig . on the
multi-funct ion steerin g w heel until the
Opening the Winter tires menu
-or to
highlight
the m enu item Winter tires . The
highl ighted menu item is between th e two
horizo ntal lines. Th ere is a lso a triang le on
the
-bu tto n T he Winter tires
m enu opens.
3. Setting the speed warning
- Highligh t the menu ite m + 5 mph
( (+
km/h)) 5 km/ h)l u sin g
th e
arrow keys and press
and p ress button to
switc h th e
speed warnin g on or off . When
th e s pee d wa rnin g is
swit ch ed off, three
appear at th e top of the displa y.
th e m enu item Back.

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Average ruel co nsumption
Miles to empty
Distance trave le d
Average speed
S peed warning
min Driving time
Th e
displa y shows the amount or time that has gone by s ince the ig nition was sw itched on.
The m aximum displa y va lue in both memories
i s 99 hours and 59 minutes. The memory will reset itselrback to zero once thi s va lue has been rea ch ed.
gallons miles km) Current fuel con­
sum ption
Th e di spla y w
ill sh ow the consump­tio n in gallons (liters) per
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0 gallons/100 miles (0 km) Average fuel
consumption
T he ave rage ruel c
onsumption will appear you have drive n approximately ya rds
(meters). Dashes w ill appear in th e displa y that time. The di spla y
Miles Miles {kilometer s) to empty
Th e m il
es ( kilom ete rs) to empty is calc ulated
u sing th e ru el ta nk contents and current ru el consumption. shows how rar the ve hicl e can travel u sin g the same speed and dri ving co ndi­
ti o ns as
yo u have
dri ven approxi mately yards ( mete rs).
Dashe s w ill appear in the dis p lay until that time. The disp lay will b e updated every 5 seconds
while the ve hicle is m ov ing.
Speed warning
Th e s
peed wa rning can be set so yo u will see and hear wa rnin g whe n yo u reach the desired speed . For example. this settin g co uld be used to
l e t yo u know iryou exceed the posted speed
limit. When you r eac h the desired sp eed. press on th e multi ­
fun ction steering wheel. and hold th e button to erase th e sto re d speed.
temperature di splay
T he t e
mperature range is F to to At outside tempera ture s be tween-F and and a (ice warning) appears in addition to the outs id e tempera ture di splay. Thi s symbol ro r approximately 5 seconds and
F
W he n the ve hicl e is s tanding still o r tra velin g at
very low speed s, the temperature di spla yed may be slig htl y hi gh er than the actual outsid e te m ­
p erature as a result or heat radiate d rrom the engin e.
Roads and bridges can be dangerously icy even the outside air temperature is above r r eez ing.
Jryou use th e outside temperature di sp la y
t o tell you about rrost conditions, remember that roads can even ice over at temperatures above F (+
A lways remember, eve n if the
Neve r rely exclu siv el y on this the outsid e temperature display.
Always reduce your s peed and dri ve with special care under weathe r conditions w hen the c hances that you will encounter icy road surfaces a re greater.
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Applies to vehicles' with
and drive 1:
Fig. 22 Adjust in g t he s tee ring wheel pos itio n
-Adjust the dri ver seat to the correct po­
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- Push
the leve r fig. 22 uncl er the
steering
-Adjust the steering wheel this way until
t h e
correct posit ion is fig. 23 .
- T hen
push lever up.
WARNING
In correc t use of the stee ring column
Neve r adjust the steer ing column while th e
ve hicl e is movin g. Always adjust th e steering column w hil e th e veh icle is standing still and b efore you set out. If you are drivin g and must
m ake an adjustment, safe ly stop your ve hicl e and make the necessary adjustment.
A lways adjus t th e driv er's seat and th e
steering w hee l so that th ere are at lea st
F ig. 23 Illustration of princi ple : proper seati ng po­sition for drive r
(continued)
inch es (2 5 em) betwe en your breastbone and th e s teering fig. 23.
inches (25 em ) or more from the
steeri ng w heel, c hec k with your authori ze d
Volkswagen deale r to see if adaptive equip­ment is avai la ble .
Never adjust the steering wheel so that it
p oin ts toward your face. Otherwise, the sys te m cannot protect yo u properly in the
e ve nt of
Alwa ys hold the s teering wheel o n the out­
s id e of the s teering whee l rim with your hands at th e 9 o'clock and 3 o 'clock pos itions to help
r educe th e risk of p ersonal injury if th e
driver' s
Never hold the stee rin g wheel th e
1 2 o'clock pos ition or w ith your hands at other position s in side th e s teering wheel rim or on the steerin g wheel Holdin g th e s teerin g
wheel the wrong wa y ca n cause serious inju ­
ries t o the hands, arm s and hea d if the driver's airbag infl ates.
After adjusting the stee rin g wheel, a lwa ys push the s teerin g wh eel adjustment leve r
Instrument

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key
Locking and
remote control key can lock and unlo ck the vehicle from a distance.
Fig. 25 Ass ignment of butt ons on the remote control
key
- P res s fig. 25 on th ere­
mote control key to unl ock all th e doors
and th e rear lid.
Locking the
-button on the rem ote con­
t ro l key to lock all the doors and the rear
lid.
rear
-Press bullo n in the re mote con­
tro l key for a
bout one second to unlock the
rear lid.
Panic function
-Press the red pani c button in the
r
emote co ntrol key to tri gge r the Pan ic
fun cti
on.
Th e remote control
fig. 25 .
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T he ind ica tor lig ht in th e key fob ligh ts up w hen­
ever bu tto ns is pushed a nd when th e batt ery is
get ting weak.
button
Whe n you press the panic the horn sounds the turn signal s flas h for about the pani c button again
turn s them off.
WARNING
Improper us e of vehicle keys can result in se­rio us perso nal inj ury .
Always take the key with yo u when you leave the ve hicle. The engine can be started and vehicle systems su ch as th e power win­
dow s can be operated l ead ing to seri o us per­son al in ju ry.
Never leave childr en, disabl ed p erson s or anyone who cannot help them selves in t he ve­
hi cle . The doors can be locked using the re­
mote control key. T his co uld result in peo pl e
being trapped in th e vehicl e in an emergency.
For example, depending on the time of year, people trapped i n th e vehicl e can be exposed
t o very high or low tem peratures.
hicl e that arc much high er than the outside temperatures, particularly in summer. T em­pe ra tures can quickly reac h levels that can
cause uncon scio usnes s and death, partic u ­
l a rl y to sm all children.
Neve r remove the key from steering lock
whi le th e vehicle is mov in g or whil e it is t o a s top. The s teering wheel column wiU lock up and you will not be a bl e to steer or control the veh icle.
Note
Never leave any veh icle keys inside the ve-
hicl e. En try by unauth orized persons could

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lock th e veh icle usin g the centra l
l ock ing button whil e th e driver's doo r is still open, the driver 's door will not lock. Th is featu re
Doors
Doo rs which are not closed prop erly can open while you are driving.
If a door is not clo sed properly, th e
wa rnin g
light in the instrume n t clust er
or a m essage in the disp lay7
> appears. T he
m essa ge al so
comes on wit h th e ignition
switched off and goes out approximately
I S
seconds a fte r locking the ve hicl e.
- Stop th e vehicle.
-
t h e door and close it again (to th e
second catch).
Applies to doors
WARNING
A door whi ch is no t closed properly can acci­dent ally open and cause injuri es and acci­dents.
Never close a door in attentive ly or w ith out checkin g first -can i nju re yourse lf or o ther peopl e. Always make certain that no o ne is
s ta nd in g w ithin range of the door that is bein g
The child safety lock prevents th e r ear doors from being opened from the inside.
Fig. 2 8 Child lock in th e reor l eft door: switched off,
can use any ve hicle keys to e ngage or dis-
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ig .
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WARNING
Driving with an open rea r lid can lead to
rious personal injury.
After closing the rear lid , always pull up on
it to make sure that it is properly closed and cannot open suddenly when the ve hicl e is
moving, even though th e key been turned to the locked position .
Alway s keep the rea r lid closed whil e
driv ing to help prevent poisonou s ex haust gas
from begin drawn into the vehicle
Never transport objects larger than tho se
fitting completel y into the
cause the rear lid can not be fully closed.
you absolutel y must drive with the rear lid open, do the fo llowing notes to red uce the ri sk of carbo n monoxide poisoning:
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all windows,
where applicable
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WARNING (continued)
-th e power
off the air recircu la tion,
-
th e fresh air fan to th e high est s p eed.
Never leave your veh icle unattended or le t
children play around you r ve hicle, especially
with the rear lid left open. A child could
m ent and pull the lid shut becoming trapped and unable to get out. Bein g trapp ed in hicl e can lead to serious personal injury.
ment and lug gage compartment of parked
ve hicl e result in tempera tu res in the hicl e that are much highe r than the o ut side
t emperatu res, particularly in summer. peratures can quickly reach levels that ca n
ca use unconsciou sn ess and death, larly to small

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-Take ho ld of one of the recesses
32 (arrow) in the interior trim of th e
rear
and pull the rear lid down.
the vehic le is locke d (anti-theft alarm system activated) and the re mote contro l key is used to unl ock the rea r lid only. th e rear lid is locke d im ­it is clo sed. All turn s ig n als flas h
bri efly to confirm that the rear lid has been
l ocked.
A dis pla y app e
ars in the instrument clu ster if th e
r ea r lid is no t properly clo sed.
WARNING
Always close th e rear lid properly to he lp avoid seriou s pers o n al injury.
WARN ING (co ntinu ed)
Neve r let anyone get in th e way of the edge s of the rear lid or its hinges when th e rear lid is
clo sin g.
Always make sure that the rear lid closes
properly when you close it so that it cannot open suddenly w hil e the ve hicle is moving.
Neve r leave your vehicle unattended or le t
c hild ren play around your vehicl e, especi ally
w ith the rear lid left open. A child could craw l
int o the vehicl e throu gh the lu ggage compart­
m ent and pull the lid shut beco ming trapped and unable to get out. Bein g trapp ed in ave­hicle can lead to serious person al injury , espe­
cially when it i s very hot or cold.
Neve r leave childr en , di sabled p ersons or a nyone w ho cannot help the m se lves in the ve­
hicl e. The doors can be locked using there­
mot e control key or th e ce ntr a l l ock ing button. Thi s could res ult in people being trapped in
th e ve hicl e.
Heat build-up in the passenger compart­
m ent and lu ggage compartment of a parked veh icle can result in temperatures in the ve­
hicle that are muc h hi gh er than th e outside temperatures, particularly in summer. Tem­peratures can qui ckly reach le ve ls that ca n cause unconsciousness and death, particu­
larl y to s mall children.
Tip s
bookl et Tip s and Advice gency closing or
Opening and