2008 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF key

Booklet 3.1
harm the
U sing the wron g batteries can damage the
remot e con trol key. Rep lace used batteries with
new ones of the same
Tips
page o r by your authorized dealer o r bul!on once to unlock just the drivers 's page the button a second time to unl ock a lithe doors and the rear lid.
When yo u unlock your with there­m ote control, you have seconds to open a door or the rear lid. lfyou do the will
Resetting the remote control key
automatically re lock itself. This safety re lock fea­ture prevents you from leaving your un­
locked.
it may have to be synchronized again page 29.
the r emote con­trolmay not work and have to be reset page29.
Use the remote control only if yo u intend to
use one of the fun ctio ns. terrain and con­d iti on s may pressing the remote may un­
lo ck the
Th e operation of the remote control key can b e temporarily disrupted by interference from transminers in the vic inity of the that work in the same frequency range (e.g. radio equipment, cellular phone).
The remote key has to be reset if it does not lock or unlock the vehicle.
Resetting the remote control ke y
-Unlock the driver's door m anually by
inserting the em erg ency key in the door
Tips
The remote control ke y will have to be reset if you press the several times outside it s
effective range and the
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Fig. 2 6 Botfery indicator light in the remote control key
How the power
in the remote con-tro l fig. does not ligh t up you
press one of th e buttons in the key, this means the battery is weak or dead and must be placed.
Your
authorized
Note
Using the wrong can damage t h e remote co ntrol key. th e used battery with one of the same vo ltage and th e same size.
Th e power locks let you lock and unlock all the doors and the rear lid at the same
time.
To use the power lock feature, you have the
usin g remote control page 28,
u sing central locking button inside the page 32
manually using the emergency key page27
Automatic locking
Always close all doors properly so that the matic locking feature can lock the doors. will hear the vehicle doors an d rear lock when yo u
drive faster than about 4 mph (6 km /h). Thi s can be changed in the convenience tions page 16.
Automatic unlocking
The vehicle unlocks automatically w hen yo u move the ignit ion key from the ignition lock.
This feature can be changed in the convenience funct io ns page 16 .
Openin g and
button in the remote control key one time only.
To unlock all the veh icle doors and the rear two
times.
Using
functions menu you can sel ect whether the driver's door or all doors unlock when you usc the remote control. the setti ngs you want in the menu under
Driv ing
Always keep all doors closed whil e driving. The door must be

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button.
Fig . 27 Detail of the driver's
-fig. 27
Unlocking the vehicle
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th e
Th e ce ntr al lo ckin g button works even whe n th e
i g nition is switched off.
note th e w he n yo u use th e tr allock ing button to lo ck your ve hicle:
The ala rm is not activated whe n you press the buuon
th e driver's door is open, th e
driver 's door not lock. Thi s feature preve ms
yo u from lock ing you rse lf out o f the vehi cle.
ca n unlock th e doors se parat ely from i n side th e vehicl e. have to th e door
re lease handle The door b e opene d by
pullin g the door re le ase ha nd le again .
Automatic locking
can progr am the autom atic locki ng fun ction using the co nve nience f un ctions page 16. Thi s fun cti on loc ks km /h) . th e veh icle
co mes to a stop, th e veh icle unlo ck itself
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w he n you remo ve the ig ni tio n key fro m the tion swit ch or if you press th e central locking in th e doo r
rious personal injury .
Locking doors from the in sid e can h elp
prevent unintended door opening during a and can als o prevent unwanted entry
fr om the outside. Locked doors can, however, d e lay ass istance to vehicle occupants and resc ue from the outside in an accident or other emergency.
Neve r le ave childr en, disable d person s or anyon e who cannot help the m selves in the hicl e. The doors can be locked with the central
l oc king button. Thi s could leave peo pl e
t ra pped in the ve hicl e in an em erge ncy.
Heat build-up in the passe nger ment and lu ggage compartment of a parked vehi cle can result in temperatures in the hicl e that a re muc h highe r than the outside
temperatures, parti cularl y in summer.
la rl y to c hild ren.
Neve r passenge rs to remain in a
l ock ed ve hicle. Lock ed doors can d elay tance to vehicle occupan ts and rescue from
th e o ut side in the event of an emergency . In an
e m ergency any pe rson still inside the ve hicle
mi ght not be abl e to g et out.
Tips
yo u lock your vehicl e with the central
lo ckin g button:
Th e doo rs a nd the rear be o pen e d
from the outside ( fo r your safety. for example .
w he n stopped at a traffi c light).
the doors ra te ly from inside. th e door handl e tw ice.

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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.
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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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l applicable F
ig .
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Engaging th e
- Unlock the veh icle.
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I page 33, fig. 29
-the door . T he door cannot be
opened from the insi de.
Disengaging the safety
- Unlock the ve hicle.
The ch ild safety lock can be activa ted to prevent
children opening the rea r doors by accident.
Never leave ch ildren, disabl ed persons or anyone w ho cannot h elp themselves in the ve­
h iclewh en lockingthedoors. This co uld r esult
in people bei n g trapped in the ve hicl e in an -
- Use a ve hicle key to turn th e s lot in the
open door to the position shown in
-the door. The door can open ed
f ro m
the in side .
Anti-theft
with alarm
time of year, people trapped in the vehicl e can
b e expose d to very high or low
Description of anti-theft
sys te m
- Lock the ve hicle.
Switching the
i n the remote control key or
swit c h on the ign itio n.
Opening the
chapter clo sing
or Th e ala rm is tri ggered imme­
d ia te l
y.
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-on the ignitio n with in
the ve­
hicle.
yo u lock the veh icle, the ami-th eft alarm system is automatically switched on.
W ha t tri
ggers th e alarm?
the vehicle locked, th e alarm will go ofT under the following circumstances:
the engine hood.
the rear lid,
Manually opening the veh icle using th e emergency key.

When th e alarm is trig ge re d , the h orn w ill sound for about 30 seconds and th e t urn sig na ls will fla sh fo r about m in utes.
Rear
Opening the rear
Tip s
Wh en t he al a
rm stops sou nd in g and you open another door o r th e rear lid or a n y othe r pa rt of th e ve hicle th at is m on ito re d by the a nti-t heft alarm syste m. the alarm
F ig. Left illustra tion : remote contro l key , righ t ill ustration : rea r li d release butto n in th e driver door
Fig . 3 1 Rear lid: u nloc king rear lid
th e rear w ith th e remote
ke y
- Press button in th e re mote con ­
t ro l k
ey fig. 30.
th e rear with the button in
the driver's door
-th e rear lid r elease in th e
d ri
ver's fig. 30 .
Opening the rear with the
swagen
- Press on the to p o f th e Volkswagen em ­
b l
em w it h your fig. 3 1 and pull
the emblem out at th e botto m . Reach
u nd er th e em bl
em w ith your hand and
o pen the re a r l id.
t h e rear lid is open or not closed properly, the
i n d icator lig ht comes o n in the in strument cluste r or an indicator appears in th e displ ay.
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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,
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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
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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.
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