2012 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF MK6 engine

Jump-starting
this sect ion find inform atio n about:
U sing jum per cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
your eng ine does not start because the
the battery acid
l evel indicator window on the vehicle battery before
jump -starting
with gasoline engines , the cross -sec tion of the jumper
cable wire must be at least
assistance systems 195
Prepara tions for worki ng i n the engine compa rt­
ment 222
Vehicle battery
Working on the batterie s or the electrical sys­te m in your vehicle can cause serious acid burns, fires , or electrical shock.
Never lean over a vehicl e battery. Always
w ea r protective gloves and eye protection. To
r educe your risk o f injury, never tilt the bat­
t e rie s; acid could spill out through the vents and burn you.
A highly explosive mixture of gases is giv­e n off when the battery being charged.
you an y battery acid,
g et medical attention immediately .
work on the batterie s or the e lectrica l system in your vehicle can cause serious acid burns, fires, or electrical shocks. Always
read and heed the
Never jump-start a vehicle with a t hawed or frozen vehicle battery. The battery can ex­plode. A d ead battery can freeze at tempera­
tures around +32
A batt ery that is frozen or was frozen , but has since thawed, must be replaced.
Wh en the vehicle battery is jump-s ta rted ,
i t give s off hydrogen gas, which is highly ex­
plosive! Always keep fire, s park s, open flame,
an d smoking mater ials far aw ay from vehicle batteries. Neve r use a telephon e while connecting or disconnecting jumper ca­
bl es.
Practica l tips

{continued)
the non-insulated parts of the
battery clamps to touch.
the jumper cable attached to the positive battery terminal to contact metal parts of the vehicle.
Using jumper cables
Fig . 17 8 Diagram for attaching the jumper cables:
Dead battery and booste r
on page 327.
The dead battery must be properly connected to
the vehicle's electr ical system .
Make ce
rtain tha t the vehicles are not touchi ng
each other. Otherwise , electric curr ent could flow
as soo n as the positive terminal
s(+) are connec t­
ed. Use longer jumper cables if necessary .
Th e clamps on the jumper cables must have good
con tac t to bare metal on
the battery termina ls.
the engine does not start, stop the process after seconds and repeat after about1 minute.
cle electrical system, read and heed the
Connecting jumper cable s improperly can
ca use a short circuit and do ex pen sive dama ge to the vehicle's electrical system .
Switch off the ignition in both vehicles 165.
necessary , open the battery cover in the
At tach one end of the red jumper cable to t he
po sitive terminal 178 of the dead tery : Battery
Attach the othe r end of the red ju mper cable to the positive terminal of the good battery
(booster battery):
Atta ch one end of the black jump er of the booste r battery: 178 .
Attach the other end of the black jumper to a bare meta l part of the vehicle with the dead battery. This part shou ld be connected
dire ctly to the eng ine blo ck.
Route the jumper cables so that they cannot
ge t ca ught in any moving parts in the engine com-
partment of e ith er vehic le.

the engine
the engine of the vehicle with the good
battery that is providing help and let it run at idle
speed .
Turn on the ignition of the vehicle with the dead
b attery. the engine starts, wait 2 to 3 minutes
the engine does
not start within about seconds , turn off the tion and wait at least 1 minute ; then try again .
Removing the jumper cables
Before you remove the jumper cables. swi tch
off the headlights (if they are on) .
the vehic le with the dead batte ry , switc h on
t he heater fa n and the rea r window defroster. This
he lps
to m in im ize voltage spikes when the cables
a re disconnected.
With the engine running , remove the jumper
nected .
Disconnect the black (- ) cab le f rom the vehicle
wit h the dead battery .
Disconnec t the black (-) cable from the other
vehicle (vehicle with the good battery) .
Disconnect the red(+) cable from the other
Disconnect the red (+ ) cable from the vehicle
with the dead battery .
Close the battery cover.
Improper use of jumper cables when starting a vehicle with a dead battery can
cause the battery to explode , leading to
Always wear proper eye protection. Never
lean over the vehicle battery.
Attach the jumper cables in the correct
Never connect the negative cable from the
vehicle providing starting assistance to parts of the fuel system or to the brake hoses or brake lines.
Never
sistance.
Avoid electrostatic discharge in the may cause the hydrogen gas escaping from the vehicle battery to ignite.
Never jump-start a vehicle with a battery
that is damaged or frozen or that was frozen
and has thawed. The battery can explode.
Always the instructions of the jumper cable manufacturer.
Never connect the negati ve cable from the other vehicle directly to the negative terminal of the dead battery . The hydrogen gas from
the battery is explosive.
Never short out the battery terminals by connecting the positive(+) and negative
Practical tips 329

When not to tow your
there is in the tr ansmission be­
cause of damage to you r it must be moved
with the drive wheels off the ground . The vehicle
can only be towed if its ignition is switched on and
i ts electrica l system is operating. the following
situat ions, the vehicle cannot be towed at
the front and rear whee ls can not turn .
the vehic le battery is dead {because the elec­
troni c steering column lock engages and cannot be
r e leased).
you have to tow an automatic transmission
vehic le more than 30
first read and note the introduc­
on page
Towing eye; tow rope or tow bar
A towing eye is included in your vehic le 's tool kit. This can be inserted in a threaded hole in the front
bumper and used when your vehicl e is being tow­
ed by ano ther vehicle.
The tow rope should be flexib le enough to he lp
protect both vehicles from damage. Use a synthet­
ic fiber rope or similar rope .
Attach the tow rope or tow bar only
to the towing
eye in the vehic le
For the towed vehic le, note the following :
Put the transmission in Neu tral (N) .
Do not tow faster than 30 mph (50 km/h). The
drive rotates while the i
s being towe d with its rear wheels off the ground. This can damage the automatic transmission .
can
Do not tow more than 30 miles (50 km).
When a commerc ial towing truck is being used,
the must be towed with the front
wheels
transmiss ion fluid ha s out of the trans ­
mission.
the re is in the transmissio n be­
cause of damage to your vehicle, it must be moved
w ith the drive whee ls off the ground.
the front and rear whee ls cannot turn.
When the vehicle battery is dead , since the
steering may remain disabl ed, and it may not be
poss ib le to rele ase the electronic steering column
lock.
you have to tow an auto matic transmiss ion
veh icle mor e than 30 miles (50 km).
A veh icle can be towed only if the electronic steer ing column lock is r e leased. case of a
power system,
the engine may have to be jump-started in order to release the electronic steering column lock . Pract ical tip s 331

safety seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 the rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
seat
B ooster seat ........................ 114 Child seat mounting .................. 114 Co nvertible child sea t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Infant carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Sec uring with loc ka bl e safety belt ....... 115 Securing with safety belt .............. 115
seats
Child seat mounting .............. 110, 111 Informati on about child restraint systems 121 Transpo rting children in vehicles . . . . . . . 107
veh ic le care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Climatronlc
Also see: Air cond iti o ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
............. ........•.......... 18 Sett ing t he time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 8 Setting time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Closing
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 51 Windows .......................... 53 w ith Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . 160
Cockp it ......................... ...... 9
. . . . . 28 1
Comfort turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Communication window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Compact spare Drivin g style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
sunro of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 win dows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Engine coo la nt . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Counter-steering assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 194
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
D
Data recorded by control units . . . . . . . . . 287
Data recorded
(DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Daytime running (DRL) deactivation
DRL parking feat ure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Daytime running lights (DRL) parking fea-
ture DRL deact i
vation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Declaration of compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 Deicing door lock cylinders . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Deicing locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 49
Department of Transportation uniform tire quality grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Differential lock Br aking ass istance systems . . . . . . . 186
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Dim en sions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Doors ............................... 47 Child safe ty lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Emergency closing and ope ning . . . . . . . 301 Warnin g light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Driver door Overview .....................•..... 9 Driving
Driving checklists and warning s . . . . . . . . . 31 Driving in other countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Driving throug h wa te r on roads . . . . . . . . 33 Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Environmen tally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 5 too . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Getting ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 on a dow nhill grade . . . . . . . . . . . 183 on an

Some basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 S tarting up on . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
S toppi ng on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
T hroug h water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Towi ng ........................... 333
With a traile r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
W it h aut oma tic transm ission . . . . . . . . . . 177
Driving abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Ch ecklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Driving checklists and warnings . . . . . . . . . 3 1
Driving directions Co mpact spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Dri
ving . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Dri
ving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Driving through
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dynamic
Brak ing assistance systems . . . . . . . 186
consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 1
deactivation . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 3 ,
sockets
1 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Differentia l Lock (EDL) . . . . . . . 186
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 185
Em ergency closing and opening . . . . . . . .
P assenge r doo r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Power sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R ea r doo rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Em ergency closing or opening E mergency release for the selecto r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Em erg ency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Em erg
ency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
J umper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Emission system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
I ndic ator
Engine
B rea k-in period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Does not start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
N oises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Engine and ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
1 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Ignition switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Immobi lizer ......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 222 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Plenum chamber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 9
P repara tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 225 Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
En
gine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Engine syste m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 In dicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3
Check ing coo lan t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
T opping
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Warning
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Engine identification code Determining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Adding oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
openi ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
I n dica to r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Specif ica tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Warning
driving . . . . . . . . 189 Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
................................ 185
Electronic Stability . . . . . . 18 5
E xte rior views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Eyeglass storage compartment . . . . . . . . . 158
F
FAQs ............................... 297
Features , troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 capacity
Windshield washer fluid reservoi r . . . . . . 132
Fire extinguisher Trailer lowing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Fog
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
aske d questions . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Front airbags
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 219
Fuel capa cities
F uel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Fuel
consumption D riving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Wha t inc reases fuel consumption? . 296, 298
Fu el
container, p o rt abl e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Fu el
ca p . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
C losing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Fu el
gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Fueling Wrong
fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
G
cod ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
F use boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
G
12 plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Gearshift lever
Manual transmiss ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Getting re ady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31 Gla sses storage compartm ent.......... 158
Glove compartment
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Gross vehicle weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
H
Headlight range adjustm ent . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Dynamic headlight range adjustment . . . . 126
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
H igh beam switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 23
. . . . . . . . . . . 195
Horn
11
removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
eng ine and igni tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
keys
see Vehicle keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
U nau thorized vehicle key . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
an emergency . . . . . . . . 299 light the brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Br ake syste m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . converte r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Ch ang ing a light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Checki ng engi ne . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
E mission control sys t
em . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Engine coolan t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
E ng ine se nsor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 ..............• . .............
. . 215
Remo te control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Sh ifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Stee ring
lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Press ure Monitoring Syste m . . . . . . . . . 129
door unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Pollen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pollutants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Power locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Power locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Pow
er locking system A nl i-lheft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 doo r unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
L ock ing from the outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power
lock ing switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Un locking and locking fr om the inside . . . . 43
Un locking from the outside . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power s
unroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 ............ ................ 56
Conv enience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M alfun ction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Opening ..............•............ 56
Pinch protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Pow
er wa sh er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Automa tic and open ing . . . . . . . . . 54 ............................ 53
Conven ience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Ma lfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Opening ........................... 53
P inc h protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Sw itc hes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Prehea ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 168
Preparations
Addi ng engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Adding engine
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Checki ng engine coolant . . . . . . . . . 236
Checking e ngi ne . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Light bulb repla cemen t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Vehic le battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 127
Rear backrest
F oldi ng forward . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 142
344
Rear hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
D riving with an open rear hatch . . . . . . . . 138
L ock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 5 1
Open ing
........................... Opening the rear hatch from inside the gage compartm ent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U nlock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Warning li ght . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
F olding back int o place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Rearv iew
mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Rear
window defogger/defroster . . . . . . . .
Recalibrating tire pressure
T ire Mo nito ring System and button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 A t the gas station . . . . . . . . . . . . .
light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Release
button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Remote
control vehicle key
Ba ttery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
see Vehicle keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Remov ing
wax residu e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Repa irs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283, 285
L abels . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Sticker s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Wo rkshop lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Replacement keys
see
keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Replacement parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Replacing parts . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 284
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 294
Resetting
tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Retrofit s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Roof rack
146
s
Safety belt height adjusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Safety belt load limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Safety
belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
S afety belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Belt status display . . . .
Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .