2012 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF MK6 steering

When an airbag deploys , fine dust is released.
This is normal and is not caused by a fire in the hicle . This dust is made up mostly of a powder
used to lubricate the airbags as they deploy. This
dust could irritate skin and eyes and cause
ciently when used with properly worn safety belts
and a proper seating position in Introduct ion on page 58
equipment
Your safety and the safety of your passenge rs
shouldn't be left to c hance. Advances in
gy have made a number of featu res availab le to
help reduce the risk of injury in a collision . The
Sophisticated safety belts for
belt pretensioners for driver and front
passenger .
Advanced front airbag system for driver and
front passenger .
ger.
Airbag indicato r
BAG light.
Electronic control unit and associa ted sensors.
Before driving
Head restraints with height adjustmen t
Adjustable steering column.
LATCH/U CRA lower universal and top tether
anchorages for child safety seats at the rear
These features
can't work as a system if they are not always
be tu rned
off if the weight on the front passe nger seat is less
than the amount programmed in the elect ronic
con t
rol unit . Th e front airbag on the passenge r side
will also be turned off if the combine d weigh t of an
i nfant
of about one year of age in one of the child
seats that was used to certify the Advanced Airbag
ard BAG
Never rely on airbags alone for protection.
69, Safety belts.
ery per son in the vehicle is properly seated on a sea t of his or her own, properly fastens the safety belts belonging to that seat before the vehicle starts to move, and keeps the belts properly fasten ed while riding i n the hicle. This applies eve n when just driving around town. Therefore, always wear your safety belts and make sure that everybody in your vehicle is properl y restrai ned .
too close to the steering wheel or strument panel decrease the ness of the airbags and will increase the risk of personal injury in a collision.

or instrument
you cannot sit upright more than ches (25 em) from the steering gate whether adaptive equipment may be to you reach the and
you are unrestrained ,
be seriously injured and
even be if you are siting too
bag wear safety
if the front airbag inflates -even with an Advanced bag
make certain that children age 12 or younger ride in the rear seat.
when the airbag
sit as far as possible from the steering
sit upright with your back against the backrest of your seat.
prevent serious injuries to the head , legs and hips if the airbag inflates.
Objects between you and the airbag crease the risk of injury in a crash by ing with the way the airbag and/or by being pushed into you as the airbag
when the is in use.
instrument or seat backrests or between those areas and someone in the vehicle. These objects if an airbag inflates.
or transport objects on the front passenger seat. make sure that there is nothing on the front passenger seat that to the airbag system that the
seat is occupied by a person when it in fact is not, or to is. The weight of such objects can cause the passenger front airbag to be turned on when it should be off, or can cause the airbag to work in a
way that is different from the way it have worked without objects on the seat.
make sure that nothing is on the front passenger seat when the backrest is
The fine dust created when airbags
To reduce the risk of breathing problems, those with asthma or other respiratory tions should get fresh air right away by or opening windows or

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The fine dust created when airbags deploy
can cause breathing problems for people
w ith asthma or other breathing conditions.
To red uce the risk of breath ing problems ,
those with asthma or other respiratory condi-lions shoul d g et fresh air right away by get-ling out of the vehicle or opening windows or doors.
you are in a
the residue should ge t your eyes, flush them with water .
Airbags that have deployed in a c rash must be replaced .
by a
tra ined technician who has the necessary tools and diagnostic equipment to properly replace any airbag on your vehicle and as-sure system effectiveness in a crash .
Never permit sa lvag ed or recycled airbags to be in your vehicle .
Advanced Airbag
tory information and heed the WARN­on pag e 82 .
Th e fro nt pass e
nger sea t in yo ur vehicl e has a
Und eployed air bag modules and safety pre tensione rs are cla ssified as Perchlora te
Material . handli ng may
requ irements regarding
h andl ing and disp osal of the veh icle or parts of it s
r estraint system , includ ing airbag modu les and
safe ty
S ervice Faci lit ies are
The front Advanced Airbag System also includes:
Crash senso rs i n the fr on t o f the veh ic le tha t measur e vehicle accelera tio n/dece le ratio n to p ro­
vide inf ormation to the Adva nce d Airbag Syste m
a bo ut the seve rity o f th e crash .
An elec troni c cont ro l u nit , w ith i nte gra te d crash
senso rs for front and side im pacts . T he co ntr ol unit
" decides " whe ther
to fire jus t the front airbags
base d on t he info rm ation recei ved from the crash
sensors . Th e con trol unit also "dec id es " whe ther the safety belt pretensi one rs shou ld be activated .
An Advanced Airbag with ga s generator inside
the steering
An Adva nced Airbag with gas generato r inside
th e in str u men t panel for th e f ro nt passenger .
Sitting properly and safely

are not bright enough to le t you see ahead or be see n by others when it is dark.
not let you see far enough
Lights and
tory information and the WARN­on page 122.
Daytime running
lamps are or in the front bumper fo r t he daytime running lights
( DRL ).
Turning on DRL
ahead for safety,
at dusk or when it i s dark .
are on, a vehicle cannot be seen by others
cool or humid weathe r, th e insides of the
lighting system.
When the dayt ime running are switched on,
only these separa te lamps com e on =>
Th e daytime running lights are switched on when­
ever the ign itio n is swi tched on and the ligh t sw itch is in position The indicator or in th e in­strument cluster indicates that the feature is active =>page 122.
Turning
off DRL
P ress and ho
ld the turn signa l leve r and high beam Press and hold the turn signa l lever and high beam
switc h up and to the back (right turn sign al and switch down and to the back (left turn signa l and
headlight flasher). headlight flasher).
the ignit ion on f or about 3 seconds and then off again .
th e ignition on.
- Turn the ligh t swi tch to the posi tion.
the parki ng brake.
vehicl e may have fog lights under the front
bumpe r that are also static corneri ng l ight s. A t
speeds below about 25 mp h km/h ), th e l igh t on
one side of t he
yo u turn to the right , the righ t fog light -
Release the parking brake.
-
Turn the light swit ch to the tD pos ition.
-the igni tio n off.
comes on; turn left and the left fog l
ight comes on .
T he light dims and goes out when the steering
whee l is st
raig ht ened out again.
T he static cornering lights work only when the
are on. The static corneri ng lights do not come on when the switch is in the position or when the fog lights themselves have
been switched on =>page 124.
Light s and vision

on
to the desired position
® Wiper switched off.
wiping for the windshield. ® Adjust the settings with switch 76
© wiper speed.
the pressed down to wipe faster.
® toward the steering to activate the front windshield washers, then re-
Intermittent wiping for the rear window . The wipe r wipes about every 6 seconds .
Press the forward as far as it
To prevent damage to the wiper outside, ways make sure that before ope rating the wipers. ing the service position can be weather so the wipers do not fre eze to the 132 .
the ignition is switched off the continue at the same wiping speed when the ignition is switch-
Remove snow and ice from the wipers fore you b egin driving.
the wiper
mends using a deicing spray.
if the lion is sw itched on and the engi ne hood is The

Explanatory notes in this section regarding tomatic transmissions Direct
an unauthorized vehicle key is used or the sys­
tem mal functions , Immobilizer active! may
appear on the instrument
stead wh ile following proper and safe procedures.
More information:
Vehicle key set
Shifting gears
Braking , stopp ing and parking =>page 179
Steering 192
Startin g assistance systems
Refueling =>page 214
Emergen cy clo sing and opening
Jump-starting
Towing
off the engine while the vehicle is moving can make the vehicle harder to stop and result in loss of vehicle control, leading to collisions and severe perso nal injurie s.
To reduce the risk of serious personal injury when starting and running the vehicle's gine:
shifting, parking 165

Keyless Access locking and starting sys­
tem :
on page 165.
The starter button
be used when an au­
t horized
the elec tronic steering is ac tivated when the ignit io n is
swi tched off and the driver door is opened
192.
Switching the ignition on and off
press the starter button once without op­
e rating the brake or
Emergency start feature
an authorize d remote veh icle key is in the
passenger compartment but the inst rume nt
can
Make sure the
key to the right of the steering trim immed iate ly after
p ressing the starter button
the
eng ine starts.
Emergency shut-off
the engine does not switch off by
Press the starte r butt on twice within one sec­
ond or once for more than 2 secon ds
Engine restart function
no author ize d r emote control veh ic le key is iden­
tified in the passenger compartmen t afte r the en­
gine has been switched off, the engin e can be re­
s tarted wi
thin about 5 seconds . A rela ted message
is sh ow n in the instrument cluster displa y.
Afte r the
5 seconds have passed, the engine can
n o be started without an author ized ve hicle
key in the passenger compartment.
Unintended
in se­
rious
start th e engine, and operate vehicle systems such as the power windows,
The doors can be
Starting, shifting, parking 167

unless the transmission senses a sit­
uation where upshifting or downshifting is necessa­ry to keep the engine from over-or under-revving.
Using Tiptronic with the selector lever
Push the selector lever sideways to the right
from Drive (D) position into the Tiptronic position
in Automatic transmission :
Briefly push the selector lever forward to up­
shift into a higher gear or backward to down ­
shift into a lower gear 111.
Using Tiptronic with the shift paddles behind the steering wheel
Th e paddles 112 (arrows) work when the
selector lever is in the Tiptronic position or when the selector lever is in Drive (D) or
To upshift, on the right to­
ward you.
Driving with automatic transmission
on page 171.
in
Neutral (N).
Reduce speed.
Downshift by the selector l ever back
briefly(-).
Downshift using the paddles on the steer ­
ing wheel
you should use Hold 195 as long as the engine is running .
To downshift , on the left to­
ward you.
To switch off Tiptronic mode,
switch off
shift automatically into the next higher gear be­
fore reaching maximum engine speed (rpm).
you use Tiptronic to shift into a lower gear, the transmission not over-rev the engine. Kick-down acceleration
The kick-down feature permits maximum tion when the selector lever is in the Drive (D ), or Tiptronic mode.
you push the accelerator automatica lly downshift , depe nding on
vehicle speed and engine speed (rpm). This
With kick-down actuated, the transmission
Regulation 179.
Depress and
Move the selector lever into Driv e or Tiptronic position.
With your rig ht foot, depress the accelerator
peda l until the engine reaches about rpm.
shifting, parking