2012 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF MK6 turn signal bulb

Fig. 58 BAG lig ht o n the instrument
on page 82 .
T he
BAG
on the passenge r side has been
turned off by the electronic con trol unit.
th e bulb for the BAG light burns out, th e airbag indicator come on and signal a malfunction in
the Advanced Airbag
no ger be possible to use the BAG light to make sure that th e bag on/off status is correc t fo r the occupant on the
front passenger seat. Have the air bag system spected immediate ly by your auth orized gen dea le r or authorized Volkswagen cility .
The BAG light blink for
about 5 seconds when:
BAG always make sure that the airbag status
(on or off) as shown by the
GER BAG light is proper for the size ,
age , and weight of the occupant on the fron t
light show
the status of the front seat passenger's front vanced Airbag
toring light goes off. The GER light:
stay on if the combined weight of an infant
up to about one year of age in one of the facing or forward- fac ing restraints listed in
Federal Motor Vehicle with
which the Advanced Airbag in your vehicle
was certified , is detected by the weigh t-sensing
mat in the front passenger seat; For a lis ting
of the
child restraints th at were used to certify your
go out if the front passe nger seat is
ing mat.
The must come on and stay on if the ignition is on
and ...
a car bed has been on the front senger seat, or
a rearward-facing child restraint has been
a forwa rd-facing child restrai nt has been
and if the weight registered on the f ront senger seat is equal to or less than the combined
weight of a typical 1 yea r-old infant restrained in
one of the rearward-facing or forward-facing child
restrain ts listed in Fede ra l Motor
in your vehic le was certified .
the fr ont passenger seat is no t occupied , th e
front passenge r airbag no t deploy, and the light
a rearward -facing child restrain t on
the front passenger seat. The safest place for a
chi ld in any kind of
rest raint is on the rear
seat page
Sitting properly and safely

Lights and vision
Lights
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Turn signal lever and high beam switch . . . . . 123
Switching li ghts on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
lights and Vision functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
and reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
A lways obey loca l ve
hicle lighting laws.
The drive r is always responsible for the correct
headlight settings.
More information:
Exterior views
Volkswagen
Changing a light bulb
Headlights that are aimed too high and
an d distract other drive rs. This can lea d to a crash and serious personal injuri es .
Always make sure that are properly adjusted .
or distrac t other drive rs . on p age 122.
Lights up Possible cause
or more driving lights not wor king .
. Adaptive Front lighting ma l-
function.
Fog lig hts switched on (ind icator light on the
headlight switch).
L eft
or right turn signal. The indicator light blinks twice as fast if a turn
signal is not working on the vehicle or the
t r a iler .
Daytime running lights
High beams switched on or headl ight nashers
i n u se.
When the ignit io n is sw itched on, several warning
and indicator lights come on
122 Before driving Prope
r response
Replace burn ed out bulb
all light bulb s are
Fa cility .
125
123.

sion and serious personal injury.
on emergency flashers and set up a warning
can result in vehicle damage.
Discharge head lig ht s provide bright, uniform lightin g to help you
see and be seen. The light comes from an electric
arc between 2 electrodes in the gas-filled bulb.
lamp's
contro l un it then inc reases th e vo ltage to keep th e
arc 's bright ness consta nt. However , the commo nly
called bulb s will also ultimately burn out. Before they burn o ut, lamps can flicker . A
message will then appear in the MFD. This is your
r emi nder to see an aut ho rized Volkswagen dealer or an authorized Volkswage n
Turn
tory information and heed the on page 122.
Move
the l ever to the des ired position.
Right turn signal .
Le ft turn signal.
high bea ms on in dicator
light comes on in the instrument cluster
when the hig h beams are switc hed on.
H ead li gh t flasher. The headlight flasher turns
on the high beams as long as the leve r is
p ulled and man ually held
in the pulled position .
The indica tor light lights up. When released,
the lever moves back to the home position and
turns off the high beams. The indic ator light goes out.
Move the lever back to t
he home posit io n to turn
off th e se lected feature.
Lane change signaling feature (comfort turn signal)
T o use
the lane change sig n aling feature , move the
lever up or down slightly , just to th e point of you have lane cha n ge flash (Ln. chg. flash) switched on, the turn si g­nals and the turn sign al in dicator flash 3 ti mes . it is sw itched off, they flash as long as you hold th e
leve r up or down, and go out when you release the
lever.
L ane change flash is switched on and off
in the Lights & menu in the instr ument cluster
d isplay your vehic le is not equipped
Lights and vision 123

emergency Breakdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Emergen cy flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Pr otecti ng yourself and the
. . . . . 299
Infrared-ref lecting windshield . . . . . . . . . . 128
cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Brightn ess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 19
Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Menu structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Service reminder display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Using menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
cluster displays . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
. .
. . . . .
light . . . . . . .
Jump-start Using jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Jump-starting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Keyless Go. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Starter button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Unlocking and locking vehicle . . . . . . . . . .
44 Keyless Access locking and starting system .4.4
Keys
Battery replaceme nt (vehic le key ) . . . . . . . 39
see
. . . . . . . . . . . . 177
L
Labels .............•................ 291
safety seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
......................... 118
Launch
control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Lifting vehicle Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 Jack .....................•....... 313
With ja ck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Light Acoustic warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Adaptive Front Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 125
Headlight range adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . 126
. . . . 122
illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Ligh t swi tch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 127
. . . . 124 Light bulb malfunction . . . .
Light bulb replacement
Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Turn signal lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Loading Driving with an open rear hatch . . . . . . . . 138
Genera l instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
141 Luggage compartment
cess
Unlocking and locking vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 44
Low beam s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Luggage
compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Luggage compartm ent cover . . . . . . . . . . 143
Luggage compartment light . . . . . . . . . . . 127