2012 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF parking brake

Lifting the vehicle with the vehicle jack
Fig. 162 Lift point for the jack.
Fig. 16 3 Jack in posit io n at the rea r po int .
tory information and heed the WARN­on page 310.
The jack must be posi tio ned at one of the 4 points marked on the 162 ). mu st use the to the being change d
may points.
For your own safe ty and that o f your passengers. carry out the steps in the order
1. Find a spot on firm ground for the
2. off the e ngine . Aut om atic transm iss ion: sh ift the transmi ssion into Park (P)) the parking brake 179 to
towing a Unhi tch th e fro m the
the bei ng raised with a chock or a
to be changed
to the to be ch a nged .
tips 313

Towing
this sectio n you 'll find informat ion about:
T owing on a comme rc ia l tow truc k . . . . . . . . . .
Tips on towing .......................... 33 1
Installing the front tow ing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Installing th e rear towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 Driving tips towing 333
Exterior views
295
WARNING
Never tow a vehicle without any electrical
power.
denly engage and you would not be able to steer of control the vehicle. trol of the vehicle, crash , and seriously injure yourself and others.
Towing on a
on page
To help avoid damaging th e vehicle , h ave it towed
o n ly by a professional towing company. Read and
heed the following
information:
General information
N ever let the vehic le be towed at speeds above
km).
Towing a vehicle changes the way it handles
and brakes . To help reduce the risk of an cident and serious personal injury, note the following:
ed:
-
will have to use considerably more
force to turn the steering wheel because
the power steering is not working.
stalling and removing the towing eye and the cover for the threaded hole behind the bumper.
Towing manual transmission vehicles
Release the parking brake .
the transm ission into Neutral (N).
necessary, the vehicle can also be towed with the rea r wheels off the grou nd
Towing automatic transmission vehicles
Release the parking brake.
the transm issio n into Neutral (N).
Tow the vehicle only with its fron t wheels off the
gro und

Luggag e compartment
Gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Power outside mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Power sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Radio rece ption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 , 292 Tire Pressure Monitoring . . . . . . .
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
. . . . . . . . 297
O cta ne rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Odom ete r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 7
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 From outside the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Power sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Rear hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wind ow s ............. ....... ...... 53 with
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 4
Outside antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Outs ide door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Outs ide mirror Auto-dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 5
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Overview
Center
upper section . . . . . . . . . . 12 Driver door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Dr iver side .. .............. , . . . . . . . . Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Menu structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Passenger side . .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14 Rear view ....... ......• ........... .. 8 Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
and high beam switch . . 123 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Owner's 1 59
p
P anic button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179. 182
Parkin g brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 P assenger front airbag
D eactivation by w ei ght -s e n sin g mat . . . . . 97 airb ag sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Phy sical principle of a . . . . 71
Pinch protection
P ow er sunr oof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 cham ber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248