2015 VOLKSWAGEN E GOLF Owners Manual

Coming
Home
Action
Switch off: – Automatically after delay period is over.
– Automatically, if a vehicle door or the rear hatch is still
open about 30 seconds after activation.
– Turn light switch to the / position.
– Switch the ignition on.


Leaving
Home Action
Switch on: – Unlock the vehicle if the light switch is in the !54/ posi-
tion and the low-light sensor registers darkness.
Switch off: – Automatically after preset delay period is over.
– Lock the vehicle.
– Turn the light switch to the / position.
– Switch the ignition on.

The length of time the lights stay on can be adjusted or the feature can be activated and deac-tivated in the Infotainment system by pressing the #!2 button followed by the

Button Function
s Door contact button.
Press the button in, and the interior lights come on automatically
when the vehicle is unlocked, a door is opened, or the vehicle
key is removed from the ignition.
The lights go out about 20 seconds after you close the doors.
They also go out when you lock the vehicle or switch on the
ignition.
Press the button back out again to switch the door contact fea-
ture off.
* Reading light on or off.


Glove and luggage compartment lights
The glove and luggage compartments may have lights that come on automatically when they are opened and go off when they are closed.
Ambient (background) lighting
When the ignition and the headlights are switched on, ambient lights in the doors light up.
On appropriately equipped vehicles, you can adjust the brightness of the ambient lighting in the Info-
tainment system by pressing the #!2 button followed by the

Sun protection

Windshield made of heat-insulating glass

Fig. 78 Heat-reflective windshield with communications window (blue shaded area).

Windshield wipers and washer

Lights
up Possible cause Proper response
Y Not enough windshield wash-
er fluid for the front and rear
windshield washers.
Refill windshield washer reservoir
at the next opportunity

When the ignition is switched on, several warning and indicator lights come on briefly for a function check. They go out after a few seconds.
NOTICE
Failure to heed warning lights or text WARNINGS can result in vehicle damage.
Windshield wiper lever

Fig. 79 Operating the front windshield wipers.

Fig. 80 Operating the rear wiper.

Move the lever to the desired position ⇒ :
(A) /&& Wiper switched off.
(B) ).4 Intermittent wiping for the front windshield.
(C) ,/7 Slow wiper speed.
(D) ()'( Fast wiper speed.
(E) x One-tap wiping – brief wiping. Hold the lever pressed down
longer to wipe more often.
(F) W Pull the lever toward the steering wheel to activate the front
windshield washers, then release.
(G) Z Intermittent wiping for the rear window. The wiper wipes about
every 6 seconds.
(H) \
Press the lever forward as far as it will go to activate the rear
window washers, then release to stay in intermittent wiping
mode (position (G)). Pull the lever toward the steering wheel to
turn the rear wiper off.
(1)