2020 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 8 GTE Owners Manual

ARNG
Wetbrakesorbrakescoatedwheorroadsareactmoreswandrequenger
brakgdtances
arefulappthebrakestotestthem
aysdrybrakesandcanoffanycoatgofeandsawhafewcautusap
piatnsofthebrakeswhenvliyeatheroadandtraffcondnsperm
WARNG
Drgwhoutthebrakeservoorwhrestrtedbrakeservofunctncanconserab
creasethebrakgdtanceandcauseaccentsandserusrs
everswchtheengeornnoffwhlthevehmotn
thebrakeservodoesnotfunctnorthevehbegtowedhebrakepedall
avetobedepressedmoreforcefulasthebrakgdtancewllecreaseddueto
theckofasstanceforthebrakesystem
ayskeepthefootwelnderthepedacarsothatthebrakepedaanmove
free
thefrontbrakepadsaretestedherearbrakepadsshoubetestedatthe
sameteegurcheckthethknessofthebrakepadsthroughtheopengs
thersorfromtheunderseofthevehnecessaryemovethewhee
tocarryoutacomprehensecheckoswagenrecommendsusgaVoswagen
dearshforthpurpose
a
Drgaadedveh
Forgoodvehhandigwhendrgaadedvehaseobservethefolwg
towaliemsofggagesecure(->Transportgemsescrtn)
ccerateparturcautusandcareful
vosuddenbrakganddrgmanoeuvres
rakeearirthannormarg
appiabbservetheformatnconcerngtheroofcarrr(->Roofcarrre
scrtn)
appiabbservetheformatnaboutdrgwhatralr(->Tralrtowge
scrtn)
ARNG
Shtgadscanseverepathevehstabliyanddrgsafetyngthenthe
brakgdtancetheeventofbrakghardndcauseaccentsandserusrs
ecureobctspropertopreventthemfromsig
sesuabshgorsecurgstrapswhensecurgheavyobcts
ecureengagetherearseatbackrests

OTE
Donotcarryrgequantsofiuthevehterreakgiuscangetto
thepgconnectnsoftheorangehh-voagecabshcancausedamagetothe
ectraystemandtothehh-voagebattery
rgwhanopenbooti
Drgwhanopenbootiparturdangerousnsurethattheopentalateand
anyobctsaresecuredproperndtakeapproprtemeasurestoreducethequantyof
toxexhaustfumesentergtheveh
ARNG
Drgwhanunckedoropenbooticancauseserusrs
aysdrewhthebooticsed
aysstowaliemstheggagecompartmentsecureooseobctscanfalut
oftheggagecompartmentandreotherroadusers
aysdrecarefulandensurethatyouthkahead
voanyabruptorsuddendrgandbrakgmanoeuvresasthcancausethe
openbootitomoveunpredtab
nyobctsprotrudgfromtheggagecompartmentmustbemarkedtoensure
thattheyarevtootherroadusersbservethegaequements
nyobctsprotrudgfromtheggagecompartmentmustneverbeheposn
bythebooti
necessarytodrewhthebootiopenllggageracksandcargostowedon
therackmustberemovedfromthebooti
WARNG
Poonousexhaustfumescanenterthevehterrwhenthetalateopenh
couresussofconscusnessarbonmonoxepoongerusryand
accents
aysdrewhthetalatecsedordertopreventtoxgasesfromentergthe
veh
exceptnacumstancesrequeyoutodrewhanopentalateoumustdo
thefolwgtoreducethequantyoftoxexhaustfumesthatcouenterthe
veh
sealdowsandthegssroof
wchofftheareccutnmodetheacondngsystem
penalentsthedashpane
wchthebwersfortheacondngsystemtothehhestsettg
OTE
Thevehhehtndpossthengthredferentwhenthebootiopen

rgthroughwateronroads
Pasefolwtheserustohepreventdamagetoyourvehwhendrgthrough
waterorexamptheroadfoded
hewaterveustbeohherhantheweredgeofthevehbodyDrg
throughwateronroads
onotdrefasterthanwagspeed
everstoptheveheverseordeactatethevehdresystemwhlwater
ncomgvehswllreatewavesthatcoucreasethewaterveoryourveh
tosuchanextentthatnotsafetodrethroughthewater
WARNG
Afterdrgthroughwaterudshetc,hebrakesmayreactswandthebrakg
dtancewllecreasedasthebrakedcsandpadswllewetrpossedup
wter
oucandryandde-ethebrakesbyperformgcarefurakgmanoeuvresnsure
thatyoudonotendangeranyotherroadusersorvteanygaequementswhen
dogso
voabruptandsuddenbrakgmanoeuvresdectafterdrgthroughwater
NOTE
youdrethroughwaterartsofthevehuchastheengectrdre
earboxunnggearandvehectrsousustaseveredamage
everdrethroughsawaterassacancausecorrosnsealomponentsthat
havebeenexposedtosawatermedtewhfreshwater
unngtheenge
Anewengehastoberundurgthefst100klmetres(100mls)lovg
partshavetoadaptthemseestoeachotherurgthefstfewoperatghoursheen
gehashherternartnthandoester
pto100klmetres(600mls)
onotdepresstheacceratorful
onotdrethevehatmorethan2/3ofthetopengespeed
onotdrewhatralrattached(->Tralrtowgescrtn)
etween100and100klmetres(600to100mls)
radualcreasespeedandengespeed

hestyofdrgdurgthefst100klmetres(100mls)wlloaffecttheen
gequaiyvenafterthte-andespeclwhacoenge-drethevehat
moderatespeedsordertoreduceengewearandtocreasethemlagethattheen
gecancover
onotdreatengespeedsthataretoowaysshtdowngeartheengenot
runng"smooth"
ewtyres(->Usefuiformatnaboutwheeandtyresescrtn)andbrakepads(->
formatnonthebrakeseneraafety)mustberuncareful
theengerungentsiewllecreasedandsolonsumptn
reduced
sgthevehothercountrsandcontents
Thevehhasbeenmanufacturedspecalforaparturcountryandcompiswh
theregtratnregutnsthatappidthatcountryattheteofvehproductn
youwanttousethevehabroadforashortperdlevantformatnand
structnsshoubefolwed(->Safetytroductn/Generaiformatn)
thevehgogtobesoanothercountryorusedanothercountryforanex
tendedperdhegaequementsappiabthatcountrymustbeobserved
somecasesertaequmentwllavetobeftedorremovedandfunctnsdeact
atedhescopeofservgandthetypeofservgcouaobeaffectedhpart
urportantthevehdrenanotherciatregnforangperdofte
ecausedferentfrequencybandsareuseddferentcountrshefactory-fted
fotamentsystemmaynotworkothercountrs
uetodferentgaegutnspossthatcharggatmassocketswlleper
mtedonwhreducedcharggcurrentothercountrshecharggcabisthe
charggcurrentcorrespondgtothefrastructureusedhewervaeusedfor
charggthesettgsdfer(->Charggcabescrtn)
uetodferenttechnatandardsharggatcharggstatnsanothercountrymay
notbepossormaybepossonusgasuabcharggcabonsuaVoswa
gendearshforfurtherformatn
OTE
oswagennotresponsforanyvehdamagecausedbyw-quaiyfue
adequateservgworkorckofavalbliyofGenueParts
oswagencannotbeheresponsthevehdoesnotcompwhoron
partcompiswhtherevantgaequementsothercountrsand
contents

roubshootg
((D)Brakesystemfau
Thewarngmpihtsupred
textmessagemayaobedpyed
formaquaidworkshopandhavethebrakesystemchecked
rakepadweardator
Thedatormpihtsupyelw
hebrakepadsareworn
otoaquaidworkshopmedte
lrakepadsshoubecheckedandrenewedasnecessary
thebrakgperformanceofthevehchanges
thebrakepadsarewornoryouestabihthatthevehnongerbrakgthe
usuaay(suddenngthengofthestoppgdtance)
otoaquaidworkshopmedte

ctatganddeactatgthevehsdresystem
Starterbutton
thewersectnofthecentre
consotarterbuttonforactatgthe
vehdresystem
hestarterbutton(Press&Dre)actatesthevehdresystem
hestarterbuttoncanbeoperatedonthereavaivehkeytheveh
henavgthevehheectronsteergcomnckwlleactatedwhen
thennswchedoffandthedrerdooropened(->Steergunctn)
wchgthennonoroff
Pressthestarterbuttononcewhoutdepressgthebrakepedatarterbutton
utomatnnswch-off
Oncethevehdetectsthatthedrerabsentafterthecombustnengeswched
offhennwlleswchedoffautomatalafteracertaperdofte
estartfunctnofhybrdre
novaivehkeydetectedthevehterroncethevehdresystemhas
beendeactatedhevehdresystemcanberestartedwhapproxatefe
secondscorrespondgmessageappearsonthestrumentcsterdpy
fterthtehehybrdrecannotbere-startedwhoutavaivehkeythe
vehterr
WARNG
Untentnaehmovementscancauseserusry
onotdepressthebrakepedahenswchgonthennasthevehdre
systemwlltherwebemedteactated
WARNG
Caressorunsuperveduseofthevehkeycanadtoaccentsorrs
aystakealehkeyswhyoueveryteyouavethevehhlrenor
thdpartscouckthevehctatethevehdresystemwchonthe
nnoroperateectraqumentsuchastheectrwdows

eforeavgthevehaysswchoffthennmanualandobserve
anyformatnshownthestrumentcsterdpy
eavgthevehstatnaryforngperdswhthennswchedoncan
dchargethe12-vovehbatteryandpreventthevehdresystemfrom
actatg
ctatgthevehdresystem
Oncethehybrdrehasstartedhevehdresystemreadyforusehenthe
vehdresystemhasbeenactatedheectrdreswchedonthehh-
voagebatterychargeveisuffntfordrgwhtheectrdreorhhdre
powerrequedhecombustnengeautomatalactated
equementsforactatgthevehdresystem
Thevehdresystemcanbeactatedwhenthefolwgcondnsarefulld
hehh-voagebatterysuffntcharged
herenocharggcabconnected
hetemperatureofthehh-voagebatterywhtheoperatgrange
hereavaivehkeytheveh
ctatgthevehdresystem
ressthestarterbuttononcehennswchedon
epressandhothebrakepeda
ovethesectorvertoposnNorengagetheparkgckP
ressandhostarterbutton(->Starterbuttonunctn)untlheREADYdator
mpihtsupthestrumentcster-donotdepresstheacceratoreasethe
starterbuttonwhentheREADYdatormpihtsupthestrumentcsterhe
needthepowerdpymovesfromOFFto0
theREADYdatormpdoesnotihtupancendrepeattheprocedure
hestarterbuttondeactatedthevehwasckedusgthevehkeyyou
arethevehandneedtostarttheengenckthevehfstorperforman
emergencystart(->EngestartAQ)
"cikg"noemaybeheardwhenactatgthevehdresystemh
quenormandnocauseforconcern
ecogngvehdresystem
Theectrdreproducesnonoteabmotornoeseherwhlthedresystembe
gactatedorwhlrunngthereforenotposstorecognethattheveh
readytodrebasedonmotornoessteadhefolwgfeaturesdatethatthe
vehreadytodre

heneedthepowerdpythestrumentcsterposnedat0(~>stru
mentcsterescrtn)
hellmatnoftheneedsthestrumentcsterswchedonregardssof
whetherthevehexterrihtgswchedon
hedatormpREADYihtsupthestrumentcster
nacoustsnallound
ctatgthevehdresystematverywoutse
temperatures
Thehh-voagebatterymayfreezeandfaltverywoutsetemperatures(approx
ate-27(-16)andcoer)thennotposstoactatethevehdre
system
hevehdresystemcanbeactatedagaoncethetemperatureofthehh-
voagebatteryhasrenenough
oensurethatthevehdresystemcanbeactatedatverywoutsetemperat
uresoswagenrecommendsparkgthevehanareathatprotectedfromthe
weather
WARNG
Neveravethevehwhenreadytodrehevehcoumovesuddenor
somethgunexpectedmayhappenthatmaycausedamageeorserusrs
aysswchoffthennbeforeyouavetheveh
henparkgoravgthevehaysensurethatsectorverfordrg
modeposnPandthattheectronparkgbrakeswchedon
henavgthevehaaysensurethataloorsdowshebootiandbon
netarecomptecsedandcked
NOTE
henthecombustnengecovohhengespeedsrgatfulhrott
andoveradgtheenge
onotpush-startortow-startthevehnburntfueandamagethecatat
converter
onotwarmupthecombustnengebyrunngwhlthevehsta
tnarysteadulffassoonastheregoodvliythroughthewdows
hhestheengereachoperatgtemperaturefasterandreduces
emsns
therenovehkeythevehornotdetectedmessagewlle
shownonthestrumentcsterdpyhmayoccurthevehkeyd
ruptedbyanotherradsnarcoveredbyanotheremsuchasanamm
sucase
maynotbeposstoactatethevehdresystemwhthestarterbut
tonthebuttoncelithevehkeyweakorftorexampthcase
setheemergencystartfunctn(->EngestartAQ)