2020 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 8 GTE Owners Manual

utomatgearbox
FunctnoftheDSGuatchgearbox
Descrtn
ThevehequpedwhaDSGuatchgearbox
heDSGuatchgearboxaearboxwhhusesduactchtechnogyto
changegearautomatalusesaduatchandtwogeartrahaestoenab
veryfastgearchangeswhnossoftorqueheDSGuatchgearboxthuscom
bestheperformanceandeconomyofamanuaearboxwhthecomfortandconven
nceofaconventnautomatgearbox
unctn
Engepowertransferredtothedreshaftvthegearboxordertochangegears
hepowertransmsnbetweentheengeandthegearboxhastobeterruptedh
whatthectchfor
htheDSGuatchsystemwhstwogeartrahaesheengepowera
aysconnectedtoonegeartrahawhendrgeforeagearshthenext-hheror
wergearaeadypresectedthead-freesecondgeartrahahectchonthe
non-drengearthencsedndtheotheropenedatthesametehmakesvery
fastgearchangesposs
hankstosdesnheDSGuatchgearboxmoreeffntthananautomat
gearboxhereasanautomatgearboxthetorqueconverterconstantusethe
DSGuatchgearboxthectchcanbeopenedatigspeedhussavgfue
hankstoseffncywwehtandtelientcontroystemheDSGuatch
gearboxusualenabsfueonsumptnthatequaoorwerthanamanuaearbox
oweverstiethemanuaearboxhectchtheDSGuatchgearboxsub
cttowearegurmatenancenecessarydependgonthetypeofDSGuatch
gearboxurtherformatn(-^Scopeofservevervw)theeventofafauone
geartrahaheDSGuatchgearboxaoalwsonegeartrahatobedeact
atedandtheurneytobecontuedusgtheothergeartraha(->Automatgearbox
AQ)hegearboxmustthenbecheckedassoonaspossbyaquaidworkshop

utomatgearboxectposn
utomatgearboxsectorverwh
buttonforparkgckP
hesectedposnshownthestrumentcsterdpyandonthesectorver
whenthennswchedon
hegearshtpatternshownthestrumentcsterwhenthebrakedepressedora
posnsected
-Parkgck
Thedrewheearebckedayonbesectedwhenthevehstatnary
oengagetheparkgckresstheuttonF1
theengeswchedoffthesectorverposn/Srhegearboxautomat
alengagestheposnndthevehsecuredtopreventfromroligaway
theengeswchedoffsectorverposnhegearboxremasneutra
osnoraround30mutesandonthenengagestheparkgckP(carwash
functn)(->Operatneactatgthevehdresystem)
-Reversegear
Reversegearsectedayonbesectedwhenthevehstatnary
-Neutra
hegearboxtheneutraosnoforcetransmtedtothewheeandthebrak
geffectoftheengenotavalb
/S-Standardforwarddrgposn
osnormarogramme
lorwardgearsareshtedupanddownautomatalhetgofthegearshtde
termedbytheengeadourduargstyandthespeedoftheveh
osn$portsprogramme

heforwardgearsareautomatalchangedupteranddownearirthansector
verposnhexpstheengefulowerreserveshetgofthegearsht
determedbytheengeadourduargstyandthespeedoftheveh
theosnheenergyrecoveryvetronghe"Sport"drgproflandthe
"Hybr"operatgmodeareautomatalacte
ochangebetweenposnsndSovethesectorvertotherear
hesectorverwllaysmovebacktothecentreposn
hanggposn
Tosectthenextsectorverposnovethesectorverforwardorbacktothe
fstpressurepothesectorverreturnstosstartgposn
oskasectorverposnovethesectorverbeyondthepressurepottothe
desedsectorverposnhesectorverreturnstosstartgposnth
wayposstoshtdectfromsectorverposnosectorverposn
RorexamphesectorverposnNskpedthcase
WARNG
Sectgthewrongposncancauseyoutosecontrofthevehhhcanad
toaccentsandserusrs
everdepresstheacceratorwhensectgaposn
hentheengerunnghevehstartsmovgassoonasaposnen
gagedandthebrakepedaireased
eversectreversegearRorengagetheparkgckPwhltheveh
motn
WARNG
Untentnaehmovementscancauseserusry
hedrermustneveravethedrerseatwhentheengerunngandaposn
hasbeensectedyouhavetoavethevehwhltheengerunngays
swchontheectronparkgbrakeandsettheparkgcktothePposn
theengerunngandthesectorverposnD/SorRhevehmust
behebythefootbrakehevehwllcreepforward"evenwhentheenge
igspowertransmsneventhennotfulterrupted
eversectreversegearRorengagetheparkgckPwhentheveh
motn
everavethevehsectorverposnNhevehcanrolownhllre
specteofwhetherornottheengerunng
OTE
youaccentalshttoNwhendrgtheEcoprogrammeEakeyourfootoffthe
acceratorandwafortheengetoreachigspeedbeforesectgDorSaga

OTE
theectronparkgbrakeotwchedonwhenthevehstatnaryandthe
brakepedaireasedwhentheparkgckengagedhevehmaymoveafew
centetresforwardsorbackwards
thesectorvermovedaccentaltoNwhendrgakeyourfootoffthe
acceratorafortheengetoreachigspeedtheneutraosnbefore
sectgadrgposnaga
a
ChangggearusgTtron
UsgTtronhegearsoftheautomatgearboxcanbeshtedupanddown
manual
teergwheehpaddsfor
Ttron
posstochangetoTtronmodefromposnsndypuligapadd
->F
tronmodeactatedemporarlromposn
tronmodeactatedontuousromposn
hegearthatcurrentsectedwllemataedwhentheTtronmodesected
happisuntlhesystemautomatalperformsagearchangewhentheienge
speedreached
ssoonasthegearboxhasswchedtoTtronmodehwlleshownonthestru
mentcsterdpywhM
theengeswchedoffwhlthegearboxTtronmodehegearboxwllct
atetheparkgckhevehthensecuredagastroligaway
peratgTtronwhthepadds
ulherhtpaddtowardsthesteergwheeochangeupagearF
ulheftpaddtowardsthesteergwheeochangedownagear

ulheftpaddtowardsthesteergwheendhotochangetothewestgear
hegearsectndpythenchangesto
ndgTtronmode
utomatalafterfesecondsTtronmodewasactatedfromosn
Rressthesectorvertotherearandreaseordertoactateosn
Rulherhtpaddtowardsthesteergwheeoraroundthreesecondsandthen
reaseaga
OTE
henacceratghegearboxautomatalshtsuptothenextgearshortbefore
themaxumpermtedengespeedreached
henshtgdownagearmanualhegearboxwllotchangegearuntlheen
gecannongerbeoverrevved
rgwhanautomatgearbox
Thegearboxchangestheforwardgearsupanddownautomatal
rgdownhll
Thesteeperthedownhllradnthewerthegearyouwlleedowergearscrease
thebrakgeffectoftheengeeveralwthevehtorolownmountasorhll
theneutraosn
educeyourspeed
htthegearboxtoTtronmode(->Ttronperatn)
htdownusgthepaddsonthesteergwhee->Ttronperatn)
toppgandpuligawayonuphllradnts
Thesteepertheuphllradnthewerthegearyouwlleed
youwhtostopthevehorpulwaywhendrguphlloushouusetheAuto
Hofunctn(~>AutoHofunctnescrtn)
kdownfunctn
Thekkdownfunctnenabsmaxumacceratnthesectorverposnsnd
SorTtronmode
theacceratordepressedfulhegearboxwllutomatalshttoawergear
ependgonthespeedandengespeedhwllakeuseofthefulehaccera
tnA-
Whthekkdownfunctnhegearboxdoesnotshtuptothenextgearuntlheen
gereachesthemaxumengespeedforthegear

aunchControrogramme
TheLaunchControrogrammegesthevehmaxumacceratnfromastandg
start
wchoffTCS(->Brakesupportsystemsperatn)
epressandhothebrakepedahyourftfoot
ovethesectorvertoposnSortoTtronmode
hyourrhtfootepresstheacceratoruntlheengespeedreachesapprox
ate300rpm
akeyourftfootoffthebrakeThevehwlltartwhmaxum
acceratn
wchtheTCSbackonafteracceratn
WARNG
Rapacceratncancausessoftractnandskdgarturonsiperyroads
hcancauseyoutosecontrofthevehhhcanadtoaccentsandserus
rs
aysadstyourdrgstyaccordancewhthefwoftraff
sethekkdownfunctnorfastacceratnonvliyeatheroadand
traffcondnspermndotherroadusersarenotputatrkduetotheaccera
tnandthedrgsty
asenotethatthedrenwheecoustarttospandthevehcouskthe
TCSswchedoffspecltheroadsipery
wchtheTCSbackonafteracceratn
nusetheLaunchControrogrammetheroadandtraffcondnsalwfor
WARNG
Never"re"thebrakepedaonotoverusethebrakepedaonstantbrakgwllause
thebrakestooverheathcanconserabreducethebrakgeffectcreasethe
rakingdistanceandncertaincircumstancesausethebrakesystemtofailcompletely
OTE
youstopthevehonancieonotattempttostopfromroligbackbyde
pressgtheacceratorwhlaposnstllectedheautomatgearboxcou
overheatandbedamaged
everalwthevehtoroliposnarturthennswchedoff
heautomatgearboxwllotbebratedandcoubedamaged
OTE
Nevertthebrakes"rub"byappgihtpressuretothebrakewhennotneces
sarytobrakehwllicreaseveofwear

roubshootg
()Theengewllotstart
Thedatormpihtsupgreen
rakepedaasnotdepressedhentrygtoengageanotherposnwhthese
ctorver
osectaposnressthebrakepeda
eeaoEctronparkgbrake(->Ectronparkgbrakeperatn)
T)Gearboxoverheated
Thedatormpihtsupyelw
nacoustsnaayaobegentextmessagemayaobeshownonthestrument
csterdpy
heDSGuatchgearboxcanbecometoohotorexampthevehpuloff
regururgngperdsat"crawig"speedrstop-and-gotraff
¨onotdreon
lwthegearboxtocooownwhtheparkgckPengaged
onotdreonthedatormpdoesnotgoout
eekexpertasstancealretodosocouresuconserabdamagetothe
gearbox
easgthesectorverckmanual
thepowerfalthevehthe12-vobatteryftandthevehtobe
towedhesectorverckmustbereasedmanualeekprofessnasstance
mergencymode
Thereafauthesystemalhedpysonthestrumentcsterforthesector
verposnshaveaihtbackgroundheDSGuatchgearboxrunngan
emergencyprogrammehevehcanstlledrentheemergencyprogrammeut
onatreducedspeedandnotalears
vehswhaDSGuatchgearboxoumayongerbeabtosectre
versegear
alasesoushouhavetheDSGuatchgearboxcheckedbyaquaidwork
shopmedte
ehdoesnotmoveeventhoughposnengaged
thevehwllotmovetherequeddectnhesystemmayhavesectedthepo
sncorrect
epressthebrakepedandresecttheposn