2020 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 8 GTE Owners Manual

WARNG
Corroseiusandothersubstancescancausevandvdamagetothe
tyreshhcancausethetyretoburst
ayskeepchemalbrantsuerakefandothercorrosesub
stancesawayfromthetyres
WARNG
Eventheyhavenotbeenusedtyrescansuddensepressureorburstspecl
athhspeedsndthuscauseaccentsandserusrs
vousgtyresthataremorethansyearsoyouhavenoaernatere
swandwhextracareatales
ARNG
Newtyreswllavetoberunastheywllilhavereducedgrandbrakgeffect
reparturcarefulforthefst600km(370mls)ordertopreventacc
entsandserusry
ARNG
Wheemusthavethenecessarycarancethewheedonothavethenecessary
carancehetyrecourubonpartsoftherunnggearhevehbodyandthebrake
ieshcanadtoafauthebrakesystemandtotreadseparatnandthustoa
tyreburstg
heactuayresemustnotexceedthetyredensnsofmanufacturersapproved
byVoswagenandmustnotrubonanyvehbodyparts
OTE
Avoheavypactsanddreroundobstacswheneverpossyrescanbede
formedparturbypothosandkerbedgeshcancausedamagetothetyresand
whees
OTE
Donotdamagethevaeswhenftgdferenttyreseverdrewhoutvaecaps
hcoucausedamagetothevaes
tyresshoubedposedofproperandasrequedbygtn
oVoswagen-approvedtyresareguaranteedtohavethedensnsthataresu
abforthevehthecaseofothertyreshetyreselrmustproveacert
atefromthetyremanufacturerstatgthatthetyreaosuabforthe
vehhcertatemustbestoredasafepcetheveh
Wheesandwheeos
Wheesyresandwheeosarematchedtothevehtypedferentwhees
areftedhecorrectwheeoswhthecorrectngthandcorrectshapedboheads
mustbeusedhensuresthatthebrakesworkproperandthatthevehdres
qutandsafe

ortechnaeasonsnotgeneralposstousethewheesfromother
vehshcanaoapptowheesofthesamevehtype
hethtengtorqueofthewheeosmustbecheckedregurwhaproperfunc
tngtorquewrench->Wheeostg)
heeos
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thtenedwhthecorrectthtengtorque(->Wheeostg)
heeswhboedrrgsortrements
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entsareedtogetherusgspecosamagedwheesmustberepcedand
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Voswagendearshforthpurpose/\
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atemanufactured(month/year)
ountryofor
roductnnumber
awmaterbatchnumber
roductcode
WARNG
Theuseofunsuabordamagedwheescanpavehsafetyandcauseacc
entsandserusry
nusewheesthathavebeenapprovedfortheveh
heckthersregurfordamageandrepceasnecessary
ARNG
correctosengandthtengofthebosonwheeswhboed-onrgscan
causeaccentsandserusry
everosenthebosonwheeswhboed-onrgs
lorkonwheeswhboed-onrgsmustbecarrdoutbyaquaidwork
shoposwagenrecommendsusgaVoswagendearshforthpurpose

yrepressure
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stker(aernateontheseofthefue
p)
hestkerprovesthecorrecttyrepressureforapprovedtyresandcatedeheron
thedrerdoorpllrForsethetankfp
heappearanceofthestkermaydferbetweenvehsmaycdeaddnayre
ses
hewrongtyrepressurewllaveanegateeffectonthevehresponseandadto
hhveofwearorevenabursttyreThecorrecttyrepressurepartur-
portantathspeeds
omforttyrepressure
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pressure
(´)hecomforttyrepressurealwscreaseddrgcomfortuendenergy
consumptnmaycreasewhendrgwhcomforttyrepressure
heckgthetyrepressure
heckthetyrepressureatastonceamonth
ayscheckthetyrepressurewhenthetyresarecohespecdtyrepressureap
pistootyresyrepressureaayshherwarmtyresthancotyres
orthreasoneverreducethepressurewarmtyrestoadstthetyrepressure
aysadstthetyrepressuretotheadve
Ñfteradstgthetyrepressuresaysscrewthecapsontothevaesandobserve
theformatnonthetyremonorgsystem
aysusethetyrepressurespecdonthestkereverexceedthemaxumtyre
pressurewhhgenonthesewalfthetyre

WARNG
correcttyrepressuremaycausethetyretosuddensepressureorburstwhlthe
vehmotnhcancauseserusaccentsandfatairs
thetyrepressuretoowpossthatthetyretemperaturewllicreaseto
suchanextentwhendrgthatthetreaddetachesandthetyrebursts
xcessespeedsandoveradgofthevehcancauseoverheatguddentyre
damagecdgtyreburstsanddetachmentofthetreadsurfacendthustoass
ofcontroftheveh
thetyrepressuretoowhetyreswllearprematureandthecarwllot
handwel
hecktyrepressuresregurtastonceamonthndbeforeeveryngurney
lyresmusthavethecorrecttyrepressuretosuthevehad
everreduceexcesspressurewhenthetyresarewarm
OTE
henattachgthetyrepressuregaugensurethatyoudonotposnatan
angtothevaestemhcandamagethetyrevae
aysmakesurethevaecapsarecomptescrewedonwhldrg
nderftedtyrescancontrutetoancreasefuendenergy
consumptn
Treaddepthandtreadweardators
yretreadreadweardators
readdepth
Mostdrgsuatnsrequethehhestposstreaddepthlyresshouhavean
eventreaddepthonatastoneaxhespecltruewetorwtryroad
condns
mostcountrshegalpermsmumtreaddepthreachedat1mm(1/16
)resuaread-measuredthetreadgroovesnexttotheweardators(observede
vtgcountry-specgaegutns)hetyresshouhavethesametreaddeptht
themumoneachax
Observeanycountry-specgaequementsretgtothepermsmum
treaddepthsforwterandalyeartyres

readweardatorstyres
Thetreadweardatorsshowatyreworndownhetyremustberepcedatthe
testwhenthetreaddepthstdowntothetreadweardator
hereare1mm(1/16)hhweardatorsFthetreadbaseofthetyres
arkgsonthetyresewalidatetheposnofthetreadweardatorsF
WARNG
Worntyresareasafetyrkandcanadtoassofcontrofthevehandcauseser
usry
yresmustberepcedatthetestwhenthetreadworndowntothetreadwear
dators
orntyreshaveconserabssgrarturonwetroadshhcancausethe
vehto"fat"angtheroadsurface(aquapng)
orntyresreducethepossliyofcontroligthevehwelinormanddfu
drgsuatnsandcreasebrakgdtanceandtherkofskdg
yredamage
DamagetotyresandwheesoftenhdenA\-
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soonassafetodoso
heckthetyresandwheesfordamage
onotdreonatyredamaged
hanggadamagedwhee->Changgawheetroductn/Generaiformatn)
eekexpertasstanceforthnecessary
reaamagedwheehthebreakdownsetandfte(->Breakdownsettro
ductn/Generaiformatn)
therenovdamagereswandcautustothenextquaidworkshop
ordertohavethevehchecked
mbeddedforenbodsthetyres
eavetheforenbodythetyrehasenteredthenertyreorenbodsthat
arestuckbetweenthetyretreadbckscanberemoved
hanggadamagedwhee->Changgawheetroductn/Generaiformatn)
eekexpertasstanceforthnecessary
reaamagedwheehthebreakdownsetandfte(->Breakdownsettro
ductn/Generaiformatn)
heckandadstthetyrepressure
otoaquaidworkshoposwagenrecommendsusgaVoswagendearshfor
thpurpose

yrewear
Thetyrewearaffectedbyseveraactors
tyofdrg
owwelhetyresarebanced
dstmentsmadetotherunnggear
astcornergeavyacceratnandhardbrakgalicreasetyrewear
heeibancemaydevepwhenthevehdrenouwllotethbythe
nervoussteergresponsenbancedwheewllffecttheveftyrewearth
casethewheeshoubebancedaga
correctwheeinmentcausesexcessetyrewearpagthesafetyoftheveh
hewheeinmentshoubecheckedbyaquaidworkshoptyresshowexcesse
wear
WARNG
younoteunusuaratnorthecarpuligtoonesewhlthevehmo
tnhmaydatethatoneofthetyresdamaged
educespeedmedteandparkthevehwhoutobstructgtraff
heckthetyresandwheesfordamage
everdreontyresorwheesaredamagedeekexpertasstancestead
therenovdamagereswandcautustothenextquaidwork
shopordertohavethevehchecked
yrettergandtyretype
ternatnayretterg

Tyretterg(examp)eang
duayredesnatnofthemanufacturerProductname
ThetyrecompiswhthegaequementsoftheUSADe
partmentofTransportatnesponsfortyresafety
standards
DOT
Tyreent
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number(T
3COCHWS2213entrofproducgpntandspeca
tnsofthetyremanufactureronseand
characterts
COCHWS
Dateofmanufacture2ndweek2013213
formatnfortheenduserconcerngcomparatevaesforspecdbastyres
(standardedtestprocedure)(->Customerformatnescrtn)
eteieexpectancyforthetyrehreferencetoaUS-
specstandardtestyreswhthespecatn280wear
atarateof2tesmoreswthanstandardtyresthat
haveatreadwearvaeof100heperformanceoftyres
determedbyhowtheyareusedandcansnantdev
tefromstandardvaesduetodrgstyatenance
oadsurfaceandciatcondns
TREADWEAR280
Wetbrakgperformanceofthetyre(AAorC)hewet
brakgperformancetestedundercontroldcondnson
certdtesttracksyresmarkedChaveawtractnper
formancehetractnvaeassnedtothetyresbasedon
ieartractntestsanddoesnotcdeacceratnand
teratabliyoraquapngandtractnundermaxum
ad
TRACTNAA
Temperaturestabliyofthetyreathhspeedsonatestbed
[AorC)andBtyresexceedgaequementshe
temperatureevaatnbasedontyreswhcorrectpres
sureanddoesnotalwforexcesspressurexcessespeed
correctpressureorexcesspressurecancauseheatbul-up
ortyredamagehappistooneoracombatnofthese
factors
TEMPERATUREA
Loaddex-2TyreadandspeeddexSpeeddex88H
RotatnandDenotesdectnofrotatnTyreswhdectnaread
patternrrow8
DenotesoutseoftyresAsymmetrayresRutse

SiatnforthemaxumapressureAXFLATN
350KPA
(51ps31bar)
9
Denoteswtertyres(mudandsnowtyres)Wtertyres
s/Systemis)tuddedsnowtyresarebeldwh
anEafterthe5
0M+SorM/Sor/4
datestheposnofthetreadweardator(->Tread
depthandtreadweardatorstroductn/Generai
formatn)
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BrandnamegoManufacturer2
MadeGermanyCountryofmanufacture3
Country-specentatnforCha(ChaCompuory
Certatn)4
Country-specentatnforBrazl5023
datesconformywhternatnaegutnswhthe
numberofthecountrythatgrantedapprovapprovedtyres
whhcompwhECEregutnsareentdwhE
yreswhhcompwhECregutnsareentdwhe
hfolwedbythemu-dapprovaumber
6E4e40200477-b
RADLTUBELESSTubessradyre7
Sedesnatn
entatnforpassengerveh
Tyrewthfromwalowalimm95
18P195/65R15XL65Aspectrat
yreconstructnad
Rdmeterches5
Heavy-dutytyres(extraadtyres)L
USaddataforthemaxumadperwheeAXLOAD615KG
(1235LBS)19
DetalofthetyrecarcasscomponentsEWALL1PLY
RAYON1pofrayon(artl)
etalofthetreadcomponentsREAD4PLS0
theexampthereare4pisunderthetreadsurfacep
ofrayon(artl)steeepisand1nynp
RAYON+
2STEEL+
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