interior lights VOLKSWAGEN E-GOLF 2019 Owners Manual

Menu Submenu Setting options See
Adjust the following:
– Front volume
– Front pitch
– Rear volume
– Rear pitch
– Audio volume low-
ering
Lights Light Assist Turn the following
systems on or off:
– Adaptive front
lighting (AFS) (if
equipped)
– Automatic head-
lights during rain
(headlights turn on
with rain sensor)
– Convenience indi-
cating (lane change
feature)

Adjust the following
feature:
– Turn-on time for
automatic headlights
(!54/)
Interior
lighting
Adjust the following
features:
– Door ambient light-
ing
– Footwell lighting
Coming/Leaving
home function
Set the following:
– Duration that the
Coming Home fea-
ture is switched on
– Duration that the
Leaving Home fea-
ture is switched on

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

The self-dimming feature can be switched on and off with the switch on the inside mirror (2) A or (2) B. When self-dimming is activated, the indicator light (1) is on.
There are two sensors in the interior mirror housing:
x One sensor on the side facing the interior to measure light from the rear of the vehicle ⇒ fig. 85 A
(3) or ⇒ fig. 85 B (3).
x One sensor on the side facing the windshield to measure light from the front of the vehicle ⇒ fig. 85 C (4).
If the ignition is switched on, the mirror automatically darkens depending on the amount of light shining into the vehicle from the rear.
The self-dimming feature is deactivated when you shift the transmission into reverse or switch on the interior lights or the reading light.
Do not attach external navigation devices to the windshield or in the vicinity of the self-dimming inside
mirror ⇒ .
WARNING
The illuminated display on an external navigation device can cause the self-dimming inside mirror to malfunction, which can result in crashes and serious injuries.
x Malfunctions in the self-dimming function can result in the inside mirror being unable to evaluate the exact distance of vehicles in the rear or other objects.
If the light striking the sensor is filtered or blocked (such as by a sunshade), the self-dimming inside mirror will not work properly or may not work at all.
Outside mirrors

Fig. 87 In the driver door: Adjusting knob for the outside mirrors.

The air recirculation mode helps prevent outside air from entering the vehicle interior.
In very hot outside temperatures, temporarily switch to manual air recirculation in order to cool the vehicle interior faster.
For safety reasons, air recirculation is switched off in the following situations ⇒ .
x Manually: The  button is pushed (Climatronic) or the air distribution knob is turned to < (manual air conditioning).
x Automatically: A sensor detects conditions that could cause the windows to fog up.
Switching manual air recirculation on and off
Switching on: Press the 3 button. The indicator light under the button lights up.
Switching off: Press the 3 button. The indicator light under the button goes out.
Switching the automatic air recirculation mode on and off: Climatronic
x Press the -%.5 button.
x Touch the