VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 1993 1H / 3.G User Guide

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Doors
From outside the front doors can be
ocked or unl ocked with the key.
h
en unlocking, the locking knobs move .Jp.
I the key is held in the opening position in .119 d riv er's door (with central locking front passenge r door also), on vehicles with elec­
-'le wi ndows all windows will b e opened .
:Jh
en locking, the locking kn o bs move dow n.
-o n vehicles with central locking or electric
Nln dows the key is held in th e loc king posi­
- o n in the driver's door (with cen tral lock ing 'ront passe nger door also), windows an d
:ne electric sliding roof which have been left
o pe n w ill be closed.
The fron t passenger's door and the rear
d oors can be locked from outside without Jsing the key J ust press locking knob down and close door.
-he dri ver's door cannot be locked when :Jpe n by pre ssing the locking knob down and closing door . This pre vents you from
eaving the key in the car and forgetting it.
From inside all the door s can be locked by
press ing down the locking knobs.
As long as the knobs are pr esse d down the
doors cannot be opened from inside or out­side.
Attention Locking the doors can prevent them from bursting open in an extraordinary accident situation. Locked doors also prevent per­sons from entering the car forci­bly e .g. at traffic lights. However, in an emergency they make it more d ifficult for outside help to open the doors. Child-proof catch
The rear doors also have child-pr oof catc hes . When the small lever at the bot­
to m of the lock is moved down the chi ld­
proof cat c h i s engaged. The inner lock re­lease is inoperative and the door can only be opened from outside. The locking knob
m ust be in the up po sition .
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Boot lid
To open the tailgate when key slot is hori­
zontal, press the lock cylinder and lift tail­
gate.
To close, pull tailgate down, the best way
to do this is to grip in the recess in the inner
tailgate trim, swing it down and slam it to
gently . The tailgate is locked when the key
slot is vertical (with central locking horizon­tal)
Attention • After closing the tailgate al­ways pull up on it to make sure that it is properly closed -other­wise it could open suddenly when vehicle is moving, even though the key has been turned in lock. • The tailgate must always be fully closed when vehicle is mov­ing, otherwise exhaust gas will be drawn into the vehicle in­terior!
Electric windows*
The switches are arranged as follows:
•
In driver's door handle: Two switches for
the
two front windows.
• One switch
in door pull of front passen­
ger's door and rear doors. •
In the
centre console above th e ciga­

r ette lig h ter:
Tw o sw it c hes for the rear windows and a
safety switch (A), which pu ts the switc hes

I n the re ar doors out of act ion.

T he win
dows function with th e ignition
switche d on.

If the ign ition is switche d off and the driver's

doo r clos ed, th e wi ndows can st ill be oper­

ated for ab out ten minutes.

For saf
ety reaso ns, the single- to uch clo s­ing~ of the dr iv e r's door window only func­tions whe n the ignition is on.
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-I windows can be opened automatically o~ touch ing the lower part of the appropri­ate switch.
< the appropriate switch is tapped once aga in, the window will stop immediately
.... windows can be closed by pressing the
_op er part of the appropriate switch. On ve­cles with single-touch closing* of the
qv er's door window, to close the window -: IS s uffici ent to touch the switch while the
gnlt ion is on. If the switch is touched again,
e window will stop immediately
- h e
windows can also be closed or opened
cent rally To do th is, the key in the driver's
d o or loc k (or in th e front passenger door
l o ck as well if a centralized locking system
' s fitted) must be held in the locking/unlock­ng position
Attention • Be careful when closing the windows! Careless or uncontrolled closing of the windows can cause in­juries. Therefore -if necessary put the rear win­dows out of action with the safety switch (A). -when leaving the vehicle, al­ways take the ignition key with you. However the window mo­tors are only put out of action if the driver's door is opened. If the vehicle has been locked from the outside, nobody should remain in the vehicle as the win­dows cannot be opened, even in an emergency. This is the case es­pecially for vehicles with central locking, as the doors cannot be opened from the inside either ­see page 7.
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Mirrors
Adjusting mirrors
The rear view mirrors should always be ad­
j u sted properly before moving off so that
good vision to the rear
is obtained.
Anti-dazzle inside mirror
The leve r on the lower edge of the mirror
s hou ld be pointing to the rear when the
basic setting is made.
To set the anti-dazzle position, push lever
forwards .
Exterior mirrors controlled mechan­ically from inside are adjusted wi th the
knob in the door trim panel. Electrically adjustable mirrors· are
set by moving the knob in the driver's door
trim .
B y pressing the
two lower buttons L or R switche s to the left or right mirror.
I f the electrical
contro l of the mirror fails at
any time the mirrors can be adjusted man­
uall y by pressing on the edge of the mirror
surface.
Mirror heating *
The electrically operated outside mirrors are heated as long as the heated rear Wi ndow is switched. on.
Note for vehicles with convex or as­pherical outside mirrors •
Convex (curved outwa rds) mirrors enlarge
th e field of view but they make objects look
sm aller. These mirrors make it difficult to
e stimate h
ow far away a following veh icle IS .
Aspherical outer mirrors have a mirror
surface vlfith different curvature. This wide­angle mirror increases the area of vis ion e en more so than conventional convex
mirrors . The ir usef ulness is also li mi ted
" hen Judging the distan ce to vehicles ap­
proaching from behind.
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Seat belts
Why have seat belts?
It has been proven that seat belts give good protection in accidents. In most countries therefore the wear­ing of seat belts is required by law.
Attention • The belts should be put on be­
fore every journey -even in town
traffic. This also applies to the
rear seats.
Pregnant women too should al­
ways wear a seat belt.

• The routing of the belt is of
major importance to the protec­
tive effect of the belt. How the
belt should be worn is described
on the next pages.

How children can be carried safely in the ve­
h icle is explained on pag e 21 .
In case of a frontal collision accident, occu­
pants w ho are not belted up are thrown for­
w ards and collide with parts of the vehicle
interior, e.g steering wheel, instrument panel or w ind screen.
The wide spread opinion that you can pro­
tect your body with your hands in the event
of a light accident is not corr ect. Even at low speeds of collision, forces which cannot be
deflected act on the body. It
is also
important that occupants sitting on
the rear se at are belted in, as they can also
be th rown throu gh the vehicle in the event
of an accident. Somebody sitting on the rear
seat and not u sing a seat belt is endangering
not only himself , but also the occupants of the front seats.
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General notes
• The belt must not be twisted.
• Two persons (including children) must never be secured with one belt.
• The be lts give maximum prot ection only in the correct seat position -see page 25.
• The belt shou
ld not be worn over hard or
breakable articles (glasses, bal l pens etc.) because this can cause injury to the body .
• Loose, bulky clothing (e.g. overcoats
over Jackets) affects the
fit and funct ion of
the belts .
• The lock tongue may only be inserted
into the lock part belonging to the approp
ri­ate seat otherwise, the protect ive effect is impaired.
• The belts
must be kep t clea n otherwise
the redactors may not work prope rly (see
a lso" Care of car" section) •
The
slot for the belt tongue must not be
blocked with paper or anything similar, otherwise the tongue cannot engage
proper ly.
• Seat belts which have become damaged
or have been stressed in an accident and
stretched must be renewed -preferab ly by
a
Vol kswagen dealer. The anchorages
should also be checked .
•
In some export countries seat belts
co uld be used on w hich the functio ns differ
from those described on the next pages.
Three-point inertia reel belts
The ine rtia ree l belt gives complete free­
do m o f mov ement when pul[ed slowly.
Sud den brak ing
however will cause the belt
to loc k.
Th e mec hanism w
il[ a lso lock the belt w hen acc eler ati ng, driving down steep gradients
o r cornering.
The backrests of the front seats must not be inclined too far to th e rear or the belts are no longer fully effective.
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Putting 3-point belt on
Pull the tongue slowly and smoothly across
t he chest and hips and push it into the lock
part fitted on the
seat unti l the tongue en­
gages audible (pull to c heck)
The shoulder part of belt must run roughly across the centre of the shoulder as shown in the left-hand illustration -on no account against the neck -and be firmly in contact with the body.
T he lap part of belt must always fit tightly across the pelvis. If necess­ary, pull the belt tight.
With the aid of the belt height adjust­ment the routing of the shou lder belt for
the fron t seats/outer rear seat s * can be set
t o fit the body properly.
• T o
adJUSt. push button with re la y fitting
up or down so that the shoulder part of be lt
runs rough ly across the cen tre of the shoul­
der as shown i n the le ft-h and illustration ­on no account against the neck. • After adjustin g, jerk belt to check that
the relay fitting is properly engaged.
Note
The seat height adjustment' can also be
used to adju st be lt routing on front seats.
Pregnant women too should always
wear a seat belt.

Particularly in the case of pregnant
women, the lap part of the belt
should be as low across the pelvis as
possible so that no pressure is ex­
erted on the abdomen.

Taking 3-point belt off

To re lease the belt, press the orange-co­
l oured button in the lock . T he to ngue will
th en s pring out.
Pass the tongue
towards the door by hand
so that the retractor can roll the belt up
prope
rly . A plastic knob in the belt holds the
t o ngue in a convenient position .
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Lap belt
The centre place on the rear seat is fitted

with a lap belt.

Th e belt lock is used in the same way as on

the three-point inertia reel belts.

For safety reasons a
lap belt not being used

shou ld be connected to the lock part.

The lap belt must always fit tightly across the pelvis, if necessary, pull the belt tight.
To lengthen belt hold the tongue at right
angles to belt and pull belt through to the re­quired length -see illustration.
The belt
is easier to adjust if tongue and cap
are pressed together.
To sh orten belt it is only necess ary to pull the free end of belt.

The sur plu s be lt length is taken up by mov­
Ing the plastic slid e.

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Belt holder*
Front

The belt ho lder (also backres t relea se lever)

h olds the belt in a handy position on 2 door

veh icles.

Before relea sing the backrest the belt must
oe unhooked. After folding back the

b ackrest the belt should be hooke d onto the

ho lde r ag ain so that it is always in a handy

p os ition .

Rear
To prevent rattling noises or damage to
belts, on 4 door vehicles the belt tongue
sho uld be inserted into the slo t in the side
panel trim (centre illustration) or on 2 door
ve hicles placed behind the reta ine rs next to
the backrest (right illustration)
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Airbag-System*
Vehicles with Airbag System for the driver and passenger can be recognized by an inscription "AI RBAG" on the steering wheel padded plate and on the right end of the dash panel.
Supplementary to the three point seat belts the Airbag System offers additional protection for the driver's and passenger's head and chest In a serious
frontal collision.
Apart
from its normal protective function the seat belt also has the task of keeping the
driver or passenger in such a position so
that the Airbag can offer maximum protec­
tion in the case of a frontal collision.
The Airbag system will not be trig­gered for:
• Side collisions
• Rear collisions
•
Rol l i ng-over
• Minor frontal collisions
Therefore the seat belts should al­ways be used not only for reasons of statutory regulations, but also for safety reasons!
Essentially the system consists of
• The electronic control and monitoring
unit

• Both airbags (air sack
with gas gener­

ator) with gas generator for the:

- Driver (in steering wheel),

- Passenger (in right of dash panel)

• A
warning lamp in the dash panel -see

page 49.

The functional readiness of the Airbag
System is electronically monitored.

Each
time the ignition is switched on the

warning lamp lights for about 3 seconds

(self diagnosis).

The system has a fault, if
• When switching on the ignition the warn ing lam p does not light.
•
After swi tching on the ignition the warn­
ing la m p does not extinguish after about 3
second s
• The warning lamp
comes on or flickers
du rin g the Journey.
Attention
When a fault is present the sys­
tem should be checked by a
Volkswagen dealer immediately.
Otherwise there is the danger
that the Airbag will not be acti­
vated in the case of an accident.

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