Rear VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2012 Owners Manual

Luggag e compartment
Gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Power outside mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Power sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Radio rece ption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 , 292 Tire Pressure Monitoring . . . . . . .
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
. . . . . . . . 297
O cta ne rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Odom ete r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 7
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 From outside the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Power sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Rear hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wind ow s ............. ....... ...... 53 with
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 4
Outside antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Outs ide door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Outs ide mirror Auto-dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 5
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Overview
Center
upper section . . . . . . . . . . 12 Driver door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Dr iver side .. .............. , . . . . . . . . Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Menu structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Passenger side . .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14 Rear view ....... ......• ........... .. 8 Roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
and high beam switch . . 123 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Owner's 1 59
p
P anic button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179. 182
Parkin g brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 P assenger front airbag
D eactivation by w ei ght -s e n sin g mat . . . . . 97 airb ag sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Phy sical principle of a . . . . 71
Pinch protection
P ow er sunr oof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 cham ber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Pollen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pollutants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Power locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Power locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Pow
er locking system A nl i-lheft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 doo r unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
L ock ing from the outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power
lock ing switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Un locking and locking fr om the inside . . . . 43
Un locking from the outside . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power s
unroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 ............ ................ 56
Conv enience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M alfun ction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Opening ..............•............ 56
Pinch protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Pow
er wa sh er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Automa tic and open ing . . . . . . . . . 54 ............................ 53
Conven ience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Ma lfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Opening ........................... 53
P inc h protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Sw itc hes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Prehea ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 168
Preparations
Addi ng engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Adding engine
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Checki ng engine coolant . . . . . . . . . 236
Checking e ngi ne . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Light bulb repla cemen t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Vehic le battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 127
Rear backrest
F oldi ng forward . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 142
344
Rear hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
D riving with an open rear hatch . . . . . . . . 138
L ock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 5 1
Open ing
........................... Opening the rear hatch from inside the gage compartm ent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U nlock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Warning li ght . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
F olding back int o place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Rearv iew
mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Rear
window defogger/defroster . . . . . . . .
Recalibrating tire pressure
T ire Mo nito ring System and button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 A t the gas station . . . . . . . . . . . . .
light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Release
button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Remote
control vehicle key
Ba ttery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
see Vehicle keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Remov ing
wax residu e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Repa irs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283, 285
L abels . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Sticker s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Wo rkshop lift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Replacement keys
see
keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Replacement parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Replacing parts . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 284
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 294
Resetting
tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Retrofit s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Roof rack
146
s
Safety belt height adjusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Safety belt load limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Safety
belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
S afety belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Belt status display . . . .
Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tire identification number . . . . . . . . 272
Tire i nflation pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Tire
. . . . 261, 273
UTQG classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Valve caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Wear indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Wheel balancing . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 268
Wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Winte r tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Tire wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Tongue weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Trailer loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Tools kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Towing ............................. 331 Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Front towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Manua l tr ansmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rear towing eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 considerations . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Tow bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Tow rope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Tow truck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Trail er
Connec ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
151 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Head
light settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Hitching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 LED taillights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Load ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Ou ts ide mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Sa fety chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Ta illi gh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Tongue weight ................. 149,151
Towing capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Trai ler towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
hitch
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Driving with an open rear hatch . . . . . . . . 138
Driving with a trai ler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Luggage compartment pass-thro ugh . . . . 144
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146, 148
Shopping bag hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Stow
ing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Trailer loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Tran
sporting children in vehicles . . . . . . . Tread depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
T urn s
ignal leve r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
u
Undercoating ....................... . 249 Unidirectional tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Unlocking From inside the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
From outside the vehicle . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
wi th Keyless Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Upholstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 .......... ................... 252
. . . . . . . . . . . . 252
. . . 252
. . . 255
UTQG classification 292
v
Valve caps Vehi cle 265
L oad ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
37 Lock ing from the outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
grade . . . . . . . . . . 183 Stopping on an grade . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Unlocking and locking from the ins ide . . . . 43 U nlocking from the outside . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Au toma tic deact ivation . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Battery acid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Battery runs down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
347

Charg ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1 Checking acid level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 D ischarges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disconnect ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Drain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 166
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Vehicl e ca re
A irbag module (instr umen t panel) . . . . . . 256 Alcan tara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 A luminum parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 8 anod ize d surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Caring for upho lstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Car wash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4 Ch rome parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Cleaning storage compartments . . . . . . . 255 Cleaning the safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Clean ing wheel rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Cleaning wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Deicing door lock cyli nders . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Door and window seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 E xterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Fab ric trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 H eated seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Leat her . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Leathere tte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Manual seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 N on -hea ted seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
. .
with airbag components . . . . . . . . . 252 Seats without airbag components . . . . . . 253 Service position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Specia l co ns iderations . . . . . . . . . . . 244 , 245 Undercoa ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Uph olstery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Vehic le paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Washing by han d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Washing the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Windshield-in tegrated antenna . . . . . . . . 292 Wood trim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 Vehicle identification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Vehicle Identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Vehicl e keys
Ass ignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
348 Index Indicator
ligh t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 38 Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Pan ic butto n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Vehicle key set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Vehicle label s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
V eh icle m odifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 1 Sticker s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Vehicl e overview Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Rear view
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Vehicle washing Specia l conside rat ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Volk swag en Information Sy ste m . . . . . . . . . 24 Disp lays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Menu structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
w
Warning light Alte rnator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Applying the brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
S hiftin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Steer ing column lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Vehicle batt ery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Washing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 By hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Washing wit h a power washer . . . . . .
. . . 45 W axing the p aint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Wear indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Weight-sensing m at
Deactivation of passenger front airbag . . . 97
Weights.............................
What happens to p assengers not wearing a safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
What if? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Wheel bolts 311 Cove r caps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tightening torque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Service at
in-service date, whichever occurs first.
Ad Check and add if necessary (Passat engine
Brake pads: Check thickne ss and brake disc
conditio n (front and rear)
Engine: Change
Rear window : Check cleaning function­(if
Tires: Rotate front to rear
Windshield washer, cleaning system,
and wiper Check for damage and function,
Check
s tamp
Maintenance <l

Service at
or one year after service, whichever occurs first.
engine
Brake pads: Check thickness and brake disc condi tion (front and rea r)
Engine : Change and replace
Rear window: Check cleaning nozzle (if
Next Service:
Date :
.............. ......... .
Service sticker: Enter the date of the next ice on the service sticker and apply to the driver's
side door
Tires: Rotate front to rear
Windshield washer, headlight cleaning system,
and wiper blades: Check for damage and function ,
Check

at
AdBiue® Fluid: Check and add if necessary
(Pas sat TDI engine only)
Air e lement and sn ow scree n: Replace el­
e m ent an d scre en and housing (if
Body : Visual in spectio n for corrosion
B rakes : Inspect brake system and shock ab­
sorber for leaks and damage, check thickness of brake pads , b rake disc conditio n front and rear and
c h eck brake fluid leve l subject to abrasion (front and rear)
Coolan t level and frost protection: Check
CV joints: Check for leaks and damage
Diesel Particulate Filte r: Perform after the first or (DPF) replacem ent: Check ash
loading according to manufa ctur er wo rk procedure;
Repl ace
if necessary. DPF replace ment
is not necessary, perform ch eck every
miles thereafte r until rep lacement beco mes neces­
sary.
Door checks and mounting pins: Lubricate
Dust and
Engine : C hange oil and replace oil
Engine and engine compartm ent components:
Check (from above) f or leaks and damage
Engin e a nd eng ine compa rtment co mponents:
C heck (from below) fo r leaks and damage, check
tran smi ssio n, final drive , and drive sha ft bo ots
Exha ust syste m: C heck for leaks, damage, and
secure fittings
Fuel filter: Replace
Interior lighting and glove box lights, cigarette
lighter/power horn, and
Lighting: F ront and rea r lights, luggage com­
partmen t
Ribbed Belt: Ch eck condit io n
Service interval display: Reset
Service sticker: Enter the date of the next serv­
ice on the service sticker and apply to the driver's
side door pillar
Spark plugs : Replace (All engines except
S unroof and Panoramic sunroof : Check, clean,
and lubrica te (if
s unroof and check front and
r ear wate r drains a nd clea n if necessary (if cable)
ne rod ends : Check for excessive play and
l oose ness, check boots
Check and replace if necessary miles, check
every mil es after. If not repl aced at mil es, chec k every
Check tread depth, condition , tire age ,
wear pattern and pressu re o f tires (including spare)
Rotate front to rea r
(non Automa tic) : Change
fluid and
Underbody : Inspect unde r sea l, u nderbody
t rims, pipe placing, and plug for damage
Winds hield washer, headligh t clea ning system,
and wipe r blades : C heck fo r da mage and function,
Check fluid level and add
if necessary

Next Servi ce:
Date : ...........
.......... ...
S ervice at or one year after service, whichever occurs first.
Ad C heck and add if necessary
(Pass a t e ngine
Brake pads: Check thickness and brake disc
conditio n (front and rea r)
Engine : Change
Rear window : Check functi on­(if
Next S ervi ce:
Date : ........................
.......... .........
whic hever occurs first Today's
date and
stamp
Service Rese t
Service sti cke r: En te r th e date o f the next serv­
ice on the serv ice sticke r and to the driver's
s ide door
engine
nres: Ro tate front to rear
system,
a nd wipe r Check for damage and function,
Check a nd add if n ecessary
Today's date and
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