high beam VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 1996 Owners Manual

Airbag system High beam 71
temperature 69
Generator Turn
pressure 69 71
BRAKE or Brake 71 CHECK Light

Warning
Your tant in dicat or a nd warning devices to tor the continued
warnings and
important
in serious age.
The engine compartment of any motor vehicle is a potentially
hazardous area. Before you check
anything in the engine compartment, stop the engine and let it cool down.
Always exercise extreme caution
when
working under the engine
hood . 1
- Coolant
........ 67
2 - Safety
.................... 69
3 - Rear
indicator light ....... (Diesel
. .......... 71
9 - Turn signals .................... 71
-High beam ..................... 71
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This come on for a few seconds just
as a functiona l check when you switch on th e ignition.
the does not go off afterwards , or
ther th e
off the road. turn off the engine and it cool down.
Check
on next
page .
67

6 -Glow plug*
the warning comes on when the key is turned to the
mediately .
As the
does not up. The engine can be started
right away.
When the engine is
warm, the not
come on.
7 -BRAKE or
comes on the is cranking. goes out after the eng1ne started and the parking brake is This is your assurance that the
brake warning is functioning
the brake warn ing when the engine is cranking or the park!ng
brake is
in the
or while you are the the brake fluid reservoir is too low.
Proceed immediately to the nearest
a u thorized Volkswagen dealer or
qualified workshop and have the
brake system inspected .
Please note, however , that after
several brake applications , greater
pressure on the brake
The brake wear indicator
the does not go
out , or if it driving , the
front brake pads are worn . See your
rized Volkswagen
dimmer
switch
-High beam
The indicator up when the high
beams are switched on or when the
flasher is used.
Refer to
dimmer
switch on page 78 for
71

1 -Lights
-Daytim e runn ing lights
-Low and high b eam
that you may be more visible to other ers during day time driving , your is
eq uipped with Daytime Running Lights
(D RL 's). Wh en the ignition is sw itche d
the head li ght s
pos ition . Do not
use the daytime running lights for night time
or other
ligh t conditions . the DRL
position , you can use the high bea ms for
signaling but you ca nno t u se them for
continuous To u se the high
beam. the lig ht sw itch must be turn ed to th e position . Turning
the swit ch to the
position turn
on the side marker lights, instrument panel
bring the beam head lights to brightness and enable use of the
high beams. To conserve battery power, the
headlights go o ut whe n the
i g n ition is turn ed off or when starting the
gine . To turn off the exte rior lights , turn the
light sw itc h
to the position before iting the
Note
headlig ht swi tch is o n and ignition key is removed a chime er 's door is This is you r remi nder
to switch off the lights before leav ing the

Fuse arrangement from
15
11 -H igh beam,
12-High beam , right ............... .
164 N
o.
Amp
13-Horn ..........................
14 -Back -up lights ......... 15
15
-En g ine e lectro nic s ..... .........
16-Power sunroof , front map/
reading light ................. .. 15
17 -Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
19-Radiator fan, A/C ...............
-Brake lights ....................
21 -Dome and luggage compartment
lights, c igarette li ghter , ..... 15
22 -Radio, cigarette lighter ,
luggage compartment release . . . . 1
fuses
(located above the relays) Amp
Fuse for
Fuse for
Fuse for A/C ....................
the engine compartment above the brake
booster:
plugs 1 l ...
Co lor codes:
light brown :
........ 5 ampere
red: .............. . ampere
blue: ..... 15 ampere

Before a switch off the re­
spective circuit.
Do not touch the part of the new bare fingers. Fingerprints evaporate when the gets hot, th e
vapor on the it.
use the same type of The des­
ignation is marked on the
is to carry a box of spare
The box co ntain , at the ing
W (HB4 ) Low beam 12 V W (HB4 )
High beam
12
v 21 w Brake
1 2 v 21 w Rear turn
front marker
w
for be
the re­
quires and Front marker