condition VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 1998 Owner's Manual

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vrsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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-Heated passenger 's . . . . 44
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button switch ......... 28 -swi tch . . . . . . . . 32
- Rear
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- Rear window defogger . . . . . . 43
Synchronised mirror
adjustment . . 52
T
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Tag ........................... 26
- Key
....................... 26
Temperature
-Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
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Time driven indicato r . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Tip tronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
91
-Top sp eed .................. 93
Top speed ..................... 93
Towing ........................ 95
Transmission
. . . . . . See Autom atic transmission
.......... .... tran smissio n
T ransporting heavy objects . . . . . . 63
T rip
odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Trunk. -Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Trunk/Rear Lid . . . . . . 28. 44
Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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- Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Using the air cond itioni ng more .............
battery . . . . . See 3.2
Identification Number ................... See
speci fications
................... See 3.3

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at stations.
Some sta tes in th e USA require permits to
purchase
may not be outside the
US A and Be sure to check before to oth er countries.
Notes
Therefore , never use
home heating The p roperties of these
ous damage.
Winter operation
At temperatures its due to wax or tank
strainer and keep the engine from running.
To in preventing such conditions, the in your is automatically
heated . Preheat ing the makes
no. 2 down to F ( -24o
you expect tempera tures F {-15° ) ask your whether their
winterized for
the temperat ures.
engine condition. This
unwinterized or insuffic iently wint erize d
has not this can be
rectified by the
is i s du ring the warm-up
riod in winter. that whiti sh ­
smoke may be emitted from the
side temperature .
Do not
your engi ne after a start-up . Drivin g off shorten the warm-up period.

Braking
General notes
The brakes on today 's
in stop­and-go city tr affic or whic h are driven
the brake
tres) of
This
Conditions affecting
braking efficiency
Moisture or road

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if a d if­ference of approx. rpm's in the speed of
the driven is on a
be braked in a manner,
and more of the engine's power
via the differentia l
to achieve greater traction.
This automatic adjustment process
When driving off, be sure to keep
road conditions
in mind as you acce lerate . spins because it's on a
increase the pres­
sure on the accelerator the ve­starts to move .
When accelerating on
To prevent the disc brake of the braked
from overheat ing if subjec ted to the EDL cuts out temporarily.
The
the EDL does not function . This is indicated by the
ditions and traffic situation. r
tions, for or a d ifferent

Operate your
The condition of your
ly for changing the brake
Booklet 2.1.
even those sitting in the rear -see Booklet 2. 1.
Passengers not wearing safety belts
but also the driver and other
AND ADVICE
Booklets 2.1 and
3.1.
Booklet 2. 1
at
eye
Booklet 3.1.
rack Booklet 3 . 1 .
DRIVING AND

and
after ev­
ery
two hours of driving .
on tire adhesion .
at higher speeds . this happens,
you be
information regarding safety can be found in the and Booklet 2.1.
Difficult operating
conditions
Driving under
brochure are based on
you are
etc.) you may want to make

Various factors consumption: is no longer running smoothly.
impact.
This chapter addresses some of these
points.
Your determine the economy of your
Do not let your vehicle stand and
warm up.
When the engine is
Avoid full throttle.
Depending on the transmissio n you have,
you
can dri ve in the highest gear at
25 to 37 mph to and be
Avoid driving at high speed.
consumption, exhaust emissions and e ng ine noise increase disproportionately at
h igh speeds.
you drive at approximate ly
three quarters
of top speed, tion Never drive
faster than the posted speed
and
weather conditions permitting.
Drive as smoothly as possible
and keep a lookout ahead.
Unnecessary accelerating and brak ing consump tion and dis turb the red uces cons um p- vironment.
tion and eng ine wear, and does not disturb
the environment.
Upshift as early as possible -do not drive at unnecessarily high
engine speeds.
The highest economy and the
turbance to the environment are attained
when you drive at engine speeds and in
the highest
cons umption is twice as high in 2nd gear as it is in the highes t gear.
Switch off your engine if you are caught in a traffic jam. This
saves fuel and reduces emissions.
The
conditions increase
Heavy traffic,
Stop-and-go driving, short
Driving in heavy , moving traffic in

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Organize your trips to include several errands and to avoid heavy
traffic.
course . there are some conditions that affect consumption that you can't
consumption increases in
the winter or under conditions (bad
r oads, towing a etc.) .
The
into your attention was paid to the environment. To
retain and make use of these characteris­
tics,
points :
gasoline engines.
Leaded causes damage to the converter and other components of
t he em ission system.
Booklet 1. 1.
Having your serviced by a VOLKSWAGEN and that it does
not disturb the environment, and that it has
a
service
Use the air conditioning only when really needed.
The air conditioning decreases engine
Check your tire pressure once a month.
Low tire pressure increases tion and tire wear, and impairs
accident.
Do not carry unnecessary items
in city traffic where you must
often
consumption.
Remove supplementary roof
sistance caused by the cross bars creases consumption .
ment when no longer needed.
The rear window defogger, ing consume a
of The more you
consume. the higher the
if you keep the rear window defogger on for 1 hours, your sumption increase by about 1 quart (1
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TIPS AND
Operating instructions
Maximum
Booklet 3.3.
Do not exceed the gross vehicle weight,
which is the weight of the vehicle, including
driver, passengers, luggage, trailer hitch
and tongue wei
ght of the loaded trailer.
ward. backward or sideways.
Never
Tongue
For best vehicle handling under these
changed conditions, adjust the trailer load
so that the tongue load is at the maximum
allowable or sligh tly lower.
You can get an approximation of the tongue load wit h a
bathroom scale or you can measure the load
at a trucking company or weighing station.
Tire pressure
When towing a trailer, inflate the tires of
your vehicle to the cold tire pressure listed
under
on the sticker on the right
doorjamb.
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Driving instructions
To obtain the best and
A rig is easier to operate and
as
as transfer some cargo to
the
considerations.
The higher the speed, the more
weather
or wind conditions-
when going
speed
are
brakes
gear
Use of the brakes
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