window VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 1998 Owner's Manual

has an ignition switch
w ith
an anti-theft steering
can be
with automatic transmission
you can remove the ignition key
be in
steering engine.
it is tion 1 to the key turns
For ing
position
motor and
rear window defogger is
rupted to conserve battery power.
Before the starter
can be operated again the
key must be turned back to position 1 .
The non-repeat in the ignition switch
prevents the starter from being operated
when engine is runn i
ng (this damage
the starter).
warni ng cator
ing indicator for
Chime
you the key in the ignition
a chime sound when the driver's
door is opened. This remind ers you
to the doors.
Note
Whenever you the unat­
tended.
out the turn the steering to the or right it and
make sure that the
is

B
Back-up . . . . . . . . . . . . .
transmission . . . . . . . . 96
Backrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
. . . . 3.2
Beverage
. . . . . . . . . . 18
Brakes
-
3.2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
-Wear indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Buzzer ........................ 22
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
c
seat,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 -. . . . 56
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
-Door ...................... 25
-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
........................ 22
-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
also
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
-Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
-
-Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
- Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
-
-. . . . . . . . . . 79
- Switching between
Fahrenheit
& . . . . . .........................
-Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
window . . . . . . . . . . 36
. . . . . . .
3.2
.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
-
-Turning off, . . . . . -Turning off, temporar ily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
108 -------------------

D
Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Data Link
. . . . . . 23
Day-Night mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 42
Defogging
- Rear windo w switch . . . . . . . . 43
win dows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
-Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 -Windshield and side windows 75
Defr osting
- Rear
window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
-
wind ows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
-Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
-
tank . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42
. . . . . . Multi-Function
Distance driven indicator . . . . . . . . 13
.......................... 23
Do ors
......................... 31
-Automatic ........... 33 rear doors . . 33 .................... 31
-. . . . . . . . 44 -Locking with key ............ 31 -Loc king with remonte . . . . . . . 28
- Power switch . . . . . . . . 32
- Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 -Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
-Unlocking w ith key .......... 31
-with remote . . . . . . 28
Driver posi tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Driver
's
key
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
E
Easy-Entry-Functi on . . . . . . . . . . . 57
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
-Heated driver 's seat . . . . . . . . . 43
- Heated passenger seat . . . . . . 44
- Power
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
heated driver's seat . . . 43
heated passenger seat 44
Diffe rential Lock . . . . . . 43
(EDL) . . 17
immob ilizer . . . . . .
power
sun roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
-switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Emergency brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Emerg ency
system
-Malfunction indicator . . . . . . . . 23 -Malfunction indicator . . . . 23
ALPHABEDCALINDE X-----------------------------------109

Gearshift lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Generato r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Glove box light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Glove Box
-Light 49
Glow plugs indicator light . . . . . . . . 16
H
Handbrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Head Restra ints
Height Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . 54
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
............. See also Booklet 2. 1
H eadlight
- Dimmer switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
- Flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Headlight dimmer switch lever . . . 45
H eadlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Heated - Driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
-Mirrors .................. .. 51 - Passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
-Window ................... 43
Heated driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Heated outside mirrors . . . . . . . . . .
51
Heated passenger seat . . . . . . . . . 44
Heat ing ...................... . 72
Heat ing interior quickly . . . . . . . . . . 75
Heating system
.................. . .............. S ee
opening . . . . . See B ook let 3.2
Hooks
........................ 64
Tie-Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Horn .
.......................... 3
............. See also Book le t 2.1 How to use the air conditioning
more economically
........... 77
How to use this Manual . . . . . . . . . . 2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
- Key safety interlock . . . . .
..................... 98 key safety interloc k . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
size of luggage
compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
63
rear lid open . . . . . . . . . . 22 -Electronic power control . . . . . 16
- Engine oil pressure . . . . . . . . . . 22 -Engine coolant temperature . .
-Engine coolant temperature level ....................... - Engine oil pressure . . . . . . . . . . 22
- Front brake pads worn . . . . . . . 22
-Fuel level too low . . . . . . . . . . . 23

. . . . 23
One-touch down featu re . . . . . . . . 36
One-touch up feature . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Openi
ng the hood . . See
. . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Operating controls
-Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Air .................. 74
Outs ide Mirrors
-
mirr ors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
- Synchronized adjustment . . . . 52
Outside mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
51
Outside temperature indicator . . . 12
Literature storage . . . . . . 71
literature storage . . . . . . . 71
p
button
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
-Front
- Foreward & backward
adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
- Heated seat switch . . . . . . . . .
44 -Heigh t adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 57
- Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
........................
protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
-
Windows .................. 36
locking swi tch . . . . . . . . . . . 32
................... 31
outside mirrors . . . . . . . . . . 51
roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . 41
-Emergency . . . . . . . . . . 41 - Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
...
on multifunct io n
steering 46
Rear
- Doors,
Lock . . . . . 33
- Lid{Trunk Lid 34
-Lock . : : : : : : : : : : 33
- Remo
te Release . . . . . . . . . 28
- Backrest .....

-
. . . . . . 49
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
vrsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
. . . . . . . . . . 43
-. . . . . . . . 44
-Heated passenger 's . . . . 44
-
button switch ......... 28 -swi tch . . . . . . . . 32
- Rear
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
- Rear window defogger . . . . . . 43
Synchronised mirror
adjustment . . 52
T
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Tag ........................... 26
- Key
....................... 26
Temperature
-Air conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
-
58
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
-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
- Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45
u
........... 31
Using the air cond itioni ng more .............
battery . . . . . See 3.2
Identification Number ................... See
speci fications
................... See 3.3

w
Warning Indicator lights
- Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
- Alternator
Generator . . . . . . . 19 -Anti-Lock brake system . . . . . 17
Regulation . . . . . . . . . 17 -Brake ...................... 18
-
Rear lid open . . . . . . . . . 22
- Electronic power control . . . . . 16
-
Engine L evel . . . . . . . .
Temperature . -Engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
- Front brake pads worn . . . . . . . 22
-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
- Malfunction indicator
open ............... 22
belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
-Trunk Rear
also Booklet 3.2
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Wi ndo w
Windshield
-
-
p rotection . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Windshie
ld wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Wiper
.........................
-Rear window ...............
Washer system
-Blades ..................... 48
-
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
- Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
- Remo vi
ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
W iper /Was her system . . . . . . . . . . 46
-Container capacity
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Booklet 3.3
- Fluid
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Booklet 3.2
- Wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
- Wiper speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
118 -------------------ALPHBETICAL INDEX

AND
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
16 ---------DRIVING AND ENVIRONMENT

Cleaning and protection
Any is subjected to abuse from fumes. corrosi ve roa d doned muddy dog feet. etc. A new many years after purchase.
rect care
produc ts and can advise you
which ones to use for the exter ior
and interior
of your
Whether you use products recommended
by VOLKSWAGEN or other
agents ,
Never try to remove mud, dirt or dust when the vehicle surface is dry.
Never use a dry cloth or dry sponge to clean the vehicle since this can damage vehicle paint and window
glass.
Use plenty of water to soften up mud, dirt and duster before trying to
remove it.
ge 7. Test the brakes carefully
friendly cleaning products. Any
remaining cleaning products do not belong in the household waste.
CARE AND CLEANING-----------------23

AND
Care of exterior
Washing
The best protection against is frequent washing and waxing .
How
this is required depends on how much the
The bird
droppings, insects, tree resin, road and in­
grime. tar, soot, road and other
remain on the their destructive effect be
High temperatures.
as from strong
Do not wash the
can
ing of the wash water, the type of wash and
care
etc . ap­pearance after going through the car wash
or is scratched, bring this to the attention of
the operator
necessary use
a different car wash.
Under
certain circumstances,
washing and waxing Notes
may be adequate. Before going through a car wash, be sure
precautions such as washed. ing the windows and power roof*.
Washing the
of water and rinse off as as
with a soft sponge,
for very
persistent dirt.
Rinse the sponge or
using a dif­
ferent sponge, if
rinse with water and wipe it off.
To avoid damage to the outside mirrors
make sure that you
Booklet 3. 1.
you have installed accesso­
ries on the roof rack, etc.-it is best to ask the car wash op­
erator if these be removed.