key VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2001 Owner's Guide

The system triggers an and
switches on the emergency
if it senses unauthorized interference with the
When you th e you turn on the system turn the
key
to the
The ve­
a
th e engine
the rear is forced
or when the ignition is switched on.
T he horn
for about
you must
period of
operating.
the and
the n the
ope n a
door . and then tries to fo rce open t
he rear t he soun d once again .
You can turn on/ off th e ing your remote For more
see

Doors, Power
The power
To
To from the inside, press the power page 32.
You can and using the remote control.
The anti-theft
whenever you the
Just the driver's door is
system is turned off and the interior
the doors are and the anti-theft system* is turn ed off im­
your power open your man u­using the key. The
To open windows equippe d with power windows):
1
and the key in the
open position.
Locking with key
1 into the in the drive r's
doo r.
2-Turn the key once.
When you the
(the
-the anti-theft
activated,
the anti-theft
near the driver's door knob
Remember, when you
your
any open windows and or the
sunroof when you
the key into the driver's the windows and
s un roof are
By depressing the th e however th e an ti-theft sys tem
you not be the
Notes
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Power
can be
To lock all doors
illu strat io n shows the switch in t h e driv­
er's door on
the driver's do or is open, it not
ou t
of your
you use the power switch, the
anti-theft
To unlock all doors at the same time,
press part B of the switch.
Notes
Do not leave children inside the vehicle unsupervised.
pressed, the vehicle will be locked.
an emergency it would be im­possible to open the doors from the outside without the key.
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Automatic
the vehicle automatically
locks itself after you've reached
of higher
than 10 mph (15 km h). hear the
locking knobs go down when the vehicle
locks.
Thi s sound is normal and no need to
panic.
the nearest authorized
WAGEN dealer for more information.
re-Passenger's side rear door
fer to A The inside door opening handle is
blo cked and door can on ly be ope ned from
the outside . Make sure the door locking
knob is in the up position .
Deactivating the child safety lock
Again, using a key or other suitab le object,
move the slot of the lock in the opposi te way refer to B . can now open the door
from the inside. Remember that the locking
knob mu
st be in the up position.
OPENING AND 33

AND EQUIPMENT
Rear
Lock positions:
Position A:
With the key can be by:
- using the
remote
(see
right
- using your
appear in the sy­
battery is dischar­it is to o pen th e rear ma­
To
Opening and
the and the it open.
A warning
(see page 22) in the instrument comes on
when th e igniti on is on and the rear sound
and a warning text is
rear go out when the re­
ar is
To i t
T here is an open ing for your han d inside the
trim which mak es it easier to grab the and it down.

You can
minutes
(pinch protection) the window
Notes
th e battery is disconnec ted and
then reconnected, if the battery
comes completely discharged, the tic activated and
dows are completely
one more time.
-
Turn the key to the lock position a second
time and hold the key in the lock position
for at least 1 second.
mediately. Automatic
opening is now reacti-
or o pe n ed
fr om the outside . To do

When the
opened automatically.
Convenience
AND
Emergency the key in the position in the driv-
er's door. you cannot the roof with the switch, you can the roof
Remove the cover from the rear
side (arrow) using a screwdriver.
Remove the crank from the insert
it into the it seats (overcoming the
spring force) and turn the crank to
Put the crank back in th e and rein­the cover.
Note
you are to the roof
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so that you can see ahead and so tha t others can see your
-Daytime running
the beam with reduced brightness) come on. No other on the
outside of your
-Low and high beam
The
is swi tched on.
on high beam, beam and
switch is on and the
tion key is removed a chime
before the
Front fog
With the switch turned to the high
beam position, the swit c h ou t t o t he
f ir st detent point.
The indica tor
n ex t to the fog sym­comes on .
2 -' With the tu rn the thumb to adjust the brightness of the ments.
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compartment. the master keys
or the compartment. To open the compartment,
the
-see
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4-speed automatic transmission*
tor is in the P (Park) position. When
the ignition key is removed, the
automatically
The transmission
automatically the sporty shift programs when you drive
at higher
use of engine
and downshifting takes
shift
of
This causes the transmission to shift down
into a gear and makes quick
(for
the
the right gear
for and downhill gradients.
This prevents the transmission from shift­
ing up and down unnecessarily on
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