key VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2003 Service Manual

5-speed automatic transmission (Tiptronic®)*
Your automatic transmission,
upshifting and downshifting
take
After switching off the ignition, you can
tor is in the P (Park) position . When
the ignition key is removed, the
ver be
the most
The transmission one of the
cha nging speeds thout heavy This gives best
the sporty shift programs when you drive
at higher speeds, or
with heavy
and
at
gram is a continuous automatic process.
This causes the transmission to shift down
into a
tion (for to pass another
You do not need to depress the gas into the kick- down range . After the
transmission has upshifted again, the
program is
An matic transmission to
ting up and down shift down to a gea r
when th e driver presses the brake
on
a gradient. This makes use of the
braking effect of the engine without the
need to
shift down as far as 2nd gear.
--------------------ON THE

Automatic
Your VO LKSWAGEN is equipped with an au­
toma tic Shih Lock !ASLJ. The ASL is an tromec han ical device that the
tor positio ns when the ignition is on.
You must press the brake before the
from bein g unintentionally moved into a dri­
v in g p osit ion,
moveme nt.
the following instruction* ap­
p ears in the inst rument
as a remin­
d er for the driver:
A t ime prevents the when it is moved through
the position (for shifting from to The
the if it is
being depresse d.
the N position, th e
not is moving
faster than 3 mph (5 km/h).
When the ignition is switched the posi­
tion of the
in the instrument The
ap­
pear bright against a dark background
the other positions appear just the oppo site .
when the is
s tat ion ar
y. Therefore, when park ing your the parking brake first, and
then move the
to
position To do this depress the but­
ton in the
T o move the out of the P (Park) position you must first insert the
ignition key into the ignition and turn
t h e key .
Before you move the

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

The
in the head of the
key which
The system is
the
steering
turned the way to the
right or to the for than 15 se­
conds. The power steering pump
the way turned.
This
the way to the right or when stopped,
you

Starting
engine is equippe d with a
system. Th e required
which
i s by the
ind icato r come on­
see page 16 .
Starting a
temperat ure (+5 or warm­
er :
You can start th e engine without having to
wa it for th e pre to come on. Do not de­
press the
40oF
the key into the ignit ion
go out.
While
Start the eng ine after the in­
dicator
D o not depress starting.
engine starts to fire keep op­
erating starter for a
few seconds engine runs on
its own power .
engine does not start, switch
on again and start as described . does not start. the fuse fort he -see your WAGEN
AND EQUIPMENT
Do not depress
The up. You can start the engine
Starting the Diesel engine after
you have driven until the
you have driven your engine the tank was empty, and then it may
take a
-up to one minute -to
start your engine . This is because air got
into the
and must be out be­
f ore th e engi ne start.
THE ROAD---------- ---------

A
..... .
steering ...... .
Adjusting
........... . -Head restraints ............ .
-Mirrors .... .............. . .
-Seats ..................... .
Adjustments
................. .
-
............ .
- Defogging
2.1
58 -. . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 16
Airbag indicator
. . . . . . . . . . . . 16
72 54 -Anti-theft system . . . . . . . . . . .
braking system . . 17
54
. . . . . . . . . . . . 17
-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
55 -Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 63
73 Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
-Front ...................... 59
and side windo ws
.......... 75 -Storage bin ................. 59
- Defrosting
............. .
-
Fan switch ............ .... .
- Heating interior ..... .
- Keeping interior
. -Maintenance .............. .
- Maximum
............ .
-Temperature ... ..... .
-
.................... .
Air
................ . Ashtray
75 -
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
75 Automatic Loc ks
77 Automatic transmission (4-speed) 84
76 -Back-up
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 76 -key safety . . 84
-Kick-Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
74 -
Kick-down device ....... .... 87
74 -
liptronic ................... 91 -Towing .................... 95
Automatic transm iss ion (5-speed)
. . Average

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

-Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 -High beam ................. 17 -
too . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 day-night mirror . . . . . . . . . .
- Engine temperature
gauge
.....................
illumination .......... 42
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
-
temperature gauge ...................... 9
-gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.................. 49
- Front map
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
J
Jump starting . . . . . . 3.2
K
Keeping interior
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
-Tag ........................ 26
...................... 26
Key for remote . . . . . . . . . . 25
Keys .......................... 25
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 49
-Hazard ..................... 43
-
15
-
compartment box 49
Loading a roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Locking
power . . . . . . . . . . 32
Locking the 31
-Truck Rear

Lock posi tions of trunk
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Locks
- Doors
........ ............. 31
-Rear
Box/Compartment . 71
Luggage
- Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
- Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
-Light ...................... 49
-
. . . . . 49
Luggage compartment socket . . . 69
Lumbar Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
57
M
Maintenan ce, 1.2 and 3.2
indicator . . . . . . 23
tran smission . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
- Back-up
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Master key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
- W
ith remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Mats,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ma ximum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Memory
functions
(MFA) 11
MFA . Multi-Function
per km ................ 13
per hour
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Momentary
consumption 13
-
. . . 24
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
........................ 23
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
specification ....