engine VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2004 Owner's Guide

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key
Locking and
remote control key can lock and unlo ck the vehicle from a distance.
Fig. 25 Ass ignment of butt ons on the remote control
key
- P res s fig. 25 on th ere­
mote control key to unl ock all th e doors
and th e rear lid.
Locking the
-button on the rem ote con­
t ro l key to lock all the doors and the rear
lid.
rear
-Press bullo n in the re mote con­
tro l key for a
bout one second to unlock the
rear lid.
Panic function
-Press the red pani c button in the
r
emote co ntrol key to tri gge r the Pan ic
fun cti
on.
Th e remote control
fig. 25 .
28 Opening and
T he ind ica tor lig ht in th e key fob ligh ts up w hen­
ever bu tto ns is pushed a nd when th e batt ery is
get ting weak.
button
Whe n you press the panic the horn sounds the turn signal s flas h for about the pani c button again
turn s them off.
WARNING
Improper us e of vehicle keys can result in se­rio us perso nal inj ury .
Always take the key with yo u when you leave the ve hicle. The engine can be started and vehicle systems su ch as th e power win­
dow s can be operated l ead ing to seri o us per­son al in ju ry.
Never leave childr en, disabl ed p erson s or anyone who cannot help them selves in t he ve­
hi cle . The doors can be locked using the re­
mote control key. T his co uld result in peo pl e
being trapped in th e vehicl e in an emergency.
For example, depending on the time of year, people trapped i n th e vehicl e can be exposed
t o very high or low tem peratures.
hicl e that arc much high er than the outside temperatures, particularly in summer. T em­pe ra tures can quickly reac h levels that can
cause uncon scio usnes s and death, partic u ­
l a rl y to sm all children.
Neve r remove the key from steering lock
whi le th e vehicle is mov in g or whil e it is t o a s top. The s teering wheel column wiU lock up and you will not be a bl e to steer or control the veh icle.
Note
Never leave any veh icle keys inside the ve-
hicl e. En try by unauth orized persons could

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Engaging th e
- Unlock the veh icle.
-
I page 33, fig. 29
-the door . T he door cannot be
opened from the insi de.
Disengaging the safety
- Unlock the ve hicle.
The ch ild safety lock can be activa ted to prevent
children opening the rea r doors by accident.
Never leave ch ildren, disabl ed persons or anyone w ho cannot h elp themselves in the ve­
h iclewh en lockingthedoors. This co uld r esult
in people bei n g trapped in the ve hicl e in an -
- Use a ve hicle key to turn th e s lot in the
open door to the position shown in
-the door. The door can open ed
f ro m
the in side .
Anti-theft
with alarm
time of year, people trapped in the vehicl e can
b e expose d to very high or low
Description of anti-theft
sys te m
- Lock the ve hicle.
Switching the
i n the remote control key or
swit c h on the ign itio n.
Opening the
chapter clo sing
or Th e ala rm is tri ggered imme­
d ia te l
y.
34 Opening and
-on the ignitio n with in
the ve­
hicle.
yo u lock the veh icle, the ami-th eft alarm system is automatically switched on.
W ha t tri
ggers th e alarm?
the vehicle locked, th e alarm will go ofT under the following circumstances:
the engine hood.
the rear lid,
Manually opening the veh icle using th e emergency key.

(continued)
Never or if they have access to
the keys. Unsupervi sed u se of a ke y mean that the engine is starte d or that equipment is use d (e. g. pow er windows,
pow er root) . The doors can be with the remote in the ve­in an emergency .
lo with power windows ond power roof
Convenience
ca n clo se the powe r roof from outs id e
the vehicle. The windows will close first,
a
nd then th e power in
to with power roof
Power roof -pinch protection
The power roof has protection that prevent The pinch prote ction does not
h oweve r prevent fingers from gettin g pinched
agai nst th e roof openin g. The power roof stop s
and open s aga in if it is obstru cted by lar ger object when
the power roof has been opened again by the pin ch pro tection, it ca n be pressing back the ro ta ry cont rol back t o posit ion fig. 34 the power roof has note that
the pow er roof still does not you hav e to use the emergency operation
42 Opening and
The power roof wiU work o ne of the front doors is opened and the key removed
fr om the
- Release the key to interrupt the opera­
tion.
i f the roof is using con­venience have to be back to its posi­
t ion the next time you
3.2 and chapt er
WARNING
Without pinch protection, th e power roof with enou gh f orc e to cause serio us per­
make sure over ridin g pinch protection to
Th e pi nch protec tion feature doe s not pre­vent

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Emergency switch
Use the eme1gency flasher del ete space to attention
your icle in cas e of an emerge ncy.
Fig. 37 Section o f ins trume nt panel: swi tch for the
e mergency flas he r
In an em ergen cy situation:
I. Park your vehicl e
fig. 37 switch on
the emergency
3. Switch the engine off.
4. Set the parkin g brake.
5. Move the gea rshift lever into neutral
(Manual tra nsmiss ion ) or the selector
l e ve r to the
position (A uto m ati c tran s­
mi ssio n
).
6. Use warning tria ng le or other warning
equipme nt to draw the a uention of other
motorists to your vehicl e.
7. Always ta ke the key w .
l
eave the ve hicl e.
ou must
You should use th e e mergency
wh en you approach
if your vehicle has a break down
if your vehicle is bein g towed or if yo u are towing vehicl e
if yo u find yourself in dange ro us s ituation
All turn sig nal s simultaneously. Th e tw o
turn sig nal Indi cator a nd the light in
the t im e. Th e emergency also wo rk s w he n th e ig n ition is switch ed off.
WARNING
A vehicle staUed or stopp ed on or bes ide a
hi ghway can b e struck by o ther ve hicle s and increase the risk of se rious pe rso nal injury.
When eve r stalled or stopped for re pair,
mov e th e vehicle a safe dis ta n ce off the road, turn o f th e emerg ency flas her, s top the e n gin e
a nd usc a warning triangl e or similar device to wa rn ap proac hing traffic .
Never park the ve hicle in areas where the
hot cat a ly tic converter and exhaust syste m
can co me in contact dry grass , brush , f uel or othe r mate rial that can cause fire.
a lo ng
lights and a

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for the veh icle occupnnt s and prevents the w in­
d ows from fogging up when the outside air is
very humi d.
If the air conditioni ng does not swit ch on, it coul d
the engine is not runni ng.
th e fa n is swi tc h ed off.
Applies to vehicles: with Climatic
Air recirculation
th e outside temperature is lower than about
(+3
th e ai r conditioner compressor has temporarily switched off because the engine coolant te m perature is too high.
the air conditioner fuse is blown.
Have th e air
condit ioner ch ecked b y an au th o ­
r ized Volk swage n dealer or qualified
wor ks hop.
Air recirw lario n m od e help s preven r fumes or unpleasant smells from en te ring
th e vehicle .
Fig. 75 the center console: C limatic controls
-the fig. 75 swit ch
a
ir r ecircu latio n mode on or off . W hen it is
swit ched o n a lig h t in th e butto n comes on.
A
ir recir cu latio n mode helps preve nt stro ng out­door odors fro m ente rin g the ve hicl e interior. for exampl e when driving through a n mnel or in heavy
the outside temperatu re is low. u sing air
recircu la ti on mode prov ides more e ffective
heatin g by heating air f ro m the vehicle int erio r
in ste a d o f cold air from outs ide.
the o utside tempe rature is hi gh, using ai r
recircu lation mode prov id es more effective coolin g by cooling air fro m the ve hicle interior in stead of warm a ir from outside.
For sa fety reasons, a ir reci rc u la tio n is not pos­sibl e when th e control for air di stributio n is set
to positio n. The air reci rculation mode can be switched back on by p ressing butto n.
yo u sh if t into Reverse whil e the windshi eld
w ip ers ore worki ng. the C lima tic tempo ­rarily shut off the ai r recirc ulat io n . This prevents outs ide air (exhaust fumes from other vehicles)
from entering into the vehicle interior.
air causes drive r fa ti gue and reduces driver alertness. This can lead to accidents,
Air Conditioning system 77

Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
Driving
Ignition
key position
Fig.
switched off, steering loc k
this fig. ig niti on i s swit c h ed off an d the ste erin g column is locked.
T o engage th e s teering lock . remove the key
from th e s teering lock a nd turn the s teerin g wheel u ntil it locks into place. You sh o uld lo ck th e s teering when you leave ve­hicl e. T his m akes ve hicle th eft m ore diffi cu lt.
Swi tch ing on th e ignition
Turn the ignition key t o this th e ig­
n iti o n sw itc h on. lfth e key cannot be turned o r i s to turn from to p osition th e steering wheel (to tak e the load off the s teering lock mechani sm ) until it turns
Starting the e ng in e
Sta rt th e e ng in e when the key is in posit io n have any m ajo r e lectri cal con­sumers on (example the headli ghts). they
re mai n in thi s posi tion.
Y o u
must turn th e key back to
Tu rn the ig ni tio n key to po sition re lease
t h e key .
usc of vehicle ke ys can result in se­
r iou s personal in jury.
Alwa ys take the key with yo u when you leave th e ve hicle. The engine can be starte d
and vehicl e sys te m s such a s the pow er win­dows can be operate d leading to serio us per­sona l injury.
N ever leave children, di sabled perso ns or anyone who ca nnot help themselve s in the ve ­
hicle. The doors can be locked u sin g t he re­
mote con tro l key. This could res ult in people b e ing trapped in the ve h icl e in an emergen cy .
For example, depending on the tim e of year,
peopl e trapped in the vehicle can b e exposed to very high or lo w temperatures.
Never re m ove the key from steering lock
w hi le the vehicl e is movi ng or w hil e it is to a s top. The s teerin g wheel column will lock up and yo u w ill not be able to steer or contro l the vehicl e.
Note
yo u try to s tart your ve hicl e (k ey position when it
is still mov ing or if yo u try s ta n the en gin e im­mediate ly after switc h in g it off.
yo u open th e in
the i g nit ion lock, buzzer yo u to take the key and lock your ve hicle.

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Applies to
The ig nition key be removed from the ignition lock only with the selector
th e position.
Afte r th e ignition is sw itch ed move the key if the selecto r lever for the ma tic tran smissio n is in pos ition P . Afte r th e nitio n key is removed , th e sele ctor lever i s
l ocked. order to remove the ignition key from
the ig n it ion lock on vehicles equipped with
tomati c transm iss io n. the ig nition must switched off an d th e selecto r lever mus t b e in the posit ion . O nce you have rem ove d th e ig ni tio n
key. the sel ector lever be locke d. be
s ure to ap ply th e park ing brake whenever you move the key from the
immobilizer help s to prevent
ac tivates the immobilizer w hen you put the key into the ignition lock .
The e lec troni c immobilizer is automatica lly tivated when you the key out oft h e igni tion
l oc k. The
en gine
can only be started usin g key.
co rrect ly
code d genuine key . You may have prob le m s s tarting the vehicle if a genuine and
correc tly code d
with o gasoline engine
Starting the engine
only be started (manual transmission ) or brake
pedal
transmission. ) is fully depressed using a coded Volkswag en
maste r key.
Manual transmiss ion
-Move th e gearshif t leve r into neutral.
- Depress the clutch p edal full y and hold
it d epressed.
-Turn th e ign itio n key to position
page 84, fig. to start the e n gin e.
- Rel
ease th e ig nition key when the
gin e starts. Do not le t th e starter to
tinue to run.
Automatic transmissio n
Move the selector lever toP
page 88.
-
Turn th e ignition key to position
fig . start th e en g in e.
-
the ignition key when the
tinue to run. When starting a hot en g in e.
yo u
need to press th e accelerator
briefly .
Driv ing 85

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sta rtin g a co ld engin e, it may be a little
n o isy for the first few seconds until oil pressure has built up i n the hydraulic va lve lift ers . T his is normal and n o cause for concern.
I f
the engine does no t sta rt after seconds. switch off the ig niti on, wait seconds, then try
again.
I f yo u
have problem s booklet 3.2 and ch apter
g in e.
Never sta rt or le t the e ng in e run in fin ed or e n closed area. Exhaust from the poi so no us,
co lorless and odorless gas. Carbon can cause unco nsciou sness and death.
Never leave the ve hicl e unatt ended wit h the eng in e runnin g. The vehi cle could move
suddenly or an unus u a l o pe ra tin g condition
Switching off the engine
-Let the vehicle com e to a comple te sto p.
- T
urn th e ig nit ion key to pos iti on @
- Be sure to apply the par k in g brake
w he neve r yo u r
emove the key from the
nition.
Af te r the en gi ne is switched off the rad iator fan
m ay cont inu e to run for up co
Never sw itch off the engine before the vehicle
has com e to a complete stop. can lose tro l of the vehicle , crash and be seriou sly jured.
86 Driving
Neve r u sc "startin g assist fluid s." They are potentially explo sive and can cause a ve hicle cond it ion.
Note
can damage the engin e if you d rive hig h
e ngin e speeds, at full thro ttle or by over- loading
t h e e ngi ne whe n the engine is cold.
T he cann ot be sta rt ed usin g
To avoid the sta rt er, re lease the nition key as soon as the engin e starts.
For the sake of environment
Do not warmup the engine by running it w ith the ve hicle standing s till. Drive off as soon as yo u
s tart the engine. This help s the e ngine reac h
WARN ING (continued )
The airbag s and sa fety belt prc te n si one rs
will not work w hen th e ig n itio n is s wit ch ed off.
The brake booster does not wo rk w hen th e
engi ne is turned off. A lo t more brake pedal press ure will be necessa ry to sto p the vehicle.
T he power steering syste m does not work
whe n the eng in e is turned o ff and you w ill
need m ore force to s teer the vehicl e.
the ke y is remove d , the steerin g
wheel column will lock up and you will not be able to s teer th e ve hicle.
Neve r park whe re th e hot exhaust system could ignite flammable mate ria ls, su ch as brus h , leaves, dry grass, spilled fue l e tc.
Note
If the engine has been dri ven hard for a lo ng riod, th e engine co uld over hea t when it is
switched off. To reduce th e risk of eng ine damage. be sure co Ieee h e e ng in e idl e for about
2 min ute s befo re yo u sw itch it

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Stopping
-Alw ays use the foot brake to prevent the
vehicle from creeping forward , for
do not need to
move the selector leve r to (Park) or N
(Ne
utra l).
- Do not depress the accele rator.
Parking
- Depress and hold the brake pedal until
the vehicl e comes to a
- App ly the parking brake firmly
94.
- Mo ve th e
selector lever with
lease butto n pressed.
Driving dow n
-the position.
-
the lever to
-
- Do not try to stop the veh icle from
by increa sing the revs
w hen a
gear is
Moving a way on an
- W ith a gear engaged, tak e your foo t
f r o m
the brake and depress the
ator.
Th e stee per the grade, the lower the you will need. This increases the brakin g gine. For examp le, yo u sh ould drive down a very
s teep slop e in 3rd gear.lfthe engine brake is not s uffi cient. the vehicl e will gain spe ed . Th e tran smis sion automati cally up shift s
t o preve nt the engin e from the
foot brake to reduce speed and ch a nge into 3rd gear usin g 'Tiptronic®"
vehicl e has Automatic Sh if t Loc k (ASI.l that locks the selec tor lever in
must depre ss the brake pedal
t o move the selec tor lever out or N. Thi s
ally moved into a driving positi on result ing in unwante d ve hicle movement.
A lw a
ys ho ld th e vehicle with the foot if you
s top while driv in g up a hill to preve nt it fro m
rollin g backwa rd.
T he ig niti on
key ca nnot be remo ved unless the
s el ec tor lever is in
rious personal injury .
Never get out of the dri ver's seat when th e engin e is running, especially when it is in gear. If yo u must leave your vehicl e with the engine running, always set the parking brake and move the se lec tor lever (Pa rk).
When the engine is running with (Dri ve). (Sport) orR (Ileve rse ) a lways depress hold the brake pedal to keep th e ve hicl e from
m ov ing. is trans m i!!ed to the w heels
w hen a driving pos ition is selected even at idle speed.
Never depress th e accelerator when moving the selecto r lever.
Never move the selector lever to
R (Reverse) or whe n the vehicle is
m ov ing.
Before you drive down a steep section of road, reduce speed and shift to a low er gear usin g for better engin e braking effect and to reduce the load on the brake
sys te m.
Do not rid e the brakes or apply the brake pedal too often or too long. Constant braking
causes the brakes to overheat and tially reduces braking performance, increases braking dis tance or causes complete failu re of
the brake sys tem.
Never switch ofT the engine before the vehicle
h as come to complete s top. ca n lose con-trol of the ve hicle , crash and be serious ly in -
jured.

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WARNING (continued)
T he air bags and safe ty be lt pre te n sio ners
will not work w he n the ign ition is switch ed off.
Th e brake booster does not work when the e ngine is turned off. A lot more brak e pedal pressu re w ill be necessary to stop the vehicle.
The power steering syste m does not work
w hen the e ngine is turned off and you will need more force to steer the ve hicl e.
When the key is removed, the s teering wheel column will lock up a n d yo u will not be able to steer the veh icle.
Neve r coast down a s lope with the tran s­mission in Neutral.
Note
If you stop th e ve hicle on a grade , d o not at­tempt to stop rolling by depres sin g th e acce le r­ator w hen a gea r has been se le ct ed. The auto­matic tra nsmi ssion could overhea t and be dam­
a ge d. Pull the parkin g brake on full y or depress t
h e
brake ped al to prevent th e ve hicle from
ro llin g away.
Neve r le t the ve hicl e roll down a hill with the se lector le ver inN and the engine swit ched off .
Thi s will damage the automatic tran smission.
Tip s
lfthe sele cto r le ver is un int en tio nally m oved
int o N while driving , take your foot off the accel­
era to r pedal and wa it until the engin e speed has dropped to idle sp eed b efore selec tin g a driv ing position.
The dual clut ch mechanism in the vehicl es
e quipped with au tomatic tra nsmis s io n is
equip ped with an overload pro tector. For ex­
ample, if yo u are stopped on a n inclin e and the
clutch mechanis m sta rts to slip, th e transmi s­
s ion fluid will ove rheat. th e clutch is then overload ed, the vehicle will m ake a slight jerk and th e s elector leve r d is play will start to blink.
T he clut ch m echanism will op en auto mati cally
because it i s o verloaded .lf th is happe n s, d epress the foot brake and wait a few se conds before
dri ving off.
Applies lo veh icles: w ith automol ic tr ansmission and
Shifting with
The system lets th e driver shift manually.
Fig. 85 of
- Move the sele c tor leve r from D (Dr iv e)
F ig . 86 Multi-function steering wheel: paddles for
to the right into the po sition
85 .
Driving 91