VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2005 Owners Manual

Informational or malfunction messages are identified by a warning light or
symbo l and, depending on the
kind of instrument cluster in your vehicle , with a
matching text in the display.
Fig. 7 Display in the in str umen t clu ste r: tion display
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There are optional and automatic displays in this field:
Serv ice
page fig. 3
Service interval display on
Service is due soon , a Service notice appears
i n the d is play. A togeth e r with the numbe r of miles ( kilom ete rs) you can driv e until the service due seconds. A symbol" appears and the number of days until the service due date. The following display appear s in the instrumem
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cator (MF I) and outside temperawre play
- Automatic displays: Information tex t or page 12
-Menus providing informatio n, w hich can b e used to make differ ent are also shown in the page 1 3 .
Trip Odometer
Selecto r lever positio n di splay for the matic transmission2
l. The selector lever sitio n or the gear selected rriptronic® ) will
b e show n in th e display field wit h a light backg round.
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m ent and disp lay rea dings may vary between models.
clus te r: IN---
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Service due, a chime sounds and the flashing seconds. The following display appears in the i nstrument c lu ster:
An overdue service is indicated by a m inus sign in front of the di sta nce or day reading.
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Servic e Dis play
the Ma in te n ance n o t perform ed
b y a n au th or ize d
possib le to your aut ho rized deale r o r qualifie d work s h o p and have th e te na nce re m inder reset.
Applies to vehicles: With Multi-function indica tor
Tips
Do no t reset t he d is p lay b etween se rv ice va ls; d o in g so will re s ul t in an incorrec t
play o f t he instrument cluster
T he stat us o f
some funct io n and ne nt s is ch ec ke d when th e ig n iti on is turne d o n
o r d riv in g. proble m s played b y re d w arning lights or yellow indicator lights w ith warning m essages in the instrument
c lu ster. Depending o n th e type o f pro ble m , yo u be alerte d b y an audibl e sig nal.
Warning symb ol s
T he re
re d warn in g symbols (pri ority a nd yellow warning sy mbols (pri orit y 2).
W arni ng mess
ages, P rio rit y 1 (re d)
o ne of these malfunc ti o ns occu rs, th e warnin g
li ght w ill or light up and you will hear three warnings sounds. T hi s is danger warning. o ff th e roa d whe re it is safe and sw it c h ofT the g in e im medi ate ly. th e nearest rized qualifie d wo rk s h o p immediately and have the malfunctio n re pai red.
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priority 2 warnings d ete cte d at th e
same tim e. the symbols w ill one after the other f or about 2 seconds at a time. Af te r a set time, the in fo rmation tex t will d isappear, ever the symbol w ill appear i n the dis play and stay o n as a r eminder f or you to have th e fu nctio n re p a ir ed .
A s lo ng as
p rio rit y w arni ng is sh o w n in the displ ay. yo u will not be a ble to sec any other
messages w ith th e button
o n the multi-funct io n steerin g w heel or under the windsh ie ld wip er l eve r dep endin g o n th e
equipment i n stalle d in your vehicl e.
Warnin g messages, Prior ity 2 (yellow)
you will one warning so und. sib le .
se ve ra l priority 2 warni ngs are dete c te d at t he
same tim e, the symbo ls are dis pl aye d o ne afte r the oth e r for abou t 2 second s at a time. Aft er se t time, the info rm ation text will disappear,
h owe ve r th e symbol w ill appear at the sid e of th e
d is p la y and sta y o n as a re m inder for you to check th e c ause soon as possib le.
2 messages no t b e shown until all warning messages h ave bee n correcte d !
text
additio n to wa rnin g m essages about a fu nction, yo u receive additio na l informa-
t io n in th e dis pla y.
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Failure to heed warning light s and other im­portant vehicl e information can lead to a
breakdown in traffi c, collis io n and se rious personal injury.
Never ignore warni ng lights and warning m essages !
Wheneve r stall ed or stopped for repair,
m ove the vehicle a safe distance off the road,
s top th e e ngin e, and turn on th e emergency flas he r a nd use other warn ing dev ices to warn approaching traffic.
Before workin g in the engine compart­ment, always read and heed all WARNLNGS bookle t 3.2 in the engine The engi ne compartmen t of motor ve hicl e is a potentially dangerous area and can cause se­rio us personal injury .
Note
Failure to observe warning lights or wa rning
text s can cause damage to you r veh icle.
is used to make various different settings for the
Fig. 9 Multifunction steering wheel: right sid e
Opening the Settings menu
-the on the
tion steering= fig. 9
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Co mfo rt indi c.
Factory settin g
Bac k
Display off
WARNING
Driver distraction can cause accidents and rious personal injury.
Neve r select menus w hen the ve hicl e is mov ing.
Tip s
The menus sh own in the display depends on the ve hicl e electron ics and the options i nstalle d on your ve hicle. you are not sure, ask you r thorized Volkswagen d ealer or qualified
authorized Volk swagen dealer or
T he menu can only be ope ned w hen th e ve hicl e is at a stan dstill.
Appl ies to with display area in the instrumen t and the
All m enus in the instrument cluste r can also be used following the step s describ ed
here.
F ig. Multifunction steering wheel: right side
Th e
minder if yo u are, for example, u sin g
w int
er tir es which are not suit ed for th e top
speed of the ve hicle.
1. Opening the
the ign itio n on. A ve hicle
fig . on the
multi-funct ion steerin g w heel until the
Opening the Winter tires menu
-or to
highlight
the m enu item Winter tires . The
highl ighted menu item is between th e two
horizo ntal lines. Th ere is a lso a triang le on
the
-bu tto n T he Winter tires
m enu opens.
3. Setting the speed warning
- Highligh t the menu ite m + 5 mph
( (+
km/h)) 5 km/ h)l u sin g
th e
arrow keys and press
and p ress button to
switc h th e
speed warnin g on or off . When
th e s pee d wa rnin g is
swit ch ed off, three
appear at th e top of the displa y.
th e m enu item Back.

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T he function will generate ibl e has
r e a ched th e set speed.
The examp le menu Winter tires
+ 5 mph
Tips
Function
The name of the dis pl ayed menu
Displays the speed currently set or dashes if the fun ction is switched off .
Switches the fun ction on or off.
the set value by 5 mph km/h ).
Decre a ses the set value by 5 mph km/h).
The Winte r tires menu and th e last d isplaye d menu opens again.
The m enus s hown in the disp lay depends on the on
your are not sure. ask your rized Volkswage n dealer or qualified workshop for assis tance.
convenien ce menu is use d to make the
ve hicle.
Fig. 11 Multifunction steering wheel: right side
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fig.ll button on the
multi-function steering w heel until the
the arro w to
highli ght the menu item Conveni ence. The
hi ghl ig
hted menu it e m is between th e
horizonta l lines. T here is a lso a triangle on
the
-the The
Conven i
ence menu opens.

Convenience
Door open
ATA confirm
Conv. mode
Mirrors
adjust
Fa cto ry setti ng
Back
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Function
The ve hicle locks doors w he n the veh icle is m ov ing and unl ocks the doors w hen the key is remo ved from the ig n ition lock.
The activation of the q ui red.
Co nve
nience operation of the po wer windows: determines if the drive rs doo r window , windows or no window s ho ul d be ope ned when th e ve hicle is unlocke d. This function can only be activa te d
via the drive r's door.
The front passenger sid e mirror be adjusted automatically
of these fu nctio ns to the ori gin al factory ring s.
men u.
The menus shown in the dis p lay de pends on th e
ve hicle electron ics and the option s
Lights & Vision menu
Vario us se ttings can be made for vehicle Lighting
1. Opening the
fig. 12 button on the
multi-fun ction steering w hee l until th e
m enu is dis played .
Fig. 12 Multifu nctio n steering wheel: rig ht side
2 . Opening the Lights & Vision menu
-
highli ght the m enu item Light s & Vision .
T he hi ghli gh te d m e
nu item is be tween the
t
wo h orizontal lin es. There is als o a tri ­
a n gle
on the
Lights & V ision
bunon
the bright ness of the footwelllighting when th e doo rs a re open.
T he turn sig nal flash a t le ast thre e time s if the tu rn sig nal lever
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Functio n lights & Vision
Factory setting This menu resets all of these functio ns to the original factory tings.
Back Heturn to the m enu.
Tips
The menus shown in the dis play depends o n ve hicle electronics and the options installed on
Applies to with sound system
Sound system menu
Fig. 13 Display in the instrument cluster:
gram appears.
- Sw itch the s
ound sys te m on
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your veh icle.lfyou arc not sure, your rized Volk swage n dea ler or qualified workshop
for
Fig. 14 Left side of the multi-function steering wheel with the controls for the telephone and the radio
-Press page 17, fig. 12 butto n
on th e multi -functio n steerin g wheel until
th e
Sound system menu is di splaye d
fig.l3 .
Changing the volume of the sound
syste m
-
to ns to ch ange the

Applies to with Navigat ions system
Compass menu
Fig . 15 in the inst rum ent m en u
Opening the Compass menu3l
-Swit c h the ig nition o n . A veh icl e
gram appears .
- Swit c h t he Nav i
gations sys te m on.
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right side
- Press 16 button o n th e
multi-fun ction steerin g wheel u ntil the

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Applies to with multi-function indicotor
Multi -Function
The Multi -Function Indica tor (MF!) shows you various trave l data .
tion
The MF l is equipped with two automatic
m e
mories: 1- Trip m emory and 2 -To ta l
j o
urney m em ory. The se lected memory
w
ill be s hown in the uppe r r ight-hand
co rner
oft he MF I fig. 17 -arrow- .
Opening the MFD menu
t h e ig nition on. A ve hicle picto­
gram appears.
fig. button on the
m ult i- fun c
tion steering wheel until th e
up menu is di spl ay ed.
the button on th e multi­
functio n st
eering wheel until the MFD
menu is displaye d .
W ith th e ig n iti9n switch ed on, briefly
press the button
to togg le between
mem ory I and memory 2.
Erasing the memory
Fig. 18 Righ t s ide of the multi-func tion steering
wheel with th e controls for the M ult i-Function
a n d ho ld t he butto n th e
collects the trave l a nd fuel
consumption the trip i s continued w ith in tw o hours of switching off the ig nition. th e new value s w ill be added to
t h e existing trip r ecord. The m emory will matically be e rased if i gnition i s switch ed off for more than two hours.
The to ta l journey m em ory 2 collects the trip data fo r any number of individ ual trip s (even if
t h e ignition is swi tched off for longer than tw o hours). T he trave l tim e is 99 hours and 59 minutes. The maximum number of miles (kilometers) is 9999 and th e maximum number of gallon s (liters) of fue l consumed is 999. The w ill automatically set itself back to zero aft e r it has re a ched th e maximu m value.
M emory d isplays
can switch between the follow in g displays in th e multi-function indicator b y pressin g the on th e mult i-func tion s teering wheel.
Dr iv in g time