steering wheel VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2008 User Guide

BAG light does not go off when an adult is sitting on the front
passenger scat after taking the s te p s described
above, make sure the adult i s properl y seated
and r estrai ned at one of the rear seating posi­
tions.
Have the a irba g sys te m inspecte d by your authorized Volkswagen dealer or qualified
workshop before transporting anyon e o n th e
front passenger seat.
be turn ed off, and th e BAG light on.
o r th e front passe nger sa fety belt its elf is buckled and th e
f ru nt seat i s not occ upied . th e co me on.
Repair, care and
re moving, servicing or repairing a
Never cover, obstruct, or change the
steeri ng wheel horn pad or airbag cover or the in strument panel or m odify them in any
Never attach any o bj ects such as cup holders or te lephone mountings to the sur­faces covering the airbag units.
For cleaning the horn pad or instrument panel, use only a soft, dry cloth or one moi st­
e ned w ith plain water. Solvents or cleaners
co uld damage the airbag cover or change the
s tiffn ess or strengt h of the material so that the
a irbag cannot deploy and protect properly.
Never repair, adjust, or change any parts of the a irba g system.
All work on the steering wheel, instrument panel, front seats or ele ctri cal sys tem (in-
44 Airbag system
{ continu ed )
eluding the installation of audio equipment ,
ce llular te lephones and C B radios, etc.) must be performed by a qualified tech nici an who
h as the training and special equipment neces­
sary.
For any work on the airbag s ys te m , we strongly recommend that yo u see you r autho­rized Volkswagen dealer or qualified work­
shop.
Never modify the front bumper or parts of the vehicl e body.
Alwa ys make sure that the s ide airbag can inflate witho ut interference:
Neve r scat covers or rep lacement upholstery over the front scat backs that have no t been specifically approved by Volkswagen.
Never use additional seat cushions that cover the areas where t11e sid e a irba gs in­
flate .
Damage to the original scat cove rs or to
th o scam in the area of tho side airbag module must always be re p ai red immedi­ate ly by an authorized Volkswagen deale r or qualified workshop.
The airbag sy stem can be activated only
o n ce. After an airba g has inflated, it must be replaced.
trained t echnician who has th e necessary
too ls and diagnostic equipment to properly

belts 13, 19
Extender 23
How can I adjust the heigh t o f my safery
belt? 25
How
do you put on you r safery belt
correct l
y? 19
Improperly worn 26
Installing child restraint 63
Not worn
16
belt position 21
instructio ns 17
Specia l consid erations for pregnant
women 22
Switc hab le locki ng feature 65
Unfa stening safe ty belt s 25
Warning light
14 What happen s to occupants not wearing
safety
belt s? 16 Why assume the co rrect seatin g
position? 28
W hy safery belts protec t? 17
Why wear safery belts? 15, 28
belts protect 17
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag
43
seatin g positi on for the driver 4
seating position for the front
passenger 5
belt extender 23
Curtain airbags 52
Seating capacity 13
Sea ting position Distance between driver and steering
wheel 4
Driver 4
Front
passenger 5
Improper seat in g positi on s
4
Rear
passe ngers 6
air bags 46
Description 46
Ho w
they work?
in structio n s 48
airbags
Desc ripti
on
How they work? 5 1
instructions 52
Steer ing w hee l
Distance
to the driver 4
Sw itchable locking f
eature
Activating 65
Deactivating 67
T
Tether anchors 68
T
ether strap 69
Tie -
downs 12
Torn or f rayed safety bel ts 1 7
Trunk
u
Unfasten ing
belts 25
Upholstery
v
Ventil ation slit s ll
w
Wa rning light
belts 14
Wa rnin g lights

Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
This overview will the controls and displays
quickly.
Release handle
lock ing button ...... .... .
Light switc h ................... .
Air outlet s
Thumb wheel for opening and closin g the a ir vent
Turn signal and high beam leve r
Paddle leve r for shifting (automatic
t ransmiss ion ) .................. .
In strument cluste r:
- Instru
ments ... ...........• ...
- Dis pla y ..
-Warning lights ............... .
Lever for Windshield wiper and washer ........................ .
Air outlet for in d irect ventilatio n or storag e compartment ........... .
Emerge ncy flasher sw itch ....... .
Warning light for front passenge r airbag switc hed booklet 2.1
Fron t passenger airbag bookle t 2.1
G lo ve compartment handle and lock ........................... .
F u e l flap re lease button and chapter the
H ear lid re lease .......... .
® w indow switches for
windows ...................... .
Swit ches for adjus ti n g the outs id e power mirrors ................. .
l) no t for market 32
43
46
9
1
8
4
49
45
35
38
53
Engine hood re lease lever booklet3.2 and c h a pter in the engin e compartment"
Instrument cluster light switch . . . 44
control lever, . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Driver airba g 2.1 chapter
Horn (works o nly when the ig niti on
i s on)
Leve r for adjus table steering column . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Ignit ion lock ...... 00............ 84
Thumb wheel for left seat heating 59
for
-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
- Climatro nic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
A ddit iona l s torage compartment
-
outle t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
bilization or slip regulatio n booklet3.2 and chapte r
Parki ng brake lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Button for switc hing tire moni-toring p ressure systemll booklet3.2 chapter
holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Se lecto r lever fo r automatic trans-missio n or gears h ift lever ( m anual
transmissi o n) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Thumb w heel for right seat
heatin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sound syste m booklet3.4

3.1 and Equipment
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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Booklet 3.1 and Equipment
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.

3.1 and Equipment
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
16
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
Booklet 3.1 and Equipment
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
i s used whe n changing page 46

Booklet 3 .1 Controls and Equipment
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
18 panel
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

and Equipment
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

and Equipment
Average ruel co nsumption
Miles to empty
Distance trave le d
Average speed
S peed warning
min Driving time
Th e
displa y shows the amount or time that has gone by s ince the ig nition was sw itched on.
The m aximum displa y va lue in both memories
i s 99 hours and 59 minutes. The memory will reset itselrback to zero once thi s va lue has been rea ch ed.
gallons miles km) Current fuel con­
sum ption
Th e di spla y w
ill sh ow the consump­tio n in gallons (liters) per
book le t3.2 and chapter
0 gallons/100 miles (0 km) Average fuel
consumption
T he ave rage ruel c
onsumption will appear you have drive n approximately ya rds
(meters). Dashes w ill appear in th e displa y that time. The di spla y
Miles Miles {kilometer s) to empty
Th e m il
es ( kilom ete rs) to empty is calc ulated
u sing th e ru el ta nk contents and current ru el consumption. shows how rar the ve hicl e can travel u sin g the same speed and dri ving co ndi­
ti o ns as
yo u have
dri ven approxi mately yards ( mete rs).
Dashe s w ill appear in the dis p lay until that time. The disp lay will b e updated every 5 seconds
while the ve hicle is m ov ing.
Speed warning
Th e s
peed wa rning can be set so yo u will see and hear wa rnin g whe n yo u reach the desired speed . For example. this settin g co uld be used to
l e t yo u know iryou exceed the posted speed
limit. When you r eac h the desired sp eed. press on th e multi ­
fun ction steering wheel. and hold th e button to erase th e sto re d speed.
temperature di splay
T he t e
mperature range is F to to At outside tempera ture s be tween-F and and a (ice warning) appears in addition to the outs id e tempera ture di splay. Thi s symbol ro r approximately 5 seconds and
F
W he n the ve hicl e is s tanding still o r tra velin g at
very low speed s, the temperature di spla yed may be slig htl y hi gh er than the actual outsid e te m ­
p erature as a result or heat radiate d rrom the engin e.
Roads and bridges can be dangerously icy even the outside air temperature is above r r eez ing.
Jryou use th e outside temperature di sp la y
t o tell you about rrost conditions, remember that roads can even ice over at temperatures above F (+
A lways remember, eve n if the
Neve r rely exclu siv el y on this the outsid e temperature display.
Always reduce your s peed and dri ve with special care under weathe r conditions w hen the c hances that you will encounter icy road surfaces a re greater.
In strument 21