Rear VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2012 User Guide

range.
tory information and heed th e o n page 41.
Key less Access is a key less starting and locking
system that
unlocks and locks the vehicle without
active use of a vehicle key. you have to do is
touch a sensor surface on one of the front door
handles 24 or push the Volkswagen emblem
on the rear hatch
General information
When a va lid ve hicl e key comes within range 23 , the Keyless Access locking an d starting
sys tem recognizes a va lid vehicle entry reques t as
soon as a doo r hand le se nso r on the driver or front
passenger door
is touched or the Volkswage n blem on the rear hatch is pressed. The functions are then enab led without active use of
the vehic le key :
Keyless Entry : Unlocking the with the
senso r surf aces on the door handles of the driver or front passenger door 24 ®or by using
the Volkswagen emblem on the rear hatch .
Keyless Go:
id vehicle key must be inside the vehic le.
Key less Exit: Locking the vehicle via the door
handle sensor on the driver or front passenger
door @.
The power locks and th e clos ing system work like
the standard unlocki
ng and locking system.
tem : for unlocking ®on the inside of the
front door handles .
the vehic le was unlocked and within the next few
seco nds no door or the rear hatch has been
opened , the vehic le is aut oma tically locked again.
Unlocking and opening doors (Keyless Entry)
Grasp the door handle o f the driver or fron t passe nger door so that you touch the unlocking
sensor su rface
the door .
Closing and locking doors (Keyless Exit)
Close the driver door .
Touch the sensor surface in the door handle on
the dri ver or front passenger door@ . The door is
locked . The door being locked must be closed .
Unlocking and locking the rear hatch
23 of the rear hatch, it unlocks
automatically when opened.
situations :
When an authorized vehicle key is inside the

N
if a seco nd valid
by press ing a button on the deactivated key.
by pressing a door handle sensor when the de­
activated key is outside of the vehicle , but with in
range .
by starting the engine with the starter butto n.
Automatic deactivation of sensors
deactivated .
is activated too often, for instance by a bush or hedge that rubs against the the sensors in the door handle on that side of the vehicle are
switched off for a short time.
T he door handle sensors become active again if
one of the even ts occurs:
A short time has passed.
The rear hatch is opened .
The key .
Anti-theft
tory information and hee d the WARN ­on page 41.
T he anti-theft alarm system makes it more difficult
for someon e to break into or steal the veh icle .
The anti-theft alarm system is
key i s within range of the vehicle.
T he door may not open if the outside and in ­side door handles are used at the same time.
the vehicle battery or the battery in the re­mote control vehicle key is weak or dead , it
might not be possible to unlock and using Keyless Access. The vehicle can locked or unlocked with the key bit
The driver message Key not in ra nge ap ­pears in the instrument cluster display if there
is no remote control vehicle key inside the vehicle
or if the system does not recognize the
key. The key may not be recognized , for example, if it is
covered by something that interferes with the sig­
(such as a briefcase) , or if the remote control
vehicle key battery is weak. Electronic devices
such
as phones can interfere with the sig­
Dirt on the door handles that conta ins a of in winter) can affect the way
the door handle sensors work.
with this problem .
Automatic transmissio n vehic les can
Opening a door that has been un­
locked and not switching on the igni tion with in
about 15 seconds.
Forcibly opening a door.
Forcibly opening the engine hood.
Forcib ly opening the rea r hat ch.
and closi ng 45

Fig. 25 the left rear door: deact ivated , @ activated .
tory information and heed the on page 47.
T he
ing opened from the inside, so that children cannot
open them acc iden tally . When the child safety lock
i s engaged , the rea r doors can only be opened
f r om the outside .
Engaging or disengaging
Using the key bit, move the slot into the desired
posi tion.
Slot position
25 or 26:
safety lock disengaged.
@
deact ivated. @ activated .
is engaged, that rear door cannot be opened from the inside.
the doors. This
in
can be exposed to very high or very
can become very hot or very depending on the season. Particu­
senger and can in temperatures in the
to

Rear hatch
this section find information about:
Warning
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
the rear hatc h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Exterior views
Power locking system
Transporting
Emergency closing and open ing
Accidents and severe personal injuries can if you unlock, open, or
the rear hatch if no one is in the way.
the rear hatch by pushing on
the rear window with your hand. The rear win­dow
make sure that it is properly closed and locked so that it cannot open suddenly when the vehi­
and loaded. for example, there are bicycles on a carrier on the rear
to open automatically. An open rear hatch may
when the rear hatch is open. A into the vehicle and
vehicle can become very hot or very
children or anyone who can­not
and closing

Warning light
first read and note the introductory information and heed the on page 49.
Lights cause up
icon
appears Rear hatch open or
When the ignitio n is swi tc hed on,
the rear hatch is no t the red comes on in the instrum ent or the icon appears in the Premium
instrument
be
has been
key : button to and open the rear hatch .
first read and note the tory informa tion and heed the on page 49.
Before driving Proper
response
the
rear hatch is not it may
open when the
Stop and the rear
hatch .
it.
Fig. 28 rea r hatch from the outside .
Briefly press the button on the remote 27 to unlock the rear hatch .
Press and the

N
with the Volkswagen emblem
Unlock the vehicle or rear hatch , or open a
door.
Using your thumb , press the top of the 28 and move the emblem
down . Grasp the bottom part of the emblem and
pull to lift the rear hatch .
or unsupervised unlocking or ing of the rear hatch can cause severe
a bicycle or luggage rack is installed on the rear hatch, it may be hard to see that the rear hatch is unlatched. An unlatched rear
hatch may open suddenly when the vehicle is moving.
Closing the rear hatch
Fig. 29 rear hatch : Recessed grips for
clos ing .
on page 49.
the rear hatch
Grasp one of the recessed grips in the rear
hatch trim 29 (arrow).
Pull the rear hatch down and close it securely
so that the latch engages.
Check the rear hatch to make sure it is securely
la tched.
At temperatures below +32 the rear hatch may not open automatically after you
unlock it. will be necessary to lift it by hand. Locking the rear hatch
you unlock the vehicle with the vehicle key, but
do not either a door or the rear hatch in about the
next
The power locking system also locks the rear
hatch.
the rear hatch of a locked vehicle is unlocked
with the
lock again right after it is closed.
A closed but unlocked rear hatch automatically
locks at speeds above about 5 mph
or unsupervised closing of the rear
hatch can cause severe injuries. Never close the rear hatch when someone is in the way .

Power windows
Volkswagen
Power locking and closi ng system
.
the driver door: Switches for front and
rear powe r windows .
first read and note the introduc­
on page 53.
Switches in the driver door
Key to fig.
For the windows in the front doors.
For the windows in the rear doors.
not open in case of an emergency .
the vehicle. You can use the power windows for several minutes after the ignition is switched off as as the driver or front passenger door has not b een opened.
dren are in the back seat to disable the rear power windows and keep them from being
opened and closed.
the switch again.
tomatic movem en
t:
The safety switch d e­
activates the power windows in the rear doors. The indicator
mi­
nutes after the ignit ion is sw itched off as

Power sunroof-convenience closing feature
on page 56.
Convenience closing
The conven ience closing feature lets you the power sunroof as fo llows:
Turn the vehicle key bit in the lock of the driver door to the closi ng position and hold it there The power sunroof is key in order to stop the process.
Convenience clos ing first closes the windows and
t hen the power sunroof.
Convenience from the out side leaves the rotary switch in
the l ast selected position. The switch must be new-
ly positioned when starting to drive again . Pinch protection for the power sunroof
on page 56.
P inch protection
can help reduce the risk of If
the power sunroof clo sing meets resistance or
th ere is something in the way, the power sunroof opens again immedia te ly.
Check why the p ower sunroof did not close.
the power sunroof er sunroof close the next time without pinch protection .
31 ® and down th e rear part of the switch un til the power sunroof closes completely .
the power sunroof not close, please see an authorized Volkswagen dealer or an
Without pinc h protection, the power sunroof close with enoug h force t o cause serious personal injury.
Pinch protection is also active durin g ience
tection may not fu nction properly. thorized Volkswagen dealer or an authorized Volkswagen Service F acility for assis tance. Op ening and closing 57

Removing and reinstalling head restra ints
Fig. 39 Remo ving the front head restraints .
on page 58.
for the
center seat on the rear bench . T he refore ,
Sit in the back seat behind the head restraint
you want to remove. the head restraint th e
way up in Adjusting the head restraints on
page 63. the backrest with the head re­
stra int so that there is enough overhead
to remove it.
a nat object , such as a
button
Use one hand to the same
guide rod to expose a notc h in the rod at
t he bottom (can be seen and with fingers) . T he
r ight-hand guide rod is now
To the guide rod, p ress button (towards guide rod) and
the head restraint out
64 Before driving F
ig.
Removing the rear head restr aints .
Posi tion head restraint over the head
restr aint guides of the respective seat backrest and
i nsert the head restra int into the guides.
Push the head restraint down
Adjust the head rest raint according to the occu­
pant's size 63.
Removing the rear head restraint
the backrest of the rear seat bench and it forward 141.
the head restrain t
necessary , press the nat of the scr ew­
d river from the kit in to the of the
tr im cap in the direction of the arrow
and
At the same time press button
the back rest of the rea r seat bench back
so that it
it forward 141.
P osition head restraint over the head
restraint guides of the respective seat backrest and
i ns e
rt the head restrain t into the guides.
Push the head restraint down pressing
t he backres t of the rear seat bench back so that it
Adjust the head restraint according to the occu-
pant 's size

What happens to passengers not wearing a safety
driver is thrown forward.
tory and hee d the WARN ­on p age 69 .
Many
That is
in
the seat with the arms and hands . a into
the steering instrument in the way 48.
Never on airbags airbags provide protection. Airbags are not supposed to in kinds of accidents. Even if your
Befo re driving
Fig . 4 9 passengers in the rear seats are
th rown forward on top of the
in orde r
to min imize the risk of severe injury or death in a
crash , regardless
of whether a seating position has
an airbag or not.
An airbag
is since they can
be thrown forwa rd through the passengers in the rear seats endanger not but the driver and other passengers in the 49.