VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 8 GTE 2020 Owners Manual
Manufacturer: VOLKSWAGEN, Model Year: 2020, Model line: GOLF 8 GTE, Model: VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 8 GTE 2020Pages: 601
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thevehdresystemcannotbeactatedtoptheprocedureandrepeatafterap
proxateonemute
asecontactanexpertthevehdresystemstllannotbeactated
ttachgthempads
Thempadsshoubeconnectedontheorder-B-C-D^>
wchoffthennbothvehs(->Engestartescrtn)
oopenthecoverofthempadconnectnpottheengecompartment(->
mp-startgpotvervw)
onnectoneendoftheredmpadtothempadconnectnpot(poseter
ma+ofthehybrvehwhthedcharged12-vovehbatteryF(1
onnecttheotherendoftheredmpadtotheposetermaofthevehbat
teryprovgasstanceF(2^
nthevehwhthe12-vovehbatteryprovgasstanceonnectoneendof
thebckmpadpreferabtothempadconnectnpot(earthconnectn)r
otherwetoasoimetaartthatsecureboedontothecyiderbckrtothe
cyiderbckseF3
onnecttheotherendofthebckmpadtotheearthmp-startconnectnpot
(-)onthehybrvehwhthedcharged12-vovehbatteryF(T)->/K-
osntheadssuchawaythattheycannotcometocontactwhanymovg
partstheengecompartment
ctatgthevehdresystem
tarttheengeofthevehprovgasstanceandtrunat
ctatethedresystemonthehybrvehwhthedcharged12-voveh
battery
asecontactanexpertthevehdresystemcannotbeactated
emovgthempads
eforedconnectgthempadswchoffthedpedbeamheadihtstheyare
swchedon
urnonthebweroftheacondngsystemortheheatgandfreshasystem
andtherearwdowheatgthevehwhthedcharged12-vovehbattery
hhestomevoagepeakswhharegeneratedwhentheadsare
dconnected
hentheengesarerunnghempadsshouberemovedontheorder-
C-B>F
sethecoverofthempstartconnectnpot(->mp-startgpotvervw)
otoaquaidworkshopandhavethe12-vovehbatterychecked
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WARNG
mpstartgthevehcorrectcancausethe12-vovehbatterytoexpde
hhcanadtoserusrsasenotethefolwgordertoreducetherkof
the12-vovehbatteryexpdg
lorkonthe12-vovehbatteryandtheectraystemcancauseserus
chemaurnseorectrshocksaysreadthewarngsandsafetyforma
tnbeforecarrygoutanykdofworkonthe12-vovehbattery(->12-vo
vehbatterytroductn/Generaiformatn)
ayswearsuabeyeprotectnandgvesandneveranoverthe12-vo
vehbattery
ttachtheconnectgcabsthecorrectorder-theposecabfstolwed
bythenegatecab
everconnectthenegateadtopartsofthehh-voagesystemofthefueys
temortothebrakeies
henon-sutedpartsofthebatterycmpsmustnotbealwedtotoucheachoth
erhempadattachedtotheposetermanthe12-vovehbattery
mustnottouchectralconductepartsoftheveh
voectrostatdchargethevyofthe12-vovehbatteryheexps
egasemtedfromthe12-vovehbatterycoubenedbysparks
onotusempadsthe12-vovehbatterydamagedorfrozenorhas
beenfrozen
NOTE
notpermtedtouseanyhybrvehtompstartothervehssthmay
causeconserabdamagetothevehectraystem
ncethevehhasbeensuccessfulmp-startedotoaquaidworkshopand
havethe12-vovehbatterychecked
owg
troductntothetop
Towgrequesexperncespeclwhenusgatow-ropeothdrersshoubefa
mlirwhthetechnuerequedfortowgexpernceddrersshounotattemptto
tow
akesurethatnoexcessepuligforcesoccurandtakecaretoavorkgmovements
hentowgoffroadhereaaysarkofoveradgtheanchoragepots
bserveanygaequementswhentowg
owg
Towgwhereavehthatcannotbedrenpuldwhtheaofanotherveh
hevehcanbetowedwhatow-baroratow-ropehentheengestoppedhe
gearboxnotbratedsuffntathherspeedsandoverngdtances
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hemaxumpermtedtowgspeed50km/h(30mph)
hemaxumpermtedtowgdtance50km(30mls)
ow-ropeow-bar
easrandsafertotowavehwhatow-barseatow-ropeonyoudonot
haveatow-bar
hetow-ropeshoubesihtesttoreducethestraonbothvehsadvab
touseatow-ropemadeofsynthetfreorslrestmater
owgwhabreakdowntruck
oneofyourvehaxstoberaedfortowghenwhhaxdependsonthe
gearboxanddrecombatnnthefolwgaxsmustbeused
ront-wheere
uatchgearboxFrontax
AWARNG
avehbegtowedhevehhandigandbrakgeffncywllhange
snant
WARNG
Nevertowavehthathasnopowersupp
everremovethevehkeyfromthennorswchoffthennusgthe
starterbuttondurgtowghcoucausethemechanateergcomnck
(steergck)ortheectronsteergcomncktoengagesuddenouwllo
ngerbeabtosteerthevehhcanadtoassofcontrofthevehc
centsandserusrs
thepowersuppofthetowedvehfaltoptowgmedteandseekex
pertasstance
OTE
Towgwhatow-ropeortow-barcandamagetheveh
owthevehcarefulwhatow-ropeortow-bar
possavethebroken-downvehtowedbyabreakdowntruck
OTE
Whenpushgthevehbyhandhetallihtcstersespolrsontherearw
dowandrgepanecanbedamagedandtherearspolrmaybecomedetached
henpushgthevehbyhandonotpressonthetallihtcstersespolrs
ontherearwdowrgepaneandtherearspolr
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OTE
Thevehcanbedamagedhevehpatworkhenremovgandftgthe
coverandtowgeye
emoveandstalhecoverandthetowgeyecarefulsoastoavodamageto
theveh
OTE
Useofatowgeyethatnotsuabforthevehcandamagetheveh
aysusethetowgeyesuppidthevehtooofyourvehoratowg
eyethatsuabforthevehfortowg
otesontowg
stllosstoactatetheturnsnaavehthatbegtowedventhe
hazardwarngihtsareswchedonodothperatetheturnsnandmabeam
vertheregueddectnwhlthennswchedonhehazardwarngihts
wllotfshwhltheturnsnaibegusedhehazardwarngihtswlltartfsh
gagaautomatalassoonastheturnsnandmabeamvermovedbackto
theneutraosn
whhsuatnsmaythevehnotbetowed?
Donothavethevehtowedthefolwgsuatns
hevehgearboxdamagedordoesnotcontaanybrant
he12-vovehbatterydchargedhesteergremasckedandtheparkg
brakeandsteergcomnckcannotbereasedtheyhavebeenappidprevus
hedtancetobetowedfurtherthan50km(30mls)
thesteergfunctnortheoperatgcaranceofthewheecannotbeensured
afteranaccent
thevehcannotbetowedonsownwheeduetooneoftheabovecondnseek
expertasstanceandhavethevehtransportedonarecoveryvehnecessary
owg
Preparatns
ttachthetow-ropeorthetow-barontothemountgpotsproved(->Tow-start
gortowgtroductn/Generaiformatn)
akesurethatthetow-ropenottwtedtherweatowgeyecanbecomeun
screweddurgtowg
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wchonthennandhazardwarngihtsonbothvehsoweverbserveany
regutnstothecontrary
bservethestructnsfortowgthevehwaltoftheotherveh
uligveh(front)
hetow-ropemustbetautbeforeyoudreoffproper
cceratewhparturcare
vosuddenbrakganddrgmanoeuvres
uldveh(rear)
akesurethatthennswchedonsothatthesteergwheeinotckedand
sothatyoucandateoundthehornandoperatethewersnecessaryctate
thevehdresystemposs
hebrakeservofunctnsonwhenthennswchedonandthepowersteerg
functnsonwhenthevehdresystemactatedtherweyoumustpress
thebrakepedahsnantmoreforceandaousemoreeffortforsteerg
easetheectronparkgbrake
akesurethatthetow-ropeaaystaut
ectsectorverposnN
OTE
Thevehcanbetowedonthe12-vovehbatteryadequatechargedo
thattheectronparkgbrakeandthesteergcomnckcanbereasedthe
powersuppfalortherearefaustheectraystemoumayneedtouse
mpadstoactatethevehdresystemordertoreasetheectronpark
gbrakeandthesteergcomnck
tgthereartowgeye
therearbumperontherht
crewgthetowgeyeemovgthe
cover
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18-0280
therearbumperontherht
crewgthetowgeyecrewgthe
towgeye
hetowgeyemustaaysbekepttheveh
vehswhafactory-ftedtowgbracketthereoountgforthescrew-
towgeyebehdthecoverordertotowthevehsethebaloupigouwll
sthavetosweioutorf(->Tralrtowgescrtn)
ompwhthenotesontowg(->Tow-startgortowgs/Systemis)
tgthereartowgeye
emovethetowgeyefromthevehtootheggagecompartment(->Veh
toorereque)
ushtheupperpartofthecoverthedectnofthearrowtoreasethecover
->F
emovethecoverandavehanggfromtheveh
crewthetowgeyentckwetothethreadedhoandthtenasfaraspos
sFtgthereartowgeyeseasuabobcttoscrewthetowg
eyefulandsecuretothemountg
fteryouhavefhedtowgemovethetowgeyebyunscrewgckwe
sertthecaptherespecterecessandpressuntliengages
anthetowgeyenecessaryandpcebackthevehtootheggage
compartment
OTE
hetowgeyemustaaysbescrewedfulandsecuretothemountgther
wehetowgeyecanbewrenchedoutofthemountgwhenthevehbeg
tow-startedortowed
ehswhafactory-ftedtowgbracketcanbeusedtotowothervehsn
hatow-barthatspecldesnedtobeftedtoabaloupigyouusean
unsuabtow-barhebaloupigandthevehcoubedamagedoushou
useatow-ropestead
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tgthetowgeyeatfront
thefrontbumperontherhte
movgthecover
thefrontbumperontherht
crewgthetowgeye
hetowgeyemustaaysbekepttheveh
ompwhthenotesontowg(->Tow-startgortowgs/Systemis)
tgthetowgeyeatfront
emovethetowgeyefromthevehtootheggagecompartment(->Veh
toorereque)
ushtheseareaofthecoverthedectnofthearrowtoreasethecover
->F
ulhecoverforwardstoremoveandavetohangfromtheveh
urnthetowgeyentcckwetothethreadedhoandthtenasfaraspos
sF>seasuabobcttoscrewthetowgeyefulandsecure
tothemountg
fteryouhavefhedtowgemovethetowgeyebyunscrewgckwe
sertthecaptherespecterecessandpressuntliengages
anthetowgeyenecessaryandpcebackthevehtootheggage
compartment
OTE
Thetowgeyemustaaysbescrewedfulandsecuretothemountgtherwe
hetowgeyecanbewrenchedoutofthemountgwhenthevehbegtow-
startedortowed
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heckgandrefllig
theengecompartment
Safetynotesforworkgtheengecompartment
Theengecompartmentofamotorvehahazardousareaoushouoncarryout
worktheengecompartmentyouknowexacthowtoperformtherequedtasks
reawareofthegeneraafetyproceduresandhaveaccesstothecorrectequmenter
vefsandsuabtooaligtocarryoutworkcorrectcancauseserusrs
Safetynotesforworkgtheengecompartmentheworkshoubecarrdoutby
aquaidworkshopyouareuncertaoswagenrecommendsusgaVoswagen
dearshforthpurpose
aysparkthevehonavendstabsurfacebeforecarrygoutanyworkthe
engecompartment
nyworkonthehh-voagesystemmustonbecarrdoutbyworkshopswhhhave
beenauthoredaccordancewhVoswagengueiesSafetynotesforworkg
theengecompartment
DANGER
Thevoagethehh-voagesystemandthehh-voagebatteryaie-threaten
ghazardouchgdamagedorangehh-voagecabsorthehh-voagebattery
canadtoafatactrshockhehh-voagesystemmayaobeactewhenthe
nnswchedoff
evercarryoutanyworkonthehh-voagesystemheorangehh-voagecabs
hehh-voagecomponentsorthehh-voagebatterynyworkvogthe
hh-voagenetworkmustaaysbecarrdoutbyworkshopsauthoredtoworkon
thehh-voagesystem
everdamageorremovetheorangehh-voagecabsomponentsorbatteryor
dconnectthenfromthehh-voagesystem
orkthevyofhh-voagecomponentsandhh-voagecabsoronthe
hh-voagebatterywhmachghapgandsharp-edgedtooorheatsources
orexampegoergotaorthermadhesesayonbeperformed
afterthevehhasbeende-energedhehh-voagebatterycannotbede-ener-
gednproperquaidandtraedspecitstaffmayde-energetheveh
thereafauthehh-voagesystemhedrewlledeactatednecessary
andacorrespondgdpymayappearthestrumentcsterhouthhappen
hedreremasdeactateduntlhedefecthasbeenremeddbytheapproprte
quaidandtraedworkshoppersonne
essentocompwhVoswagengueieswhencarrygoutworkofany
kdonthehh-voagesystemparturontheorangehh-voagecabsand
componentsorthehh-voagebattery
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WARNG
Unquaidworkonthehh-voagesystemandonhh-voagecomponentscanad
tomaunctnsccentsandrs
nyworkonthehh-voagesystemronsystemswhhcoubedectaf
fectedbyustonbecarrdoutbypropertraedandquaidexpert
personne
WARNG
Untentnaehmovementsdurgserveworkcancauseserusry
everworkunderneathavehnotsecuredagastroligawayyouare
workgunderneaththevehwhlthewheeareonthegroundhevehmust
beonftgroundhewheemustbechockedandnecessarythevehkeymust
beremovedfromthennck
youhavetoworkunderneaththevehsesuabstandstoproveextrasup
portforthevehhecknotsuffntforthtaskandcanfalhhcanad
toserusrs
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WARNG
Theengecompartmentofanymotorvehadangerousareaerusrscan
besustaedhere
heutmostcareandattentnmustbepawhencarrygoutanyworkandyou
mustfolwthegeneraafetyrusevertakeanyrks
everperformanyworktheengecompartmentunssyouknowexacthowto
carryoutyouareuncertaofwhattodoheworkshoubecarrdoutbya
quaidworkshoperusrscanresufromworkthathasnotbeencarrd
outproper
everopenorcsethebonnetyouseesteamorcoontescapgfromthebonnet
spaceotsteamorhotcoontcancauseserusburnsayswauntloucanno
ngerseeorhearsteamorcoontcomgfromtheengecompartment
aysalwtheengeandhh-voagecomponentstocooownbeforeopeng
thebonnet
otpartsoftheengeorexhaustsystemcanburnthesk
bservethefolwgpotsbeforeopengthebonnetwhentheengehascood
down
wchontheectronparkgbrakeandmovethesectorvertoposnPor
movethegearvertotheneutraosn
wchthennoffandkeepthevehkeyasafepcefarenoughaway
fromthevehtopreventanyrkofthennbegswchedonaccental
andsuppgpowertotheectraystem
ayskeepchlrenawayfromtheengecompartmentandneverave
unsuperved
hecooigsystemunderpressurewhentheengehoteveropenthecapof
thecoontexpansntankwhentheengehotoontmaysprayoutandcause
serusburnsandotherrs
wandcarefulturnthecaponthecoontexpansntankantckwe
whlexertggentdownwardpressureonthecap
aysprotectthefaceandsandarmsfromhotcoontorsteamwharge
hkcth
hentoppguponotspllperatgfsontomotorpartshesplservef
scanstartafe
WARNG
Hhvoagestheectraystemcancauseectrshocksurnserusrs
anddeath
evershortccutheectrsystemhe12-vovehbatterycouexpde
ordertoreducetherkofapotentlfatactrshockandserusrs
whlthevehdresystemacteorbegactatedevertouchhh-voage
componentshehh-voagebatteryorthehh-voagesystemparturor
angehh-voagecabs