VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 8 GTE 2020 Owners Manual

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COCHWS
Dateofmanufacture2ndweek2013213
formatnfortheenduserconcerngcomparatevaesforspecdbastyres
(standardedtestprocedure)(->Customerformatnescrtn)
eteieexpectancyforthetyrehreferencetoaUS-
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haveatreadwearvaeof100heperformanceoftyres
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TREADWEAR280
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certdtesttracksyresmarkedChaveawtractnper
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TRACTNAA
Temperaturestabliyofthetyreathhspeedsonatestbed
[AorC)andBtyresexceedgaequementshe
temperatureevaatnbasedontyreswhcorrectpres
sureanddoesnotalwforexcesspressurexcessespeed
correctpressureorexcesspressurecancauseheatbul-up
ortyredamagehappistooneoracombatnofthese
factors
TEMPERATUREA
Loaddex-2TyreadandspeeddexSpeeddex88H
RotatnandDenotesdectnofrotatnTyreswhdectnaread
patternrrow8
DenotesoutseoftyresAsymmetrayresRutse

SiatnforthemaxumapressureAXFLATN
350KPA
(51ps31bar)
9
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s/Systemis)tuddedsnowtyresarebeldwh
anEafterthe5
0M+SorM/Sor/4
datestheposnofthetreadweardator(->Tread
depthandtreadweardatorstroductn/Generai
formatn)
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BrandnamegoManufacturer2
MadeGermanyCountryofmanufacture3
Country-specentatnforCha(ChaCompuory
Certatn)4
Country-specentatnforBrazl5023
datesconformywhternatnaegutnswhthe
numberofthecountrythatgrantedapprovapprovedtyres
whhcompwhECEregutnsareentdwhE
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hfolwedbythemu-dapprovaumber
6E4e40200477-b
RADLTUBELESSTubessradyre7
Sedesnatn
entatnforpassengerveh
Tyrewthfromwalowalimm95
18P195/65R15XL65Aspectrat
yreconstructnad
Rdmeterches5
Heavy-dutytyres(extraadtyres)L
USaddataforthemaxumadperwheeAXLOAD615KG
(1235LBS)19
DetalofthetyrecarcasscomponentsEWALL1PLY
RAYON1pofrayon(artl)
etalofthetreadcomponentsREAD4PLS0
theexampthereare4pisunderthetreadsurfacep
ofrayon(artl)steeepisand1nynp
RAYON+
2STEEL+
1NYLON

hetyrettergcatedonbothsesertabemayonbefoundononeseof
thetyreyreentatnnumberandmanufacturgdate
nyfurthernumbersandttersareternaodesusedbythetyremanufac
turerorcountry-speccodes
ow-profltyres
Low-profltyreshaveawertreadsurfacergerrdmeterandwersewalthan
conventnaheetyrecombatns(->Handigwheeandtyrestroductn/Genera
iformatn)ow-profltyrescanprovethevehhandigandprecnheymay
howeverresuasscomfortabreonunevenroadsurfacesandtracks
yreswhdectnareadpattern
Anarrowonthetyresewalidatesthedectnofrotatnontyreswhdectna
readhedectnofrotatnmustbeobservedalaseshguaranteesthebest
possrunngcharacterts
oweverhetyreftedtheopposedectntothetreadpatternoumusttake
morecarewhendrgasthetyrenownongerbegusedaccordgtosdesna
tnhetyresmustberepcedasqukaspossorbeftedwhthetreadthe
correctdectn
symmetrayres
Asymmetrayrestaketoaccountthedfergbehavurofthenerandouterareas
ofthetreadpatternhesewalofasymmetrayresaremarkedtodate"se"or
"outse"aysobservethecorrecttyreposnonthewhee
yread
Theaddexdatesthemaxumadcapacyofanduayreklgrams(tyre
ad)
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25kg78
462kg81
487kg83
515kg85
545kg87
560kg88

15kg91
630kg92
650kg93
690kg95
730kg97
775kg99
800kg100
825kg101
850kg102
875kg103
900kg104
Speeddex
Thespeeddexdatesthemaxumpermtedspeedthatmaybedrenwhthetyre
ax50km/h(93mph)P
max60km/h(99mph)Q
max70km/h(106mph)R
max80km/h(112mph)S
max90km/h(118mph)T
max00km/h(125mph)U
max10km/h(130mph)H
max40km/h(149mph)V
max70km/h(168mph)W
Ymax00km/h(186mph)

bove240km/h(149mph)Z
Sometyremanufacturersusethecode"ZR"fortyreswhamaxumpermtedspeedof
over240km/h(149mph)
axumadandspeedrangefortyres
VehstheEUandtheso-caldEUuserstatesaresuedanECCertateofCon
formyhdetalthesemeterandspeedrangeofalyresapprovedbyVoswa
genfortherevantvehtype
hetypepteshowswhetherthereanECCertateofConformyforthpartur
veh(->Technaataescrtn)
thetypeptehasarowmarked"Perm"thenthevehhasanECCertateof
Conformy
therenotypepternorowmarked"Perm"thevehdoesnothaveanECCer
tateofConformy
tertyres
Summertyreshavessgronyorsnow-coveredroadsteroralseasontyres
provethehandigandbrakgcharactertswterroadcondnsoswagenre
commendsthatwtertyresbeftedtothevehattemperaturesbew+7(+45)
orwterroadcondns
terandalseasontyressetheeffectenesswhenthereadworndowntoa
depthof4mm(3/16ch)
hefolwgappiswhenusgwtertyres
bserveanycountry-specgaequements
sewtertyresonalourwheeatthesamete
nusewterroadcondns
nusethesesoftyrethathavebeenapprovedfortheveh
tertyresmusthavethesamebetypeeandthesametreadpattern
bservethemaxumspeedpermtedbythespeeddexA-

peed(atn
Wtertyreshaveaspeedidependgonthespeeddex(->Tyrettergandtyre
typetandards/Dectes)
oucansetaspeedwarngusgtheehsettgsndtheTyres]enusthe
fotamentsystem
youuse-ratedwtertyreshespeedisandreguedtyrepressurewllede
termedbytheengeseoumustaskaVoswagendearshaboutthemaxum
permtedspeedandreguedtyrepressure
WARNG
Theprovedwterdrgcharactertsaffordedbythewtertyresshounoten
courageyoutotakeanyrks
xceedgthespeediatnofwtertyrescancausethetyrestofaluddenand
thevehtosecontro
everdregardthespeediatnofthewtertyresftedventheperms
topspeedofthevehhher
everexceedthemaxumpayadofthewtertyresthatarefted
daptyourspeedanddrgstytosuvliyeatheroadandtraff
condns
hevehhandigbettersummertyresareftedattemperaturesabove
+7(+45)herolignoeguterhetyrewearwerandtheenergy
effncyhherthcase
ovehswhTyrePressureLossdatorhesystemmustbere-synchroned
afterchanggfromsummertyrestowtertyresorveversa(->TyrePressure
Lossdatorunctn)
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oVoswagendearshscanprovedetalonpermswtertyreses
Snowchas
Paseobservegtnandaothemaxumpermtedspeedwhendrgyour
vehwhsnowchas
nyorsnow-coveredroadsnowchaswlliprovetractnandbrakgresponse

nowchasmaybeftedntothefrontwheeheymaybeftedntothe
folwgtyreandwheeombatns
oGTE
TotaaxumTyrese
output
WheeTypeofsnowchastouse
Onfe-ikedsnowchasthat
addnomorethanabout2mm50kW205/55R1661/216ET46
150kWor
180kW
Onfe-ikedsnowchasthat
addnomorethanaboutmm05/50R1761/217ET46
VoswagenrecommendsthatyouaskyourVoswagendearshforformatnabout
approprtewheeyreandsnowchase
emovehubcapsandtrrgsbeforeftgsnowchasorsafetyreasonsovercaps
mustthenbeftedoverthewheeosapsareavalbfromVoswagendearshs
sgsnowchaswhftedtemporarysparewheerco
lpssparewhee
ortechnaeasonsnowchasmustnotbeusedonthetemporarysparewheerco
lpssparewhee
eventofafttyreononeofthefrontwheethetemporarysparewheerco
lpssparewheentherearax
epcethedamagedfrontwheehtheremovedrearwheebservethedectn
ofrotatn
oswagenrecommendsftgthesnowchasbeforeftgthewhee
WARNG
Theuseofsnowchasthatareunsuabforyourvehorthecorrectstaltnof
snowchascancauseaccentsandserusrs
aysusethecorrectsnowchas
olwtheassembstructnsprovedbythesnowchamanufacturer
everexceedthemaxumspeedpermtedforthesnowchasthatarefted
OTE
emovethesnowchaswhendrgonroadsthatarefreeofsnowhesnow
chaswlltherwepahandigamagethetyresandwearoutveryquk
nowchasthataredectcontactwhthewheecanscratchordamage
oswagenrecommendsusgsnowchaswhbul-rprotectn
vehswhaTyrePressureLossdatorhesystemmustbere-synchron-
edwhensnowchasarefted(->TyrePressureLossdatorunctn)a

ubcaps
Centrewheer
emovgthecentrewheerby
puligoff
hecentrewheerprotectsthewheeosandmustbeftedagaafterchangg
thewhee
oremoveakethewehookfromthevehtoo(->Vehtoovervw)
andserttoaho(alywheeorfontheedge(steeheeofthetr
->F
ulffthecoverthedectnofthearrow
ofressthecentrewheeragasttheruntloufeeiengage
Removgthecentrewheerby
turng
oremoveurnthecentrewheercckweorantckweuntlireased
fromther
eachbehdoneofthersandpulffthecentrewheer
ofcethecentrewheercentralonther
ressthecentrewheeragasttheruntloufeeiengage

WARNG
Usgunsuabhubcapsrftgthemcorrectancauseaccentsandserus
rs
correctftedhubcapscanbecomeosewhlthevehmotnandendanger
otherroadusers
onotusedamagedhubcaps
aysensurethattheafwtocoohebrakesnotrestrtedorreducedhao
appishubcapsareretroftedtheafwnotsuffnthebrakgdtance
coucreasesnant
heeover
emovgthewheeover
hewheeoverprotectsthewheeosandmustbeftedagaafterchanggthe
whee
emovgwheeovers
aketheboxspannerandwehookfromthevehtoo(->Vehtoover
vw)
sertthewehooktooneofthehosthewheeover
ushtheboxspannerthroughthewehookFandremovethewheeover
thedectnofthearrow
tgwheeovers
heckthecorrectposnoftheanttheftwheeo(~p>Wheeostg)
ressthewheeoverontothewheesothatthevaehocatedoverthetyre
vaeaseensurethecoverengagessecurealhewayround

WARNG
Usgunsuabhubcapsrftgthemcorrectancauseaccentsandserus
rs
correctftedhubcapscanbecomeosewhlthevehmotnandendanger
otherroadusers
onotusedamagedhubcaps
aysensurethattheafwtocoohebrakesnotrestrtedorreducedhao
appishubcapsareretroftedtheafwnotsuffnthebrakgdtance
coucreasesnant
OTE
Thewheeovercanbefmfedandshounotberemovedusgforce
heeocaps
Thecapsprotectthewheeosandshoubeftedfulbackposnafterchangg
thewhee
emovgandftgthecaps
emovgakethewehookfromthevehtoo(->Vehtoovervw)
sertthewehookthroughtheopengthecap
andpulffthedectnofthearrow
tgressthecapsontothebosasfarastheywllo
henttheftwheeoasaseparatecaponfsontotheanttheftwheeo
andnotontotheconventnaheeos
hanggawhee
troductntothetop
Youshoucarryoutawheehangeyourseonwhenthevehparkedsafeou
arefamlirwhthesafetyproceduresandhaveaccesstothecorrectequmentome
modearedeieredfromthefactorywhoutackorboxspannerththecase
heeshoubechangedbyaquaidworkshop
hecksuppidwhthevehondesnedforchanggawheehenoneveh
tyredamagedandhastoberepcedbothtyresononeseofthevehothtyres
ononeaxralyresaredamagedeekexpertasstance