VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 8 GTE 2020 Repair Manual
Manufacturer: VOLKSWAGEN, Model Year: 2020, Model line: GOLF 8 GTE, Model: VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 8 GTE 2020Pages: 601
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formatnonchanggbus(->Exterrihtgtroductn/Generaiformatn)
DANGER
Paseobserveportantsafetyformatnaboutthefrontpassengerfrontabag(->Chl
eatseneralsafety)
DANGER
Thevoageofthehh-voagesystemdangerousandcancauseburnsorotherrs
andevenadtoafatactrshock
aseobservetheportantsafetyformatnaboutthehh-voagesystemandthe
hh-voagebattery(->Hh-voagecomponentsescrtn)
WARNG
Drgunderthefenceofaohorugsedatnornarcotscancauseserusacc
entsandfatairs
ohorugsedatnandnarcotscanseverepaperceptneactntes
anddrgsafetyhcoucauseyoutosecontroftheveh
WARNG
Aaysobservecurrenttraffregutnsandspeedisndthkaheadwhendrg
orrectterpretatnofadrgsuatncanmakethedferencebetweenreachgyour
destatnsafeandhavganaccentwhserusrs
OTE
Voswagennotresponsforanyvehdamagecausedbyw-quaiyfueadequate
ervicingworkorlackofavailabilityofGenuineParts
aseobservethenotesandformatnforvehswhN1approva->N1ap
provaescrtn)
ervgthevehregurnotonaboutvehmatenance-aoensures
thatyourvehremasroadworthyandperfectworkgorderoushouthere
forehaveyourvehservedaccordgtotheVoswagengueiesomework
mayhavetobecarrdoutbeforetheduedateofthenextservetheveh
subctedtoheavy-dutyoperatgcondnseavy-dutycondnsareorex
ampegurstopandgodrgordrgareaswhhhveofdusturther
formatncanbeobtaedfromyourVoswagendearshorquaidworkshop
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tgPosn
troductntothetop
Numberofseats
Thevehhasatotafeeatswoatthefrontandthreeattherear
achseatequpedwhaseatbe
WARN
Assumgancorrectstgposnthevehcancreasetherkofsevereor
fatairsdurgasuddendrgorbrakgmanoeuvretheeventofacolinor
accentrtheabagsaretrgered
lehoccupantsmustassumeacorrectstgposnbeforesettgoffand
matathposnthroughoutthetrhaoappistothefastengofseat
bes
henumberofvehoccupantsmustneverexceedthenumberofseatswhseat
bestheveh
ayssecurechlrenthevehanauthoredchlrestratsystemwhh
suabforthehehtandweht(->Chlseatsescrtn)and(-^Abagsys
temescrtn)(->Advancedabagsystemescrtn)
ayskeepyourfeetthefootwelhlthevehmotneverpceyour
feetontheseatordashpaneorexampndneverrewhyourfeetoutofthe
wdowyousiethheabagandseatbecannotproveoptarotectn
andcouactualcreasetherkofrydurganaccent
hedangersofassumgancorrectstgposn
theseatbesarenotwornorareworncorrectherkofsevereorfatairs
creaseseatbescanonproveoptarotectntheseatberoutgcorrect
ssumgancorrectstgposnconserabpasthevefprotectn
provedbyaseatbehcouadtosevereorevenfatairsherkofsevereor
fatairsespeclcreasedwhenadepygabagstresavehoccupant
whohasassumedancorrectstgposnhedrerresponsforalccupants
transportedthevehspeclchlren
hefolwgitcontasexampsofstgposnsthatcanbedangerousforal
ehoccupants
heneverthevehmotn
everstandtheveh
everstandontheseats
everkneentheseats
evertlthebackresttoofartotherear
everanagastthedashpane
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everiontheseatsthepassengercompartmentandontherearbenchseat
eversonthefrontedgeofaseat
eversseways
everanoutofawdow
everputyourfeetoutofawdow
everputyourfeetonthedashpane
everpceyourfeetontheseatcushnorseatbackrest
evertraveiafootwel
eversonthearmrests
evertravenaseatwhoutweargtheseatbe
evertraveitheggagecompartment
WARNG
Everycorrectstgposnthevehcreasestherkofsevereorfatairs
theeventofanaccentorsuddendrgorbrakgmanoeuvre
lehoccupantsmustmataacorrectstgposnandweartheseatbe
properwhlthevehmotn
tgancorrectposnotfastengtheseatbernotavgadequate
spacebetweentheoccupantsandtheabagscouresucrarfatairs
specltheabagsdepyandstreanoccupantwhohasassumedancorrect
stgposn
orrectstgposn
lstratnorrectdtancebetween
thedrerandthesteergwheeorrect
seatberoutgandcorrectheadrestrat
adstment
hefolwgdescresthecorrectstgposnsforthedrerandpassengers
anyvehoccupantscannotassumeacorrectstgposnduetothephysa
ulheyshoucontactaquaidworkshoptofdoutaboutpossspecod
atnsheseatbesandabagscanonproveamaxumvefprotectnacor
rectstgposnassumedoswagenrecommendsusgaVoswagendearsh
forthpurpose
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oswagenrecommendsthefolwgseatgposnforyourownsafetyandtoreduce
thevefrytheeventofasuddenbrakgmanoeuvreoranaccent
hefolwgappistoalehoccupants
dsttheheadrestratsothatsupperedgeatthesamehehtasthetopofthe
headutnotwerthaneyeveosnthebackofyourheadascsetothehead
restrataspossatales-FF
orsmaleopushtheheadrestratalhewaydownventheheadthenc
atedunderneaththetopedgeoftheheadrestrat
ortaleopushtheheadrestratupasfaraswllo
eepbothfeetthefootwelhlthevehmotn
dstandfastenseatbesproper(->Seatbesescrtn)
ddnaotsforthedrer
ovethebackresttoanuprhtposnsothatyourbackrestsfulagast
dsttheseatsothatthedtancebetweenthesteergwheendyourbreastbone
atast25cm(around10ches)F(AP)andtheccumferenceofthesteerg
wheeanbeheattheseswhbothhandsandyourarmssihtbent
hesteergwheeustaayspottowardsthebreastboneandnottowardsthe
face
dstthedrerseatbymovgforwardsorbackwardssothatyouareabtopress
thepedatotheforwhyourkneesstllihtbentandsothatthedtancefrom
thedashpaneoyourkneesatast10cm(around4ches)F()
dstthehehtsothatyoucanreachthehhestpotofthesteergwhee
aysavebothfeetthefootweloheensureyoumatacontroftheveh
atales
dstandfastenseatbesproper(->Seatbesescrtn)
ddnaotsforthefrontpassenger
ovethebackresttoanuprhtposnsothatyourbackrestsfulagast
ushthefrontpassengerseatasfarbackasposssothattheabagcanprove
maxumprotectndepyed
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eatbes
troductntothetop
Checkthecondnofaleatbesregurthebewebbgeconnectnseret
ractororseatbebuckbecomedamagedheseatbequestnshouberepced
medtebyaquaidworkshop->/Khequaidworkshopmustusecorrectspare
partsthatarecompatwhthevehqumentvendmodeearoswagenrec
ommendsusgaVoswagendearshforthpurpose
ARNG
correctfastenedorunfastenedseatbescreasetherkofsevereorfatairs
eatbeswllnoffertheoptumvefprotectnwhentheyarefastenedand
usedproper
eatbesarethemosteffectemeansofreducgtherkofserusandfatair-
stheeventofanaccenteatbesmustaaysbefastenedproperwhenthe
vehmotntoprotectthedrerandalehoccupants
eforeeverytrachvehoccupantmustadoptthecorrectstgposnor
rectfastentheseatbebenggtotheseatandkeepfastenedproper
throughoutthetrhappistoalehoccupantsandaourbantraff
hlthevehmotnecurealhlrentraveligtheveharestrat
systemsuabforthewehtandhehtheymustaowearcorrectfastenedse
atbes(->Chlseatsescrtn)
nstartdrgwhenalassengershavecorrectfastenedtheseatbes
ayssertthetchpteontothebuckoftheassoctedseatndensureth
atengagespropersgabuckthatdoesnotbengtotheseatthatyouareoc
cupygreducesthevefprotectnandcanadtoseverers
voalwgforenbodsoriustoenterthestfortheseatbebuckh
coupreventthebebuckandseatbefromworkgproper
everunfastentheseatbewhlthevehmotn
everalwmorethanonepersontosharethesameseatbe
evertravehenchlrenorbabsarebegcarrdonsomebodypand
fastenedwhthesamebe
evertraveeargoseuycthg(suchasanovercoatoveracket)h
coupreventtheseatbesfromftgandfunctngproper
WARNG
Damagedseatbesareverydangerousandcancausesevereorfatairs
everdamagethebebytrappgthedoorortheseatmechanm
thebewebbgoranyotherpartoftheseatbebecomesdamagedheseatbe
mayteardurganaccentorsuddenbrakgmanoeuvre
avedamagedseatbesmedterepcedbynewseatbesthathavebeenap-
provedbyVoswagenfortheveheatbessubctedtostressandstretched
durganaccentmustberepcedbyaquaidworkshopenewaaybeneces
saryeventherenoapparentdamagehebeanchoragesshouaobechecked
evertrytorepaodyorremovetheseatbesyourselepastotheseat
beseretractorsandbucksmustbecarrdoutbyaquaidworkshop
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arngmp
1/BTT-0806
nthestrumentcsterdpy
arngmp
uck-uprequestforthefrontseats
thedrerorfrontpassengerseatareoccupdbyanadunacoustwarngwlle
emtedfor126secondstheseatbesarenotfastenedatthestartofaurneyandthe
vehreachesaspeedofmorethanapproxate25km/h(15mph)ortheseatbes
areunfastenedwhlthevehmotnheredwarngmp4-Fao
fshesonthestrumentcsterdpy
hered4warngmpwllotgooutuntllccupantshavefastenedtheseatbes
whenthennswchedon
estatusdpyfortherearseats
TT-1655|
nthestrumentcsterdpy
eatbestatusfortherearseats
fterthennhasbeenswchedonhebestatusdpyFonthest
rumentcsterdpyshowsthedrerwhethertheadurearseatpassengersha
vefastenedtheseatbes
hefolwgsymboihtupdferentcoursdependgonwhetherseatsa
reoccu-pdandonthebestatus
Theredsymboidatesthatthepassengeronthseathasnotfasten
edtheseatbe
hegreensymboidatesthatthepassengeronthseathasfasten
edtheseatbe
Thewhesymboidatesthatthseatnotoccupd
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uck-uprequestfortherearseats
aseatbeforoneoftherearseatsunfastenedwhlthevehmotnhe4
symbolllihtupredcontuousforthseathered4warngmpaofsheson
thestrumentcsterdpythevehtraveligfasterthanapproxate
25km/h(15mph)anacoustsnallobegenfor126seconds
WARNG
correctfastenedorunfastenedseatbescreasetherkofsevereorfatairs
eatbeswllnoffertheoptumvefprotectnwhentheyarefastenedand
usedproper
ARNG
Thebuck-uprequestdesnedtodetectadupersonsaseatoccupdbyihter
personsparturchlrenhedetectnwllotbereibhebuck-uprequest
aodoesnotrespondoronaiedwaychlseatsandseatsupportsareused
aysensurethatalehoccupantsspeclchlrenavefastenedtheseat
besproper
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rontaolinsandthewsofphyss
nbeedoccupantsavehhead
gforabrkwal
nbeedoccupantsavehhead
gforabrkwal
hephysarcsvoedafrontaolinareretespssoonasthe
vehmotnoththemovgvehandsoccupantsga"ketenergy"
->F
hehherthevehspeedandtheheavrthewehtofthevehhegreaterthe
amountofenergythatwllereasedtheeventofanaccent
oweverhemostsnantfactorthespeedofthevehorexampthespeed
doubsfromaround25km/htoaround50km/h(15mphto31mph)heketenergy
creasesbyafactoroffour
heamountofketenergydependsonthespeedofthevehandthewehtofthe
vehandpassengershehherthespeedandtheheavrthewehthegreaterthe
amountofenergythatwllereasedtheeventofanaccent
assengersnotweargseatbesarenot"connected"tothevehtheeventofa
frontaolinheywllontuetomoveforwardsatthesamespeedatwhhthe
vehwastraveligbeforepactntlomethgstopsthemecausethepassengers
ourexamparenotrestraedbyseatbesheenteamountofketenergywll
nbereasedatthepotofpactagastthewal
theeventofanaccentatspeedsbetweenabout30km/h(19mph)and
50km/h(31mph)orcesactonthebodywhhcaneaslexceedonetonne(100kgor
about200s)heseforcesareevengreaterathherspeeds
hexampappisnotontofrontaolinsuttoalccentsandcolins
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hathappenstovehoccupantswhohavenot
fastenedtheseatbes
nunbeeddrerthrown
forwards
Theunbeedrearpassengerthrown
forwardstgthebeeddrer
anypeopbeivethattheycanbracethewehtwhthehandsamorcolin
hnottrue
venatwspeedsheforcesactgonthebodyacolinaresogreatthatnot
posstobraceonesewharmsandhandsafrontaolinehoccupants
whohavenotfastenedtheseatbeswllethrownforwardandwllakeunchecked
contactwhpartsofthevehterrhesteergwheeashpanerwd
screenF
heabagsystemnotasubstutefortheseatbeshentrgeredheabagson
proveaddnarotectnbagsarenottrgeredaldsofaccentsventhe
vehequpedwhanabagsystemlehoccupantscdgthedrerust
fastentheseatbeandwearcorrectwhlthevehmotnhreducesthe
rkofsevereorfatairstheeventofanaccent-regardssofwhetheranabag
ftedfortheseat
achabagcanonbetrgeredonceoachvebestpossprotectneatbes
mustaaysbewornproperhaoensuresthatprotectnprovedaccents
whhtheabagnottrgerednyvehoccupantsnotweargaseatbecanbe
thrownoutofthevehandsustamoresevereorevenfatairsasaresu
aoportantfortherearseatoccupantstowearseatbesproperstheycou
otherwebethrownforwardsvntanaccentearpassengerswhoarenotwear
gseatbesendangernotonthemseesandthedrerutaootherpeopthe
vehF
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eatbeprotectn
rerrestraedbyaproperpos
nedseatbedurgasuddenbrakg
manoeuvre
orrectfastenedseatbescanmakeamardferencehenfastenedpropereat
beshothevehoccupantsthecorrectstgposnsandconserabreduce
theketenergytheeventofanaccenteatbesaohetopreventuncontrold
movementsthatcouadtoseverersaddneargseatbesproperre
ducestherkofbegthrownfromthevehF
assengersweargseatbescorrectbenefgreatfromtheabliyofthebestore
ducetheketenergyhefrontcrumpzonesandotherpassesafetyfeatures(suchas
theabagsystem)areaodesnedtoreduceketenergyheamountofenergygen
eratedwllhusdecreaseherebyreducgtherkofry
heexampsdescrefrontaolinsfcourseroperwornseatbessubstantl
reducetherkofryalthertypesofaccentshwhyseatbesmustbe
fastenedbeforeeverytr-evenyouareonpnngtodreaveryshortdtance
nsurethatalassengersaoweartheseatbesproper
ccentstattshaveshownproperwornseatbestobeaneffectemeansofsub
stantlreducgtherkofryandprovgthechancesofsurvaiaserusacc
enturthermoreroperwornseatbesprovetheprotectnprovedbyabags
theeventofanaccenthwhyweargaseatbeagaequementmost
countrs
houghthevehequpedwhabagsheseatbesmustbefastenedandworn
orexamphefrontabagswlletrgeredoncertatypesoffrontaolin
hefrontabagswllotbetrgereddurgmorfrontaolinsorsecolins
earcolinsoloraccentswhhtheabagtrgerthreshothecontron
notexceededhesameappistotheotherabagstheveh
hereforeayswearyourseatbeandensurethatyourpassengershavefastenedthe
seatbesproperbeforeyoudreoff