VOLKSWAGEN GOLF MK6 2012 Owners Manual

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Incorrect tire pressures and/or underinflation
can cause sudden tire failure, loss of control, serious personal injury, or even
death.
appears in
the instrument cluster, stop the vehicle as soon as it is safe to do so and tires .
job.
4 tires when the tires are cold. Never reduce air pressure in warm tires to match cold tire inflation pressure.
258, Tires and wheels .
While driving
Proper response
C he ck and , if n ecessary, adjust the
tire tio n p ress ure i n 4 tires . th e tire pr essure
i s correc t, swi tc h the ign ition off and back on. the indicato r
4 tir es and
pressing the butt on , ta ke the veh ic le to
an auth ori ze d Volkswa gen deal er or an
Have th e
sys te m checke d.
wear prematurely and the cle
and you do not have to change the tire or wheel immediately , drive at reduced speed to the nearest service
always read and
heed the information and all in the section
Improper use of the to give false warnings or to give no warning despite dangerously low tire pres-
sure

to heed warning and instrument text messages can cause the to break down traffic and sion and serious
or text
stop the as soon as it is
safe to do so.
or text can damage .
the ignition is switched on, an acous tic warning sounds when tir e pressure is tected. a system malfunc tion is detected , no
aco ust ic warn ing sounds .
Driving fo r a lon ge r period of tim e o n roug h roa ds or w ith a dynamic and sporty s tyle can
m ake th e system te mpora rily unavai lable .
Th e in dicato r light
fu nc tio n, b ut
Tire Pressure Monitoring
the
on
page
Your Tire Pressure Monitor­
ing
4 tires
Brake
tires . The
tread circumference
of a tire can
change :
one side of the
than the other .
than the other (such as when towing a
has been
mounted .
a
a tire was changed.
the tire pressure was changed , or
were rotated or
was not reset.
warnings be­
cause snow chains increase tire cir-
cumference.
Dri ver assistance syste m s

Resetting and
12 0. The but­
ton rese ts the benchmark tire pres­
sure used by the
switch on the ignition and
then press and
the
you hear a confirmation chime.
The chime
sounds after a cou­
of seconds. The
2 seconds but
no more than
after at minutes of nor­
you use the
prev ent the
warnings or may not give any
warning even
if the tire pressure is too
For this reason, it is
tire tires are tires that have
not been driven more than a
speed within
the
3 hours .
Use the
tire in­
rim that were
taken off are
(for instance,
after repair) .
is
changed and
to its correct
tire
have had

Incorrect tire pressu re can cause
sudden tire loss of vehicle
control and serious personal
cal to those that were removed
and even if the tire pressure does
not change.
After a low tire pressure warning,
t he vehicle must stand and must
n ot be driven for at least one minute
befo re the SET button
120 can
be used to sto re a new bench mark
t ir e press ur
e.

Climate control
Heating and air conditioning
find info rma tion about:
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Air conditioner operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Air vents .............. ................. 212
Air reci rculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Your vehicle is equipped either with a
ic climate control system . vehicles with mat ro ni c climate control , sys tem status messages appea r br iefl y on the fact ory -installed radio or
navig ation system screen.
Th e te mperatu re unit s (Fahr enh eit
or C entigrade ) in the factory insta lled radio or navigat ion sys tem
sc reen can be changed in the Settings menu in the Premium instrum ent eq uip ped vehicles.
The dust and
ger comp artment.
F or the
air co ndit ioner to wor k best, the du st and mu st be re pla ced at th e interva ls omme nded in Warranty and nance so that the effect is not impai red.
The dust and may need to b e replace d
between th e sc heduled intervals if the dec reases prematurely due to era tion in areas w ith heavy air pollution.
More information:
Win dshield wipe r and washe r 129
165
243
Poor
use the heating and ventilation systems as
switch off recirculation mode when it is not needed.
and serious personal injury.
ditioner checked by an authorized Volkswagen
active carbon
control

the cente r
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Fig . 122
first read and note the introduc­
on page
Press the corresponding button to sw itch a a functio n is sw itched on, a n
at ure .....
...
121 , and 122 ,
T e mperature.
Turn knob to set the desired tem pe ratu re . The AC MAX position provides mum output. Recircu la tion mode and the system switch on automatically . can be set to different te mperatures. Turn the knob to set the temperature. The tempe rature is o n the out er ring .
F an.
0: the fan and 4: highest fan speed . The fan speed is automat ica lly Th e fan can be adjus ted
Air distributi on. Direct airflow by turning knob to any setting (continuously Air is auto matically adjusted to a can be 122

Buttons, More information: AC 121, and 122,
knobs
defrost button. Airflow is direc ted to the windshield. Recirc u lation mode switches off autom atically in thi s position. th e w indshie ld as q u ick ly as possib le. The coolin g sys te m sw itc hes on automat ica lly to dehu mid ify th e a ir.
Climatronic: D efog de frost button. The incom ing outside air i s d irected to th e w inds hie ld, a nd a ir rec irc ulatio n aut omat ically switches off. To defrost th e winds hie ld as quickly as pos -humi dity is removed from the air at temperatu res above approximately 38 °F (3 is set to a hig h speed .
Air dist ribution to th e upper instrument panel outlets.
Air di strib ution in th e
Climatronic: Air is d irected upward.
Press the bu tton to switch the air conditioni ng system on or off.
Rea r wi ndow defroster: fu nc tions
A ir reci rculat io n m od e 212.
Sw it c hing off.
Climatronic: Pr ess to bu tton lights up.
Combines te mperat ure settings for the driver side with the passenger side:
DUAL
th e in di cato r
High (h igh fan speed) fu nc tion switches on. The right indicator
ligh t in th e button turns on.
Pre ss the button again: the Low blower speed) fu nction switches on. The
Ne ver switch off the fa n for an extended period of time, since no fres h a ir ente r
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Air conditioner operation
Please first read and note the introduc ­tory information and heed the WARN­on page
While d rivi ng T
h e coo ling system for the passenger compart­
ment

The air conditioner is most efficient when the win­
dows and the power sunroof are closed.