Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Damage caused by foreign bodies
| Driving over hard, pointed objects like nails, screws and
the like can pierce the tyre. |
| This always leads to tyre damage. |
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| Damage due to embedded foreign body |
| Often, the object -marking- is
so securely embedded in the tyre that it will not free itself
even at higher speeds. Consequently, it can act as a plug and
seal the tyre relatively well. This results in a gradual loss of
pressure, which the driver will not notice immediately, but
which can lead to sudden and complete tyre failure. |
 Note
| No repair should be attempted on a steel-belted tyre of
which the structure has been punctured by a foreign body. |
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A swelling in the sidewall of the tyre indicates that the
substructure of the carcass has been damaged.
Typic ...
Tyres with stripped profile
Such damage usually develops over a longer period of time.
If an already damaged tyre is exposed to high stress, the
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Other materials:
Repairs to contact housings using cut and clamp technique
Note
For technical reasons, the contact housings for cut and
clamp technique can only be supplied with the cut and clamp
contacts inserted.
These contacts can be removed just l ...
Safety precautions when working on vehicles with a Start/Stop system
During work on vehicles with Start/Stop system, observe the
following:
WARNING
Injury hazard as a result of automatic engine start
in vehicles with Start/Stop system
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Function
Fig. 127 In the stowage compartment on
the front passenger side: toll card reader
First read and observe the introductory information
and safety warnings Using the toll card system
Switch on the navigation system and insert a suitable ETC card in the toll card
reader (arrow).
The de ...
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Swellings in the tyre sidewall
Stripped profile