Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: General

Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual / Wheels and Tyres guide / Wheel and tyre combinations / General

Volkswagen vehicles are built according to the latest findings in safety engineering. To keep it that way, we recommend the use of only genuine Volkswagen spare parts. These can be recognised by the VW Audi logo and by the part number. It has been established that these parts are reliable, safe and suitable.

Despite constant appraisal of the market, we cannot assess other products on these points, even when in isolated cases they have been passed by official inspectors or have been granted official approval. Therefore, we cannot, of course, assume any liability if these products are installed.

Note

The products from Volkswagen genuine parts and Volkswagen genuine accessories may differ in fitting requirements, torque specifications and so on.

Observe specified torques for wheel bolts.

Observe assembly and operating instructions.

The wheel and tyre combinations or changes listed in the vehicle tables refer exclusively to Volkswagen Genuine wheels. Approval of wheel and tyre combinations or a change to wheels from the accessories trade is not possible with the certificate statement attached here.

Notes regarding the recommended tyres

Tyres are one of the most important elements in motor vehicle construction and have a major influence on road safety. Therefore, they must fulfil numerous conditions which are specified for tyre manufacturers in the DIN (German industrial standards) and the directives of the German rubber industry e. V. (W.d.K.). In addition, comprehensive testing is carried out at Volkswagen before tyres are approved for initial fitting on our vehicles.

The following lists all tyre makes and tread patterns that are fitted to VW vehicles ex-factory, correct at the time of publication.

These tyre makes and tread patterns meet the aforementioned demands. We therefore recommend the tyres/tread types listed in this guide are chosen as replacements.

Bear in mind the special aspects that need to be taken into account in the case of tyres with emergency running properties → Wheels and Tyres Guide - General information; Rep. gr.44.

The sizes of the winter tyres listed in the table are the most sensible from the handling and economic aspects. Of course, all other wheel-and-tyre combinations listed in the COC paper (EEC Certificate of Conformity) and/or in part I of the registration certificate may also be mounted as M&S tyres

Explanations regarding world regions

The countries belonging to world regions are listed below.

World regions	Countries in the world regions
AGCC (Arab Gulf Cooperation Council)	Bahrain
	Qatar
	Kuwait
	Oman
	Saudi Arabia
	United Arab Emirates
Europe	Belgium
	Germany
	France
	Spain
	Portugal
	Italy
	Austria
	Switzerland
	The Netherlands
	Luxembourg
	Poland
	Czech Republic
	Romania
	Slovakia
	Hungary
	Slovenia
	Croatia
	Great Britain
North America	USA
	Canada
Scandinavia	Denmark
	Finland
	Sweden
	Norway
South America	Argentina
	Brazil
	Bolivia
	Chile
	Ecuador
	Columbia
	Paraguay
	Peru
	Uruguay
	Venezuela

Wheel and tyre combinations

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Golf 2013 - from model year 2013, sales type 5G1

Note The specified wheel and tyre combinations apply for all the gearboxes allocated to the respective engines. Deviations from this are specially indicated ...

Other materials:

Wear in middle of tyre
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Fitting a bicycle carrier on the mechanically positioned ball coupling
First read and observe the introductory information and safety warnings The maximum permitted load on a bicycle carrier mounted on the ball coupling is 80 kg at a distance of 300 mm. This distance refers to the gap between the centre of gravity of the bicycle carrier (complete with bicycle ...

Display and warning and indicator lamp
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