Volkswagen Golf Owners Manual: Introduction
This chapter contains information on the following subjects:
→ Making you and your vehicle safe
→ First aid kit, warning triangle and fire extinguisherAdditional information and warnings:
- Braking, stopping and parking
- Manual opening and closing
- Vehicle toolkit
- Changing a wheel
WARNING
- Stop the vehicle as soon as possible and when safe to do so. Park the vehicle at a safe distance from moving traffic in order to lock all doors securely in an emergency. Switch on the hazard warning lights to warn other road users.
- Never leave children or people requiring assistance alone in the vehicle when the doors are locked. This may mean that they are locked in the vehicle in an emergency. People locked in the vehicle may be subjected to very high or very low temperatures.
In an emergency
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Making you and your vehicle safe
Fig. 207 In the middle of the dash panel:
hazard warning light button
First read and observe the introductory information
and safety warningsObserve any legislation concerning the safety of brok ...
Other materials:
Towing a trailer
First read and observe the introductory information
and safety warnings Headlight adjustment
Towing a trailer can raise the front end of the vehicle enough for the dipped
beam to blind other road users. Use the headlight range control to lower the light
cone as required. If you do not have ...
Removing and installing wheel bearing housing, multi-link suspension,
four-wheel drive
Special tools and workshop equipment
required
Torque wrench -V.A.G 1332-
Engine and gearbox jack -V.A.G 1383 A-
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Flat spots (from locking wheels)
Flat spots can result from an extreme brake application
which causes the wheels to lock, so that the rubber is worn off
at the contact patch between the tread and the road surface.
As the tyres slide over the road surface, friction generates
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