Volkswagen Golf 2021 Owner's Manual page 129

heat or cold can be damaged or made unusable by
the air flow from the vents.
The air coming out of the vents flows through
the passenger compartment and through the
air vents in the luggage compartment. Do not cover
these slots with clothing or other things.
If the air conditioner is switched off, the fresh
outside air will not be dehumidified. To help
keep the windows from fogging over, Volkswagen
recommends leaving the air conditioner (compres-
sor) switched on. Press the
light in the button must light up.
When it is very hot and humid outside, water
condensation can drip from the air conditioner
evaporator and form a puddle under the vehicle. This
is normal and does not indicate a leak.
Keep the air intake slots in front of the wind-
shield free of ice, snow, and leaves in order to
Overview of the climate controls
Please read the introductory information and heed the Warnings and Notice
Fig. 88 In the center console: Manual controls.
button. The indicator
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maintain proper functioning of the heating and ven-
tilation systems.
Maximum heating output and defrosting per-
formance are not possible until the engine has
reached operating temperature.
Emergency starting and starting the engine
with a very weak vehicle battery or after the
vehicle battery has been replaced may change or de-
lete system settings (including time, date, driver
personalization, and programming). Check the set-
tings and correct as necessary once the vehicle bat-
tery has built up a sufficient charge.
Certain settings are automatically saved by
the driver personalization feature → page 30,
Driver personalization.
Heating and air conditioning
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