Volkswagen Golf 2021 Owner's Manual page 181

NOTICE
Even though the transmission is in Park (P), the vehi-
cle may move a couple of inches (a few centimeters)
forwards or backwards if you take your foot off the
brake pedal after stopping the vehicle without first
firmly setting the parking brake.
A warning signal sounds if you drive faster
than about 4 mph (6 km/h) with the parking
brake engaged.
Tips and troubleshooting
When the ignition is switched on, several warning
and indicator lights come on briefly for a function
check. They go out after a few seconds.
or The parking brake is switched on
The red warning light comes on.
WARNING
Failure to heed warning lights and instrument
cluster text messages can cause the vehicle to
break down in traffic and result in a collision and
serious personal injury.
·
Never ignore warning lights or text WARNINGS.
·
Always stop the vehicle as soon as it is safe to
do so.
NOTICE
Failure to heed warning lights or text WARNINGS
can result in vehicle damage.
Park Distance Control (PDC)
Introduction
Depending on equipment, your vehicle may be
equipped with the Park Distance Control system
(PDC).
The Park Distance Control (PDC) system can help the
driver when backing up and parking. PDC uses ultra-
sonic sensors in the bumpers to measure the dis-
tance between the vehicle and objects. The system
uses the time it takes for the ultrasonic waves to
bounce back from the object to calculate the dis-
tance between the vehicle and an object. PDC works
only at speeds up to about 5–10 mph (10–15 km/h).
If the vehicle gets too close to an obstacle behind it,
a beeping signal sounds. The closer the vehicle gets
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to the obstacle, the faster the beep. When the ob-
stacle is very close, the sound is continuous.
If you move even closer to the obstacle despite the
continuous warning sound, the system cannot
measure the distance remaining until collision.
WARNING
Park Distance Control is no substitute for careful
and attentive driving. Never rely completely on
these systems for information about people and
objects that might be in the way of the vehicle and
could be struck resulting in serious personal inju-
ries.
·
Always be careful and look around you when
parking. The sensors have blind spots and can-
not always detect people, animals, and objects.
Watch out for small children and animals in par-
ticular.
·
Never pay so much attention to the images on
the screen that you fail to notice what is going
on around you.
·
Certain types of clothing and the surfaces of
certain objects do not reflect the ultrasonic
waves that the sensors send and receive. Such
objects and persons wearing such clothing will
not be detected by PDC or will not be detected
accurately.
·
Noise in the area can interfere with the signals
of the Park Distance Control sensors. Under cer-
tain circumstances, the system will not detect
people and objects for this reason.
NOTICE
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Things like trailer draw bars, thin rods, fences,
trees, narrow painted vertical poles, posts, or
a trunk lid that is opening may not be detected by
the Park Distance Control sensors and could dam-
age the vehicle.
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If you keep driving closer to an object that the
Park Distance Control has already detected and
reported, the object may disappear from the sen-
sor range and may no longer be detected. This is
especially true for low or high objects. The system
will no longer sound warnings about these ob-
jects. Ignoring signals from the Park Distance
Control system could result in serious damage to
the vehicle.
·
The sensors in the bumpers can be damaged or
become misaligned in low speed impacts and
parking maneuvers. Damaged or misaligned sen-
sors cannot accurately detect or report objects
that might be within range of the PDC system.
·
To help make sure that the system works proper-
ly, always keep the sensors in the bumpers clean
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