Moving Off; Stopping; Parking; Tow Starting - Volkswagen 1993 Golf Instruction Manual

CONTROLS AND EQUIPMENT
• Attention
• When the engine is running it
is necessary to hold the vehicle
with the foot brake in all gears.
Because with an automatic gear­
box the transfer of power is not
fully interrupted even at idling
speed - and the vehicle tends to
"creep" .
If a driving range is selected
while the vehicle is stationary,
the throttle must on no account
be opened (e.g. by hand from in­
side the engine compartment).
The vehicle can then start mov­
ing, possibly even when the hand
brake is applied.
Before working on a running en­
gine, ensure that selector lever is
in position "p" and thatthe hand­
brake is applied.
Moving off
Select driving range
(R, 0, 3, 2,
1)
Wait
until the gearbox has shifted and the
power flow is made to the driving
wheels (light selection jerk perceptible).
Then one can accelerate.
Stopping
To stop vehicle temporarily such as at traffic
lights, it is only necessary to apply the
brakes. It is not necessary to move selector
lever to "N". The engine should however
on ly be running at idling speed.
Parking
On level ground all you need do is engage
the parking lock. On a gradient the hand ­
brake should be applied firmly first and then
the parking lock engaged. This will ensure
that the locking mechanism is not too heav ­
ily loaded and makes the lock easier to dis­
engage.
Tow starting
On veh icles w ith automatic gearbox the en­
gine cannot be started by towing or pushing
the veh icle . See page130 .
When the battery is flat. the engine can be
started from the battery of another vehicle
by using jumper cables See" Emergency
start ing ", page 128.
Towing
If the vehicle has to be towed at any time,
you must read the instructions in the sec­
tion "Towing/tow starting on page 129.
Emergency programme
If functional defects occur in the electron ic
system the gearbox can, amongst other
things, carry on operating in two emergency
programmes:
• The gearbox continues to change up and
down automatically as before but hard shift
jerks are however noticeable. The vehicle
should be taken to a Volkswagen dealer.
• The gearbox no longer changes up and
down automatically.
The gearbox can then be shifted manua lly
but in the selector leve r positions "0", " 3"
and "2" only the 3rd gear is avai lable .
I n selector lever positions " 1 " and " R", the
1 st and reverse gears are available as nor ­
mal .
However, the converter must. due to the
absence of 2nd gear work harder, and under
certain circumstances this causes the con­
verter to overheat. In a case such as this the
vehicle shou ld be taken, as soon as poss­
ible, to a Volkswagen dealer.
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