General Notes - Volkswagen Golf Variant 2007 Maintenance Manual

4.8.4

General notes

WARNING
♦ For safety reasons, only tyres of same type and tread pat‐
tern should be fitted on a vehicle!
♦ On four-wheel drive vehicles, tyres of the same type and
tread pattern must be used. Otherwise the centre differ‐
ential may be damaged.
Note
The tyre pressure table is valid for standard tyres for all tyre
♦
sizes fitted at the factory.
The pressures in the table apply to cold tyres. Do not reduce
♦
increased pressures of warm tyres.
Tyre inflation pressures for the relevant model are on a sticker
♦
attached to the inside of fuel tank flap or on the driver side B-
pillar.
Adjust the tyre pressure to suit the vehicle load.
♦
The spare wheel should have the highest tyre pressure deter‐
♦
mined for the vehicle.
Please note that basic setting should be performed on vehicles
♦
with tyre pressure monitoring after every pressure change
⇒ page 144 .
Winter tyres
Note
Important information on recommended winter tyres can be
♦
found in ⇒ Wheels and Tyres Guide - Standard ; Rep. Gr. 44 ;
Recommended winter tyres "Recommended winter tyres".
For winter tyres the tyre pressures for standard tyres are valid.
♦
4.8.5 Checking inflation pressure and adjust if
necessary, Jetta 2005▸, Bora 2006▸
Golf Variant 2007▸ for North American
markets
Petrol engines
2.0 l / 85 kW ⇒ page 62
2.5 l / 110 kW ⇒ page 62
2.0 l / 147 kW FSI ⇒ page 62
Diesel engines
1.9 l / 77 kW TDI ⇒ page 63
2.0l / 125 kW TDI ⇒ page 66
Golf Variant 2007 ➤ , Golf Variant 2010 ➤ , Jetta 2005 ➤
.
Maintenance - Edition 09.2009
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