Being the car owner of a recent Volkswagen Golf 2 grants us some advantages, in reality, modern vehicles give access to an increasingly impressive number of features. They will allow you to gain in comfort, multimedia or safety. Today we are gonna look at an option that is supposed to make you feel secure in your automobile, the automatic closing of the doors. This package might be deactivated for no reason, so we’re going to find out how to activate auto locking on your Volkswagen Golf 2. To get this done, we will first look at the functioning of this option and how it works, then, in a second part, how to reactivate the automatic closing of the doors of your car.
What is the automatic locking or closing on a Volkswagen Golf 2?
Before we present you how to activate the automatic lock of your Volkswagen Golf 2, we will look at the effectiveness of this features. Indeed, the number of carjacking is slowly raising, and our Volkswagen Golf 2 is a place where we usually feel safe. However, when stopping at a red light, at a stop sign or in traffic jams, one can feel subject to aggression, it is with this in mind that the brands have introduced this option. Generally there is a door lock button that enables you to close and open the doors from the cabin, but this feature automatically locks the doors of your car as soon as you exceed a certain speed or a certain time after starting up. The benefit is that you no longer have to get worried about this gesture to assure maximum safety.
How do I activate the automatic closing of the doors on my Volkswagen Golf 2?
Sadly, it can appear that due to factory defaults, electronic failures, bad handling, this feature can be disabled, we will now look at the two solutions to enable you to activate the automatic lock on your Volkswagen Golf 2.
- How to activate the automatic locking / closing of the doors on a car: The lock button
The simplest solution if you are in the event that your automatic door closure will no longer works, is to turn on the ignition (on some series you will also need to have the engine running) and fairly quickly come and hold down the door lock button on your car for a matter of seconds until you notice an audible sign and, dependent on the year of your Volkswagen Golf 2, the turn indicators that are turned on. This solution should be sufficient in most instances to activate the automatic door lock on your Volkswagen Golf 2.
How to activate the automatic door lock on my Volkswagen Golf 2: Via the computer
To finish , a more complex solution but which can be connected to a factory problem or a power failure on your car. To reactivate the automatic door lock on your Volkswagen Golf 2, you will be able to go through your diagnostic socket. You will need to have a diagnostic tool and navigate through the menus to modify the linked option in the “sash menu”. However, this is only advised for people with some mechanics knowledges and we encourage that you visit your mechanic to achieve this.
If you need more tutorials on the Volkswagen Golf 2, go to our Volkswagen Golf 2 category.
