VW Golf 7 Wheels & Tyres Guide – General Information PDF (Edition 07.2017)

Ensure safe, OEM-correct wheel and tyre service on your 2017-on VW Golf and e-Golf with this comprehensive PDF manual. Inside you’ll find:

• Legislative & Technical Requirements: EU/German regulations, tyre-pressure monitoring systems, load-capacity limits, winter tyre speeds

• Step-by-Step Procedures: wheel change instructions, tyre mounting/removal, balancing, sealant disposal, run-flat guidance

• Tyre Maintenance & Fault-Finding: pressure-monitoring sensors, wear patterns, handling problems, damage evaluation

• Recommended Tyres & Wheels: tyre package definitions, version-key decoding, approved VW wheel/tyre combinations, snow chain specs

Ideal for technicians and DIYers who demand Volkswagen-accurate data.

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Table of Contents

Wheels, tyres, vehicle geometry

• General information

  • Instructions on using the guide

    • Overview

    • General information

    • Notes

    • Explanations regarding world regions

    • Definition of tyre package

    • Procedure for determining the required tyre package

    • Vehicle registration certificate part 1

  • Legislative and technical conditions

    • Legislative conditions

    • Technical conditions

    • Load-carrying capacity depending on vehicle speed, winter tyres

    • Vehicle registration documents since 1.10.2005

    • COC document (EEC Certificate of Conformity)

    • EU general type-approval number, sales type, and sales designation

  • Wheel change

    • Fitting instructions

    • Protecting wheel centring seat against corrosion

    • Fitting wheels

    • Position of anti-theft wheel bolts for steel wheels

  • Fitting tyre

    • Pressing tyre off wheel rim

    • Removing tyre sealant

    • Removing tyre from wheel

    • Ensuring proper assembly temperature for tyres

    • Mounting tyre

    • Matching wheel rims and tyres

    • Checking radial and lateral runout of wheels and tyres

    • Matching wheels and tyres

    • Balancing wheel

    • Tyre sealant disposal

  • Tyre pressure monitoring system

    • System description – tyre pressure monitoring system

    • Overview of fitting locations – tyre pressure monitor system

    • Assembly overview – tyre pressure sensor

    • Removing and installing tyre pressure sensor G222 / G223 / G224 / G225

    • Removing and installing tyre pressure monitor control unit J502

  • Wheel bolts

    • Wheel bolts, versions

    • Wheel bolts, anti-theft wheel bolt

    • Wheel bolts, adapter sets for anti-theft wheel bolts

  • Information on tyres

    • Identification markings on the tyre sidewall

    • Tyre dimension

    • Load rating code/load index (LI)

    • Speed rating code

    • EU tyre label

    • Structure of a radial belted tyre

    • Run-flat tyre, SST (Self Supporting Tyre)

    • Tyre storage

    • Reinforced and Extra Load (XL) tyres

    • Winter tyres

    • Winter tyres with speed symbol V

    • Rolling resistance optimised tyres

    • Tyre ageing

    • Tyres with flange protection

    • Tyre sizes for vehicles with four-wheel drive

    • Increase in temperature due to insufficient tyre pressure

  • Tyre sealant

    • Models with breakdown set

    • Storage life

    • Waste disposal

  • Information on wheel rims

    • Structure of wheel rim

    • Identification

    • Composite wheels

    • Care and maintenance of alloy wheel rims

    • Restoring alloy wheels

    • Removing and installing hub cover for alloy wheels with open threaded connection

    • Renewing trim elements

    • Removing and installing valve

  • Handling problems

    • Rolling noise

    • Vehicle pulls to one side

    • Vibration

    • Eliminating flat spots caused by storage or handling

  • Evaluating tyres

    • Flat spots caused by storage or handling

    • Undulations

    • Saw-tooth wear

    • Flat spots caused by hard braking

    • Swellings in the tyre sidewall

    • Cuts

    • Damage caused by foreign bodies

    • Stripped profile

    • Tyre damage due to insufficient tyre pressure

    • Checking tyres

    • Damage caused when fitting

  • Tyre wear

    • Factors influencing the service life of tyres

    • Saw-tooth wear

    • Wear behaviour of high-speed tyres

    • Measuring tread depth

    • One-sided wear

    • Outer shoulder wear

    • Diagonal washout

    • Wear in middle of tyre

    • Permissible deviation in tread depth

  • Exploded view of components

    • Assembly overview – wheel

  • Snow chains

    • Assembly and use of snow chains

  • Regular and temporary spare wheels, recommended temporary spare tyres

    • Spare wheel with yellow sticker

    • Temporary spare wheels and recommended temporary spare tyres