child restraint VOLKSWAGEN CC 2009 Owners Manual

d Make sure that all windows are clean.
d Store items and all luggage safely in the storage compartments, in
the luggage compartment and, where applicable, on the roof ⇒ 
Transporting.
d Always make sure that nothing keeps the pedals from moving
freely.
d Make sure that children are properly secured by a restraint system
appropriate for their size and weight ⇒  Child safety and child re-
straints.
d Properly adjust front seats, all head restraints and mirrors to the
correct height ⇒  Adjusting the seating position.
d Wear shoes that give your feet a good grip and that give you a feel
for the pedals.
d Make sure that the floormat on the driver side is properly fastened
and cannot interfere with the pedals.
d Assume a proper seating position before the vehicle starts to move
and keep this position while driving. Make sure that all passengers
do the same ⇒  Adjusting the seating position.
d Properly fasten your safety belt before driving the vehicle and wear
your safety belt properly at all times while driving. Make sure that
all passengers do the same ⇒  Safety belts.
d Only transport as many passengers as there are seats and safety
belts available.
d Never drive if your driving ability has been impaired, for example,
by medication, alcohol, or illegal drugs.
d Never let passengers or phone calls distract you while driving and
never take your attention off the road while using vehicle software
or adjusting vehicle equipment or accessories.
d Always adapt your speed and driving style to visibility, weather,
road, and traffic conditions.
d Always obey traffic laws and speed limits.
d On long trips make frequent rest stops – at least once every
2 hours.

WARNING
Improper seating positions increase the risk of severe or fatal
injuries in a crash or other accidents, especially when the air-
bag deploys.
All occupants must sit properly and be properly restrained at
all times.
Never let more people ride in the vehicle than there are seat-
ing positions with safety belts available.
Always secure children in the vehicle with an approved and
suitable restraint system appropriate for their age, weight, and
height
Always keep your feet on the floor in front of the seat. Never
rest them on the seat, instrument panel, out of the window, etc.
The airbag system and safety belt will not be able to protect
you properly and can even increase the risk of injury in a crash.

WARNING
Certain medical conditions, such as paralysis and diabetes, and
certain medications can increase the risk of serious burns
when the seat heating feature is switched on.
Vehicle occupants who have a low level of perceived pain or
a lowered awareness of pain can receive serious burns to the
back, buttocks, and legs that take a long time to heal or may
never heal completely.
Never use the seat heating feature if you or your passengers
are at risk of being burned because of a medical condition.
Take regular breaks and get out of the vehicle, particularly on
long trips. Consult your doctor for advice regarding your spe-
cific condition.
Never let exposed skin remain in contact with the seat uphol-
stery when the seat heating is being used.
WARNING
A wet seat can cause the seat heating to malfunction and in-
crease the risk of serious burns.
Always make sure the seats are dry before using the seat
heating.
Never sit on the seat with wet clothes.
Never put damp or wet things including clothes on the seat.
Never spill liquids on the seats.
NOTICE
To help prevent damage to electrical and other parts in the
seat, do not kneel on the front seats or apply concentrated pres-
sure to a small area of the seat or backrest.
Liquids, sharp objects and things that do not let the heat in the
seat escape into the air, including, for example, a child restraint,
a blanket, or seat covers on the seat can damage seat heating.
If you smell an odor, immediately shut off seat heating and
have it checked by an authorized Volkswagen dealer or author-
ized Volkswagen Service Facility.

WARNING
Not wearing a safety belt or wearing an improperly positioned
safety belt increases the risk of severe personal injury or death.
Safety belts offer optimum protection only when they are used
properly.
Properly worn safety belts are the single most effective
means of reducing the risk of serious injury and death in a col-
lision or other accident. For this reason, always wear your safe-
ty belt properly and make sure all passengers wear their safety
belts properly as well whenever the vehicle is moving.
The driver must always make sure that every person in the
vehicle is properly seated on a seat of his or her own, properly
fastens the safety belts belonging to that seat before the vehi-
cle starts to move, and keeps the belts properly fastened while
riding in the vehicle. This applies even when just driving
around town. Therefore, always wear your safety belts and
make sure that everybody in your vehicle is properly restrained.
Always secure children in the vehicle with a restraint system
appropriate for their age, weight and height ⇒  Child safety and
child restraints.
Always fasten safety belts correctly before driving off and
make sure that all passengers are properly restrained.
Never attach the safety belt to the buckle of another seat. At-
taching the safety belt to the wrong buckle will reduce safety
belt effectiveness and can cause serious personal injury.
Never let any objects or liquids get into the safety belt latch
and prevent it from working properly.
Never remove a safety belt while the vehicle is moving. Doing
so will increase your risk of being injured or killed.
Never strap more than one person, including small children,
into any single safety belt.
Never let children or babies ride sitting on your lap, and nev-
er place a safety belt over a child sitting on your lap.
Never wear belts over rigid or breakable objects in or on your
clothing, such as eyeglasses, pens, keys, etc., as these may
cause injury.

Several layers of heavy clothing (such as a coat worn over
top of a sports jacket) may interfere with proper positioning of
the safety belt and reduce the overall effectiveness of the sys-
tem.
Never use comfort clips or devices that create slack in the
shoulder belt. However, special clips may be required for the
correct use of some child restraint systems.
Safety belts offer optimum protection only when the seat
backrest is upright and belts are correctly positioned on the
body.

d Check the condition of all safety belts regularly.
d Keep safety belts clean.
d Keep objects and liquids away from safety belt webbing, the safety
belt buckle tongue, and the safety belt buckle latch and opening.
d Do not pinch or damage the safety belt or buckle tongue (for in-
stance, when closing a door).
d Never modify, disassemble or try to repair safety belts and safety
belt anchorages.
d Always fasten your safety belt properly before driving and keep it
fastened whenever the vehicle is moving.
Twisted safety belt
If it is difficult to pull the safety belt out of the belt guide, the belt may
be twisted inside the side trim because the belt retracted too quickly
when it was taken off.
Hold the safety belt tongue, slowly and carefully pull safety belt all
the way out.
Untwist the safety belt and slowly return the belt by hand.
If you cannot untwist the safety belt, wear it anyway. Make sure that
the safety belt is twisted in a spot where it does not come in direct
contact with your body. Have the safety belt untwisted immediately by
an authorized Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volkswagen Service
Facility.
Lockable safety belt
The retractors for the rear seat safety belts and the front passenger
safety belt have a switchable locking feature for child restraints in
addition to the emergency locking feature. Whenever a child restraint
is installed with a safety belt, the safety belt must be locked so that
the safety belt webbing cannot unreel. The switchable locking feature
lets you lock the belt so that a child restraint can be properly installed
and, for example, so that it can't tip to the side when the vehicle goes
around a corner ⇒  Child safety and child restraints.
To see whether a safety belt is lockable, pull the safety belt all the
way out of the safety belt retractor. You should then hear a “clicking”
sound as the belt winds back into the retractor reel. Test the switcha-
ble locking feature by pulling on the belt. When the switchable locking

Pull the release button (1) forward while folding the rear seat
backrest forward.
The rear seat backrest is unlocked when the red mark on the but-
ton (2) is visible.
The rear seat backrest is released and can be folded forward.
If the rear backrest is folded down, no one, including children, may
ride on the rear seat.
Folding the rear seat backrest forward with the release lever in
the luggage compartment
Push the head restraint all the way down ⇒  Adjusting the seating
position.
Open the luggage compartment lid ⇒  Luggage compartment lid.
Pull the remote release lever for the left ⇒ fig. 101 (1) or right (2)
rear seat backrest in the direction of the arrow. The unlocked section
of the rear seat folds forward automatically.
Close the luggage compartment lid, if necessary ⇒  Luggage com-
partment lid.
The rear seat backrest is unlocked when the red mark on the but-
ton ⇒ fig. 100 (2) is visible.
If the rear backrest is folded down, no one, including children, may
ride on the rear seat.
Folding the rear seat backrest back into place
Fold the rear seat backrest back until it engages securely ⇒ .
The red mark on the release button (2) should no longer be visible.
The rear seat backrest must be securely latched into place in order
for the safety belts on the rear seats to provide optimal protection.

WARNING
Improper folding and improper latching of the rear seat
backrest can cause serious personal injury.
Always make sure there are no people or animals in the area
around the rear seat backrest when folding it forward.
Never fold the rear seat backrest forward or back while the
vehicle is moving.
When folding the rear seat backrest back up, make sure that
the safety belt does not get caught or damaged.
Keep hands, fingers, feet and other body parts out of the way
when folding the rear seat backrest forward or back.
Each rear seat backrest must be securely latched in the up-
right position so that the safety belts on the rear seats can pro-
vide protection. This is particularly the case for the middle seat
on the rear seat bench.
If a seat is used with an unsecured backrest, the passenger
will move forward together with the rear seat backrest during
sudden braking, driving maneuvers, or in a collision.
If the red marking on the button (2) is visible, this indicates
that the backrest is not latched into place. Always check to
make sure that the red marking is not visible whenever the rear
seat backrest is in the upright position.
No one, including children, may ride on the rear seats if the
rear seat backrest is folded down or not correctly latched.
NOTICE
Before folding the rear seat backrest forward, adjust the front
seats so that the rear seat's head restraint or backrest cushion
will not touch the front seats.

WARNING
Changing the vehicle's suspension including use of unap-
proved tire-rim combinations can change airbag performance
and increase the risk of serious personal injury in a crash.
Never install suspension components that do not have the
same performance characteristics as the components originally
installed on your vehicle.
Never use tire-rim combinations that have not been approved
by Volkswagen.
WARNING
Leaving the optional safety belt extender attached to the safety
belt buckle on the front passenger seat when the safety belt is
not being used will prevent the Advanced Airbag System from
working properly and can increase the risk of serious personal
injury in a collision.
Leaving the extender attached to the safety belt buckle when
the front seat is occupied and the safety belt is not being used
will signal to the airbag control unit that the front passenger
seat is occupied and that the safety belt is being used. The
electronic control unit for the airbag system will then receive
incorrect information that will
– cause the safety belt pretensioner to deploy unnecessarily
in collisions and
– cause the front passenger airbag to deploy later in colli-
sions in which the front airbag would otherwise be triggered
earlier to help protect an unrestrained front seat passenger.
Always remove the safety belt extender when it is not needed
and stow it safely.
Never use the safety belt extender to secure a child restraint.