child seat VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 1997 Owners Manual

............................ ......... . 3.1 28
-Duplicate ............................ ....... . 3.1 26
-Ignition. Safety Inter lock ...................... . 3.1
93
- M aster with remote .......................... . 3.1 25
-Remot e re lease ...... . ... .................... . 3.1 25
- Replacement ....................... .. .. ..... . 3.1 26
-Tag ................................ ......... . 3.1 26
(Lower Anchor and Tethe r for ...... . 2.1 39
System, -Seat markings .................. . 2.1 45
system .................................. . 2.1 48
-Attaching a child restraint to the system .. . 2.1 48
Leather
, -How to clean .......................... . 3.2 28
Lift ing
-
Floor jack ................................... . 3.2 79
-Jack ........................................ . 3 .2 66
-Workshop hoist .............................. . 3.2 79
L ifting point
-front ............................ 3.2
-rear .................... .................... . 3.2

SAFETY
smash the
child seat and
ommend that children alway s sit in the back
seat. See
require that the following special
tions be taken :
see in this
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Using a rear-facing child seat on the front seat of a
injure and
can even a
The
against the backrest, center arm rest, or door.
Never a rear-facing restraint in the forward-facing di­rection. Rear-facing restraints are
designed for the
fant or a larger ch ild in a rearward-facing
seat.
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Babies and older children must
never ride in a vehicle sitting on the lap of an adult. Holding a child
in your arms is never a substitute for a child restraint system. The
strongest adult could not hold onto the child under the forces
a crash at a speed of
be more than times the weight of the means the weight of the be more than kg).
Under these conditions.
too for an infant restraint up to
4 years
or 18 kg) strained in a seat
dangerous
est
seat. for an fant or a in a rearwar d-facing
seat.
ous injury to the child.
ward-facing child seats on the rear seat .
Always read and heed all

exceptional circumstances require the
use of a forward-faci
ng chi ld seat on the
front seat, the child's safety and well-being
r eq
uire that the following special precau­
tions be taken:
Booster seats
up to 8 years old
is
usually best
to put these children in ap­
propriate booster seats.
Be sure the boo­
ste r seat meets all applicable safety
standards.
Booster seats
raise the seat ing position of
the child and reposition both the lap and sh oulder parts of the safety belt so th at the y
pass across the child's body in the right
places.
The routing of the belt over the child's body
is ve
ry importa nt for the child's protection. whether or not a booster seat is used.

SAFETY FIRST
Securing a
and the front passenge r three­
point safety have a convertible locking
feature in addition to the eme rgen cy locking
feature.
seat at an outer
seating position. you must first activate the
convertib le locking feature. Then secure the
seat by using the seat
Always install rear-facing child
seats or infant carriers on the rear
seat.
is always safer to install a
child seat in the rear.
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Securing a
First make sure the seat backrest of the
rear seat bench is in upright position and se­
curely latched in place,
Booklet 3-1, chapter
Then secure the child seat as described
in this chapter
Be sure to follow the instructions provided
by the manufacturer of the child restraint
you are using.
_
when it is being used, Booklet 3. 1, chapter
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Tether Anchors
Never mount two child restraint seats on one anchor point.
Never use child restraint tether anchorages to secure safety belts or other kinds of occupant re­
straints.
Never attach a tether strap to a tie-down hook in the luggage
compartment
Never secure or attach any lug­
gage or other items to the LATCH lower anchorages or to the tether anchors.
Beginning with year wagen
Sedan
The show the tether anchors
for the rear seating positions:
-Sedan:
Tether anchors for the three rear seating
positions are
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SAFETY FIRST
B1J-213K
The illustration shows a tether strap The illustration shows a tethe r strap
mounted in a Passat Sedan model mounted in a Pass at Wagon model
How to
Sedan
or
Guide the upper tether strap under the
rear head r estrai nt (raise the head restraint
if necessary).
Attach the tether strap anchorage hook
into the opening of the tether anchorage.
tions.
To
Wagon
or the tether strap on the
Guide the upper tether strap under the
rear head rest raint
(raise the head res traint
if necessary).
Guide the tether strap between the rear
seat back and the
ment Booklet 1).
Attach the tether strap anchorage hook
into the opening
of the tether anchorage.
lighten the tether strap
To
it from
the anchorage .
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Lower Anchorages
The
The
by your
Lower anchorages secure the in the
seat without using the
Anchorages provide a secure and
easy-to-use attachment and minimize the
of improper
must have anchorage attach­
ments for the
manufacturers have begun to
provide such
system in
remember that the anchorage
points are and
attachment
of
anchorage attachments can manufacturer's instruc­
tions using
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