height adjustment VOLKSWAGEN GOLF PLUS 2012 Owners Manual

Always upright your back agains t the backrest with the front seats properly adjusted.
Never lean agains t or pla ce any part of you r
body too close to the area where the airb ags are
l oca ted.
Rear seat passengers who are not properly
seated and restrained are more lik ely to be seri­
ously injured in a crash.
of improper seating positions
first r ead and not e th e introdu ctory inf ormation and hee d th e on pa ge 56.
Not w earin g or improperly fastening safety belts
i n c reases the risk of se ver e or fata l injuri es. Safe ty
b elt s can work onl y when they are prop erly po si­tioned on th e bo dy. A n improp er se atin g pos ition
s ig nifi cantly impai rs the protection provided by
safety belt s. Thi s can cause se ve re or ev en fa ta l in ­
j uries. T he risk of se rious injur y and d eath is pa r­
ti cularly hi gh wh en an airbag depl oys and strik es
an occupant who is not in the prop er seatin g pos i­
ti o n. Th e driver is respons ibl e fo r pa ssen ge rs
a nd especi ally childr en riding th e vehicl e.
Th e
and dea th.
Therefore, whenever the vehicle
is moving :
Never stand up in the v ehicle .
Never stand on the seats.
Never kneel o n th e se ats.
Neve r rid e w ith the seat back re clin ed .
Neve r lea n up again st t he in strum ent pa nel.
Neve r lie dow n on the rear seat.
Neve r sit on th e edge of th e se at.
Sitting properly and safely
Improper adjustment of the seats can cause ac­
cidents and severe injuries.
Never adjust the seats while the veh icle is
moving. seat may move unexpec tedly and
yo u could lose contro l of the vehicle. In addi­
tion, the result of the adjustment will lead to an incorrect seating position.
Adjust the front seat height, angle and longi­
tudinal position only if the seat adjustment area is clear.
The adjustment area of the front seats must not be restricted by ob jects
Nev er sit side ways.
N ever lean out the w indow.
Neve r put your feet o ut the window.
Never put feet on th e instrum ent panel.
Neve r rest your feet on the s eat cushion or b ac k of the seat.
Never rid e in the foo t well.
Neve r sit on th e front o r rea r ce nter armrest.
Neve r rid e withou t your belt prop erl y faste ned.
N ev er ride in th e lu gg age compartment.
Each
and incorrec t seating position in­
creases the risk of seri o us or fatal during sudden driving and brakin g manoevers and cras hes.
Always make sure that all vehicle occupants
stay in a proper seat ing position and are prop­
erly restrained whenever the vehicle is moving.
incorrec tly, not wearing a safety belt and sittin g too close to the airbag increas e the risk of receiving life-threatening or fatal inju­
r ies, especially if the airbag deploys and strikes the person who is seated improperly
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word and forward , change seat cushion height and angle, and adjust backrest angle.
first r ead and note the inf orm atio n and hee d t he WAH N INGS on pag e 56.
T he co ntrols
on f ront passe nge r seat mi rro r on th e driver se at.
F ig. 34 Lumbar su pport control.
T he re m ay be bo th manual and e lectri ca l controls
o n th e sa me seat.
page fig. 33 th e sw itch i n th e d irec tion of th e a rrow:
Slid e th e seat b ackwa rd or forw ard .
Haise or l owe r th e seat cu sh io n .
Adjust sea t c u shi on an gle .
Forw ard or bac k-Adju st b ack res t an gle. ward.
fig. 34 switch f or each area:
Adju st lumbar s upport .
Adjust l umb ar suppo rt heig ht.
WARNING
Im prope r use of e lec tr ica l front sea t control s ca n cause serio us pe rso nal inju ries.
T he front sea ts in your vehicl e ca n b e
moved. Neve r leave children and p erso ns w ho
need h elp in the ve hicl e alo ne beca use the p erv ise d u se oftheelec tric sea t adjustments can
re sult in seriou s personal inju ry.
way
w hil e the front seats are bein g adju ste d, o r w hil e
ca llin g up sto re d m em ory settings for the
fr ont seats . In an em erge ncy, sto p aut om atic
seal adjustment b y pre ss ing a nother seat
N ote
T o help prev ent damage t o e lec trical p arts in the
s ea ts , do no t kn eel o n the front seals o r a ppl y
tr ica l seat adju stm ent contro ls m ay not w ork.
th e e ng in e s to p s se at

Safety belt position
Fig . 52 Proper
informatio n on
Wea ring safe ty improperly ca n ca use serious
in jury or death. belt s ca n onl y work when they are corr ectly positioned on the body. A worn safe ty be lt also he lp s to position the cupant so that an airb ag can prov ide m aximum protection when deployed. Therefore, always
fasten your safe ty mak e sure that it is properly positioned over your body.
seati ng positi ons reduce the ness of safety jury or death by moving the sa fe ty to critica l
a re as of the body.
Before driving
safety belt position
The sho uld er portio n of the safe ty belt mu st ways run over the cen te r of the shoulder and neve r
ove r the th roat. ove r the arm. under the arm or hin d th e back.
The lap po rtion of the safety mus t ru n ove r th e pelv is a nd neve r over the abdomen.
Always wear th e safe ty a nd snug on the safe ty belt to tight en
if necessary .
Expectant mothers must a lways wear th e lap as low as possible across the pelv is an d below the rounding of the abdomen­
throu ghout the pregnancy. The safe ty must lie aga inst th e bod y to avoid pressure against th e abdomen 53.
Adjusting safety belt height
Th e safety posit ion can be adjuste d u sin g the features:
belt he ig ht adju ster s for the front seats.
Fro nt seats with height adjustment.
rio us personal injury in an accident or a sudden braking maneuver.
belt s offer optimum protection onl y when th e seat bac k i s upright and belt s arc rectl y positioned on the body.
A safety belt can cause serious injuries by s hiftjn g its position on your body from the strong bones to more vulnerable s oft
tissu e and cause se riou s injury.

Booster seat s and safety belts
Fig . 69 properly res train ed in a booster se a l on the rear seal.
fir st r ead and note the introductory info rmati on and heed th e on page
sign ed th eir age and fig. 69. E xp ert s
s a y that the sk e le ta l s tructure, parti cu larl y the
p e lv is,
b elt s w ithout a suitabl e child restra int.
Th e ve hicl
e's safety be lts al one will not fit most
children until th ey are atleast4
or their bodi es and the safety be lt can h elp protect them in a c ollision.
Do no t use the switchable lo cking feature wh en
u sin g the ve hicle s s afet y belt to res train a child on a booste r se at.
Alw ays pos ition the should er p o rt ion belt midway over the c hild's sh oulder. you mus t tra n sp o rt an old e r child in a b ooster seat on the front passe nge r seat. yo u can use th e safety
b elt height adjustment mechanis m t o help adjust the s ho uld er b elt properly.
A lw ays make sure tha t the s ho uld er b elt never res ts against o r across the c hild's neck.
A lways
w ho are at least4 ft. 9 in. (57 in ches I 1.45
m ete rs) tall can ge nerall y use th e ve hicle's three
p o int lap and sh ould er b elt s. Neve r use the lap belt portion of the ve hicl e's s afet y belt alo ne to restrain any c hild, regardless of how bi g the c hild is . Alw ays remembe r that childr en do n o t h ave the nounced pe lv ic s tru ctur e re quired fo r the proper fun ctio n of lap belt po rti on of th e ve hicle's three po int la p and s houlder b elt. The c hild's safet y solutely requires that a la p b elt po rti on of th e
safe ty belt be faste n ed snugly and a s low as
tion the safety belt pa ss ove r th e child's stomach
or abdomen.
la p and sh o ulder parts of th e safe ty belt so that they pass across the c hild's body in the right places. The routin g of the be lt
o ve r the c hild's bo dy is very important fo r the child's protectio n, w hether or not booste r seat is
u se d. age 12 and under must ride
in the rear seat.
In a co
llisio n, airbags must infl ate w ithin a blink of an eye and w ith considerabl e fo rce. ord er to do its job, the airbag needs room t o inflat e so that it
w ill be there to protect the occupant as the
tio n and too close to the airba g gets in the wa y of an inflatin gairbag. Wh en an occupant is to o close ,
h e or sh e will b e s tru ck viol entl y and will recei ve seri ous o r possibly eve n fatal injurie s.
orde r
tional c ir cumstances , be pro pe rly restrained and as far aw ay from the a irbag as possib le. B y keepin g
ro om b etwee n the child's bo d y and th e front o f the passenge r compartm ent, the air b ag can infl ate compl ete ly and provide s u ppl em ental protectio n
in certain frontal collis io ns.