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Safety
for reducing the potential for serious injury and death in automobile accidents. Therefore, for your own protection as properly wear safety when the vehicle is in motion.
Pregnant women, injured or impaired persons use safety Like to be seriously injured if they do not wear
safety The best way to protect the fetus is to protect the mother.
instructions and warnings pertaining to the use of the
safety
i s headed for a
brick They are not using safety belts.
T
he physical principles involved are simple . Both the vehicle and the passengers speed
and body weight. Engineers this energy
The higher the speed of the and the greater the passenger's weight, the more ki­
netic energy there is and the more energy
which must be in an accident.

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also move forward
where they can hit and injure the driver or
front seat passenger.
also help to keep passengers in
their seats.
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attach passengers to the car
and give them the benefit of being slowed
down more
through the give
in the safety crumple zones and other
sa fety features engineered into today's
cars. By
reducing the kinetic energy over a
longer period of time , the force s on the body
become more
and less likely to
produce injury.
addition , safety belts reduce the danger of
being thrown out of the car. Although
these examples are based
on a
fron tal
red uce the risk of injury in other
types of accide nts. regardless of er you are on a long trip or just going to the
corne r store , always buckle up and make
sure others do , too.
Th e
page s provide important structions which
To further inc rease the safety for the front
passengers, the vehicle is equipped with a
supplementa l ai r bag system.
page
provided must
vated only by severe frontal co llisions. The
air bags are not ac tivated
by a roll
over or by cases where there is no rable impact on the fr ont of the vehicle.

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The should er
belt tight if positioned safety belts can cause serious personal injury in case of an
accident.

Automatic Locking Retractor (ALA)
The
aut omatic loc kin g retractor is necessary to sec ure child r estraint systems.
The
ret rac to rs for th e fron t passenger and
rear outboard three-point safety belts are
equipped with an automatic locking feature
in addition
to the emergency locking feature.
you need to restraint system
at an outer seating position of the rear seat,
it must be secured by use of the
the way out.
tongue into the buckle for
that seating position with your hand back
in
that the
retractor is deactivated by un­
f asten ing th e safety and the
safe ty to ret rac t to its stowed
position. The safety can now be use d as an ordinary three-point safety without
the additional
a person sitting in the rear w earing the
s af ety activate the re ­tractor, then the sa fety mus t b e un­fastened in order to deactivate the ing retractor.
Never unfasten the safety retractor is in motion.
Push the orange button on the spring out of the
tongue to its stow ed position.
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is stamped into the
covers on the stee ring wheel and the instru­
ment panel above the kneebar on the front
passenger 's side.
The air bag s are intended
to supplement the
three-point safety belts. When the sa fety
belts are properly worn, the supplemental air
bag resiraints can provide additiona l protec­
tion for the chest and
face of the driver and
the front seat passe nger in the even t o f a se­
vere frontal collision.
Aside from providing proven safety benefits ,
the safety belts are particularly important to
help keep front seat occupants in the proper
seated position so that the air bag can unfold
prope rly and provide added protection as in­
tended.
Fo r
details see page 44.
The air bag system consists of the follow­ing components:
an electron ic control /mon itoring unit,
an inflatable air bag equipped with a gas
genera tor located inside the steering wheel
and,
an inf latable air bag with a gas generator
inside the instrument panel for the front pas­
sen
ger,
an indicator light to the left of the light
swi tch (see page 72).
addition to this your vehicle is also
equipped with a kneebar for extra protec­
tion.
The indicator light (readi ness light) will light
up for a few seconds each time the ignition
is switched on.
The light monitors the electric control/mon i­
toring unit, ignitor sensor circuits, and sys­
tem wiring. The
system must b
e inspected if the indi­
c ator light:
comes on while drivi ng.
any of these conditions occur, have the system inspected immediately by your authorized Volkswagen dealer. Otherwise, the air bag may not function properly in case of a frontal impact.

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tant: so that you can reach
the controls on
the quickly and safely ;
so that you can drive or ride relaxed and
reduce fatigue;
a
nd for maximum p rotec tion offe re d by the sa fety b elts and air bag tem.
T herefore , always adju st the position of the
seat as describ ed in points 1 to 3 on the
lowing pages. Remember to adjust the
seats before fasteni ng the safety belts and
before driving off. Always be sure to
these general guidelines:
to the instrument
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Driver 's seat
To avoid contact with the air bag while it is
unfolding , the driver must not sit any
to the steering wheel than necessa ry and ways properly wear
the way while keeping your knee bent.
Adjust the seatback so that when you sit
with your back against the seatback , you
can
grasp the top of the steering
Fron t passenger 's seat
To avoid contact with the air bag while it is
unfo ld ing , the adult fr ont seat passenger
must not sit any closer to the instrument
el than necessary and always properly wear
avai lable three point
We recommend that you adjus t the
- backrest upright (not
-feet comfortab ly on t he angled floor {foot
re st) in front of the passenger 's seat
- with the feet
as descr ibed above , adjust
seat as far as possible to the rear of the
for e and aft adjustment range.
For information on trans porting children on
the front passenger seat see page 37.
Do not adjust seats

2 -belts
Refer to warning
3 -Remote rear lid release
The is open
and the ignition is switched on.
The
go off when the rear lid is again.
the ligh t sh ou ld come on while you are driving, stop and close the rear
Never press the switch while the vehicle is in motion .
4 -Engine oil pressure
When the ignition is turned on, the sure warning comes on for a check. go out after the engine has
started.
the warning does not go out or driving (above
pressure is too
the engine immediately , check the engine oil if necessary.
is normal but the light continues to flash, do not continue to
tance.
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The To check the always use dipstick (see page
Engine

Operate your
points before you drive off:
Adjust the mirrors
between
the engine hood and the windshield is free of leaves , snow and ice
for changing the
brake see page137.
Your personal
driving style as
Wear your safety belts, even if you are just driving in the city -
see page
passengers are
wearing their safety belts, even those sit­ting in the rear-see page
Passengers not wearing safety endan­
ge r not only themselves in case of an acci­dent, b ut also the driver and other
Adjust your seat so that you can easi­reach
Store luggage and light items prop­
panel -
s ee page 49.
on top of the roof-see page 93.
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Furthermore, your aut horized Volkswagen
dealer stocks a range of tires and wheels.
plac ed in pairs and not
ways
vehicle handl ing , always
b uy replacemen t radial tires that have the
same specifications with regard to tire size ,
design , load carrying capacit
y, sp eed rating ,
tr ead pattern , trea d depth , e tc . This also
plies to Volksw agen recommended nate replaceme nt tires.
Make s
ure that the new tires also meet the
specifications listed on the located on the insid e of the fuel tank fl ap or on the er's door lock jamb (right rear door on the four door model).
Tire specifications
Never mix tires of different design
such as steel belted radials with
radial bias belted or bias
tires have the designations:
e.g.
R 14 86 V
195
T ir e width in mm
rating code letter
The s peed ra tin g letter code indicates th e
maximum permissible road speeds :
mph
mph
over km/h) .
tires carry the speed ra tin g code letter in
combi nat ion with the tire construc tio n letter
Winter tires see page 152.
Alw ays heed