VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 1997 Service Manual

to a
receive serious injury. The move forward ,
injury to the
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A restraint
in most accident situa tions.
restraints in which the back faces in driving direction.
Babies and be rest rained in

kg) are
best protected in
of
these
as any
never
over the abdomen.
of average size of about 7 years
and may use three point
combination

CONTROLS AND
The routing of the
may use in
exceptional circumstances if the proper use
of three point
must
in very exceptional situations and if no restraint system for the child 's size and
weight or safer alternative means of
portation of the The use of
a in these exceptional situations is
better than permitting the to remain cannot provide
the same of protection as a proper restraint. The use of a for younger
children may violate

restraint systems which contact the portion of the seat cushion. The
frames
because they do not provide adequate contact with the seat.
or
in accidents. Therefore
and use that come with the system.
your to
use one or more of the three anchor
informat ion see
AND
The
restraint system in its
fitted restraints. Under no circumstances are they to be used for
Do not mount two
the instructions provided by the manufacturer of the

An ancho rage point is provided behin d the
r ea r seat backrest to con nect a tethe r stra p,
i f the
are equipped with an auto­matic
after activating the
automatic
the
tongue into the on it to check!) and
guide the rest of the doing this you hear a
sound. This sound that the retractor has been
Deactivating the
to retract
feature.

Head restraints
The padded head restrai nts on the front and
rear seats are adj usta ble.
head restrai nts acco rding to the oc­
c up ant' s heig ht. positioned head
r es tra in ts, together with the use of sa fety
For maximum protection, the upper edge
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AND
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

To reduce the risk of serious personal injury in an accident, front seat passengers must never ride in a
moving with the seatback
reclined . The risk of personal injury increases with increasing rearward of the seatback .
are properly positioned on the body. positioned safety can cause serious personal injury in an accident.
For driver's and pas senger 's protection, make sure front seats and
seatbacks are securely in
Never store items under the seats.
Loose objects can inte rfere with the
seat latching mechanism and can cause injury in an accident .
1 -Forward and backward adjust-
ment
in f ront of seat.
s eat into positi on.
curely lock ed int o posit ion .
2-Seatback adjustment
Turn wheel on outboard side of seat ion , with your body weight ta ken off the back .
AN D
you r body weight fo rw ard and

Do not drive the
reduce injuries.
Do not passengers to occupy the rear surface is in motion.
To inc rease the size of the
with the two parts
can be moved
To prevent damage , the front seats must be
posit ioned so that the rear seat does not
touch the front seats when the rear seat is
by the and
the cushion forward (arrow 2).
knob in the rear seat rest in direction of arrow and back

Folding seat back
First fold back rear seat backrest.
tween the backrest and seat cushion and
then cannot be used.
Lugg age compartment cover
Unhook the retaining straps from the rear
window frame.
th e release knobs on the seatback
and tilt the seatback slightly forward. Place
the cover behind the seatback with the peted side facing the luggage compartment.
Place the retaining straps between the
seatback and the whee l housings.
When reinstalling, slide the cover
gage compartment cover, always hold
the cover in a horizontal position to avoid
damaging the head liner.
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