VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 1998 Owners Manual

A
Adjusting
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
......................
c
restraint Anchors . . . . . 39
Head airbags .............. . 29
23 28 Secur
ing on the rear seat using
safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24 seat a rear Ho w the Airbag
system works?
............. .
facing child seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
air bags ............... .
seats children . . . . . 35
25
clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
18
What happens when the
belt tensioner is activated? . . .
13
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
locking retractor . . . . . 36
-Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
position . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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E G
Extenders for the safety belt . . . . . 15 Guide fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
F
H
Fastening and unfastening Head airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
- Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
-
safety belt on the
rear seat
................. 14
-
chil d seats . . . . . . . 32
-
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
system ............. 39
-
Saf ety belt extender . . . . . . . . . 16
-Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Faste ning your safety belt . . . . . . .
Forward facing child
..... 49
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . 8
H eight adjustors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
How
can adjust the height
of
my safety belt? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
How can tell when the safety
belt is secure ly locked? . . . . . . . . .
INDE X

information about Keep this with your . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
-Air bag system ............ . 18 L
-What
comes on
and stays
on? .............. .
seats ................... .
Booster seats ............. .
seat on the outer rear
seat position ............... .
seat to anchorage point ........ .... .
seat using the
system ............. .
se ats ...... . L
ap-shou lder
9
1 8
39
system ................. 48
33 -Attaching a res traint
to the
45
48 Lock
ing retra ctor
............... 36
L o
wer Anchor and Tether
43 for ............ 39
Lower anchorages
.............. 43
39
-Guide fixtures .............. 46
32 Seat marking s 45
seats ............... . 3 1
-Tether strap to anchorage N point on your . . . . . . . . 42
restraint ........ 48 Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
p
women.
co nsid erations when
wearing a safety . . . . . . . . . 12
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R
Rear center safety belt 14
-How to fasten? 9
-Making sure the rear
seatback
is securely latched 9
-
1 4
Rear-facing child
-
13
Retractors
9
s
Safety - Lap-shoulder belt
15
- Fastening
16
-
15
- Use
with a child restraint 15
Safety belt height adjustor s 11
Safety belt warning light 7
Safety belts
1 5
-
How can 11
-How can tell when the belt
is securely locked? 1
-How to wear properly?
9
35
-
1 2
-
Torn or frayed 8
- Unfas tening
9
Seating position
- Dist ance between the driver
and the steering wheel
markings for
lower anchorages
28
Steering wheel
- Distance between the driver
and steering wheel
INDEX

T
Tensioner for the safety -Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Tether anchors
.................
. 42
Torn safety
. . . . . 13
w
Warning in the
instrument
. . . . . . . . . . . 4
What happens if you wear you r
safety
too . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
What happens
when the airbags
....................... 19
What happens when the
do if the airbag
indicator
comes on and
stays on? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Whe n mus t safety
be . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
When
.. 17
Why safety

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tended to be offered at the time of pr inting.
Some of the equipment may be at
a
date or not at
*
Please note that items marked with an asterisk may be standard on cer­tain models . op tional on others or
not
Notes about Environment
Texts identified by this sym­bol and written in italics are
important notes regarding
the environment and how you can help protect it.
Each illustration in the manual shows a fea­
ture and
may or may not have , depe nding on the
The illus trations are simply to show you how a feature and its function.
At the back of this book, you tensive Alphabetical This help
you to find informat ion quickly by using key
words .
page, you find the
of the
features of your i n the order th ey
right. forward. backward , etc.), you
should imagine yourself
as sitting in the facing in the driving direction .
be
one of th e W arning and indicato r
lig hts marked with a
minates turn off the turn on th e e mergen cy flasher and use
other warning devices to

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