airbag VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2000 Owner's Manual

SAFETY FIRST
12 years and younger ride in the back seat
restrained for their age and size. The airbag
on the passenger side makes the front seat
a
seat.
in a rearward-facing seat.
against the
backrest, center arm rest, or door.
seat or infant carrier on the front seat may be struck and knocked out of position by the passenger's
a irbag
in a
F or this reason, and because better protected -when restrained according to their age and size­in a rear seating position, we
Forward-facing seats
m ent of the airbag and cause
forward-facing seats
on the rear seat.
front the safety and
the
the
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Front airbags
The airbag for the driver is located in the
steering wheel hub and is marked
if the ignition is switched off
in side collis ions
in rear-end collisions
in rollovers.
Front airbags may not inf late
in certain fron­
tal collisions. Vehicle damage, repair costs
or even the lack
of vehicle damage is not
necessarily an ind ication of proper airbag
operation .
SAFETY FIRST
The front airbags can only provide additional
protection for the chest and face
of the driv­
er and the front seat passenger when
...
safety belts are worn properly,
the seats have been positioned so that
the occupant
is properly seated as far as possible from the airbag
and the head restraints have been prop­
erly adjusted.
Airbags do not protect the l
ower part of the
body.
belts are important to help keep front
seat occupants in the proper seated posi­
tion so that airbags
can unfold properly and
provide added protection
as intended.
For more details see next pages_
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in some fron­
sions in which
to define an airbag trigger­
for the
n ature (hard or
soft) of the object which the
car the spee d, and etc.
The triggering of the airbag system de­
pends on the
unit. programmed into the
damaged as a
of an
that the airbags have The
airbags
worn safety down and
the occupa nt's forwa rd movement and to reduce the risk of injury to th e head
and upp er torso.
T
he airbags afte r
the
This is This dust is made up
of a powder used to

and
can
not been specifically approved by
paired immediately by an autho­rized
The side airbags in some side
The side airbags
if the ignition is switched off
in
in side eration is not high enough
in rear
in
damage , repair costs or even the of an indication of proper airbag operation.
U nd
er some accident conditions, both fr on t
and side airbags may .
Remember
airbags in certain kinds of accidents
- your safety there to offer
p rotection in those accidents in which air­
bags are not supposed
to or when
t hey have
How the supplemental side airbag system works
side air­
bags can
order to assure this
is not to define an airbag trigger­
i ng range that cover every
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dent and another.
hits, the
pends on the
and registered by
the u nit. the erence
unit, the airbags
damaged
as a of the accident.
When the
side
airbag is
-
in this section at pages 19 and 26 and heed
of proper seating
position

SAFETY
Side Curtain Protection
The cated on the right and
fied by the word in the upper
portion of the center door
The bag expand to cover the side dows and door and thus tect both front and rear occupants .
The
airbag occupants by means
o f the
der
functions.
The area into which the airbag expands must be kept to ensure that the can provide this
jects. Never use hangers to hang
pants must never
For the same reason,
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are, Service and
impair airbag
perfo rmance.
requirements for airbags
must
be obse rved to make sur e the effec­tiv ene ss of the system not be impa ired
and that discarded components do not
cause in jury or
th e environ ment.
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B45-421K
Driver's seat
To av oid contact with the airbag while it is
unfold ing, the driver must not sit any closer
to the steering wheel than necessary and
ways properly wear the three point safety
belt provided .
We recommend that you adjust the driver's
seat as fo llows :
- adjust the seat in fore and
aft direct ion so
that you can easily push the pedals
tance from the center of your breastbone to the center of the airbag cover on the
steering wheel must be at 1
inches (25 em) or more. illustration above and chapter
ministration (NHTSA) may permit you to have an on/off switch for
the airbag For address and
To contact you may either
Department of D.C.
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SAFETY
Front passenger's seat
To avoid contact with the airbag
to the instrument than necessary and wear
ger's seat as
- back rest upright (never
in front of the
passenge r's seat
- adjust the passenger's seat
as far as
out-of-position safety belt.

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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