seats VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2000 Owners Manual

Keywords Booklet Page
Battery replacement. remote key 3.1 25
Battery, vehicle .................................... 3.2 47
Belt tensioner 2.1 1 3 ,
- What happens when the belt tens ioner is act
ivated ? 2.1 13
Beverage holde r 3.1 68
Body cavity sealing 3.2 29
Booster seats ...................................... 2.1 33
Brake, -Warning light ............................... 3.1 18
Brake booste r ...................................... 3.2 7
Brake fluid ..
....................................... 3.2 45
Brake fluid reservoir ................................ 3.2 45
Brakes
-
Fluid .......................................... 3 .2 45
... . ...................................... 3.1 22
-Warning light ................................... 3.1 18
-Wear indicator .................................. 3.1 22
Braking ............. ........ ............ .......... 3.2 7
Break-in
period .................................. .. 3.2 13
Buzzer ............................. ............... 3.1 22
c
. . . .
seat , ............... ...................... 2.1
. . . . . 2 .1 14
lockin g syste m . . 3.1 31
-Rear lid ........................................ 3.1 34
restraint
locking systems ............................. 3.1 32
a wheel . . . . . . .
e ngi ne oil
restrain t anchorages ........................... 2.1 43

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Fastening and unfastening
-Booster seats .................................. 2.1
-Center safety
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
Fastening eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
Fastening your safety
.......................................... 3.2
..
.
-Brake ..
..................................... 3.2
-
..................................... 3.1
Folding
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
Fresh air ........................ ................... 3.1
Front
-Seat
- Driver's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
-Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. 1 -Seats .......................................... 2.1
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. 1
Front armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.1
Front door

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seat to system ................. .. ... 2.1 48
-anchorage point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 43
seat using the system ............... 2.1 39
seats ...................... .............. 2.1 31
-Tether strap to anchorage point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .1 42
a restra int . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 48
a roof rack ................................ 3.1 67
wiper .............................. 3.1 48
-Engine
-.......................... 3.1 42
.................................. 3.1 8
.............................. 3 .1 42
................................... 3.1 3
-
.................................... 3.1
-
temperature gauge ................ 3.1 9
-Odometer ...................................... 3 .1 1
- Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. 1 1
................................. 3.1 49
...................................... 3.1 49
- F ront map
................................. 3.1 49
- Light
.................................... 3.1 49
J
Jack .............................................. 3.2 71
Jack and ..................... ................ 3.2 55
Jack support positions .............................. 3.2 71
Jump starting ...................................... 3 .2
Jumper ..................................... 3 .2 77
ALPHABETICAL INDEX 13

SAFETY
Welcome
Dear
This
airbags, seats
for and infants, safety and
head restra ints.
gers be
reduce th e risk of ry in an accident. The is a
- sop histica ted safety with
-safety
Protection
-
These safety features, can work
together as a sys tem to protect you and your passengers in a wide range of dents. These features can't work as a tem if they are not adjusted
and used!
The
sect io n s provide important
po rtant. how they work to protec t and your passengers and how they must
fit and reduce the of injury.
The sections contain important
which you and your gers must injury.
Safety is everybody's

Seating capacity
Your
Never
The front and rear seats have three-po int
saf ety which have a in g feature in additio n to the emergency feature . The fea ­
ture is used when a
on
the
SAFETY
t h e The when you drive up or
down a steep
Make sure the seat back of the rear seat
bench is in upright position and
in

of an eye
with great force, things you have on your
or have on the seat become
dangerous and be pushed into
you if the airbag
This is and is not caused
by a fire in the This dust is made up
of a powde r used to th e a ir ­
bags as they
hands and face with
a w ithin a
Therefore in
order to the airbag to do its
at times . By keeping room
between your body and the front of the pas­
senge r compart ment. the airbag can
and
for information on the
a djustment
of the front seats and for
page
--------------------19

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
22 --------------------AIR BAG

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_
AIR BAG SYSTEM -------------------23

exceptional cir cums tances require the
use of a forward-facing
seat on the
front seat. the
passenger's seat:
-make sure the forward-facing
seat has been designed and Booster seats
up to 7 years
safety seats s igned for the ir age and weight. Expert s say
that the stru cture, of these is not
may use three point
combination
and best to put these in
propriate booster seats. Be sure the ster seat meets
and reposition both the and so that they
pass acr oss the
The routing of the over the body
i s very important for the
ride in the rear seat.
Always read and heed all

member that ch ildren do not have the pro­
no un ced
pelv ic structu re require d for the
prope r function of
a belt pass over the
child 's stomach
or abdomen .
to
Younger children should use a belt only
system for the child's size and weight or safer alternative means of trans ­
portat ion
of the child is available . these
e xceptional situations. the use of a
better than permitting the child to remain unrestrained. But remember : a l ap
belt cannot provide the same
An
injury. make sure that and other
wear restraint systems. Care­
seats are required to
These standards requirements for using a
such as those in your
read and heed
on next pages.
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