VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2003 Owners Manual

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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SAFETY FIRST
But
many
r espects
ous injury in accidents than are
Because they require restraint systems
states of the United an d p rovi nces of requir in g t he use of
restraints, safet y must
be used to be effective. Used they can increase the risk of
ous injury in an accident.
and used at one of the rear seating positions provides the highest degree of protection for
infants and
seat manufacturer's

or
1 kg) receive the best protection in
seat on the front seat of a
rear-facing
if
turned forward-facing.
for
a
for a in a forwa rd-facing seat.
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SAFETY
Babies and older children must
never ride in a vehicle sitting on the lap of an adult. Holding a child in your arms is never a substitute
for a child restraint system. The strongest adult could not hold onto the child under the forces ex­
erted in an accident. The child
would strike the interior of the ve­hicle and could also be struck by
the adult's body moving forward. The child and the adult could in­
jure each another.
be
Under these conditions,
too
in a forward-facing seat. is a very dangerous for an fant or a