warning VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2004 Owner's Manual

The warning Light will remind safety
belt prop erly before driving off.
Fig . 6 Safety warn in g l ig ht
Before driving off,
-Fast en your safety belt and make sure
you are wea ring it properly.
- Mak e sure that your passengers als o
buckle
up and properly wear their safety
b elts.
- Pro tec t yo
ur children with a child re­
s traint sys
tem appropria te for the size and
age of th e children.
T he wa rnin g in the in strument lights up w he n the ig niti on is switched o n as a
reminder to fasten th e safety addition,
yo u
14 Safety
Afte r the ig nition is swit ch ed th e warning tone come on for about6 second s along with warning light in the in strument if th e drive r or front seat passe nge r has not fastened their safet y bel t. As soon as the driver and front seat passe nger have fastened their safety the wa rnin g ton e and the warning light stop .
sound aga in for about 6 second s. The
ton e w ill sound repeatedly for about 6 seconds 24 second interva ls until both drive r and front passenger have buckled-up .
T he safety wa rnin g system is active for about 5 minutes and during thi s time the warni ng light in the instrument clus te r wiU stay
on.
Fa s
ten your safe ty belt now and make sure t hat your passengers also properly put o n their
safery belts.
WARNING
If yo u do not pay attenti on to the warning
li ghts whic h h ave come including the warning messages appearing in the display, this could lead to pe rsonal injury.
ex tender is left attac h ed to the
s afery warning sys tem will sense th at th e safe ty n o t sound even though th e is occ upie d and the safery

Booklet 2.1 Safety first
Safety
Fig . 11 Driver is correctly restrained in a sudden braking maneu ve r.
used properly can make a big differ­
e n ce . help to kee p passenge rs in
t h ei r gradually red uce energy levels ap­plied to the body in a collisio n. an d h elp prevent
t h e uncontrolled movement that can cause se­
r ious injuries. additio n, safety reduce the danger of being throw n out of the vehicle.
passengers to the car and give them the benefi t o f being slowed down more ge ntly or t hroug h the c rumple zones and oth er sa fety features engineered today's vehicles. By
hough these examples are based on
Acci dent statist ics show that
veh icle occupants prop erly wearing safety have a lowe r risk of being i n ju red and
pro­
v id ed . Fron t airbags, for example, are activated
only in some frontal collisions. The front airbags
are not activated in all frontal collision s, in side and rea r collisions, in rollovers or in cases where
there is not e n ough deceleration through impact
to the front of the ve hicle. The sa me goes for the
o ther airbag systems in your Volk sw age n. al­
ways wear your saf ety
safety instructions about safety
Safety belts must always be correctly positioned across
Always wear safety belts as illu strate d
a
nd d esc ribed in thi s Book let.
WARNING
Not wearing safety belt s or w earin g them im­
p ro perl y in cre ases the ri sk of serio us pe rso nal
Always fas te n your safety belt s correc tly
before driv ing off and make su re all passen ­gers are corr ec tly res traine d.
For m aximum protectio n, safe ty belts must a lways be pos itioned correctly on the
Safety belts 17

Safety
Safety first-everybody buckle up!
Fig. 12
page 2 1.
- A
djus t the front seat and head restra int
page 4.
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Make sure the seat back of the rear seat
bench is in an upright position and
cure ly latched in place before using the
safe ty
belt
- Hold the belt b y the to ngue and pull it
eve
nly across the chest and
page 19, fig . 1 2.
-
o n th e belt to make sure that it is se­
c u re ly latched in the buckl e.
Automatic safe ty belt retractors
Every safe ly is equi ppe d an o n he s houlder b ell.
The
s a fe ly belt r etrac tor lock s th e belt
w he n the belt is pulled out fast, durin g ha rd
brak ing and in a collision. The ma y also lock when you drive u p or d own a steep hill or
Booklet 2.1
through a sharp curv e. During normal drivin g
the
for the d river, fron t passenge r,
a nd rear out bo ard seating po sition s are equipped wit h a prete n sioner that h elp s to tig h ten the sa fe ty and remove slack w hen
th e pr ete n sioner is act iva te d. Th e functi on of th e
p retension er is monito re d b y a warning light
Switchable lockin g feature
Every safety exce pt for th e one on th e dri ver seat is equipped w ith a switchabl e lock ing ture that mus t be u se d w hen the sa fety is u se d to install a c hild seal. Be sure to read he portant informa tio n abou t thi s fea tur e page63.
WARNING
Improperly posi tion ed safety
offe r optimum protec tion only when the seat back is upright and belts are correctl y po sition ed on the body.
Alwa ys make sure that the rear seat back­
r es t to whi ch th e center rear safety is at­
tach ed is secu re ly latched whenever th e re ar
cente r safe ty belt is being used bookl et 3.1. If the bac kres t is not s ecurely la tc hed , the pas­senger wiU move forward with the backre st durin g sudden braking, in a sudden maneuver
and e specially in a cra sh .
Never att ac h the safet y belt to the buckle
for another scat. Atta chin g the belt to the wrong buckle w ill re du ce safety belt ness and can ca use serious perso nal injury.
A passenger who is not correctl y res tra ined can be se riou sly injured by the sa fety belt itself
w hen it moves from th e stronger parts of the body int o sensit ive areas like the abdomen.
Alwa ys lock th e safe ty belt re tra ctor m ech­anism when yo u secure a child seat in th e ve-
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belt positio n during pregnancy
To prov ide maximum protectio n, safety
belt s
must always be position ed co rrectly
o n th e
weare r's page 21.
- Adjust th e front seat and head res traint
- Hold the be lt by the tongue and pull it
even ly across the c h
est and fig. 15.
- In
ser t the to ngu e into the correct
buckle of you r seat until you hear it la tc h
-on the belt to make sure that it is
WARNING
Improperly positioned safety b elts can cause serious pe rsonal injury in an acci dent.
Exp ectant m others must a lways wear th e lap portion of th e safety be lt as low as possib le
acros s th e pelv is and b elo w the rounding of the abdom en.
Always read and heed all WARNINGS and other important informati on=> page 17, portant safe ty instruct ions about safet y

Safety
sengel:
Fig. 16 Safe ty
out fig . 16 . Never use th e safe ty belt
ex tende r for any oth er purpo se includin g th e tachment of a c hild restraint.
Th e
exte nder adds a boutB inches mm) to
the safery belt. Whe n it is not require d , always
s hop for a ss is tan ce if an extende r is requ ired .
H ow to fas te n the s
afety belt extender properly 24, th e sa fe ty belt
crea ses the risk of seriou s personal injury and death.
a safery belt exten de r w hen not needed can increase the risk of injury , cially in a collision. it is worn low
and snug, and in the cor rec t seating position.
R emove and sto w safe ly when not needed.
Never use the safet y belt extender if yo u
ca n fasten the sa fety belt without it.
Never use more than one extender with a
safery be lt. The use of m ore than one extender c a n ch ang e the way the sa fe ty belt passes over
the body and can cause se rious injury .
Never leave the saferybelt extender ta ched to the veh icle safe ty belt latch when it is not needed and being used because th e airbag control module will not re ceive the correc t
s ign al from the safety b elt la tc h and prevent the Advanc ed Airbag from working properly .
Never use the safe ty belt extender to secure
a child restraint.
Never use a safery belt ex tender from
Nev er u se the safery belt extend er yo u tained for your vehicle for any other vehicle,
regardless of make, model or model year.
A driver or pass enger w ho is not correct ly
re strained can be seriously injured b y striki ng the interior of the passe ng er compartment or by the safery b elt its elf whi ch can b e di spla ced
from stronger parts of the body into se nsiti ve areas lik e th e abdomen.
Always read and heed all WARNINGS and other important pa ge
signal th e airbag
co ntrol unit that the front passenge r seat is
ca use the s afery belt prete nsio n er to deploy necessarily and fron t to deplo y la ter in
collision s th at would trigge r the front
a irb ag earlie r in th e to help pro tect an unrestrain ed front seat occ upant. A sioner that has dep loyed can not b e repair ed.
T he entire sa fety belt mu st b e rep laced.
Safety

used and the warnin g to ne will no t sound
Fastening the safety
extender to the hide's safety belt
B efor e fastening th e sa fe ty ex tender
a lwa ys adjust th e front seat and hea d str aint s correctly.
- In
sert the m etal ton gu e of th e ex tender
into th e res pectiv e safety belt buckle
- Gra sp th e belt tongue of th e s afet y belt
and pull the belt in a continuous s low
motion across you r chest and la p .
- Inse
rt the safe ty belt ton gue into the
buckle of th e ex tender and push down
until it is secure ly lo cke d with an audibl e
cli ck.
- Make s
ure th e safe ty belt or th e
tender is no t tw is ted.
-
Sa fe ty belt buc kle fig . 17
Ton g ue of ex te nder fig. 17
Buckle o f ex te nd er fig. 17
fig. 17
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ev en th oug h the seat is occupied and the safety
belt is no t being used.
Fig. 18 Measurements
Fro nt edge of buckle fig. 18
Distanc e of buckle and body (les s than 6 inches (15 em ) fig.
Body centerlin e
WARNING
belt s offer optimum protection only
when scat back is upright and b e lts are correctly positioned on body. Improperly
po sition ed safety belts can cause serio us
u se the extender unless it is ca lly required
Never use the extend er if the distan ce betwee n the front edge of the ex tende r buck le th e occupant's body centerlin e@ to be l ess than 6 inches (15 em).
A lwa ys make sure safety belt tongu e is
insert e d into the buckl e for the seating tion that belongs to the seat wh ere the tende r is being used.
Attaching t11e sa fety be lt to the buckle for
ano ther seat could reduce safe ty belt ness injury.

Unbuckle the safety belt with the red re lease button only after the vehicle has
stopp ed.
Fig. 19 Relea sing the tongue from the buckle
-the red re lease butto n on the
fig. 19 . The belt tongue will
s p ri
ng out of th e
WARNING
Never unfaste n safet y belt while the vehicle is
moving. Doing so will increase your risk of being injured or
to h eight adjustment
Adju sting safety
the safety belt height adjustm ent to ch ange belt position on th e shoulde r.
Fig. Location of manual belt height adjuster
The b e lt heig ht adjusunent for th e
fron t
seating pos it ion s ca n be used to ad­
just the heig ht of th e should er porti on of
the safety belt so that i t is posit ioned cor­
r
ectly .
-
Keep the s trap guid e squeeze d in the di­
r
ection indicate d by th e fig.
-
WARNING
Always read and hee d WARNINGS and other important page 17.

sion. d am age, repair co sts or eve n the
l ack of damage is no t an of w het her an airb ag s ho uld o r
not.
i s no t po ssible to define cove r every poss ibl e kind and an g le of impact that alway s tri gge r th e bags , s ince th e c ircumstan ces vary era b ly be tw ee n one po rt ant factors include , for examp le, the natur e
( hard or so ft) of th e objec t that the ca r hi ts, th e
angle of imp act, vehicle speed, etc. The front bag s als o no t in side or rear sio ns, orin rollove rs .
Always re m em ber: Airb ags
depl oy only
once, and only in certain kinds of collisions. safety b elts are always th ere to tion in th o se situ ations in w hi ch airb ags are not supposed t o dep loy . o r when they have already
d eployed; for exa mpl e, wh en yo ur
sub stitut e for safe ty bel t. The airba g syste m wor ks mo st
effectivel y w he n u sed with the sa fety belts. Therefore , always properly wear your sa fety
WARNING
S itting too clo se to the stee rin g wheel or strument pa n el will decrease the effec tiv en ess of the airbags and will increase the risk of sonal injury in a co llision.
Ne ver sit clo se r than in ch es (25 em ) to th e steering wheel or instrument panel.
If you cannot sit more than
first
(continued)
to it when it
To redu ce the risk of injury when an airbag inflates, always wear safety belts properly 19,
Always make certain that children age 12 or younge r always rid e in the rear seat. If dren are not properly restrained, they may be sever ely injured or killed when an airb ag flat es.
Never le t childr en ride unrestrained or
Adju st the front seats properly.
Never rid e w ith the backr est
Always sit as far as poss ible from the steerin g whee l or the instrument panel
Alway s sit upright with your back against the backrest of your seat.
Neve r place your feet on the in strument panel or on th e seat . Always keep both feet on the in front of the seat to help preven t rio us in juri es to the legs and hip s if the a irbag
infl ates.
Never reclin e the front passenger 's seat to transport objects. Item s can also move into the area of th e s ide alrbag or the front airbag during braking or in a sudden maneuver. jects b eco me projectiles and caus e injury when an airbag infl ates.
WARNING
Airbags that have deplo yed in a cra sh mus t b e replaced .
onl y o riginal equipment airbags proved by Volkswagen and Installed by a
trained technician who has th e necessary tool s and diagnostic equipment to properly replace any airbag in your
Never permit salvage d or recycled airba gs
to be installed in your vehic le.
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Have th e a irbag system inspected by you r authorize d Volkswagen deale r or qualified
workshop immediately. Always carefully follow instructions from
Fig. 21 Location of driver airbag: in steering wheel
ve hicl e is equipped with a dual s tage front A ir bag in compliance w ith
Unit ed Fede ra l Motor Veh icle dard as applicable at th e time your ve hicl e was manufa ctured . vehi cle is also equipped w ith sid e airbags for the driver and fron t se at passenge r (opt io nal for the outboard re a r seats). The sa fety belts for th e front and re a r outboard seats have ''pretensioners"
fig. 21 and th e ai rbag for the front fig. 22. The
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F ig. 22 Location of front passenger's airbag: in the
instrument panel
gen era l lo ca tion of the a irba gs is marked
There is a lot you need to know about th e airbags in yo ur veh icle . We urg e you to read the detailed
information abo ut airb ags. safety belts and child
safe ty in thi s and the o th er bookle ts th at m ake
up the own er' s literature. be sur e to heed
th e th ey are extrem ely important for
your safet y and t h e s afety of yo ur passe nge rs, pecially infan ts and small c hildr en.
WARNING
Never rely on airb ags alone for protect ion.
Even when they deplo y, airbags provide only supplem ental protection.
Airbag work most effective ly w he n used
with properl y worn safet y belts.

a small child that is heavier than a typica l
I ye ar-old infant in one o f th e child restraint s
w ith whi ch th e A dvan ced Airbag was page 55.
a child who has outgrown child res traints is
o n
a small adult or te enage r is on th e front se nger seat.
a passe nge r w ho is not sitting upright with
thei r back against a non -re clined backr est with
th eir feet on th e ve hicl e floor in front of the seat occupant seatin g is on t h e fr o nt passenger seat.
re quir em ent s of th e to turn off the fron t a irb ag
f o r infant s 12 months old and younger w ho are
re strained on the fro nt passenger seat in ch ild
restraint s that are liste d in the Standard re str aint s and Adva nce d
requires the front airb ag on th e passenge r sid e to be turned off if th e tota l weig ht
r eg is tered on th e front passe nger is less
th an a inf ant up to about one year of age is s tra ined on the front passe nger seat in one of the rea rward-faci ng or for wa rd-fa cin g inf ant str aint s listed in Fed eral Moto r Vehicle
page 55
The BAG
light does no t come o n and stay on . th e front airbag on the passen ge r
s id e has not been turned off by th e co ntrol u nit and can deploy if th e control unit se nses an pact that meets th e co nditio ns s tored in its page
Alwa ys remember: Even thoug h yo ur veh icle is equipp ed with Adva nced Airb ags, the sa fest
34 Airbag system
pla ce fo r childr en i s properl y restrained on th e back seat. b e sure to read the important
information in the sections tl1at follo w and be
sure to heed all of th e WARNINGS.
To reduce th e risk of serious injury when an airbag inflates , always wear safety belts erly .
You will also receive serious injuries and could even be killed if you are up against the airbag or too close to it when it infl ates eve n
with an Advance d Airbag
An infant or child in a rearward-facing child
seat installed on the fron t passenger seat will be seriously injure d and can be killed if th e
front airbag inflate s eve n with an Advanc ed
Airbag System.
Although
ment is impossibl e in all conce ivab le tions that may happen during th e usefu l lif e of your ve hicle.
The infl atin g airbag hit the child seat or infant ca rrier with great force and will
s m as h th e child seat and child against backres t, center armrest, door or roof.
straint s in the rear seat.
front passe nge r scat because of ceptional circumstances and the
sh op.
terfer e with the airbag as it deploys and seri -