seats VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2006 User Guide

Booklet 2.1 Safety first
Safety
key to getting maximum protection from
help you ad­
ju st the position of th e safe ty belt to mat ch your body size.
b elt he ig ht ad justment for th e front seats a nd
th e outer se atin g pos ition s on the rear se ats,
front seat height adju stment.
(con tinued)
The safety belt must lie flat and snug on the occupant's upper fig. 13 .
T he lap belt portion of the safety belt must be positioned as
fig. 14 . on the b elt
to tighte n if ne cess ary.
A loose-filli ng safety belt can cause serious
injuri es by shifting its position on your body
from the strong bone s to more v ulnerabl e, soft tissue and cause seriou s injury.
Always read and heed all a n d other important infor matio n 17.
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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
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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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Eve n though your vehicl e is equipped wit h an Advanced Airbag System, make certain that all childre n , especially those 12 years and younger, a lways ride in the back seat properly restrained for their
if an infant up to about one year of age restrained in on e of the rearward-fac ing or forward-facing infant re­
straints lis ted in Federal Mo tor Standard 208 with which the Advanced Airbag Sys te m in your was certified has been in­stalled on the front passenger seat. For a listing of the child restraints that were used certify compli ance with the
55.
The PASSENGER
will stay on if the front passenger seat is not occupied,
will stay o n if the tot al weight o n the front passenger seat is that of a typical year-o ld in­fant restrain ed in one of th e rearward-facing or forward-fa cing infant restraints listed in
w ill go off if the front passenger seat is occu­pied by a n adult as re gis te red by the weight­sen sin g page 40,
can stay on if the weight on the seat is more than th e typical! year-o ld infant re-
strained i n one of the child restraints li sted in 208 but less than weigh t of a small
the total weigh t on the front passenger seat is more tha n that of a typica l
208, the front airbag on the passenger side can deploy (the PASSENGER
light does not come on) even if the weight is less than the weight of a small adult. I f the PASSENGER light does not come o n, th e front airbag o n the passenger side has not been turned off by th e e lectronic control unit and can deploy if the control unit senses an impact that meets the conditions stored in its
memory.
For example, the airbag may deploy if:
a small chil d that is heavie r than a typical year-old infant is on the front passenger seat restrained in one of the c hild seats liste d in 20 8 page 55 or
a child who has outgrown child restraints is on the front passenger seat.
If the front passenger airbag is turned off, the PASSENGER and sta ys on.
The front airbag on the passenger sid e w ill de­plo y if the PASSENGER BAG lig ht does not come on and sta y on even if a small or teenager, or passenger who is not sitting up­
right w ith their back against a non-recl in ed bac kre st with th eir feet on the in
front of the seat i s on the
deployment occurs in those crashes that ta ke place at lowe r decelera ti o ns as defined in

the elec tronic control page 41, SENGER
Always remember. a child seat or infa nt carrier
in stalled on th e fron t seat may the rapidly pas senger's airbag in a frontal collision. The
airbag could greatly re duce the effectiveness of the c hild restraint and even seriou sly injure th e
c hild during
stro ng ly recommend that children always sit in
th e back page 53,
infant in a seat stall ed on th e front passe nge r seat ously injured and can be killed if the front
airbag inflates eve n with an
System.
The inflating airba g will hit the child seat or infant carrier with great force and will
smas h th e c hild seat and c hild against the backrest, cent e r armre st, door or roof.
Always install r earwa rd-facing child seats on the rear scat.
If you must install a rearward facing child seat on the front passe nger scat becau se of
light docs not com e on and stay on, imme diatel y
your authorized swage n dealer or qualified workshop.
terferc with the ously inju re or even the child -eve n with
a n A irb ag
in exceptio nal circumstances, you must
in stall a fonvard-facing c hild restraint on the front passe nger's sca t:
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Fon vard-facin g seats install ed on the front passenger's seat may interfer e
with the deplo ym ent of the air bag and cause seriou s personal injury to the child .
2.1 Safety first
turer's instructions provid ed with the c hild
sea t or carrier.
- Neve r
put the fonvard-faci ng c hild
ment panel.
- Always move the passe nge r sca t into its
rearmost pos ition in the scat's fore and aft adjustment range, as far away from the airbag as possi ble before installing ward-facing
scat that can increase the total weight te re d by the weig ht-sensing mat and ca n
ca use injury in a cras h.
Make sure that the BAG light comes on and stays on all the time w henever the igniti on i s switc hed on.
th e BAG light does not com e on and stay on , imm ediately in stall the fonv ard-facing child scat in a rea r seatin g
position and have the airba g sys tem inspec ted
by your authorized Volkswagen dealer or qualified workshop.
To reduce the ris k of se rious injury, make su re that tltc light is on whenever a child restraint is install ed on th e
front passenger scat and the ig niti on is switched on.
the d ocs not stay on, perform th e c hecks descr ibed the Advanc ed
Take the c hild restra int off the front senger seat and in stall it properly at one of the
r ear sea t position s if th e BAG light does not sta y on.
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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.

Therefore, always wear your safety belts and make sure that everybody in your vehicl e
i s properly re strained.
A person o n the front passenger seat, cially infants and small
Although the Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle is designed to turn orr the front passenger airbag if an in fant or a small child in one of the child restraints used to certify the Advanced Airbag System is on the front
tion s is impossible in all conceivabl e situa-
Applies to vehicles: with advanced front airbag system
Advanced front airbag system
Your vehicl e is equipped with a front Advanced
A irbag System in complia nce with States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard as applicable the time your hicle was manufactured.
The front Advanced AirbagSystem supplemems the s afety belt s to provide additional protection
for the driver's and front passenge r' s head s and upper bodi es in frontal crashes. The airbags
straint system in your vehicle. Always remember that the a irba g system can only help to protect if you are sittin g upright, wearin g your safe ty belt and wearing it properly. This is why
yo u and your passengers must always be erly restrained, not just because the law requi res you to be.
The Adva nced Airbag System in yo ur ve hicl e has been to meet the ment s for 3 and 6 yea r-old childr en (as defined
in the s tandard) on the passenger sid e and very
The Advanced AirbagSyste m can deploy in accordance with the
fant restrained in one of the fonvard facing or rearward facing child seats wit h which
plo yment arc met.
Accident statistic s have shown that
For their own safety, all children, especially 12 years and younger, should always ride in the back properly restrained for their age and
small adult s on the driver side. ployment occurs in those crashes th at tak e place
troni c control unit. The low risk deployment teria are intended to help reduce the ris k of jury through interact ion with th e front airbag
t hat can occur in these collisions, for example.
b y
being too close to the steering wheel and
deplo yme nt to occur. the PASSENGER light mus t be orr "Monito ring the Advanced Airbag
year old. restrained in one of the rearward-facing or forward-facing
child restraims (listed in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard with which the Advanced
A irbag System in yo ur veh icle was the PASSENGER BAG light mayor may not come on. Wh en the PASSENGER light is off, the fron t airbag on the passe nge r side may or may not deploy depending o n the nature
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Forward-facing child seats insta lled on the front passenger's seat may interfere with the
d eployment of the airbag and cause serious
personal injury to the child.
Always make sure the fonvard-facing seat has been designed and certified by it s fa cturer for use on a front scat with a senger front and side airbag.
Alway s carefully follow the manufacturer's instructions provided with the child seat or carrier.
Never put the fonvard-facing child
Always move the passenger seat into its arrnost position in the seat's fore and aft
(cont;nued)
justment range, as far away from the airbag as poss ible before installin g the fonvard-facing
c hild restraint. The backrest must be adjusted to an upright position.
Always make sure that nothing prevents the front passenger's seat from being moved to the rearmost position in its fore and aft justment range.
Never place additional it ems on the seat that can increase the total weight registered b y the weight-sensing mat and can cause injury in a crash.
Advanced Airbag
trolunit whent h e igniti on i s on. The control unit monitors the Advanced AirbagSystem and turns
th e airbag indicato r light on w hen malfunction in the syste m components is detec te d. The tion of the a irbag indicator light is described in
g reater detail below. Because the front
vanced Airbag you must take car e to prevent it from being dam aged. Damage to the seat m ay prevent the Advanced Airb ag for th e
front passenger seat from doing its job in a
crash.
The front
Advanced Airbag System consists of the following:
Cras h sensors in the front of the ve hicl e th at measure ve hicle accelera tion /deceleratio n to
prov ide informatio n t o the Advanced Airbag
Sys tem about the severity of the cras h.
An electronic control unit, with integra ted crash sensors for fr ont and side impacts. The control u nit whethe r to fire just one or b oth stages o f the front a irbags based o n the formation received from the cra sh sensors. The control unit also w hethe r th e safety belt pretensioners should be acti va ted.
A dual -stage Ad vanced Airbag with gas
A dual-stage Adva nced Airb ag and gas
A weight-sensi ng under uphols tery
paddi ng of the front passenger seat c u shion that m eas ure s th e total weight on the seat. The matio n registered is sent continuous ly to regulate deployment of th e front Advanced Airbag on the passenger side.
An airbag monitoring system and indicator light in the in strument page
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The PASSENGER light in the center of the instrument panel fig. 25) that tells yo u when the front Advanced
Airbag on the passeng er side been turned
orr.
A se nso r in side the safe ty belt latch for the
front seat passenger to measure th e ten sion on th e sa fet y belt. The ten sion on th e safety belt and th e weight regis ter ed by the we ig ht -se nsin g mat help the control unit
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A senso r in the safety belt lat ch for the driver and for the front seat passenger that senses whether that safe ty belt is latch ed or n ot and tran smit s thi s information to the elec troni c
Damage to the front passenger seat ca n
Never remove the passenge r or driver
scat from the vehicle.
Never re m ove the uphol stery from the front passenger seat.
Never disassemble or remove parts from
th e seat or disconnect wires from it.
Never carry sharp object s in your pockets or place them on the seat. If the sen si ng m at in the passenger scat i s tured it cannot work properly.
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(continued)
Neve r carry things on you r lap or jects on th e passenger seat. items can the and send the wrong information
to the airbag con trol unit.
Never store items under the front
under the passenger scat could be damaged, pre ve nting them and th e airbag system from working properly.
Never place seat cove rs or r eplace ment ho ls tery on th e front seats that have no t been
specifically approved by Volk swagen .
covers can prevent the Advanced
Airbag from recognizing child straint s or occupants on the front passenger seat and prevent the sid e a irbag in the seat backr es t fr om deploying properly.
Neve r u sc cushions, pillows, blankets or sim ilar items on th e front passenger seat. T he addition al paddi ng w ill prevent the
If yo u must use
BAG light comes on and sta ys on whenever the child restraint is in stalled on the front (>as-senger scat.
If t he BAG stay on, immediatel y in stall
c hil d restrain t in rear seati ng position and have the airbag system inspected by your thorized Volkswagen dealer o r qualifi ed
wor kshop

severity de pends on sp eed and d ece lemtion as well as the mass and n ess of the vehicle or object involved in the
cras h.
plo ys. follo wed by the second stage at a lat er
t im e in the cras h sequence.
If t
he ele ctronic co ntrol unit regis ters a cras h of
high e r seve rity, both stages of th e drive r a irbag will d eplo y almost at the same time, rega rd less of w he th er th e safe ty belts are bein g used or not.
gramm ed in the e lec tron ic co ntrol unit. The front airba g on the passenger side will also be
turned off if th e combined weight of a n infant of about one year of age in one of th e child seats
that wa s use d t o ce rtify the Advanced Airbag Sys te m under Federa l Moto r Vehicle Safety
S tandard has bee n regi ste re d on th e seat. The
res traint s on the front seat some important things to
flat es, always wear s afety belt s properly.
If yo u are unres trained , leaning forward,
s itting sideways or out of position in any way, your risk of injury is much higher.
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An airbag that has deplo yed cannot provide protecti o n and must be replac ed.
Alway s turn off the ignition after an airbag has deployed.
safe distance from d eplo yed passenge r airbag.
N ever try to repair or change the airbag s ys te m or c ut a deployed airbag from the
s teering wheel or in strument panel.
An airbag th at h as deployed cannot vid e protection and must be re placed.
Repla ce deployed airbags only with ina.l equipment airbags approved by swagen and in sta ll ed by a train ed t echnician who has the necessa ry tools and diagno sti c equipment to properly replace any airbag in
your ve hicle and assu re syste m effectiveness in a cra sh
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The front passenger airbag
when th e front passe nger pied,
when th e we ight o n th e front p ass en ger seat as sensed by the Advanced Airbag cates that th e front airbag on th e pa sse nge r side has light comes on and stays on).
To reduce the risk of injury w hen the
a lw ays sit in an upright positi on, must n ot
l
ean agai nst o r place part o f th eir body to o
close t o the area w here the airbags a rc locate d.
Occupa n ts who are unbelte d, out o f tion or too close to the a irbag can be seriously injure d b y an air b ag as it unfo lds g reat force in the b link of a n page
A n i nfant or child in a re arward-faci ng c hild seat install ed on the front passenge r scat w ill
b e seri ously injure d can be ki lled if the
front airbag infl ates even with an A dva nced
Airbag
T he i nfl ating a irba g will hit the c hild sea t or infant carrie r with great fo rce and will
s mash the cl1ild scat
Always ins ta ll rearward -facing child seats
o n th e rear seat.
yo u must in stall a rearward faci ng c hild seat o n the fron t passenger seat because o f ceptio nal ci rcums tances and the stay on, imme di ate ly in stall the reanvard-facing c hild seat in
s h o p .
between yo u and the airbag will
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fering wit h th e
Neve r h o ld things in your h ands o r o n your la p whe n the ve hicl e is in use.
Neve r transport items on o r in the
co me dangerous projecti les that can cause rious personal injury if the a irbags in flate.
Never place or auach accessori es or other
obj ects (s uch
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crash, especiall y w hen the airbags infla te .
Neve r recline t he fro nt passenger's scat tra n sp ort objects. o f th e sid e airbag or th e fro nt during braking o r in a sudden m aneu ve r. jects ncar th e airbags can becom e pro jectiles and cause in ju ry , p artic ul arl y w hen the scat is
r eclined.
Always make sure that nothing is on the
fr ont passenger scat that w ill cause th e
weigh t-sensing mat in the seat to sense that the scat is occupied or is occu pied by
A lw ays make su re that n othing is on th e
front p asse nger seat whe n the backrest i s
f olded forward . Eve n
Always make sure tha t the statu s sig naled
b y the light is rect for the way that the fron t passenger scat is bcinguscd.
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