airbag VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2007 Service Manual

The Protection'M airbag system
consists of:
the elec troni c control module with grated senso rs, press ure sensors in the doors and rear side impact sensors.
airbags above the front and rear side w indo ws.
the ai rbag
Protection airbag sys te m is not activated:
if the ignit ion is sw itched off,
in sid e collisio ns w he n the acceleratio n sured by the senso r i s too low,
Applies t o vehi cles: w ith side curta in protection oirbogs
Booklet 2.1 Safety first
in front-end collisio ns,
in rear-end collision s,
some types of accidents the fron t, Sid e tain ProtectionTM side airbag s m ay be
Safety belts and the airhag syste m will only
provide protection w hen occupants are in the proper seating page 4.
spected immedia tel y by you r authori ze d
tion in a side co llision is hig h enough to vate the .
How
duce the risk of head and uppe r torso injuries for occupants are properly
strained .
Fig. 29 airbogs on th e left sid e
Th e Sid e airbag s infl ate
b etween the occupant a nd the si de window on
that sid e of th e ve hicl e is struck in certain
s ide fig . 29 . When
the sys
te m is tri gg ered, the Sid e airba g is fille d with propellant gas
and break s th roug h th e header above the front and rear sid e window s and center d oo r pillar and deploys dow nwards. In order to help v ide thi s additional prote ction, the S ide ProtectionTM airba g must inflate w ith in th e
b lin k of a n eye at very high speed and with great force. The Sid e Protectio nTM airba g
co uld injure you if your seating posit io n is not proper o r upright or if area where tec tion TM a irbag in fla tes. T hi s appli es especially
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the impact and in
th is way they can help to reduce the risk o f injury
t o th e head and the upper part o f the bo dy.
A fin e dust m ay deve lo p w hen th e a ir b ag ploys. This is quite norm al and does n ot mean
th ere is a fir e in th e ve hicl e .
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that you and your passenger s must
know and do to help the safety belt s and airbag s do their job to provide supplem ental protec tion .
Th e S
ide airb ags installed
for th e front seating and outboard rear seating
posit ions have been desig ned and ce rtified to he lp reduce the risk of injur y that can be caused
b y air bags when they inflate, particularly w he n
th e occupant sitti ng nex t to it is no t seated prop­
erly .
WARNING
lmp roperlywearingsafcty belts and improper seating positions increase the risk of serio u s
p erso na l injury and death whenever a vehicle
i s being used.
Never let occupants place any parts of their bodi es in th e area from whi ch th e Side
Always make sure that th e S ide
Use the built-in coat hooks only for light ­
we ight clothing. Never leave any heavy or sharp-e d ge d object s in the pocket s th at may
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interf ere w ith airbag deployment and can
cause personal injury in a collision .
Never use hangers to hang clothe s on th e
h ooks.
use factory-installed sun shades in the case of shades installed after the vehicl e
l eaves the factory, use only genui ne swagen sun booklet 3.2 new parts, re­
pair s an d modification s."
A lways sit in proper sea ting position and wear safety belts whil e trave ling so that th e
Side
The a irb ag sys te m can onl y be trigger ed
once. the airb ag has been tr iggered, the
system must be rep laced by a n authorized Volkswagen dealer or qualified workshop.
Always have work involv in g the curtai n
airbag system , removal and installation of the a irbag components, or other repairs per­
formed by a qualified dealers hip. Othenvis e
the airbag system m ay no t work correctly.
Neve r attempt to modify an y components of the airbag system in any way

The rear seat is generally the safest place in a collision.
The physical principle s of what happens when you r vehicle is in an acc ident apply also to 15. safety belts?". But unlik e adults and teenage rs, their muscle s and bones are not fully deve loped. many respects
d ent s than are adults.
Becau
se c hildr en's bodies oped, they must use restrain t systems especially des igned fo r their size . weight , and b ody ture . Many countries and all sta te s of the United and pro vinces of Canada have law s
tems for infant s and small childr en .
a frontal crash at a speed of20- 35 mph 56 km /h l the forces acting on a 13-pound (6 kg)
infant w ill be more than times th e weig ht of the child . Thi s means th e weight of the chi ld
wo uld suddenl y be more than pounds kg). Under these conditions, only
tions to be s ure the seat is right for your child's page 56, safety instru ctio ns for using child b e s ure to
bags, and th e installation of child restraints in
thi s booklet.
Ther e is a l ot you n ee d to know about the va nced Airba gs in your vehicl e and how they
work when infant s and children in child
in your vehicle and th e very important inform ation about child ren on the front
they are extremel y important fo r your safet y and the safet y o f your passenger s, cially infant s and sm all children .
Acciden t s tati stics have shown that d ren are generally safer in the rear seat area than in the front seating position. Always
All vehicle occupants and especially dren must be restrained properly whenever riding in a vehicle. An unrestrained or properly restrained child could be injure d b y striking the interior or by being ejected from the ve hicle during a sudden maneuver or
strained child is also at greate r risk of injury or death through contact with an infl ati n g
airbag.
s uit abl e child restrai nt properly ins talled and used at one of the rear seating pos itions prov ides th e hig hest degree of protect ion for
infant s and small childre n in most accident situations
Children on the fro nt seat ofanycareven with
Advanced Airbags can be seriously injured or even killed when an airbag inflates.
A child in a rearward-facing child seat be
The infl ating a irbag
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Alway s seats on the rear seat.
a rearward-facing
seat in a rear seating position and h ave the airbag system inspec te d immediately by your authorized Volkswagen dealer or qualified
workshop.
Fonvard-facing child seats installed on the
front passenger seat may interfere with the
chorage to the highest adjustment posi­
t ion.
- Always move
the passenger seat to the
hi ghest position in th e up and down justment range and move it back to
the tim e whenever the ignition is
switched
Advanced front airbag system and
Your vehicle is equipped with a dual-stage front Airbag in compliance with
Unit ed Federal Motor Vehicle Safety dard as at th e tim e your
ve hicl e was manufactured.
T he Advanced Airbag system in you r veh
icle to meet th e requ ire­ments for 3 and 6 year-old chil dre n (as defined in the s tandard ) on the passe nger side and small
adults on the driv er side. d eplo ym ent
occurs in tho se crashes that take plac e at lower
d ecla ratio ns as defin ed in th e ele c
tronic unit. Th e low risk deployment crit eria are tended to redu ce the risk of injury through inter­
action with the airbag that can occur in these
safety
airbag inflates. In additi on, the system has been certified to comply with the qu ir e m ent s of th e Safety Standard , to turn off the
f r ont airbag for infant s up to 12 months w ho are restrained on th e front passenge r seat in child that are
can be a very dangerous place for an in-fant or la rger child in a rearward -facing

2.1 Safety first
child on the front passe nger seat u sing th e weight-sensing m at in the seat c ushion and the sen sor below the safety belt latch on the front
p assenger seat that measures th e tension on the safe ty be lt.
Th e we ight -sensin g
mat measures to tal weight of the c h ild and th e child seat and a chi ld blanket on th e front passeng er seat. The weight on the
front pas s enge r seat is re lated to the design of th e c hild restraint and its the size and s h ape of the bo ttom of the chil d restr aint as
it sit s on the seat. The w eight o f a child restraint and its
manufacturers .
T he
weight ra nges for the indi vidual types,
m akes and models of child restr aints that th e
N HTSA has s pecified in the Sa fe ty Standard gether w ith the weight r a n g es of t ypical infan ts a
nd ty
pical I year-old child have been in
th e control unit of the Adva nced Airba g Sys te m.
When a child restraint is being used on the front passenger seat w ith a typic al! year-o ld infant ,
th e Ad va nc ed Airbag System compares the weight measured by the weight-sensin g m at
with the informa ti on stored in the electro nic
control unit.
T he el
ectroni c control unit als o registers the s ion on th e front passenger safe ty belt. The sion on th e sa fe ty belt for the front passenge r
seat w ill be differe nt for an adult who is properly using the sa fety belt as compared to the te nsion on th e belt when it is used to atta ch a child strain t to the seat. Th e sensor below the latch for the sa fet y belt for th e front seat passenger sures the tension on th e belt. The input from this
se nsor is then u sed w ith the weight to w he th er there is a child restraint with a ty pical
I year-o ld child on the front passenger seat a nd
w hether o r n ot th e airba g must be turned off .
Safety dards and has been certified by its m anufa cturer
f o r use with an airbag. Alwa ys be sure that the chil d restraint is pro perly in stalled at one of th e
rear seating positi ons. If in exce ptional sta nces you must use it on the front passe nge r seat, carefully read all of the information on child safety and Ad vanced Airbag s and heed all of th e a pplic abl e WARNINGS. Ma ke certain that
t h e c hild res traint is correctly recognized by the
we ig ht-sensi ng mat in side the front passeng er seat, that th e fron t passenger a irb ag is turne d off and that the airbag statu s is alw ays correctly naled by the BAG light.
Man y ty
pes and model s of c hild restrain ts hav e
been availabl e ove r the years . new mode ls a re introduced reg ularly incorporating new and prove d desig n s and older mod els are take n out of production. res traint s are not iz ed. re s traint s of th e same type ty picall y h
ave diff e
rent weig hts and sizes and diff erent the size and s hape of the bottom of
th e child res traint that sit s on the seat, when they are in stalled on a seat. These ences make it virtu ally impossibl e to certify compliance with the require m ents for advanced
airbags with each and every child restraint that has ever been so ld in the past or w ill be s old ove r
t h e course of the useful life of your
For thi s rea son, the United States National High way Traffi c Sa fety Adm ini strat ion has lis h e d a list of s p ecific type, makes and m od els of c hild restraint s that must b e use d to certify compliance of th e Advanced Airbag System in
your ve hicle with the suppression requirements of Federal Mo tor These child restraints are :
A. Car beds, manufactured on or after tember 1,
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There are also additi ona l a dju stment s tha t mus t
b e m ad e in order to be a ble to properl y install a
c hild res trained on th e f ro m seat:
Set th e safe ty bell upper a nch orage for th e
front passenger seat to the hi ghest adju stment po sition if th e available safety belt l eng th is suf­ficient to prope rly install the child res traim
Move the fr ont passe nge r scat to the highes t
pos ition in the seat's up and do wn adju stment
range.
Mo ve the front passe nge r seat to the rea r­mos t positio n in the seat's fore an d aft adjust­ment range, as far away from the airbag as pos­
sib le before insta llin g th e forw ard-fa cin g c hild
If a strap ortether is bein g used to tic th e child seat to th e fro nt passe nge r seat, make sure
t h a t it is not so tight that it causes the w eig ht ­sensing m at to m ea sur e mo re we ight than is ac­on the seat.
Always r
emember: Even though your vehicl e is equipped w ith an Adva nce d Air b ag all childr en. espec ially those 12 years and you nger,
s h ou ld always ride in the back scat properly re­
strai ned for th eir and size.
Not u sin g a child seat, using the wrong child seat or improperly ins taUing a c hild res traint
in creases the risk of seriou s personal injury and death.
All vehicle occu pants and especially chil­dren must a lways be res train ed properl y
w heneve r riding in a ve hicle .
- An
unrestrained or improp erl y re ­
s trained child can be injur ed or killed by
ava ilabl e c hild seats are re­
quired to comply with hicle Safety Standard
use child restraint sys te m s that fully contact the flat portion of th e seat
c u shi on. Th e child restraint must not tip or lean to either si de. Volkswagen does not recommend using child seats that rest on legs or tube- like frames. They do not pro­
vide adequate cont act with the se at.
- Always h
eed all legal requirem ents per­
taining to th e in stallation and u se of c hild seats and carefully follow the in struction s provided by the manufacturer of th e scat
yo u are usin g.
Neve r allow children unde r 4 ft 9 in (57 in ch es /1.45 meters) to wear a normal safe ty belt . T hey must alway s be re strai ned by
a prope r child restraint syste m. they could su sta in injuries to th e abdomen and n ec k areas during sudden braklng ma­
neuv ers or acci de nt s.
Never let more than one child occupy a
c hil d scat.
Neve r let babies or older child ren ride in a vehicl e w hil e sittin g on tlt e lap of ano ther pas­
senge r.
- Holdin g a child in yo
ur arms is neve r a
subs titute for a child restraint syste m .
-
The s trongest person co uld not hold the
c hild with the forc es that exist in an acci­
d e nt . Th e child will strike the int erior of the vehicl e and can al so be struck b y the pas­
senge r.
-
The c hild and th e passe nger can also in­jure each another in an acci dent .
Neve r in stall rcanvard-faci ngchild seats or infant carriers on the front passenger seat. A
c hild w ill be se riou sly inju red and ca n be
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Booklet 2.1 Safety first
(continued)
even with an Adva nced Air bag Sys tem.
The infl ating airbag will hit the child seat or infant carrier w ith great force and will
smas h the c hild seat and child against the
backre st, center armrest, door o r roof.
Always in stall r eanva rd-facing child seats or infant carri ers on the rear scat.
Fonvard -facing child seats in stall ed on th e
front passe nger's sea t can interfere
th e c hild's safety and well-being require that the fo llowing special precautions be taken:
- Make s
ure the fo nvard -facing seat has been designed and certifi ed b y its manu­facturer for use on a front scat with
as po ssib le before
installin g the child res traint .
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the front passenger's seat from being moved to the rca rmost position in its for e and aft adjustment range.
-
Always make s ure that th e ba ckrest is in the upright position.
Always buckle the child seat finnl y in pla ce
eve n if a child is not sitting in it. A loo se child
seat
can fly around durin g a sudden stop or in
a collisio n.
Alway s read and hee d all WAHNINGS whenever usi ng a child restrain ed in a ve hicle
i s being page page and
To reduce the risk of serio us injury, make sure th at the PASSENGER BAG light comes o n and stays on whenever a child restraint is
installed on the front p asse nger seat and the ignition is sw itch ed on.
Tak e th e c hild restra int the front senger seat and in stall it properly at one of th e
rear seat posi tio ns if PASSENGER light does not sta y on.
Have the airbag sys te m inspec ted by your au thori ze d Volkswagen dealer or qualified
worksho p immediat ely .

2.1
seats can help protect toddlers and children ove r
age 1 and and up to
mately lbs. (9 and 18 kg) in a cra sh.
Fig . 32
stall a child seat, yo u must first activ ate the
switchable locki ng feature on the safet y
belt to pre vent the child seat from moving
63.
-the child seat down with your full
weight to get the safety belt re ally tight so
that the seat cannot move fo rw ard or
page 69) to
the tether anchorage for th e seating
tion w here the c hild restra int is being
sta lled page 68.
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safety
A toddle r or is usuall y too large for fant restraint, if it is m ore than one year and weighs more than 221b s.
and weig h be tween 221bs.
s train ed in seat certified for the ir size and fig. 32.
The airbag on the passenger side m akes the front seat a pot entially dang erous place fo r a to ride. Th e front seat is not the safest place
for a child in a forward-fac ing child seat.
in a re arw ard-facing seat.
WARNING
Not using us ing the wrong seat or improperly installing child restra int
increases the risk of serious personal injury and death in a or other emergency
si tuation.
Children on th e front seat of any car, even
with Advanced Airbags, can be seriously jured or even
be seriousl y
in jured and be if th e front airbag flates-even with an Advanced 1\irbag System .
The inflating airbag will th e child seat or infant carrier with gr eat force and
Always install rearward -facing child seats on the rear seat.
yo u must i.nstall a rearward faci ng sea t on the front passeng er sea t because of ceptional circumstances and th e PASSENGER
immediatel y in stall the r earward-facing
child sea ting position and have
th e airbag system inspected by your rized Volkswagen dealer or qualified work-
shop.

(continued)
A lways read and heed all WARNINGS wheneve r using a child restrained in a vehicle
is bein g page 13, page 53, "C hild safety".
WARNING
An improperly installed child restra int can ter fer e with the airbag as it deploys and ously injure or even kill tlte child-eve n with an Adva nced Airbag System.
turer's instruction s provided with the child seat or carrier.
2 .1 Safety first
(continued)
- Never put the fonv ard-facing ch ild
ment panel.
- Always move
the passe nger seat into its
rearmost position in tlte seat's fore and aft
adjustment range, as far away from the
airbag as p ossib le befor e in stalli ng the
prevents
th e f ront passenger's seat from be ing
m ove d to th e rearmos t position in its fore
an d aft adj ustment range.
- Neve r pl
ace a dditional items on tlt e seat
th at can in crease the to ta l weight tered by the weight-sensing mat and ca n
cause injury in a cras h.
Make su re that th e BAG
If th e
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Properly used booster seats can help protect children who weigh more than
lbs. (18 kg) who are 4 to at least 8 years old and are less than 4ft. 9 in. (57 inches
1,45 meters) tall in a collision.
Fig. 33 Child
s igne d for th e ir age and page 62, fig. 33. Experts say that the skeletal structu re, particularl y the pelvis, of these child ren is not fully developed, and
1,45meters) tall can generally use the vehicle's three point lap and shoulder belts. Never use the lap be lt portion of the vehicle's safety belt alone to res train any child, regardless of how b ig the child is. Always remember that children do not have the pronounced pelvic structure requ ired for the proper fun ction of lap belt portion of the veh icle 's three point la p and shoulder belt s. The child's safety absolutely require s that a lap belt portion of the safety belt be fas tened snugl y and as low as possible around the pelvis. Never le t the lap b e lt portion of the safety belt pass over
the ch ild's stomach or abdomen.
age 12 and under should always ride in th e rear seat.
a c ollisio n, airba gs must inflate w ith in a blink
o f an eye and w ith considerable force. ord er to
d o its job , the airbag needs room to infla te so tha t it will be there to pro tect the occupant as the occupant moves forward into the airbag.
A vehicle
occupant who is out of posit ion and too close to th e airbag gets in the way of an in­fla tin g airbag. When an occupant is too close, he
o r she will be stru ck vio lently and wiLl receive se-rious o r poss ibly even fatal injury.