child seat VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2009 Owner's Manual

vehicle occupants and chil­dren must be restrained properly whenever riding in a veh icle . An unrestrained or im­properly restra ined child could be injured by striking the interior or by being ejected from the vehicle during a sudden maneuver or im­pact. An unrestrained or improperly restrain­
ed child is also at greater risk of injury or death through contact with an inflating air­
bag .
and used at one of the rear seating positions provides the highest degree of protection for infants and
exceptional circumstances require the use of a forward-facing child restraint on the front passenger's seat, the
the manufactur­er's instructions provided with the child seat or infant carrier.
- Never
a child restraint without a properly attached top tether strap if the
child r estraint manufacturer' s instructions
r equire the top tether strap to be used.
- Never
put the forward-facing r e ­straint up ag ainst or very near the instru­ment
-Always set the s afety belt upper an­chorage to the adjustment position that p ermits proper in accordance with the
- Always move the passenger seat to the highest position in the up and down ad­justment range and move it back to the rearmost position in the seat's fore and aft adjustment range , as far away from the airbag as possible before
GER BAG light comes on and stays on
light does not come on and stay on, immediate­ly the forward-facing child seat in a
rear seating position and have the airbag
system inspe cted by your authorized
Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volkswa­
gen
Always read and heed
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Alwa ys rep lace r est rai nt s that were in­stalled in a veh icle during a crash. Damage
to a c hil d res traint th at is not visible could cause it
to fa il in an ot her co llisio n situation.
on p age tha t comp lies with U nited Fede ra l Motor

the supp ressio n requirement s o f Federal Motor Vehicle T hese ch ild
from 1 , Angel Guard Ange l
Ride
B . Rearward-facing
(When the restr ai nt system comes equipped with a
removable base, compliance has to be certified
with or without the base) .
Valid
through August
Br itax Hand le w ith 191
Century Assura 4553
Century Fit 4543
Evenn o Discovery Adjust Right 212
Evenno First Choice
Graco
Century
Arriva PAW and base
22-999W HO
Evenno Discovery Adjust Right 212
Graco
Graco
Peg Perego Primo Viaggio
Forward-facing convertible
Valid through August
Britax Roundabout 161
Britax Expressway
Century Encore 4612
Century 4416
To uri va
Evenno Ho rizon V 425
Evenno Medallion 254
1st Com fort Ride
1,
Brita x Roundabout
Touriva
High B ack Booster
Tribute V 379xxxx
Evenno
Graco
Graco Toddler 2
Grace Platinum Cargo
D. Forward-facing toddler/belt positioning booster systems, manufactured on or after September 1,
Valid through August
Brita x Roads ter
Century Next
High Back Booster
Evenno Right Fit 24 5
Valid
from
Brit ax Roa dster
High Back Boos ter
Deluxe High Back Booster
22-262
Gr aco Platinum Cargo
Evenno Right Fit 245
E venflo Generations 352xxxx
To reduce the risk of serious injury, always
make sure that the GER BAG light comes on and stays on whenever a child restraint is installed on the front passenger seat and the ignition is switched on .
BAG light does not come on and stay on.
Have the airbag system inspected
Facility.

To reduce the risk of serious injury, always
make sure that the
res tra int is
away from
on page
special ste ps when
a child res train t with the vehicle safety
around the rear head restraint behind the
child restraint to help preven t a child from playing
with the unused and becoming entangled in it 64.
When a child safety
seat is secured on the
just the fron t seat to the s ize of the ch ild safety
the
85 .
se nger seat and it properly at one of the rear sea t positions if the GER light does not stay on.
ately by an authorized Volkswagen dealer or authorized
in Intr oduction on
page 58
a ch ild safet y seat is used on the rear bench,
must be sec ured so that the child in the child restraint cannot reach them
Guide the safety belt webbing behind the head
r est raint of the adjacent seat 64. When doing
so , do not engage the safety belt lock!
Let the belt retractor wind up the safety belt
webbing.
A child in a child restraint
sition where the child restrain t is
Never le t anyone sit at the center rea r
sea ting position if the center rear safety belt
h as been routed around a rear head restraint.
properly and safe ly

you to route the belt around the head restraint.
on the rea r seat.
on pag e
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) ommends that infants shou ld ride in rear-facing
ca r safety seats (in whic h the child faces the back
o f the vehicle) starting wi
th their first ride hom e
from the i nfants and todd le rs s hould
r ide in a rea r-facing car safety seat until they are
2 years
Rear- facing child
seats can be used safely only on the rea r sea t of the vehicle 65 .
Before
a ch ild restrain t on the front senge r sea t, b e s ure to the specia l in str u c­
t ions and h eed the wa rning s and
Before driving
. ,
When using the vehic le safe ty
to help prevent
the sea t from mov ing
a tether strap is being used to tie the child
seat to the front passenger seat, make sure that it
is not so tight that it causes the weig ht-sensing mat
to measu re more weight than
is actually on the
seat and turn the front passenger airb ag on when it
mus t be off (suppressed).
Th e ai r
bag on the passenger side makes the front seat a pote nti ally dangerous place for a ch ild to
ride. The fron t sea t is no t the safest place fo r a is a very gerous place for an infant or a larger
seat s or infant carriers on the fron t pas senger sea t,
eve n with an Advanced Airbag System. A child
again st the
b ackres t, center armrest, door or roof.

DANGER (continued)
a rearward-facing
and cannot protect them if the seat is forward­facing .
you must
the rearward­
facing seat at a seating position on the
rear seat and have the airbag system inspect­ed right away by your authorized
69, Safety belts, safety and child restraints.
A anchorages or with the standard safety on the rear seat
may
secure unused rear seat safety in
restraint is
anyone sit at the center rear
seating position if the center rear safety
you to route the
caught in the structure of the
when the
res trai nts are equ ipped with and@ show the correc t ins ta llation of the attachmen ts to a LATCH /UCRA seat. Figure© shows th e
installation of the seat using the syste m .
tory information and heed the WARN­on page (9-18 kg) must restr ained in a sea t cert ified
for their size and we ig ht 66 .
and

Before installing a restraint on the front pas­
senger seat, be sure to
1 and
When using the vehicle safety to install a seat, you must first activate the switc hable
l ock ing fea ture on the safety to seat from moving
Push the
Fasten the harness webbing that is part of the restraint system securely and one finger underneath the
sho ulder portion at the c hest.
Attach the tether strap to the tethe r anchorage
for the seati ng position where the restraint is
being installed
a tether strap is being used to tie the re­
s tr aint to the front passenger seat, make sure that
it is not so tight that it causes the weight-sensing
mat to measure more weight than is actually on the
seat.
The airb
ag the passenger side makes the front
sea t a po tentially for a
in a forward -facing seat. is a very dan­
gerous
m ust take special precautions when a restraint with the safe ty or wit h
L A TCH /UCRA
rout e the unused center seat safety and the unused safe ty for the sea ting positio n
where the LATCH/UCRA
prevent a with the unused
sea t or improp erly a
or other em erg ency
situation .
Children on the front seat of any car, even
with Advanced Airbags, can be seriously in ­jure d or even
Before driving
DANGER (continued)
A seat in­
and can be if the front a irbag inflate s -even with an Advanced Air­
bag System .
hit the
sma sh the against the
backrest, center armrest, door or roof.
sea ts
o n th e re ar seat.
you must a rearward facing sea t on the front passenger seat beca use of exceptional circumstances, but the BAG
sea t a t a seating position on the
r ea r seat and have the airbag system inspect­
ed right away by your authorized Volkswagen or a uthorized Volkswagen Service Fa­
read and heed whenever using a restrain t in a vehicle. 82, Air­bag system, and
An improperly restrain t ca n in­terfere with the airbag as it deploy s and seri­injure or even even with
an Advanced Airbag System .
except ional circumstances require the use of a forward-facing sa fety and
w ell-being require the specia l pre­
cau tion s to be taken :
- Forward-facing
sea ts on the front passenger seat may interfe re
with the deployment of the airbag and
cause serious injury to the
-make sure that the forward-fac­
ing seat has been desig ned and certified
by
its m anufa cturer for u se on a fron t pas­
senger seat with a front and sid e a irbag.
-
sea t or carrier.
- N
ever a
t ethe r strap to be use d.

Not using a booster seat, using the booster seat improperly, incorrectly a boos­ter seat or using the vehicle safety belt im­properly increases the risk of serious person­
shoulder.
Always make sure the
as possible across the child's pelvis.
Never belt portion of the safety belt pass over the
Never a child stand or kneel on any seat, for example, the front seat.
Never a chi ld ride in the cargo area of your vehicle.
leaning for­
ward, sitting sideways or out of position in any way during a This
BAG light does not come on and stay on, perform the checks described
Take the child restraint off the front pas­senger seat and it properly at one of the seating positions on the rear seat if the BAG light does not stay on whenever the ignition is switched on.
Always read and heed whenever using a restraint in a vehicle.
Child safety and child restraints.
A
Always secure unused rear seat safety belts out of the reach of children in
Never activate the switchable locking re­tractor when routing the safety belts around the head restraints.
Never anyone sit at the center rear seating position if the center rear safety belt has been routed around a rea r head restraint.
Be
careful not to activate the switchable lock­ing retractor when routing the sa fety belts
around the head restraints. you to route the belt around the head restraint.
Please first read and note the introduc­tory informat ion and heed the WARN­on page
be lts fo r the rear se ats a nd the fr on t pa s­
s enger seat mu st b e with th e swi tc h able fea ture to p ro pe rly sec ure child restraints.
p orti on of the 3 po int
res traints that can b e used with lower uni v e rsa l a nch o rag es.
Reg ardle ss of the kind of ch ild restraint that you
use, a lways make s ure that the ch ild res tra int is
p ro perly se cur ed in the vehicle ; o therw ise the child
c oul d be ser ious ly injur ed in a c ras h. Al ways
req uirem ent s regarding the installatio n of ch ild restr aint s.
proper ly and safely 1115

Activating the switchable locking feature
the way out of the retracto r.
While keeping your weight on th e child re­
straint , g u ide the shoulder belt portion of the safety
b elt back into the retrac tor until the belt lies flat and
is tightened against the child restraint.
You should hear a noise as the bel t
winds back into the inertia reel of the safety belt re­
t ractor . Test the switchable locking feature by ing on the belt. You should no longer be able to the belt out o f the retractor. The switchable
l ocking feature is
on the safety belt to make sure the safety
belt is properly fastened and tight.
Deactivating the switchable locking feature
The switchab le locking featu re for child restraints
the way back into the retractor.
Press the red button on the safety belt buckle .
T he belt tongue
Guide the sa fety belt back by hand so that it
the switch able locking feature should be activat­
ed inadvertently , the safety belt must be unfas­
tened and guided comple te ly back into its stowed
position to deactivate this feat ure .
Using the wrong restraint or an improp­erly re strain t can cause seri­
o u s pe rsonal injury or d eath in an accid ent.
even if a is not sitting in it. A
in an up­right position and securely latched into place and cannot fold forward . Otherwise , the seat backrest with the
whenever using a child restraint in a ve hicle Child safety and child restraints. precautions apply when a
child seat on the front passenge r seat 104 , Child restraints and the Ad­vanced front airbag system.
installed child restraints increase the risk of ser ious per sonal injury and death
in a
properly a nd safe ly 117

Fig. 68 Markings for the anchorages on t he seat.
tory information and heed the WARN­on page
for Lowe r An­
cho rs and Tethers for Canada, Univer­Restrai nt A nchorages (UCRA) is used to
describ e the combina tion of top tether straps and
l ower an chorages .
lower univer­anchorages.
T he circular markings
on the rear seat backrest you to the lowe r anchorages for the 2 outboard seating posit ions 68.
The anchorage at­
t ach men t poi nts are between the rear seat back­
re st and seat cu shion .
universal anchorages secure
th e child restraint system in the seat without using
th e vehicle's safety
of improper restraint tion.
Remember th at the
ancho ra ge poin ts are int end ed for insta llat ion
and attachme nt of restraint s speci fically certi­
fied for use with these anchorages.
be
restraint
systems to one an­
c hora ge point at the same time. For instance , you
must not
Befo re driving
anchorage points .
T here are 2 ways to attach an appropr iate
re­
straint to the anc ho­
rages :
Rigid connectors on bars at the back of the child restraint:
Depending on your vehic le's sea ts, you may want to use guidance fixtures when with
guidance fixtures is easier and protects the
tery. Guidance fixtures are with the not, they can be purchased
f rom an authorized Volkswagen or an au­
t horized Volkswagen Service Facility. The guid­
ance fixtures mu
st be in acco rdance with
t h e manufactu rer's instructions at th e anchorage
po ints between the sea t cush ion and the seat
bac krest.
Make sure the seat backre st of the rear seat bench i s in the upright position and securely latch­
ed in place.
or restraint manufacturer) to se­
cu re the seat
Guide the upper tether strap under the rear
h ead restraint (raise the head restrain t if necessa­
ry).
Attach the tether strap ancho rage hook into the
open ing of the te ther an ch orage.
Attach the connectors onto the tower universal anchorages.
Make sure you hear the restraint se­into
it to make certain it is secure and
Release the top tethe r strap (if one is requi red
by the rest raint manufacturer) .
the re-
straint manufacturer's instructi ons.

Hooks attached to adjustable straps
Make sure the sea t backres t of the rea r seat
bench is in the uprigh t position and securely
Attach the hook-on connectors with the spring
ca tch re lease onto the lower
on the connector attachments to make
sure that it is p roperly attac hed to the LATCH/
the child re straint
m anu factu rer's instructions .
Release or deploy the top tether strap (if on e is
required by the child restraint m anuf acturer) to cure the seat
Guide th e upper tether strap under the rear
head restraint (raise the head restrain t if
Guid e the tether strap between the rear seat
back and the luggage compartmen t cove r.
A ttach the teth er strap ancho rage hook into the
ope nin g of th e tether anchorage and th e top tet he r strap tig h t.
After you have the child seat,
th e child rest rai nt manufacturer's
ins tructions.
Release th e top te ther strap (if one is requi red by the child restraint manufacturer) .
Depress the spring catc h on the hook .
Move the hook in the direct io n of t he ve hic le
floor so that there is enough space to release the
connecto r fro m
the lowe r an ch orage .
must take special precautions when
lower universal anchorages behind the fron t passenger seat or behind the driver seat.
Always route the unu sed center seat safety belt and
the un used safe ty belt
for th e sea ting posit ion
whe re the
around the rea r head restraint behind the
c hild restraint to help prevent a child from playing
w ith the unu sed belt and becom ing entangled in it.
as the
ance fixtures from the anchorage points when there is not child seat secured in the vehicle anchorage points.
Be care ful no t to activa te t he switchab le ing retrac tor whe n routing the safety belts
around the head restrain ts . th e safe ty