belt VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 2012 User Guide

The switchable locking feature makes a sound when the safety a// the way out. When ever a child restraint is with a safe ty belt , the safety belt must be locked so
that the safe ty webbing cannot unreel 103, Child safety and child restraints. ac­
tive, deactivate t he locking feature before us ing the safety belt to restrain a person without a chi ld re­
straint system .
Fastening safety belts
Always buckle your safety belt before driving.
Adjust the front seat and head restraint correct­
ly
Make sure the seat backrest of the rea r sea t
benc h is in an upright position and sec urely latch­
ed in place be for e using th e sa fety
Hold the safety belt by the tongue and
51.
on the safety to make sure that it is se­curely latche d in the buckle .
Unfastening safety belts
Unfasten safety only when the vehicle is not
Press the red button on the buckle 52.
T he buckle tongue is ejected .
Let the belt wind up on the retractor as you
gu ide the belt tongue to its stowed position to help
preve nt th e safety belt from twisting an d to help
avoid damage to the interior trim.
Im
properly positioned safety belts can cause serious p ersonal injury or death in a n acci­
dent.
Safety belts offer optimum protection only when the seat backrest is upright and belts are correctly positi oned on the body.
slips from the stronger parts of the body sensitive are as like the abdomen.

Please first read and note the
on page 69.
Wearing safety belts improperly can cause serious
injury or death.
ly worn safety belt also helps to position the pant so that an airbag can provide maximum tectio n when deployed. Therefore, a lways fasten
your safety
sea tin g positions reduce th e ness of safe ty belts and even increase the risk of injury or d eath by mov ing the safety belt to critical
areas of the body. seating positions also
inc rease the risk of sev ere injury or death when an
airbag deploys and strikes an occupant who is not
seated properly
The shoulde r portion of the safety belt must
hind the back .
The lap portion of the safety belt must always
run as low as possible over the pelvis and neve r
over the abdomen.
Always wear the safety belt
tion of the safety belt as low as possible across the
pelvis and below the rounding of th e abdomen -
throughout th e pregnancy . T he safe ty belt must lie
54.
Adjusting safety
The safety belt posi tion can be adjusted using the
following features:
Front seats with heigh t adj ustment.
positioned sa fety belts can cause serious personal injury a n accident or a
sudde n braking maneuver.
Always make sure that vehicle

offer optimum protection only when the seat backrest is upright and belts are correctly positioned on the body.
ous injuries by shifting its position on your body from the strong bones to more soft tissue and cause serious injury.
and snug on the occupant's upper body.
portion of the safety belt must be positioned as as possible across the vis and never over the abdomen. Make sure the belt lies flat and snug against the pelvis.
safety belt as as
you cannot untwist a twisted safety wear it anyway, but mak e sure the twisted part is
Safety
on page 69.
not in contact with your body. Have the corrected right away by an authorized Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volkswagen
you have a p hys ical imp airment or
cial modi fica tions to yo ur ve hicle m ay be necessa ­ry.
Contac t yo ur auth orized Volkswage n deale r or author ized Volksw agen Faci lity or call the Volkswage n Custo m er C ARE Cent er at
belt height adj uste rs for the front seats ca n
b e u sed to adjus t the heig ht of t he sh ould er port ion of th e sa fety bel t so tha t it i s pos it io n ed cor rec tly:
Pinch the safe ty belt attach ment togeth er as dicate d by the arr ows and ho ld 55 .
the be lt a nd upp er attac hment up or do wn
until the safety belt is pos it ion ed ove r the ce nter of th e s hould er 7 6, Sa fe ty belt position .
Rele ase the safe ty bel t atta chm ent.
Pull on the safe ty be lt to make sur e tha t the per att ac hm ent is sec urely loc ked in place .
Never
adjust the height of the safety belt
__ h_ile __

cause the safe ty belt pretensioner to deploy u n­
necessar ily and the front passe nger airbag to de­
p loy late r in that would
not be ab le to p rovi de enou gh pro tection
f or an occupant not wearing a safety be lt.
use t he safe ty b elt ex te n de r app ro ved by Volkswage n for your veh ic le .
Im
proper use or positioning of a safety belt extender increases the risk of serious per­
sonal injury and death .
A driver or passenger who is not properly restrained can be seriously Injured by strik­
Safety belt extenders offer optimum pro­tection only when they are properly used.
use th e ex te nder when the belt is not tong enough to be worn tow and snug a.n.d the person the correct seating
Always make sure the safety belt tongue of the safety belt extender the buckle for the seating position that belongs to the seat where the safety belt extender is being used. Attaching the safety belt to the wrong buckle will reduce safety
belt effectiveness and can cause serious per­
sona l injury.
Never use a safety belt extender if the dis­tance (B) between the front edge of the safety belt extender buckle (A) and the centerline of the person using the safety belt extende r less than 6 inches (15 em).
Never leave a safety belt extender attach­ed to the vehicle safety belt buckle when the
extender is not needed and being used with the
safety belt.
the airbag control module will receive an incorrect signal from the safety belt buckle and this will prevent
the alrbag from working properly for a person who is not usi ng the safe ty belt.
Never use the safety belt extender to se­
cure a child restraint.
Never use the safet y belt extender you got for your vehicle for any other vehicle, regard­less of make, model, or model year.
be­used. The elect ronic control unit for the air­
bag system will then receive incorrect informa­
tion that will
- cause the safety belt pretensioner to de­ploy unnecessarily in collisions
-cause the fron t passenger alrbag to de­ploy la ter in collisions
A pretens ioner that has deployed cannot be
repaired . The entire safety belt must be re­
placed .
being used. The warning

(continued)
gen dealer or authorized Volkswagen
283.
Undeployed safety belt pretensioners and
when they or the in are scrapped.
pose of the vehicle and its safety belt and bag systems.
Unde ployed airbag modules and safety belt pretensione rs are classified as Perchlorate Material. handling may app ly-see http://
www .dtsc.ca .gov /hazardo uswaste /pe rchlorat e.
and safely 81

Airbag system
infants, rest ra ints and
. . . . 84
BAG . . . . . . . . . 85
Airbags and how they wo
rk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
The dangers of usi
ng restra ints o n the
front seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F ront airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Advanced Airbag
is equipped with a front airbag for the
drive r and front seat passe nger. The front airbags
can provide
head restraint s and , fo r
t h e driver , th e steer ing are used
and have been
restraints . They are not a substitute
for safety that must be worn even th ough the
f ro nt seat ing positions are equipped with front air­
bags.
More information:
Driving 31
Prop er seating position
Parts , acc essor ies, repairs and modifications
Consumer inf ormation
airbags provide
worn safety 69, belts.
make sure that ev­
ery p erson in the fa stens
82 Before driving
the safety
This even when just driving around town. Therefore ,
is
too
increase the risk of personal injury in a
or instrument
you cannot sit upright more than in­ches (25 em) from the steering and with your back against the backrest, inves ti­gate whether adaptive equipment may be you reach the and in­crea se your seating distance from the steer­ing
you are unrestrained ,
re ceive serious injuries and if you are up agains t the
airbag or too to it when it
proper­69, belts.
sea t on the front passe nger sea t be
seriously injured and ca n be
make certain that
dren are not properly res trained , they may be
seve rely injured or
in front of the seat to

Airbags and how they work
on page 82.
Front airbags and how they work
Airbags are restraints . They are
not a substitu te for safety belts that must be worn
even though the front seating positions are
ped with front airbags . The front airb ags can
head restraints and, for the
driver, the steering are properly used and
have been
the airb ags that break open the
padded covers on the stee ring a nd the strume nt The front airb ags inflate between
the stee ring
and the front passe nger.
Front airbags in combination with properly worn
safe ty down and the occupant's for­
ward movement. Together they to pre vent the
dri ver and front seat passenger from hitting parts
of the veh icle inter ior, thereby reduci ng the forces
acting on the occupa nts dur ing a crash. this way,
they to reduce the risk of inju ry to the head
and upper body during a crash. Airbags do not body parts. is i mport an t to remember that the
o f an eye, so fast that
many don't even real ize that the airb ags
have deployed. The airbags deflate after deployment so that the front occupants can
see through the w inds hield again without inte rrup­
tion .
Airbags infl ate with a great
and the
front of th e passenger compartment, the airbag can inflate and provide protection during certain fronta l sions 69, belts.
Make sure th at nothing is in th e way of the airbags
when they deploy. For example , th ings on your be pushed into your body or
ment when the airb ag inflates and cause serious
personal in ju ry .
T he areas outlined in red (dotted
59 and indicate the airbag deploym ent zone .
N eve r
heavy or objects) on the doors, on the win dshie ld, over or near the area marked in red (do tted lin es).
you have a physical impairment or condition that
prevents you from sittin g on the driver
seat with the safety proper ly fas te ned and
r eac hing the pedals, special modifications to you r
ve hic
le may be necessary. The safety
o r thori zed Volkswagen or th e
Volkswage n Customer Center at for infor mation abo ut poss ible
modifications to your vehicle.
When airbags
Deployment of th e front airba gs and the activation
o f the safety cele rat ion measured by the crash sensors and reg­
i ste red by the e lect ronic control unit. Cras h sever it y
depe nds on speed and decelerati on as as th e
m ass and sti ffn ess of the vehicle or object involved
i n th e crash .
T he front airbags
sions , in rollovers or if the ign itio n is sw itched off.
T he front airbags not inflate in fro nta l sions. The triggering of the airbag system depends
on the
and registered by the electronic contr ol unit. thi s ra te is th e refe ren ce program­
med into the con tro l unit , the airbags not be
t r igge red, even though the veh ic le m ay be d amaged as a Veh icle age, repair costs o r eve n th e of dam­age is not necessarily an ind ica tion of wheth er an
a irbag inflate or not. is not possible to fine a ra ng e o f veh icle speeds that cover every
possible kind and of imp act tha t trigge r the airbags , since the circu mstances vary considerably between one collisio n and other . factors
of impact ,

When an airbag deploys , fine dust is released.
This is normal and is not caused by a fire in the hicle . This dust is made up mostly of a powder
used to lubricate the airbags as they deploy. This
dust could irritate skin and eyes and cause
ciently when used with properly worn safety belts
and a proper seating position in Introduct ion on page 58
equipment
Your safety and the safety of your passenge rs
shouldn't be left to c hance. Advances in
gy have made a number of featu res availab le to
help reduce the risk of injury in a collision . The
Sophisticated safety belts for
belt pretensioners for driver and front
passenger .
Advanced front airbag system for driver and
front passenger .
ger.
Airbag indicato r
BAG light.
Electronic control unit and associa ted sensors.
Before driving
Head restraints with height adjustmen t
Adjustable steering column.
LATCH/U CRA lower universal and top tether
anchorages for child safety seats at the rear
These features
can't work as a system if they are not always
be tu rned
off if the weight on the front passe nger seat is less
than the amount programmed in the elect ronic
con t
rol unit . Th e front airbag on the passenge r side
will also be turned off if the combine d weigh t of an
i nfant
of about one year of age in one of the child
seats that was used to certify the Advanced Airbag
ard BAG
Never rely on airbags alone for protection.
69, Safety belts.
ery per son in the vehicle is properly seated on a sea t of his or her own, properly fastens the safety belts belonging to that seat before the vehicle starts to move, and keeps the belts properly fasten ed while riding i n the hicle. This applies eve n when just driving around town. Therefore, always wear your safety belts and make sure that everybody in your vehicle is properl y restrai ned .
too close to the steering wheel or strument panel decrease the ness of the airbags and will increase the risk of personal injury in a collision.

no one can guarantee with absolute certainty that the airbag never deploy
can deploy in accordance with the option for 3 to 6 year-old children under the if a child who is heavier than the combined weight of a typical one-year old fant restrained in one of the forward facing or rearward-facing seats with which your vehicle was certified is on the front passen­ger seat and the other conditions for airbag deployment are met.
on the front passenger seat if the front airbag inflates.
smash the child seat and the child against the seat backrest, center armrest, door, or roof.
conceivable situations that may happen during the useful life of your vehicle.
light does not come on and stay on whenever the ignition is on, immediately
ous personal injury to the child.
exceptional circumstances require the use of a forward-facing child restraint on the front passenger seat, the following special precautions must be taken for the safety and of the child:
-Always make sure that the forward-fac­ing child restraint has been designed and certified for use on a front passenger seat with a front airbag and a side airbag.
-
Always carefully the manufactur­er's instructions provided for the child seat or infant carrier.
- Never
straint up against or very near the instru­ment panel.
-
Always set the safety belt upper chorage to the adjustment position that permits proper installation in accordance with the child restraint manufacturer's
Sitting properly and safely 91

on page 82.
The is equipped with an Advanced Airbag
Standard
appl icable at the time your
The safe ty belts for the front seating positions have
safety belt pretensioners which help take up slack
i n the belts. The airbag contro l u nit also activates
the belt pretensioners
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and i ndicate the airbag deployment zone.
Never place or attach accessories or other objects (such as cup holders , telephone brackets, note
pads, navigation systems, large , heavy or bu lky
objects) on the doors , on the windshie ld, over or
near the area
marked in red (dotted lines).
if the ignition is switched off when a crash
in side collisions ,
in rear -end
in rollovers ,
when the crash deceleration measured by the
ai rb ag system is less than the minimum threshold
needed for airbag deployment as regis te red by the
elec tronic cont
rol unit.
The front passenger front airbag
when the front passenger seat is not occupied ,
when the weight on the front passenger seat as sensed by the Advanced Airbag indicates
that the front airb ag on the passenger side must be
s witched o ff by the electronic control unit (the BAG li g ht
ously injured or even
stalled on the front passenger seat will be riously injured and can be killed if the front airbag inflates.
has been installed on the front passenger
seat, nobody can absolutely guarant ee that
you in exceptional a
light not on and stay on whenever the ignition is on,
dren must be restrained properly whenever
riding in a vehicle. An unrestrain ed or
bag .