height VOLKSWAGEN GOLF MK5 2006 Owners Manual

seat 3. 1:
seal.
foldin g back 3.1:61, 62
fold ing forward 3.1: 61
v iew mirror 3.1:52
window heating 3.1: 75
Heating wires 3.2:25
window wiper 3. 1:51
H
earwipe r 3.1:49
3.2: 35
care 3.2:2 1
contro l key tons 3.1: 2 8
Heplaci ng th e bauery 3.1: Synchroni zing 3.1: 29
H emoving caps to acce ss positiv e and tive te rminal s 3.2:
2.1: 12,3.2: 106
R etra ct
or 2.1: 19
R everse
A utomatic transm ission 3.1:93
Hims
R
epl aci ng 3.2: 75 With screw-on decorative cove rs 3.2: 58
With threaded rim ring 3.2:57
Hoof l
oad 3.1: 74
we ight 3.3: 4
Rubb er ga sket s 3.2:
26
s
driv in g 2.1: 2
Sa fety
C hild
safet y lock 3.1: 33
Sa fe ty belt ex te
nder 2.1:23
b elt height adjustment 2.1:25
belt pos ition 2.1:21
Adju sting safe ty
belt height 2.1:25
Pr eg nant
women 2.1: 22
Sa fe ty belt pre tension ers 2.1:26
Sa fety belt s
2.1: 13, 19
C leaning 3.2:
Extende r 2. 1: 23
Ho w ca n I adjust the height of my safety
belt? 2.1: 25
How
do yo u pu t on your safety belt correc tly? 2.1 : 19
Improp erly worn 2.1:26
child restraint 2.1:63
N ot
worn 2.1: 16
belt positi on 2.1: 2 1
instru ction s 2.1: 17
S p ec ial c
onsiderations for pregnant women 2.1: 22
Swi tc h able lo cking feature 2.1: 6 5
Unfa ste
ning s afety be lt s 2.1:2 5
Warning lig ht 2.1: 14
What happens to occ upants not wearing
safe ty be lts? 2.1: 16
Why assume
the correct seatin g
po sition ? 2.1:28
Why saf e ty belt s protect ? 2. 1: 1 7
Why wear safety belt
s? 2.1: 15, 28
Safe ty belts pro tect 2.1: 17
b elt warning ligh t 2.1: 14
Safety compliance sticke r 3.3: 2
Key words 11

Safety instructions
Belt pretensioners 2.1: 27
Child restraint on the front seat 2.1:
Child seats 2.1 : 56
Coolant tempera ture 3.2:48
Loading
the lu ggage compartment 2.1:
seating position for passengers in
r
ear seat s 2.1: 6 seating position for
driver 2.1: 4
seating position for the front
passenger 2.1: 5
Safety belt extender 2.1: 23
Sa fet y
belts 2.1: 17 S id e airbag s 2.1: 48
Side Curtain ProtectionTM airbags 2.1: 52
Screw-on decorati ve covers 3.2: 58
Seat adjustment 3.1: 55, 58
Seat heating
Front 3.1:
59
Seating ca pacity 2.1: 13
Sea ting
position
Di s
tance between driver and ste erin g
w
hee l 2.1:4 Dr iver 2.1: 4
Fron t passen ger 2.1: 5 Improper seatin g position s 2.1: 8
Speed rating le tter code 3.2: 74
Speed warning 3.1: 21
Starting th e engine W ith the ig nition key 3.1:85
S tartin g
with jumper cables 3.2: 99
Stee rin g 3.1: 25
S
teering lock 3.1: 84
S te ering
wheel
Di s
tance to the driver 2.1: 4
Steerin g wheel height adjustment 3.1: 25
S
teps for determining co rrect load limit 3.2: 71
Sticker on th e left door jamb 3.3 : 3
Stopping the en gine 3.1:8 6
Sto rage
area
Roof 3.1:65
S torage
compartment 3.1: 64
additional sto rage 3.1: 66
Front center armrest 3.1: 65
S torage for
the vehicle literature 3.1: 64
Sunroof 3.1: 41
Sunshade
power roof 3.1:41
Sun viso r 3.1:49
Sw itch
able loc king feature
Activatin g 2.1: 65
D
eacti va tin g 2.1: 67
Sw itches Em ergency flasher 3.1: 45
Light swit ches 3.1: 43 outside mirrors 3.1: 53 ro of 3.1:41 windows 3.1: 38
Sw itching off the engin e
W ith the ignit ion key 3.1: 86
Sw itch
lig htin g 3.1: 3
T
Tachometer 3.1: 9
Ta
ilga te 3.1:35

pant restraint system and can help to reduce the risk of injuries in accident
tions.
Fig. 3 Correctly adjusted head res traint viewed
from the fron t
The head restraints must be
justed to be
tection.
Adjust the head restrain t so that the
upper edge ofthe restraint is w ith the
top of your head, but no
and so it is as to t he back of your
hea d as fig. 3 and fig. 4 .
Adju stin g head booklet 3. t and
Driving without head restraints or with prot>erly adjusted head restraints increases the risk of se rious injuries in a collision. To help reduce the risk of injury:
Always drive with the head restraints in
place and properly adjust ed.
F ig . 4 Correctly adjusted head rest rain t viewed
from the side
WARNING (continued)
Every person in the ve hicl e must have a properly adjusted hea d restraint.
Always make sure each person in the
cordin g to occupants' size so that upper edge is as eve n with the top of the person's hea d, but no low er th an eye level and so it is as
close t o the bac k of to the hea d as poss ible.
Never attempt to adjust head r estraint while driving. lfyou have d rive n off and must ad ju st driver headrest for an y reason, stop the ve hicle safe ly before attemptin g to adjust the head rest ra int.
must always be properly
page
The center head res trai nt on th e rear seat cannot be adjusted fo r height on th e Golf GTI.

WARNING
Driving head restraint s or with im­
properly adjusted head restraints increases
t h e risk of seriou s injuries in a co llision.
To help reduce the risk of injury:
Always drive with the head restraints in
place and properly adjusted. Remember that the rear center head restraint is not height ad­
justable and that it must be rai sed up all the way whenever the center rear seat is occupied.
Every person in the vehicl e must have a
properly adjusted head restraint.
Always make sure each person in th e ve­
hicle properly adjusts their head restraint.
Neve r attempt to adjust head restraint while driving. If you have driven off and must
adju st the driver headres t for any reason, first
stop the vehicl e sa fely before attempting to adjust th e head restraint.
Childre n must always be properly re­
stra ined in a child restraint that is appropriate
for their age and page 53.
Tips
The active front hea d restr aint s ca n al so activate
w he n a passenge r pushe s up again st the back­rest with enou gh force (for exampl e if yo u let
yourse lf ju st fall into the seat abruptly) or if th e
h ead restraint is pu shed from behind . Th is is
no rmal and
will not damage the he ad rest ra int. It will go back to it s origina l posit ion right
The followin g lists only some of th e pos ition s
that will increase the risk of seriou s injury and
death.
n eve r stand up in the vehicl e
neve r stand on th e sea ts
n eve r knee l on the seat s
neve r lie do wn on th e rear seat

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.
Safety belts 21

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.

and Equipment
adjust the head by moving them
u r, w ith bullun
pressed fig. 51 down.
page 56.
- M ake sure tha t it engages securely in
position.
Removing the head restraint s
-
th e fig . fig. 51
down and remove th e head restraint at
the sam e time.
th e head restraint in to guides on
the rear backrest .
F ig. 51 Adjusting and removing the rear head re­
straints
-
page 56.
T he ce nter r
ear h ead res train t deve lo p ed
o nly for the center p osition on th e rear seat. Do
not install the head restraint in oth er p ositio ns.
Driving without h ead restrain ts or
th e ce nter head restra int do cs not fit your seated h eig h t w he n full y exte nded, move
t o another s ea tin g posi tion to reduce the risk of inj ury in a collis ion.
Tips
The ce n te r h ead
res traint on the rear scat ca nn ot
b e a dju ste d fo r height.
Seats and storage 57

adjustable front seats
fig. 52 are arranged in
Adjusting the seat forward and
backward
-up the lever and move the seat
ward or
- Release the lever and slig htl y move
the seat until it la tches into place .
seat bock forward and
backwards
-To fold forward th e seat back, pull tl1e
(only 2-door vehicles) up and fold
th e
seatback At th e same time you
can slid e th e seat to th e front to make entry
into t he bac k seat of the vehicl e easier.
- To fold backwards the seat back, first
s lide the seat completely back, then pull
th e up and fold th e seat back
W here appl icabl e
58 and storage
Adjusting the support12l
-Take your weight off the backrest and
turn the to adjust the
lumbar support.
Adju sting the backrest
- Take your weight off the backrest and
turn the
up or down to raise
or lower the seat.
T he curvature of the cu shioned area is mined by the senings made in th e lumbar gio n. This s up pons the natural curvature of the spine ve ry effect ively.
WARNING
Drivers or passen gers who are unbelted, out of positio n or too close to the airbag can be
in is seat adjustment so on page 55 .
WARNING
Never adjust the seats whil e th e ve hicle is
moving. seat may mov e unexpected ly
a nd you could lose control of the vehicle.
To reduce the risk of personal injury in an accide nt, front seat passengers must n eve r
ride in a moving ve hicl e with the seatback
jury from an out of position safety belt.
when adjusting the seat for height or in the far-and-aft di rec tio n. Adjusting th e

(continued)
T ires age even if they arc not being used
and can f ail suddenly, especially at high
s peeds. Tire s that are more than 6 years old can only be used in an emerge ncy and then special care and at lo we r speeds.
(continued)
Never mount used tires on yo ur ve hicle if yo u are not sure of their used tir es may have been damaged eve n though the damage cannot be seen that can lead to sudden tire fa ilure and loss of vehicl e control.
Ne w tires and wheels have to be broke n in.
Ratio of height to width (aspect ratio)
of tire - Load
index &
speed rating
in
hicle's design
. The tires and rim s approved by Volk swagen are specially matched to th e te ristics of th e ve hicl e and can make a major comribution to good road ho ldin g and safe
We recommend that all wo rk on tires and wheels be performed by an authorized Volkswage n dealer. They arc famil iar with recommended procedures and have the sp ecial tools
and spare pa rts as well as the proper facilit ies for disposing of the old tires .
Author ized Volkswage n dealers have
the sary info rmation about technical requirements for installing or changin g tires and rims.
R
eplacing tires and wheels
Tires should b e replaced at lea st in pairs and not
individuall y (fo r example both front !ires or
ve hicle with read and heed th e page 75,