child restraint VOLKSWAGEN GOLF PLUS 2007 User Guide

tronic control unit to regu late deployment of the front Advanced Airbag on th e passe nger side.
A n airbag monitoring syste m and indicator
light in the in strument page 82.
The BAG light in the center of th e instru ment panel tells you when
th e front Advan ced Airbag Sys te m on th e been turned ofT.
A sensor in sid e the safe ty belt buckle for the fro nt passenger scat to measure th e te nsio n on the safe ty belt. Thi s te n sion on th e safe ty belt and th e
we ig ht regis te re d b y th e weigh t sens ing -mat help
t h e control unit w heth er th e passenger
front airbag should be turned ofT or not.
A switch in the safe ty bel t b uckle for the driver and for the front seat passen ge r senses
w hether th at safety belt is lat ched or n o t and
va nced Airbag System from working properly.
Repairs to th e front passenger seat should be performed by an authorized Volkswagen dealer or an authorized Volkswagen Service Facility.
Never remove the front passenger scat or driver seat from the vehicle .
Never re move the upholstery from the front passenger scat.
Neve r disassemble or take parts off the seat or disconnect wires from it.
Never carry sharp objects in your pockets or put them on the seat. If the weight-sensing mat in passenger scat is punctured it cannot work properly.
Befor e driving
Never carry things on your lap or carry jects on the front passenger scat.
sending the wrong information to the airbag control unit. T hese objects can also cause serious personal injury if th e ai rbag in nates.
Nevers tore items under the front scats. ponents of the Advanced Airbag Sys tem located under the front seats could be damaged, which coul d prevent them and the airbag system fro m
working properly.
Never put seat covers or replac em ent
cifically approved by Volk swage n.
Seat cove rs can prevent the Adva nced Airbag
System from recognizing child rest cupants on the passenger scat and ca n preve nt the side ai rbag in the seat backre st fro m
Never usc cushions, blankets, or simila r items on the front passenger seat. The additional padding will prevent the
tering a child restraint or person on the seat and will prevent the Advanced Airbag System frum
functioning prope rly.
If yo u must use a ch ild restraint on the front passenger seat and the child re straint
foam cushion or somethin g similar to properly the c hild restraint, m ake certain that the AIR BAG light or AIR BAG ligh t comes on and stays on whenever the child restra int is installed on the front passenger seat.
I f the AIR BAG light o r
immediately install the chi ld
r ized Volkswagen dealer or auth orized

How to if the passenger front airbag is on or off
Please first read and note the introductory information and heed the on page
Passenger fr ont airbag
if the weight on th e front passenger seat is less than the
a m ount programmed in the e lectro nic contro l
unit.
The fron t airbag on the passenger sid e of the front seat will als o be turned off if the weight regis ter ed on the seat (b y the weight -sensin g m at) is less than o r equal to the combined weight of -a typicall-year-old in fant and -any of the Safe ty Standard for whi ch th e
of the restraints that were used to
ce rtif y your vehicle' s compliance with U.S. Safety
Standard or BAG light comes
o n and stays on to tell you w he n th e front Advanced
A irb ag on the passenger sid e has bee n turned off.
P
assenger f ro nt airbag active
Switch on th e ig nition.
T he weight-sensin g mat regi sters the weight on the front passenger seat. lfthat weight is above the
refer ence val ue , the passenger fron t airbag be activa ted.
If th e ign it io n is on, and the ligh t or PASSENGER BAG light in the in strument pane l do es
light h as burn ed out (see below), yo u be able to tell wheth er the passen ge r front airbag is
active or n ot.
U sin g child restraints on th e f ront passenger seat
The airbag o n th e front passenger side m akes the
front seat a potentially dangerous place for a child
page For a listing of the child
re straints that were use d to certify you r vehicle' s compliance with U.S. Safe ty Standard see your authorized V olkswagen dea le r or auth o rize d Volkswage n Se1vice Facility or page
For more information, see C hi ld safety and child page in How to tell if nirbng is
know when th e passenger fro nt airbag
h
as been turned o ff by th e cont rol unit ?
Th e
BAG light come on and stay on to tell yo u when the front A dvanced A irbag on the passenger sid e has been turned off by t he
e lectron ic control unit. Un less th e ye llo w light
page
For safety reasons, yo u m ust never use a child straint sys te m on the front passenger seat unless the lig ht comes o n and stays on, haps in combinati o n w ith th e indicator light in the instrument clu ster. I f th e passenger front airbag deploye d in an accident. it would severel y injure and possibl y
light burns o ut, the airbag m onitorin g cator light will come on and signal a mal function of the A dva nced Airbag System. Although the bulb
light to make sure that the airbag
Have the airbag sys te m inspect e d ately b y your authorized Volkswagen deale r o r au-thorized Volk swag en Serv ice
94 95

To reduce the risk of se riou s injury, make sure
tl1at the or
front
p asse nger seat and
SENGER
rized Volkswagen dealer or swagen Service Facility immediately.
light or
on the front passenger seat.
install the child restraint system on the rear seat!
first re ad and note th e introdu ctory
on pag e
Changes in weight on the passenger seat during travel ca n switch the passe nger front airbag on or so that it does no t deploy when it should or deplo ys when it should
o n your la p or trans­
port things on the passenger seat. weight regis­tered b y the weight-sensing
Never reduce weight on the passenger seat
by hold ing the handle above the passenger door,
suppo rting body weight on the armrest , or by holdin g th e grab handl e on the instrument panel.
Alway s m ake sure that child restraint s are correc tly regi stered by the weight-sensing mat. If the statu s of tl1e Advanced Airbag System has
changed while the vehicl e is moving, the SENGER light blinks for about 5
seconds to catc h the dri ver's attention. If this happens, always stop as soo n as it is safe to do so and check t o make sure that the airbag on/off status is correct for the passeng er riding on the
front passe nger seat
Fig . 62 Dep loymen t zones of the front ond rear side
o irbogs.
Th e side airbags are in th e ba ckre st paddin g of the
drive r a nd passe nge r fig. 61. Dep endin g on
t h e model, th e re al so migh t be side airb ags

Introduction
In this sect ion you'll find information on the lowing:
C hild restraints and Advanced front airbag system
Importa nt safety instructions using child seats
Using a child restrain t on the rear seat
Toddler seats
Convertible child seats
. 112
child restraint s with a safety . 114
Secur ing the restraint with LATCH lower universal anchorages
118
Sources of information about chi ld res traints and thei r use 119
The physica l principles of what happens w hen your ve hicle is in a collision o r other accid ent also apply to p age
sig n ed fo r thei r size, weight, and body structure.
Many countries and stat es of the Un ited and provinces of have laws requiring th e
use of approved child restraint syste ms for infant s and sm all childr en.
sp eed mph km /h). the forces actin g o n 13-pound (6 kg) fant will be more than tim es the we ig ht of th e
c hild. This mea ns the effec tive we igh t of the child
wo uld sudd enl y increase to more than pounds kg). Under th ese conditi ons, only an pria te child restraint properly used can reduce the risk of serious injury.
rious injury in an accident.
the child sea t manufacturer 's instructions to b e sure the seat i s rig ht for you r child's size
Sittin g properly and safely
be sure to read and hee d all of the important mation and bags, and the in stallatio n of child restra int s in thi s
Man uaL
Th ere is a lot
you n eed to kno w about th e vanced Airb ags in your ve hicl e and how they wo rk
w he n infant s and children in child restra ints are on the front passe nger seat. Because of the large amount o f information, we cannot peat it all he re. We urg e yo ulO read the detail ed formation in this Manual about a irb ags and the
Advance d Airba g in your vehicle and the very important inf orm atio n about transporting
c hild ren on the front passe nger seat. be
s ure to h eed th e they are ex treme ly for your safety and the safety of your passe ngers, especially in fants and small childr en.
DANGER
on the front seat of any car, even with Advanced Airbags, can be seriously injured or eve n killed when an airbag inflates.
A child in a rearward-facing s talled on the front passenger seat will be
The infl ating airbag
Always install rearward-facing child seats on the rear seat.
you have, in exceptional ci.rcumstance s, decided to ins tall a rearward-facing child seat on the front passenger seat and the

Accident stati sti cs have shown childr en are
generally safer in the rear seat area than in the front restrain any child age 12
All ve hicl e occupants and especially childr en must be restrai ned properly whenever ridin g in vehicle. An unrestrained or improperly strained child could be injured by striking the
interior o r by being ejected from the vehicle during sudden maneuver or impact. An strained or improp erly restrained child is at
airbag.
suitab le child rest raint properl y install ed and used
Forward-facing child seals installed on the front passenge r seat may interfere with the ment of th e a irbag and cause serious personal injury th e c hild .
exceptional circumstances require the u se of fonvard-fac ing child restraint on the front
passenger's seat, the child's safety and being requir e th e following special preca utions to be taken:
- Always
make sure that the fonvard-faci ng seal has bee n designed and certifi ed by its
m anufacturer for use on
ch ild res traint without top tether strap if the child
restraint manufacturer's instructions quire the top tether strap to be u sed.
- Never
putt he fonva rd-facing chil d
ment panel.
Before driving
-Always set the safety bell upper anchorage to the adjustmelll position permits
p roper
in the up and down
position in the seat's fore and aft adjustment range, as far away from the airbag as possib le
before installin g the fonvard -facing child s traint .
- Always
make sure that nothing prevents t h e fro nt passeng er' s scat fr o m being moved
justment range .
- Always
make sure that the backr est is in
th e upri ght position.
- Never place ad dit ional it
ems on the seal
th at can in crease th e total weight registered
b y the weight-se nsing mal cause jury in a crash.
- Always
make sure
BAG light does
not come on and stay on, immediately install
t h e fonvard-facingchi ld seat in rear seating sys tem spected by your authorized dealer or auth ori ze d Se rvice
A lways buckle the child seal in place
even if loose child seat ca n around during a sudd en slop or in a
Always read and heed all WARNINGS ever using child res train t in ve hicl e 67, Safety page 80,Airbagsystem page safety
A lways replace child restraint s that were s talled in cras h. Damage to
a child res traint that is not visib le co uld cause it to fail in another collision situati on

Child restraints and Advanced front airbag system
Please firs t read informatio n and heed the WARNINGS o n page
vehi cle is equipped w ith front complies with United States Federal Motor Vehicle and with Vehicle Safety dard
The Advanced Airbag requirements
for 3 and 6 yea r-old children (a s defined in the
standard) o n the passenger sid e and adults
o n th e side." Low risk" de ployment occurs
in those cras hes place at lower decelera­tions programmed in the e lectronic control unit. The low risk deployment c riteria are in­
t e nded to reduce the risk through int erac­tio n with the airbag can occur in these colli­
sio ns. for example, b y being too close to the steerin g wheel or in strument pan el when the airbag In addition, the system has been certifi ed to comply with the re­quirements of the Safe ty rd. to turn off the
f ront airbag fo r infant s up to 12 months w ho are restrained on th e front passenger seat in one of the c hild restraint s that a re lis ted in the
Airbag children, especially
those 12 years and younger. mus t a lways ride in the backseat properly re strained for their age and size. The airbag o n the passe nge r sid e makes the front scat potentiall y dangerous place for a child to
ride. The front seat is not the safest place for a child in a forward-facing child seat. la rger child in a rear­ward -fac ing seat.
The ,\dvanced Airb ag Syste m in your vehicle de­tects the presence o f a n in fant or child in a child straint on the front passenger seat using th e weight-sen sin g mat in th e scat cushion and the
se nsor in the sa fe ty be lt buckle on the fro nt pas­senger that measures the tension on the safet y
belt.
The weight-sen sin g measures total weight of the c hild and the child seat and
i.e. the size
pro perly ond safely
and shape of the botto m of the chi ld restraint as it
s it s on the seat. The weight of a chi ld restraint and its vary for different k inds of c hild re­
straints and for the diff erent mode ls o f th e same ki nd of child restra int offered by child restraint manufacturers.
The weight ranges for the in div idual types, makes a nd models of child res traint s
the Adva nced Airbag
Syste m compares th e weight measured by the weight-sen sing w ith the information sto re d in the electro ni c cont rol unit.
se nsor in the belt buckle fo r th e front seat
pnssenger measures th e te nsion on th e belt and sends thi s information to the electro ni c control
m odule for the sys tem. The tensio n on the safety belt for the front passenger seat w ill be dif­
ferent for an i s properly using the safety
belt, as
w hether th ere is a child res tra int with
restraints and Advanced Airbags
Regnrdlessofthcchild rest raint that yo u u se, make
s u re th at it bee n certifi ed to meet United States Federa l Mo tor Vehicle Standard Motor Vehicl e if you live in sure that the child re ­
straint yo u arc usin g been cerlifi ed b y its m an­ufacturer for use w ith airb ag. Always be s ure that th e ch ild restra int is properly installed at one of t h e rear seatin g position s.
of th e information on child
safety and Adva nced
that
th e passenger front is turne d off. that the is light.
Many types have been availn ble over th e years, new models are in-troduced r egularly in corporating new and im-

proved desig ns and old er m odels are taken of production. restraint s are not standardized.
and size s and diff erent i.e.
s traint tha t sits o n the seat, wh en they a re in stalle d on a ve hicl e seat. These differe nces make it
be sold over
lish e d a list of sp e cific types, make s and models of c hi ld restraints pliance o f th e Advance d Air-b ag in your hicle with the suppressio n r equirements of Federa l
Mot or Vehicle straint s are:
A.
thro ug h Augu st31, Dream Ride 7 19
fr o m Guard Angel Hide
B. Rear ward-facing child restraint systems,
the restra int sys tem comes equipped a
r e movable base , compliance h a s to be certified
w ith or with out the base) .
through August 31,
Britax Handle with 191
Assura 4553
Arriva
Eve n flo Discovery Adjust Hight212
Even flo Fir st
G raco lnfam 8457
from September 1,
Fit4543
Arriva and base 22-999
Graco lnfam 8457
Snu gride
Before driving
V ia gg io
Forward -facing convertible child restraint
tems, manufactured on or after September
through August
Brita x Houndabout 161
Britax Expressway F IX
E n co re 4612
4 4 16
Touriva
E ve n flo Horizon 425
E ve n flo Medallio n 254
1s t
from Septembe r 1 ,
Brit ax Houndabout
Touriva
Deluxe High Back Boo ster 22-
262
Back Booste r
Eve nfl o Tribut e
Even flo Medallion 254
Eve n flo Generation s
Graco
Graco Toddle r 2
Graco Cargo
D. Forward-facing toddler/b e lt positioning
booster systems, manufactured on or afte r tember
through August 3 1,
Brit ax Hoadster
co High Back Booster
Eve n flo Fit 245
Brit ax
High Back Booste r
De lux e High B ack Booste r 22-
262
Graco
E ve nfl o Fit24 5
E ve n flo Ge nerations 352xxxx

To reduce th e risk of serious injury, make sure
t hat the PASSENGER BAG ligh t comes on and stays on w hen ever a is stalled o n th e front passenger seat and th e tion is swit ched on.
Take the child off the front sen ge r seat and install it properly
does not stay on.
Have the airbag system inspected by your auU1orized Volkswagen dealer or author ized Volkswagen service facility
hicle while sitting on the lap of another passenger .
first read and note th e intr oductory information and hee d th e on page
rid e in the back seat properly s tr ain ed for their age and size.
A lwa ys u
se the right child seat for ea c h chi ld and always use it properly.
Always carefully follow the child seat ture r's instru ction s on how to ro ut e th e safety belt
properly through the child seal a nd how to restrain
th e child in the chiJd seat.
When using th e veh icle safety
to a child seat , you mus t firs t activate the switch able locking
featur e on the safety belt to help p revelll the c hild seal from movin g.
Sitting
really tight so tha t
additional information about
a child restraint syste m on the front passenger seat:
If you must in stall a child restraim on th e passe nger seat in excep tional circum stan ces, be
sure to read and heed th e importan t info rmation and warnings in the section of thi s Manual
There are additional adjustments that must
be made in order to be
the safety upper a nchorag e for the fron t passenge r seal so that the availabl e safely belt is
l o ng enough to pro p erly in stall the child restraint.

Alw ays follow the child restraint manufacturer's in stalla tion
tion in th e se at's up and down adjustm ent range and to th e rearmost p osit ion in th e se at's fore and aft adj ustment ra nge, as far away from the air ba g
a s poss ib le before in sta llin g th e forwa rd-facing
chil d res train t a nd mak e sure th e backre st is in th e
upr ig ht
If a te th er str ap is being used to tie the child s traim to th e front passe nger seat, make su re that
it is not so tigh t that it causes the we ight-se nsin g mat to meas u re m ore weig h t than is actu ally on
the seat.
Alway s remember: E ven though your vehicl e is
e qu ipped with an Advanced Airb ag System, all
child re n , es pecially th ose 12 years and younger, mus t a lways ride in the back seat pro pe rly
tion.
All ve hicl e oc cupants and esp ecially childr en must always be restrain ed proper ly w he neve r
ridi ng in a vehicle.
-
An unres tra ined or imp roperly restrained
c hild can be injured or kill ed by being thrown
agai nst th e in sid e of the vehicl e or by bein g
e je cte d f rom it duri ng a sudden maneuver o r impact.
- An
unrestrai ned or improperl y re strained
c hild is also at much grea te r risk of inju ry or death by be ing stru ck by an inflat ing ai rb ag.
Commercially available chil d seats must comply w ith U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Standard 213).
- When buyin g a restraint, selec t o n e
th at your child and the ve hicle.
-
usc c hil d restra int sys te m s th at m ake
f ull contact with the flat portion of the scat cushion. Th e c hild restraint mus t n ot tip or
l ea n to ei ther side. Volk swa gen docs not ommend using child sea ts res t o n legs o r
t u be-like frame s. They do not prov ide qua te con ta ct wit h the seat.
Befo re driving
- Alwa ys heed all legal requ irement s ta ining to the in sta ll ation and use of child
sea ts and carefully follow the in structi ons
provid ed b y th e manufacturer of th e seat y ou arc using.
For safet y reasons, never allow child re n under 4ft. 9 in (57 in che s /1.45 mete rs) to wear a
normal3-p oint safety belt . They must a lways be r est rain ed b y a proper child rest rain t syste m .
O th erwi se, they could su stain injuries to domen and neck areas during sudden bra kln g
m an euver s or acci dents.
Neve r le t more th an one child occupy a ch ild
se at.
Neve r let babie s or older child ren ride in hicl e whil e sittin g on the lap of another senger.
- Holdin g a ch ild in
your arms is never a
subs titut e fo r child res traint syste m .
-
The stronges t perso n wou ld no t b e able to
hold c hild, give n th e for ces present durin g
a co llision. The c hild will strike th e interior of the ve hicl e and can also be impacte d by ot her pa sse nge r.
-
The c hild and the pass enger ca n als o jure eac h other in an acciden t.
Neve r in sta ll reanvard-facing ch ild sca ts or i n fa nt carri ers on the fron t p assenge r sea t. A
c hild will be se riously injure d and ca n b e kill ed
w he n th e pa sse nger airbag inflates-even with
a n Adva nce d Air bag System.
A lways install reanvard-facin g child scats or infant on th e rear scat.
Fonvard-fac in g child seats in sta ll ed on the
front passenge r's sca t can interfere with the airb ag wh en it inflates and ca use seriou s injury
to the ch ild . Always in stall forward -facin g child
sc ats on th e rear sea t.
fonvard-facing child restraint on th e front passe nger's sea t, th e c hild 's safety an d bein g require the followin g speci al precauti on s
to be take n:

-Always make sure that the forward-facing seat has been designed and certified by its manufacturer for use on a front passenge r seat with a front and side airbag.
- Always carefully follow the
turer's instructions provided with the child seat or carrier.
- Never install a child restraint without a
properly attached top
tether strap if th e child
restraint manufacturer's instructions quire the top tether strap to be used.
- Never
put the forward-facing child
ment panel.
- Always set
the safety belt upper anchorage to the adjustment position that permits proper installation in accordance with tl1e child restraint manufacturer's instructions.
- Always move the
passenger seat to the high est position in the up and down
straint.
- Always make sure
that nothing prevents the front passen ge r's seat from being moved
to the rearmost position in its fore and aft
-Always make sure that the backrest is in the upright position.
- Never place additional
item s on th e seat that can increase the total weight registered
by the weight-sensing mat and ca use injury
in a crash.
Always buckle the child seat firmly in place
eve n if a
Alway s read and heed aU WARNINGS eve r using a child restraint in a vehicle page
light
comes on and stays on whenever a child straint is installed on tl1e front passenger seat and the ignition is switched on.
AIR BAG
page82.
the off senger seat and install it properly at one of the rear seating positions if the
Have the airbag system inspected by your authorized Volkswagen dealer or aulhorized Volkswagen Service Facility immediat ely .