seats VOLKSWAGEN GOLF PLUS 2007 Owners Manual

Always upright your back agains t the backrest with the front seats properly adjusted.
Never lean agains t or pla ce any part of you r
body too close to the area where the airb ags are
l oca ted.
Rear seat passengers who are not properly
seated and restrained are more lik ely to be seri­
ously injured in a crash.
of improper seating positions
first r ead and not e th e introdu ctory inf ormation and hee d th e on pa ge 56.
Not w earin g or improperly fastening safety belts
i n c reases the risk of se ver e or fata l injuri es. Safe ty
b elt s can work onl y when they are prop erly po si­tioned on th e bo dy. A n improp er se atin g pos ition
s ig nifi cantly impai rs the protection provided by
safety belt s. Thi s can cause se ve re or ev en fa ta l in ­
j uries. T he risk of se rious injur y and d eath is pa r­
ti cularly hi gh wh en an airbag depl oys and strik es
an occupant who is not in the prop er seatin g pos i­
ti o n. Th e driver is respons ibl e fo r pa ssen ge rs
a nd especi ally childr en riding th e vehicl e.
Th e
and dea th.
Therefore, whenever the vehicle
is moving :
Never stand up in the v ehicle .
Never stand on the seats.
Never kneel o n th e se ats.
Neve r rid e w ith the seat back re clin ed .
Neve r lea n up again st t he in strum ent pa nel.
Neve r lie dow n on the rear seat.
Neve r sit on th e edge of th e se at.
Sitting properly and safely
Improper adjustment of the seats can cause ac­
cidents and severe injuries.
Never adjust the seats while the veh icle is
moving. seat may move unexpec tedly and
yo u could lose contro l of the vehicle. In addi­
tion, the result of the adjustment will lead to an incorrect seating position.
Adjust the front seat height, angle and longi­
tudinal position only if the seat adjustment area is clear.
The adjustment area of the front seats must not be restricted by ob jects
Nev er sit side ways.
N ever lean out the w indow.
Neve r put your feet o ut the window.
Never put feet on th e instrum ent panel.
Neve r rest your feet on the s eat cushion or b ac k of the seat.
Never rid e in the foo t well.
Neve r sit on th e front o r rea r ce nter armrest.
Neve r rid e withou t your belt prop erl y faste ned.
N ev er ride in th e lu gg age compartment.
Each
and incorrec t seating position in­
creases the risk of seri o us or fatal during sudden driving and brakin g manoevers and cras hes.
Always make sure that all vehicle occupants
stay in a proper seat ing position and are prop­
erly restrained whenever the vehicle is moving.
incorrec tly, not wearing a safety belt and sittin g too close to the airbag increas e the risk of receiving life-threatening or fatal inju­
r ies, especially if the airbag deploys and strikes the person who is seated improperly
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word and forward , change seat cushion height and angle, and adjust backrest angle.
first r ead and note the inf orm atio n and hee d t he WAH N INGS on pag e 56.
T he co ntrols
on f ront passe nge r seat mi rro r on th e driver se at.
F ig. 34 Lumbar su pport control.
T he re m ay be bo th manual and e lectri ca l controls
o n th e sa me seat.
page fig. 33 th e sw itch i n th e d irec tion of th e a rrow:
Slid e th e seat b ackwa rd or forw ard .
Haise or l owe r th e seat cu sh io n .
Adjust sea t c u shi on an gle .
Forw ard or bac k-Adju st b ack res t an gle. ward.
fig. 34 switch f or each area:
Adju st lumbar s upport .
Adjust l umb ar suppo rt heig ht.
WARNING
Im prope r use of e lec tr ica l front sea t control s ca n cause serio us pe rso nal inju ries.
T he front sea ts in your vehicl e ca n b e
moved. Neve r leave children and p erso ns w ho
need h elp in the ve hicl e alo ne beca use the p erv ise d u se oftheelec tric sea t adjustments can
re sult in seriou s personal inju ry.
way
w hil e the front seats are bein g adju ste d, o r w hil e
ca llin g up sto re d m em ory settings for the
fr ont seats . In an em erge ncy, sto p aut om atic
seal adjustment b y pre ss ing a nother seat
N ote
T o help prev ent damage t o e lec trical p arts in the
s ea ts , do no t kn eel o n the front seals o r a ppl y
tr ica l seat adju stm ent contro ls m ay not w ork.
th e e ng in e s to p s se at

In this sec tion yo u'll find informa tion on the lowing:
h eating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
More information:
Adju stin g th e seati ng page 56
page
A irb ag sys te m p age
safety and child page
Out sid e page
hea ting contr ol for front seats (version
first r ead and note th e introd uctory
o n page 65.
When th e igni tion is sw itched on, seats ca n be
e lec trically heated. sea t models als o have
h ea ted backre sts.
properly and safely
Improper use of seat adjust ment control s can cause seve re personal injuries.
prope rly at all times before starting to
drive and while the vehicl e is moving. This also
applies to all passe ngers.
Keep hands, fingers, feet and other body parts away from moving parts and adjustment areas of th e seats .
Fig . 43 In the center console: healing contr ol for front seats (version 2).
off seat heating if th e seat is not b eing used
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first read and note th e introducto ry information a nd heed on page 67.
Ma ny peopl e believe th at it is possib le to resis t the
forc es of an impact b y holding tight or bracin g themselves. That i s s impl y not true!
Eve n at low collis ion speeds, th e forces acting on th e body are too much for the body to be held in the seat with the arms and hands. a front al col­lis ion, unrestra in ed occup ants w ill slam v iolentl y
into the s teerin g wheel, instrument pane l, w ind­shield or anything e lse in the fig . 47.
Neve r rel y on airb ags alone fo r protection. Even
w he n they deploy, airbags pro vide o nl y additional
pro tectio n . Airbag s are no t supposed to deploy in
all kind s of accidents. Even if your ve hicl e is equippe d w ith airbags . all ve hicl e occupants, in -
Before driving F
ig. 48 U
nbelted passengers in the rear seats ore thrown forward on top of th e belted drive r .
eluding the driver, must wear sa fety belts correctly
in order to minimize th e risk of se vere injury o r
d eath in a c rash, regardless of whether
is als o impo rt ant for occupants in the rear seats
t o wea r th eir safety belts properly since they can be thrown vio lently fon vard through th e ve hicl e in
th e event of an accid ent. Unbelted passen ge rs in the rear seats endang er not onl y them se lves but al so th e drive r and other passengers in the vehicl e

Safety
firs t r ead and no te th e information heed th e on
ence. b elts help to k eep passengers i n th eir seats, graduall y reduce e nergy leve ls appli ed t o th e
b o d y in collision, and help preve nt the can cause seriou s injuries.
I n additi on, safety belts reduce th e danger of b e in g
thro wn out or th e fig. 49.
belts pa ssengers to th e
throug h the in the safety
b elt s. c rumple z ones, lUres (su ch as airbags) that
Sitting
th e kineti c energy
ove r lo nge r perio d of time, th e for ces on th e body
b eco me m ore less lik ely to cause
injury.
A lthou gh these exa mples based on a frontal
c olli sio n, s afet y belt s ca n al so su bsta ntiall y reduce
th e ris k or injury in othe r kind s of cra shes. w heth er you're on lo ng trip or going th e corner always buc kle up
v e hicl e properly wea rin g sa fe ty belt s have low er ris k of b ein g injure d and a much be chance or collis ion. u sing safety belts a lso
gr eatl y in cre ases th e ability or the suppl em ental
airbag s to d o their jo b in collis ion. For this
r e a son, wearing a safety is re q uir ed by in
m os t coumries includin g th e Unit ed and
th e belts vid ed. a irba gs, fo r examp le , ac tivated only in some collisio n s. T he fro nt airbag s are not activa te d in fro ntal collis io ns, in side rear c olli sions, in rollove rs, or in ca se s wh en
th e c onditi ons fo r d eployment sto re d in the
always wea r your safe ty belt and make sure th at
every bo dy in your vehicle is pro perly res train ed!
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Safety belt position
Fig . 52 Proper
informatio n on
Wea ring safe ty improperly ca n ca use serious
in jury or death. belt s ca n onl y work when they are corr ectly positioned on the body. A worn safe ty be lt also he lp s to position the cupant so that an airb ag can prov ide m aximum protection when deployed. Therefore, always
fasten your safe ty mak e sure that it is properly positioned over your body.
seati ng positi ons reduce the ness of safety jury or death by moving the sa fe ty to critica l
a re as of the body.
Before driving
safety belt position
The sho uld er portio n of the safe ty belt mu st ways run over the cen te r of the shoulder and neve r
ove r the th roat. ove r the arm. under the arm or hin d th e back.
The lap po rtion of the safety mus t ru n ove r th e pelv is a nd neve r over the abdomen.
Always wear th e safe ty a nd snug on the safe ty belt to tight en
if necessary .
Expectant mothers must a lways wear th e lap as low as possible across the pelv is an d below the rounding of the abdomen­
throu ghout the pregnancy. The safe ty must lie aga inst th e bod y to avoid pressure against th e abdomen 53.
Adjusting safety belt height
Th e safety posit ion can be adjuste d u sin g the features:
belt he ig ht adju ster s for the front seats.
Fro nt seats with height adjustment.
rio us personal injury in an accident or a sudden braking maneuver.
belt s offer optimum protection onl y when th e seat bac k i s upright and belt s arc rectl y positioned on the body.
A safety belt can cause serious injuries by s hiftjn g its position on your body from the strong bones to more vulnerable s oft
tissu e and cause se riou s injury.

The sh o ulder belt portion of tJ1e safety must be positioned over the middle of the
T he sa fety belt must lie flat and snug on the
occupant's upper body.
T he la p portion of the safe ty belt must be sitioned as low as possible across the pelvis and n eve r over the abdomen. Make sure tJ1e belt lies
flat and snug against th e pelvis. Pull on the safety belt to tighten if necessary.
Expectant mothers mus t always wear the lap portion of the safety be lt as low as poss ibl e
a cross the pelvi s and below tJ1e rounding of the abdomen.
Safety
juster.
Sittin g ond safely
Do no t tw ist the belt wh en auaching it. If yo u cannot untwi st a twis te d sa fe ty belt , w ear it
anyway , but make sure the tw is te d p art is not in contact with your body. Have th e problem
cility .
Neve r hold the safet y belt away from your body your hand.
Never wear belt s over rigid or breakable
Neve r modify the po sition of the b elt usi ng
co mfort clips, loops or similar d evices .
tion that p reve nts yo u f rom siltin g correctly on th e seat w ith the safe ty belt p ro perly fastened,
spec ia l modifica tions to yo ur vehicle may be essary.
Contact your authorized Volkswage n dealer or
auth orized Volkswage n Facility or call th e Volksw agen CARE 8987 for informatio n abo ut po ssibl e modifications to you r vehicle .
Please fir st rea d and note the introduc tory informatio n and heed the on page
belt h eig ht adju ste rs for the front seats can
b e used to adj us t th e he ig ht of th e sh o uld er tio n of th e sa fety belt so th at it is po sit ioned
th e safe ty belt auachm emtogethe r as dica ted by the arro ws an d fig. 54.
th e belt and upper auachm ent up or d own th e safe ty belt is positioned over the
ce nter of th e should er tio n.
th e safe ty belt a uach mc nt.
on th e sa fe ty belt to mak e sur e th at th e
up pe r atta chment is sec ure ly loc ke d in place.
adjust the height of the safe ty belt while

Airbag system
find information on th e fol­
low ing :
Advanced Airbog
. 82
. . . . . .
Advanced Airbog Sys tem compon e nt s . . . . . . . . . . 93
H ow to if the passenger fron t oirbog is on or off 9 5
. . . . . . 98
Your vehicle is e quipped a front air bag for the
d ri ve r an d fro nt pa sse nger. The front airbag s can pro vide additional p ro tec tion fo r th e ch est and h ead of th e driver and the fro nt sea t p assenge r seats, sa fe ty belts, h ead re stra int s and, for
the driver, th e s teerin g whee l, are prop erly use d and have bee n properly adjusted. Airb ags are on ly
s u pplemental restraints. Th ey are not a su bstitut e for sa fe ty belt s th at must be wo rn eve n though front seatin g pos itions are equipp ed wit h front air ­
bag s.
More information:
Driv ing instru ction s=> page
seating position=> pag e 56
Safe ty belts=> page 67
sa fe ty and child pa ge
care and pag e
accessories, re pa ir s and modifica tion s pag e303
informati on=> page 311
Never rely on a irbags alone for protect io n.
Eve n when th ey deploy, airbags provide only
s uppl em ental protec tion.
Be fore driving
Airbag s work most effec tive ly w hen used
with properl y worn safe ty belt s=> page 67,
Every perso n in the ve hicl e must b e prop erl y seated on a seat of hi s or he r own, must properl y faste n th e safet y belt belongi ng to th at seat b e­
for e the vehicle sta rt s to move, and must ke ep the belt properly faste n ed whil e riding in the ve ­
hicle. Th is a pplie s to the driv er and all
Obj ects between you an d the airbag will crease the risk of injury in a crash by interfe rin g
witl1the way the airbag unfolds or by being push ed into you as the a irbag inflates.
Never h old th ings in your hand s or on your lap when the vehicl e is in use.
Never items on or in th e area of th e
front passe nger seat. Ob jects could move into
th e a rea of the front airbag s during braking or other sudden maneu ve rs and fly dan gero usly
through the passe nge r compartment when an airbag infl ates.
The airbag deploym ent zones must be kept
clear at all tim es. Make sure there are no objects ,
pets, or ot her persons in the space be tween any ve hicl e occupant and any airb ag at an y time. Thi s also applie s to c hildr en and o ther pa sse n­
gers .
WARNING-
An airb ag works o nl y once. Airbag s th a t h ave de­
plo yed in a cras h must be re placed.
Deployed airbag s and the re lated sys tem
p art s must b e repla ced immediately with new parts approved for the ve hicl e by Volkswagen.
Use o nly orig inal equipment airb ags ap­
prov ed by Volkswag en and by a trained
techni cian who has the necessary too ls and di ­
agnostic eq uipmen t to properl y replace an y airbag in your ve hi cle and assure sys te m effec-
ti veness in a c rash.

Have repairs and vehicle modification s
rized Volkswagen dealers and authorized swagen Facilities have the required
tool s, dia gnostic equipment, repair tion, and trained personnel.
Never permit salvaged or recycled airbags to be installed in your veh icle.
Never modify any components of the airbag syste m.
During activation of the
The fine dust can irritate the skin and eye muco us membranes and cause breathing lems for people who suffer from asthma or other breathin g conditions. To reduce th e risk of breathing probl em s, those with asthma o r o th er
r es piratory
Be careful no t t o ge t the dust into your eyes or
into any c uts or sc ratches.
Using so lve nts or other improper cleaning
u cts containing so lvents w ill ch ange the ti es of the plastic s and may cause plastic parts to break and fly around when the airbag deploys in a crash, causin g injury.
Never usc so lven ts or cleaners on th e
s teering wheel horn pad or on the instrument pan el b eca use they ca n damage the airbag cover or change the s tiffness or strength of the rial so that the airba g cannot deploy and protect properly. When cleaning the horn pad a n d strument panel, use onl y a soft, dry cloth or a
cloth moistened w ith plain water.
Please first read and note th e introductory informatio n and heed the WARN INGS on
Be sure to read the important inform ation and th e for important detail s about child ren
and Adva nce d Airbags
in you r ve hicl e has
been ce rtifi ed to comply wit h th e requirement s of the Unit ed Federal Moto r Vehicle as well a s Motor Vehicl e as a pplicabl e
at the time your vehicle was manufactured. co rding to req uirement s, th e front Advance d
A ir bag on th e passeng er side h as been tified for for infant s of about 12
months old and you nger and for risk for ch ildren aged 3 to 6 yea rs old {as defined
in the stand ard ).
Even th ough your vehicl e is equipp ed w ith an vance d Air bag mak e ce rtain that all dre n, es pecially 12 years and younge r, a lways ride
o n th e back seat properly restra ined for their a ge
Sitting properly and safely
and size. The airb ag on the front passenge r side m ak es the fron t seat a potentially dangerou s pla ce for a child ride. Th e front seat is no t th e sa fest
p lace for a child in a fo rward -faci ng chil d seat. is
a very dangerous place for an in fant or a child in a
r earward-fac ing sea t.
is in an improp erl y in stall ed for ward-faci ng
child res traint, or
in an y rearward- facing child restraint
will
be se riously injur ed and can be kill ed.
Eve n though your vehicl e is equipped with an Advance d Air bag make certain that aU children, especia lly years and you nger,
a lwa ys rid e o n the back seat properly restrained
for their age and s ize.
Always properly install reanvard-facing child seats or infant carriers and forward -faci ng c hild
s eats on the rear seat-even with an Advanced
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Safety equipment
safet y and the s afe ty of your p assenge rs shouldn 't be l eft to c han ce. Advances in tech­
nolo gy have made a numb er of featur es available help reduce the ris k of injury in a collisio n. The follo wi ng are just a few o f th e sa fe ty features for your Volkswag en :
Soph is ticated safety belts for all seating posi­
tions.
Safety belt pretensio ne rs for the outboard seatin g positi ons on the rea r seat o n ve hicl es equipped with optional side a irbags for the o ut­
board rear seating positi ons?.
belt load limit ers fo r all outb oa rd seating
positions.
b elt h e ig ht adju ste rs for the front
belt warning light.
A dvanced front airba g sys tem for driver and fro nt passe nger.
airbag s.
Driver knee airbag .
Airbag indicator light
BAG light.
Ele ctronic cont rol unit and asso ciat ed senso rs.
Head res traint s w ith heig ht adju stment opt i­mized for rear -end collisio ns.
Adju stabl e stee rin g column.
lo w er univer sa l and top te th er an chor­
age s for child restraint s.
These individual safety wo rk tog eth er as sys te m t o help pro tect yo u and your passenger s in w id e rang e of collisio ns. Th ese features can't
work as a syste m if they are no t a lwa ys correctly
adju ste d and prope rly used!
How the Advanced Airbag System components
work together ...
in ­
fan t of about one yea r o f ag e in one of th e c hild
seats u sed to certif y th e Adva nced Airb ag under Federa l Motor dard h as been regis te re d on th e seat. Th e AI sta ys on
Before driv ing
o n th e passenge r side has been turned off
Neve r rely on airbags alone for protec tion.
Even wh en they depl oy, airbags provide only
supplemental protection.
Airbag s work most effec tive ly when used with properly worn safe ty page 67, Safety
belt
s.
Every person in ve hicle must be prope rl y
se ated on a seal of his or he r own, must prope rl y
fasten the s afety belt belonging to that seat be­
fore th e ve hicle start s to move, and must keep the belt properly fas tened w hil e riding in the ve­
hicle. This applies to the dri ver and all passen-
too close to the steering wheel or instru­
m ent panel will dec rease the effectiveness of th e
airbags and will increase the risk of personal in­
jury in a coUision .
Never sit closer than inche s (25 em ) from the s teering whee l or instrument panel.
If yo u cannot sit upright more th an inch es (25 em) from the steering wheel, investigat e
whether adaptive equipment may be ava ilable
to help you reach the pedal s and increase your seating di stance from the steering wheel.
If you are unres trained , leaning fonvard, sit­
tingsideway s, or out of position in anyway, your ris k of injury is m uch higher.
To reduce the risk of injury w hen an airbag always wear safety belt s properl y.
A n infant in a reanvard-facing child seat in­
s talled in the front passe nge r seat w ill be seri ­
ously injured an d ca n b e killed if the front airbag
inflates-even with an Advanced Airbag
Always make certai n that children age 12 or younger alway s ride in the re ar seat. If childre n
are not properl y re stra in ed, they may be se­
ve rel y injured or killed when th e infl ates.
Never le t children ride unres trained or im ­properly re strain ed in th e ve hicl e.
Adjust the front seats properly.