seats VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 1998 User Guide

and protec­
Replacement may be necessary even if damage cannot be clearly
seen.
Never
The front and rear seats have three-point
safety which have a
fea­
ture is used when a
the system to adjust to your
size and movements as
is
Hard braking or a The
in before using the

Front airbags
The airbag for the driver is
in the instrument
marked with See
is very important to remember that front
airbags
in some accidents in
which the is high
enough to activate the airbags.
Front airbags are not activated ...
if th e igni tion is swi tched off
in s ide
in rear-end
in
in certain fron­damage, repair costs
or even the
damage is not
provide protection for the ch est and face of the driv­
er
and the front seat passenger when ...
safety
the seats have been positioned so that
the occupant is
seated as far as from the airbag
and the head restraints have been prop­
part of the
body.
Safety
s e e next p ages.
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Babies and older children must
never ride in a vehicle sitting on the lap of an adult. Holding a child
in your arms is never a substitute for a child restraint system. The
strongest adult could not hold onto the child under the forces
a crash at a speed of
be more than times the weight of the means the weight of the be more than kg).
Under these conditions.
too for an infant restraint up to
4 years
or 18 kg) strained in a seat
dangerous
est
seat. for an fant or a in a rearwar d-facing
seat.
ous injury to the child.
ward-facing child seats on the rear seat .
Always read and heed all

exceptional circumstances require the
use of a forward-faci
ng chi ld seat on the
front seat, the child's safety and well-being
r eq
uire that the following special precau­
tions be taken:
Booster seats
up to 8 years old
is
usually best
to put these children in ap­
propriate booster seats.
Be sure the boo­
ste r seat meets all applicable safety
standards.
Booster seats
raise the seat ing position of
the child and reposition both the lap and sh oulder parts of the safety belt so th at the y
pass across the child's body in the right
places.
The routing of the belt over the child's body
is ve
ry importa nt for the child's protection. whether or not a booster seat is used.

SAFETY FIRST
Securing a
and the front passenge r three­
point safety have a convertible locking
feature in addition to the eme rgen cy locking
feature.
seat at an outer
seating position. you must first activate the
convertib le locking feature. Then secure the
seat by using the seat
Always install rear-facing child
seats or infant carriers on the rear
seat.
is always safer to install a
child seat in the rear.
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Tether Anchors
Never mount two child restraint seats on one anchor point.
Never use child restraint tether anchorages to secure safety belts or other kinds of occupant re­
straints.
Never attach a tether strap to a tie-down hook in the luggage
compartment
Never secure or attach any lug­
gage or other items to the LATCH lower anchorages or to the tether anchors.
Beginning with year wagen
Sedan
The show the tether anchors
for the rear seating positions:
-Sedan:
Tether anchors for the three rear seating
positions are
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Tether
A tether is a straight or V-shaped strap that
attaches the top part of a to
tion on next page .
The purpose
of the tether is to reduce the
forward movement of the
in a
interior.
Forward facing
manufactured after
September are requiredby U .S . to
CRs seats .
very few rear-facing
SAFETY--------------------41

Front seats
The correct positioning of the seats is im ­
portant:
- so that you
can reach
and
Booklet 3. 1.
Remember to adjust the seats before fas­
tening the safety

A c
Adjusting
r estraint Anchors . . . . . 39
- Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 29 -information
F
b 23 about restraints and
- rant
b d -Securing on the rear seat using
-ow many ags oes my h f b have? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 . t e sa ety e t ....... .
- Ho w
the Airbag
system works ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
19 seats -............ .
- Side
airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
- System components . . . . . . . . 18
............. 19
-When must the system be
inspected? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
-Where are my airbags
restraint system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
A
uto Safety ............. 21
B
tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
-What happens when the
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Driver's seat
-Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
-Proper position . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

E G
Extenders for the safety . . . . . 15 Guide fixtures .................. 46
F H
Fastening and unfastening Head airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
- Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
-
safety on the
rear seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
seats on the outer
rear seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
-
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
- Safety
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1
. . . . . . .
F orward facing seat,
- Precaut ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
22
F ront airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Front passenger's seat.
- Prope r position . . . . . . . . . . . . .
52
- Proper position for maximum
protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
-Removing and ..... 49
Heavy
. . . 8
Height adjustors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11
How can adjust the height
of my safety
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
How can when the safety
have? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
How to attach the tether
st r
ap on the Sedan ...... 42
H
ow to attach the tether
strap on the Wagon
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
How
to use this
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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