airbag VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2000 Owner's Manual

Care, Service and Disposal of
Airbags
Parts of the airbag system have been
installed at different
wagen. Servicing or repairing in an area of
the impair airbag
performance.
not be impaire d
and that dis carded compone nts do not
cause injury or th e environment.
ment
strument use
paired immediately by an
pairing, or any work on the
it must be replaced.
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B4S-421K
Driver's seat
To avoid contact with the airbag the driver must not sit any
than necessary and ways
provided.
We recommend that you adjust the driver's
seat
as
- adjust the seat in fore and aft direction so
that you can
the
way
bent.
- adjust the seatback
so that when you sit
with your back agains t the seatback, yo u
can
tance from the center of your breastbone
to the center
of the airbag cover on the
steering must be at inches (25 em) or more.
See Booklet 3.1 .
For address and telephone number of NHTSA­
see
To contact NHTSA. you may either
at:
D epartment of Tra n sp ortatio n,
Washington, D .C .

SAFETY
Front passenger's seat
To avoid contact with the airbag while it is
unfolding, the a dult front seat passenger
must not
sit any closer to the instrument
panel than necessa ry and always properly
wear available three point belts.
We recommend that you adjust the ger's seat as follows:
- back rest upright
(never reclined )
- place your feet on the floor in front of the
p assenger's seat
- adjust the
passen ger's seat as far as

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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information about Keep this with your 2
thi s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
do if the airbag
indicator
comes on
and stays
on? .............. . 18
seats ...... . ............ . 3
1
- Booster seats ............. . 33
-
seat on the outer rear
seat posit i
on ............... . 36
seat to system .. 48
-seat to
seat using the system ............. . 39
-
se ats ...... . 32
-
.... 42
-Teth er strap to anchorage
p oint on the Wagon . . . 42
restraint . . . . . . . . 48
L
Lap-shoulder 9
(Lower Anchor and
Tether for . . . . . . 39
system ................. 48
- Attaching a
syste m ........ 48
-Seat marki ngs 45
Locking re tractor ...............
36
Lower Anchor and Tether
f or
46
-Seat markings . ............. 45
N
Number of sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
p
Passenger's seat.
- Proper po sition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Pregnant -co nside rations when
wearing a safet y
. . . . . . . . . 12

ALPHABETICAL
T
Tensioner for the safety
-Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Tether anchors
.................
Teth er strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
- How to attach on the
Sedan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2
- Ho w to attach on the .
Wagon
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Torn safe ty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
u
Unfastening your safety ..... 13
w
Warning
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Warning system .
............... 7
What
can h appen if you do not
wea r your safety
. . . . . . . . . . . 12
What hap pens when the airbags
....................... 19
What happens when the
tens ioner is activated? . . . . . . . . . . 13
What
comes on and
stays on? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
When must
safety
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
When
a safe ty up? 9
W here are
my airbags . . 17
Why
saf ety protect? . . . . . . . . 6

AND
1 -Airbag system
The indicator
in the airbag system .
the indicator
this indi­
cates a system
Booklet 2. 1 . for
4 -Turn
High beam on
page 45 for
5 -Front brake pads worn (Q)
Have the front brake pads inspected by a
worksho p. We recom­
mend that you have the rear brake pads
or same lime.
6-High beam
The indicator up when the high
beams are switched on or when the head­
cruise
Your is equipped with an au­
toma tic T h e is an
dev ice that
pos ition s when th e ignit ion is on.
16 -------------INSTRUMENT PANEL AND

B-
The compartment underneath the passenger airbag) and the
rear
cannot be opened with this key.
the rear seat back­
rest with this key
it may be to give them this
key
systems such as the power
windows*, etc. which
t o steer the
C-Key tag
The key tag con tains the key numbe r that is
needed to obtain
keys.
keys if they have this number.
To protect against theft:
Record and keep the key number in a se ­
cure Do not keep it in the vehi­
you the
For security reasons ,

Front seats
The correct positioning of the seats is
portant:
so that you can reach
quickly and safely;
-
so that you can drive or ride relaxed
which
pages.
Remember to adjust the seats before
Driver's seat
To avo id co ntact wit h the airbag
to the steering wheel than necessary and ways properly wear the three point safety provided .
We recommend that you adjust th e driver's
seat as
-adjust the seat in fore and aft direction so
t h at
you can easily push the pedals the way while keeping your knee slightly
bent.
- adjust
the seatback so that when you sit
w it h
your back against th e seatback, you
can
grasp the top of the steering
-adjust the steering whe el so that the
inches (25 em.) or more.
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