VOLKSWAGEN TRANSPORTER 1990 T4 / 4.G User Guide

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Sliding door
Always
drive
with
a
fully
latched
sliding door.
To
open
from
the
outside
• Unlock the door
with
the key.
• Then press the handle down and slide
the door to the rear. The door is held in the
fully open position by a catch.

WARNING
Make
sure
the
catch
is
fully
engaged.

Otherwise,
the door could slide
for­

ward
by
itself
and cause
injury
to en­

tering
or
exiting
passengers. To close and lock
from
the
outside

•
Press
the handle down to release the

catch.
Slide the door forward
until
it is
closed.

You can
only
lock and
unlock
the sliding door
from
the
outside
with
the key.
To
open
from
the
inside
• Move the small sliding knob up and pull
the handle back. To close and lock
from
the
inside

• Pull the handle forward to release the

catch,
close the door and move the small
sliding knob down.
In the VANAGON Kombi and VANAGON
Delivery
Van
Cargo
area
Make
sure the cargo compartment floor

area
is loaded correctly, to permit un­
obstructed operation of the sliding door.

Do
not transport people in the cargo area.


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REAR LID

10
unlock the rear lid, use
the
key
A.

•
Insert
key
into vertical lock slot position
and
turn
to
left.

•
Press lock cylinder
in
and lift lid.
The open hatchback will stay
in
position
at
any desired height.

•
To
close, swing
lid
down.

•
Lock with
key.

Be
careful when loading
or
removing
large objects. Sharp edged articles
may damage the defogger wires in
the

rear window.
For safety reasons keep
the
rear
lid

locked
at
all
times. WARNING
To help
prevent
poisonous exhaust
gas from being drawn into the vehicle,
always keep the rear lid closed while
driving.
Do
not
transport objects larger than
those fitting safely into
the
luggage

area.


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WINDOWS

Vent windows*
•
To
open,
press
button in latch and turn

the
latch.

•
To
close,
press
vent window
against

seal
and turn latch until button
engages.
Sliding
windows*

To
open,
press
locking
knob down and
slide
window
open.

Door
windows

Lower
and
raise
the windows with the
win­

ders
in the
door
panels.

WARNING
Do
not put anything on or near the
windows
that
may
interfere
with
the driver's vision.

~s's
aco'icable
Power windows*

The
window control
switches
are
located
in
the
door
panels.
The right window can

also
be
operated
from the driver's
door
by

a
separate
switch.

The
power
windows work only with the ig­
nition
on.

a
- driver's
door

b
- right
door

WARNING
Do
not leave children unattended in the
vehicle especially
with
access
to vehi­

cle
keys. Unsupervised use of the keys

can
result in starting of the engine and
use
of vehicle systems such as power
windows, etc. Unsupervised use of
these systems can result in serious per­
sonal
injury.




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MIRRORS
Adjust
the
outside
and
inside mirrors
be­
fore driving and after adjusting your seat
to
proper driving position.
It is
important
for

safe driving that
you
have good vision
to

the rear.

WARNING
The right hand outside mirror may have a curved (convex) surface. Always re­member that vehicles or other objects
seen in a convex mirror will look
smaller and appear farther away than
when seen in a flat mirror. Do not use
this mirror to estimate distances of
following cars when changing lanes.
Whenever possible, use the inside mir­ ror to determine the actual distance
and size of vehicles or objects seen in
the convex mirror.

Outside mirrors
The outside mirrors
are
hinged
and
fold flat against
the
vehicle when pressed from either direction.
Fold mirrors flat against
the
side windows
when taking your vehicle through
an
auto­ matic
car
wash
to
prevent possible dam­

age.
Outside mirrors with electric
remote control*
These mirrors can
be
adjusted electrically from
the
inside
by
moving
the
knob
on the
driver's door panel. They work only with
the ignition
on. To
adjust either driver
or
passenger mirror, turn knob
to L or R.

If
the
electrical adjustment
of the
mirror
should
not
respond, adjust
the
mirror
by
hand
by
pushing lightly
on the
edge
of the

mirror glass.
When
the
rear window defogger
is
switched
on, the
outside mirrors
are

electrically heated
at the
same time
(see

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|

Inside day-night mirror
You
can
adjust
the
day-night mirror from clear daylight visibility
to
non-glare visibili­
ty
at
night
by
moving
the
lever
at the
bot­
tom
of
the mirror.
To ensure
the
best possible anti-glare
ef­
fect,
the
lever should
be
pointing forwards
when
the
basic mirror setting
is
made.
daylight driving
-
lever front night driving
-
lever rear
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SAFETY
BELTS
WARNING Safety belts have been shown to be the
single most effective means available
for reducing the
potential
for serious in­

jury
and death in automobile
acci­
dents.
Therefore
for
your
own protec­
tion as well as that of
your
passengers always properly wear safety
belts
when
the vehicle is in
motion.
Also, pregnant

women,
injured or physically impaired persons should use safety belts.
In order to provide the maximum level
of protection safety belts must be pro­ perly positioned on the
body.
Impro­
perly positioned safety belts
can
cause
serious personal
injury
in
case
of
an
ac­
cident.
Therefore
read and always ob­ serve all of the following instructions
and warnings pertaining to the use of
the safety belts installed in
your
vehi­

cle.

•
The shoulder belt should be
positioned midway
over
the shoulder

never
across the neck. See illustration
on page
17.

•
Always make certain that the safety
belt tongue is inserted into the safety
belt buckle associated with the corres­
ponding seat. Attaching the safety belt to the buckle for another seat could re­
duce safety belt effectiveness and
cause
injury.

•
Do not wear shoulder part of belt
under
your
arm
or otherwise out of po­

sition.
This
would increase the risk of
serious
injury
in case of
an
accident.

•
Do not use comfort clips or devices
which create slack in the shoulder belt portion and can increase the risk of in­

jury
in an accident.
However
such clips may be required in the proper use of

some
child restraint systems.

•
Never
strap in more than one per­

son,
including
small
children, with

each
belt. It is especially dangerous to
place
a safety belt
over
a child sitting
on
your
lap.

•
The lap belt must be
worn
low and
tight across the pelvis. Make sure any

slack
is wound on the retractor.

•
Belts should not be
worn
twisted.

•
Do not wear belts
over
rigid or

breakable
objects in or on
your

clothing,
such as eye glasses, pens,
keys,
etc. as these may cause
injury.
•
Several layers of
heavy
clothing
may
interfere with proper positioning of

belts
and reduce the
over
all effective­

ness
of the system.

•
Keep belt buckles free of any
obstruction that may
prevent
secure
locking.

•
Make sure the belts of the unoc­
cupied seats are in their stowed posi­

tions.

•
Belts that have been subjected to
excessive stretch forces in
an
accident must be replaced.

•
Belts must not rub against sharp
objects.

•
Do not allow safety belts to become

damaged
by becoming caught in door
or seat hardware.

•
Inspect
your
belts periodically. If

belts
show damage to webbing, bind­
ings,
buckles or retractors,
they
must
be replaced.

•
If belts do not work properly, see

your
Volkswagen dealer.




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• Do not modify or disassemble the
safety belts in
your
vehicle.
• The belts must be kept clean as other­
wise the retractors may not work prop­

erly
(also see "Vehicle care", page 93).
•
Never
bleach or dye safety belts.
• Do not allow safety belts to retract
until
they
are completely dry. Child safety
WARNING

All
vehicle occupants and especially children should be restrained when­

ever
riding in cars. Holding a child in

your
arms is not
a
substitute for
a
child restraint system. In an accident,
a
child
held in a person's arms can be struck
or crushed by any unrestrained rider.
An unrestrained child could also be in­

jured
by striking the interior, or by
being
ejected from the vehicle during a
sudden maneuver or impact. Do not
allow children to stand or kneel on the

seat.
A child restraint system can help protect
a
child in
a
car.
Accident statistics have shown that children are generally safer in the rear
seat area than in the
front
seating posi­
tions.
A suitable child restraint properly in­
stalled
and used in one of the rear seat­
ing
positions provides the highest de­
gree of protection for infants and
small
children in most accident situations. Commercially available child seats are
required to comply with U.S. Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard

(FMVSS)
213 (or in Canada, CMVSS

213).
These
standards include
installa­

tion requirements which utilize a lap belt or the lap portion of
a
combination lap-shoulder belt such as that installed
in
your
vehicle.
Should these safety belts be too short,

a
special lap belt adapter is available
from
your
Volkswagen dealer.
When purchasing a child restraint, select one which properly fits
your

child and
your
car.

Only
use child restraint systems which
fully contact the flat portion of the seat
cushion.
The child seat must not tip or
lean
to either side. We do not recom­
mend the use of child seats which rest
on legs or tube
like
frames because

they
do not provide adequate contact
with the seat.
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WARNING continued
Improperly
or inadequately installed

child
restraint systems can increase
the risk of
injury
to children in
acci­

dents, therefore always carefully read
and follow all instructions on
installa­

tion and use that come with the sys­

tem.

Children
must
be
positioned so
that
the
shoulder belt does not contact or re­
main
in
front
of the face,
chin,
neck or
throat Failure to follow this precaution
can
increase the risk or severity of in­

jury
in the
event
of
a
collision.

In summary:
Children who are
less
than
12
years old
should always sit in the rear. For reasons of safety a child should
only occupy the
front
seat if all of the rear seating positions are already oc­
cupied by other children.
The children should wear, depending on age and
body
size, either
a
child re­
straint system or the existing safety
belts:

•
Babies and children up to about
6
or

7
years should be secured with a child restraint system designed for their

size.
Children of average size of about 6
or 7 years of age may use available
safety belts. Always
make
sure that the
shoulder portion of
a
three point belt is
positioned midway
over
the shoulder

-
it must
never
rest against or across
the neck. See illustration page
17.
The
lap
belt or the lap belt portion of the
three point belt must always pass as low as possible across the pelvis,

never
over
the
abdomen.

If the safety belt will not properly fit the

child,
we recommend the use of a suit­

able
booster seat in a rear seating
posi­

tion in order to raise the child's seating height so that the safety belt will pro­
perly fit the
child.


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Belt
height
adjustment

There
are two different anchorage points for the
front
safety belts in the door pillars on each
side.

The
belt relay
fitting
is normally mounted on the upper anchorage point. For proper positioning of the shoulder section of the
safety belt it may be necessary to remount
the relay
fitting
on the lower anchorage point. Lap-shoulder
belt

The
combination lap-shoulder belt is equipped
with
a locking retractor. The

system
adjusts automatically to your
size

and
movements as long as the pull on the
belt is slow.

Hard
braking or a collision locks the belt.

The
belt will also lock when you drive up or down a steep hill or in a sharp curve.

Before
fastening the seat belt
first
adjust

seat
- see page 20.
• To fasten, grasp belt tongue and pull
belt in continuous slow motion across your

chest
and lap.
• Insert belt tongue into buckle on in­
board side of seat.
Push
down until it is

securely
locked
with
an audible click.
Pull
belt to check.
•
Pull
upwards on shoulder section to

make
sure belt
fits
snugly across the
pel­

vis.

The
shoulder belt must be positioned mid­ way over the shoulder - it
must
never
rest
against
the neck. See illustration.
• Belts should fit snugly across the pelvis

and
chest.
Make
sure any slack is
wound

up on the
retractor.
• Adjust height of belt anchorage, if

necessary.
Do not wear shoulder part of
belt under your arm or otherwise out of

position.
This would increase the
possi­

bility of serious injury in
case
of an
acci­

dent.
• To unfasten belt, push in release button
on buckle. Belt will spring out of buckle.
• To release a locked belt, lean back to
take the body pressure off the belt.
• To store lap-shoulder belt, allow belt to
wind up on retractor as you guide belt
tongue to its stowed position.

Always
heed
WARNINGS
on
page
15.
16,17.


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Belt
warning
system

An
audio-visual warning system is inter­
connected
with
the driver's safety belt.

Every
time the ignition is turned on, the
safety belt warning light will come on for about six seconds as a reminder to buckle

up.
If the driver does not fasten the safety
belt, the chime will also come on for six

seconds.
With the driver's door
closed,
the
chime will go off as soon as the driver has
buckled
up.
Lap
belts

Seats
in the passenger compartment are
equipped
with
adjustable lap belts.
The
belts
must
always
be
kept
on top of the
seat
for
ready
use. Do not
permit

them
to get
caught
under
the
seat.

• To lengthen belt, hold belt tongue at a

right
angle to belt and loop out the required
portion. For
ease
of operation, press cap

and
tongue of buckle together.
• To tighten belt, buckle up and pull at

loose
end of the belt.

Take
up any slack by
moving
the slide on the
belt.
WARNING

• To
reduce
the
risk
of
injury
in an acci­

dent,
position the lap
belt
as low as
possible across the pelvis.
• To fasten lap belt, grasp belt tongue on
outboard side of seat, pull across pelvis
and
insert in inboard buckle.
• To unfasten belt, push release marked

PRESS
in the buckle.

During
pregnancy

Pregnant
women should always wear
safety belts. The lap belt must be worn as
snugly and as low as possible across the
pelvis.
To avoid pressure on the abdo­
men the
belt
must
never
pass
over
the

waist.

Injured
persons and the physically

impaired

We
recommend
that
injured persons and the physically impaired wear safety belts
whenever possible. Although the instruc­
tions provided above still apply, your doc­
tor can give you special recommendations
when necessary.

Always
heed
WARNINGS
on
page
14,15,16.




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HEAD
RESTRAINTS

|B25-28l|

The padded head restraints on
front
and rear* seats are adjustable.

Position
head restraints according to the
occupant's height. Only properly positioned head restraints, together
with

the use of safety belts offer effective pro­
tection.
• For height adjustment, grasp
firmly
with

both hands and pull up or push down.
• For maximum protection the upper
edge should be at eye
level.
WARNING

Do not
drive
the
vehicle
without
the

head
restraint
provided.
Head

restraints
are designed to
help
reduce

injuries.

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