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CONTROLS
AND
EQUIPMENT

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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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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EQUIPMENT

SEATS
IN
DRIVER'S
CAB

WARNING
•
For
driver's
and passenger's
protec­

tion
make
sure
front
seats
are
securely
latched
in place.

*
• Do not
adjust
seats
while
the
vehicle
is in
motion.
Your
seat
may
move
unex­

pectedly
which
could cause sudden
loss of
vehicle
control
or
personal
in­

jury.

•
The
front
seats should be adjusted be­
fore fastening the safety belt.
B25-548

Bucket
seat

Seat
adjustment
(forward
or backward)

The
bucket seats can be adjusted indivi­ dually.

•
Pull up lower lever (1) at outboard side
of seat.

•
Slide seat to desired position.

•
Release
the lever and move seat
slightly back and
forth
to make sure the

seat
is securely locked.
Height
adjustment
of
head
restraints

Head
restraints must be adjusted accord­
ing to seating height of the respective
occupant. See page 19.

Armrests*

The
armrests on the
front
seats can be hinged up if they are not required.

The
angle of the armrests can be adjusted
as
required
with
a knurled knob under­neath the armrest.
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Seatback
adjustment

The backrest is secured and cannot
tilt
for­
ward accidentally.

C
To adjust, take body weight off the
bac­

krest and push down lever (2) at hinge
cover on
right
side of seat.
• Exert slight body pressure in the direc­

tion
desired and let lever go to lock
bac­
krest in position.

WARNING

To
reduce
the
risk
of
serious
personal
injury
in an
accident,
front
seat
passen­

gers
must
never
ride
in a
moving
vehi­

cle
with
the
seatback
reclined.
The
risk

of
personal
injury
will
increase
with
in­

creasing
rearward
angle
of the
seat-
back.
Safety
belts
only
offer
optimum

protection
when
the
seatback
is up­

right
and
belts
are
properly
positioned

on the
body.
Improperly
positioned

safety
belts
cause
serious
personal
in­

jury
in an
accident.
Removing
bucket
seats

• Stand outside vehicle, pull up lever (1)
and slide seat all the way forward.
•
Lift
stop hook (3) up against springload-

ing,
hold there and slide seat past stop.
•
Release
stop hook and slide seat
for­

ward out of guide rails.
When reinstalling seat, reverse the above procedure. The stop hook (3) need not be

lifted
as the seat can
just
be pushed past the
stop.
Two-seater*

Seat
ajustment
(forward
or backward)
The two seater adjustment lever is located in
front
of the seat.
The adjustment procedure outlined for the
front
bucket seats also applies to the two
seater.
The backrest adjusts at the same
time
the adjustment lever is operated.

Removing
two
seater

First remove bolts
from
the upper hinge on
the backrest.
Then proceed as outlined for removal of the bucket
seats.

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Swivel seats*
The forward or backward adjustment pro­ cedure outlined for the
front
bucket seats

also
applies to the swivel seats.
Before turning the driver's swivel seat:
•
Position shift lever in park (automatic
transmission) or in first gear (manual

transmission).

•
Block wheels if necessary to
prevent

vehicle from moving.

•
Release parking brake. WARNING
Swivel seats must be in forward facing
position while driving. Do not operate the locking lever of the
swivel seat while the vehicle is in mo­

tion.

To swivel the seat, move seat slightly for­ ward or open the door a crack.
Then
push
down the locking lever in
front
of the seat.
The passenger seat can be turned
180°
to the left
(half
circle).
The driver's seat can be turned
90°
to the
right
(quarter
circle).
The seats will lock automatically at
every
turn.

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I

SEATS
IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT CONTROLS AND
EQUIPMENT

In the 9-seater version the backrest of the

first
seat in the middle row can be
tilted
for­
ward and out of the way for easy
access
to
the rear bench. To disengage the lock of the backrest, pull up the lever on the side
of the backrest.

WARNING
For
your
passenger's
protection,
the

backrest
lock
must
be
engaged
at all

times
while
the
vehicle
is in
motion.
Removing
and
installing
the

center
bench
seat

The center bench seat slides
into
two hold­ ing rails and is fastened in place by four

screws.

To
remove the seat: •
Lift
the floor covering and remove the

screws.

• Pull the bench seat out of the holding
rails and remove the seat through the
slid­

ing door.

Note

On
vehicles
with
floor carpeting, you must

first
unscrew the mounting strip and care­
fully
lift
the carpet up. Be sure not to tear
the carpeting.
When reinstalling the bench seat, make sure
that
the holding rails are clean.

WARNING

To
prevent
personal
injury,
the
seat
must
allways
be securely
fastened
into

place
while
driving.
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SINGLE
SEATS*
IN
PASSENGER
COMPARTMENT

The seat cushion
for
the single seats can be folded
up, or if
necessary,
the
entire
single seat can be easily removed.

Folding
the seat
cushions
up

• Pull lever located below
the
seat
and

fold the cushion up
until
it
locks
into
place.
• To lower the cushion, pull the lever and
push
the
cushion down
until
it
locks
se­

curely
into
position.
Removing
the seat

• With one hand hold seat,
with
the other,
pull release knob.
•
Tilt
seat forward and
lift
seat out.

WARNING
When pulling the release
knob,
the seat
will
tip forward. Therefore, never pull
the knob when someone is sitting on
the seat.
Installing
the seat

•
Place
both
rear legs
into
the holes in the
floor panel (see illustration).
• Swing seat
up
until
locking mechanism
audibly locks
into
place. Visually check
and pull on the seat
to
make sure the lock­ ing mechanism is securely engaged.

WARNING

To
prevent
personal
injury, seat must
al­
ways be securely fastened into place

while
driving.

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•
The seatback for the folding seat
may rub against the
front
seat backrest
when the
front
seat is reclined. When
this occurs, the locking
mechanism
of
the folding seat may not securely
engage. Before installing the folding

seat,
make
sure that the
front
seatback
is
fully upright.

•
Attachment parts for the folding

seats
are individually fitted. Therefore,

label
the seats when removing both to

prevent
them from being interchanged
when reinstalling. If the seats are inter­ changed the locking mechanism may not engage securely.




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