1997 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF Owners Manual

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also move forward
where they can hit and injure the driver or
front seat passenger.
also help to keep passengers in
their seats.
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attach passengers to the car
and give them the benefit of being slowed
down more
through the give
in the safety crumple zones and other
sa fety features engineered into today's
cars. By
reducing the kinetic energy over a
longer period of time , the force s on the body
become more
and less likely to
produce injury.
addition , safety belts reduce the danger of
being thrown out of the car. Although
these examples are based
on a
fron tal
red uce the risk of injury in other
types of accide nts. regardless of er you are on a long trip or just going to the
corne r store , always buckle up and make
sure others do , too.
Th e
page s provide important structions which
To further inc rease the safety for the front
passengers, the vehicle is equipped with a
supplementa l ai r bag system.
page
provided must
vated only by severe frontal co llisions. The
air bags are not ac tivated
by a roll
over or by cases where there is no rable impact on the fr ont of the vehicle.

to remind you to wear your safety
you do not put on your safety after
switching on the ignitio n, the warning
wearing safety injured and a much better chance of
surviving an accident. For this reason , wear ­
ing a safety
restrained -even those sitting in the
rear .
Safety
can work when used
over a
or on the seat.
pens,
keys , etc . as these may cause injury.

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and described in chapter. For instance, do not wear part of
to become
damaged by being caught door or seat hardware . keep
in the
restraint
systems.
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The
Safety that have been worn and in an accident must be by an authorized
Never modify, disassemble or attempt to repair the safety in your
which must be used in the interests of
safety whenever the is in motion .
The front seats are equipped with
The rear seat outside passenger positions are equipped with three-point safety
The combi nation have retractors . T he system adjusts to your size and moveme nts as
when you drive up or down
a steep or in a sharp curve.

Fastening the safety
Before fastening the safety first adju st your sea t- see p age 45.
are
can cause
serious
To fasten , grasp motion across your chest
and
tongue into on inboard side of seat. Push down with an
associated with the corresponding seat. Attaching the safety
effectiveness and cause injury.
portion of the safe ty
Press the is
positioned midway over the
on the
Note s
fits use the front seat height adjustment.
Wearing your safety

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The should er
belt tight if positioned safety belts can cause serious personal injury in case of an
accident.

Automatic Locking Retractor (ALA)
The
aut omatic loc kin g retractor is necessary to sec ure child r estraint systems.
The
ret rac to rs for th e fron t passenger and
rear outboard three-point safety belts are
equipped with an automatic locking feature
in addition
to the emergency locking feature.
you need to restraint system
at an outer seating position of the rear seat,
it must be secured by use of the
the way out.
tongue into the buckle for
that seating position with your hand back
in
that the
retractor is deactivated by un­
f asten ing th e safety and the
safe ty to ret rac t to its stowed
position. The safety can now be use d as an ordinary three-point safety without
the additional
a person sitting in the rear w earing the
s af ety activate the re ­tractor, then the sa fety mus t b e un­fastened in order to deactivate the ing retractor.
Never unfasten the safety retractor is in motion.
Push the orange button on the spring out of the
tongue to its stow ed position.
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The rear seating center position is equipped
with a
To fasten
sert it is securely locked with
an audible click.
to the and
buckle up and end of the

push in the orange
Note
For safety reasons , keep the
has been
increased not
safety
The system is activated by sensors in the
case of a serious front
be sioned.
The tensioner not activate in the
event of or in any side or or rear
Due to
be sure to give the purchaser this
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Notes
This is and is not caused by a fire in the
safety parts of the system are to
be scrapped. Your authorized are with these and can perform this service for you.
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