1998 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF airbag

Safety
a safety
is exte nded an d
when th e
chorage (if so equ ipped) is in t h e
position, you can use a seat extende r.
This exten der can be used if existing enough. The extender adds mm) of
The for the
d river
and front seat passenger have
switches th at if the safe ty is being used or n ot. the safety the fr ont airbag
at a highe r rate of eration than if the is not being used.
Therefore, in a it is pos­that an airbag n o t at a sea t­
ing position where the safety is being
u sed but
is not being
for tance if the extende r is requ ired.
SAFETY FIRST
Never wear
safety
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Airbag system
The
not against or any part of their body too
Occupants who are
the airbag control module if the safety belt
i s being used or not.
ing used, the front airbag
inflate at the position where the safety belt
is not being used.
For that reason, remove the
safety extender when it is not needed and stow it
pages 3 to 13 .
is important to remember that while the
supplemental airbag system is designed to reduce the likelihood of serious injuries, it
can cause bruising, and minor
abrasions.
Never
on the steering
when the airbags
on next page.
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of an eye
with great force, things you have on your
or have on the seat become
dangerous and be pushed into
you if the airbag
This is and is not caused
by a fire in the This dust is made up
of a powde r used to th e a ir ­
bags as they
hands and face with
a w ithin a
Therefore in
order to the airbag to do its
at times . By keeping room
between your body and the front of the pas­
senge r compart ment. the airbag can
and
for information on the
a djustment
of the front seats and for
page
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..
inches {25 em) to the steering
you cannot sit more than
and increase your seating distance from the steering
Highway Traffic Safety Ad-ministration {NHTSA) may permit
you to have an on/off switch for the airbag
To contact
Hotline
Department of Tran sp ortation,
Washingt on, D .C .
Adjusting the steering
For detailed steps for adjusting the steering
Booklet 3.1.
Adjust the steering
so that the steer­
ing
omfortably with your hands at the 3
step s for adjusting the passen-
ger's seat please see on page
- backrest upright (never
in front of the
passenger's seat
- adjus t the passenger's seat
as far as pos­
in front of the seat.
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SAFETY FIRST
12 years and younger ride in the back seat
restrained for their age and size. The airbag
on the passenger side makes the front seat
a
seat.
in a rearward-facing seat.
against the
backrest, center arm rest, or door.
seat or infant carrier on the front seat may be struck and knocked out of position by the passenger's
a irbag
in a
F or this reason, and because better protected -when restrained according to their age and size­in a rear seating position, we
Forward-facing seats
m ent of the airbag and cause
forward-facing seats
on the rear seat.
front the safety and
the
the
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Front airbags
The airbag for the driver is located in the
steering wheel hub and is marked
if the ignition is switched off
in side collis ions
in rear-end collisions
in rollovers.
Front airbags may not inf late
in certain fron­
tal collisions. Vehicle damage, repair costs
or even the lack
of vehicle damage is not
necessarily an ind ication of proper airbag
operation .
SAFETY FIRST
The front airbags can only provide additional
protection for the chest and face
of the driv­
er and the front seat passenger when
...
safety belts are worn properly,
the seats have been positioned so that
the occupant
is properly seated as far as possible from the airbag
and the head restraints have been prop­
erly adjusted.
Airbags do not protect the l
ower part of the
body.
belts are important to help keep front
seat occupants in the proper seated posi­
tion so that airbags
can unfold properly and
provide added protection
as intended.
For more details see next pages_
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in some fron­
sions in which
to define an airbag trigger­
for the
n ature (hard or
soft) of the object which the
car the spee d, and etc.
The triggering of the airbag system de­
pends on the
unit. programmed into the
damaged as a
of an
that the airbags have The
airbags
worn safety down and
the occupa nt's forwa rd movement and to reduce the risk of injury to th e head
and upp er torso.
T
he airbags afte r
the
This is This dust is made up
of a powder used to

and
can
not been specifically approved by
paired immediately by an autho­rized
The side airbags in some side
The side airbags
if the ignition is switched off
in
in side eration is not high enough
in rear
in
damage , repair costs or even the of an indication of proper airbag operation.
U nd
er some accident conditions, both fr on t
and side airbags may .
Remember
airbags in certain kinds of accidents
- your safety there to offer
p rotection in those accidents in which air­
bags are not supposed
to or when
t hey have
How the supplemental side airbag system works
side air­
bags can
order to assure this
is not to define an airbag trigger­
i ng range that cover every
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