2000 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF airbag off

..
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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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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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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B45-421K
Driver's seat
To av oid contact with the airbag while it is
unfold ing, the driver must not sit any closer
to the steering wheel than necessary and
ways properly wear the three point safety
belt provided .
We recommend that you adjust the driver's
seat as fo llows :
- adjust the seat in fore and
aft direct ion so
that you can easily push the pedals
tance from the center of your breastbone to the center of the airbag cover on the
steering wheel must be at 1
inches (25 em) or more. illustration above and chapter
ministration (NHTSA) may permit you to have an on/off switch for
the airbag For address and
To contact you may either
Department of D.C.
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The indicator must
the you're driving, there is
a in the airbag system.
when the ignition is switched this indicates a system any of these conditions occur, have the airbag
by your
Booklet 2.1. for more
2 -Cruise control*
The indicator system is switched on and
goes out whenn the system is switched off.
3 -Automatic
Your tomatic The
tor
can be mov ed out of either
pos ition.
4 -Electronic power
control* EPC
(gasoline engines only)
in the engine occur. the The engine
contact an
5 -Glow
(diesel engines only)
When the engine is the warning
tion (ignition on).
the warning does not come there
is a defect in the in
expert assistance.
When the
start the engine see page
When the engine is warm the does not come on-the engine can be started straight away.
Any
be indicated by a warning the engine must be checked
by a as soon as
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Coat hooks
coat hooks are integrated into the rear
tended for your convenience.
The
ing. Do not
which may interfere with the side airbag
certain can
cover.
mirrors, the mirror can be turned on and off with the ing cover (arrow 2). The is
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