2004 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF PLUS child restraint

proved desig ns and old er m odels are taken of production. restraint s are not standardized.
and size s and diff erent i.e.
s traint tha t sits o n the seat, wh en they a re in stalle d on a ve hicl e seat. These differe nces make it
be sold over
lish e d a list of sp e cific types, make s and models of c hi ld restraints pliance o f th e Advance d Air-b ag in your hicle with the suppressio n r equirements of Federa l
Mot or Vehicle straint s are:
A.
thro ug h Augu st31, Dream Ride 7 19
fr o m Guard Angel Hide
B. Rear ward-facing child restraint systems,
the restra int sys tem comes equipped a
r e movable base , compliance h a s to be certified
w ith or with out the base) .
through August 31,
Britax Handle with 191
Assura 4553
Arriva
Eve n flo Discovery Adjust Hight212
Even flo Fir st
G raco lnfam 8457
from September 1,
Fit4543
Arriva and base 22-999
Graco lnfam 8457
Snu gride
Before driving
V ia gg io
Forward -facing convertible child restraint
tems, manufactured on or after September
through August
Brita x Houndabout 161
Britax Expressway F IX
E n co re 4612
4 4 16
Touriva
E ve n flo Horizon 425
E ve n flo Medallio n 254
1s t
from Septembe r 1 ,
Brit ax Houndabout
Touriva
Deluxe High Back Boo ster 22-
262
Back Booste r
Eve nfl o Tribut e
Even flo Medallion 254
Eve n flo Generation s
Graco
Graco Toddle r 2
Graco Cargo
D. Forward-facing toddler/b e lt positioning
booster systems, manufactured on or afte r tember
through August 3 1,
Brit ax Hoadster
co High Back Booster
Eve n flo Fit 245
Brit ax
High Back Booste r
De lux e High B ack Booste r 22-
262
Graco
E ve nfl o Fit24 5
E ve n flo Ge nerations 352xxxx

To reduce th e risk of serious injury, make sure
t hat the PASSENGER BAG ligh t comes on and stays on w hen ever a is stalled o n th e front passenger seat and th e tion is swit ched on.
Take the child off the front sen ge r seat and install it properly
does not stay on.
Have the airbag system inspected by your auU1orized Volkswagen dealer or author ized Volkswagen service facility
hicle while sitting on the lap of another passenger .
first read and note th e intr oductory information and hee d th e on page
rid e in the back seat properly s tr ain ed for their age and size.
A lwa ys u
se the right child seat for ea c h chi ld and always use it properly.
Always carefully follow the child seat ture r's instru ction s on how to ro ut e th e safety belt
properly through the child seal a nd how to restrain
th e child in the chiJd seat.
When using th e veh icle safety
to a child seat , you mus t firs t activate the switch able locking
featur e on the safety belt to help p revelll the c hild seal from movin g.
Sitting
really tight so tha t
additional information about
a child restraint syste m on the front passenger seat:
If you must in stall a child restraim on th e passe nger seat in excep tional circum stan ces, be
sure to read and heed th e importan t info rmation and warnings in the section of thi s Manual
There are additional adjustments that must
be made in order to be
the safety upper a nchorag e for the fron t passenge r seal so that the availabl e safely belt is
l o ng enough to pro p erly in stall the child restraint.

Alw ays follow the child restraint manufacturer's in stalla tion
tion in th e se at's up and down adjustm ent range and to th e rearmost p osit ion in th e se at's fore and aft adj ustment ra nge, as far away from the air ba g
a s poss ib le before in sta llin g th e forwa rd-facing
chil d res train t a nd mak e sure th e backre st is in th e
upr ig ht
If a te th er str ap is being used to tie the child s traim to th e front passe nger seat, make su re that
it is not so tigh t that it causes the we ight-se nsin g mat to meas u re m ore weig h t than is actu ally on
the seat.
Alway s remember: E ven though your vehicl e is
e qu ipped with an Advanced Airb ag System, all
child re n , es pecially th ose 12 years and younger, mus t a lways ride in the back seat pro pe rly
tion.
All ve hicl e oc cupants and esp ecially childr en must always be restrain ed proper ly w he neve r
ridi ng in a vehicle.
-
An unres tra ined or imp roperly restrained
c hild can be injured or kill ed by being thrown
agai nst th e in sid e of the vehicl e or by bein g
e je cte d f rom it duri ng a sudden maneuver o r impact.
- An
unrestrai ned or improperl y re strained
c hild is also at much grea te r risk of inju ry or death by be ing stru ck by an inflat ing ai rb ag.
Commercially available chil d seats must comply w ith U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Standard 213).
- When buyin g a restraint, selec t o n e
th at your child and the ve hicle.
-
usc c hil d restra int sys te m s th at m ake
f ull contact with the flat portion of the scat cushion. Th e c hild restraint mus t n ot tip or
l ea n to ei ther side. Volk swa gen docs not ommend using child sea ts res t o n legs o r
t u be-like frame s. They do not prov ide qua te con ta ct wit h the seat.
Befo re driving
- Alwa ys heed all legal requ irement s ta ining to the in sta ll ation and use of child
sea ts and carefully follow the in structi ons
provid ed b y th e manufacturer of th e seat y ou arc using.
For safet y reasons, never allow child re n under 4ft. 9 in (57 in che s /1.45 mete rs) to wear a
normal3-p oint safety belt . They must a lways be r est rain ed b y a proper child rest rain t syste m .
O th erwi se, they could su stain injuries to domen and neck areas during sudden bra kln g
m an euver s or acci dents.
Neve r le t more th an one child occupy a ch ild
se at.
Neve r let babie s or older child ren ride in hicl e whil e sittin g on the lap of another senger.
- Holdin g a ch ild in
your arms is never a
subs titut e fo r child res traint syste m .
-
The stronges t perso n wou ld no t b e able to
hold c hild, give n th e for ces present durin g
a co llision. The c hild will strike th e interior of the ve hicl e and can also be impacte d by ot her pa sse nge r.
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The c hild and the pass enger ca n als o jure eac h other in an acciden t.
Neve r in sta ll reanvard-facing ch ild sca ts or i n fa nt carri ers on the fron t p assenge r sea t. A
c hild will be se riously injure d and ca n b e kill ed
w he n th e pa sse nger airbag inflates-even with
a n Adva nce d Air bag System.
A lways install reanvard-facin g child scats or infant on th e rear scat.
Fonvard-fac in g child seats in sta ll ed on the
front passenge r's sca t can interfere with the airb ag wh en it inflates and ca use seriou s injury
to the ch ild . Always in stall forward -facin g child
sc ats on th e rear sea t.
fonvard-facing child restraint on th e front passe nger's sea t, th e c hild 's safety an d bein g require the followin g speci al precauti on s
to be take n:

-Always make sure that the forward-facing seat has been designed and certified by its manufacturer for use on a front passenge r seat with a front and side airbag.
- Always carefully follow the
turer's instructions provided with the child seat or carrier.
- Never install a child restraint without a
properly attached top
tether strap if th e child
restraint manufacturer's instructions quire the top tether strap to be used.
- Never
put the forward-facing child
ment panel.
- Always set
the safety belt upper anchorage to the adjustment position that permits proper installation in accordance with tl1e child restraint manufacturer's instructions.
- Always move the
passenger seat to the high est position in the up and down
straint.
- Always make sure
that nothing prevents the front passen ge r's seat from being moved
to the rearmost position in its fore and aft
-Always make sure that the backrest is in the upright position.
- Never place additional
item s on th e seat that can increase the total weight registered
by the weight-sensing mat and ca use injury
in a crash.
Always buckle the child seat firmly in place
eve n if a
Alway s read and heed aU WARNINGS eve r using a child restraint in a vehicle page
light
comes on and stays on whenever a child straint is installed on tl1e front passenger seat and the ignition is switched on.
AIR BAG
page82.
the off senger seat and install it properly at one of the rear seating positions if the
Have the airbag system inspected by your authorized Volkswagen dealer or aulhorized Volkswagen Service Facility immediat ely .

Using a
the introductory inform at io n and hee d the on page
Important s p ecia l steps when installin g a c hild re­straint with
special precautions when in stalli ng
a ch ild restra int with th e ve hicl e safety belt o r with lowe r univer sal an ch o rages behind th e passe nge r scat o r b ehind the driver sea t. Al­
ways route th e unused center seat sa fety belt and th e unused sa fe ty belt fo r th e seatin g position
where the chil d restraint is bein g in stalle d
around t h e rea r head restraint behind th e child re ­
s traint h elp preve nt a child fro m play ing with
th e un use d belt and beco ming entangle d in it
ad ju st th e pos ition of th e fron t to pro vide th e
c hild with s p ace. The re for e, adju st t he seat to th e s ize of th e c hild safety sea t a nd t he
c hild . the proper seatin g positio n of th e
f ront seat passenger
on the rear seat!
a child safe ty seat is used on th e rear
in restraint rear seat on page
Guide the belt webbing behind th e head re­fig. 66 . When doin g
so. do n ot en gage the switchabl e locking feature on th e safety belt! You should not hea r a th e s afet y belt is re tra ctin g.
Lett h e belt retractor wind up the belt webbing.
A c hild
in a child restrai nt installe d with th e
LATCH lowe r uni versal a n chorage s o r
A lways secure unused rear seat safety b elt s out o f th e reach of chi ldren in chi ld seat s. way to secure them is to route them around h ead re stra int of the seat w he re th e child re­
s traint is ins talle d.
Neve r activate the swi tc hable locki ng re­
tractor w he n routing the safe ty belts around the h ea d re straints.
Never let anyo ne si t a t the center rear seatin g
p os ition if the center rear safety belt has been rout ed around a rear head restraint.
A child restrained in the c hild safe ty scat o n
th e rear scat ca n be fatall y in jured whe n playi ng with unuse d lockab le safe ty belts.
A lways secure unused lockable safe ty belts
o n th e rear scat.
Note
Be careful no t t o activa te the switc h a bl e lockin g re tra ctor when routing the center safety
b elt around th e head re straint. pull the un­use d center safe ty belt out far eno ugh to allow you
to route the belt around th e head restraint.
W hen installing a chil d re straint, b e ca re ful
nat t o ge t th e belt caug ht in the stru c tu re of the
c hild scat su ch that th e belt becomes switchable lockin g feature
h as bee n activa te d .

Convertible
child restraints ore equippe d wit h lower anch ors and o top tether, of the seat using
t h e
read and note th e introdu ctory
on page
lb s. (9 kg) and lb s. kg) mu st always be properly restrai ned in a ch ild seat fo r th eir size and 68.
B e fo re in sta llin g a chi
ld res traint o n th e front senger seat, b e su re to follow t h e special tion s and heed the page and 88.
W hen usin g th e ve hicl e sa fety belt to install a
c hild seat, yo u must activate the switchab le
l ocking feature on th e sa fe ty belt to he lp preven t
th e child seat fro m page
th e ch ild seat dow n with your full weig ht ge t th e sa fety belt r e all y tigh t so that th e seat
ca nnot move forwa rd or sid eways more than about one in ch (2.5 em ).
Fas te n the harn ess webbin g th at i s part of the ch il d restraint sys te m securely and pull it tigh t so
th at you ca n onl y slip one finger underneath the
s h o ulder belt p ort ion at th e child 's chest.
the tet he r strap to the te ther for the seat ing position where the child restraint is
b e in g page
ride. The front seat i s not the safes t pl ace for a child
in forward -facing chil d seat. is a ve ry ge ro us place for an inf ant ora large r c hild in a ward-fac ing seat.
Not
using a child seat, using the wrong child seat or improperly inst alling a child restraint
tio n.
rea rward-faci ng c hild seat installed on the front passenger seat will be seriously injure d and can be kill ed if th e front airbag inflates­eve n with an Adva nced Airbag System .
child seats on the re ar seat.

you must install a reanvard facing child
seat on th e front passe nger seat b eca use of ce pti ona l circumstances , but the light does not come on and stay
Facil ity.
Alway s read and heed all
page Safety pag e Airbn g sys te m page safety restraints.
An improperly installed child res traint can terfe re w it h th e airbag as it de plo ys and ously injure or even kill the child -eve n w ith an Advanced Airbag
being require the following sp ecia l precautions
to be tak en:
-
Fonvard-facing child seats in stalle d on the front passe nger seat may interfere with the de ploym ent of the airbag an d cause se riou s
p ersonal inju ry to th e c hild.
- Always make s
ure that the fonvard-facing seat has been des igned and certified by its manufacturer for use on a front passe nger seat wit h a front and sid e airbag.
- Always care full y follow the ture r's in struction s prov ided with the c hil d scat or carrier.
- Never install a child res traint w
ithout a properly attach e d top tether strap if the child
res traint manufacturer's instructions quire the top te th er strap to be u sed.
- Neve r
put the fonva rd-faci ng c hild straint up agains t o r very nea r the
properly and safely
- Always set the safe ty belt upper a n ch orage
t o th e adjustment positi on tl1at permit s proper in stallation in accordance with th e child restraint manufacture r' s in struction s.
- A
lways move the passenger seat to the
hi ghest position in the up and down
justment range.
- Always
make sure that th e backres t is in
th e upright position .
- Never place
additional items on the seat th at can increase the tota l we ight regi ste red by the weight-se nsing mat and cau se injury
in a c rash .
Mak e sure that the BAG
If the BAG OfF light does not com e on and sta y immediately in stall the fonvard -facing child seat in at a seatin g position on the rear seat and have the airbag sys te m
Fac ility.
Always buckle the c hild seat in place even if a child is not sitti ng in it. A loose child
collisio n.
Note
When installing a child res traint , b e ca reful
not to get the belt caught in tl1c structure of tl1e child res traint and become damaged, especia lly when the swi tc habl e lo ckin g feature has been tivated.
Be careful not to activa te th e sw itch a bl e
lo ckin g retra ctor when routin g th e safety belt s
a round the head restraints . p ull the safety
b elt out far enough to allow you to route tl1e belt around th e head restraint.

Not usin g a booster scat, u sing the boos ter sca t improperly, incorrect ly instal.ling a booster seat or usin g the ve hicl e safety belt improp er ly c reases the risk of seriou s personal injury and death in a collision or other emergen cy
A lways make sure to po sition the s houlder
p o rtion of the three-point belt over the middl e of the c hild 's should er.
Never let th e s houlder portion of the safety belt rest aga inst or across the neck, face, chin, or
throat of the ch ild.
Always make sure the lap belt portion of the
three-point belt is worn snug and pa sses as low po ssible across the child's pel vis. Never le t the
lap belt portio n of the safety belt pass over the
child's stomach or abdomen.
Failure to prop erl y rou te safety belts over a
c hild's body will cause serious perso nal in juri es
in an accident or ot her em erge ncy situ ation.
on the front seat of a ny ca r, eve n
with Advanced Airbags, can
Never le t a child stand or kneel on any sea t,
including , for example, the front passenger seat.
Neve r let a child ride in the lug gage ment or cargo area of your vehicle.
Always remember that a child leaning ward, sitting sideways or out of po sition in any
way during a co llision can be struck by a ploying airbag. This will result in seriou s
you must install a booster seat o n th e front
pa sse nge r scat b eca use of exceptional stances, the AIR BAG
BAG
page 82.
Take the ch ild restraint orr the front se nger sca t a nd install it properl y at o ne of the sea ting position s on the rear scat if the ligh t docs not stay on whe neve r the ignition is swit ch ed on.
rea d and heed all ever usi ng a child restraint in a vehicle page pa ge
A child in booster seat in stalled with th e
Alwa ys sec ure unused rear sca t safety belts
o ut of th e reach of child ren in child seats by , for
exa mple , routing the belt s a round the hea d
Neve r activa te the sw itchablc locking tractor when routing the safet y belt s around th e
h ead re straints.
Neve r le t anyo ne si t a t th e center rear seating
po sition if the center rear safety belt has been routed around a rear head restraint.
No te
Be care ful not to activate the switc h abl e loc kin g
retra ctor wh en routing the safe ty belt s around the
head restraints. pull the safe ty belt out fa r
eno ug h to allo w yo u to route th e be lt around t11e head restra int.