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add if necessary
Automatic shift
Brake system: brake pad thickness , brake
Rotate from front to rear
Lubricate (New Beetle
Airbag system: of
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SAFETY
Dear
This contains important
airbags, seats
for and infants, safety and
head restraint
s.
ways remains with your
be
tures to ry in an accident. The is a of
just a few of the safety features in your
with
height adjustors
- front airbags
- side airbags
in the front seats
- Side
-
tem if they are not
sections provide important
portant. how they work to
contain important which you and your
injury.
Safety is everybody's
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Safety
B6N-052M [
If a safety belt is too short because of body size or driving position, even when the
three point safety belt is ful ly extended and
when the adjustable upper shoulder belt
anchorage (if so equipped) is in the lowest position, you can use a seat belt extender .
This extender can be used only if existing
belt is not long enough . The extender adds
approximately 8 inches
the front airbag deploy at a slightly higher rate of decel
eration than if the belt is not being used.
Therefore, in a particular collis ion, it is pos
sible that
an airbag will not deploy at a seat
ing position where the safety belt is being
used but
see page
17 for details.
For that reason, always remove the safety belt extender when it is not needed and stow it safely.
See your VOLKSWAGEN dealer for assis
tance if the extender is required .
SAFETY
Using a safety belt extender when not needed can increase the
risk of injury in a collision.
Never use the safety belt extender if you can fasten the
safety belt without it.
Safety belts can work only when used properly. Never wear safety belts in any other way than
illustrated and described in this
chapter.
A driver or passenger who is not properly restrained can be seriously injured by striking the interior of
the passenger compartment or by the safety belt itself which can be displaced from stronger parts of
the body into sensitive areas like
the abdomen.
Never use more than one extender with a safety belt. The use
of more than one extender can change the way the safety belt passes over the body and can cause serious injury.
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Airbag system
Your
out of position or too
for the driver and
front seat passenger have switches that
the airbag if the safety
the safety
higher rate of
that an airbag
at the position where the safety is not being used.
For that reason,
are there to offer
protection in those accidents in which air
bags
are not supposed to or when
they have
is part of the
Therefore. wear your safety
pages 3 to 13.
the airbag system is designed to
reduce the
of serious injuries, it
can cause bruising, and minor
abras ions.
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or have on the seat become
dangerous
When the system is activated, fine dust is This is
This dust is made up
The fine dust created when air
bags deploy can cause breathing problems for people with a history of asthma or other breathing
conditions.
within a force.
The airbags
times. By keeping room
between your body and the front
of the
and
page
Booklet 3. 1, for
be chapter
receive serious or fatal injuries from the airbag if you are up against it or too close to it when it
inflates.
Always read and heed
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SAFETY FIRST
ride in the rear seat.
B45-421K
Adjusting the driver's seat
For see
We recommend that you adjust the driver's
seat as follows:
- adjust the seat in fore and aft direction
so
that you can push the
keeping your knee
-adjust the steering
and chapter Booklet 3. 1.
-the distance from the center of your
breastbone to the center of the airbag
cover on the steering
must be at least inches (25 em) or more. See
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SAFETY
smash the
child seat and
ommend that children alway s sit in the back
seat. See
require that the following special
tions be taken :
see in this
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Front airbags
The airbag for the driver is
in the instrument
marked with See
is very important to remember that front
airbags
in some accidents in
which the is high
enough to activate the airbags.
Front airbags are not activated ...
if th e igni tion is swi tched off
in s ide
in rear-end
in
in certain frondamage, repair costs
or even the
damage is not
provide protection for the ch est and face of the driv
er
and the front seat passenger when ...
safety
the seats have been positioned so that
the occupant is
seated as far as from the airbag
and the head restraints have been prop
part of the
body.
Safety
s e e next p ages.
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