2005 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF Owners Manual

flates.
- Alway s
make sure that safety belts are wor n correctly,
- Never le t a nyo ne s itting in the front
seat put th e ir hand o ut of the window.
Always make sure th at the sid e airbag can
inflat e without interferen ce:
- Neve r in stall se
at covers or re p lace ment upholstery over th e front seat back s that
h ave not bee n specifica lly approved by
- Never use additional seat cushi on s that co ver th e areas where th e s ide airbag s flate.
-
Dam age to the original seat covers or to
th e seam in th e area of th e si de airbag
modul e must alwa ys be repaired ate ly by an authorized
betwee n yo u and the airbag can crease th e risk of inju ry in colli sion by fering with the way the airb ag unfold s or by bei ng pushed you as th e a irba g infl ates.
- Neve r pla ce or a
ttach accesso ries or other objec ts (su ch as cup hold ers , phone brac ke ts, or eve n bulky ob-
(continued)
jec ts) on the doors , over or n ear th e area marke d on the seat ba ckre sts.
- Acc esso ries or other objects ca n beco me
dangerou s mi ssiles and cause inju ry
ploy ment space between them and the bags or allo w children or other passengers
to travel in thi s po sition.
Always usc the built-in coat hook s only for ligh tweig ht clothing . Never leave any h eavy or sharp-ed ged obj ec ts in the po cke ts that may
int erfe re w ith side ai rba gdeployment and can cause personal injury in a collisio n.
Always prevent the sid e airbags from being damaged by heavy object s knockin g or hitting the sides of the seat backs.
The ai rb ag syste m can onl y be tri gge re d
once. the airbag has bee n tri ggered, the sys tem mus t b e re placed by an authori zed Volkswagen dealer or qualifi ed work shop.
Always have work invo lv in g th e s ide airbag
syste m, re m ova l a nd installa tion of th e airbag
components, orothcrrep air s p erformed by an authorized Volkswagen dealer or qualified works ho p. Otherwise th e a irbag sys te m may
n ot work correctly.
Neve r attempt to modify any com ponents of the airbag syste m in any wa y
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with s ide curtain protection oirbogs
Description of
oirbogs located above th e windows on the sides .
T he Side
28 . The general locatio n is identified by the wo rd
T he Side airbag sys tem airbag syste m su ppl em ent s the safety belts and can help to reduce the ris k of injury for heads a n d upper to rso on the side of the th at i s s truck in a side collis io n. Th e S ide
gramm ed into the control unit, the Side w ill not be triggered. even thou g h the car may be badly d am aged as a res ult of the collision.
ot her. Import ant fac tors of the impacting object, the angle of impact, ve hicle speed, etc.
bags
Aside fro m their normal safe ty fun ctio n, sa fety belt s work to help keep th e driver or front pas-
pant restraint syste m in you r ve hicle. Always member that the airbag system can o nl y help
yo u should always wear your safety belt s, not just because the law requires you to do so page
Vehicle damage, repair costs o r even the lack of
ve hicl e damage is no t necessarily an indicati on of proper a irbag operation. It is important member t hat while th e Side
kinds of collis ions your sa fet y belt s are always there offer protect ion in those accid ents in which airbags are not sup-posed deploy or when they have already de-ployed.

The Protection'M airbag system
consists of:
the elec troni c control module with grated senso rs, press ure sensors in the doors and rear side impact sensors.
airbags above the front and rear side w indo ws.
the ai rbag
Protection airbag sys te m is not activated:
if the ignit ion is sw itched off,
in sid e collisio ns w he n the acceleratio n sured by the senso r i s too low,
Applies t o vehi cles: w ith side curta in protection oirbogs
Booklet 2.1 Safety first
in front-end collisio ns,
in rear-end collision s,
some types of accidents the fron t, Sid e tain ProtectionTM side airbag s m ay be
Safety belts and the airhag syste m will only
provide protection w hen occupants are in the proper seating page 4.
spected immedia tel y by you r authori ze d
tion in a side co llision is hig h enough to vate the .
How
duce the risk of head and uppe r torso injuries for occupants are properly
strained .
Fig. 29 airbogs on th e left sid e
Th e Sid e airbag s infl ate
b etween the occupant a nd the si de window on
that sid e of th e ve hicl e is struck in certain
s ide fig . 29 . When
the sys
te m is tri gg ered, the Sid e airba g is fille d with propellant gas
and break s th roug h th e header above the front and rear sid e window s and center d oo r pillar and deploys dow nwards. In order to help v ide thi s additional prote ction, the S ide ProtectionTM airba g must inflate w ith in th e
b lin k of a n eye at very high speed and with great force. The Sid e Protectio nTM airba g
co uld injure you if your seating posit io n is not proper o r upright or if area where tec tion TM a irbag in fla tes. T hi s appli es especially
t o page 53,
the impact and in
th is way they can help to reduce the risk o f injury
t o th e head and the upper part o f the bo dy.
A fin e dust m ay deve lo p w hen th e a ir b ag ploys. This is quite norm al and does n ot mean
th ere is a fir e in th e ve hicl e .
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that you and your passenger s must
know and do to help the safety belt s and airbag s do their job to provide supplem ental protec tion .
Th e S
ide airb ags installed
for th e front seating and outboard rear seating
posit ions have been desig ned and ce rtified to he lp reduce the risk of injur y that can be caused
b y air bags when they inflate, particularly w he n
th e occupant sitti ng nex t to it is no t seated prop­
erly .
WARNING
lmp roperlywearingsafcty belts and improper seating positions increase the risk of serio u s
p erso na l injury and death whenever a vehicle
i s being used.
Never let occupants place any parts of their bodi es in th e area from whi ch th e Side
Always make sure that th e S ide
Use the built-in coat hooks only for light ­
we ight clothing. Never leave any heavy or sharp-e d ge d object s in the pocket s th at may
52 Airbag sy ste m
(contin ued)
interf ere w ith airbag deployment and can
cause personal injury in a collision .
Never use hangers to hang clothe s on th e
h ooks.
use factory-installed sun shades in the case of shades installed after the vehicl e
l eaves the factory, use only genui ne swagen sun booklet 3.2 new parts, re­
pair s an d modification s."
A lways sit in proper sea ting position and wear safety belts whil e trave ling so that th e
Side
The a irb ag sys te m can onl y be trigger ed
once. the airb ag has been tr iggered, the
system must be rep laced by a n authorized Volkswagen dealer or qualified workshop.
Always have work involv in g the curtai n
airbag system , removal and installation of the a irbag components, or other repairs per­
formed by a qualified dealers hip. Othenvis e
the airbag system m ay no t work correctly.
Neve r attempt to modify an y components of the airbag system in any way

The rear seat is generally the safest place in a collision.
The physical principle s of what happens when you r vehicle is in an acc ident apply also to 15. safety belts?". But unlik e adults and teenage rs, their muscle s and bones are not fully deve loped. many respects
d ent s than are adults.
Becau
se c hildr en's bodies oped, they must use restrain t systems especially des igned fo r their size . weight , and b ody ture . Many countries and all sta te s of the United and pro vinces of Canada have law s
tems for infant s and small childr en .
a frontal crash at a speed of20- 35 mph 56 km /h l the forces acting on a 13-pound (6 kg)
infant w ill be more than times th e weig ht of the child . Thi s means th e weight of the chi ld
wo uld suddenl y be more than pounds kg). Under these conditions, only
tions to be s ure the seat is right for your child's page 56, safety instru ctio ns for using child b e s ure to
bags, and th e installation of child restraints in
thi s booklet.
Ther e is a l ot you n ee d to know about the va nced Airba gs in your vehicl e and how they
work when infant s and children in child
in your vehicle and th e very important inform ation about child ren on the front
they are extremel y important fo r your safet y and the safet y o f your passenger s, cially infant s and sm all children .
Acciden t s tati stics have shown that d ren are generally safer in the rear seat area than in the front seating position. Always
All vehicle occupants and especially dren must be restrained properly whenever riding in a vehicle. An unrestrained or properly restrained child could be injure d b y striking the interior or by being ejected from the ve hicle during a sudden maneuver or
strained child is also at greate r risk of injury or death through contact with an infl ati n g
airbag.
s uit abl e child restrai nt properly ins talled and used at one of the rear seating pos itions prov ides th e hig hest degree of protect ion for
infant s and small childre n in most accident situations
Children on the fro nt seat ofanycareven with
Advanced Airbags can be seriously injured or even killed when an airbag inflates.
A child in a rearward-facing child seat be
The infl ating a irbag
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Alway s seats on the rear seat.
a rearward-facing
seat in a rear seating position and h ave the airbag system inspec te d immediately by your authorized Volkswagen dealer or qualified
workshop.
Fonvard-facing child seats installed on the
front passenger seat may interfere with the
chorage to the highest adjustment posi­
t ion.
- Always move
the passenger seat to the
hi ghest position in th e up and down justment range and move it back to
the tim e whenever the ignition is
switched
Advanced front airbag system and
Your vehicle is equipped with a dual-stage front Airbag in compliance with
Unit ed Federal Motor Vehicle Safety dard as at th e tim e your
ve hicl e was manufactured.
T he Advanced Airbag system in you r veh
icle to meet th e requ ire­ments for 3 and 6 year-old chil dre n (as defined in the s tandard ) on the passe nger side and small
adults on the driv er side. d eplo ym ent
occurs in tho se crashes that take plac e at lower
d ecla ratio ns as defin ed in th e ele c
tronic unit. Th e low risk deployment crit eria are tended to redu ce the risk of injury through inter­
action with the airbag that can occur in these
safety
airbag inflates. In additi on, the system has been certified to comply with the qu ir e m ent s of th e Safety Standard , to turn off the
f r ont airbag for infant s up to 12 months w ho are restrained on th e front passenge r seat in child that are
can be a very dangerous place for an in-fant or la rger child in a rearward -facing

2.1 Safety first
child on the front passe nger seat u sing th e weight-sensing m at in the seat c ushion and the sen sor below the safety belt latch on the front
p assenger seat that measures th e tension on the safe ty be lt.
Th e we ight -sensin g
mat measures to tal weight of the c h ild and th e child seat and a chi ld blanket on th e front passeng er seat. The weight on the
front pas s enge r seat is re lated to the design of th e c hild restraint and its the size and s h ape of the bo ttom of the chil d restr aint as
it sit s on the seat. The w eight o f a child restraint and its
manufacturers .
T he
weight ra nges for the indi vidual types,
m akes and models of child restr aints that th e
N HTSA has s pecified in the Sa fe ty Standard gether w ith the weight r a n g es of t ypical infan ts a
nd ty
pical I year-old child have been in
th e control unit of the Adva nced Airba g Sys te m.
When a child restraint is being used on the front passenger seat w ith a typic al! year-o ld infant ,
th e Ad va nc ed Airbag System compares the weight measured by the weight-sensin g m at
with the informa ti on stored in the electro nic
control unit.
T he el
ectroni c control unit als o registers the s ion on th e front passenger safe ty belt. The sion on th e sa fe ty belt for the front passenge r
seat w ill be differe nt for an adult who is properly using the sa fety belt as compared to the te nsion on th e belt when it is used to atta ch a child strain t to the seat. Th e sensor below the latch for the sa fet y belt for th e front seat passenger sures the tension on th e belt. The input from this
se nsor is then u sed w ith the weight to w he th er there is a child restraint with a ty pical
I year-o ld child on the front passenger seat a nd
w hether o r n ot th e airba g must be turned off .
Safety dards and has been certified by its m anufa cturer
f o r use with an airbag. Alwa ys be sure that the chil d restraint is pro perly in stalled at one of th e
rear seating positi ons. If in exce ptional sta nces you must use it on the front passe nge r seat, carefully read all of the information on child safety and Ad vanced Airbag s and heed all of th e a pplic abl e WARNINGS. Ma ke certain that
t h e c hild res traint is correctly recognized by the
we ig ht-sensi ng mat in side the front passeng er seat, that th e fron t passenger a irb ag is turne d off and that the airbag statu s is alw ays correctly naled by the BAG light.
Man y ty
pes and model s of c hild restrain ts hav e
been availabl e ove r the years . new mode ls a re introduced reg ularly incorporating new and prove d desig n s and older mod els are take n out of production. res traint s are not iz ed. re s traint s of th e same type ty picall y h
ave diff e
rent weig hts and sizes and diff erent the size and s hape of the bottom of
th e child res traint that sit s on the seat, when they are in stalled on a seat. These ences make it virtu ally impossibl e to certify compliance with the require m ents for advanced
airbags with each and every child restraint that has ever been so ld in the past or w ill be s old ove r
t h e course of the useful life of your
For thi s rea son, the United States National High way Traffi c Sa fety Adm ini strat ion has lis h e d a list of s p ecific type, makes and m od els of c hild restraint s that must b e use d to certify compliance of th e Advanced Airbag System in
your ve hicle with the suppression requirements of Federal Mo tor These child restraints are :
A. Car beds, manufactured on or after tember 1,
Dream Ride 02-719
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(When the res tra in t sys te m comes equipped w ith a removable base, compliance has to be certified with or without th e base) .
Brit ax Handl e with 191
Assura 4553
F it 4543
A rri va
Even flo Disc overy Adjust Right 2 12
Even flo First
Graco Infant 8457
Forward-facing convertible child restraint
sys tems,
manufactured on or after September
Britax Houndabout 16 1
Britax Expressway
Encore 4612
Olympian
Touri va
Even flo Horizon
Even flo Medallion 254
Safety Ride
D. Forward-facing toddler/belt positioning
booster systems, manufactured on or after
Brita x Road ster
High Back Booste r
Eve n flo Right Fit 245
WARNING
To reduce the risk of serio u s inj ury, make sure that the AIR BAG comes on and stays on whenever a child restraint is installed on the front passenger seat and the ignition is switched on.
Take the child restraint off the front pas­senger seat and install it properly at one of the rear seat positions if the does not stay on.
use of child seals substantially reduces the risk of injury in an accident!
Fig. Never let babies or older ch il dren ride in a
vehicle whil e s itting on the lop of anot her passenger.
-All childr en, es pecially those 12 yea rs
a
nd younger , s h o uld always ride in the
back seat properly restrain ed for their age
and size.
- Alw ays u
se the right child seat for each
c hild
and a lways use it properl y=> page 53.
- Always
car e full y follow the child seat
m anufacturer's in stru ctio ns on how to
route the s
afety belt properly through th e
ch ild
seat.
- When us
ing the ve hicl e safety belt to in­
s ta
ll a child seat, you mus t fir st activate the
swit chable locking feature on the sa fety
As the driv er, yo u are respons ibl e fo r th e
safety of everybody in the ve hicl e, espe­
cially childr en : be
lt to
prevent th e child seat from moving
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