2005 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF belt

Safety
Safety first-everybody buckle up!
Fig. 12
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djus t the front seat and head restra int
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Make sure the seat back of the rear seat
bench is in an upright position and
cure ly latched in place before using the
safe ty
belt
- Hold the belt b y the to ngue and pull it
eve
nly across the chest and
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o n th e belt to make sure that it is se­
c u re ly latched in the buckl e.
Automatic safe ty belt retractors
Every safe ly is equi ppe d an o n he s houlder b ell.
The
s a fe ly belt r etrac tor lock s th e belt
w he n the belt is pulled out fast, durin g ha rd
brak ing and in a collision. The ma y also lock when you drive u p or d own a steep hill or
Booklet 2.1
through a sharp curv e. During normal drivin g
the
for the d river, fron t passenge r,
a nd rear out bo ard seating po sition s are equipped wit h a prete n sioner that h elp s to tig h ten the sa fe ty and remove slack w hen
th e pr ete n sioner is act iva te d. Th e functi on of th e
p retension er is monito re d b y a warning light
Switchable lockin g feature
Every safety exce pt for th e one on th e dri ver seat is equipped w ith a switchabl e lock ing ture that mus t be u se d w hen the sa fety is u se d to install a c hild seal. Be sure to read he portant informa tio n abou t thi s fea tur e page63.
WARNING
Improperly posi tion ed safety
offe r optimum protec tion only when the seat back is upright and belts are correctl y po sition ed on the body.
Alwa ys make sure that the rear seat back­
r es t to whi ch th e center rear safety is at­
tach ed is secu re ly latched whenever th e re ar
cente r safe ty belt is being used bookl et 3.1. If the bac kres t is not s ecurely la tc hed , the pas­senger wiU move forward with the backre st durin g sudden braking, in a sudden maneuver
and e specially in a cra sh .
Never att ac h the safet y belt to the buckle
for another scat. Atta chin g the belt to the wrong buckle w ill re du ce safety belt ness and can ca use serious perso nal injury.
A passenger who is not correctl y res tra ined can be se riou sly injured by the sa fety belt itself
w hen it moves from th e stronger parts of the body int o sensit ive areas like the abdomen.
Alwa ys lock th e safe ty belt re tra ctor m ech­anism when yo u secure a child seat in th e ve-
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Booklet 2.1 Safety first
Safety
key to getting maximum protection from
help you ad­
ju st the position of th e safe ty belt to mat ch your body size.
b elt he ig ht ad justment for th e front seats a nd
th e outer se atin g pos ition s on the rear se ats,
front seat height adju stment.
(con tinued)
The safety belt must lie flat and snug on the occupant's upper fig. 13 .
T he lap belt portion of the safety belt must be positioned as
fig. 14 . on the b elt
to tighte n if ne cess ary.
A loose-filli ng safety belt can cause serious
injuri es by shifting its position on your body
from the strong bone s to more v ulnerabl e, soft tissue and cause seriou s injury.
Always read and heed all a n d other important infor matio n 17.
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belt positio n during pregnancy
To prov ide maximum protectio n, safety
belt s
must always be position ed co rrectly
o n th e
weare r's page 21.
- Adjust th e front seat and head res traint
- Hold the be lt by the tongue and pull it
even ly across the c h
est and fig. 15.
- In
ser t the to ngu e into the correct
buckle of you r seat until you hear it la tc h
-on the belt to make sure that it is
WARNING
Improperly positioned safety b elts can cause serious pe rsonal injury in an acci dent.
Exp ectant m others must a lways wear th e lap portion of th e safety be lt as low as possib le
acros s th e pelv is and b elo w the rounding of the abdom en.
Always read and heed all WARNINGS and other important informati on=> page 17, portant safe ty instruct ions about safet y

Safety
sengel:
Fig. 16 Safe ty
out fig . 16 . Never use th e safe ty belt
ex tende r for any oth er purpo se includin g th e tachment of a c hild restraint.
Th e
exte nder adds a boutB inches mm) to
the safery belt. Whe n it is not require d , always
s hop for a ss is tan ce if an extende r is requ ired .
H ow to fas te n the s
afety belt extender properly 24, th e sa fe ty belt
crea ses the risk of seriou s personal injury and death.
a safery belt exten de r w hen not needed can increase the risk of injury , cially in a collision. it is worn low
and snug, and in the cor rec t seating position.
R emove and sto w safe ly when not needed.
Never use the safet y belt extender if yo u
ca n fasten the sa fety belt without it.
Never use more than one extender with a
safery be lt. The use of m ore than one extender c a n ch ang e the way the sa fe ty belt passes over
the body and can cause se rious injury .
Never leave the saferybelt extender ta ched to the veh icle safe ty belt latch when it is not needed and being used because th e airbag control module will not re ceive the correc t
s ign al from the safety b elt la tc h and prevent the Advanc ed Airbag from working properly .
Never use the safe ty belt extender to secure
a child restraint.
Never use a safery belt ex tender from
Nev er u se the safery belt extend er yo u tained for your vehicle for any other vehicle,
regardless of make, model or model year.
A driver or pass enger w ho is not correct ly
re strained can be seriously injured b y striki ng the interior of the passe ng er compartment or by the safery b elt its elf whi ch can b e di spla ced
from stronger parts of the body into se nsiti ve areas lik e th e abdomen.
Always read and heed all WARNINGS and other important pa ge
signal th e airbag
co ntrol unit that the front passenge r seat is
ca use the s afery belt prete nsio n er to deploy necessarily and fron t to deplo y la ter in
collision s th at would trigge r the front
a irb ag earlie r in th e to help pro tect an unrestrain ed front seat occ upant. A sioner that has dep loyed can not b e repair ed.
T he entire sa fety belt mu st b e rep laced.
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used and the warnin g to ne will no t sound
Fastening the safety
extender to the hide's safety belt
B efor e fastening th e sa fe ty ex tender
a lwa ys adjust th e front seat and hea d str aint s correctly.
- In
sert the m etal ton gu e of th e ex tender
into th e res pectiv e safety belt buckle
- Gra sp th e belt tongue of th e s afet y belt
and pull the belt in a continuous s low
motion across you r chest and la p .
- Inse
rt the safe ty belt ton gue into the
buckle of th e ex tender and push down
until it is secure ly lo cke d with an audibl e
cli ck.
- Make s
ure th e safe ty belt or th e
tender is no t tw is ted.
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Sa fe ty belt buc kle fig . 17
Ton g ue of ex te nder fig. 17
Buckle o f ex te nd er fig. 17
fig. 17
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ev en th oug h the seat is occupied and the safety
belt is no t being used.
Fig. 18 Measurements
Fro nt edge of buckle fig. 18
Distanc e of buckle and body (les s than 6 inches (15 em ) fig.
Body centerlin e
WARNING
belt s offer optimum protection only
when scat back is upright and b e lts are correctly positioned on body. Improperly
po sition ed safety belts can cause serio us
u se the extender unless it is ca lly required
Never use the extend er if the distan ce betwee n the front edge of the ex tende r buck le th e occupant's body centerlin e@ to be l ess than 6 inches (15 em).
A lwa ys make sure safety belt tongu e is
insert e d into the buckl e for the seating tion that belongs to the seat wh ere the tende r is being used.
Attaching t11e sa fety be lt to the buckle for
ano ther seat could reduce safe ty belt ness injury.

Unbuckle the safety belt with the red re lease button only after the vehicle has
stopp ed.
Fig. 19 Relea sing the tongue from the buckle
-the red re lease butto n on the
fig. 19 . The belt tongue will
s p ri
ng out of th e
WARNING
Never unfaste n safet y belt while the vehicle is
moving. Doing so will increase your risk of being injured or
to h eight adjustment
Adju sting safety
the safety belt height adjustm ent to ch ange belt position on th e shoulde r.
Fig. Location of manual belt height adjuster
The b e lt heig ht adjusunent for th e
fron t
seating pos it ion s ca n be used to ad­
just the heig ht of th e should er porti on of
the safety belt so that i t is posit ioned cor­
r
ectly .
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Keep the s trap guid e squeeze d in the di­
r
ection indicate d by th e fig.
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WARNING
Always read and hee d WARNINGS and other important page 17.

Incorrectly positioned safety belts can cause severe injuries .
Wearing safe ty belts improperly ca n cause
seriou s inju ry or death. belts can
only work when they are correctly
tioned on the body.
tions reduce the eff ective ness of safety
belt s
and even increase the ris k of
jury and death by moving the safe ty belt to
c riti
cal a reas of th e body. Improper seatin g
position s also increase the risk of serious
inju ry and death when an airbag deploys
and strike s an occupant who is not in the
correct
seating pos ition. A driver is
sponsible for the safety of
pants and especially fo r chi ldren.
for e:
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correct si ttin g posi tion in the vehicle whil e
Improperly worn safety belts increas e th e risk of serious personal injury and death w he neve r
a ve hicl e is being used.
make sure that all vehicle pants are correctly restrained and stay in a correct seating position whenever the ve hicle
i s being used.
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In a frontal collision, the safety belts for the front and rear outboard seating
ation is high enough . Thi s tighten s th e belt and takes up belt slack. Taking up the slack help s to reduce forward occupant m ove ment during a
collision.
Th e
belt pretensioner can only be act iva ted once.
The belt pre te nsio ner can be activated in a
frontal , side or r ea r-end collision . will no t vate in a rollover in wh ic h the sid e airbag s do not
depl oy.
2l Where applicabl e
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can be activa te d unnecess arily in a and will then have to be replac ed .
W he n the safe ty belt pretensioner is
Applicable safety requirements must be se rve d whe n the vehicle or components of the
syste m are scrap ped . A qualified dealers hip is miliar with these re gulation s a nd be pleased to pass on the information to you .
Be sure to observe safe ty, environmenta l and other reg ulat ions if th e ve hicl e or indiv idual
part s oft he system, parti cularl y the safe ty belt or airbag, are to be di sposed. We recommend you

have your authorized Volkswagen perfo rm this
serv ice for you.
and at the outboard sea tin g position s on your re movin g, serv icing or r e pairin g of belt preten sioner s can damag e
the safe ty sys te m and preve nt that sys te m
from working corre ctl y in a coll is ion.
Th e
re are so me imp ortant thing s you have to
k now to mak e sure th at the effectiveness of th e
sys tem
care, servicing and repair dures can increase the risk of personal injury and death by preventing a belt prete n sion er
(co ntinued )
from activat ing when needed or activating expectedly:
Th e vated only once.lfbelt pretens ioners have
b ee n activated, the system must be replac ed.
Neve r repai r, adjust, or change any parts of the sa fety belt syste m .
Sa fety systems s ioner s cannot be repair ed. Speci al dures are required for removal, insta llation and disposal of this system.
For any work on the sa fety belt system, we
s trongl y recommend you see your rized Volkswage n dealer or qualified shop who has a Volkswagen approved repair manual, training and sp ecial equipment n ecessary.