2006 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF MK5 airbag off

Fig. 25 Section from the instrumen t pone l: PAS­SENGER BAG OFF
The PASSENGER BAG fig . 25.
The PASSENGER come on and stay on to
burns out. the airbag monitoring indicator
not change the the front airbag on the passenger side works, it no longer be possible to usc the PASSENGER BAG light to verify that the airbag on/off status is correc t for the occupant on the front passenger seat. Have the a irbag system in ­
specte d immediately by your authorized Volk­swagen deal er or qualifi ed workshop.
The PASSENGER blink for
up to long 9 seconds when:
the ignition is switched on and
the re is a change in the weight measured b y the weight-sensing mat in the fro nt passenger sca t that determines w hethe r the Advanced
A irbag on the passenger side can d eploy or be lllrned off.
Af te r
the light stops
light is proper for the siz e. age, and weight of the occupant on the front passenger seat.
ways make sure that th e safety for the fron t passenger scat is prope rly fastened.
The PASSENGER BAG light show the correc t status o f th e front Advanced Airbag on the passenger side
stay on if the front passenger seat is no t occup ied,
s ta y on if the combined weight of an in­
fant up t o about one year of age in one of the reanvard-fa cing or fonva rd-faci ng child re­
straints in Federa l Motor with whic h th e Advanc ed Airbag
Sys te m in your vehicl e was certified. is regis­tered by the weight-sensing mat in the front pas­senger seat. For a listin g of the chil d restraints
t h a t
were used to certi fy your vehicle's compli­a nce with the Safety
registered by the weight­sensing
The BAG light must come
on and stay on if the ignition is on and
a car bed has been o n the front pas­senger seat. or
a reanvard-facingchild restraint has been in­
a forward-facing child restra int has been in ­
and if the weig ht reg istered on the front pas­senger seat is equal to or less than the combine d weight o f a ty pical year-o ld infant restrained in one of the reanvard-facin g or fonvard-facing c hild restraints in Federall'v1 otor Safe ty in your vehicl e certified.
the front passenger seat is not occupi ed . the
front passenge r a irbag BAG stay on. Never on the fr o nt passenger seat, the safest p lace for in any kind of page
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Booklet 2.1 Safety first
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG light comes
on ...
If th e PASSENGER AIR BAG comes on
w hen one o f th e conditio ns listed above is m et,
b e sure to check the light ta in that th e PASSENGER AIR BAG
does not appear and not stay on
reactivate th e sys te m by turning the ign ition
orr a nd th e n turning it on again ;
re move and th e child re stra int. Make
sure that the c hild restraint is pro p erly
ufacture r's in str u ctions;
make sure th at the conve rtibl e lockin g ture on the safety
Th e belt must no t be loose or have loops of slack so tha t th e sensor b elow the safe ty belt lat ch on the sea t can do its job 63.
m ake sure th at things that m ay increase th e weight o f the chil d and ch ild seat are not b e in g transp orted on the front passenger seat;
make sure tha t th e sa fe ty belt te nsion sen sor is no t blocke d. the sa fe ty la tc h on the
fr o nt passenger seat back and fo rth,
make sure that no thin g can int erf ere w ith the
safe ty belt buckles and that they are no t str ucte d.
If a strap o r tether is being used t o tie th e
c hi ld seat to th e front passenger scat, make sure tha t it is no t so tight that it c auses the sen sin g m at m easure m ore weig h t than is o n the seal.
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG light
light docs not com e o n and does no t stay on continuous ly (when th e ig niti on i s swi tc h ed on).
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take the c hild restrai nt off the front passenger scat and
your autho rized Volkswagen dealer o r q ualified wor ks hop immedia te ly.
move th e c hild to a rear seat posit io n and make su re that the
light should come on
The PASSENGER AIR BAG should NOT
come o n when the ign ition i s on and an adult is
s ilting in p ro per position on the front pa sse nger seat. If the PASSENGER AIR BAG lig ht comes o n and on u nder these circ um -sta nces. make su re that:
the adul t on the front passenge r scat is seat e d on the cente r o f the seat cushio n with
h is or her back up against th e back rest and th e
b ackres t is not page
the adult is not taking weigh t orr the seat by
hold ing on to the passenger assis t h andle above the fro nt passenger door or supporting th eir weig ht o n the armrest or hold ing o nt o the assist handle on th e in strument
th e safe ty belt is bei ng properly worn and that th e re is n ot in the safe ty belt
webb ing.
a ccessory seat cove rs or c u shions o r other th ings that m ay cause
passe nger seat.
is mov in g. the PASSENGER AIR BAG light blinks for about 5 seconds to catch th e driver's it is
s a fe to do s o and c heck the steps described

BAG light does not go off when an adult is sitting on the front
passenger scat after taking the s te p s described
above, make sure the adult i s properl y seated
and r estrai ned at one of the rear seating posi­
tions.
Have the a irba g sys te m inspecte d by your authorized Volkswagen dealer or qualified
workshop before transporting anyon e o n th e
front passenger seat.
be turn ed off, and th e BAG light on.
o r th e front passe nger sa fety belt its elf is buckled and th e
f ru nt seat i s not occ upied . th e co me on.
Repair, care and
re moving, servicing or repairing a
Never cover, obstruct, or change the
steeri ng wheel horn pad or airbag cover or the in strument panel or m odify them in any
Never attach any o bj ects such as cup holders or te lephone mountings to the sur­faces covering the airbag units.
For cleaning the horn pad or instrument panel, use only a soft, dry cloth or one moi st­
e ned w ith plain water. Solvents or cleaners
co uld damage the airbag cover or change the
s tiffn ess or strengt h of the material so that the
a irbag cannot deploy and protect properly.
Never repair, adjust, or change any parts of the a irba g system.
All work on the steering wheel, instrument panel, front seats or ele ctri cal sys tem (in-
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{ continu ed )
eluding the installation of audio equipment ,
ce llular te lephones and C B radios, etc.) must be performed by a qualified tech nici an who
h as the training and special equipment neces­
sary.
For any work on the airbag s ys te m , we strongly recommend that yo u see you r autho­rized Volkswagen dealer or qualified work­
shop.
Never modify the front bumper or parts of the vehicl e body.
Alwa ys make sure that the s ide airbag can inflate witho ut interference:
Neve r scat covers or rep lacement upholstery over the front scat backs that have no t been specifically approved by Volkswagen.
Never use additional seat cushions that cover the areas where t11e sid e a irba gs in­
flate .
Damage to the original scat cove rs or to
th o scam in the area of tho side airbag module must always be re p ai red immedi­ate ly by an authorized Volkswagen deale r or qualified workshop.
The airbag sy stem can be activated only
o n ce. After an airba g has inflated, it must be replaced.
trained t echnician who has th e necessary
too ls and diagnostic equipment to properly

sid e ca n pro vide prot ection in a side c ollision in wh ic h the sid e airbag infl ates.
Th e a irba g sys
tem is not a sub stitut e for your safet y belt. Rath er, it is part of th e pant res traint syste m in you r ve hicle. Always member that th e ai rba g sys te m can only help protect you if yo u are wea ring you r safety belt
a nd wearin g it pro perly. This is another reaso n
w hy you sh ould alwa ys wear your safet y be lts, no t ju st b eca use the la w requires yo u to do so 13, belts".
is important to rem ember th at whil e the
brui sing, and minor abrasio ns ca n als o be associated with
these a irb ags. Rem ember too , s id e airb ags will de ploy onl y on ce and only in certain kind s of
damage, re pai r costs o r eve n the la ck of ve hicl e damage is not n ecessa rily an ind ication of proper air bag operation . some collisio ns,
b ot h front and sid e airbags may inflate. m emb er too, airbags d e ploy only o nce
and onl y in certa in kinds of co llisio ns-your
safe ty belt s are always there to offer protect ion in
thos e acc ident s in whi ch ai rbags not su p-
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po sed to deploy or w hen they have already plo ye d.
The sid e airbag sys te m will not inflat e:
in sid e collisio ns w hen th e accelera tion
in fron t-end collisio ns,
in rear-end collisio ns,
in rollove rs.
so me types of accidents th e fron t a irbags,
S ide airb ags sid e bags may be tri gge red toget her.
Safety belts and th e airbag sys te m will only
prov ide protection when occupant s are in the correc t seatin g page 13 , belts".
spec te d immediately by your au thorized
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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
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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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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

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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,
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