2006 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF Owners Manual

neve r lean up aga inst th e in strum ent pan el
n eve r sit on the edge of th e se at
neve r sit sid eways
neve r lean out th e w indow
neve r put your feet ou t th e w indo w
neve r put your feet on the in strument panel
neve r rest your feet o n the seat cu shion or back of th e sea t
never ride in the footwcll
n eve r sit o n th e front o r r ea r center armrest
first
n eve r rid e in th e ca rgo area.
WARNING
Improp er seating positions increase the risk of serious persona l injury and death w henever a
ve hicle is being used.
Alway s make sure that all vehicle occu­
p ants stay in a proper seating position and are
properly res trained wheneve r the vehicle is
being used.
The pedals must always be free lo move and must never be in teJfered with by a
floor mat or any other object.
Make sure th at all ped als move freely without in­
t e rf ere nce and that nothin g prevents th em from
r e turning to their origin al po sitions.
u se floor mats that le ave th e pedal area free and c a n be secured with floor mat f aste ners.
If a brak e cir cui t
fails, increa sed brake pedal trave l is req uired to brin g the vehicle to a full sto p.
WARNING
that cannot move freely can cause lo ss of vehicle control and increase the risk of se­
riou s injury.
Neve r pla ce any objects in the driver's foot­well. An object could get into the pedal area
and interf ere with pedal function . In case of sudden braking or an accident, you would not b e a ble to brake or acce le rat e!
Always make sure th at nothing ca n fall or move into the driver' s footwell.
Always use floor mats that can be securely a ttached to the floor mat fas tene rs and
do not inteJfe re with th e free movement of the pedals .
only floor mats that leave the ped al a rea un­
ob structed and th at are firml y secured so that
th ey cannot slip out of po siti on. s e­
c urin g th e floor mats will prevent them from
s lid ing into positi ons that could interfer e with th
e
pedals or im pair safe operatio n of your ve­
hicl e in oth er ways.
You ca n obtain suitabl e floor mats from your au­
th orized Volkswage n dea ler .
WARNING

Always make sure that floor mats are erly secured.
Never place or install floor mats or other floor coverings in the vehicle that cannot be properly secured in place to prevent them
from slipping and interfering the pedals or the abiliry to control the vehicle.
Never place or install floor mats or other floor cover ings on top of already installed floor mats. Additional floor mats and other
Stowing
Loading the
(cont inued)
cove rings re d uce the s ize of the pedal area and interfe re with pedal s.
Always properly reinstall and secure floor mats that have been removed for cleaning.
Alway s m ake sure tl1at objects cannot fall
into
All luggage and other objects must be properly stowed and secured in the luggage
compartment.
Loose items in the luggage compartmen t
can shift suddenl y changing ve hicl e
in a sudden ve hicle maneuver o r in a
sion.
- Distribute th e lo ad eve nly in the
gage compartment.
- Always pla
ce and properly secure heavy
it
ems as far forward as possibl e in the
gage compartment.
-heavy luggage as low as possib le
in the lu ggage
compartment.
-
lu ggage using the tie-do wns
provided page 12 .
- Make sure
that th e rear seat b ack is
cure ly latched in plac e.
WARNING
Improperly stored lugg age or other item s can fly through the vehicle causing serious
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Always put objec ts, for example, luggag e or othe r heavy items in the lu ggage compart­ment.
Alwa ys secure objects in t11e lu ggage
able straps.
WARNING
Heavy loads influence the way your hicle handles . To help reduce the risk of a los s of control leading to serious personal injury:
Always keep in mind whe n transporting h eavy objects, that a c han ge in center of graviry can also cause changes in vehicle
heavy objects as far forward in the luggage compartment as poss ible.
Never excee d the Gross Axle Weig ht Rati ng
o r the Gross Vehicle Weig ht Rating specified on the safe ty compli ance stick er on the left door jamb. Exceeding pe rmissibl e w eig ht
sta ndards can cause the vehicle to slide and handle diff ere n tly.

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page2.
To hel p prevent p oisonous exhaust ga s from
b eing drawn into the ve hicle , a lways keep the
rear lid or t ailgat e closed w hil e driving.
Neve r transport o bjects la rger than those fitting comple tel y into th e luggage are a cause the rear lid or tailgate canno t b e full y
closed .
yo u absolute ly mus t drive with the rear
lid or t a ilgate ope n, o bserve the foll owing
n otes to reduce the r is k poisoning :
C lose w indows,
C lose th e power
air outl ets in the instrument p a n el,
off the air recirc ulation ,
Always make sure that the doors, the po w er
W here
Booklet 2.1 Safety first
Af te r closin g the rear lid o r tailgate, always make sur e tha t it is properl y closed an d locked.
Never leave your vehicle unattended
ri ous pe rson al injury.
Neve r let childre n play in o r around the hicl e.
Neve r let passengers ride in the luggage compartment. Vehicl e occupants must always
b e properl y res traine d in one of the ve hicle's seatin g position s.
Note
Make su re that the heating wires in the rea r
w indow cannot be scraped and damaged b y
ite ms in the ve hicle .
Air ci rc ulation he lp s to reduce wi ndow fogging. Do not cove r the ventilation slot s in front o f the rea r si de windows beca use this can prev ent sta le
a ir from escaping the
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2.1 Saf ety fir s t
Tie-downs
The luggag e c
ompartment is equipped with four tie-downs to secu re luggage and
other it ems.
Use th e tie-downs to secu re you r cargo properly "Loa ding the lu ggage com part mem ".
a collisio n, th e law s of phy sics mean that even
s m aller items that are loose in the vehicle will become heavy missiles that ca n ca use serio us
i njury. h em s in the vehicle possess energ y which vary with vehicle speed and the we ight of the item . T he vehicle sp eed is th e mo st sig nifi cant factor.
For example, in a fronta l
collision at a speed of km /h), the forces acting on a times th e
n ormal weight of the item . Thi s means that the weigh t o f the it em wo uld suddenly be about lbs. kg). You can imagine the inj uries that lbs. kg) item f r ee ly through the passenger compartmem could cause in a
If yo u believe that your ve hicl e has a defec t
w hi
ch co uld ca use a c rash, injury, or death,
yo u sh ould inform the
ate ly. should also notify Volk swage n of
America, Inc. If receives similar
complaints, it may open an inves tigation ,
and if it finds that a safety defect exis ts in a
group of vehi cles, it may order a recall and
remedy campaign . H ow ever,
(1-888-327-42 36)
12 Safe driving
WARN ING
Weak, dam age d or improper strap s used to c ure item s to tie -downs can fail during hard or in a collision and cause serious sonal injury.
Alw ays use suitabl e mounting straps and properly secure item s to th e tic -downs in the luggage compartment to help prevent items from shifting or flying forward as dangerous
m issiles .
When th e re ar scat backre st is n o t securely
latched in upright posit ion or fo ld ed down,
erly secure items to the tie-downs in the g age compartment to help prevent items from
flyin g fonvard as dangerous missiles into the passenger compartment.
Never attach a child seat t eth er strap to a
From to Mo nday throug h
Frid ay
have a look at:
http://www-odi. nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/
and print out the web form and fax it to
m ail it to:
U
.S. Departmem of Tra nspo rtatio n Nationa l Highwa y
7th Wash ington,

Safety
wear safety
Wearing safety belts correctly saves lives!
Fig. 5 of principle: occu pants wearing safety belts
This Booklet expla in s w hy safety belt s are
necessa ry . how they work and how to
just and wear them correctly .
Number of seats
Your vehicl e has a total of five se ating position s:
two in t h e fron t and three in th e re ar. Eac h seating positio n has a sa fe ty belt.
WARNING
Not wearin g safety belts or wea ring them
- Read all the information that follows
and heed all of the instructio ns and
WARNINGS in thi s bookl et.
WARNING
No t wearing safety belt s o r wearing them properly increases the ris k of se rious pe rson al
injury and death.
Safety belts are th e s ingle most effective
means availa ble to reduce the risk of serious inju ry and death in automobile acciden ts . For your protection and that of your passengers,
a lways correctl y wear safety belts when the hicle is fig. 5 .
Pregnant women, injured, or physically
i mpaired person s must also use safety belts.
Like vehicl e occ upants, th ey are more like ly
to be se riously injured if th ey do not wear safety belts. The best way to protect a fetus is to protec t the mother throughout the entire
pregnancy
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Never strap more than one person, cluding cially dangerous to plac e a safety belt over a child sittin g on your lap.
Neve r let more people ride in the ve hicle than there are safety belts available.
B e sure everyo ne ridin g in the vehicl e is properl y res trained with a separate sa fety belt
o r chil d res train t
Safety

The warning Light will remind safety
belt prop erly before driving off.
Fig . 6 Safety warn in g l ig ht
Before driving off,
-Fast en your safety belt and make sure
you are wea ring it properly.
- Mak e sure that your passengers als o
buckle
up and properly wear their safety
b elts.
- Pro tec t yo
ur children with a child re­
s traint sys
tem appropria te for the size and
age of th e children.
T he wa rnin g in the in strument lights up w he n the ig niti on is switched o n as a
reminder to fasten th e safety addition,
yo u
14 Safety
Afte r the ig nition is swit ch ed th e warning tone come on for about6 second s along with warning light in the in strument if th e drive r or front seat passe nge r has not fastened their safet y bel t. As soon as the driver and front seat passe nger have fastened their safety the wa rnin g ton e and the warning light stop .
sound aga in for about 6 second s. The
ton e w ill sound repeatedly for about 6 seconds 24 second interva ls until both drive r and front passenger have buckled-up .
T he safety wa rnin g system is active for about 5 minutes and during thi s time the warni ng light in the instrument clus te r wiU stay
on.
Fa s
ten your safe ty belt now and make sure t hat your passengers also properly put o n their
safery belts.
WARNING
If yo u do not pay attenti on to the warning
li ghts whic h h ave come including the warning messages appearing in the display, this could lead to pe rsonal injury.
ex tender is left attac h ed to the
s afery warning sys tem will sense th at th e safe ty n o t sound even though th e is occ upie d and the safery

first
Why safety belts?
occupants in a
The physical prin ciples are simpl e. Both the
neers call this energy
The higher the speed of the vehicle and the grea te r th e vehicle's weight, th e more energy has to be in th e crash.
Vehicle spee d is the most s ignificant factor.lfthe speed doubles from 15 to mph (25 to km /hJ. the energy inc reases 4 times!
Because the passengers of th e veh icle are no t
using safety fig . th ey will keep moving at th e sa m e speed the ve hicl e was moving just
Fig . 8 The vehicle crashes into th e
before th e until something stops them th e wall fig. 8.
The same principles ap ply to people s itting in a
ve hicle that is in volved in a fron ta l collis io n.
Even at mph th e fo rces acting on th e body can reach one ton kg) or more. A t
greater
course the laws of phys ics don 't just apply to
frontal collisions, they determine what happens in all kinds of accidents and collisions.

In crashes unbelted occupants cannot stop themse lvesfromflyingforward and
b eing injured or killed. Always wear safety belts.
Fig . 9 A driver not wearing o safety belt is violen tly
t hrown forward
mend ous forces of impact by holdin g tight or b racing themselves. Witho ut the benefit of
safe ty res traint systems, the unre strain ed pant will sla m vio le ntl y into the steering wheel.
instrument pan el, win dshield , or whateve r else
is in the fig . 9 . T his impact with the hi cle int erio r has all the energ y they had ju st
tional pro tection. Airb ags are no t supposed to
deploy in all kinds of ac cid en ts. your Volkswa gen i s equipp ed with airb ags. all vehicle occupams, inclu ding th e driver. must sa fe ty correctly in order to m in imize the risk of severe inj ury or d ea th in a crash , regard-
16 Safety
Fig. A rear passenger not wearing a safety belt fly forward and strike the driver
less of w hether a seating p os ition has an ai rbag
occupants can al so be thro wn out of the vehicle whe re even more severe or fatal injuries can occur.
is also important f or the rea r passe nge rs to
wear safet y
I n a fronta l collision they will be thrown forward violemly, where they can hit and inju re th e driv er and/or fro nt seat passe nger.