ward movem ent of the in a cras h, in order to h elp reduce the risk of head injury that could be caused by s triking the vehicl e interior.
Forward facing
manufactured after tember
Never attach a child seat tether strap to a
tie-down hook in the luggage compartment.
Never secure or attach any luggage or other items to the
tether or other strap is used to attach a
child restraint to the front passenger seat, make sure that it is not so tight, that it causes the weight-s ensing mat to measure more weight than is actually on the seat.
The heavier weight registered can make the system work as though an adult were on the seat and d eploy the Advanced Airbagwhen
it must be suppressed causing serious or even
fatal injury to the
f e w rearward- facing
turer's in struc tion s carefull y to determin e how
t o properly install the tether.
A child in stalled on the front passenger seat will be
The inflating airbag will hit the child seat or infant carrier with great force and will smash the child seat and child against the
backrest , center armrest, door or roof.
A tight tether or other strap on a facing child restraint attached to the front senger seat can put to o much pressure on the
mounted tether strop
safety
-Attach th e tether strap anchorage hook
in to th e opening of th e tether anchorage.
- Pu
ll on the tether st ra p hook so that the
spring catch of th e hook is engaged .
- Tig h
ten th e te the r stra p firmly fol
low ing
the ch ild restraint manufacturer's
instruc tions
chapter and
Note
you the child restra int with th e tet he r
strap for days, this on the seat
cus hion and backres t in th e area where the
tether stra p was insta lled. The
to
Booklet 2.1 Safety first
T he lower an chorage au ac hme nt poi nts are lo
ca ted between the rea r sea t ba ck and rear seat
cushion fig . 36 .
Lower anchor ages sec
ure the in the seat without using th e ve hicle's safety belts. Anc hor
ages provide a secure and easy- to-use attach
m ent and minimi ze the poss ibilit y of improper
manufa ctured after Sep te mber mu st lower allachment s fo r th e sys te m.
Hem ember th at th e lower anchorage points are
only intended for installation and all achment of
lowe r a nchorages. that are not equipped
w ith the lowe r a nchorage auachrnents can still be installed accord ing to the m anufac
turer' s inst ruc tion s using vehicle safe ty belts.
(continued)
Always foll ow the C HS m anufacturer's in
s tru ction s for prop er in sta llation and use of child restraint syste ms.
Never usc the or te ther an chorage s
to attac h safe ty belt s or other kinds of occupant restraint s.
tethe r anch ora ges and the lowe r anchorag es arc only des ig ned to sec ure has be en equipp ed to usc these anchor
a ges.
Tether anchorages and the lowe r an ch orage s are designed to withstand only those loads imposed by correc tly filled child re
straints.
Neve r mount more than one to a
single te ther or t o a lowe r a n chora ge point. Attaching two child restraint s to a sin gle an chorage point ca n cause the anchorage to fail and cause serious person al injury in an accident.
N eve r u sc the tether anch ora ges and lower anch orages to install three child restra ints in
you r Volkswag en.
Never use the low er inboard anchorages
from the left and right rear se ating position s to
in sta ll a at th e ce nter sea ting position of rear sea t. T he di stance between th e in board anchors w ill no t allow a to be prop
e rl y i nstall ed to be abl e to with stand the hi gh
f orces that are generated in a cras h.
you must in stall three child restra ints on the rea r seat o f a Volk swagen with three
seating positions in the rear, you must u se the vehicle safety belt to install th e c hild restraint in the center seating position.
Always read and heed all WAR NINGS
wh enever u sin g a c hild res train ed in a vehicl e
i s being used page
safety 71
Booklet 2.1 Safety first
28, page 53,
Mounting and
straps
Mounting
-LATCJ-llower anchorage attachment
points are on the ve hicle body between th e
r
ear seatback and rear seat c u shion
pag e 71, fig. 36.
WARNING
Improper installation of
Always refer to the
lower ancho rages or safety b elts in your
system
Wheneve r
click se
curely into place.
72 Child safety
-on both sides of the CRS once
yo u've mounted it to make certain i t is se
cure and properly attached.
Releasing
-Release t h e lo we r latch from the LATCH
lower
anch o rages following th e man
u fac
turer's instructio ns.
-
Release the tether strap .
Hooks attached to adjustable straps
(hook-on connectors)
-Make sure th e seat back of the rear seat
bench is in the upright pos ition and se
curely latched in place.
-
th e hook-on connectors with the
s
pring catch release onto th e lower an
c h o r
age so that th e connector lock s into
p lace.
-
o n the connecto r to make su re that
it is properly attached to the lower an-
chorage.
-both straps wit h hook-on con
n
ect ors on the secu re ly to the lower
a n ch orages.
- P ull str ap s tig
ht foll ow ing th e man
ufacturer's instr uctio ns.
-Release or deploy th e ch ild rest ra in t
tether strap.
- Guide th e
upper tether strap under th e
rea r
head restraint (ra ise the head restra int
if n ecessary).
- Att
ach th e te ther s trap anch orage hook
int o th e o pe
ning of th e te ther a n ch o rage.
- Pull on
both of the adjustable straps on
th e
to make cer
t ain it's secure a
nd properl y attached .
Relea sing
- Loose n th e te nsio n on the stra p f ol
l
owing t h e manufacturer's in stru c
t i
ons.
- Dep ress the sprin g catch on th e hoo k.
- Hold th e s prin g
catch in th e dep ressed
p os ition .
- Move th e h
ook in direct ion of th e ve
hicle floo r so that the re is en o ug h space to
r e lease th e co
nnecto r f ro m th e lowe r an
c h o rage.
Booklet 2.1 Safety first
-Release the te th er str ap
WARNING
Impro pe r u sc of th e sys te m can in
c re a se the risk of serio us personal inju ry and death in an accid ent.
Th ese anchors were developed sole ly fo r seats usin g the sys te m .
Neve r attac h oth er child seats,
A lways make sure th a t the yo u hear whe n l atc hin g th e seat in place.lfyou d o not
hear f orward and hit th e int erior of the ve hicle, or
b e e jecte d from the ve hicl e.
WARN ING
Im proper in sta ll ati on of restra in ts
A lways manufacturer's
as the
l o w er anch orages or safety belt s in your ve
Always read and heed th e i mportant infor
m ati on an d about safety and the in sta ll ati o n of
se lectio n, in stalla tion and
use:
N
HTSA advises that the best child safety seat is
t h e o ne that fits your c hil d and fits in your veand that you will use correct ly and consis
tent ly.
Try befo re you b uy!
Nat ional High way Traffi c Admini stration
Tel.: (888) www.nhtsa.do t.gov
Nati onal Tel.: (202) 662-0600
www.safekids.o rg
www.ca rseat.o rg
safety 73
32
A ir
bag deployment zone 38
How the
components work together 37
Adva n
ced Airbag components 35
Adva nced front airba g sys tem 33
Airbag deployment zone 38
Airbag system 28
Care 44
Components (front air bags) 35
Components (side airbags) 46
Components (sid e curtai n protectionTM
a irbagl Curtain a irb ags
light Repa irs 44
Hotline 12
Automatic belt retractor 1 9
8
Before driving 3
Be lt
pretensioner
Disposal 27
27
Booster seats 62
first
c
Cargo area
Infant seats 59
Lower
anchorages 71
Mounting and releasing lower anchorage connectors 72
the front passenger seat
inst ruct ions 56
Tether an chors 68 Tether strap 69
Convertibl e child seats
Curtain airb ags
position
Driving safety 3
Driving with ch
ildren 53
E
Examples of improper seating posit ions 8
Extender for
the safety belts 23
F
Fastening
Booste r seats 62
Co nvertible chil d
seats Infa nt seats 59
belts 13, 19
Extender 23
How can I adjust the heigh t o f my safery
belt? 25
How
do you put on you r safery belt
correct l
y? 19
Improperly worn 26
Installing child restraint 63
Not worn
16
belt position 21
instructio ns 17
Specia l consid erations for pregnant
women 22
Switc hab le locki ng feature 65
Unfa stening safe ty belt s 25
Warning light
14 What happen s to occupants not wearing
safety
belt s? 16 Why assume the co rrect seatin g
position? 28
W hy safery belts protec t? 17
Why wear safery belts? 15, 28
belts protect 17
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag
43
seatin g positi on for the driver 4
seating position for the front
passenger 5
belt extender 23
Curtain airbags 52
Seating capacity 13
Sea ting position Distance between driver and steering
wheel 4
Driver 4
Front
passenger 5
Improper seat in g positi on s
4
Rear
passe ngers 6
air bags 46
Description 46
Ho w
they work?
in structio n s 48
airbags
Desc ripti
on
How they work? 5 1
instructions 52
Steer ing w hee l
Distance
to the driver 4
Sw itchable locking f
eature
Activating 65
Deactivating 67
T
Tether anchors 68
T
ether strap 69
Tie -
downs 12
Torn or f rayed safety bel ts 1 7
Trunk
u
Unfasten ing
belts 25
Upholstery
v
Ventil ation slit s ll
w
Wa rning light
belts 14
Wa rnin g lights
Booklet 3.1
the driv er's door. The
other doors each have a switch for their own window.
Fig. 3 3 Section of the driver door: windo w controls
Opening and closing the windows
-fig. 33 to open a
wi
ndow.
-b utto n to close a window
minutes after switch ing off the ign ition if ther the dri ver's door nor the front passe nger's door bee n opened.
Butt ons in the driver door
Button for window in front
Butto n for window in front right door
Butt ons fo r rear windows
switch9l for disa blin g th e powe r
window buttons in the rear doors
Button9l for window in left door
Button9l for window in rear right door
9l Where applicab le
38 Ope ning and closing
switch
in the driver door can be used to
d isab le the powe r w indow in the rear doors.
The sym bo l the safety switch is not n a ted : the buttons in the rea r doors are
The symbo l nated: the buttons in th e rea r doors are
Improper usc of the power window s can result in serious personal injury.
Never let a n yo ne get in th e way of a power window w hen clo sing it.
When locking the ve hicle fro m the outside, su re that no one, especially children, mains in th e ve hicle. The w indows will not open in case of emergency.
Alwa ys take the key with you wh en you
l eave the ve hicle. Unsupervised use of keys
ca n re sult in use o f vehicl e sys te m s such as power window s lead ing to serio us pe rsonal in jury. Th e powe r windows will continue to operate until the ignition key bee n
When children are in the back seat, use the
s afet y switch to disable the rear power dows and prevent them from being opened and closed.
Tip s
something obstructs the w indow while it is goin g up, the window will stop maticall y go down page pens, sec w hy the window could not close before att empting to close it