2006 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF PLUS Owners Manual

Please fir st read and note the in tro ductory
on page 56.
Front center armrest
To lift the cente r a rm rest, pull the armrest and
l atc h upward in th e direction of the fig.
To lowe r th e center armre st, first lift it all the way up. Then you ca n lowe r the center armre st.
To move the center armrest forwards and back ­
wa rds, pull it forwa rd slid e it backward until
it click s into place.
Rear center armrest
A foldabl e ce nter armrest i s loca te d in the center of the rear sea t fig. 41.
Before drivi ng Fig
.
41 Folding d own th e rear center armrest.
The center armrest can restrict the driver 's
movement.
Always keep storage compartments in the center armrest closed whil e driving .
Never let a pas se nger, esp ecially a child , ride on thecenterarmrest. an improper seating position can increas e the risk of se rious per­sonal injury or death in a cras h.
Never put hot drinks or other liquids in the cup h old er. Hot liquid s can spill wh en the ve­
hicl e is moving as well as during braking or other sudden maneuvers.

In this sec tion yo u'll find informa tion on the lowing:
h eating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
More information:
Adju stin g th e seati ng page 56
page
A irb ag sys te m p age
safety and child page
Out sid e page
hea ting contr ol for front seats (version
first r ead and note th e introd uctory
o n page 65.
When th e igni tion is sw itched on, seats ca n be
e lec trically heated. sea t models als o have
h ea ted backre sts.
properly and safely
Improper use of seat adjust ment control s can cause seve re personal injuries.
prope rly at all times before starting to
drive and while the vehicl e is moving. This also
applies to all passe ngers.
Keep hands, fingers, feet and other body parts away from moving parts and adjustment areas of th e seats .
Fig . 43 In the center console: healing contr ol for front seats (version 2).
off seat heating if th e seat is not b eing used
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Function Operation of scat heating,
versio n
Activate:
Turn the
thumb-wheel
t o th e desired
h eat
ing level.
heatin g T urn the
l eve l: thumb- w heel to th e desired
heatin g level.
D eac tivate:
Turn the
thumb-w hee l
down t o
Befo re driving
Operation of sca t heating,
versio n 2
th e button. heating is
switc h ed on maximum.
the
button
re-
p
eat e dl y until
th e des ired
h
eatin g leve l is
set.
th e
button
rc-
pcat cdly until
n o indi cator
light s are o n
Certain medical conditions, su ch as pa ralysis and diabetes, and certai n medication s, can crease the risk of seriou s burns when the seat heating feature is swi tched on.
Vehicle occupants who have a low level of perceived pain or a lowered awareness of pain can rece ive seriou s burns to the back, buttocks, and leg s that take a long tim e to heal or may neve r heal completely.
NEVER usc the scat
To help preven t damage to elec trica l parts in the seat, do not kneel on the front scats or apply concentrated pressure to a small area or the seat or backrest.
Liquids, sharp objects and things on the scat that do not le t th e heat in the seat escape into the air can damage the seat heating system.
lfyou smell an odor, immediatel y shut off the seat heating and have it checked by an authorized
Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volkswagen vice Facility.
off

Safety
Introduction
this sec tion y o u'll find informatio n on th e lowing:
Warning light ................ .... .. , .. .. , . . . 68
F ro ntal collis ions and l ows of ph ys ics . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Whot happens to passengers no t wearing a safety
b elt? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . .
. . 7 5
Safety belt exte nder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6
Safety belt retractor , pre te nsio ner, load limiter . . . . 78
Serv ice and d isposal of belt prete nsioners . . . . . . . 78
th e co nditi on of all safe ry belt s re gul arly. If a
sa fe ty belt s h ows da m age to we bbin g, b in din gs,
r et rac tors or bu ckles, have the safe ty belt replaced
b y an auth orized Volkswagen deafer or an rized Volk swagen Service rized Volkswagen deale rs and authorize d sw age n Se rv ice Fa cilities
Adju stin g th e seatin g pos ition
A ir ba g page
safety and c hild page
erl y position ed safety belt increa ses th e risk of severe pe rsona l injury or death. S afety belt s
offer optimum protection only whe n they are
u sed pro perly.
Safety belt s are the singl e most effecti ve
m eans availabl e to reduce th e r is k of seriou s jury and dea th in automobil e accid ents. For
your protection and that of your passengers ,
hicl e is moving.
Sitting properly and safely
Every person in the vehicle must b e properly
seat ed on
for e the vehicl e starts to move, and must k eep the belt properl y fastened while riding in the hicle. This applie s to the drive r and all g ers, ev en when ju st dri ving around town.
Alwa ys secure children in the vehicl e with a
restraint s ys te m appropriate for their age,
weight and page
Never attac h the safety belt to the buckl e o f another seat. Attachin g the safety belt to the wrong buckle will reduce safe ty belt
Never le t any obje cts or liquids get into the
s a fety belt latch and pre v ent it from working
prop erly. Alway s keep the belts clean. Dirty belt s
m ay n ot work correctly and can impair the
Neve r remove a safety belt w hil e the ve hicl e
i s moving. Doing so will increas e your risk of being injured or kill ed.
Ne ve r strap more than one person, includin g
s mall child ren, into any single safety belt .
N eve r let children or ba bies ride sitting on your lap and never place
Several layers of heavy clothing may
Ne ver wea r belt s ove r rigid or breakabl e jects in or on your clothing, such as eye glas ses,
p ens, keys etc., as these may ca us e injury.
Never use comfort clips or device s that creat slack in tl1e shoulder belt. Howev e r, spe cial clips may be require d for the correct use of some
c hild restraint sy ste m s.
Always ke ep saf ety belt buckl es fre e of anything
that may prevent the buckle from la tchin g sec urely.
Safe ty belt s off er optimum protecti on only when th e scat b ack is upright and belts a rc correctl y position ed on th e body
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Damage to safety belt s reduces their ef­
fectiven ess increase s the ris k of seriou s per­injury is
b ein g used.
Neve r safety belt s beco me damage d by
b ei ng caught in the door or seat hardware.
Torn or frayed safety te ar, and dam­
aged safety hardware break in acci­dent.
Warn ing
Fig. 44 Warning
Light s
u p o r cause
Driver and fron t pa sse nger have not fas-te n ed their safety if fron t passenger
sea t is occupied.
H eavy items on the front passenger seal.
the ignition is switched on. warning and in dica tor go on fun ction c he ck. They out after few seconds.
Before driving
for damage. If web­
bin g, bindings, or re tra cto rs are dam­aged, have the approve d by wage n for your and year .
Safety that have bee n worn and in an accide nt must be
after a cras h may be nece ssary
eve n if safety sho ws no damage.
Anchorages that have been must
Damage d safety the y canno t b e re p air ed.
Neve r try to re pair a damage d sa fety Never remove or m odify th e safety
Have sa fety belts, binding s, retractor s and
or authorized Serv ice
k ee p the may
n ot work correct ly and ca n impair the function
o f th e in erti a
firs t rea d and note the introductory information and heed the on page 67.
Proper respo nse
Faste n safe ty
T he safety warning in the instrument
In add ition,

you hear a warn ing chime. The warning light stop
when the driver and front passenger correctly fas ten their sa fety belts. If the safety belts have not been fastened when a speed of more than 15 mph is reached or if the safety be lts are unfastened
while the vehicle is moving , a warning chime for
up to seco nds. The belt warning light also
When the ignition is sw itched on, the warning
and of phy sic s
Fig. 4 5 A vehicle with passengers not wearing safety belts approaches a
on page 67.
The physical principles of a frontal
fig . 45.
which varies wit h vehicle speed and body weight.
Engineer s
The higher the speed of the ve hicle and the greater
the vehicle's weight. the more en ergy has to be in the cras h.
Vehicle speed i s th e most sig nificant factor. If the speed doubl es from to mph (25 to kmlh),
the energy increases 4 times!
The amount of as
the passengers' weight. The higher the speed an d
Sitting properly and solely
buckled up within about24 seconds after the
warn ing chim e has stopped, the warnin g chime sound again for about 6 seco nds, then stop for 24 seconds, and then rep eat this reminder se­quence for a
Fig. 4 6 A vehicle with passengers not wearing safety
belts hits the
the greater the we ig ht, the more energy must be abso rbed in the crash.
Beca use the occupants of th e vehicle in the above
example a re not usi ng safety belts, they are not
kee p m oving at the same speed the vehicle was
mo vin g just before the crash, until somethin g
stops th em-here, the inside of the passenger com­
partment. Because the occupants of the vehicle in
th e exa mpl e are not wearing safety belt s, th eir en­
tire kine
tic energy be absorbed by impact with
the fig. 46.
Th e
same pri ncipl es app ly to p eople in a veh icle
th at is in a fron ta l
to mph to kmlh), the forces acting on th e bod y can reach one metri c ton kg o r lbs) or more. At grea te r speeds,
th ese forces are even hi ghe r.
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first read and note th e introducto ry information a nd heed on page 67.
Ma ny peopl e believe th at it is possib le to resis t the
forc es of an impact b y holding tight or bracin g themselves. That i s s impl y not true!
Eve n at low collis ion speeds, th e forces acting on th e body are too much for the body to be held in the seat with the arms and hands. a front al col­lis ion, unrestra in ed occup ants w ill slam v iolentl y
into the s teerin g wheel, instrument pane l, w ind­shield or anything e lse in the fig . 47.
Neve r rel y on airb ags alone fo r protection. Even
w he n they deploy, airbags pro vide o nl y additional
pro tectio n . Airbag s are no t supposed to deploy in
all kind s of accidents. Even if your ve hicl e is equippe d w ith airbags . all ve hicl e occupants, in -
Before driving F
ig. 48 U
nbelted passengers in the rear seats ore thrown forward on top of th e belted drive r .
eluding the driver, must wear sa fety belts correctly
in order to minimize th e risk of se vere injury o r
d eath in a c rash, regardless of whether
is als o impo rt ant for occupants in the rear seats
t o wea r th eir safety belts properly since they can be thrown vio lently fon vard through th e ve hicl e in
th e event of an accid ent. Unbelted passen ge rs in the rear seats endang er not onl y them se lves but al so th e drive r and other passengers in the vehicl e

Safety
firs t r ead and no te th e information heed th e on
ence. b elts help to k eep passengers i n th eir seats, graduall y reduce e nergy leve ls appli ed t o th e
b o d y in collision, and help preve nt the can cause seriou s injuries.
I n additi on, safety belts reduce th e danger of b e in g
thro wn out or th e fig. 49.
belts pa ssengers to th e
throug h the in the safety
b elt s. c rumple z ones, lUres (su ch as airbags) that
Sitting
th e kineti c energy
ove r lo nge r perio d of time, th e for ces on th e body
b eco me m ore less lik ely to cause
injury.
A lthou gh these exa mples based on a frontal
c olli sio n, s afet y belt s ca n al so su bsta ntiall y reduce
th e ris k or injury in othe r kind s of cra shes. w heth er you're on lo ng trip or going th e corner always buc kle up
v e hicl e properly wea rin g sa fe ty belt s have low er ris k of b ein g injure d and a much be chance or collis ion. u sing safety belts a lso
gr eatl y in cre ases th e ability or the suppl em ental
airbag s to d o their jo b in collis ion. For this
r e a son, wearing a safety is re q uir ed by in
m os t coumries includin g th e Unit ed and
th e belts vid ed. a irba gs, fo r examp le , ac tivated only in some collisio n s. T he fro nt airbag s are not activa te d in fro ntal collis io ns, in side rear c olli sions, in rollove rs, or in ca se s wh en
th e c onditi ons fo r d eployment sto re d in the
always wea r your safe ty belt and make sure th at
every bo dy in your vehicle is pro perly res train ed!
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