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Booklet 2.1 Safety first
Proper occupant seating positions
Proper seating position for the driver
The proper driver seating position is important for safe, relaxed driving.
Fi g. 1 The correct distance between driver and
steering wheel
For yo ur own safety and Lo reduce the risk
of injur y in th e eve nt of a n accid ent, we
recommend that y ou adju st th e se al
the dri ver to the fo llowi ng po sition:
- A djust th e dri ver's se at so that you can
eas ily push the pedal s all th e way
10 th e
floor while k eeping you r kn ec(s) s light ly
- Adj ust the a ngl e of the sea t b ac k so that
it i s in an upri ght p osition so that your
back comes in full contact with it when
yo u dri ve.
- Adjust th e stee rin g w hee l so that there
i s a di sta nce of at le a st 10 in ch es (25 cm)
b etween the s tee rin g w hee l and your
breast bone
1. I f n ot possib le, see
yo ur authori zed Volkswagen dealership
about adapti ve equipm ent.
- Adju st th e steerin g w hee l so that the
s tee ring whee l a nd airbag cove r point s at
y our ch es t and not at your fa ce.
- Grasp the top of the ste erin g wheel with
yo ur clbow(s) sli ghtl y be nt.
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Fig. 2 Correct head restraint position for driver
- Adjust t he hea d r estra int so that the
upper edge is as eve n with the to p of your
h ea d as possibl e but n o lower than eye
l eve l and so that it i s as close
to th e ba ck of
yo ur head as possible
2.
- Faste n and wear safe ty belt s co rrectl y
13 .
- Always keep both feet in the footwe ll so
that you are in control of th e ve hicle at all
tim es.
For detail ed in format io n on h ow 10 adj ust drive r 3.1, c hap te r "Sea ts an d
s torage ."
WARNING
Drivers who arc unb elted , o ut of position or
too clo se to the airbag can be seriously injured
b y an airbag as
it unfold s. To help reduc e th e
ri sk of serious p ers onal injury:
• Always adju st
driv er's scat and the
s te ering whe el so that there are al least 10
inches (25 cm) between your brea stbone and
the steer ing wheel.

Safety belts
General not es
Always wear safety belts!
Wearing safety b elt s correctly saves lives!
Fig . 5 Occ upan ts wear ing safety belts
This Bookl et explain s why safet y belt s are
nece ssary, ho w the y work and how to ad­
ju st and wear them correc tly.
Number of seats
Yo ur vehicl e has a tota l of five se ating position s: in the fro nt and three in th e rear. Each
sea tin g p ositio n ha s a sa fety b elt.
WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them im­
properly increases the risk of seriou s per sona l
injury and d eat h.
Booklet 2.1 Safety first
- Read all the information th at follows
and heed all of th e in struction s and warn­
in gs in thi s booklet.
WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them im­
properly increases the risk of seriou s personal
injury and death.
• Safety belts are t he sin gle mo st efTec tive
means available to reduce the risk of se rious
injur y and death in automobile accidents.
your protection and that of your passengers,
a lwa ys corre ctl y wear safety belts when the ve­
hicle is moving =;fig. 5.
• Pregnant women, injured, or physically
impaired per sons mu st
use safe ty belts.
l..ik eall vehicle occupant s, they arc more likely
to be seriou sly injur ed if the y do not wear
safety bel ts. The best way to protect
fet us is to
protect the mother -throughout the entire
pregnancy.
WAR NING (con tinued)
• Never strap more than one person, in­
cluding small children, into any belt. It is espe­
cially dangerous to pla ce a sa fety belt over a
c hild sittin g on yo ur lap.
• Never let more people ride in the vehicle
than ther e arc safe ty belt s available.
• Be sure eve ryone riding in the vehicle is
properly res train ed with a separat e safety belt
or child restraint.
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Booklet 2.1 Safety first
Safety belt warning light
Your vehicl e ha s a w arning s yste m for the driv er and front seat pa sseng er to r e­
mind
about the importan ce of bucklin g-up.
Fig. 6 Safety bel t warn ing lig ht
B efore driving off, always :
Faste n you r safet y be lt and mak e sure
you are w ear ing it prop erl y.
Ma ke s ure th at your p asse nge rs als o
bu ckle up and proper ly w ear their sa fe ty
b elt s.
Prot ect yo ur chi ldr en with a c hild re­
s traint sy ste m appropri ate fo r th e s ize and
ag e o f the ch ildren.
The wa rning lig ht in th e in strum ent cluste r
li g ht s up when t he ig nition is s wit ch ed on a s a
r e minder
to fa ste n th e sa fe ty belts. In addition ,
y o u w ill hear a warnin g so und and see th e fol­
l ow ing m ess age displa yed: Please fasten s eatbelt!
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The warnin g light I di spla y and th e warn ing
so un d w ill go o ut/stop w hen th e dri ver an d front
p asse nger co rrec tly faste n s th e s afety be lt.
the ig ni tio n i s sw itch ed on , th e warning
t o ne w ill co me o n fo r a bou t 6sec ond s alo n g wi th
a wa rnin g ligh t
in the in strum ent clu ste r if ei­
th er th e dri ver and front sea t pa ssenge r ha s not
fa ste ned th eir saf ety belt. As s oon as th e dri ver
and front seat pa sse nger have fa ste n ed th eir
sa fe ty belts, the warnin g to ne and the wa rning
li g ht
sto p.
If both the dr iver and fron t se at pa sse nger h ave
no t buc kled- up w ithi n abou t
24 sec onds afte r
t h e wa rning to ne ha s s to pp ed, the w arn ing ton e
w ill soun d a gain for ab out 6 second s. Th e
w arnin g to n e w ill sound re peate dl y fo r ab out
6 sec ond s at 24 seco nd int erv als unt il bo th the
dri ver and fr ont p asse nge r have buckl ed-up.
Th e sa fety belt warnin g sys te m is ac tive for
a bo ut
5 minut es and durin g thi s tim e th e
w arn ing lig ht in th e in strum ent clu ste r w ill sta y
o n.
F as te n you r sa fe ty be lt now and make sure that
y our passenge rs als o proper ly p ut on their
safe ty be lts.
19 is le ft at­
ta ch ed to th e sa fe ty belt bu ck le, th e s afe ty bel t
w arn ing sys te m will se nse that th e safety belt for
th at sea t is bein g use d and the w arnin g to ne w ill
n ot sound even th ou gh th e sea t is occ upi ed and
t h e safe ty belt is not b ein g use d.

Booklet 2.1 Safety first
What happens to occupants not wearing safety belts?
In crashes unbelted occupant s cannot stop themselve s from flying forward and
being injured or killed. Always wear your safety belts.
Fig. 9 A driver not wearing o safety belt is violently
thrown forward
Un belted occ upants ar e not abl e to res ist the tre­
m endo us fo rces o f imp act by holdin g tig ht or
bra cing themse lves . W ith ou t th e ben efit of
s af etv res traint systems. th e unr estrai ned o ccu­
slam vio le ntl y into t he steering wheel,
in strnm ent panel, win dshi eld , o r w hate ve r else
is in the way
9. T his impac t w ith the ve hicle
inte rior has a ll th e e nergy the y had just before
the cras h.
Neve r re ly on airb ags alone for pro tec tion. Eve n
wh en th ey deplo y, air ba gs provide onl y a ddi ­
t io n al prot ection. Airb ags are not su pposed
depl oy in all kin ds of a cci den ts. Alt hough your
Volk swag en i s eq uipped with airbags, all vehicl e
occ upant s, inclu ding th e dr ive r, mu st wear
sa fety belt s co rrectl y in order to min imize th e
ri sk of seve re injur y or d eath in a cras h, regard-
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Fig . 10 A rear passenger not wearing o sa fety belt
will fly forward and strike the drive r
less of wheth er a se atin g pos ition has a n or no t
R em emb er too, that ai rbags w ill dep loy o nly
once a nd t hat your sa fery be lts are always there
to offe r pro tec tion in th ose acci dent s in whi ch
a irba gs are not supp osed to dep loy o r w hen they
h ave already deployed. Unbelt ed occ upan ts can
a lso be thro wn out of th e ve hicle w here e ven
more severe or fa ta l in jur ies can occur.
I t i s a lso important for the rear passe ngers to
wea r sa fety belts correct ly. Unb elt ed pas se nge rs
in th e re ar sea ts endanger no t on ly th emse lves
b u t a ls o th e driver an d oth er pa ssenge rs
JO .
In a fron tal collisio n th ey w ill be thrown forward
v io len tly, whe re they ca n hi t a nd injure the
driver and /or front seat

Safety belts
Fastening safety belts
Sa fe ty fir st -eve rybody buckle up!
Fig. 12 Belt buck le and tongue fo r th e dr iver's seat
To pro vid e maximum prot ectio n, sa fety
b elt s
alw ays be po siti oned cor rectly
o n
weare r's bod y 20.
- Adju st
fro nt sea t and head restra int
co rrec tly
4.
- Mak e su re th e seat back of the rea r sea t
b ench i s in an upright pos ition and se­
cu rely latche d in plac e before usin g th e
sa fe ty
- Hold !he be lt b y ton gu e and pull it
eve nly across the ch es t and pel vis
-th e tongue into correct
bu ckle for your seat until you h ear
latch
sec urely
19, fig. 12 .
- Pull on
belt to mak e sure that it is se­
cure ly latc hed in the bu ckle.
Automatic safety belt retractors
E ve ry
b elt i s equipp ed with an aut om ati c
belt retrac tor on th e sho uld er bell. Thi s fea ture
l oc ks th e belt when the
is pu lled ou t fast ,
during hard braking and in a collision. The belt
m ay also lock
yo u d rive a stee p
hill or thro ugh a sh arp cur ve. Durin g no rma l
dri vin g th e belt le ts yo u mo ve freel y.
Booklet 2 .1 Safety first
Belt prete nsio ne r
T he re tracto rs for the drive r,
pa sse nger,
a nd rea r outboard seating po sition s are
e quipp ed wit h a belt pr ete nsio ner that h elp s
th at h elp s to t ight en th e safe ty belt and remo ve
s lac k w hen th e pr etens ioner is act iva te d. Th e
fun ction o f the pr eten sio ner is m onit ored b y a
wa rnin g light
39.
Switc hable l ocking feature
Every safety belt excep t fo r th e one on th e dr ive r
se at is eq uippe d wit h a sw itchable locking fea­
tur e th at mu st be use d when the saf ety b elt is
used
1 0 att ach a child seal. Be sur e to read the
imp orta nt in formation about thi s feature
60 .
WARNING
Imp roperl y position ed safe ty belt s ca n ca use
se riou s personal injury in an accident.
• Saf ety belts offer optimum protection only
when the seat back is upright and belt s arc
c o rr ectly positioned on the body.
• Alway s m ake sure that th e re ar sea t back­
res t to which th e center re ar safety belt is at­
t ached is sec urely la tc h ed when ever th e rear
center safety belt i s bei ng use d
3.1. If
the b ackres t is n ot sec urely latc hed, the pa s­
s enger will move fon vard wit h the backres t
during sudden braking, in a sudd en maneuver
a nd especially in a cras h.
• Never attach the safe ty belt to the bu ckl e
for another seat. Attachi ng the belt to th e
wrong buckle will reduce safety belt effective ­
ness and can cause se rious per sona l injury .
• A pa ssenge r w ho is not corre ctl y restrain ed
can be se riou sly injur ed by th e sa fe ty belt it self
w hen
60.
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@) Booklet 2.1 Safety first
Safety belt position
Correct belt position is the key maximum protection bel ts.
Fi g. 13 Head restra int and safety belt position as
seen from the front
S1a nd ard feal ures o n yo ur vehicl e help you ad­
ju sl o f safel y lo yo ur
body size .
•
h eigh! adjuslmelll for lh e fron l se als
•
s ea l heig h!
WARNING
Improperly posilioned safety belts ca n cause
ser ious person al injury in an
• The sh ou lder belt porlion of lhe safety mu st be po sitioned over the middle of the oc­
cupant' s shoulder and never across the neck
or lhr oal.
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Fig . 14 Head restraint and safety belt position as
see n from the side
Lf::. WARNING (continued)
• The safet y must lie flat and snug on the
occupant 's upper body 20, fig.
• The lap porlion lhe safely belt must
be position ed as low as possible across pelvis
and never over the abdomen. Make sur e th e
lies and snug 20, fig. 14 . Pull on
the belt to tighten
can cause seriou s
injuri es by shiftin g its position on your bod y
from the strong bone s to more vulnerable, soft
ti ss ue and cause se ri ous injury.
• Alway s read and heed all WARNIN GS and
othe r importa nt inform ation
17 .

Fastening the safety belt extender
Fig. 17 Attached safe ty belt extender to the ve­
hi cl e's safe ty be lt
Be for e faste ni ng th e belt e xte n de r
a lw ay s ad ju st t he
seal an d head r e­
s trai nts co rre ctl y.
- I n se rl th e m eta l to ngue of th e ex te n d er
int o lh e res pect iv e s afe ly be lt buck le
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b ell lO ngu e of the sa fe ty bell
a n d pull the belt in a co ntin uou s slo w
acro ss your and lap.
- Inse rt the safe ty belt
int o th e
bu ckle o f the e xten der
a nd p ush down
un til il i s sec ure ly loc ke d w ith an audi ble
cl ic k .
- Make s ure the safe ty belt or th e ex­
l e nd er i s not tw isted .
- Pull belt to m ake su re it is pr op erly
l a tc h ed .
Saf ety bu ck le 17
T o ngue of e xte nd er 17
U uck le of ex te n der 17
V eh icl e saf ety 17
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Fig . 18 Measu rements
of b uckl e
of buck le a nd bod y c en­
t e rlin e, (le ss 6 in ch es (15 c m) 18
B ody ce nterlin e 18
WARNING
Safety bell s ofTer o ptimum protec tion onl y
w hen th e se a t b ack i s upri ght an d belt s a re
c o rr ec tly po siti on ed on th e bod y. Imp roperl y
po sition ed saf ety be lts ca n ca use se rio us per­
so nal inju ry in an accident.
• Neve r use the ex te nd er unl ess
is ph ysi­
ca lly req uired in order t o wear the ve hicl es
safety b elt.
• Nev er u se the exten der
di sta nce 18 b etwe en th e front edge o f the ex­
t e nd er bu ckle @ and th e occu pant' s bod y cen ­
te rline @ to be le ss than 6 in ch es (15 c m).
• Always make s ure th e safety belt t ongu e is
i n se rted into the buck le fo r th e seat ing pos i­
ti on th at be lo ngs to the seat w her e th e e x­
t e nd er i s be ing use d.
• Attac hin g th e sa fet y bell to t he buck le for
a not her scat co uld red uce sa fe ty bell
ness a nd cause
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Booklet 2.1 Safety first
Front airbag system -the basics
Description of front airbags
The airbag system can provide supplemental protection to properly restrained
front seat
Fig. 21 L ocotion of d rive r airbag: in steer ing whee l
Your is fru 11L
"A dva nced Airbag in co mplian ce United Stales Fede ral Moto r Veh icle Safery dard (FMVSS ) 208 as applicab le a l time your
ve hicle was manufac tu re d . Yo ur vehicle is also
e quipped
side airbags fo r driver and seal passe nge r. Your vehicl e ma y also be wit h op tional sid e ai rb ags for re ar board T he belt s for front and
r ea r ou tboa rd seats equipped with opti onal side
a irbags have "pretensioner s" that help to take
s lack
of th e belt sys tem. The pret en sio ners
ar e also activa te d by the ele ctroni c control
for airbag syste m.
The front a nd outb oard r ea r seats
belts
al so hav e loa d limit ers to help reduce force s
appli ed to body in a crash.
Th e airbag for
driver is in steering whee l
h ub 2 1 an d airb ag for th e fr o nt pas­
se nger is in in strum ent panel 22. Th e location of airba gs is marked
There is a yo u n eed to know airb ags
in your vehicle. \V e urge you rea d detail ed
in forma tion airbags, safety and child
safety in this and th e oth er bookl ets th at mak e
Fig. 22 Location of front passenger's airbag: in the
instrume nt pa nel
up 1he ow ner 's literawre. Please be s ure to h eed WARNI NGS -th ey arc ext remely for your safet y and the sa fety of yo ur pass enger s,
especially infants and sm all childr en.
WARNING
Ne ver re ly o n air bags alone for protection.
• Even w hen th ey deplo y, airbags provide
on ly s uppl em en tal prot ection.
• Airbag work mo st effectivel y when used
w ith prop erly wo rn safety belts.
• Th erefore, always wear your safety belts
and make sur e
everybody in your vehicle
is properly re strained.
WARNING
A person on front pa ssenger seat , espe­
ci ally infants and sma ll childr en, w ill rec eive
se riou s injuri es and can even be killed by
being too close to lhe airbag when
it inflat es.
• Although
Advanced Airbag Syste m in
yo ur vehicl e is designed to turn off the
passenger airbag an infant or a small child in
o ne of the child restraints used to cer tify
Adva nced A irbag Sys te m i s on pas-
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