2008 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA warning

Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
WARNING (continued)
• If th e center head restraint does not your sea te d hei ght when fully extended, move
t o ano ther seati ng po sition to redu ce the risk
of injury in a collision
Adjusting the seat forward and
backward
- Pu ll the leve r an d m ove th e sea t for ward
or ba ckw ard .
He le ase t he le ve r and sli ght ly m ove
t h e se at until it la tc h es into pla c e .
Adjusting the lumbar support
Take y our weig ht off the bac kre st and
turn th e handwh eel
to ad just th e
lu mba r su pport.
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Adjusting the backrest angle
Take your weigh t off the b ackres t and
turn the handwh eel
Adjusting the seat height
"Pump " th e or do wn to rai se
or lowe r th e sea t.
Drivers or passenger s w ho are unbelted , out of
position or too clo se to the airbag ca n be ser i­
o usly i njur ed or kil led b y an airb ag as it un ­
fo ld s .
WARNING
N ever adjust the sea ts whi le the vehicl e is
m ovin g. Yo ur seat may mo ve une xpe cted ly
and you cou ld lose co ntrol o f the ve hicle.
• Never drive with the backre st reclined or
lilted far back! The farther the ba ckr ests are
tilted back, the g reat er the risk of injur y due to
in corr ect po siti on in g of the safet y belt and im­
prop er seatin g po siti on

Booklet 3.1 Control s and Equipment
to vehicles: w, th foldoble front seat backrest
Folding the front passenger seat backrest forward
Folding the front passenger seat backrest the way forward
Fig . 4 2 Folding th e front passenger seal backrest
forward
Folding the front pa ssenger seat
backrest all the way for ward
Press and hold th e leve r in the direc tion
of the arrow
42 to re lea se the
backre st of the
pas seng er sea t.
Fold the backre st of th e fro nt pas senger
sea t to the hori zontal
in th e
rection of the arrow. Make sure that the
front pa ssenger seal backrest latches
curely into pla ce.
Folding the fr ont pas senger seat
backrest back
To fold back, release the backr est of the
front passeng er seat again with lever
Fold the front passeng er seat backrest
back until it latch es secure ly into pl ace.
Make sur e that nothin g is on th e front seat when
the back rest is fo lded The AIRBAG OFF light must always be on when the
backrest is folded forward 2.1 "'Safety
F irst".
P lease be s ure
74.
L'.D, WARNING
Im pr operl y store d lu ggage o r o th er it em s ca n
fl y thr ou gh th e vehicle ca using ser io us pe r­
so nal i nj ury in th e even t of hard bra kin g or a n
ac cide nt To help red uce the risk of serious per­
sona l inju ry.
• Be ca ref ul n ot lo p ut your hand in th e bac k
of the sea t wh ile press ing t he passe nge r scat
backrest re lease le ve r. O thenvise it co uld get
ca ugh t b y th e seal mech ani sm.
• Always put ob jects, for example, luggage or
o th er h eavy items in the luggage compar t­
m ent.
• Always sec ure o bjec ts pro per ly wi th suit ­
a b le straps so th at they ca nno t m ove into the
area of t he s ide air bag or t he fron t a irbag
d u ring bra kin g or in a sud de n m an eu ver. O b­
j ec ts nea r the air b ags ca n beco me pro ject iles
and cause injury when an a irbag inflates.
• Always make sure that no thin g on t he fro nt
passe nge r seal w hen th e backres t is fo lded for­
war d. Eve n light ob jects co uld be push ed i nto
th e sea l c u shi on an d ca use the we ight- sens ing
mat in the seat to reg is te r en ough we ig ht to
t u rn th e airbag on.
• Always make su re that t he PAS SENG ER AJ R
BAG OFF ligh t is on and stays on whenever t he
b ac krest of the front passe nger sea t is fold ed
fo nva rd .
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Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
Applies to w ith elect rically odjus toble front seals
Electrically ad justable driver and front passenger seats (power seats)
The switches look like a seat viewed from the s ide. The seat cushion and back rest
follow the mot ions of the respective switches.
Fi g. 43 Contro ls for elec tric seal adjustment
Move the co rres ponding switch =£lg . 43
to ad just the fronr seat to suit your size
Adjust ing th e height and for­
wa rd/ba ckward position of sea t
c u shi on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Adjusting backre st angle . . . . . . . . . 63
Adjusting lumbar support. The cu r­
vatu re of the cu shi oned a re a is de­
term in ed b y th e se tting s made in
the lum bar region. This supports
the natu ral c ur vature of the sp ine
very effe ctive ly .......... ...... .
WARNING
63
Dri vers or pa ssenge rs w ho are unb elted , out of
p os ition or t oo close to the airbag can b e se ri­
o usly injur ed or killed b y an airbag as it un­
in "W hy is sca t adju stm ent so im­
po rtant? " on page 57.
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WARNING
Neve r adjust the seats while the vehicl e is
m oving. You r sea t ma y mo ve un expecte dly
and you could lose control of th e ve hicle.
• Never drive with the ba ckrest r eclined or
tilt ed far back! T he farther the bac kre sts arc
t ilt ed ba ck , the grea te r the ri sk of inju ry due to
incorrec t po sitionin g of the sa fety belt and im­
proper seating po sitio n.
• The scats in your vehicle can be electri cally
ad juste d eve n with the ig nit ion ke y removed.
Neve r leave unattend ed childr en in th e ve­
hi cle becau se the unsupe rvised use of the
electric scat adju stm ent s ca n result in serious
p erso nal injury.

Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
WARNING
• Never adjust the driver or front passenger
seat while the vehicle is in motion. While ad­
ju stin g your seat, you could adjust your seat to
an incorrect sitting position. Adjust your seat
before driving
or when th e vehicle is not
moving.
• The elect rical front seat adju stment also
work s with the ignition off. Therefore, chil­
dren sh ould never be lef t unattended in the
vehicle -ther e is a risk of injury!
• Exercise caut ion when adjustin g the seat
height or fonvard/backward position. Care­
l ess use of the front seat adjustment co ntrols
can cause injuri es.
WARNING (continued)
• To reduce the risk of personal injury in an
accident, front seat passenge rs must never
ride in a moving vehicle w ith the seat back re­
clined. Safet y belt s offer prote ction only when
th e seatback is upright and belt s are properl y
po sition ed on the bod y. The more Lheseatback
i s re clined, the greate r th e risk of personal in ­
ju ry from an out of position safety belt.
avoid damaging the e lec trical co mp onen ts of
th e front seat, do not knee l on the sea t or apply
dir ect pressure at a sing le po int to the seat
cu shi on a nd
Applies to vehicles: wilh electrically adjustable fronts seat and memory buttons
Memory for driver 's s eat
Use memory buttons on dri ver seat to sto re to three diffe rent positions
for
seat.
••••
F ig. 46 Memory buttons on the front seot: to sove
the setlings, first press the SET butlon and then one
of the memory butlons , l, 2 or 3 .
Storing settings for driving forward
-Sw itch on the igniti on. Do not en gage
Rever se gear.
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-Press the =*i g. 46
bri efly whil e the key is s till in the ignition .
T hi s ca n be don e on the driver side only
whe n th e ve hicle is
moving.
- lfyou w ish to reca ll the memor y set­
t ings whe n the vehicle is moving, hold
dow n the memory button until the sa ve d
p osit ion is reac hed .
The m em ory butt ons ca n sto re th e sea t positions th e fron t d river

Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
Raising the backrest into place
Fig. 5 0 Rear seat backrest marking
-Fold the backrest back up firmly until it
engages. The red marking must not be vis­
ibl e
50. Make sure that the saf ety
bel ts do not get trapped.
- Lock the backrest using the master key
into lock
66, fig. 49 by turning
th e lock from the vertical position to the
horizonta l po sition.
WARNING
Improperl y positioned safety belts can ca use
serio us personal injury in an accident.
• Safety belts olTeroptimum protection only
w hen the scat back is upright and belts arc
correc tly positioned on the body.
• Always make sure that the rear scat back­
rest to which the center rear safety belt is at­
t ached is secure ly lat ch ed whenever the rear
center safe ty belt is being use d. If the backre st
is not secure ly lat ch ed, the passenger
will move forward with the backrest during
WARNING (continued)
sudde n braking, in a sudden maneuver and
es pecia lly in a cras h.
• Never attach the safety belt to the buckle
for another seat. Attac hing the belt to the
wrong buckle
will reduce safety belt effective­
n ess and can cause serious persona l injury.
• A passen ger who is not correc tly re strain ed
can be ser ious ly injured by the safety belt itself
when it move s from the stronger parts of the
bod y into sensitiv e areas like th e abdomen.
• Never le t the safety belts become trapped
between the scat and the side of the ve hicle
when raising the scat back s. A trapped safety
belt can be damag ed so that it can not help to
r ed uce the risk of injury in a cras h.
• Alway s mak e sure that rear seal safe ty belts
arc in their proper positio n and able lo be used
after the rear scat backr ests have been se­
c ur ely lat che d in the up right position.
• Neve r let passengers ride on the rear load
surface in the luggage compartment area or sit
on the folded clown backrests. Passengers who
are not properly wearing their safety belts risk
ser ious injuri es and even dea th in a co llisio n.
• Alwa ys make sure that the rear seat back­
r es ts are securely latched after moving them
back to the upright positio n. to properly latch
it back. Loose items in the
compart­
ment can fl y through th e passenger compart­
ment in a crash and cause ser ious injury.
• A red mark on the backre st latch show that
the back rest is not secur ely engaged. When
th e marker i s not visible th e backrest is prop ­
erly and securely latched. Always make sur e
the mark i s not visi bl e after raising the back ­
re sts to the upri ght
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Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
Applies lo vehicles: with an opening in the rear backrest lo transport long objects
Transporting long items
Your vehicle has an opening in the center of the rear back rest, which ena bles y ou
to t ra n spor t long ob jects, which do not fi t in th e luggage c om partme nt.
Fig. 51 Opening from the inside
Opening from inside the vehicle
-Fold d own t he rear arm rest comp le te ly.
- Unl ock t he re lease han dle ::::)f1 g. 51
loca te d in th e plas tic cover be hind th e rear
a rmre st by turn ing the master key to th e
pos itio n.
- Gras p the hand le a nd lowe r the cove r
in to t he
The p last ic cover is in ­
tegra te d t o t he ce nte r rea r arm rest.
Opening from the luggage compart­
ment
- Ope n the rea r li d.
- Press d ow n th e re lease button in th e di-
r ec tion o f th e a rrow
an d fold th e
cove r towa rd th e int erior of th e ve hicle.
W hen th e cove r is unlo cked a red mark ing
w ill be vis ib le on t he re lease button .
Loading the long objects inside the ve­
hicle
- Place t he lo ng o bjec ts th roug h the
cente r open ing ca re full y and sec ure them
w ith an app ropriate strap .
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Fig. 52 Opening from the luggage c ompar tme nt
- Close th e rear lid .
Closing from the inside
- R em ove a ll objects.
- Fo ld the plast ic cover upward and press
u ntil you h ear it click into place.
- Lock t he co ver by tu rn ing the m aste r
key to the
- Fold t he rea r arm res t back into p lace .
WARNING
Loose luggage or oth er obj ect s in th e vehicle
ca n ca use se rious pers on al inju ry.
• Durin g sudd en braking mano euv res or ac­
cident s, loo se obje cts in th e passe nge r com­
partm ent can
for ward, injurin g vehicle
occ upant s.
• Sec ure heavy objects w ith suit abl e s trap s
s o that th ey cannot mo ve around while you
arc driving.
• When you tr an sport heavy o bjec ts, a lways
k ee p in mind that a chan ge in th e ce nter of
g rav ity ca n als o cau se chan ges in vehicle han-
dlin g.

Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
Tips
Pro tec t yo ur vehicle from soilin g, for e xam ple by
w ra p ping dirt y item s in a blank et be for e lo adin g
th em thr ough the th rough-lo adi ng op enin g
glove compartment
Fig. 53 Front possenger side : glove comportment
Th e co mpartm ent can b e op ened by pu llin g th e
l eve r
53. It is loc ke d wh en th e key s lo t is in
th e pos ition.
S tora ge for the vehicle l it erat ure
Th e ve hicle lite ratur e
54 should a lways
b e ke pt in th e g love c ompartm ent. Do place
o th er obj ec ts in shel f for th e ve hicl e lllre, th ey might fall behi nd th e glove co mpart­
Cooling the g love co mpartm ent 1
3
l
T here is an air outl et o n
le ft of th e rear panel
glo ve comp artm ent.
Optiona l e qu ip me nt Fig
. 54 In open glove compartment: optional ve­
h icle manual storage
and air outlet
Turn th e air ou tle t to op en and close Always
c lose a ir outlet wh en no t in u se.
WARNING
An open glove co mpartment d oor can in­
cre ase the ris k of seriou s injury during ha rd
braking or in a cras h.
• L oose items
th e glo ve compart ment can fly throu gh the pa sse nger co m par tmen t in a
cra sh and ca use serious in jury.
• Alwa ys kee p th e g love co mpartm ent clo se d
properly wh en th e vehicl e is moving
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Booklet 3.1 Controls and Equipment
Applies to vehicles: with front center armrest and one storage comportment
Front center armrest with storage compartment
arm rest can be moved backward and forward.
Fig. 5 5 Front armrest with storage comportme nt
Opening and closing the storage
compartment
- To open th e storage compar tment lift
th e armr est in the direction of the arrow
55 .
Applies to vehicles: with rear armrest
- To clo se th e s torag e co mpartm en t, pu ll
do wn the a rm re st.
Cooling the s torag e compartment in the front
ce nter armr est
In ve hicles w ith air co nditi oning there is a n
ou tlet in the s to rage c omp artm ent (pro vid ed a
C D Chang er
no t be en in sta lled) . D ep ending
o f th e settin g of th e front controls =: page 81 or
84 cold or h eat ed air ca n be g uid ed int o
th e co mpartm ent . Turn th e air outl et t o o pen
a nd clo se it.
WARNING
Str iking an open armrest cover can cause se­
riou s inju ry in a cras h.
• Always keep the armrest closed when th e
ve hicl e is m ov ing.
Opti onal e quipm ent
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-Fold th e rear armr est do wn complete ly .
- Pre ss the s torage compa rtment relea se
c at ch
56
- Lift th e storage compartme nt
WARNING
St riki ng an open armrest cover ca n cause se ­
r ious injury in a cras h.
• Always keep the ar mr est clo sed when the
ve hicl e is movin g.