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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 .

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best way to prote ct the fetus is to make sure that expectant mothers always
wear safety belts
20.
- Adjust the front seat and head restrai nt
corr ectly
4.
- Make sure the seat back of th e rear seat
ben ch is in upright position and sec urely
l a tched in place befor e usin g th e be lt. -
Hold the belt by the tongue and pu ll it
eve nly acro ss the ch est a nd pelv is
1 5 .
- Inse rt the tongu e into th e correct
buck le for your seat until you hear it latch
- Pull on the belt to make sure that it i s se­
cu re ly latched in the buckle.
WARNING
I mproper ly po sition ed safety belt s can cause
ser ious persona l injury in a n acciden t.
• Expecta nt mothers must always wear the
l ap por tion of the safety be lt
low as possible
across the pelvis and below the round ing of
the abdomen.
• Always read and heed all WARNINGS and
ot her importan t informa tion
17, "Im­
port ant safety instructions about safety
belt s".
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Safety belt extender
A safety belt extende r is available if a belt is too short for the driver o r a pas­
seng e,:
F ig . 16 Safety be lt ex tender
If a safe ty belt is too s hort t o co rrectly fit yo u or
one of your pa sse ngers , even when th e
b elt is pull ed o ut the way, you ca n use a safe ty
b elt ex te nd er 16 . Neve r use th e sa fe ty belt
ex te nd er any o ther purp ose. att ac hm ent of a child re straint.
Th e extender adds about
8 inche s (200 mm ) to
t h e sa fety belt. When is r e quired. always re­
mo ve extender and stow it safe ly. See y our
a uthoriz ed Vo lksw agen d ealer for assista nce if
a n ex te nder i s re- qui re d.
How to faste n the s afet y be lt extender properly
23 , "Fa steni ng th e saf ety belt ex te nd er".
WARNING
Im proper use o f the safety belt ex te nder in­
c reas es th e risk of serious perso nal injur y and
d eat h.
• U sing a sa fe ty belt ex te n der w hen n ot
n eede d can increase the r isk of inju ry, es pe­
cia lly in a co llision . On ly use whe n th e safe ty
b e lt i s not lo ng eno ugh when it is wo rn low
a n d sn u g, and in the cor rect sea ting po sition .
R em ove a nd stow safely w hen not needed.
• Never use t he safe ty belt exte nder if you
can faste n th e safe ty belt w ith out it.
• Never use mo re t han one ex tende r w ith a
safe ty b elt . Th e use of more t han o ne ex ten der
ca n ch ange th e way the sa fe ty be lt passes ove r
th e body and ca n ca use ser ious injury.
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WARN ING (continued)
• Neve r leave t he safety belt ex te n der at­
t ac hed to t he ve hi cle safety belt latc h when it is
n ot needed and bei ng use d because t he a irb ag
con tro l m odul e will n ot r ec eive th e correct
s ig n al from the safety belt la tc h and preve nt
t h e Adva nce d Airbag Syste m fro m wo rk ing
proper ly .
• Neve r use the safety belt extende r to secure
a c hild restr ain t.
• Neve r use a safety belt exte nder from an ­
o the r au tomo bile manufact ure r or au to m o­
t ive par ts sto re on yo ur Volk swagen.
• Never use the safety be lt ex tende r you ob ­
t a in ed fo r yo ur vehicl e for a ny o ther ve hicl e,
r egard less o f mak e, mo del o r m odel year.
• A drive r or passe nger who is no t correc tly
r es tra ined ca n be ser ious ly inj ured by striking
th e i nterior o f the passenger compartmen t o r
by t he safe ty belt itse lf w hich can be disp laced
f ro m stronge r pa rts of t he bo dy in to se nsit ive
areas like the abdom en.
• Always rea d and h eed all WARN INGS a nd
ot her im portant inform ation
17, " Im ­
por tan t safety instructio ns about safe ty belt s".
N ote
• Leav ing the extender
10 the safety
b elt bu ckle when the front scat is occ upied a nd
the saf ety belt is not b eing use d
will sig n al the
ai rba g co ntrol unit that the front passe nge r seat
i s occ up ie d and that the sa fe ty b elt is b eing use d.
Th e elec troni c control unit fo r th e airbag system
w ill th en r ece ive incorr ect informat io n that will
ca use the saf ety belt pr ete n sione r a nd fro nt pa s­
s enger air bag to dep loy later in co llision s that
wou ld n orm ally trigge r th ese syste m s ea rlier in
th e colli sion
h elp prot ect an unr estrained
fr ont sea t occ up ant.
• If th e safe ty belt ex te nd er
19 is lef t tached to the sa fe ty belt buck le, th e safe ty be lt
warn ing sys te m will se nse th at the safety belt for
that scat is bei ng use d and the warn ing tone will
not soun d eve n thou gh th e sea t is occup ied and
the safe ty belt i s not be in g

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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Unfastening safety belts
Unbu ckl e th e sa fety belt with the re d re lease button only after the vehicle has
sto pped.
Fi g. 19 Releasi ng the tong ue from the buckle
Push th e re d release button on th e
buckl e
19 . Th e belt to ngue will spring
o ut of th e
Let the be lt w ind u p on the re trac to r as
y ou g uid e t he belt ton gue to its stowed po­
s itio n.
WARNING
Neve r unfa sten safe ty belt whi le th e vehicle is
m ov ing. Doing so will in crea se you r ris k of
b ein g injur ed or k illed. _,.
Applies to with manual safety belt height adjustment
Adjusting safety belt heigh t
Use th e saf ety b elt height adju stm ent to ch ange belt po sition 0 11 th e should er.
F ig. 2 0 Location of manua l belt height adjust er
The safety belt heig h t adju stm ent fo r th e
fro nt seating posit io ns can be used to
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just th e he ight or t he shoulde r portion of
th e s afety belt so that it is po sit ione d cor­
r ec tly.
Pu sh th e uppe r attachment up and hold
it in th is po siti on.
Slid e th e belt an d th e uppe r attachment
up or dow n unt il it i s po sition ed over the
ce nter of th e shou lder
2 0.
P ull th e belt to mak e sure th at the upper
auac hment i s correct ly e ngage d.
WARNING
A lways read and hee d all WARN INGS and
o th er important l7.

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Improperly worn safety belts
Inco rrec tly position ed safety bel ts can cause severe injuries.
Wearing safe ty belts impro perl y can cause
se rious injury or death. Saf ety bel ts ca n
only work when they a re co rrect ly po si­
tio ned on the body. Improper seating posi­
t ions redu ce th e e ffec tive ne ss o f safe ty
a nd will eve n incr ease the risk of in­
j ury and dea th by mo ving the safety belt t o
c riti ca l area s of the body. Improper seating
p osition s also inc rease the risk of serious
i njury and dea th when a n airbag dep loys
a nd str ik es an occ upant who is no r in the
cor rect seating position.
dri ver is re­
spo nsibl e for the safety o f all vehicl e occ u­
pants and espec iall y for ch ild ren. Ther e­
fore:
Safety belt pretensioners
-permit anyone to assume an in­
correct sittin g posi tion in the ve hicle w hile
WARNING
I mproperly worn belt s in crease the risk
of seriou s per sonal injury and d eath whenever
a ve hicl e is being use d.
• Always make sure that all vehicle occu­
pants are co rrec tly res trai ned and sta y in a
corr ect sea ting position whenever the vehicl e
i s bein g use d.
• Always read and heed all WARN INGS and
other import ant inform ation
1 7 .
How safety belt pretensioners work
In a frontal collision, the safety belts for the front and rea r outboard* seating po­
s itions are tightened up automatically.
The retractor s for the driver and fron t pas seng er
po sition s (r ear o utboar d seat ing positions only
i n co mb ination
op tional sid e air ba gs for
th e ou tboa rd rear sea tin g po sit ions ) are
eq uipped with b elt pre1 ensioner s. S en sors ac ti­
v at e th e belt pre te n sion ers in frontal colli sion s
whe n dec ele ra ti on is high enough. Th is tig ht ens
t h e belt and ta kes up belt sla ck.
up s lack help s to re duce forwa rd o ccup a111 mov e­
m ent durin g a co llis ion .
The belt p re te n sioncr can onl y be activ at ed
o n ce.
Th e belt pr ete nsion er can be
in a frontal, s ide or rea rcn cl colli sion. It will n ot acti ­
va te in a ro llo ve r in which side airb ags do not
d eplo y.
Note
Neve r le t th e belt re main ov er a re a r seat back
that has been fo lded forward . T he re ar belt p re - t
en sio ne r• c an be a cti vated unn ec es sar ily in a
co llision and will then have to be rep laced .
Tips
• When the s afety b elt pre ten sion cr is acti­
v at ed, a fin e du st is re lea sed . Thi s is no rm al and
i s
c ause d by fire in th e ve hicl e.
• Applicab le s afet y req uirem en ts mu st be ob­
s e rved when th e veh icle or comp onents of the
sy ste m are scrapp ed .
A qualified dealers hip i s fa ­
mi liar w ith th es e re g ul atio ns and w ill be pl ease d IO pa ss o n informat ion to yo u.
• B e sur e
to obse rv e all saf ety , e nvironm e111al
an d other r eg ul ation s if t he v eh icl e or ind iv idual
pan s of the sys tem, particu lar ly th e s afety b elt or
a irba g. are to be dispo sed. We re co mmen d yo u
h av e yo ur auth orized Vo lkswagen pe rform thi s
s ervi ce for yo u.
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Service and disposal of belt pretensioners
Th e belt p re te n sioner s are of the s afet y belt
a nd installed at th e fron t and rear outb oard •
se atin g positions on your vehicl e. Installin g, re­
mo vin g, serv icing or repairing of b elt pr ete n ­
s io n ers ca n dama ge the safety belt syste m and
pr eve nt th at sys tem from wo rking correct ly in a
collisio n.
T here are some important thing s you hav e
tu kno w mak e sure that the effectiven ess of the
sys tem will not be impaired and that disca rded
co mp onent s do not cause injur y or po llut e the
e n viro nm ent.
WARNING
Im proper ca re, se rv icing and repai r pro ce­
dur es can incre ase the risk of personal injur y
and death b y preventing a belt pr ctcnsio ncr
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Lr!, WARN ING (continued)
from activa tin g w hen needed o r activating un­
expected ly:
• T he belt prcten sioncr system can be acti­
vated o nly once. If belt pretc nsioncr s have
been activa ted , th e sys tem must be rep laced.
• Neve r repair, adjust, or ch an ge any parts of
th e sa fety belt syste m .
• Safety belt systems including belt preten ­
s ioncrs canno t be repaired. Special proce­
dure s are req uired fo r removal , in sta llatio n
a nd disposa l of this sys tem.
•
a ny wo rk on the safely belt system , str ongl y recommend that yo u sec your auth o­
ri zed Volksw agen dealer or qualified tec hni­
cian w ho ha s a Vo lkswage n approved repai r
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sa ril y an indica tio n of whe ther an airb ag sh ou ld
in fla te or not.
is not poss ible defin e a ran ge o f ve hicl e
s peeds w ill cove r every po ssibl e kind and
ang le of im pac t will always trigger the air ­
ba gs, s ince cir cum stances will vary consi d­
e ra bl y betw ee n one c olli sion and anoth er. Im­
fa ctors includ e, for exa mpl e, !h e (h ard or sof t) of o bj ec t th e ca r h its, the
a n gle of impact, ve hicl e sp eed, The fron t a ir ­
bag s w ill also inflat e in side or rear colli­
s io ns. or in rollo vers .
A lway s re m emb er: Airbag s will d eploy only
once, and o nly in certain k inds of collisions.
Your safet y belt s are always
offe r protec­in those si!U alion s in which airbag s no t
s upp osed depl oy, or whe n th ey have a lread y
dep loyed ; fo r exa mple, when your ve hicle str ikes
or is
by ano th er after fir s! co llisio n.
Thi s is ju st
of th e re a so ns w hy an air bag is a
s upp lem ent ary and is not a sub sli!Ule
for a sa fe ty belt. The airba g sys te m wo rks mo st
effecti vely w hen use d with the safety belt s.
Th erefo re, a lways properly wear yo ur safe ty
be lts
13,
WARNING
Silt ing lo o clo se lo !he stee ring w hee l or in­
s trumen t pane l wil l d ec rease !he effe ctive ness
of the air b ags a nd
will incr ease th e risk of per ­
so nal injury in a co llision .
• Never sit clo ser
JO in ch es (25 cm )
injur y is mu ch hi gher.
• You
will also rece ive serious injuries co uld even be killed if you are up agai nst th e
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Cl WARN ING (continued)
airba g or too close to it when it infl ates -even
w ith an Advanced Airbag.
• To re duc e the ri sk of injury when an airb ag
infl ates, always wear saf ety belt s pro perl y
19, "Safe ty belts".
• Always make certain t hat c hildren age 12or
you nger alway s ride in th e rea r seat. If
dren a re not properly res train ed , th ey may be
se vere ly in jur ed or killed an air b ag in­
fl ates .
• Neve r let ch ild ren r ide unr estrai ned or im ­
pr op erly restrained in the vehicl e. Adju st th e
front seats prope rly.
• Nev er rid e w ith the backres t recl ined.
• Alway s sit as far as poss ible from th e
s tee rin g w hee l or the in strum ent pan el
4.
• Always s it uprig ht wit h yo ur back agains t
the back res t of you r seat.
• Never place y our feet o n th e in strument
pane l o r o n th e se al. Alway s kee p both fee t on
th e floor in fro nt of the sca t to help pr eve nt se­
riou s in ju ries to th e legs and hips if th e air bag
in flates.
• Neve r recl ine th e fro nt p asse nge r's sea l to
tr anspo rt objects . Items can also move into
th e area of th e sid e a irba g or the
airbag
durin g braking or in a sudd en maneuver.
jec ts near th e airb ags can become projectile s
and cause injury when an airba g infl ates .
WARNING
Airb ags that have deplo yed in a cras h mu st b e
re placed.
• U se on ly orig inal e quipm ent air bag s ap­
pro ved by V olk swage n and insta lle d by
tra in ed tec hni cian w ho has the nece ssary
t oo ls an d dia gno stic equ ip m en t lo prope rly
r e p lace any airbag in your ve hicl e and assure
sys tem effect ive ness in a
• Nev er permit salva ged or r ec ycl ed airb ags
t o be in sta lled in your