2010 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF Owners Manual

Damage to safety belts re duces their effective ne ss and increa ses the risk of seri­ous personal injury and death whenever the
v ehicle is being used.
Torn or frayed safety belts can te ar, and
damag ed safety belt hardware can break
web­
bing, bindings, buc kles, or retractors are damaged , hav e the belts replaced immediate­
ly with the correct replacement belts proved by Volkswagen for your vehicle, mod­el , and model yea r.
Fig . 45 Warning light in the instrume nt
Lights up or Possible caus e flas hes
Driver and front p asse nge r have not
tened their safety belts, if fr o nt passenger sea t is occup ied.
Heavy items on the front passe nge r seat.
Whe n the ign itio n is switched on, seve ra l warni ng
and indica tor lights come on brie fly for a func tion
check. They go out after a few seconds.
A warning chime also sounds.
Replacement after a crash may be neces­
s ary even if a sa fety belt shows no visible damag e. Anchorages that have been loaded must also be inspect ed .
D amaged safety belts must be replaced ; they cannot be repaired .
Never try to repair a dam ag ed s afety belt yourself. Never remove or modify the safety
belts in any way.
Have safety belts, bindings, retractors and buckles replaced by an authorized
Always keep the belts clean . Dirty belts
may not work
tory information and heed the WARN­on page 69.
Proper response
Fasten safety belts .
Re move it e m s f
rom fr ont passe nger seat and
stow them safe ly .
T
he safety belt wa rnin g light comes on f or 6 sec­
onds when the ignition is sw itched on. A warning
ch ime also sounds for up to 6 seco nds if the driv­er's safe ty belt is not bu ckl ed . Th e c hime stops
soone r if the driver buckles his or her safe ty be lt.

and the chime go out when both
driver and f ront passenger have bucked their ty
again sound for about 6 seconds, then go off for abo ut 24 seconds, then sound aga in for about anolher 6 seconds. The same thing happens
i f one of the safety fastened warning
of physics
Fig. 46 A vehicle with passengers not wearing safety
on page 69.
The physical principles of a frontal are
s imple . Both the moving vehicle and the passenger
possess energy 46, which varies with
er the vehicle 's weight, th e more energy h as to be "abso rbed" in a c rash.
speed is the most significan t factor .
they are not "attached " to the
increases the risk of severe personal injury or death.
with passengers not wea ring
safety
keep moving at the same speed the ve hicle was moving just befo re the cras h,
in the example are not wearing safety their entire kinetic energy pact with the 47.
The same principles on the highway. Even at
c ity speeds of 20 to 30 mph (30 to 50 km/h), the
fo rces acting on the body can reach one ton
(2 ,000 o r kg) or more. At greater speeds,
these forces are even higher.
of physics don't j ust to frontal they determine what happens in kinds of accidents and properly and safel y 71

What happens to passengers not wearing a safety
driver is thrown forward.
tory and hee d the WARN ­on p age 69 .
Many
That is
in
the seat with the arms and hands . a into
the steering instrument in the way 48.
Never on airbags airbags provide protection. Airbags are not supposed to in kinds of accidents. Even if your
Befo re driving
Fig . 4 9 passengers in the rear seats are
th rown forward on top of the
in orde r
to min imize the risk of severe injury or death in a
crash , regardless
of whether a seating position has
an airbag or not.
An airbag
is since they can
be thrown forwa rd through the passengers in the rear seats endanger not but the driver and other passengers in the 49.

Safety belts protect
Fig. Belted driver secured by the
neuver .
on page 69.
Used safe ty can make a big
to
the body in a co llision , and help prevent the
addition , safe ty reduce the danger of being
thrown out of the vehicle
or through the in the safety crumple zones, and other safety features (such as
airbags) engineered into today's The front
Using safety belts
crumple zones and other passive safety features
(such as the airbag system) are also designed to
absorb kinetic energy. By "absorbing " the kinetic
energy over a longe r pe riod
of time, the forces on
the body become more to
cause injury.
Although these examples are based on a fronta l
collision , safety
whether you're on a long trip or "just going to the
corner always buckle up and make sure
that others do, too.
Accident statist ics show that vehicle occupants
p roperly wearing safety
also
g reatly increases the ability of the supp lementa l
airbags to do thei r job in a collision. For this is required by in
most countries including the United
your Volkswagen is equipped with have to wear the safety
bag systems on your Volkswagen.
always wear your safety is properly restra in -
ed!
o n
Damage to safety reduces their overall effectiveness and increases the risk of serious injury and death whenever the
Check the condition of
webbing , the safety buckle tongue, and the
safety buckle latch and opening.
Do not pinch or damage the safety

Checklist (continued)
Never modify , disassemble or try to repair safety belts and safety belt anchorages .
Always fasten your safety belt prope rly befo re d rivi ng and keep it fastened whenever the vehicle is
mov ing.
Twisted safety belt
may be twis ted inside th e side tr im
because the belt ret rac ted too quickly when it was tak en off.
Hold the safety safety belt the way out.
Untwist the safety belt and slowly return the
belt by hand.
you cannot untwist the safety belt, wear it way. Make sure th at the saf e ty is twisted in a
spot where it does not come in direct contact with you r body. Have th e safety belt untw isted
t horized Volkswagen F ac ility.
Lockable safety b elt
T he retractors for the rear seat safety belts and the
front passenger safety
The switchable lock ing featu re lets
you lock the so th at a c hil d restraint can be
proper ly a nd, for examp le, so that it can't
tip to the side when the
ne r
Fig. 51 th e safety belt buckl e tongu e int o the belt buckle .
Please first r ea d and note the introduc­
on pag e 69 .
Before driving T
o see whether a safety belt is lockab le ,
the
safety bel t a// the way out of the safety belt tor. Test the
switchable locking feature by
u se and care of safety belts
R egularly check safety belt s and relat ed parts fo r d amage.
Always kee p sa fety b elts clea n.
Never c atch, d amage or chafe sa fety b elt
webbing on sharp edges.
Always kee p objects and liquids away from the belt buckle and buckle opening.
Fig . 52 R eleas ing the buckle tongue from the belt
buck le .
Proper ly worn safety belts help to hold occupan ts
i n their seats and provide optim um protect ion dur-
i
ng braking or in a

The switchable locking feature makes a sound when the safety a// the way out. When ever a child restraint is with a safe ty belt , the safety belt must be locked so
that the safe ty webbing cannot unreel 103, Child safety and child restraints. ac­
tive, deactivate t he locking feature before us ing the safety belt to restrain a person without a chi ld re­
straint system .
Fastening safety belts
Always buckle your safety belt before driving.
Adjust the front seat and head restraint correct­
ly
Make sure the seat backrest of the rea r sea t
benc h is in an upright position and sec urely latch­
ed in place be for e using th e sa fety
Hold the safety belt by the tongue and
51.
on the safety to make sure that it is se­curely latche d in the buckle .
Unfastening safety belts
Unfasten safety only when the vehicle is not
Press the red button on the buckle 52.
T he buckle tongue is ejected .
Let the belt wind up on the retractor as you
gu ide the belt tongue to its stowed position to help
preve nt th e safety belt from twisting an d to help
avoid damage to the interior trim.
Im
properly positioned safety belts can cause serious p ersonal injury or death in a n acci­
dent.
Safety belts offer optimum protection only when the seat backrest is upright and belts are correctly positi oned on the body.
slips from the stronger parts of the body sensitive are as like the abdomen.

Please first read and note the
on page 69.
Wearing safety belts improperly can cause serious
injury or death.
ly worn safety belt also helps to position the pant so that an airbag can provide maximum tectio n when deployed. Therefore, a lways fasten
your safety
sea tin g positions reduce th e ness of safe ty belts and even increase the risk of injury or d eath by mov ing the safety belt to critical
areas of the body. seating positions also
inc rease the risk of sev ere injury or death when an
airbag deploys and strikes an occupant who is not
seated properly
The shoulde r portion of the safety belt must
hind the back .
The lap portion of the safety belt must always
run as low as possible over the pelvis and neve r
over the abdomen.
Always wear the safety belt
tion of the safety belt as low as possible across the
pelvis and below the rounding of th e abdomen -
throughout th e pregnancy . T he safe ty belt must lie
54.
Adjusting safety
The safety belt posi tion can be adjusted using the
following features:
Front seats with heigh t adj ustment.
positioned sa fety belts can cause serious personal injury a n accident or a
sudde n braking maneuver.
Always make sure that vehicle

offer optimum protection only when the seat backrest is upright and belts are correctly positioned on the body.
ous injuries by shifting its position on your body from the strong bones to more soft tissue and cause serious injury.
and snug on the occupant's upper body.
portion of the safety belt must be positioned as as possible across the vis and never over the abdomen. Make sure the belt lies flat and snug against the pelvis.
safety belt as as
you cannot untwist a twisted safety wear it anyway, but mak e sure the twisted part is
Safety
on page 69.
not in contact with your body. Have the corrected right away by an authorized Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volkswagen
you have a p hys ical imp airment or
cial modi fica tions to yo ur ve hicle m ay be necessa ­ry.
Contac t yo ur auth orized Volkswage n deale r or author ized Volksw agen Faci lity or call the Volkswage n Custo m er C ARE Cent er at
belt height adj uste rs for the front seats ca n
b e u sed to adjus t the heig ht of t he sh ould er port ion of th e sa fety bel t so tha t it i s pos it io n ed cor rec tly:
Pinch the safe ty belt attach ment togeth er as dicate d by the arr ows and ho ld 55 .
the be lt a nd upp er attac hment up or do wn
until the safety belt is pos it ion ed ove r the ce nter of th e s hould er 7 6, Sa fe ty belt position .
Rele ase the safe ty bel t atta chm ent.
Pull on the safe ty be lt to make sur e tha t the per att ac hm ent is sec urely loc ked in place .
Never
adjust the height of the safety belt
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