2010 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA ECU

Booklet 2.1 Safety first
WARNING (continu ed)
• Forward-facin g child seats installed on the
fr ont passe nger's sea t may interfer e with the
d e plo ym ent of
airba g an d cause seriou s
per sonal injury to the ch ild.
• Always make sur e th e fo rwa rd-fa cing sca t
h as bee n de sig n ed and certifi ed by its manu­
facturer for use on a front seat with a pas­
se nge r front and sid e ai rbag.
• Always carefully foll ow the manufa ctur er's
in structi ons pro vided with th e c hild seal or
ca rri er.
• Never put the fon vard -facing child r e­
stra int up against or very near the instrum ent
panel.
• Always move the passenge r sea t int o its re­
armost pos ition in the sea t's fore and aft ad­
ju stment range, as far away from the airba g as
p ossible before installing the for ward-faci ng
WARN ING (cont inued)
child restraint. The backrest must be adjusted
t o an upr ig ht position .
• Always make sure that nothin g preve nts
t h e front passenger's sea t from bei ng m oved
to th e rearmos t position in it s fore and aft ad­
ju stm ent rang e.
• Never place additional items on th e seat
that can in crease the total weight reg is tere d by
the weig ht-se nsin g mat and can ca use inju ry
in a cras h.
• Make s ure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on an d sta ys on all th e tim e
w hen ever the ig nition i s switch ed on.
• If th e PASSENGER
BAG OFF light doc s
n o t come on and stay on , imm ediately insta ll
t he forward -faci ng ch ild sea t in a rear seating
po sition and have the air bag sys tem inspected
b y yo ur Volkswagen dealer.
Activating the switchable locking feature
Us e the switchable Locking feature to properly secure a child restraint
Always ca refully fo llow t he c hild sear man­
u fac turer's instruct io n s w hen insta lling a
c hild res tra int in yo ur vehicle .
To activat e
th e sw itch able lock ing fe a ture:
- Pla ce the ch ild res train t on a sea t, pref ­
erab ly o n the rear
- Route the safe ty belt around or th rough
the child restra int usi ng the proper path
for the sa fety be lt as speci fied by the child
re stra int manu facturer
- In se rt the belt tongu e into the buckle
fo r that seat ing po siti on.
- Make su re th at the red re lease button is
faci ng away from th e child restra int so that
it ca n be unbuckled quickly .
- Push the c hild sca t do wn w it h your full
we ig ht t o get the sa fety belt rea lly tight
- S low ly pull the belt all the way out.
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-Guide th e safety be lt b ack int o the re ­
t ractor un til the be lt lies fla t and snu g on
the ch ild se at. You sho uld hea r a "c lick ing"
n o ise as t he be lt wi nds back into th e in­
ert ia reel of t he safety belt re tr actor. Tes t
the switch able locking featu re by pulli ng
on th e bc l
l. You should n o longer be ab le to
pull the b elt o ut of t he re tra ctor. The swit­
c habl e lock ing feature is now act ive.
-
s trap or teth er is being used to tie
th e ch ild sea t to th e front passe nger seat,
mak e sur e th at it is not so tight that it
cau ses the weig h t-s en sin g ma t to m eas ure
m ore we ig h t than is actua lly on th e sea t.
- Pull on the safety belt to make sure th at
it is prope rly fastened and tight.
- Chec k th e c hild seat for prope r install a­
ti on by pu llin g on the c hild seat. The child
sea t sh ou ld no t mo ve forward or sid eways
b y m ore than one in ch (2.5 cm) .

WARNING
Using th e wrong c hild res traint or an improp­
e rl y in sta lled child res traint can cause ser io us
personal injury or death in an accide nt.
• Always make sur e 1ha1 th e safet y belt r e­
tra ctor i s loc ke d when
a child seat . unlo cked safe ty belt r etractor canno t hold
the chil d sca t in pla ce during normal drivin g
or in a cras h.
•
buckle th e child seat firml y in pla ce
ev en if a child i s not sittin g in loo se c hild
sea t ca n around during a sud den stop or in co llisio n.
Booklet 2.1 Safety first @
WA RNING (continued)
• Always make s ure th e scat backre st to
w hich th e child r estraint i s in stalled i s in an
upri ght positi on and securely latc hed int o
pl ace an d cannot fold forward. Otherwi se, the
s cat back with
child scat atla ch ed 10 ii
could fly forward in th e even I of a collision or
oth er emergency situation .
•
• /\!ways read and heed all WARNI NGS
when ever usin g a c hild restra ined in a ve hicle
i s being u sed
51. Special precau tio ns
app ly w hen insta llin g a child seat on th e fro nt
pa ssenge r seat
29, restraint s on
th e front seal - so me impo rtant thin gs lo
kn ow"
Deactivating the switchable locking feature
The sw itchable lockingfeatllre for child restraints will be deactivated automati­
cally wh en th e belt is w ound all the way back into the retrac tor
-Press the red button on the safety belt
buckle. The be lt tongue w ill pop ou t o f th e
- Guide th e safe ty belt b ack by hand so
tha t it ro lls e asily onto the retr ac tor and the
trim around t he retracto r w ill not be d am­
aged.
A lways lei the safety be ll retra ct com plete ly into
i ts s towed position. The safety bell ca n now b e
used as an ord in ary safe ty be lt without the swit­
c h able lo cking featur e for child restraint s.
I f the switchable
sh ould be ac1i ­
va 1e d inadvc r1en 1ly, the sa fety bell must b e un ­
fas tened and guide d co mp le tely back in to its
s low ed position to deactivate this feature. If the
sw itch abl e lock ing feat ure is 110 1 d eac tiva ted, the safe
ty belt
w ill gradually becom e tighter a nd un­
com fortab le tu
WARNING
Improperl y in stall ed child scats increase risk of serious persona l injur y and dea th in a
co llisio n.
• Neve r unfa ste n the safety belt to deactivate
th e swi tchable lock ing fea tur e for child re­
s traint s while th e ve hicle i s mo ving . You
would not be res trained and cou ld be seri­
ou sly inju red in an accide nt.
• /\]ways read and h eed a ll WARN INGS
wh en eve r using a c hild r estrained in a vehicle
i s being used
51. Specia l precaution s
appl y when installing a child sea l o n the front
passe nger sea l
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Booklet 2.1 Safety first
Tether anchors
Beginning with model year 2000, Volkswagen vehicles have tether anchors as
standard equipment.
Fi g. 3 4 Tether on ch for the rear seating positions
on the hot shelf
WARNING
Improp er in slallalion of c hild r eslrainl s will increa se !h e risk of injury and clculh crash.
• Improp er u se of ch ild reslrainl anchor s
(l elhcr anchors) could le ad 10 injury in
colli·
sion. The ancho rs are desig ned lo wi1h s1and
onl y !ho se load s imp osed by correct ly
ch ild res lrainl s.
Tether strop
WARNING (continued)
• Neve r m ounl l wo ch ild restra int systems
on on e LA T CI I lower a nch or poinl.
• Never attac h lwo c hild re straint syste ms lo
o ne te th er slrap o r lelher a nchor age.
• Always follow lhe in stru ctions provid ed by
the
of lhe c hild restrain! you in ­
l e nd l o in sta ll in your Volkswage n.
• Neve r use child re strain I t ether a nchora ges
to sec ure safel y bell s or other kind s of occu­
pant restra in ts .
• Never attach a
str ap to a tie- down
h oo k in the lu ggage compar lmenl
• Nev er sec ure o r attach an y lu ggage or
ot her ilcm s lo lhe LATC H l ower anc horages or
to lhe t eth er anc ho rs.
• If a le t h er or
strap is used to att ac h a
c hild r estraint lo th e front pa ssenger sca t,
ma ke s ure thal ii is not so tight , thal ii cau ses
th e we ig ht -sensi ng mat to measur e more
weight than is
o n the seal.
• The hea vier weig ht registered can make
lh e Advanced Airbag Syste m wo rk as !hough
an adull were on the seat and d eploy the Ad­
va nced Airbag w hen ii must be supp ressed
ca using serio us or eve n
inju ry 10
A tethe r is a straight or V-shaped strap that attaches the lop pa rt of a CRS to special
anchorage points in the vehicle
The purpo se of 1e1h er is lO r e du ce for­
ward movem enl of the CRS in a crash, in orde r lo
h elp reduce
risk of head injur y 1h a1 cou ld be
caused by str iking the ve hicle interior.
Forward
C HSs manufactur ed after Sep­
te mber I. 1999, required by U.S. fed eral rcgu­
l alions 10 w ith child head moveme nt
p er forman ce re quirement s. Th ese perfo r­
man ce re quiremems make a tet her ne cessa ry on
m ost new c hild seals
WARNING
Improp er inslallation of child restrain ls w ill
in crease lhc risk of inju ry in a colli sio n.
• Never allach a child seat teth er strap l o
tie-down hook in the lu ggage compartmenl.
• Never secure or att ach any luggage or
ot her ilcm s lo the LATC H l owe r anchorage s or
to the !ether.
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WARNIN G (conti nu ed)
ve hicl e safety b elt to in sta ll the child restra int
in th e center sea ting po siti on.
Booklet 2 .1 Safety first
ways re a an 1e e a
w hen ev er using a child res train ed in a vehicle
i s be in g used
13, "Sa fe ty belts", 27, "A ir b ag sys te m " and 5 1, "C hild
cur ely la tc h ed in place.
- Attac h th e co nn ector s ont o th e LATC H
l owe r an ch o ra ges.
- Ma ke sur e yo u hear
CRS cl ick
cur ely in to place .
- Release o r de ploy the c hild restrai nt
t e th er s trap.
- Gui de the up per tether strap und er the
r ear head res train t (ra ise the hea d r estrai nt
i f necess ary ).
- Attac h
te the r stra p anchorage hook
in to the ope ning of
tethe r anc horage.
- Pull on bot h sid es o f
CRS once
yo u've mounted it to make certa in it i s
cu re a nd pro perl y att ac hed.
Releasing
- Release lowe r lat ch from th e LATC H
lo we r an ch ora ge s fo llowing t he C RS ma n­
u fac turer' s ins truc tions.
- Releas e th e te th er strap.
Hooks attached to adjustable straps
(hook-on connectors)
- Ma ke su re se at bac k of the rea r seal
b en ch is i n th e upr ig ht p os ition an d
cu rely la tc h ed in p lace.
- Press the hoo k-on con nect or with
spri ng c atch r elease onto th e lower
c h orage so that th e connec to r locks int o
pl ace.
- Pull on th e co nnecto r to ma ke su re th at
i t is prope rly att ac hed
th e lowe r chorage.
-Attach bot h stra ps wit h hoo k-on con­
n ecto rs on the CRS sec urely to th e lower
a nch orages.
- Pull stra ps tight follow ing the CRS m an­
instru ctio ns.
- Release or de ploy t he child r estra int
tether stra p.
- Gui de the upper tethe r strap under th e
r ear head restra int (rai se the head restra in t
i f n ecess ary) .
-
t h e te th er stra p anc horage hook
i n to th e ope ning of
tet her an ch orage.
- Pull on bo th o f th e ad justab le straps on
th e CRS a nd p ull also on th e te th er stra p
once yo u've moun ted the C RS to make ce r-
tai n it 's secure and prope rly a ttac hed .
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Booklet 2.1 Safety first
Releasing
- Loo sen th e te nsio n on th e stra p fo l­
lo wing the CRS manufacturer's in struc­
ti on s
- Depre ss the spring catc h on the hook.
- Hold th e spr ing catch in th e depr ess ed
po siti on.
- Move the hook in direct io n of the
ve­
hicle floor so that th ere is enough spa ce to
r e le a se th e co nnector from th e lower an­
c hora ge.
- Rele a se the tether strap
WARNING
Imp roper use of the LATCH system can in ­
crease the risk of serious personal injury and
death in an accide nt.
WARNING (continued )
• These anchors were developed solely for
c hild seals using the "LATCH" system.
• Never allach other child seats, belts or
o th er obj ects lo these an chor s.
• Alwa ys make sure that you hear a click
when latchin g the seat in pl ace. If you do not
h ea r a cli ck th e seal is not secure and cou ld fly
forward and
the interior of the vehicle, or
be ejec ted from the vehicl e.
WARNING
Improp er installation of child restraint s will
increase the ri sk of injur y in an accident.
• Alw ays follow the
manufacturer's in­
s tru ction s for prop er in stallation of the
and prop er use te ther strap s as well as the
l owe r an chorages or safe ty belts in your ve­
hicl e.
• Alway s read and heed th e important infor ­
mation and WARNINGS about ch ild safety and
the installation of CRSs
51, "Child
s afety ".
Where can I get additional information about child
restraints and their use?
There are numb er of so urces of additiona l in­
for mation ab o u1 se )ec 1ion, insta lla tion and
u se :
N HTSA advises that the bes t child safety
i s
t h e o ne fits your child and fits in your ve­
hi cle, a nd that you will u se c orrectly and consis­
tent ly.
Tr y before you bu y!
National Highwa y
Safe ty Adm inistration
Tel.: (888) DAS H-2 -DOT
www.nh tsa. dot.gov
P rog ra m Profess io nals
T e l.: (734) 324-7550
70 Child safety
W\vw.prog ramprofessionnls.org
N ational SAFE KIDS Campaign
Te l.: (202) 662-0600
WW\V.safek ids.o rg
Sa fet y BeltSafe U.S .A
T el. : (800 ) 745-SA FE (E nglish )
Te l.: (80 0) 74 7-SANO (Spa nish)
www .carsea t.o rg
Volk swa gen Custo m er C AHE
T e l.: (800) 822-8987
Tran sport Canada
Te l.: (8 88) 675-6863
www. tc .gc .ca

Booklet 3.1 Contro ls and Equipment
can adjust the head restraints by mouing them and down.
Fig. 39 Adjusting and removing the head restraints
Adjusting the height
- Hold the sid e o f the head restraint.
- Push the head res traint up or down.
C orr ect setting
58 .
- Make sur e that it en gages securely in
position.
- If yo u wish to push the head restraint
r ight down, you must push and hold
button =£lg.
39 on the side of the head
r e straint.
R em oving the head restraint
-Push the head restraint up as far as it
will go.
- Press the re lea se button . Depending o n
yo ur mod el th e re lease button may be lo­
cated either on the sid e of the head re­
straint
or the base of the meta l gu ides
- With out releasing the button, pull ou t
the head restra int.
Removing the rear head restraints
-Push the head re straint up as far as it
will go .
Fig. 40 Adjusting and removing the rear head re­
straints
- Press and hold bu tton =£lg. 40
- A t the sam e time, press the screwdrive r
from the ve hicl e tool kit i nto slot =£l g. 40
pu ll out the head res traint.
Installing th e head re straint
- In se rt the head rest raint into the gu ides
on the rear backr est.
- Push down the hea d restraint. To push
the fro nt head re straint down, you must
pus h and hold butto n
39 on th e
s ide of the head rest raint.
- Ad just the hea d re straint for the person
u sing th e seat.
cen te r r ear h ead restraint was developed
on ly for the center position on the rear seat. Do
n ot install th e hea d res traint in oth er pos ition s.
WARNING
Driving w ithout h ead restraint s or w ith im ­
properly adjusted head restra int s in crease s
th e risk of serio us injuri es in
a in
"C orr ect adju stm ent of head res trai nts" on
58.
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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
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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