2012 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF service

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make sure that the backrest is
in the upright position.
- Never
make sure that the PASSEN ­
GER comes on and stays on
BAG does not come on and stay on, immediate ­the forward-facing
or an authorized Service
in even when no is sitting in it. A seat can around the during a sudden stop or in a
read and heed whenever using a restraint in the vehi­82, Air­bag system, and Child safety and child restraints.
Fi g. 59 Loca tion and
Location and zone of the passenger front airbag.
Before driving

gen dealer or authorized Volkswagen Service that originally had cloth upholstery. Never
not work if different upholstery is
on page 82.
grammed in the electronic control unit.
Th e fro nt airbag on the passenger side
of the front
seat b e turned off if the weight registere d
on the seat the weight-sensing mat) is than or to the combined weight of
a typ ical 1 year-old infant and
any of the child restraints in Federa l tor Vehicle vanced Airbag in your vehicle is certified .
For a
see The GER BAG comes on and s tays on
to yo u when the front Advanced Airbag on the
pa sse nger side has been turned off.
Passenger front airbag active
on the ignit ion.
Th e weight- sens ing mat regis ters the weight on
the front passenge r seat. that weight is abov e the reference value, the passenger front airbag
the ignition is on, and the GER BAG in the i nstrumen t does not come on , the passenge r front airbag is
ac tive . the has burned out
(s ee belo w). you be unable to w hether the
passenger front airba g is act ive or not.
Using restraints on the front
passenger seat
The airbag on the front passenger side makes the
front seat a pote ntially dangerous for a to ride. Because of this danger , and because dre n are be tter protec ted on the rear seat
when properly restrained for their age and size, we
strongly advise that you always restraint s used
t o certify complia nce of the Advanced Airbag with the suppression
Child ty and child rest raint s; not e below !
How do know when the passenger front airbag has been turned off by the control unit?
The BAG in the come on and stay on to you
whe n the front Adva nced Airbag on the passenger
s ide has bee n turned off by the electron ic co ntrol
unit. Unles s the co mes on and
s tay s on , th e passenger front airbag is act ive 85 .
For safety reasons, you must never use a res traint system on the front passen ger seat less the BAG
indicato r in the instrument cluster. the
passenger front airbag were to dep loy in an
den t, it se ve re ly injure and possib ly the
c h il d in the restraint system . the

PASSENGER BAG light burns out, lhe
airbag monitoring indicator light come on and
signal a malfunclion of the Advanced Airbag tem. Although the burn ed-out bulb not change
the way the front airbag on the passenger side
works , it
SENGER BAG
tem inspected immediat ely by your authorized
V olkswagen dealer or autho rized Volkswagen
Service
Faci lit y.
vehic le occupants and especially dren must be restra in ed properly wheneve r
riding in a vehicle. An unrestrained or properly r estrained child could be injured by striking the interior or by being ejected from the vehicle during a sudden maneuver or
bag .
A child in a rea rward -facing child seat on the front passenger seat will be
The inflating airbag
seat and the child against the seat backrest, center armrest , door, or roof.
restraint properly ins talled and u se d at on e of the rea r seating position s provides the highes t degre e of protection for infants and children in most accident situations.
Fo r their own safety,
a child restraint, always the manufacturer' s
To reduce the risk of serious injury, make
sure that the PASSENGER light come s on and stays on whenever a child restraint is insta lled on the front passenger sea t and the ignition is switched on. T ake the child restraint off the front passenger seat and it properly at one of t he seat ing positions on the rea r seat if the BAG light does not stay on.
H ave the airbag system insp ec ted immediate­ly by an authorized Volkswage n dealer or an
authorized Volksw agen Facility.
you must u se a child restraint on the front passeng er seat and the child restraint manufa cturer's instructions require the use of a towel, foam cushion or som ething similar to properly position the re strain t, make certain that the BAG light comes on and stays when ever the child restrain t is installed on the front passenger
sea t.
Otherwise , the tem on the rear sea t!
Changes in weight on the passenger seat while driving can switch the passenger front airbag on or off so that it does not deploy when it should or deploys when it should not,
r esulting in an increa sed risk of se riou s sonal injury.
Do not carry anything on your lap or transport things on the passeng er sea t. Things on the passenger seat can influence the weight registered by the weight-se nsing mat, sending the wrong information to the
airbag control unit. These objects can als o
ca use serio us personal injury if the airbag
g er door, supporting body weight on the rest, or by holding the grab handle on the stru m ent pane l.
Always mak e sure that a child res traint ha s bee n reg istered by the the status of the Advan ce d Airbag changes while the vehicle is moving, the light blinks for about 5 seco nds to catch the driv-er's attention . this happen s, alway s s top as soon as it is sa fe to do so and chec k to mak e

Child safety and child restraints
this section
Important safety inst ructions for using child
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
U sing a child restraint on the rear seat . . . . . .
Infant seats.............................
res traints with a safety belt . . . 115
Securing the child restra int with LATCH/
U CRA lower universa l a n cho rages . . . . . . . . . 118
Secu ring a chil d rest rai nt wit h the
Top Tether
st rap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
or other acciden t also apply to children
de­
signed for th eir size. weight, and body structu re .
M any countries and
states of th e United States
and provinces of Canada have laws requ ir in g t he
use of approved child res traint sys tems fo r i nfants
and
a fron ta l crash at a speed of
be more than times the weight of the child. This means the effective weight of the
kg) . Under these conditions . only
an appropriate child restraint properly used can re­
duce the risk
of serious injury. Child restraints, like safety must be used properly to be ef­
fe ctive. Used improperly, they can increase the risk of serious injury in an accident.
the child seat manufacturer's instructions to be sure the seat is right for your child's size 121, Sources ofinformation about child re­
straints and their use. Please be sure to read and
heed
abou t child safety, Advanced Airbags, and
the
Safety
Airbag system
A child in a r earward -fac ing child seat in­
stalled on the front pa ssenger seat
se at and
Always re arward-fa cing child seats on the rear s eat.
you ha ve, in exce ptional circumstances,
nevertheless d eci de d t o sea t on the front passenger seat
a nd the PASSENGER light does not come on and sta y on when ever the ignition is on , immed iatel y th e rear ­
w ard-fa cin g sea t on the rear se at and have the airba g sy s te m insp ec te d right aw ay
by your authorized Volk sw age n dealer or au­thorized V olk sw age n Service
Accident statistics h ave sh own that c h ildren
are sa fe r in the rea r se at are a than
i n the front seating position . A lw ay s restrain
any a g e 12 and unde r in the rear.
Sittin g properl y and safe ly

Before installing a restraint on the front pas­
senger seat, be sure to
1 and
When using the vehicle safety to install a seat, you must first activate the switc hable
l ock ing fea ture on the safety to seat from moving
Push the
Fasten the harness webbing that is part of the restraint system securely and one finger underneath the
sho ulder portion at the c hest.
Attach the tether strap to the tethe r anchorage
for the seati ng position where the restraint is
being installed
a tether strap is being used to tie the re­
s tr aint to the front passenger seat, make sure that
it is not so tight that it causes the weight-sensing
mat to measure more weight than is actually on the
seat.
The airb
ag the passenger side makes the front
sea t a po tentially for a
in a forward -facing seat. is a very dan­
gerous
m ust take special precautions when a restraint with the safe ty or wit h
L A TCH /UCRA
rout e the unused center seat safety and the unused safe ty for the sea ting positio n
where the LATCH/UCRA
prevent a with the unused
sea t or improp erly a
or other em erg ency
situation .
Children on the front seat of any car, even
with Advanced Airbags, can be seriously in ­jure d or even
Before driving
DANGER (continued)
A seat in­
and can be if the front a irbag inflate s -even with an Advanced Air­
bag System .
hit the
sma sh the against the
backrest, center armrest, door or roof.
sea ts
o n th e re ar seat.
you must a rearward facing sea t on the front passenger seat beca use of exceptional circumstances, but the BAG
sea t a t a seating position on the
r ea r seat and have the airbag system inspect­
ed right away by your authorized Volkswagen or a uthorized Volkswagen Service Fa­
read and heed whenever using a restrain t in a vehicle. 82, Air­bag system, and
An improperly restrain t ca n in­terfere with the airbag as it deploy s and seri­injure or even even with
an Advanced Airbag System .
except ional circumstances require the use of a forward-facing sa fety and
w ell-being require the specia l pre­
cau tion s to be taken :
- Forward-facing
sea ts on the front passenger seat may interfe re
with the deployment of the airbag and
cause serious injury to the
-make sure that the forward-fac­
ing seat has been desig ned and certified
by
its m anufa cturer for u se on a fron t pas­
senger seat with a front and sid e a irbag.
-
sea t or carrier.
- N
ever a
t ethe r strap to be use d.

Fig. 68 Markings for the anchorages on t he seat.
tory information and heed the WARN­on page
for Lowe r An­
cho rs and Tethers for Canada, Univer­Restrai nt A nchorages (UCRA) is used to
describ e the combina tion of top tether straps and
l ower an chorages .
lower univer­anchorages.
T he circular markings
on the rear seat backrest you to the lowe r anchorages for the 2 outboard seating posit ions 68.
The anchorage at­
t ach men t poi nts are between the rear seat back­
re st and seat cu shion .
universal anchorages secure
th e child restraint system in the seat without using
th e vehicle's safety
of improper restraint tion.
Remember th at the
ancho ra ge poin ts are int end ed for insta llat ion
and attachme nt of restraint s speci fically certi­
fied for use with these anchorages.
be
restraint
systems to one an­
c hora ge point at the same time. For instance , you
must not
Befo re driving
anchorage points .
T here are 2 ways to attach an appropr iate
re­
straint to the anc ho­
rages :
Rigid connectors on bars at the back of the child restraint:
Depending on your vehic le's sea ts, you may want to use guidance fixtures when with
guidance fixtures is easier and protects the
tery. Guidance fixtures are with the not, they can be purchased
f rom an authorized Volkswagen or an au­
t horized Volkswagen Service Facility. The guid­
ance fixtures mu
st be in acco rdance with
t h e manufactu rer's instructions at th e anchorage
po ints between the sea t cush ion and the seat
bac krest.
Make sure the seat backre st of the rear seat bench i s in the upright position and securely latch­
ed in place.
or restraint manufacturer) to se­
cu re the seat
Guide the upper tether strap under the rear
h ead restraint (raise the head restrain t if necessa­
ry).
Attach the tether strap ancho rage hook into the
open ing of the te ther an ch orage.
Attach the connectors onto the tower universal anchorages.
Make sure you hear the restraint se­into
it to make certain it is secure and
Release the top tethe r strap (if one is requi red
by the rest raint manufacturer) .
the re-
straint manufacturer's instructi ons.

with the Lights & Vision menu, the feature can
be deactivated by an authorized Volkswagen deal­
er or authorized Volkswagen Service Facility.
use of high beams can distract and blind others, causing accidents and serious injuries.
299.
Switching
The indicator twice as fast if a turn signa l bulb is burned out.
High beams can only be switched on when low beams are on. tory information and hee d the WARN­on page 122.
Turn
the switch to the desired position
Symbol When the ignition is switched off
Fog lights, low beams and parking lights
switched off.
Low beams off, parking lights (if applicable)
Fog lights switched off. The DRL may stay
on for some time.
Fog lights:
The indicator li ght shows that the fog lights are
switched on.
To switch on the fog lights first turn the light
switch to posi tion and then the li ght switch
out to the first detent.
To switch off the fog lights , push the switch
back in from the first detent. To then turn off the
headlights , turn the switch to position
124 Before driving When
the ig
nition is switched on
Headlights off/daytime running lights (DRL) on.
L
ow beams switched on.
H eadlights and fog
switched on
Acoustic warning when lights are not switched off
the following situation, a warning chime sound if yo u tak e th e ke y out of the ignition and
open the driver door. This is to remind you that
l ig hts are still on.
Light switch in position

Adaptive Front Lighting
The Adaptive Front Lighting works only
with the low beams switched on and only at
speeds above about 6 mph
improve road
vehicles equipped with the Adaptive Front
Lighting the feature is switched on and off
via the Assistant menu
the roadway. Th e headlights re­
t urn to their original position after a delay , depend­
in g on the speed of the
Crashes and other accidents can happen when you cannot see the road ahead and when you cannot be seen by other motorists.
not be able to see
f a r enough ahead for safety, especially at dusk or when it is dark . Always switch on the low-beam headlights at dusk or when it is dark.
The taillights do not come on when the daytime running lights are switched on. Ave­hicle without
cool or hum id weather, th e insides of th e headlights , th e rea r li ghts, and turn signals
can temporarily fog up. This is normal and does
not affect the service life
of the vehic le's lightin g
system. tory information and h ee d the WARN­on page 122.
Instrument panel lighting
Whe n the lights are on, the brightness of the in­
strument panel lighting is ad justed by turning the
thumbwhee l
Instrument cluster brightness
Whe n t he lights are sw itched on, you can adjust
the brightness of the in strument cluster li ghting by turning the thumbw hee l
Before driving
some vehicles with daytime running lights
(DRL), the instrument lighting switches on
need to
switch the head lights on
turn on
the headlight range is
Headlights that are aimed to o high because of the way the vehicle is loaded can blind and distract other drivers. This can lead to a
crash and serious per sonal injuries.
Always adjust headlights to loading condi-tions so that they do not blind others.