2012 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF light

Fig. 58 BAG lig ht o n the instrument
on page 82 .
T he
BAG
on the passenge r side has been
turned off by the electronic con trol unit.
th e bulb for the BAG light burns out, th e airbag indicator come on and signal a malfunction in
the Advanced Airbag
no ger be possible to use the BAG light to make sure that th e bag on/off status is correc t fo r the occupant on the
front passenger seat. Have the air bag system spected immediate ly by your auth orized gen dea le r or authorized Volkswagen cility .
The BAG light blink for
about 5 seconds when:
BAG always make sure that the airbag status
(on or off) as shown by the
GER BAG light is proper for the size ,
age , and weight of the occupant on the fron t
light show
the status of the front seat passenger's front vanced Airbag
toring light goes off. The GER light:
stay on if the combined weight of an infant
up to about one year of age in one of the facing or forward- fac ing restraints listed in
Federal Motor Vehicle with
which the Advanced Airbag in your vehicle
was certified , is detected by the weigh t-sensing
mat in the front passenger seat; For a lis ting
of the
child restraints th at were used to certify your
go out if the front passe nger seat is
ing mat.
The must come on and stay on if the ignition is on
and ...
a car bed has been on the front senger seat, or
a rearward-facing child restraint has been
a forwa rd-facing child restrai nt has been
and if the weight registered on the f ront senger seat is equal to or less than the combined
weight of a typical 1 yea r-old infant restrained in
one of the rearward-facing or forward-facing child
restrain ts listed in Fede ra l Motor
in your vehic le was certified .
the fr ont passenger seat is no t occupied , th e
front passenge r airbag no t deploy, and the light
a rearward -facing child restrain t on
the front passenger seat. The safest place for a
chi ld in any kind of
rest raint is on the rear
seat page
Sitting properly and safely

the BAG
to make certain
tha t the light stays
on continuously whenever the ignition is on.
BAG the time , stop as soon as it is safe to do so AND
reactivate the airbag system by turning the tion off for more than 4 seconds and then turning it
on again ;
remove and
facturer 's instruc tions ;
make sure t hat the switchab le locking feature
on the safety
has been
make sure that things that may increase the
weight of the child and child seat are not being
t r ansported on the front passenger seat;
make sure that the safety buck le on the
front passenge r seat back and fort h;
make sure that nothing can interfere with the
safety buckles and that they are not ed;
if a strap is being used to tie the child sea t to the fron t passenger seat, make sure that it is not so tigh t that it cau ses the weight-se nsin g mat to
measure more weight tha n is on th e seat.
light does not come on ...
the ligh t does
not come on and does not stay on continuously
(when the ignition is switched on). take the child
rest raint off the front passenger seat and
it
properly at one of the rear seat posi tions . Have the
airbag system in spec ted immedia te ly by your thorized Facil ity .
The light should come on ...
The
BAG ligh t should
BAG light comes on and stays on
under these circumstances , make sure that:
the adult on the front passenge r seat is seated on the center of th e seat cushion with his
o r her back up against the backrest and the
the
the safety is being properly worn and that
there is not a of slack in the safety webbing;
accessory seat cove rs or cushions or othe r things th at may cause an incorrect read ing or
holstery of the seat have been taken off the front
passenge r seat;
the optional safety in th e safety
for ab out 5 seconds to ca tc h the drive r's atten-tion.
the light does not go off when an adult who is not very is sitti ng on th e front passenger seat
afte r t aking the s teps describ ed above, m ake
s u re the adult i s properly sea te d and re strain-ed at on e of the rear sea ting positions.
H ave t he a irbag syst e m ins pecte d by your
authorize d
senger se at dete cts an empty seat, the front
airbag on the passenger side
light
the optional safety extender is in the
buckle for the front safety or the front ger safety senger seat is not occupied , the BAG light come on.

When an airbag deploys , fine dust is released.
This is normal and is not caused by a fire in the hicle . This dust is made up mostly of a powder
used to lubricate the airbags as they deploy. This
dust could irritate skin and eyes and cause
ciently when used with properly worn safety belts
and a proper seating position in Introduct ion on page 58
equipment
Your safety and the safety of your passenge rs
shouldn't be left to c hance. Advances in
gy have made a number of featu res availab le to
help reduce the risk of injury in a collision . The
Sophisticated safety belts for
belt pretensioners for driver and front
passenger .
Advanced front airbag system for driver and
front passenger .
ger.
Airbag indicato r
BAG light.
Electronic control unit and associa ted sensors.
Before driving
Head restraints with height adjustmen t
Adjustable steering column.
LATCH/U CRA lower universal and top tether
anchorages for child safety seats at the rear
These features
can't work as a system if they are not always
be tu rned
off if the weight on the front passe nger seat is less
than the amount programmed in the elect ronic
con t
rol unit . Th e front airbag on the passenge r side
will also be turned off if the combine d weigh t of an
i nfant
of about one year of age in one of the child
seats that was used to certify the Advanced Airbag
ard BAG
Never rely on airbags alone for protection.
69, Safety belts.
ery per son in the vehicle is properly seated on a sea t of his or her own, properly fastens the safety belts belonging to that seat before the vehicle starts to move, and keeps the belts properly fasten ed while riding i n the hicle. This applies eve n when just driving around town. Therefore, always wear your safety belts and make sure that everybody in your vehicle is properl y restrai ned .
too close to the steering wheel or strument panel decrease the ness of the airbags and will increase the risk of personal injury in a collision.

no one can guarantee with absolute certainty that the airbag never deploy
can deploy in accordance with the option for 3 to 6 year-old children under the if a child who is heavier than the combined weight of a typical one-year old fant restrained in one of the forward facing or rearward-facing seats with which your vehicle was certified is on the front passen­ger seat and the other conditions for airbag deployment are met.
on the front passenger seat if the front airbag inflates.
smash the child seat and the child against the seat backrest, center armrest, door, or roof.
conceivable situations that may happen during the useful life of your vehicle.
light does not come on and stay on whenever the ignition is on, immediately
ous personal injury to the child.
exceptional circumstances require the use of a forward-facing child restraint on the front passenger seat, the following special precautions must be taken for the safety and of the child:
-Always make sure that the forward-fac­ing child restraint has been designed and certified for use on a front passenger seat with a front airbag and a side airbag.
-
Always carefully the manufactur­er's instructions provided for the child seat or infant carrier.
- Never
straint up against or very near the instru­ment panel.
-
Always set the safety belt upper chorage to the adjustment position that permits proper installation in accordance with the child restraint manufacturer's
Sitting properly and safely 91

on page 82.
The is equipped with an Advanced Airbag
Standard
appl icable at the time your
The safe ty belts for the front seating positions have
safety belt pretensioners which help take up slack
i n the belts. The airbag contro l u nit also activates
the belt pretensioners
59
and i ndicate the airbag deployment zone.
Never place or attach accessories or other objects (such as cup holders , telephone brackets, note
pads, navigation systems, large , heavy or bu lky
objects) on the doors , on the windshie ld, over or
near the area
marked in red (dotted lines).
if the ignition is switched off when a crash
in side collisions ,
in rear -end
in rollovers ,
when the crash deceleration measured by the
ai rb ag system is less than the minimum threshold
needed for airbag deployment as regis te red by the
elec tronic cont
rol unit.
The front passenger front airbag
when the front passenger seat is not occupied ,
when the weight on the front passenger seat as sensed by the Advanced Airbag indicates
that the front airb ag on the passenger side must be
s witched o ff by the electronic control unit (the BAG li g ht
ously injured or even
stalled on the front passenger seat will be riously injured and can be killed if the front airbag inflates.
has been installed on the front passenger
seat, nobody can absolutely guarant ee that
you in exceptional a
light not on and stay on whenever the ignition is on,
dren must be restrained properly whenever
riding in a vehicle. An unrestrain ed or
bag .

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

sure that the airbag on/off status is correct for the passenger riding on the front passen-ger seat. Side airbags
Fig. 61 the padding on the outboard side of the fro nt seat backrests : locat ion an d deployment zone of the side airbags (B).
on page 82.
T he side airbags are in the backrest padding of the
driver and passenger seats 61 B. The is shown by the word The
area marked in red (dotted lines) indicates the
ployment zone of the side airba gs.
a side collision, the side airbag in the sea t rest can and reduce the risk of injury to
the drive r or the front seat passenger.
T he side airbags
for the front seating
duce the risk of injury that can be caused by bags when they pant sitting next to it is not seated properly.
Th e s i
de airbag for the front passenger seat can
be used with properly restraints . ways read and heed whenever using a child restraint in the
vehicle: 69 , 82, Airbag
system , Child safety and child in The dangers of using child straints on the fron t seat on page in
A n electronic control module and side impact
sensors.
airbags in the front seat backrests.
An airbag system monitoring indicator light in the instrument cluster
the side airbag between the vehicle
occ upant and the door. The side airbag system
supplements the safe ty and can to duce the risk of injury to the occupants' upper so.
provide th is additional p ro tection,
the side airbag must
especially to 103.
Th e airbag system is mon ito red
to make sure it is working properly at times. E very
time you turn on the igni tion , the airbag syst em come on for a few seconds
( functio n ch eck) .

The airba g system is not a substitute for your Rather, it is part of the occ upa nt straint sys tem in your vehicle
is import ant to remem ber that the side airbag
s ys tem is desig ned t o help re duce the like lihood of
ser io us injury . H owever , it is importa nt to ber th a t a deploying airbag may also cau se other
i njur ies, su ch as bruisin g, fric tio n burns ,
a nd abr asions . A lso re m ember th a t side airbags
if the ignit ion is sw itch ed off when a crash
in side ured by the sensor is too tow,
in fron t-en d co llisio ns,
in rear -e n d
in rollove rs , unless the deployme nt th reshold
fo r dep loyment stored in the co ntrol unit is met.
so me t ypes of accide nts the fron t airbags , Curtai n Protection ® airbags and side airb a gs ma y
b e t rigge re d t ogether.
An inflating side airbag can cause serious or even fatal injury.
To help reduce the risk of injury when the
supplemental side airbag inflates ,
-
Always sit in an upright position and do not lean against the area where the side
airbag is located.
- Never
let a child or anyone else rest their head against the side trim panel in the area where the side airbag inflates.
-
Always make sure that safety belts are worn correctly.
- Nev er
let anyone sitting in the front seat put their hand out of the window.
on the seat backrests
gerously through the passenger ment and cause serious Injury if the mental side airbag inflates.
any children or other passengers to ride in that space.
coat hooks for thing but lightweight clothing. Never leave any heavy or sharp-edged objects in the pockets.
sonal injury a
Improper use, repair , or disassembly of the driver and front passenger seats can prevent side airbags from working property and result in severe injuries.
seat covers or
ests that have not been specifically
ately by an authorized Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volkswagen
ing damaged by heavy objects hitting the sides of the seat backre sts or force being put on the seat backs, especially in the area
where the side airbag module is located .