2020 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF 8 GTE Owners Manual

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eatbesonproveanoptumvefprotectndurganaccentwhentheyare
routedcorrectorrectseatberoutgreducestherkofsevereorfatairsor
rectseatberoutgaohosthevehoccupantsposnsothatanftg
abagcanofferthemaxumvefprotectnhereforeyoumustaaysfastenyour
seatbeandensurethattheseatberoutgcorrectF
ssumgancorrectstgposncancausesevereorfatairs(->Stgposn
escrtn)
orrectseatberoutg
heshouerbemustaaysionthecentreoftheshouereveracrosstheneck
verorunderthearmorbehdtheback
hepbemustaaysiacrossthepeeveracrossthestomach
heseatbemustaaysiftandsnugonthebodyhtenthebenecessary
orregnantwomenheseatbemustbeposnedevenoverthechestandasw
aspossoverthepemustiftsothatnopressureexertedonthewerbody
-thappisfortheentecourseofthepregnancyF
orrectseatberoutgaccordgtoheht
Thefolwgequmentcanbeusedtoadsttheseatberoutg

eatbehehtadsterforthefrontseats(->Seatbehehtadsterperatn)
eht-adstabfrontseats(->Stgposnescrtn)
WARNG
correctseatberoutgcancausesevererstheeventofanaccentorasud
denbrakgordrgmanoeuvre
heseatbesonofferbestprotectnwhenthebackrestsareanuprhtposn
andtheseatbeshavebeenfastenedproper
heseatbeseoraoseseatbecancauseserusrstheseatbeshts
fromharderbodypartsthedectnofsofterbodyparts(etomach)
heshouerpartoftheseatbemustionthecentreoftheshouerandneverun
derthearmoracrosstheneck
heseatbemustiftandsnugonthechest
heppartoftheseatbemustiacrossthepeandneveracrossthestomach
heseatbemustiftandsnugonthepehtenthebenecessary
orpregnantwomenheppartoftheseatbemustbeaswaspossoverthe
peandiftaroundthe"bue"ofthebel
onottwtthebewebbgwhltheseatbebegworn
everhotheseatbeawayfromthebodybyhand
hebewebbgshounotioverhardorfraglobctsuchasgssesensor
keys
everuseseatbecisetagrgsorslremstoaertheseatberoutg
apersonphysaulpreventsthemfromroutgtheseatbeproperon
tactaquaidworkshoptofdoutaboutanyspecodatnssothatthe
seatbesandabagscanprovetheoptumvefprotectnoswagen
recommendsusgaVoswagendearshforthpurpose
Seatbehehtadster
exttothefrontseatseheht
adster
heseatbehehtadstersforthefrontseatscanbeusedtoadsttheposnofthe
seatbeontheshouersothatcanbefastenedproper
ushtheshouerbeguetogetherthedectnofthearrowsandhoF

ushtheshouerbegueupordownsothattheseatberoutedoverthemd
oftheshouer(->Seatberoutgescrtn)
etgooftheshouerbegue
ulharpontheseatbetocheckwhethertheshouerbegueengaged
secure
WARNG
Neveradsttheseatbehehtwhenthevehmotn
eretractoretensneretensnier
Thesafetybestheveharepartofthevehsafetyconcept(->Abagsysteme
scrtn)(->Advancedabagsystemescrtn)hevehsafetyconcepthasthe
folwgportantfunctns
eretractor
Theseatbesonthedrerseatandfrontpassengerseatswelsthoseontheouter
rearseats(andonthemdrearseatependgonthevefvehequment)re
ftedwhanautomatberetractorattheshouerpartoftheseatbeulreedomof
movementensuredwhentheshouerbepuldsworwhenthevehtrave
ligatnormapeedsoweverthebepuldoutqukordurgsuddenbrakg
urgtraveimountasorbendsanddurgacceratnheberetractorbcksthe
seatbe
astenedseatbesonthefrontseatsmaybetensnedautomatalbytheproacteoc
cupantprotectnsystemcrauatnsorexampdurganemergencystopor
theeventofoversteergorundersteergothseatbesaresckenedagatheacc
entdoesnothappenrwhenthecrauatnhaspassedheproacteoccupant
protectnsystemreadytobetrgeredaga(->Proacteoccupantprotectnsystem
escrtn)
etensner
Theseatbesforthefrontseatvehoccupantsndependgonthevehequ
menthoseontheouterrearseatsreequpedwhbetensners
hebetensnersareactatedbysensorsdurgseverefrontaeandrearcolins
andaopossvehrolversheythtentheseatbesagastthedectn
whhtheyarepuldnyscktheseatbethtenedhcanreducetheforward
movementofthevehoccupantsandthemovementthedectnofthepact
hebetensnerworkstogetherwhtheabagsystemthevehroloverhebe
tensnerwllotbeactatedthecurtaabagsarenottrgered
fedustmaybeproducedwhentheabagsaretrgeredhquenormanddoes
notmeanthatthereafetheveh

eversbetensng(proacteoccupantprotectn
system)
Reversbetensngmaytrgercertadrgsuatns(->Proacteoccupant
protectnsystemescrtn)xampscde
trongbrakg
versteerorundersteer
orcolins
Thereversbetensnersmayremacontuoustensnedaftercerta
drgsuatnsthcaseheseatbesmustbemanualunfastenedwhen
thevehstatnaryandthenfastenedcorrectagaordertoreasethe
betensng
Betensnier
Thebetensnierreducesthepressureexertedbytheseatbeonthebodydurg
anaccent
lafetyrequementsmustbeobservedwhenthevehorcomponentsofthe
systemarescrappeduaidworkshopsarefamlirwhtheserequements(->
Betensnereneraafety)
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Serveanddposafbetensners
Seatbesmaybecomedamageddurganyworkonthebetensnersorwhlremovg
orreftganyvehpartsconnctnwhanyotherrepaworkhdamagewll
otaaysbenoteabheconsequencemaybethatthebetensnerscoufunctn
correctrnotfunctnataltheeventofanaccent
egutnsmustbeobservedtoensurethattheeffectenessofthebetensnernot
reducedandthatremovedpartsdonotcauseanyrsorenvonmentaoltn
uaidworkshopsarefamlirwhtheserequements
WARNG
Therkofsevereorfatairsmaybecreasedtheseatbesutomatbere
tractorsandbetensnersarenotusedcorrectrtheyarerepaedbyanon-pro
fessnasaresuhebetensnersmaynotbetrgeredwhentheyshourthey
maybetrgeredunexpected
nyrepasdstmentsorremovandreftgofpartsthebetensnersor
seatbesshouaaysbecarrdoutbyaquaidworkshopandneverbyyou
yourse(->Accessorsodatnsepasandrenewafpartsescrtn)
eatbesetensnersandautomatberetractorscannotberepaedhey
mustberepced
heabagmodusandbetensnersmaycontaperchrateasecomp
whgtnregardgdposa

roacteoccupantprotectnsystem
troductntothetop
Theproacteoccupantprotectnsystemanasstancesystemthattesactnto
protectvehoccupantsdangeroussuatnsoweverhesystemcannotprevent
acolin
peedrange
Thebasfunctnoftheproacteoccupantprotectnsystemavalbwhendrg
forwardsatspeedsfromapprox0km/h(19mph)
pys
Q)theeventofterventnbytheproacteoccupantprotectnsystemhered
warngmpihtsuponthestrumentcsterdpy
WARNG
Thetelientproacteoccupantprotectnsystemcannotovercomethewsofphys
sndfunctnsonwhtheisofthesystemeverttheextraconvennce
affordedbytheproacteoccupantprotectnsystemtemptyoutotakganyrks
whendrghesystemcannotpreventacolinhesystemnotasubstutefor
thefuloncentratnofthedrer
daptyourspeedanddtancefromthevehsaheadtosuvliyeatheroad
andtraffcondns
hesystemcannotdetectobctsaluatns
heproacteoccupantprotectnsystemdoesnotreacttoanaorpoorv
obcts
efcteobctssuchassafetybarrrsunnentranceseavyraandecan
patheperformanceoftheproacteoccupantprotectnsystemandthusprevent
fromdetectgacolinrk
hesystemmaybefaetrgered

unctnsoftheproacteoccupantprotectnsystem
Basfunctns
Thefolwgfunctnsmaybetrgereddualortogethercrargsu
atnstheeventofemergencybrakgndersteerandoversteerormor
colins
eversbetensngofthefasteneddrerandfrontpassengerseatbes
utomatcsgofthegssroofandsewdowsdowntoagapependgonthe
vehequment
ctatnofthehazardwarngihts
hebesmaybetensneddualortogetherdependgontherespectecra
rgsuatns
ddnaunctnsforvehswhAutonomousEmer
gencyBrakg(FrontAsst)
ForvehswhAutonomousEmergencyBrakg(FrontAsst)hesystemisao
cdecautnoftheprobabliyofarear-endcolinwhthevehfrontthe
systemdetectsthatarear-endcoliniertesseverebrakgcantrger
theproacteoccupantprotectnsystem
ddnaunctnsforvehswhnechangesystem
(SeAsst)
vehsftedwhanechangesystem(SeAsst)heprobabliyofacolinwh
thevehfolwgbehdaocautedwhthesystemishesystemcan
trgertheproacteoccupantprotectnsystemdetectsaprobabcolinwhthe
vehaheadtherkofacolindetectedhehazardwarngihtscanaobe
actatedwharaphazardwarngfshgfrequencyaddntothebasfunctn
oftheproacteoccupantprotectnsystem
ddnaunctnsforvehswhEmergencyAsst
TheproacteoccupantprotectnsystemmaybetrgeredvehswhEmergency
Asstnodreractydetected
ependgontheactatnvehefolwgfunctnsaretrgered
eversbetensngofthedrerfastenedseatbeforabrforextendedper
dofte
ependgonthevehequmentutomatcsgofthesewdowsdowntoa
smalap
ettgdrgproflsectn
vehswhdrgproflsectnheproacteoccupantprotectnsystemad
aptedtothespecehsetupoftherespectedrgprofl

softheproacteoccupantprotectnsystem
Theavalbliyoftheproacteoccupantprotectnsystemdependsoncountry-spec
gaegutnsandthevehequment
heproacteoccupantprotectnsystemwllotbeavalbrwllnbeavalbto
aiedextentthefolwgsuatns
aunctntheESCeversbetensners(->Seatbesescrtn)orabag
contron(->Abagsystemescrtn)(->Advancedabagsystemescrtn)
SRdeactatedorESCrestrted(->Brakesupportsystemsescrtn)
ystemfauorrestrtnofAutonomousEmergencyBrakg(FrontAsst)
ystemfauorrestrtnofthenechangesystem(SeAsst)
ystemfauorrestrtnofEmergencyAsst
eversegearengaged
roubshootg
Amessageshownforashortteonthestrument
csterdpy
heproacteoccupantprotectnsystemfunctnsarerestrtedorthesystemnot
avalbeactateandreactatethevehdresystem
thefauperstsotoaquaidworkshopandhavetheproacteoccupantprotec
tnsystemchecked
ependgonthemaunctnddnaiformatnmaybedpyedthe
vehstatus(->Operatnanddpythefotamentsystemescrtn)S
bagsystem
troductntothetop
Thevehequpedwhafrontabagforthedrerandfrontpassengerhefront
abagscanprovefrontseatoccupantswhaddnahestandheadprotectnthe
seateatbeseadrestratsandthecaseofthedrerteergwheereadsted
andusedcorrectbagsaremeantonforaddnarotectnheabagsarenota
substuteforseatbeseatbesmustaaysbewornvenwhenthefrontseatsare
equpedwhfrontabags

WARNG
Neverresoontheabagsystemforyourprotectn
venanabagtrgeredonoffersauxliryprotectn
heabagsystemoffersthebestvefprotectnndreducestherkofry
henseatbesareproperworn(->Seatbesescrtn)
eforeeverytrachvehoccupantmustadoptthecorrectstgposnor
rectfastentheseatbebenggtotheseatandkeepfastenedproper
throughoutthetrhappistoalehoccupantsandaourbantraff
WARNG
Therkofrycreasesthereareanyobctsbetweenthevehoccupantsand
thedepymentareaoftheabagwhentrgeredhwllerthedepyment
zoneoftheabagrtheobctswllefngagastthebody
everhoanyobctsyourhandoronyourpwhlthevehmotn
evertransportanyobctsonthefrontpassengerseatheobctscouenterthe
depymentzoneoftheabagdurgsuddenbrakgordrgmanoeuvresandthen
befngdangerousthroughthevehterrtheabagactated
heremustbenootherpersonsnaorobctsbetweenthevehoccupants
stgonthefrontseatsandrearouterseatsandthedepymentzonesofthe
abagsnsurethatchlrenandaduskeeptothru
WARNG
Theabagsystemcanonbetrgeredoncehesystemwllavetoberepcedthe
abagshavebeentrgered
bagsthathavebeentrgeredndanyaffectedsystempartsustmedte
berepcedwhnewpartsthatareapprovedbyVoswagenfortheveh
epasandmodatnstoyourvehshouonbecarrdoutbyaquaid
workshopuaidworkshopshavethenecessarytoognostequmente
paformatnandquaidpersonne
everuserecycdabagcomponentsorcomponentsthathavebeentakenfrom
end-of-ievehsyourveh
everaeranycomponentsoftheabagsystem
WARNG
Fedustpartsorsteammaybereasedwhentheabagsaretrgeredhnor
manddoesnotmeanthatthereafetheveh
hefedustcancauseratntotheskandeyemembranesandcausebreathg
dfusarturforpeopsuffergfromasthmaorpeopwhohave(had)
otherrespatoryprobmsohereducebreathgdfusetoutofthe
vehoropenthewdowsordoorsformorefresha
youcometocontactwhthedustoushouwashyourhandsandfacewha
mlsoapandwaterbeforeeatg
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