Volkswagen Golf 2004 Workshop Manual page 4

Golf 2004 ➤ , Golf 2009 ➤
General body repairs, interior - Edition 05.2010
1 Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.1 General safety regulations when working on airbag, belt tensioner and battery isolator units
(pyrotechnic components) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.2 Special instructions for belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.3 Storage, transportation and disposal of airbag, belt tensioner and battery isolator units
(pyrotechnic components) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.4 Removing and installing front seat belt (2-door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.5 Removing and installing front seat belt (4-door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.6 Removing and installing front belt height adjuster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.7 Removing and installing front seat belt buckle (2-door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.8 Removing and installing front seat belt buckle (4-door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
1.9 Removing and installing rear outer seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
1.10 Removing and installing middle rear 3-point seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
1.11 Removing and installing middle rear seat lap belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
1.12 Removing and installing rear double belt buckle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
2 Inspecting seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
2.1 Points to check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
3 Checking child seat anchors (ISOFIX) after an accident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
3.1 Points to check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
4 Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
4.1 Overview of locations - airbag systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
4.2 General safety regulations when working on airbag, belt tensioner and battery isolator units
(pyrotechnic components) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
4.3 Special instructions for driver and front passenger airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
4.4 Special instructions for curtain airbag modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
4.5 Storage, transportation and disposal of airbag, belt tensioner and battery isolator units
(pyrotechnic components) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
4.6 Deactivating the airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
4.7 Renewing airbag units following an accident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
4.8 Removing and installing airbag control unit J234
4.9 Removing and installing driver side airbag unit (Golf 2004 ▸) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
4.10 Removing and installing driver side airbag unit (Golf 2009 ▸) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
4.11 Removing and installing airbag coil connector and return spring with slip ring F138
4.12 Removing and installing key operated switch to deactivate front passenger airbag E224
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4.13 Removing and installing knee airbag (Golf 2009 ▸) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
4.14 Removing and installing knee airbag bracket (Golf 2009 ▸) LHD models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
4.15 Removing and installing knee airbag bracket (Golf 2009 ▸) RHD models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
4.16 Removing and installing front passenger airbag unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
4.17 Removing and installing driver and front passenger side airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
4.18 Removing and installing rear side airbag (4-door) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
4.19 Removing and installing curtain airbag on driver and passenger side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
4.20 Removing and installing curtain airbag on driver and passenger side (Golf 2009 ▸) . . . . . . 145
4.21 Removing and installing seat occupied sensor, front passenger side G128
4.22 Adapting components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
5 Seat occupied recognition (USA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
5.1 Safety precautions for when working on seat occupied recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
5.2 Procedure for seat belt tensioner after an accident and /or triggering of airbag . . . . . . . . 154
5.3 Assembly overview - seat occupancy detection (USA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
5.4 Components of repair kit for seat occupied recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
5.5 Removing components of seat occupied recognition (vehicles with manually operated
seats) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
5.6 Installing repair kit for seat occupied recognition (vehicles with manually operated seats)
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5.7 Removing components of seat occupied recognition (vehicles with electrically operated
seats) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
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