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Nachtrag: Child safety and child restraints
Stand: 13.01.2017
Englisch USA: 04.2018
Teile-Nr.: 5K7012723FC
5K7012723FC
Supplement
Atlas – edition 4.2018
Model year 2018
Child safety and child restraints
The information in this supplement supersedes the information of the respective
chapters in the following Owner's Manual:
– Atlas Owner's Manual
Please continue to refer to the Owner's Manual in conjunction with this supplement
for information, descriptions, and specifications regarding the operation and care of
your vehicle as well as information and warnings that you must heed for your own
safety and the safety of your passengers.
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Summary of Contents for Volkswagen Atlas 2018
- Page 1 Supplement Atlas – edition 4.2018 Model year 2018 Child safety and child restraints The information in this supplement supersedes the information of the respective chapters in the following Owner's Manual: – Atlas Owner's Manual Please continue to refer to the Owner's Manual in conjunction with this supplement for information, descriptions, and specifications regarding the operation and care of your vehicle as well as information and warnings that you must heed for your own safety and the safety of your passengers.
- Page 2 Signs and symbols Indicates a reference to a section with im- DANGER portant information and safety warnings Texts with this symbol contain information regard- that should always be heeded. ing hazardous situations which will cause death or Arrow indicating that the section continues ...
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Page 3: Child Safety And Child Restraints
Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volkswagen Service Facility. Child safety and child restraints... - Page 4 – Always set the safety belt upper anchor- WARNING age to the adjustment position that per- Accident statistics have shown that children are mits proper installation in accordance with generally safer in the rear seat area than in the the child restraint manufacturer's instruc- front seating position.
- Page 5 ● Always read and heed all WARNINGS when- bag system inspected by your authorized ever using a child restraint in a vehicle. See Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volkswa- chapter Safety belts, chapter Airbag sys- →...
- Page 6 Your vehicle has the following installation op- tions in the second and third row of seats Child restraint installation Second row of seats (2 or 3 seat- Third row of seats (2 seating po- ing positions) sitions) LATCH/UCRA lower universal an- –...
- Page 7 – Convertible child restraints page 14 – Booster seats and safety belts page 16, → → Booster seats and safety belts – Installing child restraints with a safety belt page 18 → The vehicle's Advanced Airbag System has a ca- Child restraints and the Advanced pacitive passenger detection system in the front Airbag System...
- Page 8 GER AIR BAG light does not come on and stay on. Model Manufactured on or after ● Have the airbag system inspected immedi- ately by your authorized Volkswagen dealer Century Smart Fit 4543 December 1, 1999 or authorized Volkswagen Service Facility. Cosco Arriva 22-013...
- Page 9 Push the child restraint down with your full Important safety instructions for weight to get the safety belt really tight so that using child restraints the seat cannot move forward or sideways more than about 1 inch (2.5 cm). Please read the introductory information and ...
- Page 10 WARNING – Volkswagen does not recommend using child restraints that rest on legs or tube- Forward-facing child restraints installed on the like frames. They do not provide adequate front passenger's seat can interfere with the contact with the seat.
- Page 11 ● Have the airbag system inspected immedi- position in its fore and aft adjustment ately by an authorized Volkswagen dealer or range. authorized Volkswagen Service Facility. – Always make sure that the backrest is in ...
- Page 12 Using a child restraint on the rear seat Please read the introductory information and heed the Warnings and Notice on page 1. Fig. 2 Keep unused safety belts away from children in child restraints. Fig. 3 Protective cover for the safety belt buckle. Important special steps when installing a How to tell if the child restraint is properly child restraint with LATCH/UCRA lower...
- Page 13 – Buckle the safety belt fig. → thorized Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volks- – Pull the shoulder belt portion of the safety belt wagen Service Facility. The protective cover all the way out of the retractor to activate the should be attached to the safety belt buckles switchable locking feature.
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Page 14: Infant Seats
passenger seat to the size of the child safety seat ● Always secure unused rear seat safety belts and the child directly behind it. Consider the out of the reach of children in child restraints proper seating position of the passenger →... - Page 15 Top Tether strap. system inspected right away by your author- ized Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volks- – Follow the manufacturer's instructions for po- wagen Service Facility. sitioning the handle of the car seat when it is installed in the vehicle.
- Page 16 Convertible child restraints Please read the introductory information and heed the Warnings and Notice on page 1. Fig. 5 All convertible child restraints have lower anchors and a Top Tether. Figures show how to correctly install a LATCH/UCRA seat. Figure shows the set up of a seat using the vehicle's safety belt sys- tem.
- Page 17 Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volkswagen Service Facility. – Always make sure that the safety belt up- per anchorage is behind the child restraint ●...
- Page 18 Volkswagen dealer or author- ● When installing a child restraint with a safety ized Volkswagen Service Facility. belt, be careful not to get the belt caught in the structure of the child restraint and become ●...
- Page 19 The vehicle's safety belts alone will not fit most – tall enough to sit without slouching; and children until they are at least 4 ft. 9 in. (57 in- – able to keep his or her back against the vehicle ches / 1.45 meters) tall.
- Page 20 front of the passenger compartment, the airbag ● If you must install a booster seat on the front can inflate completely and provide supplemental passenger seat because of exceptional cir- protection in certain frontal collisions. cumstances, the PASSENGER AIR BAG light must come on and stay on, whenever You must take special precautions when instal- the ignition is switched on.
- Page 21 the child restraint manufacturer or by law – Activate the belt's switchable locking feature page 23, Securing a child restraint with the page 20, Activating the switchable locking → → Top Tether strap. feature. – Pull on the safety belt to make sure the safety Regardless of the kind of child restraint that you belt is properly fastened and tight.
- Page 22 – Activate the belt's switchable locking feature Always let the safety belt retract completely into page 20, Activating the switchable locking its stowed position. The safety belt can now be → feature. used as an ordinary safety belt without the switchable locking feature for child restraints.
- Page 23 Universal Child Restraint Anchorages (UCRA) restraint in some cases. If not, they can be pur- is used to describe the combination of top tether chased from an authorized Volkswagen dealer or straps and lower anchorages. an authorized Volkswagen Service Facility. The...
- Page 24 – Guide the upper tether strap under the rear – Attach the tether strap anchorage hook into head restraint (raise the head restraint if nec- the opening of the tether anchorage and pull essary). the top tether strap tight. – Attach the tether strap anchorage hook into –...
- Page 25 ● Always make sure that you hear a click when ● Always remove the guide fixtures from the an- latching the seat in place. If you do not hear chorage points before folding the backrest on a click, the seat is not secure and could fly the second row seats forward.
- Page 26 – Guide the tether strap between the rear seat backrest and the luggage compartment cover, if equipped. – Attach the tether strap anchorage hook into the opening of the tether anchorage fig. → – Pull on the tether strap hook so that the spring catch of the hook is engaged.
- Page 27 Tel.: 1-613-998-8616 (Ottawa) http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Tel.: 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153) http://www.nhtsa.gov http://www.safercar.gov National SAFE KIDS Campaign Tel.: 1-202-662-0600 http://www.safekids.org SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. Tel.: 1-800-745-SAFE or 1-800-745-7233 (Eng- lish) Tel.: 1-800-747-SANO or 1-800-747-7266 (Spanish) http://www.carseat.org Volkswagen Customer CARE Tel.: 1-800-822-8987 ...
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