Volkswagen Golf 2021 Owner's Manual page 50

— will stay on if the front passenger seat is not oc-
cupied;
— will stay on if the electrical capacitance measured
by the capacitive passenger detection system for
the front passenger seat equals the combined ca-
pacitance of an infant up to about 1 year of age
and one of the rearward-facing or forward-facing
child restraints listed in Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard 208 with which the Advanced
Airbag System in your vehicle was certified. For
a listing of the child restraints that were used to
certify your vehicle's compliance with the U.S.
Safety Standard → page 64, Child safety and
child restraints;
— will go out if the front passenger seat is occupied
by an adult as registered by the capacitive pas-
senger detection system.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG
and stay on if the ignition is on and...
— a car bed has been installed on the front passen-
ger seat, or
— a rearward-facing child restraint has been instal-
led on the front passenger seat, or
— a forward-facing child restraint has been installed
on the front passenger seat,
— and if the electrical capacitance registered on the
front passenger seat is equal to or less than the
combined capacitance of a typical 1 year-old in-
fant and one of the rearward-facing or forward-
facing child restraints listed in Federal Motor Ve-
hicle Safety Standard 208 with which the Ad-
vanced Airbag System in your vehicle was certi-
fied.
If the front passenger seat is not occupied, the front
passenger airbag will not deploy, and the PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG light will stay on.
Never install a rearward-facing child restraint on the
front passenger seat. The safest place for a child in
any kind of child restraint is on the rear seat
→ page 44, Airbag system, and → page 64, Child
safety and child restraints.
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG
when one of the conditions listed above is met, be
sure to check the light regularly to make certain that
the PASSENGER AIR BAG
uously whenever the ignition is on. If the PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG light does not come on and stay
on all the time, stop as soon as it is safe to do so
AND
— reactivate the airbag system by turning the igni-
tion off for more than 4 seconds and then turning
it on again;
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— remove and reinstall the child restraint. Make sure
that the child restraint is properly installed and
that the safety belt for the front passenger seat
has been correctly routed around or through the
child restraint as described in the child restraint
manufacturer's instructions;
— make sure that the switchable locking feature on
the safety belt for the front passenger seat has
been activated and that the safety belt has been
pulled tight;
— make sure that no electrical device (such as a lap-
top, CD player, or electronic games device) is
placed or used on the front passenger seat;
— make sure that no seat heater has been retrofit-
ted or otherwise added to the front passenger
seat;
— make sure that nothing can interfere with the
safety belt buckles and that they are not ob-
structed;
— make sure that there are no wet objects (such as
a wet towel) and no water or other liquids on the
front passenger seat cushion.
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG
come on...
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG
come on and does not stay on continuously (when
the ignition is switched on), take the child restraint
off the front passenger seat and install it properly at
one of the rear seat positions. Have the airbag sys-
tem inspected immediately by your authorized
Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volkswagen Serv-
ice Facility.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG
come on...
The PASSENGER AIR BAG
come on when the ignition is on and an adult is sit-
ting in a proper seating position on the front passen-
ger seat. If the PASSENGER AIR BAG
comes on and stays on under these circumstances,
make sure that:
— the adult on the front passenger seat is properly
seated on the center of the seat cushion with his
or her back up against the backrest and the back-
rest is not reclined;
— the safety belt is being properly worn and that
there is not a lot of slack in the safety belt web-
bing;
— there are no aftermarket seat covers or cushions
or other things (such as blankets) on the front
passenger seat that might cause the capacitive
passenger detection system to miscalculate elec-
trical capacitance.
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