Volkswagen Golf 2021 Owner's Manual page 60

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Never disassemble or take parts off the seat or
disconnect wires from it.
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Never carry sharp objects in your pockets or put
them on the seat. If the capacitive passenger
detection system in the front passenger seat is
punctured it cannot work properly.
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Never carry things on your lap or carry objects
on the front passenger seat. Such objects can
influence the capacitance registered by the ca-
pacitive passenger detection system, so that in-
correct information is provided to the airbag
control unit. These things can also cause serious
personal injury if the airbag inflates.
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Never store items under the front seats. Parts of
the Advanced Airbag System under the front
seats could be damaged, preventing them and
the airbag system from working properly.
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Never put seat covers or replacement uphols-
tery on the front seats that have not been ap-
proved by Volkswagen for your specific vehicle.
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Seat covers can prevent the Advanced Airbag
System from recognizing child restraints or oc-
cupants on the passenger seat and prevent the
side airbag in the seat backrest from deploying
properly.
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Never use cushions, pillows, blankets, or similar
items on the front passenger seat. The addition-
al layers prevent the capacitive passenger de-
tection system from accurately measuring the
capacitance of the child safety seat and/or the
person on the seat and thus keep the Advanced
Airbag System from working properly.
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Never place or use any electrical device (such as
a laptop, CD player, or electronic games device)
on the front passenger seat. Such devices can
influence the capacitance registered by the ca-
pacitive passenger detection system, so that in-
correct information is provided to the airbag
control unit.
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If a seat heater has been retrofitted or other-
wise added to the front passenger seat, never
install any child restraint system on this seat.
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If you must use a child restraint on the front
passenger seat and the child restraint manufac-
turer's instructions require the use of a towel,
foam cushion or something similar to properly
position the child restraint, make certain that
the PASSENGER AIR BAG
and stays on whenever the child restraint is in-
stalled on the front passenger seat.
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If the PASSENGER AIR BAG
come on and stay on, immediately install the
child the restraint at a seating position on the
rear seat and have the airbag system inspected
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heed the Warnings and Notice
Passenger front airbag
light comes on
Regardless of safety belt use, the airbag in front of
the front passenger seat will be switched off if the
electrical capacitance measured on this seat is less
light does not
than the value programmed in the electronic control
unit.
The front airbag on the passenger side of the front
seat will also be turned off if the electrical capaci-
by your authorized Volkswagen dealer or au-
thorized Volkswagen Service Facility.
WARNING
If the front passenger seat gets wet, dry it imme-
diately.
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If liquid soaks into the front passenger seat, this
can keep the airbag system from working prop-
erly and may, for instance, deactivate the pas-
senger front airbag. If this happens, the PAS-
SENGER AIR BAG
stay on together with the airbag indicator light
in the instrument cluster.
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If liquid is pooled on the seat, but has not
soaked in, this may also keep the airbag system
from working properly and cause the front pas-
senger front airbag to be enabled (turned on),
even though there is a properly installed child
restraint system on the seat. Wet towels or oth-
er wet things on the seat cushion can have the
same effect. The PASSENGER AIR BAG
light goes out when the front passenger's front
airbag is active.
NOTICE
To help prevent damage to electrical and other
parts in the seat, do not kneel on the front seats
or apply concentrated pressure to a small area of
the seat or backrest.
Never install leather upholstery on a vehicle that
originally had cloth upholstery. Never install cloth
upholstery on a vehicle that originally had leather
upholstery. The capacitive passenger detection
system for the Advanced Airbag system will not
work properly if different upholstery is installed
on the passenger seat than the upholstery origi-
nally installed on the vehicle when it was original-
ly manufactured.
How to tell if the front passenger
front airbag is on or off
Please read the introductory information and
light will come on and
on page 44.