Volkswagen Golf 2021 Owner's Manual page 67

come on and stay on whenever the ignition is
on, immediately install the rearward-facing
child restraint on the rear seat and have the air-
bag system inspected right away by your au-
thorized Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volks-
wagen Service Facility.
WARNING
Accident statistics have shown that children are
generally safer in the rear seat area than in the
front seating position. Always restrain any child
age 12 and under in the rear.
·
All vehicle occupants and especially children
must be restrained properly whenever riding in
a vehicle. An unrestrained or improperly re-
strained child could be injured by striking the in-
terior or by being ejected from the vehicle dur-
ing a sudden maneuver or impact. An unre-
strained or improperly restrained child is also at
greater risk of injury or death through contact
with an inflating airbag.
·
A suitable child restraint properly installed and
used at one of the rear seating positions pro-
vides the highest degree of protection for in-
fants and small children in most accident situa-
tions.
WARNING
Forward-facing child restraints installed on the
front passenger seat may interfere with the de-
ployment of the airbag and cause serious personal
injury to the child.
·
If exceptional circumstances require the use of
a forward-facing child restraint on the front
passenger's seat, the child's safety and well-be-
ing require the following special precautions to
be taken:
— Always make sure that the forward-facing
seat has been designed and certified by its
manufacturer for use on a front passenger
seat with a front and side airbag.
— Always carefully follow the manufacturer's
instructions provided with the child restraint
or infant carrier.
— Never install a child restraint without a prop-
erly attached top tether strap if the child re-
straint manufacturer's instructions require
the top tether strap for proper installation, or
if required by law. For example, the use of
a top tether strap for forward-facing child re-
straints is required by law in Canada.
— Never put the forward-facing child restraint
up against or very near the instrument panel.
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— Always set the safety belt upper anchorage
to the adjustment position that permits
proper installation in accordance with the
child restraint manufacturer's instructions.
— Always move the front passenger seat to the
highest position in the up and down adjust-
ment range and move it back to the rearmost
position in the seat's fore and aft adjustment
range, as far away from the airbag as possi-
ble before installing the forward-facing child
restraint.
— Always make sure that the safety belt upper
anchorage is behind the child restraint and
not next to or in front of the child restraint so
that the safety belt will be properly posi-
tioned.
— Always make sure that nothing is in the way
that prevents the front passenger's seat from
being moved to the rearmost position in its
fore and aft adjustment range.
— Always make sure that the backrest is in the
upright position.
— Never place objects on the seat (such as
a laptop, CD player, or electronic games de-
vice). These may influence the electrical ca-
pacitance measured by the capacitive pas-
senger detection system and can also fly
around in an accident and cause serious per-
sonal injury.
— 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.
— 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.
— Always make sure that the PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG
on all the time whenever the ignition is
switched on.
— If the PASSENGER AIR BAG
not come on and stay on, immediately install
the forward-facing child restraint in a rear
seating position and have the airbag system
inspected by your authorized Volkswagen
dealer or authorized Volkswagen Service Fa-
cility.
·
Always buckle the child restraint firmly in place
even if a child is not sitting in it. A loose child
restraint can fly around during a sudden stop or
in a collision.
·
Always read and heed all WARNINGS whenever
using a child restraint in a vehicle. See
→ page 36, Safety belts, → page 44, Airbag sys-
Child safety and child restraints
light comes on and stays
light does
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