The safety belt itself or a loose safety belt can cause serious injuries if it shifts onto soft areas of the body, such as the stomach.
The shoulder portion of the safety belt must lie over the center of the shoulder, and never under the arm or across the neck.
The safety belt must lie flat and securely on the upper part of the body.
The lap section of the safety belt must lie across the lap and never over the stomach. The safety belt must lie flat and securely on the lap. Retighten the
belt if necessary.
The lap belt section of the safety belt must sit as low as possible on the lap of pregnant women and lie flat under the “rounding” of the abdomen.
Do not twist the safety belt while wearing it.
Never hold the safety belt away from the body with your hand.
Do not guide the safety belt over hard or breakable objects, such as eyeglasses, pens, or keys.
Do not modify how the safety belt is routed using belt clips, retaining loops, or similar objects.
Persons who cannot achieve the optimum belt routing due to physical conditions should contact an authorized Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volkswagen
Service Facility about possible special modifications that can be used to achieve the best possible protection with the safety belt and airbags. Volkswagen
recommends contacting an authorized Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volkswagen Service Facility.
Safety belt height adjuster
Please read the introductory information and heed the Warnings and Notice ⇒
Introduction.
Fig. 31 Next to the front seats: safety belt height adjuster.
You can use the safety belt height adjuster to adjust the safety belt routing in the shoulder area according to your individual body size, so that the safety belt can be
correctly fastened:
1. Push down and hold the safety belt height adjustment button in the direction of the arrows fig. 31.
2. Slide the safety belt height adjuster upward or downward until the safety belt lies over the center of the shoulder ⇒ Safety belt positioning.
3. Release the safety belt height adjustment button.
4. Pull hard on the safety belt to check that the safety belt height adjuster is engaged.
WARNING
Never adjust the safety belt height while driving.
Automatic safety belt retractor, safety belt pretensioner, safety belt load limiter
Please read the introductory information and heed the Warnings and Notice ⇒
Introduction.
The vehicle seat belts are part of the vehicle safety concept ⇒ Airbag system. The vehicle safety concept has the following key functions:
Automatic safety belt retractor
Every safety belt is equipped with an automatic safety belt retractor on the shoulder belt section. If the safety belt is pulled slowly or while driving normally, the
shoulder belt will be able to move freely. The automatic safety belt retractor blocks the safety belt from moving if the safety belt is pulled out quickly, for example
during sudden braking maneuvers, when driving on hills, when driving around curves and when accelerating.
Safety belt pretensioners
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