Get Parts, accessories, repairs, and modifications -> Notice about data recorded by the Event Data Recorder and vehicle control modules Guide for Volkswagen Golf 4 Door Sixth Generation (2008-2017)

WARNING

Improper care and servicing, and improper modification and repair work, can increase the

risk of personal injury and death by preventing an airbag from deploying when needed or

deploying an airbag unexpectedly:

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Never repair, adjust, or change any parts of the airbag system.

All work on the airbag system, steering wheel, instrument panel, front seats or electrical

system (including the installation of audio equipment, mobile telephones and CB radios, etc.)

should be performed by authorized Volkswagen dealers or authorized Volkswagen Service

Facilities. They have the necessary manuals, training, and special equipment.

ꢀ The airbag system can be activated only once. After an airbag has inflated, it must be

replaced.

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Use only original equipment airbags approved by Volkswagen. Have them installed by a

trained technician who has the necessary tools and diagnostic equipment to properly replace

any airbag in your vehicle and assure system effectiveness in a crash.

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Never permit salvaged or recycled airbags to be installed in your vehicle.

Undeployed airbag modules and safety belt pretensioners are classified as Perchlorate

Material. Special handling may apply – see http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate. Obey

all applicable legal requirements regarding handling and disposal of the vehicle or parts of its restraint

system, including airbag modules and safety belts with pretensioners. Authorized Volkswagen dealers

and authorized Volkswagen Service Facilities are familiar with the requirements, and we recommend

that you have them perform this service for you.

Applicable only in the United States

Notice about data recorded by the Event Data Recorder and vehicle

control modules

ꢀ Please first read and note the introductory information and heed the WARNINGS

This vehicle is equipped with an Event Data Recorder (EDR). The main purpose of an EDR is to

record, in certain crash or near crash-like situations, such as an airbag deployment or hitting a road

obstacle, data that will assist in understanding how a vehicle's systems performed. The EDR is

designed to record data related to vehicle dynamics and safety systems for a short period of time,

typically 30 seconds or less. The EDR in this vehicle is designed to record such data as:

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How various systems in your vehicle were operating;

Whether or not the driver and passenger safety belts were buckled/fastened;

How far (if at all) the driver was depressing the accelerator and/or brake pedal; and,

How fast the vehicle was traveling.

These data can help provide a better understanding of the circumstances in which crashes and

injuries occur. NOTE: EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if a non-trivial crash situation

occurs; no data are recorded by the EDR under normal driving conditions and no personal data (e.g.,

name, gender, age, and crash location) are recorded. However, other parties, such as law

enforcement, could combine the EDR data with the type of personally identifying data routinely

acquired during a crash investigation.

To read data recorded by an EDR, special equipment is required, and access to the vehicle or the

EDR is needed. In addition to the vehicle manufacturer, other parties, such as law enforcement, that

have the special equipment, can read the information if they have access to the vehicle or the EDR.

Some state laws restrict the retrieval or downloading of data stored by EDRs installed in a vehicle for

the express purpose of retrieving data after an accident or crash event without the owner's consent.

Volkswagen will not access the EDR and/or similar data or give it to others - unless the vehicle owner

(or lessee if the vehicle has been leased) agrees, or;

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upon the official request by the police;

upon the order of a court of law or a government agency; or

for the defense of a lawsuit through the judicial discovery process.

Volkswagen may also use the data for research about vehicle operation and safety performance or

provide the data to a third party for research purposes without identifying the specific vehicle or

information about the identity of its owner or lessee.

NOTE: Your vehicle may be equipped with Volkswagen Car-Net. Please see ⇒ page 28 and the

Volkswagen Car-Net Terms of Service and Privacy Policy at (http:// www.vw.com/carnet) for details

regarding how Volkswagen collects, processes, transmits, uses and shares information obtained

through the Volkswagen Car-Net equipment and service.

Your vehicle is also equipped with a number of electronic control modules for various vehicle systems,

such as engine management, emission control, airbags, and safety belts.

These electronic control modules record data during normal vehicle operation that may be needed by

trained technicians for diagnostic and repair purposes. The recording capability of these modules is

limited to data (no sound is recorded). Only a small amount of data is actually recorded over a very

limited period of time, or stored when a system fault is detected by a control module. Some of the data

stored may relate to vehicle speed, direction, or braking, as well as restraint system use and

performance in the event of a crash. Stored data can also only be read and downloaded with special

equipment that is directly connected to the vehicle.

Using a mobile phone without a vehicle-integrated antenna - some

important things to know

ꢀ Please first read and note the introductory information and heed the WARNINGS

Mobile or cellular telephones send and receive radio waves, sometimes called “radiofrequency

energy” (RF energy), both when they are being used and when they are in standby mode. Current

scientific literature indicates that radio waves that exceed a certain level can have effects on the

human body. Limits and guidelines have been established by governmental authorities and

international committees in an effort to keep the electromagnetic radiation from mobile phones at

levels that will not cause health problems. However, there is no scientifically based proof that wireless

phones are absolutely safe.

Therefore, some experts recommend a precautionary approach regarding the use of mobile phones by

taking measures that lower the personal exposure to electromagnetic fields. When using a mobile

telephone inside a motor vehicle without a proper connection to an integrated vehicle telephone

antenna, the personal exposure to electromagnetic fields will be higher than when using the mobile

telephone while properly connected to an integrated or other outside vehicle telephone antenna.

Your vehicle may be equipped with an optional hands-free system that will permit many of the features

of compatible Bluetooth^®enabled mobile telephones to be used for greater convenience and is

consistent with the laws of an increasing number of states and localities that prohibit the use of mobile

telephones without some kind of hands-free device.

The hands-free system in your vehicle can be used with certain mobile phones that are connected by

wire and hardware connector or via compatible Bluetooth^®enabled phones with a cradle that is

designed to fit your mobile telephone. The special cradle offers several advantages: The phone cradle

must be safely secured to the base plate. Your phone is firmly attached to the instrument panel and is

within reach at all times. Placing the phone in its cradle permits it to be charged, but more importantly

connects the mobile phone to the vehicle's outside antenna. A mobile telephone that is properly

connected to the integrated or other outside vehicle telephone antenna will lower the personal

exposure to electromagnetic fields. You should also experience a better quality of service. Although a

mobile telephone can be used inside your vehicle without a cradle, the phone will not be securely

attached to the vehicle, will not be charged through the cradle wiring, and more importantly will not be

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