Volkswagen Golf GTI 2016, Owner'S Manual

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Never recline the front passenger seat to transport objects.
Items can also move into the deployment area of the side
airbags or the front airbag during braking or in a sudden
maneuver. Objects near the airbags can fly dangerously
through the passenger compartment and cause injury,
particularly when the seat is reclined and the airbags inflate.
Never place or transport objects on the front passenger seat.
Always make sure that there is nothing on the front passenger
seat that will cause the capacitive sensor in the seat to signal
to the airbag system that the seat is occupied by a person
when it in fact is not, or that the person on the seat is heavier
than he or she actually is. The change in electric capacitance
because of such objects can cause the passenger front airbag
to be turned on when it should be off, or can cause the airbag
to work in a way that is different from the way it would have
worked without objects on the seat.
Always make sure that the status signaled by the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
light is correct for the way that
the front passenger seat is being used.