Volkswagen Golf GTI 2016, Owner'S Manual

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restrained for their age and size.
During a frontal collision, a child restraint or infant carrier on the
front seat could be hit and knocked out of position by the inflating
front passenger airbag. The airbag could significantly reduce the
effectiveness of the child restraint and even seriously injure a child
while deploying.
Because of this danger, and because children are generally better
protected on the rear seat when properly restrained for their age
and size, we strongly urge you to always make sure that children
ride on the rear seat → Child safety and child restraints , and
→ Advanced Airbag System, infants, child restraints and children on
the front seat .
A front seat passenger, especially an infant or small child, will be
seriously injured and can even be killed if too close to the airbag
when it deploys – even an Advanced Airbag.
All vehicle occupants and especially children must be
restrained properly whenever riding in a vehicle. An
unrestrained or improperly restrained child could be injured by
striking the interior or by being ejected from the vehicle during
a sudden maneuver or impact. An unrestrained or improperly
DANGER