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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 re-
straint or carrier.
–
Never install a child restraint without a
properly attached top tether strap if the
child restraint manufacturer's instructions
require the top tether strap to be used, or
if required by law. For example, the use of
a top tether strap for forward-facing child
restraints is required by law in Canada.
–
Never put the forward-facing child re-
straint up against or very near the instru-
ment panel.
–
Always set the safety belt upper anchor-
age to the adjustment position that per-
mits proper installation in accordance with
the child restraint manufacturer's instruc-
tions.
–
Always move the front passenger seat to
the highest position in the up and down
adjustment 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 possible before installing the for-
ward-facing child restraint.
–
Always make sure that the safety belt up-
per anchorage is behind the child restraint
and not next to or in front of the child re-
straint so that the safety belt will be prop-
erly positioned.
–
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 additional items on the seat
that can influence the capacitance regis-
tered by the capacitive passenger detec-
tion system and can cause injury in a
crash.
–
Never place or use any electrical device
(such as a laptop, CD player, or electronic
games device) on the front passenger seat
if the device is connected to the 12 Volt
socket
→
chapter
Power outlets
.
–
If a seat heater has been retrofitted or
otherwise added to the front passenger
seat, never install any child restraint sys-
tem on this seat.
–
Make sure that there are no wet objects
(such as a wet towel) and no water or oth-
er liquids on the front passenger seat
cushion.
●
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 when-
ever using a child restraint in a vehicle. See
→
chapter
Safety belts
,
→
chapter
Airbag sys-
tem
, and
→
WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious injury, always
make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG
light comes on and stays on whenever a child
restraint is installed on the front passenger
seat and the ignition is switched on.
●
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG
light does
not stay on, perform the checks described
→
chapter
PASSENGER AIR BAG light
.
●
Take the child restraint off the front passen-
ger seat and install it properly at one of the
rear seat positions if the PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG
light does not stay on.
●
Have the airbag system inspected immedi-
ately by an authorized Volkswagen dealer or
authorized Volkswagen Service Facility.
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