2019 Volkswagen Beetle Seats and Seat Belt

Introduction

A tiny automobile that pays respect to the famous original Beetle while embracing contemporary design cues and technologies is the 2019 Volkswagen Beetle. The 2019 Beetle normally offers supportive and comfortable seating for the driver and passengers, along with seat belts. The rear seats are small but may fit a few passengers, while the front seats are designed to give a comfortable driving position and sufficient sight.

All sitting positions in the 2019 Beetle have standard three-point seat belts as far as safety measures go. These seat belts are made to safely restrain passengers during collisions or quick stops, reducing the possibility of injuries. In order to protect the wellbeing of its occupants, the Beetle’s safety measures, particularly its seat belts, are a crucial component of the car’s overall design.

Safety Belts Protect

 Belted driver secured by the correctly worn safety belt in the event of a sudden braking maneuver.

• • Please first read and note the introductory information and heed the WARNINGS
• Used properly, safety belts can make a big difference. Safety belts help to keep passengers in their seats, gradually reduce energy levels applied to the body in a collision, and help prevent the uncontrolled movement that can cause serious injuries. In addition, safety belts reduce the danger of being
  thrown out of the vehicle ⇒ fig. 50.
• Safety belts attach passengers to the car and give them the benefit of being slowed down more gently or “softly” through the “give” in the safety belts, crumple zones, and other safety features (such as airbags) engineered into today’s vehicles. The front crumple zones and other passive safety features (such as the airbag system) are also designed to absorb kinetic energy. By “absorbing” the kinetic energy over a longer period of time, the forces on the body become more “tolerable” and less likely to cause injury.
• Although these examples are based on a frontal collision, safety belts can also substantially reduce the risk of injury in other kinds of crashes. So, whether you’re on a long trip or “just going to the corner store,” always buckle up and make sure that others do, too.
• Accident statistics show that vehicle occupants properly wearing safety belts have a lower risk of being injured and a much better chance of surviving a collision. Properly using safety belts also greatly increases the ability of the supplemental airbags to do their job in a collision. For this reason, wearing a safety belt is required by law in most countries including the United States and Canada.
• Although your Volkswagen is equipped with airbags, you still have to wear the safety belts provided. Front airbags, for example, are activated only in some frontal collisions. The front airbags are not activated in all frontal collisions, in side and rear collisions, in rollovers, or in cases when the condi-tions for deployment stored in the electronic control unit are not met. The same goes for the other airbag systems on your Volkswagen.
• So always wear your safety belt and make sure that everybody in your vehicle is properly restrained!

Using Safety Belts

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

Checklist

Using safety belts ⇒ 

• Damage to safety belts reduces their overall effectiveness and increases the risk of serious personal injury and death whenever the vehicle is being used.
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  Check the condition of all safety belts regularly.
• Keep safety belts clean.
• Keep objects and liquids away from safety belt webbing, the safety belt buckle tongue, and the safety belt buckle latch and opening.
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  Do not pinch or damage the safety belt or buckle tongue (for instance, when closing a door).
• Never modify, disassemble or try to repair safety belts and safety belt anchorages.
• Always fasten your safety belt properly before driving and keep it fastened whenever the vehicle is moving.

Twisted Safety Belt
If it is difficult to pull the safety belt out of the belt guide, the belt may be twisted inside the side trim because the belt retracted too quickly when it was taken off.

• • Hold the safety belt tongue, slowly and carefully pull safety belt all the way out.
  • Untwist the safety belt and slowly return the belt by hand.

If you cannot untwist the safety belt, wear it anyway. Make sure that the safety belt is twisted in a spot where it does not come in direct contact with your body. Have the safety belt untwisted immediately by an authorized Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volkswagen Service Facility.

Lockable Safety Belt

• The retractors for the rear seat safety belts and the front passenger safety belt have a switchable locking feature for child restraints in addition to the emergency locking feature. Whenever a child restraint is installed with a safety belt, the safety belt must be locked so that the safety belt webbing cannot unreel. The switchable locking feature lets you lock the belt so that a child restraint can be properly installed and, for example, so that it can’t tip to the side when the vehicle goes around a corner ⇒  Child safety and child restraints.
• To see whether a safety belt is lockable, pull the safety belt all the way out of the safety belt retractor. You should then hear a “clicking” sound as the belt winds back into the retractor reel. Test the switch-able locking feature by pulling on the belt. When the switchable locking feature is active, you should no longer be able to pull the belt out of the retractor.
• The locking feature must be deactivated when a vehicle occupant uses the safety belt.

WARNING
Improper use and care of safety belts increases the risk of severe personal injury or death. ???? Regularly check safety belts and related parts for damage.

• Damaged safety belts must be replaced; they cannot be repaired.
• Always keep safety belts clean.
• Never catch, damage or chafe safety belt webbing on sharp edges.
• Always keep objects and liquids away from the belt buckle and buckle opening.

Fastening and Unfastening Safety Belts

Inserting the buckle tongue into the belt buckle.

 Releasing the buckle tongue from the belt buckle.

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

Properly worn safety belts help to hold occupants in their seats and provide optimum protection during braking or in a collision or other accident ⇒  .
The switchable locking feature makes a “clicking” sound when the safety belt is winding back onto the safety belt retractor wheel after being pulled all the way out. Whenever a child restraint is installed with a safety belt, the safety belt must be locked so that the safety belt webbing cannot unreel ⇒  Child safety and child restraints. If active, deactivate the locking feature before using the safety belt to restrain a person without a child restraint system.

Fastening Safety Belts
Always buckle your safety belt before driving.

• Adjust the front seat and head restraint correctly ⇒  Adjusting the seating position.
• Make sure the seat backrest of the rear seat bench is in an upright position and securely latched in place before using the safety belt ⇒  .
• Hold the safety belt by the tongue and pull it slowly and evenly across the chest and pelvis. Do not twist the safety belt webbing ⇒  .
• Insert the tongue into the correct buckle for your seat until you hear it latch securely ⇒ fig. 51.
• Pull on the safety belt to make sure that it is securely latched in the buckle.

Unfastening Safety Belts
Unfasten safety belts only when the vehicle is not moving ⇒  .

• Press the red button on the buckle ⇒ fig. 52. The buckle tongue is ejected.
• Let the belt wind up on the retractor as you guide the belt tongue to its stowed position to help prevent the safety belt from twisting and to help avoid damage to the interior trim.

 WARNING
Improperly positioned safety belts can cause serious personal injury or death in an accident.

• Safety belts offer optimum protection only when the seat backrest is upright and belts are correctly positioned on the body.
• A person who is not properly restrained can be seriously injured by the safety belt itself if it slips from the stronger parts of the body into sensitive areas like the abdomen.
• Unfastening safety belts while the vehicle is in motion can cause severe personal injury or death in the event of an accident or braking maneuver!

Safety Belt Position

Proper safety belt positioning and head restraint adjustment.

 Proper safety belt positioning for expectant mothers.

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

• Wearing safety belts improperly can cause serious injury or death. Safety belts can only work when they are correctly positioned on the body. A properly worn safety belt also helps to position the occupant so that an airbag can provide maximum protection when deployed. Therefore, always fasten your safety belt and make sure that it is properly positioned over your body.
• Improper seating positions reduce the effectiveness of safety belts and even increase the risk of injury or death by moving the safety belt to critical areas of the body. Improper seating positions also in-crease the risk of severe injury or death when an airbag deploys and strikes an occupant who is not
  seated properly ⇒  Adjusting the seating position.

Proper safety belt position

• The shoulder portion of the safety belt must always run over the center of the shoulder and never over the throat, over the arm, under the arm or behind the back.
• The lap portion of the safety belt must always run as low as possible over the pelvis and never over the abdomen.
• Always wear the safety belt flat and snug against the body. Pull on the safety belt to tighten if necessary.

Expectant mothers must always wear the lap portion of the safety belt as low as possible across the pelvis and below the rounding of the abdomen – throughout the pregnancy. The safety belt must lie
flat against the body to avoid pressure against the abdomen

Adjusting safety belt height
The safety belt position can be adjusted using the following feature:

• Front seats with height adjustment.

 WARNING
Improperly positioned safety belts can cause serious personal injury in an accident or a sudden braking maneuver.

• Always make sure that all vehicle occupants are correctly restrained and stay in a correct seating position whenever the vehicle is being used.
• Safety belts offer optimum protection only when the seat backrest is upright and belts are correctly positioned on the body.
• A loose-fitting safety belt can cause serious injuries by shifting its position on your body from the strong bones to more vulnerable soft tissue and cause serious injury.
• The shoulder belt portion of the safety belt must be positioned over the middle of the occupant’s shoulder and never across the neck or throat.
• The safety belt must lie flat and snug on the occupant’s upper body.
•  Never wear the shoulder part of the safety belt under your arm or otherwise out of position.
• The lap portion of the safety belt must be positioned as low as possible across the pelvis and never over the abdomen. Make sure the belt lies flat and snug against the pelvis. Pull on the safety belt to tighten if necessary.
• Expectant mothers must always wear the lap portion of the safety belt as low as possible across the pelvis and below the rounding of the abdomen.
• Do not twist the belt when attaching it. If you cannot untwist a twisted safety belt, wear it anyway, but make sure the twisted part is not in contact with your body. Have the problem corrected right away by an authorized Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volkswagen Service Facility.
• Never hold the safety belt away from your body with your hand.
• Never wear belts over rigid or breakable objects, such as eyeglasses, pens or keys.
• Never modify the position of the belt using comfort clips, loops or similar devices.

 If you have a physical impairment or condition that prevents you from sitting properly on the seat with the safety belt properly fastened, special modifications to your vehicle may be necessary. Contact your authorized Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volkswagen Service Facility or call the Volkswagen Customer CARE Center at 1-800-822-8987 for information about possible modifications to your vehicle.

Safety Belt Extender

 A safety belt extender properly attached to the factory-installed safety belt.

Positioning of the safety belt extender.

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

If a safety belt is too short to correctly fit you or one of your passengers, even when the safety belt is pulled out all the way, you can use a safety belt extender.
Never use the safety belt extender for any other purpose – including the attachment of a child restraint.
The extender adds about 8 inches (20 cm) to the safety belt. Always remove the safety belt extender when it is not needed and stow it safely. Contact an authorized Volkswagen dealer or authorized Volkswagen Service Facility if you believe you may need an extender.

Key to fig. 55

1. Vehicle safety belt buckle.
2. Buckle tongue on the safety belt extender.
3. Safety belt buckle on the safety belt extender.
4. Safety belt buckle tongue on the factory-installed safety belt.

Key to fig. 56
(A) Safety belt buckle on the safety belt extender.
(B) Distance between the safety belt buckle on the safety belt extender and the centerline of the person using the safety belt extender. The distance must be more than 6 inches (15 cm)!
(C) Centerline of the person using the safety belt extender.

Using a Safety Belt Extender

• Adjust both the seat and the head restraint properly ⇒  Adjusting the seating position.
• Insert the buckle tongue on the safety belt extender ⇒ fig. 55 (2) into the vehicle belt buckle for the seat where the safety belt extender is being used (1).
• Fastening or unfastening the vehicle safety belt ⇒  Fastening and unfastening safety belts.
• Pull the belt to make sure that the tongues are securely locked in the buckles.
• Make sure that the safety belt is positioned properly ⇒  Safety belt position.

Properly Using Safety Belt Extenders

• Use a safety belt extender only when the factory installed safety belt is too short when worn properly by a person in proper seating position.
• Only use 1 safety belt extender per seat and vehicle safety belt.
• Always remove the safety belt extender when it is not needed.
• Never leave a safety belt extender attached to the vehicle safety belt buckle when the extender is not needed and being used with the safety belt. Otherwise, the airbag control module will receive an incorrect signal from the safety belt buckle and this will prevent the airbag from working properly for a person who is not using the safety belt. Leaving the extender attached to the safety belt buckle when the front seat is occupied and the safety belt is not being used will signal the airbag control unit during a collision that the front passenger seat is occupied and that the safety belt is being used. The elec-tronic control unit for the airbag system will then receive incorrect information that will cause the safety belt pretensioner to deploy unnecessarily and the front passenger airbag to deploy later in collisions that would normally trigger the front airbag earlier in the collision to help protect an unrestrained front seat occupant. The airbag will not be able to provide enough protection for an occupant not wearing a safety belt.
• Only use the safety belt extender approved by Volkswagen for your vehicle.

WARNING
Improper use or positioning of a safety belt extender increases the risk of serious personal injury and death.

• A driver or passenger who is not properly restrained can be seriously injured by striking the interior of the passenger compartment or by the safety belt itself, which can be displaced from stronger parts of the body into sensitive areas like the abdomen.
• Safety belt extenders offer optimum protection only when they are properly used.
• Only use the extender when the belt is not long enough to be worn low and snug and the person is in the correct seating position. Remove and stow extender safely when not needed.
• Always make sure the safety belt tongue of the safety belt extender is securely inserted into the buckle for the seating position that belongs to the seat where the safety belt extender is being used. Attaching the safety belt to the wrong buckle will reduce safety belt effective-ness and can cause serious personal injury.
• Never use the safety belt extender if you can properly attach the safety belt without it. Using a safety belt extender when not needed can increase the risk of injury, especially in a collision.
•  Never use a safety belt extender if the distance (B) between the front edge of the safety belt extender buckle (A) and the centerline of the person using the safety belt extender fig. 56 (C) is less than 6 inches (15 cm).
• Never leave a safety belt extender attached to the vehicle safety belt buckle when the extender is not needed and being used with the safety belt. Otherwise, the airbag control module will receive an incorrect signal from the safety belt buckle and this will prevent the airbag from working properly for a person who is not using the safety belt.
• Never use more than 1 extender with a safety belt. Using more than 1 extender can change the way the safety belt passes over the body and can cause serious injury.
• Never use the safety belt extender to secure a child restraint.
• Never use a safety belt extender on your Volkswagen that you got from another automobile manufacturer or from an automotive parts store.
• Never use the safety belt extender you got for your vehicle for any other vehicle, regard-less of make, model, or model year.

NOTICE

• Leaving the extender attached to the safety belt buckle when the front seat is occupied and the safety belt is not being used will signal to the airbag control unit that the front passenger seat is occupied and that the safety belt is being used. The electronic control unit for the airbag system will then receive incorrect information that will
  • cause the safety belt pretensioner to deploy unnecessarily in collisions.
  • cause the front passenger airbag to deploy later in collisions in which the front airbag would otherwise be triggered earlier to help protect an unrestrained front seat passenger.
• A pretensioner that has deployed cannot be repaired. The entire safety belt must be re-placed.

NOTICE

If the safety belt extender is left attached to the safety belt buckle, the safety belt warning system will sense that the safety belt for that seat is being used. The warning light will not come on and the warning chime will not sound even though the seat is occupied and the safety belt is not being used.

Safety Belt Retractor, Pretensioner, Load limiter

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

The safety belts in the vehicle are part of the vehicle’s safety concept ⇒  Airbags and how they work and consist of the following important features:

Automatic safety belt retractors
Every safety belt is equipped with an automatic safety belt retractor on the shoulder belt. As long as the safety belt is pulled out slowly, the shoulder belt will extend to let you move freely under normal driving conditions. The automatic safety belt retractor locks the belt when the belt is pulled out fast, during hard braking and in a collision. The belt may also lock when you drive up or down a steep hill or through a sharp curve.

Safety belt pretensioner

• The safety belt retractors for the driver and front seat passenger have a pretensioner that helps take the slack out of the safety belt and tighten it when the pretensioner is activated.
• The pretensioners are activated by the electronic control unit for the airbag system in front, side, and rear collisions. By tightening the safety belt, the pretensioner helps to reduce the occupant’s forward movement. The belt pretensioner works together with the airbag system; its function is monitored by the airbag system indicator light. The belt pretensioner will not deploy in a rollover if the side airbags are not activated.
• A fine dust may be released upon activation. This is normal and is not caused by a fire in the vehicle.

Safety belt load limiter
The front safety belts also have load limiters to help reduce the forces applied to the body in a crash.

Heed all safety regulations if the vehicle or individual components of the system have to be scrapped. Your authorized Volkswagen dealer and authorized Volkswagen Service Facility are familiar with these regulations ⇒  Service and disposal of belt pretensioners.

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