Volkswagen Polo Owners Manual: Sitting correctly and safely
- Adjusting the seat position
- Introduction
- The dangers of assuming an incorrect sitting position
- Correct sitting position
- Mechanical controls on the front seats
- Adjusting the head restraints
- Removing and fitting head restraints
- Adjusting the steering wheel position
- Centre armrest
- Seat functions
- Seat belts
- Introduction
- Warning lamp
- Frontal collisions and the laws of physics
- What happens to vehicle occupants who have not fastened their seat belts
- Seat belt protection
- Using seat belts
- Checklist
- Fastening and unfastening seat belts
- Seat belt routing
- Belt height adjuster
- Automatic belt retractor, belt tensioner, belt tension limiter
- Service and disposal of belt tensioners
- Airbag system
- Introduction
- Types of front passenger front airbag system
- Indicator lamps
- Description and function of the airbags
- Front airbags
- Switching the front passenger front airbag on and off manually using the key-operated switch
- Side airbags
- Combined curtain and side airbags
- Curtain airbags
- Child seats (accessories)
- Introduction
- General information on transporting children in the vehicle
- Checklist
- Various securing systems
- Using a child seat on the front passenger seat
- Using a child seat on the rear seats
- Securing child seats with a seat belt
- Attaching child seat with lower anchoring points (ISOFIX)
- Securing child seats with the top tether
Roll-back function of the electric panorama sliding/tilting glass roof
First read and observe the introductory information
and safety warnings
The roll-back function can reduce the risk of injury when the electric panorama
sliding/tilting glass roof is being closed ...
Other materials:
Service position for the front windscreen wipers
Fig. 74 Wiper blades in service position
First read and observe the introductory information
and safety warnings
The windscreen wiper arms can be lifted off the windscreen when in the service
position . Carry out the following steps to move the windscreen wipers to the service
position:
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Wear Spots
A wear spot is a flat spot on the tread of the tires that
can be caused by extreme braking maneuvers on subsurface such as
asphalt.
At the same time a tire during the braking maneuver is
rubbed at selective points which ...
Taper
Taper is caused by slightly offsetting the tread and/or the
belt by a few tenths of a millimeter from the geometric center
of the tire. Taper cannot be recognized visually nor can it be
measured with workshop equipment.
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