Get Seats and head restraints -> Driver and front passenger seats Guide for Volkswagen Golf 4 Door 2023

Sit as far back as possible from the steering

wheel and the instrument panel.

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Always sit upright with your back against the

backrest with the front seats properly adjusted.

Never lean against or place any part of your

body too close to the area where the airbags are

located.

Driver and front passenger

seats

Introduction

Rear seat passengers who are not properly seat-

ed and restrained are more likely to be seriously

injured in a crash.

WARNING

Always adjust seat, safety belts, and head re-

straints properly before driving and make sure that

all passengers are properly restrained.

WARNING

Improper adjustment of the seats can cause acci-

dents and severe injuries.

Push the passenger seat as far back as possible.

Always be sure that there are at least 10 inches

(25 cm) between the front passenger's breast-

bone and the instrument panel.

Never adjust the seats while the vehicle is mov-

ing. Your seat may move unexpectedly and you

could lose control of the vehicle. In addition,

you will not be in the correct seating position

while adjusting the seats.

Always adjust the driver's seat and the steering

wheel so that there are at least 10 inches

(25 cm) between your breastbone and the

steering wheel.

Adjust the front seat height, angle and longitu-

dinal direction only if the seat adjustment area

is clear.

Adjust the driver's seat so that you can easily

push the pedals all the way to the floor while

keeping your knee(s) slightly bent.

The adjustment of the front seats must not be

restricted by things in the footwell in front or

behind the seats.

If these requirements cannot be met for physi-

cal reasons, contact an authorized Volkswagen

dealer or an authorized Volkswagen Service Fa-

cility to see whether adaptive equipment is

available.

WARNING

Improper use of seat covers can lead to an acci-

dental activation of the electrical seat controls and

can cause the front seats to move unexpectedly

while driving. You could lose control of the vehicle,

crash, and seriously injure yourself and others.

Furthermore, the electrical components of the

front seats could be damaged.

Always hold the steering wheel on the outside

of the steering wheel rim with your hands at the

9 o'clock and 3 o'clock positions to help reduce

the risk of personal injury if the driver's airbag

inflates.

Never hold the steering wheel at the 12 o'clock

Never attach seat covers to the electrical seat

controls.

position or with your hands at other places in-

side the steering wheel rim or on the steering

wheel hub. Holding the steering wheel the

wrong way can cause serious injuries to the

hands, arms, and head if the driver's airbag in-

flates.

Never put seat covers or replacement uphols-

tery on the front seats that have not been ap-

proved by Volkswagen for your specific vehicle.

WARNING

Pointing the steering wheel toward your face

decreases the ability of the driver's airbag to

help protect you in a collision.

Some kinds of cigarette lighters can be lit uninten-

tionally, or crushed causing a fire that can result in

serious burns and vehicle damage.

Never drive with backrests reclined or tilted

Always make sure that there are no lighters in

the seat tracks or near other moving parts be-

fore adjusting the seats.

back farther than necessary to drive comforta-

bly. The farther back the backrests are tilted,

the greater the risk of injury caused by incorrect

positioning of the safety belts and improper

seating position.

Before closing a storage compartment, always

make sure that no cigarette lighter can be acti-

vated, crushed, or otherwise damaged.

Never drive with the front seat passenger back-

Never leave a cigarette lighter in a storage com-

partment, on the instrument panel, or in other

places in the vehicle. Heat buildup in the pas-

rest tilted forward. If the front airbag deploys,

the front backrest can be forced backward and

injure passengers on the rear seat.

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senger and luggage compartment of a parked

vehicle can result in temperatures in the vehicle

that are much higher than the outside tempera-

tures, particularly in summer. High tempera-

tures could cause the cigarette lighter to catch

fire.

there may be different combinations of electrical

and manual controls.

There may be manual and electrical controls on the

same seat.

Electrical seat controls

Press the switch in the direction of the arrow

→ fig. 66:

NOTICE

Sharp-edged objects and items on clothing and belts

(such as belt clips, mobile phone cases, zippers, riv-

ets, and rhinestones) can damage upholstery materi-

al and fabric trim.

A : Slide the seat forward or back.

B : Adjust the seat cushion angle.

To help prevent damage, do not let such items

come into direct contact with the upholstery and

fabric trim.

C : Raise or lower the seat cushion.

D : Adjust the backrest angle.

Lumbar support controls (if equipped)

Press the switch in the corresponding area → fig. 67:

Electrical controls on the driver and

front passenger seats

Adjust the curve of the lumbar support (for-

ward).

Adjust the curve of the lumbar support (back).

Adjust the height of the lumbar support (up).

Adjust the height of the lumbar support (down).

Please read the introductory information and

heed the Warnings and Notice

104.

and on page

WARNING

Improper use of electrical seat controls can cause

serious personal injuries.

The front seats in your vehicle can be electrical-

ly adjusted even when the vehicle key has been

removed from the ignition or, on a vehicle with

Keyless Access, even if there is no key in the ve-

hicle.

Never leave children and persons who need help

in the vehicle alone because the unsupervised

use of the electric seat adjustments can result

in serious personal injury.

Fig. 66 Driver seat: Electrical controls to move the seat

backward or forward, and adjust seat cushion height and

backrest angle (if equipped).

Always make sure that no one is in the way

while the front seats are being adjusted, or

while calling up the stored memory settings for

the front seats. In an emergency, stop automat-

ic seat adjustment by pressing a seat adjust-

ment switch.

NOTICE

To help prevent damage to electrical parts in the

seat, do not kneel on the front seats or apply con-

centrated pressure to a small area of the seat or

backrest.

If the vehicle battery is too weak, the electri-

cal seat adjustment controls may not work.

Fig. 67 Lumbar support control (if equipped).

If your vehicle is equipped with electrical controls

for the front seats, the controls on the front passen-

ger seat either mirror those on the driver seat or

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When entering and exiting the vehicle, be

careful not to come into contact with any

switches that could change the seat adjustment.

Adjust the seat height. Move the lever several

times up or down.

Move the front seat forward or back. Pull the

lever up and move the front seat. The front seat

must lock in place after the lever is released!

Manual controls on the driver and

front passenger seats

Rear seats

Please read the introductory information and

heed the Warnings and Notice

104.

and on page

Introduction

WARNING

Improper adjustment of the rear seats can cause

accidents and severe injuries.

Adjust the rear seats only when the vehicle is

stopped, since the seat could otherwise move

unexpectedly when the vehicle is moving.

Adjust the rear seats only if no one is in the

way.

Always guide the backrest down by hand and

never let it fall into place on its own.

WARNING

Some kinds of cigarette lighters can be lit uninten-

tionally, or crushed causing a fire that can result in

serious burns and vehicle damage.

Before closing a storage compartment, always

make sure that no cigarette lighter can be acti-

vated, crushed, or otherwise damaged.

Fig. 68 Driver seat: Manual seat adjustment controls.

Never leave a cigarette lighter in a storage com-

The manual controls on the front passenger seat ei-

ther mirror those on the driver seat or there may be

different combinations of manual and electrical con-

trols, depending on vehicle equipment.

partment, on the instrument panel, or in other

places in the vehicle. Heat buildup in the pas-

senger and luggage compartment of a parked

vehicle can result in temperatures in the vehicle

that are much higher than the outside tempera-

tures, particularly in summer. High tempera-

tures could cause the cigarette lighter to catch

fire.

The illustration and information in this section de-

scribes all possible seat controls. The number of

controls may vary depending on the version of the

seat.

There may be manual and electrical controls on the

same seat → page 105, Electrical controls on the

driver and front passenger seats.

NOTICE

Sharp-edged objects and items on clothing and belts

(such as belt clips, mobile phone cases, zippers, riv-

ets, and rhinestones) can damage upholstery materi-

al and fabric trim.

Manual seat controls

Key to fig. 68:

To help prevent damage, do not let such items

come into direct contact with the upholstery and

fabric trim.

Adjust the lumbar support. Push the lever for-

ward or pull it backward.

Adjust the backrest angle. Lean forward and

turn the adjuster wheel forward or backward. If

the vehicle has an electrical control for adjust-

ing the backrest angle, see → fig. 66 2 .

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