Volkswagen Golf / Golf GTI / Golf Variant. Manual - part 367

1.11

Front Belt End Fitting, Removing and In‐

stalling

⇒ “1.11.1 Front Belt End Fitting, Removing and Installing, without

Belt End Fitting Tensioner, 2-Door Sedan”, page 116
⇒ “1.11.2 Front Belt End Fitting, Removing and Installing, without

Belt End Fitting Tensioner, 4-Door Sedan and Wagon”,

page 116
⇒ “1.11.3 Front Belt End Fitting, Removing and Installing, with Belt

End Fitting Tensioner”, page 117

1.11.1

Front Belt End Fitting, Removing and In‐

stalling, without Belt End Fitting Ten‐

sioner, 2-Door Sedan

Removing
– Remove the sill panel. Refer to

⇒ “5.10.1 Sill Panel Strip, Removing and Installing, 2-Door

Sedan”, page 249

 .

– Remove the bolt -3-.
– Remove the bolt -2- and remove with the washer -1-.
– Remove the seat belt loop from the belt end fitting -4-.
Installing

– Guide the belt end fitting -4- through the seat belt loop.
– Attach the belt end fitting with the washer -1- and the bolt -2-.
– Install the belt end fitting with the bolt -3-.

WARNING

Follow the bolt sequence exactly.

Tightening Specifications
♦ Refer to

⇒ “1.2.1 Overview - Front Three-Point Seat Belt, without Belt

End Fitting Tensioner, 2-Door Sedan”, page 83

1.11.2

Front Belt End Fitting, Removing and In‐

stalling, without Belt End Fitting Ten‐

sioner, 4-Door Sedan and Wagon

Removing
• Front seat positioned all the forward and raised all the way up.

– Fold the service door in the sill panel strip near the belt end

fitting toward the inside.

– Remove the bolt -1- and detach the belt end fitting -2- from the

body.

Installing
Install in reverse order of removal.
Tightening Specifications
♦ Refer to

⇒ “1.2.2 Overview - Front Three-Point Seat Belt, without Belt

End Fitting Tensioner, 4-Door Sedan and Wagon”, page 85

1.11.3

Front Belt End Fitting, Removing and In‐

stalling, with Belt End Fitting Tensioner

Removing
– Remove the sill panel. Refer to

⇒ “5.10 Sill Panel Strip, Removing and Installing”, page 249

 .

– Open the cover for the coupling point -1- in direction of

-arrow-.

– Guide the release cable -2- out of the coupling point -1-.

– Remove the bolt -2- and detach the belt end fitting -1- from the

body.

Installing
Install in reverse order of removal.
Tightening Specifications
♦ Refer to

⇒ “1.2.3 Overview - Front Three-Point Seat Belt, with Belt End

Fitting Tensioner”, page 86

1.12

Rear Outer Belt End Fitting, Removing

and Installing

Removing
Only 2-Door Vehicles
– Remove the side trim panel. Refer to

⇒ “5.16 Side Trim Panel, Removing and Installing”,

page 265

 .

Only 4-Door Vehicles and Wagons without Rear Side Airbags
– Remove the wheel housing trim panel. Refer to

⇒ “5.17 Wheel Housing Trim Panel, Removing and Installing”,

page 267

 .

Only 4-Door Vehicles and Wagons with Rear Side Airbags
– Remove the side cushion. Refer to

⇒ “3.16 Side Cushion, Removing and Installing”, page 391

 .

Continuation for All Vehicles
– Remove the bolt -1- on the belt end fitting -2-.

Installing
• The anti-twist mechanism -arrow- on the floor panel must rest

in the belt end fitting opening -2-.

– Tighten the belt end fitting -2- with the bolt -1-.
Install in reverse order of removal.
Tightening Specifications
♦ Refer to

⇒ “1.3 Overview - Outer Rear Three-Point Seat Belt”,

page 88

1.13

Seat Belt Height Adjuster, Removing

and Installing

Removing
– Press the seat belt height adjustment button and move the

slider for seat belt height adjustment into the lowest position.

– Detach the B-pillar upper trim panel. Refer to

⇒ “5.13.2 B-Pillar Trim Panel, Removing and Installing, 4-Door

Sedan and Wagon”, page 258

 .

– Set aside the B-pillar trim with the seat belt webbing still threa‐

ded through it.

– Remove the bolt -4-.
– Remove the seat belt guide -1- with the seat belt webbing.
– Remove the bolt -3-.

– Remove the seat belt height adjuster -2- upward from the B-

pillar.

Installing
Install in reverse order of removal while paying attention to the

following:
– If parts of the seat belt system are removed due to an accident,

replace the belt system bolts.

Note

♦

Replacement seat belt height adjusters are delivered with the

slider in the lowest position (installation position).

♦

If removed seat belt height adjusters are reinstalled, these

should be placed in the lowest position (installation position).

– Engage the seat belt height adjuster -2- into the B-pillar.
– Tighten the bolt -3-.
– Install the seat belt height adjuster -1- and tighten the bolt

-4-.

Note

The seat belt height adjuster button must not be pressed when

assembling the B-pillar trim panel.

– First, insert the B-pillar trim panel -3- upward into the mount

on the roof.

• The mount -2- for the sliding piece of the B-pillar trim must

engage in the retaining pin -1- on the seat belt height adjuster

in direction of -arrow-.

– Seat belt height adjuster replacement part: after installing the

B-pillar trim, push the slider all the way up.

• This unlocks the seat belt height adjuster assembly anchor‐

age.

– When performing the function test, the following conditions

must be fulfilled:

• The seat belt height adjuster must audibly engage in each of

the three possible positions (and also in the highest position).

• Belt height adjuster button must return to upper position by

itself after being pressed.

• The belt relay must swing into vertical position or carrier di‐

rection by itself after tightening the screw.

If any of the listed conditions are not fulfilled, the belt height ad‐

juster assembly must be checked; if necessary, replace the belt

height adjuster.
Tightening Specifications
♦ Refer to

⇒ “1.2 Overview - Front Three-Point Seat Belt”, page 83