Safety Belts - Audi R8 2017 Owner's Manual

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- Never remove a safety belt while the vehicle
is moving. Doing so will increase your risk of
being inj ured or killed.
- Never wear belts twisted.
- Never wear belts over rigid or breakable ob-
jects in or on your clot hing, such as eye
glasses, pens, keys, etc., as these may cause
injury.
- Never allow safety belts to become dam-
aged by being caught in door or seat hard-
ware.
- Do not wear the shoulder part of the belt
under your arm or otherwise out of position.
- Severa l layers of heavy clothing may inter-
fere with correct positioning of belts and re-
duce the overall effectiveness of the system.
- Always keep belt buckles free of anything
that may prevent the buckle from latching
securely .
- Never use comfort clips or devices that cre-
ate slack in the shoulder be lt. However, spe-
cial clips may be req uired for the prope r use
of some ch ild restraint systems.
- Torn or frayed safety belts can tear and
damaged belt ha rdware can break in an acci-
de nt . Inspect belts regularly .
If
webbing,
bind ings, buckles, or retractors are dam-
aged, have be lt s replaced by an a ut hor ized
Audi de aler or quali fied workshop.
- Safety bel t s t hat have bee n wo rn and loaded
in an accide nt m ust be re place d wit h the
correct rep lacement safety be lt by a n au-
tho rized Audi dea le r. Replacement may be
necessary even if damage cannot be clearly
seen. Anchorages that were loaded m ust al-
so be inspected.
- Never remove, modify, disassemble, or try
to repair the safety belts yourself .
- Always keep t he belts clean . Dirty be lts may
not work proper ly and can impair the func-
t ion of the inertia ree l ¢
table Internal
cleaning on page 258.
Safet y bel ts
Safety belts
Fastening safety belts
Seat first - everybody buckle up!
.,,
Fig. 14 0 Belt buckle and tongue on t he driver's seat
To provide maxim um pro tect ion, safety bel t s
mus t a lways be positioned correctly on the wear -
er's body .
.,. Adj ust t he fron t seat prope rly ¢
poge 4 7, Seats
and storage.
.,. Pull the safety belt evenly across t he chest and
pe lvis ¢ fig. 140, ¢
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.. Insert t he tongue into the correct buck le of
your seat unt il you hear it latch securely .
.,. Pull on the belt to make sure that it is securely
latched in the buckle.
Automatic safety belt retractors
Every safety belt is equipped with a n automatic
belt retractor on the sho ulder belt . This feat ure
locks the belt when the belt is pulled out fast,
during hard brak ing and in an accident. The belt
may also lock when you drive up or down a steep
hill or through a sharp curve. During normal driv-
ing the belt lets you move free ly.
Safety belt pretensioners
The safety belts are equipped with a belt preten -
s ioner that he lps to tighten the safety belt and
remove slack when the pretensioner is activated .
The function of the pretensioner is moni t ored by
a warn ing light ¢
page 15.
Convertible locking retractor
Every safety belt except the one on the driver
seat is equipped with a convertible locking retrac-
tor that must be used when the safety be lt is ..,.
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