Belt Tensioners - Audi A3 Sedan 2015 Owner's Manual

Safet y belts
Adjusting safety belt height
With the aid of the safety belt height adjust-
ment, the three point safety belt strap routing
can be fitted to the shoulder area, according to
body size.
Fig. 127 Safety belt height adjustment for t he front seats
- loop-around fitt ings
The shou lder belt should lie as close to the center
of the collar bone as possib le and should fit well
on the body¢ .&. in Safety belt position on
page 144 .
... Push
the loop-around fittings up
¢ fig . 127 @ ,
or
... squeeze
t ogether the
(D
button, and
push
the
loop-around fit t ings
down @ .
... Pull the belt to make sure t hat the upper at -
tachment is properly engaged .
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WARNING
Always read and heed all WARNINGS and oth-
er important information ¢ page 142.
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Tips
With the front seats, the height adjustment
of the seat can a lso be used to adjust the po-
sition of the safety belts.
Improperly worn safety belts
Incorrectly positioned safety belts con cause se-
vere injuries.
Wearing safety be lts imprope rly can cause seri-
ous injury or death . Safety belts can on ly work
when they are correctly positioned on the body.
Improper seating positions reduce the effective-
ness of safety be lts and will
even
increase the risk
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of injury and death by moving the safety belt to
critical areas of the body . Improper seating posi-
tions also increase the risk of serious inju ry and
death when an airbag deploys and strikes an oc-
cupant who is not in the correct seating position.
A driver is responsible for the safety of all vehicle
occupants and especially for ch ildren . Therefore:
... Never permit anyone to assume an incorrect sit-
ting posit ion in the vehicle while traveling
¢ &_.
A
WARNING
Improperly worn safety belts increase the risk
of serious personal inju ry and death wheneve r
a veh icle is being used.
- Always make sure that all vehi cle occupants
are correctly restrained and stay in a correct
seating position wheneve r t he vehicle is be-
ing used .
- Always read and heed a ll WARNINGS and
ot her important informa ti on
¢
page 142.
Belt tensioners
How safety belt pretensioners work
In front, side and rear-end collisions above a
particular severity and in a rollover, safety belts
are tensioned automatically.
Reve rsib le safety belt t e nsione rs
The safety belts on the front seats are equipped
with power reversib le tensioners. The fo llowing
functions are availab le when the driver's/front
passenger's safety belts are fastened:
- Automatic tensio ners: at the start of a drive,
the safety belts automat ica lly adjust to the
passenger after a certain t ime period or vehicle
speed.
- In certain driving situations, the safety belts
may tighten with a reversible tensioning func-
tion
¢ page 103.
- The safety belts may a lso tighten with this re-
vers ible tensioning function in minor collisions.
Pyrotechn ic safet y belt pretens ioner s
The safety belts are equipped with safety belt
pretensioners. The system is activated by sensors ..,.