Belt Tensioners - Audi A8 2018 Owner's Manual

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WARNING
Always read and heed all WARNINGS and oth-
er important information¢
page 221.
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Tips
You can a lso adjust the height of the front
seats to change the position of the safety
be lts.
Improperly worn safety belts
Incorrectly positioned safety belts can cause se-
vere injuries.
Wearing safety be lts improperly can cause seri -
ous injury or death. Safety belts can on ly work
when they are correctly pos itioned on the body.
Improper seating positions reduce the effect ive-
ness of safety belts and will even increase the
risk of injury and death by mov ing the safety belt
to cr it ical areas of the body. Improper seating
positions also increase the risk of serious inj ury
a nd death when an airbag deploys a nd str ikes an
occupant who is not in the correct seating pos i-
tion . A driver is responsible for the safety of a ll
vehicle occupants and especia lly for children.
Therefore:
.. Never permit anyone to ass ume an incorrect
sitting position in the vehicle w hile trave ling
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WARNING
Improperly worn safety be lts increase the risk
of serious personal injury and death whenever
a vehicle is be ing used.
- Always ma ke sure that a ll vehicle occupants
are correctly restra ined and stay in a correct
sea ti ng pos it ion whenever the ve hicle is be-
ing used .
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS and
ot her important information ¢ page 221.
Safet y b e lts
Belt tensioners
How safety belt pretensioners work
Reversible safety belt tension ers
The following fu nctions a re available when safety
belts w it h reversib le safety belt tensione rs a re
faste ned:
- Automatic tens ioners: at the start of a drive,
the safety belts automatically adju st to the
passenger after a certain time period or veh icle
speed. To switch the a utomat ic tens ioners off,
select t he following in t he MMI:
!CARI
fu nction
button > Car sys tems
>
Vehicle settings >
Seats > Driver's seat or Passenger's seat > Au-
tomatic belt tensioner
>
Off .
- In ce rtain driving situations, the safety belts
may tighten wit h a reve rsib le tensioning func -
tion
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page 217.
- The safety be lts may also tighten with this re-
versible tensioning function in minor collisions.
Pyrotechnic safety belt pretensioners
Seat be lt s wit h pyrot echnic safety be lt preten -
sioners are t ensioned au t oma t ically in seve re col -
lisions, depending on t he circumstances . This
helps to reduce the forward motion of the occu -
pants .
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WARNING
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- It is poss ible for the pretensioners to dep loy
incor rectly.
- Any work on the tens ioner system or remov-
al and installation of system components
for other repairs m ust be performed by a
qualified workshop.
- The pyrotechnic system can only provide
protection fo r one collision. If the pyrotech-
nic pretens ioners deploy, the pretensioning
system must be rep laced.
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Tips
- A fine dust is re leased when the pyrotechnic
safety belt pretensioners dep loy. This is no r-
ma l and is not caused by a fire in t he ve hi-
cle.
- The relevant safety requirements must be
observed when t he vehicle or componen t s
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