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S a fety
belt s
Safety
belts
General
information
Always wear safety belts!
Wearing safety belts correctly saves lives!
This chapter explains why safety be lts are neces-
sary, how they work and how to adjust and wear
them correctly.
.. Read all the information that follows and heed
all of the instructions and WARNINGS.
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WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them im-
properly increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death.
- Safety belts are the s ingle most effective
means ava ilable to reduce the risk of serious
injury and death in automobile accidents.
For your protect ion and that of your passen-
gers, always correctly wear safety be lts
when the vehicle is moving .
- Pregnant women, injured, o r physically im-
paired persons must a lso use safety belts.
Like all vehicle occ upants, they are mo re
likely to be serio us ly injured if they do not
wea r safety be lts. The best way to protect a
fetus is to protect the mother - throughout
the ent ire pregnancy .
Number of seats
Your Aud i has a total of five seating positions:
two in the front and three in the rear. In some
veh icles, there are four seating positions: two in
the front and two in the rear . Each seating posi-
tion has a safety belt .
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WARNING
Not wea ring safety belts or wearing them im-
properly incre ases t he risk of ser ious personal
injury and dea t h.
- Never st rap more tha n one person, includ-
ing small ch ild ren, into any be lt . It is espe-
cia lly da ngerous to place a safety belt over a
child sitting on your lap .
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- Never let more people ride in the vehicle
than there are safety be lts available .
- Be s ure everyone riding in the vehicle is
properly restrained with a separate safety
be lt or ch ild restraint.
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Safety belt warning light
Your vehicle has a warning system for the driver
and front seat passenger to remind you about
the importance of buckling-up .
Fig. 153 Safety belt wa rning light in the instrument clus·
ter - en larged
Before driving off , always;
.. Fasten your safety belt and make sure you are
wearing it properly.
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.. Make sure that your passengers a lso buckle up
and properly wear the ir safety belts.
.. Protect children with a child restraint system
appropr iate for the size and age.
The warning light .
in the instrument cluster
lights up when the ign ition is on as a reminder to
fasten the safety belts. In addition, you will hear
a war ning tone for a certain period of time.
Faste n your safety belt and make su re that your
passenge rs also properly put on thei r safety
be lts .
&_
WARNING
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- Safety belts are the single most effective
means available to red uce the risk of ser ious
injury and death in a utomobile accidents.
For your protection and that of your passen-
gers, a lways correct ly wear safety belts
when t he vehicle is moving .
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