Reporting Safety Defects - Audi TT 2012 Owner's Manual

Driving Safely
&
WARNING
Heavy loads will influence the way your ve-
hicle handles. To help reduce the risk of a
loss of controlleading to serious personal
injury:
- Always keep in mind when transporting
heavy objects, that a change in the cen-
ter of gravity can also cause changes in
vehicle handling:
- Always distribute the load as evenly as
possible.
- Place heavy objects as far forward in
the luggage compartment as possible.
- Never exceed the Gross Axle Weight Rat-
ing or the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
specified on the safety compliance stick-
er on the left door jamb. Exceeding per-
missible weight standards can cause the
vehicle to slide and handle differently.
- Please observe information on safe driv-
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page
93.
&
WARNING
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To help prevent poisonous exhaust gas
from being drawn into the vehicle, always
keep the rear lid closed while driving.
- Never transport objects larger than
those fitting completely into the luggage
area because the rear lid cannot be fuUy
closed.
- If you absolutely must drive with the rear
lid open, observe the following notes to
reduce the risk of poisoning:
- Close all windows,
- Open aU air outlets in the instrument
panel,
- Switch off the air recirculation,
- Set the fresh air fan to the highest
speed.
&
WARNING
Always make sure that the doors, all win-
dows and the rear lid are securely closed
and locked to reduce the risk of injury
when the vehicle is not being used.
- After closing the rear lid, always make
sure that it is properly closed and locked.
- Never leave your vehicle unattended es-
peciaUy with the rear lid left open. A
child could crawl into the vehicle through
the luggage compartment and close the
rear lid becoming trapped and unable to
get out. Being trapped in a vehicle can
lead to serious personal injury.
- Never let children play in or around the
vehicle.
- Never let passengers ride in the luggage
compartment. Vehicle occupants must
always be properly restrained in one of
the vehicle's seating positions.
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Tips
- Air circulation helps to reduce window
fogging. Stale air escapes to the outside
through vents in the trim panel, on the
left side of the luggage compartment.
Be sure to keep the se slots free and
open.
- The tire pressure must correspond to the
load. The tire pressure is shown on the
tire pressure label. The tire pressure la-
bel is located on the driver's side B-pillar.
The tire pressure labellists the recom-
mended cold tire inflation pressures for
the vehicle at its maximum capacity
weight and the tires that were on your
vehicle at the timm was manufactured.
For recommended tire'pressures for nor-
malload conditions, please see chapter
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Tie-downs •
The luggage compartment is equipped with
four tie-downs ta secure luggage and other
items.
Use the tie-downs to secure your cargo prop-
erly
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99,
Loading the luggage
com-
partment.
In a collision, the laws of physics mean that
Even smaller items that are loose in the vehi-
cle will become heavy missiles that can cause
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. inJ·ury. Items in the vehicle possess en-
se
riOUs
which vary with vehicle speed and the
ergy ht of the item. Vehicle speed is the most
welg
significant factor.
xamp le in a frontal collision at a speed
For
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f 30 mph (48 km/hl, the forces acting on a
~O-lb
(4.5 kg) object are about 20 times the
normal weight of the item. This means that
the weight of the item would suddenly be
about 200 lbs. (90 kg). You can imagine the
injuries that a 200 lbs. (90 kg) item flying
freely through the passenger compartment
could cause in a collision like this.
A
WARNING
Weak, damaged or improper straps used
to secure items to tie-downs can fail dur-
ing hard braking or in a collision and cause
serious personal injury.
_ Always use suitable mounting straps and
properly secure items to the tie-downs in
the luggage compartment to help pre-
vent items from shifting or flying for-
ward as dangerous missiles.
_ When the rear seat backrest is folded
down, always use suitable mounting
straps and properly secure items to the
tie-downs in the luggage compartment
to help prevent items from flying for-
ward as dangerous missiles into the pas-
senger compartment.
- Never attach a child safety seat tether
strap to a tie-down.
Reporting Safety
Defects
Applicable te U.S.A.
If you believe that your vehicle
has a defect which could cause
a crash or could cause injury or
death, you should immediately
inform the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration
Driving Safely 10
(NHTSA) in addition to notify-
ing Audi of America, Inc.
If NHTSA receives similar com-
plaints, it may open an investi-
gation, and if it finds that a
safety defects exists in a group
of vehicles, it may order a recall
and remedy campaign. Howev-
er, NHTSA cannot become in-
volved in individual problems
between you, your dealer, or
Al.\di of America, Inc.
To contact NHTSA, you may call
the Vehicle Safety Hotline toll-
free at:
Tel.: 1-888-327-4236 (TTY:
1-800-424-9153)
or write to:
Administrator
NHTSA
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C. 20590
You can also obtain other infor-
mation about motor vehicle
safety fram:
http://www.safercar.gov
Applicable te Canada
Canadian customers:;who wish
te report a safety-related de-
fect to Transport Canada,