Audi TT 2012 Owner's Manual page 55

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Safety beLts
forces on the body more "tolerable" and less
likely to cause injury.
Although these examples are based on a fron-
tal collision, safety belts can also substantial- '
ly reduce the risk of injury in other kinds of
crashes. 50, whether you're on a long trip or
just going to the corner store, always buckle
up and make sure others do, too. Accident sta-
tistics show that vehicle occupants properly
wearing safety belts have a lower risk of being
injured and a much better chance of surviving
an accident. Properly using safety belts also
greatly increases the ability of the supplemen-
tal airbags to do their job in a collision. For
this reason, wearing a safety belt is legally re-
quired in most countries including much of
the United States and Canada.
Although your Audi is equipped with airbags,
you still have to wear the safety belts provid-
ed. Front airbags, for example, are activated
only in some frontal collisions. The front air-
bags are not activated in all frontal collisions,
in side and rear collisions, in roll overs or in
cases where there is not enough deceleration
through impact to the front of the vehicle.
The same goes for the other airbag systems in
your Audi. 50, always wear your safety belt
and make sure everybody in your vehicle is
properly restrained!
Important safety instructions about
safety belts
Safety belts must always be praperly posi-
tioned across the strongest bones ofyour
body.
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Always wear safety belts as illustrated and
described in this chapter.
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Make sure that your safety belts are always
ready for use and are not damaged.
A.
WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them
improperly increases the risk of serious
personal injury and death. Safety belts can
work only when used correctly.
- Always fasten your safety belts correctly
before driving off and make sure all pas-
sengers are properly restrained.
- For maximum protection, safety belts
must always be positioned correctly on
the body.
- Never strap more than one person, in-
cluding small children, into any single
safety belt.
- Never place a safety belt over a child sit-
ting on your lap.
- Always keep feet in the footwell in front
of the seat white the vehicle is being driv-
en.
- Never let any person ride with feet on
the instrument panel or sticking out the
window or on the seat.
- Never remove a safety belt while the ve-
hicle is moving. Doing so will increase
your risk of being injured or killed.
- Never wear belts twisted.
- Never wear belts over rigid or breakable
objects in or on your clothing, such as
eye glasses, pens, keys, etc., as these
may cause injury.
- Never wear the shoulder part of the belt
under your arm or otherwise out of posi-
tion.
- Severallayers of heavy clothing may in-
terfere with correct positioning of belts
and reduce their effectiveness.
- Always keep belt bUëkles free of anything
that may prevent the b~ckle from latch-
ing secu rely.
- Never use comfort clips or devices that
create slack in the shoulder belt. Howev-
er, special clips may be required for the
correct use of some child restraint sys-
tems.
- Never allow safety belts to become dam-
aged by being caught in door or seat
hardware.
- Torn or frayed safety belts can tear and
damaged belt hardware can break in an
accident. Inspect belts regularly. If web-
bing, bindings, buckles, or retractors are
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damaged, have belts replaced by an au-
thorized Audi dealer or qualified
workshop.
_ 5afety belts that have been worn and
loaded in an accident must be replaced
with the correct replacement safety belt
by an authorized Audi dealer or qualified
workshop. Replacement may be necessa-
ry even if damage cannot be clearly seen.
Anchorages that were loaded must also
be inspected.
_ Never remove, modify, disassemble, or
try to repair the safety belts yourself.
_ Always keep the belts clean. Dirty belts
may not work properly and can impair
the function of the inertia reel
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page 176, Safety belts.
Safety beLts
Fastening safety belts
Seat first - everybody buckle up!
Fig. 108 Belt buckle and tongue on the driver's seat
To provide maximum protection, safety belts
must always be positioned correctly on the
wearer's body.
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Adjust the front seat and head restraint
properly c:> page 57, General recammenda-
tians.
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Hold the belt by the tongue and pull it
evenly across the chest and pelvis c:>,&.
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Insert the tongue into the correct buckle of
your seat until you hear it latch securely
C:>fig. lOB.
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Pull on the belt to make sure that it is se-
curely latched in the buckle.
Safety beLts 1 (
Automatic safety belt retractors
Every safety belt is equipped with an automat-
ic belt retractor on the shoulder belt. This fea-
ture locks the belt when the belt is pulled out
fast, during hard braking 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 driving the belt lets you move
freely.
Safety belt pretensioners
The safety belts on the front seats are equip-
ped with a belt pretensioner that helps to
tighten the safety belt and remove slack when
the pretensioner is activated. The function of
the pretensioner is monitored bya warni ng
light c:>page 16.
Switchable locking feature
Every safety belt except the one on the driver
seat is equipped with a switchable locking fea-
ture that must be used when the safety belt is
used to attach a child seat. Be sure to read the
important information about this feature
c:>page 143.
A.
WARNING
Improperly positioned safety belts can
cause serious injury in an accident
c:> page lOB, Safety belt position.
- Safety belts offer optimum protection
only when the seatback is upright and
belts are properly positioned on the
body.
_ Never attach the safety belt to the buck-
le for another seat. Attaching the belt to
the wrong buckle will reduce safety belt
effectiveness and can cause serious per-
sonal injury.
_ A passenger who is not properly restrain-
ed can be seriously injured by the safety
belt itself when it moves from the stron-
ger parts of the body into critical areas
like the abdomen.
_ Always lock the convertible locking re-
tractor when you are securing a child
seat in the vehicle c:>page 145.