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Safety
belts
General
information
Always wear safety belts!
Wearing safety belts correctly saves lives!
This chapter exp lains why safety be lts are neces-
sary, how they work and how to adjust and wear
them cor rectly.
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Read a ll the information that fo llows 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 sing le most effective
means availab le to reduce the risk of serious
injury and death in automobile accidents.
For your protection and that of your passen-
gers, always correct ly wear safety belts
when the veh icle is moving.
- Preg nant women, injured, or physically im-
paired pe rsons must also use safety belts.
Like all ve hicle occupants, t hey a re more
likely to be seriously injured if t hey do not
wea r safety belts . The best way to protect a
fetus is to protect the mother - througho ut
the entire pregnancy.
Number of seats
Your Audi has a total of four seating positions:
two in the front and two in the rear. In some
ve hicles, there are five seat ing positions: two in
the front and th ree in the rear . Each seat ing pos i-
tion has a safety belt.
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WARNING
Not wea ring safety bel t s or wearing them im-
prope rly increa ses the ris k of se rious person a l
injury and death.
- Never st rap more th an o ne pe rson, includ-
ing small children, int o any bel t. It is espe-
cially dangerous to place a safety belt over a
child sitting on your lap.
Sa f ety bel t s
- Never let more people ride in the vehicle
than there are safety belts available.
- Be s ure everyone riding in the vehicle is
properly restrained with a separate safety
belt or child restraint.
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Safety belt warning light
Your vehicle has a warning system for the driver
and front seat passenger (on USA models only)
to remind you about the importance of buckling-
up.
Fig. 146
Safety belt warni ng light in the instr ument clus-
te r - en larged
Before driving off , always :
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Fasten your safety belt and make su re you are
wearing it properly.
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Make sure that your passengers also buck le up
and properly wear their safety belts.
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Protect childre n with a child restraint system
app rop riate for the s ize and age .
The warning light .
in the instrument cluster
lights up when the ignit ion is on as a reminder to
fasten the safety belts . In add ition, you will hear
a warn ing tone for a certa in pe riod of time .
Fasten you r safety belt and make sure that your
passengers also properly put on their safety
belts .
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WARNING
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- Safety belts are the s ingle most effective
means ava ilable to reduce t he risk of se rious
injury a nd death in au t omobile acc iden t s.
For your protec t ion and that of your passen -
ge rs, always correctly wear safety belts
when the vehicle is moving .
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