Driver And Passenger Side Footwell; Pedal Area - Audi AS Coupe 2014 Owner's Manual

124 Dr iv ing Safel y
Driver and passenger
side footwell
Important safety instructions
Appl ies to vehicles: with knee airbags
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WARNING
Always make sure that the knee a irbag can
inflate without interference . Objects be -
tween yourself and the airbag can increase
the risk of injury in an acc ident by inte rfer-
ing with the way the a irbag deploys or by
being pushed into you as t he airbag de-
ploys .
- No persons (children) or animals should
ride in the footwell in front of the pas-
senger seat. If the airbag deploys, this
can res ult in serious or fata l injuries .
- No objects of any kind sho uld be carried
in the footwe ll area in front of the driv-
er's or passenger's seat . Bulky objects
(shopping bags, for example) can ham -
per or prevent proper deployment of the
airbag . Small objects can be thrown
through the vehicle if the airbag deploys
and injure you o r your passengers .
Pedal area
Pedals
The pedals must always be free to move and
must never be interfered with by a floor mat
or any other object.
Ma ke sure tha t all pedals move freely witho ut
inte rfe rence and that nothing prevents them
from retu rning to the ir origina l posi t ions.
Only use floo r mats that leave the peda l area
free and can be secured wit h floor mat fasten-
e rs.
If a brake circuit fails, increased brake pedal
trave l is required to bring the vehicle to a full
stop.
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WARNING
Pedals that cannot move free ly can cause
loss of veh icle control and increase the risk
of ser ious injury .
- Never place any objects in the drive r's
footwell . An object cou ld get into the
pedal area and inte rfe re with pedal func-
tion . In case of sudde n brak ing o r a n ac-
cident, you wo uld not be a ble to brake or
acceler ate !
- Always ma ke s ure that no t hing can fall
or move int o the driver's footwel l.
Floor mats on the driver side
Always use floor mats that can be securely
attached to the floor mat fast eners and do
not interfere with the free movement of the
pedals.
.. Make sure that the floor mats are prope rly
secured and canno t move and int erfere with
t he peda ls
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Use on ly floor mats that leave the pedal area
unobst ructed and that are firmly secu red so
t hat t hey cannot slip out of position . You ca n
obta in suitab le floor mats from your autho r-
ized Audi dea ler.
Floor mat fastene rs are insta lled in your Audi.
Floor mats used in your vehicle must be at-
tached to these fastene rs. Prope rly securing
the floor mats will prevent them from sliding
into posi t ions that cou ld interfere with the
peda ls o r impa ir safe ope rat ion of your vehicle
in othe r ways.
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WARNING
Pedals t hat cannot move free ly can result
in a loss of vehicle control and increase the
risk of ser ious persona l injury .
- Always make sure that floor mats are
properly secu red.
- Never place or ins tall floor mats o r othe r
floor coverings in the vehicle that cannot
be properly secured in place to prevent
them from slipping and interfer ing with
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