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Improperly worn safety belts
Incorrectly positioned safety belts can cause
severe injuries.
Wearing safety belts improperly can cause se-
rious injury or death. Safety belts can only
work when they are correctly positioned on
the body . Improper seating positions reduce
the effectiveness of safety belts and will even
increase the risk of injury and death by mov-
ing the safety belt to cr itical areas of the
body . Improper seating positions also in-
crease the risk of serious injury and death
when an airbag deploys and strikes an occu-
pant who is not in the correct seating posi-
tion . A driver is responsible for the safety of
all vehicle occupants and especially for chil-
dren . Therefore:
... Never permit anyone to assume an incorrect
sitting position in the vehicle while traveling
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WARNING
Improperly worn safety belts increase the
risk of serious personal injury and death
whenever a vehicle is being used.
- Always make sure that all vehicle occu-
pants are correctly restrained and stay in
a correct seating posit ion whenever the
vehicle is be ing used.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS and
other important information
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Safety
belt
preten-
sioners
How safety belt pretensioners work
In front, side and rear-end collisions above a
particular severity, safety belts are tensioned
automatically.
The safety belts are equipped with safety belt
pretensioners . The system is activated by sen-
sors in front, side and rear-end collisions of
great severity. This tightens the belt and takes
up be lt slack
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Safety
belts
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safety belt pretensioner on page 136.
Taking
up the slack he lps to reduce forward occupant
movement during a collision.
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Note
Never let the belt remain over a rear seat -
back that has been fo lded forward.
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Tips
The safety belt pretensioner can only be
activated once.
- In minor frontal and s ide collisions, in
rear-end collisions, in a rollover and in
accidents involving very litt le impact
force, the safety be lt pretensioner are
not activated.
- In the case of a side crash, the safety
belt pretensioners will activate on the
driver's or front passenger's sides only,
depending on which side of the vehicle
the crash occurs.
- When the safety belt pretensioners
are
activated, a fine dust is released. This is
normal and is not caused
by
a fire in the
vehicle.
- The relevant safety requirements
must
be observed when the vehicle or compo-
nents of the system are scrapped. An au-
thorized Audi dealer or qualified work-
shop is familiar w ith these regu lations
and w ill be pleased to pass on the infor-
mation to you.
- Be sure to observe all safety, env iron-
menta l and other regu lat ions if the vehi-
cle or individual parts of the system, par-
ticularly the safety belt or airbag, are to
be disposed. We recommend you have
your authorized Audi dealer perform this
service for you.
Service and disposal of safety belt
pretensioner
The safety belt pretens ioners are parts of the
safety belts on your Aud i. Insta lling, remov-
ing, servicing or repair ing of be lt pretension-
ers can damage the safety belt system and
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