Audi A3 Sedan 2015 Owner's Manual page 137

To provide maximum protection, safety belts
must always be positioned correctly on the
wearer's body.
... Adjust the front seat and head restraint
properly
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page 53, Front seats.
• Make sure the seatback of the rear seat
bench is in an upright position and securely
latched in place before using the belt
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... Hold the belt by the tongue and pull it even-
ly across the chest and pelvis
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""Insert the tongue into the correct buckle of
your seat until you hear it latch securely
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.., Pull on the belt to make sure that it is se-
curely latched in the buckle.
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 are equipped with a belt pre-
tensioner that helps to tighten the safety belt
and remove slack when the pretensioner is ac-
tivated c::> poge 137. The function of the pre-
tensioner is monitored by a warning light
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page 21.
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
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page 177 .
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WARNING
Improperly positioned safety belts can
cause serious injury in an accident
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page 135, Safety belt position.
- Safety belts offer optimum protection
only when the seatback is upright and
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belts are properly positioned on the
body.
- Always make sure that the rear seat
backrest to which the center rear safety
belt* is attached is securely latched
whenever the rear center safety belt is
being used. If the backrest is not secure-
ly latched, the passenger will move for-
ward with the backrest during sudden
braking, in a sudden maneuver and espe-
cially in a crash .
- 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
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page 179.
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Tips
For information on safety belt pretension-
ers, refer to
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page 13 7.
Safety belt position
Correct belt position is the key to getting
maximum protection from safety belts.
Fig. 118 Safety belt position
Use the height adjustment to change the posi-
tion of the shoulder belt of the front safety
belts .
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