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Service and disposal of safety belt preten-
sioner
The safety belt pretens ioners are parts of the
safety be lts on your Audi. Installing, removing,
servicing or repairing of belt pretensioners can
damage the safety belt system and prevent it
from working correctly in a collision .
There are some important things you have to
know to make sure that the effectiveness of the
system w ill not be impaired and that discarded
components do not cause injury or pollute the
environment.
A
WARNING
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Improper care, serv icing and repa ir proce-
dures can increase the risk of personal injury
and death by preven t ing a safety be lt preten-
sioner from activating when needed or acti-
vating it unexpectedly:
- The be lt pretensione r system can be act ivat-
ed only once. If belt pretensioners
have
been act ivat ed, the system must be re-
placed.
- Never repair, adjust, or cha nge any parts of
the safety be lt system .
- Safety belt systems includ ing safety belt
pretens ioners cannot be repaired. Specia l
procedures are req uired for removal, insta l-
lation and disposa l of this system.
- For any work on the safety bel t system, we
strongly recommend that you see your au-
thorized Aud i dea ler or qualified technician
who has an Audi approved repair manual,
train ing and spec ial equ ipment necessary.
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For the sake of the environment
Undep loyed airbag modu les and pretension-
ers might be classified as Perch lorate Materi-
al -spec ia l handling may apply, see
www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlo-
rate. When the veh icle or parts of the re-
straint system including air bag modules safe-
ty belts with pretensioners
are scrapped, all
app licabl e laws and regula t ions must be ob-
served. Your authorized Audi dealer is familiar
wit h these req uirements and we recommend
S a fet y b e lts
that you have your dealer perform this service
for you .
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