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Safety
belts
_&
WARNING
Not wearing
safety
belts or wearing
them
im-
properly increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death
.
Safety belts can work only
when used correctly.
-Always fasten your safety belts correctly be-
fore
driving off and make sure all passen-
gers are correctly restrained.
-
For maximum protection, safety belts must
always be positioned properly on the body.
- Never strap more than one person, includ-
ing small children, into any belt.
-
Never place a safety belt over
a
child sitting
on your
lap.
-
Always keep feet
in
the
footwell
in
front of
the seat while the vehicle
is
being driven.
-
Never let any person ride with
their
feet on
the
instrument
panel or
st
icking
out the
window or on the seat.
-
Never
remove
a
safety belt while
the
vehicle
is moving
.
Doing so will
increase
your risk of
being injured or killed
.
-
Never wear belts twisted.
-
Never wear belts
over
rigid or breakable ob-
jects
in
or on your clothing, such as eye
glasses, pens, keys, etc., as these may cause
injury.
-
Never allow safety belts to become dam-
aged by being caught in door or seat hard-
ware
.
-
Do not wear the shoulder part of the belt
under your arm or otherwise out of position.
-
Several layers of heavy clothing may inter-
fere with correct positioning of belts and re-
duce the overall effectiveness of the system.
-
Always keep belt buckles free of anything
that may prevent the buckle from
latching
securely
.
-
Never use comfort clips or devices that cre-
ate slack in the shoulder belt.
However,
spe-
cial clips may be
required
for the proper
use
of
some
child restraint systems.
-
Torn or frayed safety belts can tear, and
damaged
belt
hardware can break in an acci-
dent
.
Inspect
belts
regularly. If webbing,
bindings,
buckles
,
or
retractors
are
dam-
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aged,
have
belts replaced by an authorized
Audi dealer
.
-
Safety belts that
have
been worn and loaded
in an accident must be
replaced
with the
correct replacement safety belt by an au-
thorized Audi dealer. Replacement may be
necessary
even
if
damage cannot be clearly
seen
.
Anchorages that were loaded must al-
so be inspected.
- Never
remove,
modify
,
disassemble, or try
to repair the safety belts yourself
.
-Always keep the belts clean. Dirty belts may
not work properly and can impair the func-
tion of
the
inertia reel¢
page 184.
Safety
belts
Fastening safety belts
Safety first - everybody buckle up!
Fig. 127
Belt
buckle
and
to
ngu
e on
the
driver's seat
To provide maximum protection,
safety
belts
must
a lways
be positioned correctly on
the
wear-
er 's body.
..
Adjust the front
seat and
head
restraint
proper-
ly¢
page 54, Seats and
storage.
..
Make sure
the seatback
of
the
rear seat bench
is
in
an upright position and securely latched in
place before using the belt
¢
,&.
.
.,.
Hold the belt by the tongue and pull it evenly
across the chest and pelvis
¢
,&.
.
..
Insert the tongue into the
correct
buckle of
your seat until you
hear it latch
securely
¢
fig. 127.
..
Pull
on the belt to make sure
that
it
is
securely
latched
in
the buckle.
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