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Safet
y
belts
_&
WARNING
-
Only your
authorized
Audi dealer
should
work on the system or remove
and
installing
system components when performing other
work.
- The belt positioners could
cause
injury or
damage if they pinch people or objects
when extending or retracting.
Fastening safety belts
Safety first
·
everybody buckle up!
Fig. 143 Belt
buckle and tongue on t he driver's seat
To provide maximum protection, safety belts
must always be pos itioned correctly on the wear-
er's
body.
.,.
Adjust the front seat and head restra int p roper-
ly
¢
page 59, Seats and storage
.
.,.
Make sure the seatback of the rear seat bench is
in an upright position and
secure
ly latched in
place before using the
be
lt
¢
.&,
.
.,.
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.
143
.
.,. Pull
on the be lt to make sure that it is securely
latched in the buckle.
Autom atic safety
belt
retracto rs
Every safety
belt is equ ipped
with an automatic
belt
retractor on the shoulder belt.
This
feat ure
locks
the belt when the be lt is pulled out fast
,
du
ring
hard b rak ing and in an accident. The belt
may a lso lock when you drive up o
r
down a steep
hill or through a sharp curve
.
During no rma
l
driv-
ing the
belt lets
you
move free
ly.
128
Safety belt pretensi
oners
The safety belts are
equipped
with a belt preten
-
s ioner that he lps
t
o tighten the safety be lt
and
remove slack when
the
pretensioner
is
activated
.
The function of
the
pretensioner
is mon itored
by
a warning
light
¢
page
19.
Convertible
locking
retractor
Every safety belt except the one on the driver
seat
is equipped
with a convert ible locking retrac
-
tor
that
must
be used when
the safety
be
lt
is
used to
attach a
chi ld
safety
seat
.
Be sure to read
the
important information about
this
feature
¢
page
161.
_&
WARNING
Improperly posit ioned safety be lts can cause
serious injury in an acc ident
¢
page 129,
Safety belt position.
- Safety belts offer opt imum protection only
when the seatback is up right and belts are
p rope rly pos itioned on the body.
-
Never attach the safety belt to the buckle
for a nother seat
.
Attaching the belt to the
wrong buc kle
will
reduce safety belt effe c-
tiveness and can
ca
use serio us pe rsonal in-
jury.
-
A passenger who is not properly restrained
can be seriously injured by the safety be lt it-
self when it moves from
t
he stronge
r
parts
of
the
body
into
critical areas like the abdo-
men .
-Always lock the conve rtible locking retractor
when yo
u
are securing a child safety seat in
the vehicle
¢
page
163
.
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