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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 critical 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 and in a rollover, 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 and in a rollover. This tightens
the belt and takes up be lt s lack
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Safety
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Taking up the slack helps to reduce
forward occupant movement dur ing a colli-
sion.
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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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The safety belt pretensioner can only be
activated once.
- In minor frontal and side collisions, in
rear-end collisions and in accidents in-
volving very little impact force, the safe-
ty be lt pretensioner are not activated.
- 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 regulations
and will be pleased to pass on the infor-
mation to you.
- Be sure to observe all safety, env iron-
menta l and other regulations if the veh i-
cle or ind ividual 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 Audi. Insta lling, remov-
ing, serv icing or repair ing of belt pretension-
ers can damage the safety belt system and
prevent it from working correctly in a colli-
sion .
The re are some impo rtant things you have to
know to make su re that the effectiveness of
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