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Although your Audi is equipped with airbags, you
still have to wear the safety belts provided. Front
airbags, for examp le, are activated on ly in some
frontal coll is ions. The front airbags are not acti-
vated in all frontal coll is ions, in side and rear col-
lisions, in roll overs or in cases where there is not
enough deceleration through impact to the front
of the vehicle. The same goes for the other airbag
syst ems in your Audi. So, always wea r you r safety
be lt and ma ke sure eve rybody in your vehicle is
properly restrained!
Important safety instructions about safety
belts
Safety belts must always be correctly positioned
across the strongest bones of your body.
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Always wea r safety be lts as illust rat ed and de -
scribed in this chapter.
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Make sure that your safety belts are a lways
ready for use and are not damaged .
A WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them im-
properly increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death . Safety be lts can work only
when used correctly.
- Always fasten your safety belts correctly be-
fore dr iving off and make sure all passen-
gers are correct ly restrained.
- For maximum protection, safety belts must
always be pos it io ned properly on the body .
- Never strap more tha n one person, includ-
ing small ch ildren, into any belt .
- Never place a safety be lt over a chi ld sitt ing
on your lap.
- Always keep feet in the footwell in front of
the seat while the vehicle is be ing driven.
- Never let any pe rson ride with their feet on
the instrument pane l or st icking out the
window or on the seat .
- Never remove a safety belt while the vehicle
is mov ing. Doing so w ill increase your risk of
being inj ured or killed.
- Never wear belts twisted.
- Never wear belts over rigid or breakab le ob-
jects in or on your clot hing, such as eye
Safet y b e lts
g lasses, pens, keys, etc ., as t hese may ca use
injur y.
- Never a llow safety belts to become dam -
aged by be ing caught in door or seat hard-
ware.
- Do not wear t he shoulder part of the belt
under your arm or otherwise out of pos ition.
- Several layers of heavy clothing may inter -
fe re with correct pos ition ing of be lts and re-
duce the ove rall effectiveness of the system.
- Always keep be lt buck les free of anything
that may prevent the buck le from latch ing
securely.
- Never use comfort clips or dev ices that cre-
ate slack in t he shoulder belt. However, spe-
cial clips may be required for the proper use
of some child restraint systems.
- Torn or frayed safety be lts can tear, and
damaged be lt hardware ca n break in an acci-
dent. Inspect be lts regularly . If webb ing,
bindings, buckles, or retractors are dam-
aged, have belts rep laced by an author ized
Audi deale r or q ualified wo rkshop.
- Safety belts that have been worn and loaded
in an accident must be repla ced with the
cor rect replaceme nt safety belt by an au-
thor ized Audi dealer. Replacement may be
necessary even if damage cannot be clea rly
seen . Anchorages t hat we re loaded must a l-
so be inspected.
- Never remove, modify, disassemble, o r try
to repair the safety belts yourse lf.
-A lways keep t he belts clean. Dirty belts may
not wor k prope rly and ca n impair the func -
tion of the inert ia reel
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