S a fety belt s
Safety belts
General information
Always wear safety belts!
Wearing safety belts correctly saves lives!
This chapter explains why safety be lts are neces-
sary, how they work and how to adjust and wear
them correctly.
.. Read all the information that follows and heed
all of the instructions and WARNINGS.
&_ WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them im-
properly increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death.
- Safety belts are the single most effective
means ava ilable to reduce the risk of serious
injury and death in automobile accidents.
For your protect ion and that of your passen-
gers, always correctly wear safety be lts
when the vehicle is moving .
- Pregnant women, injured, o r physically im-
paired persons must a lso use safety belts.
Like all vehicle occupants, they are mo re
likely to be serio usly injured if they do not
wea r safety be lts. The best way to protect a
fetus is to protect the mother - throughout
the ent ire pregnancy .
Number of seats
Your Aud i has a total of five seating positions:
two in the front and three in the rear. In some
veh icles, there are four seating positions: two in
the front and two in the rear . Each seating posi-
tion has a safety belt .
&_ WARNING
Not wea ring safety belts or wearing them im-
properly incre ases t he risk of ser ious personal
injury and dea t h.
- Never st rap more tha n one person, includ-
ing small ch ild ren, into any be lt .
It is espe-
cia lly da ngerous to place a safety belt over a
child sitting on your lap .
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- Never let more people ride in the vehicle
than there are safety be lts available .
- Be s ure everyone riding in the vehicle is
properly restrained with a separate safety
be lt or ch ild restraint.
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Safety belt warning light
Your vehicle has a warning system for the driver
and front seat passenger to remind you about
the importance of buckling-up .
Fig. 153 Safety belt wa rning light in the instrument clus·
ter - enlarged
Before driving off , always;
.. Fasten your safety belt and make sure you are
wearing it properly.
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.. Make sure that your passengers a lso buckle up
and properly wear the ir safety belts.
.. Protect children with a child restraint system
appropr iate for the size and age.
The warning light . in the instrument cluster
lights up when the ign ition is on as a reminder to
fasten the safety belts. In addition, you will hear
a war ning tone for a certain period of time.
Faste n your safety belt and make sure that your
passenge rs also properly put on thei r safety
belts .
&_ WARNING
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- Safety belts are the single most effective
means available to red uce the risk of ser ious
injury and death in a utomobile accidents.
For your protection and that of your passen-
gers, a lways correct ly wear safety belts
when t he vehicle is moving . ..,.
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