2008 AUDI TT ROADSTER belt

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Safety belts
General notes
Always wear safety belts!
Wearing safety belts correctly saves lives!
This chapter explains why safety belts are necessary, how
they work and how to adjust and wear them correctly.
- Read all the information that follows and heed all of the
instruct ions and WARNINGS.
& WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them improperly increases
the risk of serious personal injury and death.
• Safety belts are the single most effective means available to
reduce the risk of serious injury and death in automobile acci­
dents . For your protection and that of your passengers , always
wear the safety belts properly when the vehicle is moving.
• Pregnant women, injured, or physically impaired persons must
also use safety belts . Like all vehicle occupants, they are more
likely to be seriously injured if they do not wear safety belts . The
best way to protect a fetus is to protect the mother -throughout
the entire pregnancy. •
Number of seats
Your Audi TI Roadster has two seating positions. Each seating posi ­
tion has a safety belt.
Controls and equip­ ment Safety first
Vehicle operation
& WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them improperly increases
the risk of serious personal injury and death .
• Never strap more than one person, including small children,
into any belt. It is especially dangerous to place a safety belt over
a child sitting on your lap.
• Never let more people ride in the vehicle than there are safety
belts available.
• Be sure everyone riding in the vehicle is properly restrained
with a separate safety belt or child restraint. •
Safety belt warning light .4
Your vehicle has a warning system for the driver and front
seat passenger to remind you about the importance of
buck/ i ng-u p.
Before driving off, always:
Fig . 121 Safety belt
warning light in the
instrument cluster -
enlarged
- Fasten your safety belt and make sure you wear it prop-
erly.
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- Make sure that your passengers also b uckle up and prop­
erly wea r th eir sa fety belts.
Protect children wit h a child restraint system appropriate
for the size and age.
The warning light i in the instrument cluster lights up when the
ignition is switched on as a reminder to fasten the safety belts. In
addition , you will hear a warning tone.
After the ignition is switched on, the warning light in the instrument cluster will a lways come on for about 6 seconds and if the driver has
not fastened the safety belt, a warning tone will also sound for
about 6 seconds . As soon as the driver has fastened the safety belt,
the warning tone will stop and the warning light will go out .
If the driver or front seat passenger have not buckled -up within
about 10 seconds after the warning tone has stopped and the
vehicle is moving faster than about 15 mph, the warning tone will
sound again for about 6 seconds and then stop for 24 seconds and
then repeat this reminder sequence for a maximum of 2 minutes. At
speeds be low 5 mph, the warning tone will not sound.
Fa sten your safe ty belt and m ake su re that your p assengers also
properl y put on th eir s afet y belts .
& WARNING
• Safety belt s are the single mo st effective mean s available to
reduce th e risk of ser ious injur y and death in a utomobile acci­
dent s. For your prote ction and th at of your pas senger s, alwa ys
c orre ctl y we ar safety belt s when t he vehicle is moving .
• Failure t o pay att ention to th e warning light that co me on,
c ould lead to per sonal injury .•
Why safety belts?
Frontal co11isions and the law of physics
Front al crashes create very strong forces for pe ople riding
in vehicles.
F ig. 122 U nbel ted
o cc up ants i n a ve hicle
he ading for a wa ll
Fi g. 123 T he vehi cle
c ras hes in to t he wa ll.
The physical principles are simple. Both the vehicle and the passen­
gers possess energy which varies with vehicle speed and body
we ight . Engineers cal l this energy "kinetic energy ."
T he higher the speed of the vehicle and the greater the vehic le's
we ight, the more energy that has to be "absorbed" in the crash .
Vehicle speed is the most significan t factor. If the speed doubles
from 15 to 30 mph (25 to 50 km/h), the energy increases 4 times! .,

Because the occupants in th is vehicle are not using safety belts
~ page 138, fig. 122, they will keep moving at the same speed the
vehicle was moving just before the crash, un til some thing stops
them -here, the wall ~ page 138 , fig . 123.
The same principles apply to people sitting in a vehicle that is involved in a frontal collision. Even at city speeds of 20 to 30 mph
(30 to 50 km/h) , the forces acting on the body can reach one ton
(2,000 lbs, or 1,000 kg) or more . At higher speeds , th ese forces are
even greater.
People who do not use safety bel ts are also not attached to their
vehicle. In a frontal collision they will also keep moving forward at
the speed their vehicle was travelling just before the crash . Of
course, the laws of physics don't just apply to frontal collisions, they
determine what happens in all kinds of accidents and collisions. •
What happens to occupants not wearing
safety belts?
In crashes unbelted occupants cannot stop themselves
from flying forward and being injured or killed. Always
wear your safety belts!
Fig . 124 A driver not
wearing a safety belt is
violently thrown
forward
Unbelted occupants are not able to resist the tremendous forces of
impact by holding tight or bracing themselves . Without the benefit
of safety restraint systems, the unrestrained occupant will slam
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Safety belts
violently into the steering wheel, instrument panel, windshield, or
whatever else is in the way ~ fig. 124 . This impact with the vehicle
interior has all the energy they had just before the crash.
Never rely on airbags alone for protection. Even when they deploy,
airbags provide only additional protection. Airbags are not
supposed to deploy in all kinds o f accidents. Although your Audi is
equipped with airbags, all vehicle occupants, including the driver,
must wear safety belts correctly in order to minimi ze the risk of
severe injury or death in a crash.
Remember too , that airbags will deploy only once and that your
safety belts are always there to offer protection in those accidents
in which airbags are not supposed to deploy or when they have
already deployed. Unbelted occupants can also be thrown out of the
vehicle where even more severe or fatal injuries can occur. •
Safety belts protect
People think it's possible to use the hands to brace the
body in a minor collision. It's simply not true!
Fig. 125 Driver is prop·
erly restrained in a
sudden braking
maneuver .
Safety belts used properly can make a big difference. Safety belts
help to keep passengers in their seats, gradually reduce energy
levels applied to the body in an accident, and help prevent the
uncontrolled movement that can cause serious injuries. In addition ,
safety belts reduce the danger of being thrown out of the vehicle. .,.
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Safety belts attach passengers to the car and give them the benefit
of being slowed down more gent ly o r "softly" through the "give" in
the safety belts, crush zones and other safety features engineered
into today's vehicles . By "absorbing" the kinetic ene rgy over
a
longer period of time, the safety belts make the forces on the body
more "tolerable" and less likely to cause injury.
Although these examp les are based on a frontal co llision, sa fety
belts can a lso substantially reduce the risk of injury in other kinds
of crashes . So, whether you're on a long trip or just go ing to the
corner store, always buckle up and make sure others do, too. Acci­
dent statistics show that vehic le occupants properly wea ring safety
belts have a lower risk of being injured and a much better chance of
surviv ing an accident . Properly using safety belts also great ly
increases the abi lity of the supplementa l airbags to do their job in a
collision. For this reason, wearing a safety belt is legally required in
most countries includ ing much of the United States and Canada.
Although your Audi is equipped with airbags, you sti ll have to wear
t he safety be lts prov ided. Fron t ai rbags, for example, are act iva ted
only in some frontal coll isions. The front airbags are not activated in
a ll frontal co llisions, in side and rear c ollisions, in rol l overs or i n
cases where there is not enough dece leration through impact to the
fron t of the vehicle . The same goes for the ot her airbag sys te m s in
your Audi . So, a lways wear your safety belt and make sure every ­
body in your vehicle is prope rly restrained! •
Important safety instructions about safety
belts
Safety belts must always be properly positioned a cross
the s trongest bones o f your b ody.
- Always w ear saf ety belts as i llus trat ed and d escrib ed in
th is cha pter .
- M ake sure that your safety b elt s ar e always read y for use
and a re not d am ag ed.
& WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them improperly increases
the risk of serious personal injury and death . Safety belts can work
only when used co rrectly .
• Alway s fa sten your safety belt s corre ctly before driving off and
make sure all pa ssengers are properly restrained .
• For maximum protection , safety belts mu st always be posi ­
tioned correctly on the body .
• Never strap more than one person , including sm all children ,
into any single safety belt .
• Never pla ce a safety belt ove r a child sitting on your lap .
• Always keep feet in the footwell in front of the seat while the
v ehicle is being dri ven .
• Never let any person ride with feet on the instrument panel or
s ticking out the window or on the seat .
• Never remove a safety belt while the vehicle i s moving. Doing
so will incre ase your risk of being i njured o r killed.
• Never wear belt s twi sted .
• Never wear belts over rigid or breakable objects in or on your
clothing , such a s eye glasses , pens , key s, etc ., as the se may cau se
i njury .
• Never wear the shoulder part of the belt under your arm or
otherwise out of position .
• Several layer s of heavy clothing may interfere with correct po si­
tioning of belts and reduce their effe ctiveness .
• Alway s keep belt bu ckles free of anyth ing th at may prevent the
buckle from latching securely.
• Never use comfort clips or devices that create slack in the
s houlder belt . H owever , special clips may be required for the
c orre ct use of some child re straint system s.
• Never allow safety belt s to become damaged by being caught
in door or seat ha rdware . .,_

& WARNING !continue d)
• Torn or fr ayed safety b elt s can tear and damaged b elt hard ­
ware can bre ak in an ac cident. Inspect belt s regularly . If webb ing ,
bind ings , buckles , or retra ctors are d am aged , have belts repla ced
by an authori zed Audi dealer or qualified work shop.
• Safety belt s th at have been worn and lo aded in an accident
mu st be repl aced with the correc t replacement saf ety belt by an
autho riz ed Audi de aler o r qualified work shop . Repla cement may
be nece ssary even if d amage cannot b e clea rly seen. Anchorage s
that wer e loaded must also be inspe cted .
• Never rem ove, modif y, dis ass em ble , or tr y to r epa ir the safety
belts your self .
• Alway s keep the belt s cle an. Dirty belt s may not work properly
and can impair the fun ction of the inertia reel=>
page 212 , "Safety
belts ".•
Safety belts
Fastening safety belts
Seat first -everybody buckle up!
Safety first
Fig . 126 Belt bu ckle
a nd ton gue on th e
driv er's s eat
Safety b elts
To provid e ma ximum protec tion, sa fety belts m ust always
be pos itioned c orrect ly on the wear er's bod y.
- Adjust the front seat and head restraint properly
=> page 87, "General recommend atio ns".
- Hold the belt by the tongue and pull it evenly across the
c h es t and pelvis=> &.
- Inse rt the tongue into the correct buckle of your seat
unti l you hea r it latch securely => fig. 126 .
- Pull on t he b elt t o mak e sur e tha t it is se curely l atc hed in
t h e buckle .
Automatic safety belt retra cto rs
Every safety belt is equipped with an automatic be lt retractor on the
shoulder belt . This feature locks the belt when the belt is pulled out
f ast, during hard braking and in an accident. The be lt may a lso lock
when you drive up or down a steep hill or through a sharp curve.
During norma l d riving the belt lets you move free ly .
Safety be lt pretensioners
The safety belts are equipped with a be lt pretensioner that helps to
tighten the safety belt and remove slack when the pretensioner is
activated. T he funct io n of the pretensioner is mon itored by a
warning light =>
page 19, "Airbag system
t!! (USA models)/!,~ · (Canada models)".
Swit chable locking featur e
Every safety belt except the one on the driver seat is equipped with
a switchable locking feature that
must be used when the safety be lt
is used to attach a chi ld seat. Be sure to read the important info rma-
tion about this feature =>
page 177. ._
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& WARNING
Improperly positioned safety belts can cause serious injury in an
accident =:> page
142, "Safety belt position".
• Safety belts offer optimum protection only when the seat back
is upright and belts are properly positioned on the body.
• Never attach the safety belt to the buckle for another seat.
Attaching the belt to the wrong buckle will reduce safety belt effectiveness and can cause serious personal injury.
• A passenger who is not properly restrained can be seriously
injured by the safety belt itself when it moves from the stronger
parts of the body into critical areas like the abdomen.
• Always lock the convertible locking retractor when you are
securing a child seat in the vehicle=:> page
179. •
Safety belt position
Correct belt position is the key to getting maximum
protection from safety belts.
Fig. 127 Head restraint
and safety belt posi­
tion as seen from the side
Use the height adjustment to change the position of the shoulder
straps of the front seat safety belts.
& WARNING
Improperly positioned safety belts can cause serious personal
injury in an accident.
• The shoulder belt portion of the safety belt must be positioned
over the middle of the occupant's shoulder and never across the
neck or throat .
• The safety belt must lie flat and snug on the occupant's upper
body
=> fig. 127 . Pull on the belt to tighten if necessary.
• The lap belt portion of the safety belt must be positioned as
low as possible across pelvis and never over the abdomen. Make
sure the belt lies flat and snug => fig. 127. Pull on the belt to
tighten if necessary.
• A loose -fitting safety belt can cause serious injuries by shifting
its position on your body from the strong bones to more vulner­
able, soft tissue and cause serious injury.
• Always read and heed all WARNINGS and other important infor­
mation => page
140. •

Pregnant women must also be properly
restrained The best way to protect the fetus is to make sure that
expectant mothers always wear safety belts correctly -
throughout the pregnancy.
Fig . 128 Safety belt
position during preg­
nancy
To provide maximum protection, safety belts must always
be positioned correctly on the wearer's body=>
page 142.
-Adjust the front seat and head restraint correctly
=> page 87, "General recommendations".
- Make sure the seat back of the rear seat bench is in
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::::,
page 143, fig. 128, => &.
- Insert the tongue into the correct buckle of your seat
until you hear it latch securely =>
page 141, fig. 126.
- Pull on the belt to make sure that it is securely latched in
the buckle.
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Safety belts
& WARNING
Improperly positioned safety belts can cause serious personal
injury in an accident.
• Expectant mothers must always wear the lap portion of the
safety belt as low as possible across the pelvis and below the
rounding of the abdomen.
• Always read and heed all WARNINGS and other important infor ­
mation ~
& in "Fastening safety belts" on page 141. •
Unfastening safety belts
Unbuckle the safety belt with the red release button only
after the vehicle has stopped.
Fig . 129 Releasing the
tongue from the buckle
- Push the red release button on the buckle=> fig. 129. The
belt tongue will spring out of the buckle =>
&.
- Let the belt wind up on the retractor as you guide the belt
tongue to its stowed position.
& WARNING
Never unfasten safety belt while the vehicle is moving . Doing so
will increase your risk of being injured or killed .•
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Improperly worn safety belts
Incorrectly positioned safety belts can cause severe inju­
ries.
Wearing safety belts improperly can cause serious 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 moving the safety belt to critical
areas of the body. Improper seating positions also increase
the risk of serious injury and death when an airbag deploys
and strikes an occupant who is not in the correct seating
position. A driver is responsible for the safety of all vehicle
occupants and especially for children. Therefore:
- Never permit anyone to assume an incorrect sitting posi­
tion in the vehicle while traveling~&.
& 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 occupants are correctly
restrained and stay in a correct seating position whenever the
vehicle is being used.
• Always read and heed all WARNINGS and other important infor­
mation =>
page 140. •
Safety belt tensioners
How safety belt pretensioners work
In front and side collisions above a particular severity,
safety belts in use are tensioned automatically.
The safety belts are equipped with safety belt pretensioners . The
system is activated by sensors in front and side collisions of great
severity . This tightens the belt and takes up belt slack=>&. in
"Service and disposal of safety belt pretensioner". Taking up the
slack helps to reduce forward occupant movement during a colli­
sion.
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The safety belt pretensioner can only be activated once.
• In minor frontal and side collisions, in rear-end collisions, in a
rollover and in accidents involving very little impact force, the safety
belt pretensioner are not activated.
• When the safety belt pretensioner is 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 components of the system are scrapped . A qualified deal­
ership is familiar with these regulations and will be pleased to pass
on the information to you.
• Be sure to observe all safety, environmental and other regula ­
tions if the vehicle or individual parts of the system, particularly the
safety belt or airbag, are to be disposed. We recommend you have
your authorized Audi dealer perform this service for you. •