2009 AUDI S4 CABRIOLET belt

& WARNING (continued)
• Never let any person ride with feet on the instrument panel or
sticking out the window or on the seat.
• Never remove a safety belt while the vehicle is moving. Doing
so will increase your risk of being injured or killed.
• Never wear belts twisted .
• Never wear belts over rigid or breakable objects in or on your
clothing, such as eye glasses, pens, keys , etc. , as these may cause
injury .
• Never wear the shoulder part of the belt under your arm or
otherwise out of position .
• Several layers of heavy clothing may interfere with correct posi ­
tioning of belts and reduce their effectiveness.
• Always keep belt buckles free of anything that may prevent the
buckle from latching securely.
• Never use comfort clips or devices that create slack in the
shoulder belt. However , special clips may be required for the
correct use of some child restraint systems.
• Never allow safety belts to become damaged by being caught
in door or seat hardware .
• Torn or frayed safety belts can tear and damaged belt hardware
can break in an accident . Inspect belts regularly. If webbing, bind­
ings, buckles , or retractors are damaged , have belts replaced by an
authorized Audi dealer or qualified workshop.
• Safety belts that have been worn and loaded in an accident
must be replaced with the correct replacement safety belt by an
authorized Audi dealer or qualified workshop. Replacement may
be necessary even if damage cannot be clearly seen. Anchorages
that were loaded must also be inspected.
• Never remove, modify, disassemble, or try to repair the safety
belts yourself .
Safety first
Safety belts
& WARNING (continued)
• Always keep the belts clean. Dirty belts may not work properly
and can impair the function of the inertia reel
~ page 242, "Safety
belts" .•
Safety belts
Fastening safety belts
Seat first -everybody buckle up!
Fig. 167 Belt buckle
and tongue on the
driver 's seat
To provide maximum protection, safety belts must always
be positioned correctly on the wearer's body .
Adjust the front seat and head restraint properly
=> page 92, "General recommendations".
Hold the belt by the tongue and pull it evenly across the
chest and pelvis=>& .
Inse rt the tongue into the correct buckle of your seat
until you hear it latch securely=> fig. 167.
Pull on the belt to make sure that it is securely latched in
the buckle. ..,
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Automatic safety belt retractors
Every safety belt is equipped with an automatic belt retractor on the
shoulder bel t. This featu re locks the bel t when the belt is pulled out
fast, during hard braking and in an accident. The belt may also lock
when you drive up or down a steep hill or through a sharp curve. During normal driving the bel t lets you move freely.
Safety belt pretensioners
The safety belts are equipped with a belt pretension er that helps to
tighten the safety belt and remove slack when the pretensioner is
activated. The function of the pretensioner is monitored by a
warning light:::::, page
20, "Airbag system @;".
Switchable locking feature
Every safe ty belt except the one on the driver seat is equipped with
a switchable locking feature that must be used when the safety belt
is used to attach a child seat . Be sure to read the important informa­
tion about this feature:::::, page
200.
& WARNING
Improperly positioned safety belts can cause serious injury in an
accident :::::,
page 164, "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 202. •
Safety belt position
Correct belt position is the key to getting maximum
protection from safety belts.
Fig . 168 Head restraint
and safety belt posi­
tion as seen from the
side
Use the height adjustmen t to change the position of the shoulder
straps of the front seat belts.
in. 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. 168. 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. 168. 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. ..,.

& WARNING (continued)
• Always read and heed all WARNINGS and other important infor­
mation
=> page 162. •
Pregnant women must also be correct ly
restrained
The best way to protect the fetus is to make sure that
expectant mothers always wear safety belts correctly·
throughout the pregnancy.
Fig . 169 Safety belt
position during preg­
nancy
To provide maximum protection, safety belts must always
be posit ioned correctly on the wearer's body=>
page 164.
-Adjust the front seat and head restraint correctly
=>
page 92, "General recommendations".
- Hold the belt by the tongue and pull it evenly across the
chest and pelvis=> fig. 169, =>
&.
- Insert the tongue into the correct buckle of your seat
until you hear it latch securely=>
page 163, fig. 167.
- Pull on the belt to make sure that it is securely latched in
the buck le.
Safety first
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 163. •
Unfastening safety belts
Unbuckle the safety belt with the red release button only
after the vehicle has stopped.
Fig . 170 Releasing the
tongue from the buckle
- Push the red release button on the buckle=> fig. 170. 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
nes.
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 162. •
Safety belt pretensioners
How safety belt pretensioners work
In front, side and rear-end collisions above a particular
severity, safety belts are tensioned automatically.
The safety belts are equipped with safety belt pretensioners . The
system is activated by sensors in front, side and rear -end collisions
of great severity . This tightens the belt and takes up belt slack=>&.
in "Service and disposal of safety belt pretensioner" on
page 167.
Taking up the slack helps to reduce forward occupant movemen t
during a collision.
[ i] Tips
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 pretension er 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 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. •

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Service and disposal of safety belt
pretension er
The safety belt pretensioners are parts of the safety belts on your
Aud i. Installing, re mov ing, servicing or repairing of belt preten ­
sioners can damage the safety belt system and prevent it from
wo rk ing correct ly in a coll ision.
There are some important things you have to know to make sure
t ha t th e effectiveness of the system w ill not be impai red and that
discarded components do not cause injury or pollute the environ ­
ment .
& WARNING
Improper care , servicing and repair procedure s can increase the
risk of personal injury and death by preventing a safety belt
preten sioner from activating when needed or activating it unex ­
pe ctedly :
• The belt preten sioner system can be activated only once. If belt
preten sioner s have been act ivated , the sy stem mu st be repla ced.
• Never repair , adju st, or change any part s of the safety belt
system .
• Safety belt sy stem s including safety belt pretensioners cannot
be repaired . Spe cial pro cedure s are required for removal, installa­
tion and di spo sal of thi s s ystem .
• For any work on the safety belt s ystem , we strongl y re com ­
mend that you see your authorized Audi dealer or qual ified techni ­
ci an who ha s an Aud i approved repair m anu al, tr aining and spe cial
equipment nece ssary .
W For the sake of the environment
Undeployed airbag modu les and pretensioners might be classified
as Perchlorate Material -special handling may apply, see
www .dtsc .ca .gov/hazardouswaste/perchl ora te. When the vehicle or
Controls and equip­ ment Safety first Vehicle operation parts of the restraint system including airbag modules safety be
lts
wi th pre te nsi oners are scrapped, a ll applicable laws and reg ula ­
tions must be observed . Your authorized Audi dealer is familiar with
these req uirements and we recommend tha t you have you r dealer
perform this service for you. •
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Airbag system
Important things to know
Importance of wearing safety belts and
sitting properly
Airbags are only supplemental restraints. For airbags to
do their job, occupants must always properly wear their
safety belts and be in a proper seating position.
For your safety and the safety of your passengers, before
driving off, a lways:
- Adjust the driver's seat and steering wheel properly
=>
page 148,
- Adjust the front passenger's seat properly => page 93,
- Wear safety belts properly=> page 162,
- Always properly use the proper child restraint to protect
children=>
page 190 .
In a collision airbags must inflate within the blink of an eye and with
considerable force . Th e suppl emental airbags can caus e injuries if
the driver or the front seat passenger are not seated proper ly . There ­
fore in order to help the airbag to do its job, it is impor tant, both as
a driver and as a passenger to sit properly at all times.
By keeping room between your body and the steering wheel and the
front of the passenger compartment, the airbag can inflate fully and
completely and prov ide supplementa l protection in certain frontal
collisions ~
page 148, "Proper occupant seating positions" . For
details on the operation of the seat adjustment controls~
page 93
and ~ page 96.
It's especially important that chi ldren are proper ly restrained
~ page 190.
There is a lot that the driver and the passengers can and must do to
help the individual safety features installed in your Audi work
together as a system.
Proper seating posi tion is important so that the front airbag on the
driver side can do its job. If you have a physical impairment or
condition that prevents you from sitting properly on the driver seat
with the safety belt properly fastened and reaching the pedals, or if
you have concerns with regard to the function or operation of the
Advanced Airbag System, please contact your authorized Audi
dea ler or qua lif ied workshop, or call Audi Customer CARE at 1-800 -
822 -2834 for possible modifications to your vehicle .
When the airbag system deploys, a gas generator wi ll fill the
airbags, break open the padded covers, and inflate between the
steering wheel and the driver and between the instrument panel
and the front passenger. The airbags will deflate immediately after
deployment so that the front occupants can see through the wind ­
shield again without interruption .
All of this takes p lace in the blink of an eye, so fast that many people
don't even rea lize that the airbags have dep loyed. The airbags also
inflate with a great deal of force and nothing should be in their way
when they deploy . Front airbags in combination with properly worn
safety bel ts slow down and limit the occupant's forward movement.
Together they help to prevent the driver and front seat passenger
from hitting parts of the inside the vehicle while reducing the forces acting on the occupant during the crash . In this way they help to
reduce the risk of injury to the head and upper body in the crash .
Airbags do not protect the arms or the lower parts of the body.
Both front airbags w ill not in flate in al l frontal collisions . The trig ­
gering of the airbag system depends on the vehic le deceleration
rate caused by the collision and registered by the electronic contro l
unit. If this rate is below the reference value programmed into the
control unit, the airbags will not be triggered, even though the car
may be badly damaged as a result of the collision . Vehicle damage, .,

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repair costs or even the lack of vehicle damage is not necessarily an
indication of whether an airbag should inflate or not .
It is not possible to define a range of vehicle speeds that will cover
every possible kind and angle of impact that will always trigger the
airbags, since the circumstances will vary considerably between
one collision and another. Important factors include, for example,
the nature (hard or soft) of the object which the car hits, the angle of impac t, vehicle sp eed , etc . The front airbags will also not inflate
in side or rear collisions, or in roll-overs.
Always remember : Airbags will deploy only once, and only in certain
kinds of collisions. Your safety belts are always there to offer protec­
tion in those situations in which airbags are not supposed to deploy,
or when they have already deployed; for example, when your vehicle
strikes or is struck by another after the first collision.
This is just one of the reasons why an airbag is a suppl em entary
restraint and is not a substitute for a safety belt. The airbag system
works most effectively when used with the safety belts. Therefore ,
always properly wear your safety belts=>
page 159.
& WARNING
Sitting too close to the steering wheel or instrument panel will
decrease the effectiveness of the airbags and will increase the risk
of personal injury in a collision.
• Never sit closer than 10 inches (25 cm) to the steering wheel or
instrument panel.
• If you cannot sit more than 10 inches (25 cm) from the steering
wheel, investigate whether adaptive equipment may be available
to held you reach the pedals and increase your seating distance
from the steering wheel.
• If you are unrestrained, leaning forward, sitting sideways or out
of position in any way, your risk of injury is much higher.
• You will also receive serious injuries and could even be killed if
you are up against the airbag or too close to it when it inflates -
even with an Advanced Airbag.
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Vehicle operation
& WARNING (continued)
• To reduce the risk of injury when an airbag inflates, always
wear safety belts properly~
page 163, "Safety belts".
• Always make certain that children age 12 or younger always
ride in the rear seat. If children are not properly restrained, they
may be severely injured or killed when an airbag inflates.
• Never let children ride unrestrained or improperly restrained in
the vehicle. Adjust the front seats properly.
• Never ride with the backrest reclined.
• Always sit as far as possible from the steering wheel or the
instrument panel~
page 148, "Proper occupant seating posi­
tions".
• Always sit upright with your back against the backrest of your
seat.
• Never place your feet on the instrument panel or on the seat .
Always keep both feet on the floor in front of the seat to help
prevent serious injuries to the legs and hips if the airbag inflates.
• Never recline the front passenger's seat to transport objects.
Items can also move into the area of the side airbag or the front
airbag during braking or in a sudden maneuver. Objects near the
airbags can become projectiles and cause injury when an airbag
inflates.
& WARNING
Airbags that have deployed in a crash must be replaced.
• Use only original equipment airbags approved by Audi and
installed by a trained technician who has the necessary tools and
diagnostic equipment to properly replace any airbag in your
vehicle and assure system effectiveness in a crash.
• Never permit salvaged or recycled airbags to be installed in
your vehicle. •
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& W
ARNING (continued )
• Improper installation of child restraints can reduce their effec­
tiveness or even prevent them from p roviding any protection .
• An improperly installed child restraint can interfere with the
airbag as it deploys and seriously injure or even kill the child -
even with an Advanced Airbag System .
• Always carefully follow the manufa cturer's instru ctions
provided with the child safety seat or carrier .
• Never place additional items on the seat that can increase the
total weight registered by the weight-sensing mat and can cause injury in a crash .
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Front airbags
Description of front airbags
The air bag sy stem can provi de su ppleme ntal pr ote ct io n
to prope rly r estrai ned fron t se at occu pants.
Fig. 1 7 1 L ocation of
driver airbag: in
s teeri ng w heel
Fig . 172 Location of
fron t pa ssenger' s
airbag : in the in stru ­
ment panel
Your vehicle is equipp ed with an " Advanced Airbag System" in
complia nce wit h United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safe ty Stan ­
dard (FMVSS) 208 as appl icab le at the time your veh icle was manu ­
f act ured. The safety bel ts for the front seat s have "pretensi one rs"
t ha t help to take slack ou t of the be lt s ystem. The p re tens io ne rs a re
also activated by the electronic control unit for the airbag system.
The fr ont safe ty belts als o h ave loa d lim iters to hel p reduce the
forces applied to the body in a crash.
The a irbag f or the driver is i n the st eeri ng wheel hub~ fig. 171 a nd
t h e airbag for the front passenger is in the i nstrument panel
~ fig. 172. The genera l location of the airbags is marked "AIRBAG".
There is a lot you need to know ab out t he airbags in y our vehicle. We
u rge you to read the deta iled information about airbags, safety belts
and child s afety i n th is and th e other c ha pt ers t hat make u p the
owner's literature. Please be sure to heed the WARN INGS -they are
e xt reme ly im portan t for y our safe ty a nd the safe ty of y our passen ­
gers, especia lly infants and small childr en.
& WARNING
Never rely on airbags alone for protection .
• Even when they deploy, airbags provide only supplemental
protect ion .