
Child safety
seating position on the rear seat and have
the airbag system inspected by your author
ized Audi dealer.
- Take the child restraint off the front passen
ger seat and install it properly at one of the
rear seat positions if the
P A SSEN GER AIR
BAG OFF
light does not stay on whenever
the ignition is switched on.
Booster seats and safety belts
Properly used booster sea ts can help protect
children weighing between about 40 lbs . and 80
lbs . (18 kg and 36 kg) who are less than
4 ft. 9
in . (57 inches/1.45 meters) tall .
Fig . 1 68 Rea r seat : chi ld proper ly restrain ed in a booster
seat
The vehicle's safety belts alone will not fit most
chi ldren until they are at least 4 ft. 9 in . (57 in
ches/1.45 meters) tall and weigh about 80 lbs.
(36 kg). Booster seats raise these chi ldren up so
that the safety belt will pass properly over the
stronge r parts of their bodies and the safety belt
can help protect them in a crash.
• Do no t use the conve rtible locking retractor
whe n using the vehicle's safety belt to restrain
a chi ld on a booster seat.
• The shoulder be lt must lie as close to the cen
ter of the child's collar bone as possible and
must lie flat and snug on the upper body. It
must never lie across the throat or neck. The
lap belt must lie across the pelv is and never
across the stomach or abdomen . Make sure the
belt lies flat and snug. Pull on the belt to tight
en if necessa ry .
• If you must transpo rt an older chi ld in a boos
ter seat on the front passenger seat , you can
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use the safety belt height adjustment to help
adjust the shoulder portion properly.
• Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
c::, page 164.
Children up to at least 8 years o ld (over 40 lbs or
18 kg) are best protected in child safety seats de
signed for their age and weight. Experts say that
the skeletal structure, part icularly the pelvis, of
these children is not fully developed, and they
must not use the vehicle safety belts without a
su itable child restraint .
It is usually best to put these children in appro
priate booster seats . Be sure the booster seat
meets all applicable safety sta ndards .
Booster seats raise the seating position of the
ch ild and reposition both the lap and shoulder
parts of the safety belt so that they pass across
the child's body in the right places. The routing of
the be lt over the ch ild's body is very important
fo r the ch ild's protect ion, whet her or not a boos
te r seat is used. C hildren age 12 a nd under m ust
always ride in the re ar seat.
Children who a re at least 4 ft. 9 in . (5 7 inches/
1.45 meters) tal l can generally use t he vehicle's
th ree poin t lap a nd shoulder belts . Never use the
l ap belt portion of the veh icle's safety bel t alone
to restrain any chi ld, regard less o f how big the
ch ild is. Always remember that children do not
have the pronounced pelvic structure required for
the proper function of lap be lt portion of the ve
hicle's three point lap and shoulder belts. The
c hi ld's safety absolutely requ ires that a lap belt
portion of the safety belt be fastened snugly and
as low as possib le around the pe lvis . Never le t
the lap belt po rtion of the safety be lt pass ove r
the child's stomach or abdomen.
In a crash, airbags must inflate w ithi n a blink of
an eye and with considerab le force. In order to do
i ts job, the airbag needs room to inflate so that i t
will be there to protect the occup ant as the occ u
pan t moves forw ard in to the airbag.
A vehicle occupan t who is out of pos it ion and too
cl ose to the a irbag gets in the way of an inflating
airbag. When an occupant is too close, he or she
will be struck vio lent ly and w ill rece ive serio us or
possib ly even fatal injury.
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Index
Proper seating position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Occupants .. .. .. ................ ... . 119
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Protecting 195
Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? 128
R
Radiator fan
211
Ra in/light sensor
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 49
Ra is ing the veh icle .. ........... .... ... 257
Range (fuel level)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear light
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . 108, 109
Rear view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rear window defogger (4-zone deluxe auto
mat ic cl imate contro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Recirculation mode (4-zone deluxe automatic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Remote control Garage door opener (Home link) . . . . . . . . . 41
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Remote control key
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . . 50
Repo rting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 125, 126
274
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Residual heat (4-zone deluxe automatic cli-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rims ......... ... .. .. ............... 232
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Load ing... .... .. .. .. ............. ... 62
Roof weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
s
Safe driving habits
Safety 118
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Correct seating pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Safety be lt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 132
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 132
Safety belt pretensioner
Service and disposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Safety belts ...................... 127, 130
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Safety belt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Special considerations for pregnant wom- en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Safety belt tensioner drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Safety compliance sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118