2017 AUDI TT ROADSTER Owners Manual

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seat if the device is connected to the 12-
volt socket or the cigarette lighter socket.
- If a seat heater has been retrofitted or
otherwise added to the front passenger
seat, never install any child restraint sys­
tem on th is seat.
- Make sure that there are no wet objects
(such as a wet towel) and no water
or oth­
er liqu ids on the front passenger seat
cushion.
- Never place objects on the seat (such as a
laptop, CD player, electronic games de­
vice, power inverter or seat heater for
child seats). These may influence the elec­
tr ica l capacitance measured by the capaci­
tive passenge r detection system and can
also fly around in an accident and cause
serio us personal i njury.
- Always buckle the child safe ty seat firmly in
place even if a child is not sitting in it. A
loose child safety seat can fly around during
a sudden stop or in a collision .
-Always read and heed all WARNINGS when"
ever using a child restrained in a veh icle is
being used¢
page 189, Safety belts,
¢page 196, Airbag system
and
¢ page 218, Child safety.
A WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious in jury, make sure
that the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; light
comes on and stays on wheneve r a child re­
st raint is ins talled on the front passenger seat
and the ignition is sw itched on.
- Never ins tall a reward facing ch ild safety
seat on the front passenger seat if the PAS­
SENGER AIR BAG OFF~; ligh t does not
t u rn on and stay on.
- Have the airbag system inspected by your
authori zed Aud i deale r im mediately.
Ch ild sa fety
Child seats
Infant seats
Babies and infants up to about one year old and
20 lbs or
9 kg need special rearward-facing child
restraints that support the back, neck and head
in a crash .
Fig . 17 1 Rearwa rd-facing infant seat, prope rly installed on
the passenger seat
.,. When us ing the vehicle safety belt to install a
child safety seat, yo u must first activate the
convertib le lo ckin g re tractor on the safety belt
to p revent the ch ild safety seat from moving
¢ page 227.
.,. Push the ch ild safety seat down with your full
weight to get the safety belt really tight so that
the seat cannot move forward and sideways
more than 1 in (2.5 cm).
Infants up to about one year (20 lbs or 9 kg) are
best protected in special infant carriers and child
safety seats designed for their age group. Many
experts be lieve that infants and small ch ildren
should ride only in special restraints in wh ich the
child faces the back of the vehicle . These infant
seats support the baby's back, neck and head in a
cr ash
¢fig. 171.
A WARNING
Not using a child sa fe ty seat, using t he wrong
chi ld safety seat or imprope rly inst alling a
chi ld restraint increases the risk of ser ious
personal injury and death in a crash.
- Never install a rear -fac ing ch ild rest raint in
the forward-facing direction. Such restraints
are des igned for the special needs of infants
and very small children and cannot protect
them proper ly if the seat is forward-facing.
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Child safety
-Never install a rearward facing child safety
seat on the front passenger seat unless the
PASSE NGER AIR BAG OFF,;; light comes
on and stays on. If the
PA SSEN GE R AIR
BAG OFF ,;;
light does not come on and stay
on the inf lating airbag w ill hit the child safe­
ty seat or infant ca rr ier with great force and
will smash the chi ld safety seat and chi ld
against the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof. Have the airbag system inspected
immediately by your Audi dealer.
- Never place or use any electrical device
(such as a laptop, CD player, electronic
games device, power inverter or seat heater
for child seats) on the front passenger seat
if the device is connected to the 12-volt
socket or the cigarette lighter socket.
- If a seat heater has been retrof itted or oth­
erwise added to the front passenger seat,
never install any ch ild restraint system on
this seat .
- Make sure that there are no wet objects
(such as a wet towel) and no water or other
liquids on the front passenger seat cushion.
- Never place objects on the seat (such as a
laptop, CD player, electronic games dev ice,
power inverter or seat heater for child
seats). T hese may influence the e lectr ica l
capacitance measured by the capaci tive pas­
senger detection system and can also fly
around in an accident and ca use serious per ­
sonal injury.
- Always read and heed all WARN INGS when­
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used
Q page 189, Safety belts,
¢ page 196, Airbag system
and
¢ page 218, Important information.
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Convertible child safety seats
Properly used convertible child safety seats con
help protect toddlers and children over age one who weigh between 20 and 40 lbs (9 and 18 kg)
in a crash .
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Fig. 1 72 Sche matic overv iew : installat ion of t he seat using
the vehicle's safety belt system
""When using the vehicle safety belt to install a
child safety seat, yo u must first act ivate the
convertib le locking retractor on the safety belt
t o prevent the chi ld safety seat from moving
¢ page 227.
"" Push the chi ld safety seat down with your full
weight to get the safety belt really tight so that
the seat cannot move forward or sideways
more than 1 in (2.S cm)¢
page 227.
A toddler or child is usua lly too large for an in­
fant restraint if it is more than one year old and
weighs more than 20 lbs (9 kg).
Toddlers and children who are older than one
year up to about 4 years old and weigh more than 20 lbs (9 kg) up to 40 lbs (18 kg) must always be
properly restrained in a child safety seat certified
for their size and we ight and ¢
fig. 172 .
A WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, using the wrong
chi ld safety seat or imprope rly installing a
chi ld restrain t inc reases the risk of ser ious
personal injury an d death in a co llision or oth­
e r emergency s ituation.
- Ch ild ren on t he front seat of a ny car, eve n
w it h Advanced Airbags, can be seriously in­
jured or even kill ed when an airbag inflates .
A child in a rearward-facing ch ild safety seat
installed on the front passenger seat will be .,.

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seriously injured and can be killed if the
front airbag inflates -even with an Ad­
vanced Airbag System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
against the backrest, center arm rest, door
or roof.
- Never install a rearward facing child safety
seat on the front passenger seat unless the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; light comes
on and stays on.
If the PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF ~;
light does not come on and stay
on have the airbag system inspected imme­
diately by your Audi dealer.
- The rear side of the child safety seat should
be positioned as close as possible to the
backrest on the vehicle seat.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when­
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used¢
page 189, Safety belts,
¢ page 196, Airbag system and
cc> page 218, Important information.
&_ WARNING
If exceptional circumstances require the use
of a forward-facing child restraint on the
front passenger's seat, the child's safety and
well-being require that the following special precautions be taken:
- Make sure the forward-facing seat has been designed and certified by its manufacturer
for use on a front seat with a passenger
front and side airbag .
-Always follow the manufacturer's instruc­
tions provided with the child safety seat or
infant carrier.
- Always move the front passenger seat into
the rearmost position of the passenger seat's fore and aft adjustment range, and as
far away from the airbag as possible before
installing the child restraint.
- Always make sure that nothing prevents the
front passenger's seat from being
moved to
the rearmost position in its fore and aft ad­
justment range.
Child safety
- Always make sure the backrest is in an up­
right position.
- Never place or use any electrical device
(such as a laptop, CD player, electronic
games device, power inverter or seat heater
for child seats) on the front passenger seat
if the device is connected to the 12-vott
socket or the cigarette lighter socket.
- If a seat heater has been retrofitted or oth­
erwise added to the front passenger seat, never install any child restraint system on
this seat.
- Make sure that there are no wet objects
(such as a wet towel) and no water or other
liquids on the front passenger seat cushion.
- Never place objects on the seat (such as a
laptop, CD player, electronic games device,
power inverter or seat heater for child
seats). These may influence the electrical
capacitance measured by the capacitive pas­
senger detection system and can also fly
around in an accident and cause serious per­
sonal injury.
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
IJ,;; light comes on and stays on all the
time whenever the ignition is switched on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ,,,; light
does not come on and stay on have the air­
bag system inspected by your authorized
Audi dealer .
Booster seats and safety belts
Properly used booster seats 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 in/1.45 m) tall.
Fig. 173 Passenger seat: chil d properly restrained in a
booster seat
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Child safety
The vehicle's safety belts alone will not fit most
childr en until they are at least 4
ft 9 in (57 in/
1.45 m) tall and weigh about 80 lbs (36 kg) .
Booster seats raise these children up so that the
safety belt will pass properly over the s tronger
parts of their bodies and the safety belt can help
protect them in a crash .
"' Do not use the convertible locking retractor
when using the vehicle's safety belt to restrain
a child on a booster seat .
"'The shoulder belt 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 pelvis and never
across the stomach or abdomen. Make sure the
belt lies flat and snug . Pull on the belt to tight ­
en if necessary .
Children up to at least 8 years old (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, particularly the pelvis, of
these children is not fully developed, and they
must not use the vehicle safety belts without a
suitable child restraint.
It is usually best to put these children in appro­
priate booster seats. Be sure the booster seat
meets all applicable safety standards.
Booster seats raise the seating position of the
child 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 belt over the child's body is very important
for the child's protection, whether or not a boos­
ter seat is used.
Never use the lap belt portion of the vehicle 's
safety belt alone to restrain any child, regardless
of how big the child is. Always remember that
children do not have the pronounced pelvic struc­
ture required for the proper function of lap belt
port ion of the vehicle's three point lap and
shoulder belts . The child's safety absolutely re­
quires that a lap belt portion of the safety belt be
fastened snugly and as low as possible around the pelvis. Never let the lap belt portion of the
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safety belt pass over the child's stomach or abdo­
men.
In a crash, airbags must inflate w ithin a blink of
an eye and with considerable force. In order to do
its job, the airbag needs room to inflate so that it
will be there to protect the occupant as the occu­
pant moves forward into the airbag.
A vehicle occupant who is out of pos it ion and too
close to the airbag gets in the way of an inflating
airbag. When an occupant is too close, he or she
will be struck vio lently and w ill receive serious or
possibly even fatal injury.
In order for the airbag to offer protection, it is
important that all vehicle occupants , especially
any ch ildren, who must be in the front seat be­
cause of exceptional circumstances, be properly
restrained and as far away from the airbag as
possible. By keeping room between the child 's
body and the front of the passenger compart­
ment, the airbag can inflate completely and pro­
vide supplemental protection in certa in frontal
collisions.
,&. WARNING
Not using a booster seat, using the booster
seat improperly, incorrect ly installing a boos­
ter seat or using the vehicle safety belt im­
proper ly increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death in a collision or other emer­
gency situation. To help reduce the risk of se­
rious personal injury and/or death:
- The shoulder belt must lie as close to the
center 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 . T he lap belt must lie across the pelvis
and never across the stomach or abdomen.
Ma ke sure that the be lt lies flat and snug.
Pull on the belt to tighten if necessary.
- Failure to properly route safety belts over a
child's body will cause severe injuries in an
accident or other emergency situation
<=> page 189.
- The rear side of the chi ld safety seat should
be positioned as close as possible to the
backrest on the veh icle seat.
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-Children on the front seat of any car, even
with Advanced Airbags, can be seriously in­
jured or even killed when an airbag inflates.
- Never let a child stand or kneel on the seat .
- Never let a child ride in the cargo area of
your vehicle.
-Always remember that a child leaning for­ ward, sitting sideways or out of position in any way during an accident can be struck by
a deploying airbag. This will result in serious
personal injury or death.
- If you must install a booster seat on the
front passenger seat because of exceptional
c ircumstances the
PA SSENGER AIR BAG
OFF ~;
light must come on and stay on,
whenever the ignition is switched on.
- If the
PAS SENG ER AIR BAG OFF~; light
does not come on and stay on, perform the
checks described ¢
page 207, Monitoring
the Advanced Airbag System.
- If the PASSE NGE R AIR BAG OFF~; light
does not come on and stay on wheneve r the
ignition is switched on the infla ting airbag
will hit the child safety sea t or i nfant c arr ier
with great force and will smash the child safety seat and child against the backrest,
center armrest, door or roof . Have the air­
bag system inspected immediately by your
Audi dealer.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when­
ever using a child restrained in a veh icle is
being used¢
page 189, Safety belts,
¢ page 196, Airbag system
and
¢page 218, Important information .
Securing child seats
Securing a child safety seat using a safety
belt
Safety belts for the front passenger con be
locked with the convertible locking retractor to
properly secure child safety seats .
The safety belt emergency locking retractor for
the front passenger's seat safety belt have a con­
vertible locking retractor for chi ld restraints . The
safety belt must be locked so that belt webbing
cannot unreel. The retractor can be activated to
Ch ild safety
lock the safety belt and prevent the safe ty be lt
webbing from loosening up during norma l driv­
ing. A chi ld safety seat can only be properly in­
stalled when the safety belt is locked so that the child and ch ild safety seat will stay in p lace.
Always remember : Even though your vehicle is
equipped with an Advanced Airbag system, a
child should always r ide in the seat properly re­
strained for its age and s ize.
A WARNING .,.__
Improperly installed ch ild safety seats in­
crease the risk of serious personal injury and
death in a co llision .
-
-Always make sure that the safety belt re­
tractor is locked when installing a child
safety seat. An un locked safety be lt retrac­
tor cannot hold the ch ild safety seat in place
du ring normal driving or in a c rash.
- Always buckle the child safety seat fi rm ly in
p lace even if a ch ild is not sitt ing in it. A
loose chi ld safety seat can fly around during
a sudden stop or in a co llision.
- If the backrest is not securely latched, the
child and the ch ild restraint will be thrown
forward together with the backrest and will strike parts of the vehicle interior. The child
can be seriously injured or killed.
- The inflating airbag will hit the ch ild safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child aga inst the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof.
- Forward-facing child safety seats or infant
carriers installed on the front passenger's
seat may interfere w ith the deployment of
the airbag and cause serious in ju ry to the
child.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when­
eve r us ing a child restrained in a vehicle is
be ing used
¢ page 218. Special p recautions
apply when ins ta lli ng a child safety seat on
the front passenge r seat¢
page 197, Child
restraints on the front seat -some impor -
tant things to know . ..,
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A WARNING
Always take spec ial precaut ions if you must
install a forward or rearward-fac ing ch ild re­
straint on the front passenger's seat in excep­
tional situations:
- Whenever a forward or rearwa rd-facing
child restraint is insta lled on the front pas­
senger seat, t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
~; light mus t come on and stay on whenev­
e r t he ignition is sw itche d on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; light
does not come on and stay on, perform the
checks described~
page 207, Monitoring
the Advanced Airbag System.
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; light
does not come on and stay on whenever the
ignition is switched on the inflating air bag
will hit the c hild safety seat o r infant carrier
with great force and will smash the child
safety seat and child against the backrest, center armrest, door or roof. Have the air­
bag system inspected immediately by your
Audi dealer.
- Improper installation of ch ild restraints can
red uce their effect iveness or even prevent
t h em from p roviding any p rotection .
-An improperly installed c hild rest raint can
interfere w ith the airbag as it deploys and
seriously injure or even kill the child.
- Always carefully follow the manufac turer 's
instructions p rovided w ith the ch ild safety
seat or car rier.
- After checking to ma ke sure that the child
restra int is prope rly installed, ma ke certai n
t h at the child res traint is co rrec tly recog­
ni ze d by the c apac it ive passenger detec tion
system in the front passenger sea t and that
the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~. light sig­
nals the correct front passenger frontal air­
bag status.
A WARNING
Forward-fac ing ch ild rest raints:
- Always make sure the forward-facing seat
has been designed and cert ified by its man­
ufact urer for use on a front seat with a pas­
senger front and side a irbag .
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-Never put the fo rwa rd-facing child restraint
up, against o r very near the instrument pan­
el.
- Always move the passenge r seat into its
rearmost posit ion in the seat's fo re and aft
ad justment range , as far away from the a ir­
bag as poss ible before installing the for­
ward-facing chi ld restraint. The back res t
m ust be adjusted to an upr ight position.
- Ma ke sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF ~;
light comes on and stays on all the
time w heneve r the ig nition is switched o n.
A WARNING
R earward-faci ng chi ld restrain ts:
- A child in a rearward-fac ing ch ild safety seat
installed on the fron t passenger seat will be
serious ly injure d and can be killed if t he
front airbag infl ates -even with an Ad­
vance d Ai rb ag System.
- The infl ating air bag will h it t he ch ild safety
sea t or i nfan t car rier with great force an d
w ill smash the child safety seat and child
aga inst the backrest, center a rm rest, door
or roof.
- Always be especially carefu l if yo u must in ­
stall a rea rward facing child safety seat on
the front passenge r seat in exceptiona l cir­
cumstances.
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF ~;
light comes on and stays on all the
time wheneve r the ign it ion is switched on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; light
does not come on and stay on, have the air­
bag system inspected by you r Audi dealer.
Activating the convertible locking retractor
Use the convertible locking retractor to secure a
child restraint.
A lways heed the chi ld safety seat manufacturer's
i nst ruct ions when insta lling a child restra int i n
yo ur vehicle. To activate the convertib le locking
r etractor:
.,. Place the chi ld restraint on a seat .
.,. Slowly p ull the belt
all the way out .

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~ Route it around or through the child restraint
belt path
¢ .&_.
~ Push the child safety seat down with your full
weight to get the safety be lt really tight.
~ I nsert the belt tongue into the buckle for that
seating position .
~ Guide the safety belt back into the retractor un­
t il the belt lies flat and snug on t he chi ld safety
seat.
~ You should hear a "clicking" no ise as the belt
winds back into the inertia reel. Test the con­
vertib le locking retractor by pu lling on the belt .
You should no longer be able to pu ll the belt
out of the retractor. The convertible locking re­
tractor is now activated .
~ Make sure that the red release button is facing
away from the child restraint so that it can be
unbuckled qu ickly.
~ Pullon the belt to make sure the safety belt is
properly tig ht and fastened so that the seat
cannot move forward and s ideways more than
1 in (2 .5 cm) .
A WARNING
Using the wrong child restraint or an improp­
erly installed child restraint can cause serious
personal injury or death in a crash.
- Always make sure that the safety belt re-
tractor is locked when install ing a child
safety seat. An unlocked safety belt retrac­
tor cannot hold the child safety seat in place
dur ing normal driving or in a crash .
- Always buckle the child safety seat firmly in
place even if a child is not sitting in it . A
loose child safety seat can fly around during
a sudden stop or in a crash.
-Always make sure the seat backrest to which the ch ild restraint is installed is in an up­
right position. Othe rw ise, the seatback with
the ch ild safety seat attached to it could fly
forward in the event of an accident o r other
emergency sit uation .
- Always read and heed all WARN INGS when­
ever using a child res trained in a veh icle is
being used
¢ page 218. Spec ia l precautions
apply when installing a child safety seat on
the front passenger seat ¢
page 19 7, Child
Child safety
restraints on the front seat -some impor­
tant things to know.
Deactivating the convertible locking
retractor
The convertible locking retractor for child re­
straints will be deactivated automatically when
the belt is wound all the way back into the re­
tractor .
~ Press the red button on the safety belt buckle.
The belt tongue will pop out of the buckle.
~ Guide the safety belt all the way back into its
stowed posit ion.
Always let the safety belt retract completely into its stowed posit ion. The safety belt can now be
u sed as an ord inary safety belt without the con­
vertible locking retractor for c hild restraints .
If the convertible locking retractor should be ac­
t ivated inadvertently, the safety belt must be un­
fastened and guided complete ly back into its
stowed pos ition to deactivate th is feature. If the
conve rtible locking retractor is not deactivated,
the safety be lt will g radually become t igh ter and
u ncomfortab le to wear.
A WARNING ,...___ -
Improperly installed child safety seats in­
crease the risk of serious personal injury and
death in a co llision.
- Never unfasten the safety belt to deactivate
the convertible locking retractor for child re­
stra ints wh ile the vehicle is moving. You
would not be restrained and could be seri­
ously injured in an accident .
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when­
ever us ing a child restrained in a vehicle is
be ing used
¢ page 218. Special precautions
apply when instal ling a child safety seat on
the front passenge r seat¢
page 197, Child
restraints on the front seat -some impor­
tant things to know.
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Additional information
Sources of information about child
restraints and their use
There are a number of sources of additiona l in ­
formation about child restraint selection, instal ­
lation and use:
NHTSA advises that the best child safety seat is
the one that fits your chi ld and fits in your vehi­
cle, and that you will use correctly and consis ­
tently.
Try before you buy!
U .S Nation al Highw ay Tra ffic Safet y Admini stra­
tion
Tel.: 1 (888) 327-4236 ( TTY: 1 (800) 424-9153)
www.nhtsa.gov
Nation al S AFE KID S Campaign
Tel.: 1 (202) 662-0600
www.safekids.o rg
Saf ety B elt Saf e U.S .A
Tel. : 1 (800) 745-SAFE (Engl ish)
Tel.: 1 (800) 747-SANO (Spanish)
www.ca rseat.o rg
Tra nsport Canada Inform ation Centr e
Tel.: 1 (800) 333-0371 or call 1 (6 13) 998-8616
if you a re in the Ottawa area
http ://www.tc.gc.ca/ eng/roadsafety/menu .htm
Aud i Custom er R elat ion s
Tel. : (800) 822-2834
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