belt AUDI ALLROAD 2000 Owner's Manual

Head airbags (SIDEGUARD)
The head airbags (inflatable curtain head
airbags) are located on the left and right
sides above the doors underne ath the head­
lin er. These locations are marked with the
word "AIRBAG".
The head airbags are inflated together with
the supplemental side airbags only in se­
vere side collisions occuring on the impact
side of the vehicle. The
head airbags will not inflate ...
• if the ignition is switched off
• in frontal collisions
• in side collisions in which vehicle
deceleration is not high enough
• in rear collisions
• in roll-overs.
Under some accident conditions, front and
side and head airbags may inflate.
Remember too, airbags will deploy only
once and only in certain kinds of accidents
-y our safety belts are always there to offer
protection in those accidents in which air­
bags are not supposed to deploy or when
they have already deployed.
A head airbag is not a substitute for the
safety belt It is part of the overa ll vehicle
safety system. The airbag system works
most effectively when used with the safety
belts. Therefore, always wear your safety­
belts. See pages 14 to 24. SA
FETY FIRST
How the head airbag system works
In the event of a side-impact collision, the
head airbag deploys to reduce the risk that
persons sitting next to the doors will be in­
jured if their heads strike the windows or
door columns. In addition, the head airbag
protects occupants from objects hurtled
into the vehicle from the outside, such as
broken glass.
In order to provide optimal protection for ve­
hicle occupants, the airbag system is de­
signed so that the head and side airbags on
the accident side are always triggered to­
gether.
Therefore, the conditions under which the
head airbags are deployed are identical to
those for the side airbags. See page 35.
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Child safety
The physical principles of what happens
when your car is in an accident, illustrated
on pages 14-17 , apply also to children. But
unlike adults and teenagers. their muscles
and bones a.re not fully developed. In many
respects chrldren are at greater risk of seri­
ous injury in accidents than are adults.
Because children's bodies are not fully de­
veloped, they require restraint systems es­
pecially designed for their size. weight, and
body structure. Many countries and all
states of the United States and provinces of
Canada have laws requiring the use of ap­
proved child restraint systems for infants
and small children.
Child restraints, like adult safety belts, must
be used properly to be effective. Used im­
properly, they can increase the risk of seri­
ous injury in an accident.
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ARNING
• Accident statistics have shown
that children are generally safer in
the rear seat area than in the front
seating position. Always restrain
any child age 12 and under in the
rear.
• . All ve�icle occupants and espe­
Cially children must be restra ined
properly whenever riding in a ve­
hicle. An unrestrained or improp­
erly restra ined child could be in­
jur
_ed b
y stri king the interior or by
bemg eJected from the vehicle dur­
ing a sudden maneuver or impact. J'A1
WARNING
continued
An unrestrained or improperly re­
strained child is also at greater
risk of injury or death through con­
ta c:t with �n inflating airbag. A
su1table child restraint properly
installed and used at one of the
rear seating positions provides the
highest degree of protec tion for
infants and small children in most
accidents.
Consult the child seat manufacturer's in­
structions to be sure the seat is right for
your child's size.

SA
FETY FIRST--
Booster seats
Children up to 7 years old (55 1bs, or 25 kg)
are best protect ed 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 devel­
oped, and they should not use the vehicle
safety belts.
48 Children
of average size of about 7 years
and older may use available three point
combination lap and shoulder belts. It is
usual �y best to put these children in ap­
propnate 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.
} he rou.ting of the belt over the child' s body
IS very Important for the child' s protec tion,
whether or not a booster seat is used.
Chil �ren age 12 and younger should always
nde 1n the back seat properly restrained for
their age and size. �W
ARNING
� lways position the shoulder por­
tion of the three-point belt mid­
way over the shoulder of the child.
The shoulder portion must never
rest against or across the neck. It
should never contact or rema in in
front of the face, chin, or throat.
The lap belt portion of the three
point belt as well as any lap belt
alone must always pass as low as
possible across the pelvis, never
over the abdomen. Failure to prop­
erly route safety belts over a
chil d's body will cause severe iniu­
ries in an accident.

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In a collision, airbags must inflate within 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 occupant moves for­
ward into the airbag.
A vehicle occupant who is out of position
and to close to the airbag gets in the way of
on infloting nirbag. When an occupant is too close he or she will be stru ck violently and
will r� ceive serious or possibly even fatal in­
jury.
In order for the airbag to offer protection, it
is important that all vehicle occupants, es­
pecially children who must ride on the front
seat in excep tional situations, be properly
restra ined and as far away from the airbag
as possible. By keeping room between your
body and the front of the passenger
compartment, the airbag can inflate fully
and completely and provide supplemental
pro tection in certain frontal collisions. �W
ARNING
Never let a child stand or kneel on
any seat, particularly the front
seat. Never let a child ride in the
cargo area of your car. If a child is
leaning forward, sitting sideways
or out of position in any way, the
child is more likely to be injured in
a crash and will receive serious or
fatal injuries if the child comes
into contact with an airbag as it in­
flates.
Safety belts and older children
Children of average size of about 7 years of
age and older may use the lap belt in excep­
tional circumstances if the proper use of
three point belts is not possible. Always re­
member that children do not have the pro­
nounced pelvic structure required for the
proper function of lap belts. The child's
safety absolutely requires that a lap belt be
fastened snugly and as low as possible
around the pelvis. Never let a lap belt pass
over the child's stomach or abdomen.
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�W ARNING
Failure to properly route safety
balta over a childs body will cause
severe injuries in an accident.
The lap belt portion of the three
point belt as wall as any lap belt
alone must always pass as low as
possible across the pelvis, never
over the stomach or abdomen.
Yo unger children should use a lap belt only
in very exceptio nal situations and only if no
child restraint system for the child' s size and
weight or safer alternative means of trans­
portation of the child is available. In these
excep tional situations, the use of a lap belt
is better than permitting the child to remain
totally unrestrained. But remember: a lap
belt cannot provide the same level of
protect ion as a proper child restra int.
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ARNING
• An improperly worn safety belt
will not provide the best protec­
tion in an accident and may causa
serious personal injury. Always
make sure that children and other
vehicle occupants properly wear
available restraint systems. Care­
fully follow the Instructions pro­
vided by the manufacturers of
child restra ints.
• Commercially available child
seats are required to comply with
U. S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard (FMVSS) 213 (in Canada
CMVSS 213).
• These standards include instal­
lation requirements for using the
lap portion of a combination lap­
shoulder belt such as those
installed in your vehicle. fA,
WARNING continued
• When buying a child restraint,
select one that fits your child and
vehicle.
• Only use child restraint systems
that fully contact the flat portion
of the seat cushion. The child seat
must not tip or lean to either side.
Audi does not recommend using
child seats that rest on legs or
tube-like frames. They do not pro­
vida adequate contact with the
seat.
• Improperly or inadequately
installed child restraint systems
can increase the risk of injury to
children in accidents. Therefore,
always carefully read and follow
all instructions on installation and
use that come with the system.

Securing a child seat
Convertible Locking Retractor
The retractors for the rear seat three-po int
safety belts and the front passenger three­
point safety belt have a conver tible locking
feature in addition to the emergency locking
feature.
If you need to install a child seat at an outer
seating position, you must first activate the
conver tible locking feature. Then secure the
child seat by using the seat belt. �W
ARNING
• Never install rear-facing child
seats or infant carriers on the front
passenger seat. A child will be se­
riously injured and can be killed
when the passenger airbag in­
flates.
• The inflating airbag will hit the
child seat or infant carrier with
great force and will smash the
child seat and child against the
backrest. center arm rest. or door.
• Always install rear-facing child
seats or infant carriers on the rear
seat if the front passenger airbag
has not been deactivated. SA
FETY FIRST
�W ARNING
• Forward-fa cing child seats or in­
fant carriers installed on the front
passenger's seat may interfere
with the deployment of the airbag
and cause serious injury to the
child. Allow a child to travel on the
front passenger's seat only in a for­
ward- facing child restraint system
specif ically designed and ap­
proved by the child restraint
manufacturer for use in the front
with airbags. Make sure the pas­
senger seat is in the rearmost posi­
tion. It is always safer to install a
child seat in the rear.
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Activ ating the convertible
locking retractor
• Slowly pull the belt all the way out.
• Hold on to the safety belt while securing
the safety belt around the child restraint per
the instructions found in the child restraint's
owner's manual.
• Insert the belt tongue into the buckle for
that seating position. Pull on the belt to
make sure the safety belt is properly
fas tened.
• Guide the remaining portion of the belt
back in place, allowing the retractor to take
up the slack. Press the child restraint
against the seat cushion as you guide the
belt into the retractor so that the belt ten­
sion holds the child restraint firmly in place.
• While the safety belt is retra cting, you
will hear a continuous clicking noise from
the retractor; that means that the convert­
ible locking retractor has been activated.
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To covert the safety belt into standard
use after the child restraint is removed, re­
lease the tongue from the buckle and allow
the safety belt to fully retract again. The re­
tractor will then operate in the normal emer­
gency locking mode for the occupant re­
straint.
�W ARNING
Always buckle the child seat firm­
ly in place even if your child is not
sitting in it. A loose child seat can
fly around during a sudden stop or
in an accident.
Deactivating the convertible
locking retractor
The convertible locking retractor is deacti­
vated by unfaste ning the safety belt (see
page 24). Allow the safety belt to retract
completely to its stowed position. The
safety belt can now be used as an ordinary
three-point safety belt without the addi­
tional locking feature. If
the convertible locking feature has been
inadvertently activated, the safety belt
must be unfastened to deactivate this fea­
ture. If the convertible locking feature is not
deactivated, the safety belt will gradually
become tighter and uncomfortable to wear.
The convertible locking feature must be de­
activated to restore normal belt operation
and greater occupant comfort.
�W ARNING
Never unfasten the safety belt to
deactivate the convertible locking
retractor while the vehicle is in
motion. You would not be pro­
tected at all and could suffer seri­
ous injury in an accident.

Child
restra int anchorages for
the rear seats
If your child restraint seat or seats are
equipped with a tether strap you will want
to use one or more of the anchor points pro­
vided on the filler panel.
Yo ur vehicle is equipped with three child re­
straint anchorages (one for each rear seat­
ing position). See illustration. They have
been covered with plastic caps.
Attaching a child restraint tether
strap to the tether anchorage
• Release or deploy the tether strap on the
child restraint according to the child re­
straint manufacturer's usage instructions. •
Install the child restra int in the vehicle
rear seating position using the LATCH* low­
er ancho rages according to the child re­
straint manufacturer's instructions. If the
vehicle safety belts are used, activate the
conver tible locking retractor feature.
• Guide the tether strap under the rear
seat head restraints (raise the head restraint
slightly if necessary) and attach the tether
anch orage hook into the opening of the
tether anchorage. Pull on the anchorage
hook so that it is held on the anch orage by
the spring catch of the hook.
• Tighten the tether strap firmly following
the child restra int man ufacturer's instruc­
tions. SA
FETY FIRST
• To release the tether strap, loosen the
tension following the child restraint
manufacturer's instructions. Depress the
spring catch on the hook and release it from
the anch orage.
Yo ur vehicle is equipped with threaded fas­
tening points for the installation of a LA TCH
anchorage system.
The LATCH system provides lower anchor­
age points located between the seat back
and the seat cushion of the rear seat. These
anchorages are provided for the outboard
rear seats of your vehicle.
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These LATCH anchorage points are only in­
tended for the installation and attachment
of child restra ints specially certified for use
with LATCH anchorages. Child restraints
that are not equipped with the LATC H an­
chorages can still be installed using the ve­
hicle seat belts.
Some child restra ints are certified for instal­
lation either with LATCH ancho rages or the
vehicle safety belt. It is recommended that
such child restraints be used with the
LATCH anchorages because this system
will provide the easiest and more secure
installation.
LA TCH anchor ages are designed to be used
only with child restraints adapted for them.
Always refer to the child restra int manufac­
turer's instructions for proper installation of
the child restra int using the vehicle LATCH
lower anchorage or safety belts. Never use
the LATC H lower ancho rages to attach safe­
ty belts or other kinds of occupant re­
straints.
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ARNING
• Do not drive the vehicle without
the head restraints provided. Head
restraints are designed to help re­
duce injuries.
• The child restraint anchorages
are only to be used to hold a child
restra int system in its place.
• Child restraint anchorages are
designed to withstand only those
loads imposed by correctly fitted
child restraints. Under no circum­
stances are they to be used for
adult seat balta or harnesses.
• Do not mount two child re­
straint seats on one anchor point.
• Always follow the instructions
provided by the manufacturer of
the child restraint which you
intend to install in your Audi. Side
airbags and child safety
Yo ur Audi comes equipped with 2 front air­
bags (driver and front passenger) and 4 side
airbags (in the front and rear*) which offer
the occu pants increased protection in the
event of a lateral collision.
In or�er t� assure this additional protection,
the s1de a1rbag must inflate within milli-sec­
onds during a collision. When the airbag is
a ?tivated, it breaks through a seam on the
s1de of the seatback identified by the AIR­
BAG label, and inflates between the pas­
senger and side trim panel at very high
speed.
The side airbag inflates with such a high
f ? rce, that it could injure a child seriously if
h1s I her seating position is not proper up­
nght, or 1f 1tems are positioned in the area
where the airbag inflates.

Head
restra ints
Position the head restra ints accor ding to the
occupant's height. Properly positioned head
restra ints, together with the use of safety
belts offer effective protection in most acci­
dent situations.
g WARNING
Head restraints are designed to
help reduce injuries in an accident.
Do not drive the vehicle without
the head restraints in place and
properly adjusted.
For maximum protection, the upper edge of
the head restra ints should be at least at
eye level, or high er. ' 848·181
Height adjustment (front seats)
The front seats are equipped with head re­
straints with a locking I un locking feature.
• To lower the head restra int, press the re­
lease button to the first stop (see illustra­
tion, arrow) and push the head restraint
down.
• To raise, grasp the head restraint with
both hands and pull up. CONT
ROLS AND EQUIPMEN T
Height adjustment Crear seats)
For height adjustment, grasp firmly with
both hands and pull up or push down.
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