seats AUDI ALLROAD 2000 Owner's Manual

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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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.
54 �W
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
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Height adjustment Crear seats)
For height adjustment, grasp firmly with
both hands and pull up or push down.
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Front seats
The correct positioning of the seats is im­
porta nt:
so that you can reach all the controls on
the vehicle quickly and safely;
so that you can drive or ride relaxed and
help reduce fatigue;
and for maximum protection of­
fered by the safety belts and air­
bag system.
Therefore, always adjust the position of the
seat as described on the following pages.
Remember to adjust the seats before fas­
tening the safety belts and before driving
off. Always be sure to follow these general
guidelines:
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WARNING
• Always sit as far away from the
stee ring wheel and the instrument
panel as possible.
• Never sit less than 10 inches
(25 em.) from the steering wheel
and the instrument panel.
• Do not adjust seats while the ve­
hicle is moving. Your seat may
move unexpectedly, causing sud·
den loss of vehicle control and
personal injury.
• Passengers must always keep
their feet on the floor whenever
the vehicle is moving. Never place
feet on the dashboard or on top of
the seats. In an accident, serious
personal injury can result from an
improper seating position. BSN-163
Driver's seat
To avoid contact with the airbag while it is
unfolding, the driver must not sit any closer
to the steering wheel than necessary and al­
ways properly wear available three point
belts.

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�W ARNING
• Always keep both feet on the
floor in front of the seat.
• Never place your feet on the in­
strument panel or on the seat. If
the airbag inflates and your feet
are on the instrument panel or on
the seat, you could receive serious
personal injuries to the legs, hips
and even the head if the airbag in­
flates.
For safety information on transporti ng chil­
dren on the front passenger seat be sure to
read all the information on"ln fant seats,
Convertible seats and Booster seats", see
page 44.
78 �W
ARNING
• To reduce the risk of personal in­
jury in an accident, front seat pas­
sengers must never ride in a mov­
ing vehicle with the seatback re­
clined. Safety belts offer protec­
tion only when the seatback is up­
right and belts are properly posi­
tioned on the body. The more the
seatback is reclined, the greater
the risk of perso nal injury from an
out-of -position safety belt.
• Never store items under the
seats. Loose objects can interfere
with the seat latching mechanism
and can also cause personal injury
in an accident. Seat
adjustment
The front seat adjustment control switches
are located on the outboard side of each
seat. The controls also work with the igni­
tion off.
A- Seat adjustment
B- Seatback adjustment
C - Lumbar support

Before
adjusting your seat there are some
important considerations to keep in mind.
• To prevent interference with the seat ad­
justment, never store anything under the
seats.
• The front seats should be adjusted be­
fore fastening the safety belts.
• The position of the driver's seat you find
most comforta ble can be stored in the me­
IT]Ory. See page 81 for details.
�W ARNING
Because the seats can be electri­
cally adjusted with the ignition
key removed, never leave children
unattended in the vehicle. Unsu­
pervised use of the electric seat
adjustments may cause serious in­
iury. Seat
adjustment
Press the switch as indicated by the arrows
to move the seat.
1 - moves seat back/forward
2 - raises/lowers seat at the front
3 - raises/lowers seat at the rear
2 and 3 together- raises/lowers whole seat CONT
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Seatback adjustment
Press the switch as indicated by the arrows
to adjust the backrest.
forward: backrest further upright
to the rear: backrest
further reclined
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Memor
y for front seats*
Yo u can store and recall 3 difference seat
positions for the driver and front passenger
seats using the memory buttons located in
the front doors. When you store the seat
position for the driver's seat, you can also
set and store the position of the outside mir­
rors and steering column position*.
The system works with the ignition
switched on or off. Memory
for driver's seat
The "STOP" button must be depressed in
order to store and recall the required set­
tings.
Memorizing seat. mirrors and
steering wheal• positions and ad­
justments
• Adj ust the seat.
• Adjust both outside mirrors (see
page 72).
• Adjust steering wheel (see page 99).
• Press "Memory" button and hold. At the
same time press one of the three numbered
reca ll buttons for at least 1 second.
• Release the buttons.
· The positions are now assigned to that par­
ticular button and stored in the memory. CONT
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Notes
• If you memorize a new setting, the pre­
vious setting on that button will be erased.
• We recommend that you begin with but­
ton 1, and assign each subsequent driver a
particular button. This is especially impor­
tant for optimum utilization of the remote
control.
• If the vehicle battery is disconne cted, all
memorized setting will be erased.
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Rear seats
General hints
� WARNING
• Do not allow passengers to
occupy the rear load surface while
the vehicle is in motion. Vehicle
occupants must always be proper­
ly restrained.
• Do not let anyone ride in the ve­
hicle without the head restraints
provided. Head restraints help re­
duce injuries.
• Loose items inside the passen­
ger compartment. can fly forward
in an accident or sudden maneuver
and injure occupants. Always
store articles in the luggage
compartment and use the fasten­
ing eyes. espec ially when the rear
seat backs have been folded down.
86 You can fold the
split rear seatback forward,
either individually or both seatbacks to­
gether, to increase the space in the luggage
compartment. Folding
backrest down
• Push forward release lever (A) in direc­
tion of arrow.
• Fold the backrest down.

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Rear facing child seat bench*
Two children starting at 3 years of age can
sit on the rear facing child seat bench. The
child must not be taller than 50 in. (1.3 m)
and must not weigh more th an 78 lbs
(36 kg). .
Children must always wear safety
belts f
Activating the child safety lock -see
page 65.
�W ARNING
• Do not place any other child
seats or child carriers on rear fac­
ing child seat bench.
• For safety reason, never remove
the head restraints on the child
seat bench.
• The seatback for the rear seat
bench must always be in its up­
right position and locked securely
in place. You shouldn't be able to
see the red marking on the release
latches -sea page 87.
92 Installing
1 setting up the child seat
bench
Yo u must remove the luggage compart­
ment cover, the net and the round cover
caps in the cargo area floor cover before
installing the child seat bench. The cover
caps, which are normally inserted in the
mounting for the child seat bench on the
cargo floor cover, con be stowed on the bot­
tom side of the remova ble cargo area floor
cover.
1 -Remove the child seat bench from the
bag in which it is stored. Insert both
mounting pins for the child seat bench
in the mountings provided for them ill
the cargo area floor.
2- Turn both levers toward the inside to
secure the seat bench.
Remove the hinged cargo area floor cover
and stow in the bag. The bag can then be
stowed between the backrest of the child
bench seat and the rear passenger seat.