headrest AUDI TT COUPE 2019 Owners Manual

8S1012721BA
Stowingandusing

>Stowheavyluggageasfarforwardinthelug-
gagecompartmentaspossible.
>Usenon-elasticcordsattachedtothetie-downs
tosecureobjects.


Z\WARNING
— Theluggagecompartmentcovermustal-
waysbesecurelyfastenedwheninusetore-
ducetheriskofanaccident.
— Theluggagecompartmentcoverisnota
surfaceforstoringobjects.Objectsplaced
onthecoverincreasetheriskofinjurytoall
vehicleoccupantsduringsuddendrivingor
brakingmaneuversorintheeventofanac-
cident.
—Looseobjectscanbethrownaroundtheve-
hicleinteriorduringsuddendrivingorbrak-
ingmaneuvers, whichincreasestheriskof
anaccident.Alwaysstowobjectssecurelyin
theluggagecompartmentandsecurethem
atthetie-downs.Usestrapssuitablefor
heavyobjects.
—Ifpieces ofluggageorobjects aresecured
tothetie-downswithunsuitableordam-
agedstraps,thiscanincreasetheriskofin-
juryduringbrakingmaneuversoraccidents.
—Whentransportingheavyobjects,thevehi-
clecharacteristicswillchangeduetothe
shiftinthecenterofgravity,whichincreases
theriskofanaccident.Youmayneedto
adaptyourdrivingstyleandspeedtothe
currentconditions.
— Thecargonetisonlystrongenoughtose-
curelightobjects.Heavyobjects arenotade-
quatelysecured.Attemptingtosecureheavy
objectsincreasestheriskofinjury.
—Neverexceedthepermittedaxleandload
andvehicleweight>page294.
—Neversecureachildsafetyseattothetie-
downs.
—Neverleaveyourvehicleunattended,espe-
ciallyiftheluggagecompartmentlidis
open.Childrencouldentertheluggagecom-
partmentandclosetheluggagecompart-
mentlidfromtheinside.Thiscreatesthe
riskoffatalinjury,sincethechildrenwould
belockedinandmaynotbeabletoescape

bythemselves.

—Donotallowchildrentoplayinorontheve-
hicle.Closeandlocktheluggagecompart-
mentlidaswellasallotherdoorswhenyou
leavethevehicle.
—Nevertransportpassengersintheluggage
compartment.Everypassengermustbecor-
rectlysecuredwiththesafetybeltsinthe
vehicle>page180.
—Becarefulwhenreleasingthebackrestand
foldingitforward.Toreducetheriskof be-
ingpinched,payattentionandcheckwhen
foldingbackrestsforward.
— Thebackrestmustbesecurelylatchedso
objectscannotslideforwardoutofthelug-
gagecompartmentduringsuddenbraking.
—Alwayspullforwardonthebackresttomake
sureitischeckifitiscorrectlylockedin
place.


()Note
—Ifyoumovethefrontseatbackwhenthe
rearseatbackrestisfoldedforward,you
coulddamagetheheadrestraintsonthe
rearseat.
—Whenfoldingthebackrestforward,make
suretheoutersafetybeltsareinthebelt
guiderecessso thattheydonot get pinched
inthebackrestlockanddamaged.Otherob-
jectsshould beremovedfromtherear
benchseattoprotectthebackrestfrom
damage.
—Makesurethattheheatinggridstripsfor
therearwindowdefoggerarenotdamaged
byabrasiveobjects.
G)Tips
—Thetirepressuremustbeadaptedtothe
load>page258.
—Youcanpurchasestrapsatspecialtystores.
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8S1012721BA
IntelligentTechnology


ZA\WARNING
Improperoperationoftherearspoilercan
causecrushinginjuries.
—Alwaysmakesure thatnobody,especially
children,isinthewaywhentherearspoiler
isdeployedorretracted.

()Note
—Neverpushonthevehicleontherearspoil-
er.Thiscouldcausedamage.
—Topreventdamagetotherearspoilerdo
notleanorplaceanythingonit.
—Onlyoperatetherearspoilermanuallywhen
theluggagecompartmentlidiscloseand
therearspoilermovingpartsarenot
blocked.Otherwise,damagecouldoccur.
@Tips
Cleantherearspoilercompartmentevery2 to
3
months.Tofunctioncorrectly,therear
spoilermustbefreeofice,snowandleaves.
Energymanagement
Yourvehicleisequippedwithanintelligentener-
gymanagementsystemfordistributingelectrici-
ty.Thissignificantlyimprovesthestartingability
andincreasesthevehiclebatterylife.
@Tips
—Ifyoudriveshortdistancesfrequently,the
vehiclebatterymaynotchargeenough
whiledriving.Asaresult,conveniencefunc-
tionsforelectricalequipmentmaybetem-
porarilyunavailable.
—Thevehiclebatterywillgraduallydrainif
thevehicleisnotdrivenforlongperiodsof
time,orifelectricalequipmentisused
whentheengineisnotrunning.Toensure
thatthevehiclecanstillbestarted,the
electricalequipmentwillbelimitedor
switchedoff.
Informationaboutdata
recordedbyvehicle
controlmodules
Yourvehicleisnotequippedwithacrashdatare-
corder.Thisdeviceisinstalledbysomevehicle
manufacturersto recorddataaboutcrashesso
thatitcanbeanalyzedlater.Crashdatarecorders
arealsocalled“EventDataRecorders(EDR)”.
Insomelegaljurisdictions,itisnotpermittedto
accessordownloaddatarecordedbypre-instal-
ledcrashdatarecordersinordertoevaluatea
crashwithoutclearconsentofthevehicleowner.
Yourvehicleisnotequippedwithacrashdatare-
corder.Howeveritdoescontainavarietyofelec-
troniccontrolmodulesforvariousvehiclesys-
temssuchasenginefunction,exhausttreatment
orairbagsandsafetybelts.
Theseelectroniccontrolmodulesrecordvehicle
dataduringnormaldrivingfordiagnosisandre-
pairpurposes.Therecordingcapabilityofthe
electroniccontrolmodulesislimitedtodataonly
-nosoundisrecorded.Ifthecontrolmodulede-
tectsasystemmalfunctionorotherchangein
status,averylimitedamountofdataisrecorded
foranextremelysmallperiodoftime.Datathat
isrecordedinsuchacasemayincludevehicle
speed,drivingdirection,theloadonthe brakes
andheadrestraintsandperformanceintheevent
ofanaccidentorotherchangeinstatus.Thestor-
eddatacanonlybereadordownloadedwithspe-
cialdevices.
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