Audi Q5: General information
Always wear safety belts!
Wearing safety belts correctly saves lives!
This chapter explains why safety belts are necessary,
how they work and how to adjust and wear
them correctly.
- Read all the information that follows and heed
all of the instructions and WARNINGS.
WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them improperly
increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death.
- Safety belts are the single most effective
means available to reduce the risk of serious
injury and death in automobile accidents.
For your protection and that of your passengers,
always correctly wear safety belts
when the vehicle is moving.
- Pregnant women, injured, or physically impaired
persons must also use safety belts.
Like all vehicle occupants, they are more
likely to be seriously injured if they do not
wear safety belts. The best way to protect a
fetus is to protect the mother - throughout
the entire pregnancy.
Number of seats
Your Audi has a total of five seating positions:
two in the front and three in the rear. Each seating
position has a safety belt.
WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them improperly
increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death.
- Never strap more than one person, including
small children, into any belt. It is especially dangerous to place a safety
belt over a
child sitting on your lap.
- Never let more people ride in the vehicle
than there are safety belts available.
- Be sure everyone riding in the vehicle is
properly restrained with a separate safety
belt or child restraint.
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Your vehicle has a warning system for the driver
and (on USA models only) front seat passenger
to remind you about the importance of buckling-up.
Fig. 154 Safety belt warning light in the instrument
Frontal collisions and the law of physics
Frontal crashes create very strong forces for people
riding in vehicles.
Fig. 155 Unbelted occupants in a vehicle heading for a wall
Fig. 156 The vehicle cr
People think it's possible to use the bonds to
brace the body in a minor collision. It's simply
not true!
Fig. 159 Driver is correctly rest rained in a sudden braking
maneuver
Safety belts used prope
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General hints
Your Audi requires special handling for towing.
The following information is to be used by commercial
tow truck operators who know how to operate
their equipment safely.
Never tow your Audi, towing will cause damage
to the engine and transmission.
Never wrap the safety chains or wi
Correct belt position is the key to getting maximum
protection from safety belts.
Fig. 161 Safety belt position
Standard features on your vehicle help you adjust
the position of the safety belt to match your body
size.
belt height adjustment for the front seats,
height-adjustable front seats.
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