Audi A4, S4

Since 2000 of release

Repair and car operation

Safety systems

In case of failure the safety system can lower danger травмирования. The safety system consists of following components:

• Advanced seat belts with трёхточечным fastening on all seats,
• Terminators of a tension of a seat belt on all seats,
• натяжители seat belt tapes on lateral seats,
• Seat belts regulated on height of forward seats,
• Forward pillows of safety,
• Lateral pillows of safety in backs of forward and back seats *,
• Head pillows of safety *, the nests located on back lateral seats «ISOFIX» * for fastening of children's seats «ISOFIX»,
• Headrests regulated on height,
• Adjustable steering column.

Each time before a start of motion

• Be convinced of full serviceability of illumination and the blinking light-signal device of the car.
• Check up pressure of air in tyres.
• Be convinced of that clear and good external visibility through windows of glasses is provided.
• Reliably fix luggage subjects, Seats and niches see.
• Be convinced of that no subjects can get to a zone of pedals.

Adjust on growth position of mirrors, position of a forward seat and a headrest.

Instruct passengers concerning necessity of installation on growth of headrests.

For protection of children use a suitable children's seat and correctly impose and fasten a seat belt.

Occupy correct position on a seat. Instruct also your passengers concerning necessity of a correct arrangement on a seat, Seats and niches see.

Correctly impose and fasten a seat belt. Instruct also your passengers concerning necessity correct пристёгивания seat belts.

What influences traffic safety?

It is necessary to remember the following:

Do not distract and do not give to distract itself from the control over road and transport conditions, for example, your passengers, or telephone conversations.

Never get into the car in case of ability infringement to operate the car (for example, as a result of reception of medicines, alcohol, drugs).

Always maintain speed according to a condition проезжей parts, and also traffic conditions of transport and weather conditions.

At long trips regularly (most later in each two hours) do breaks.

Whenever possible do not get into the car tired or when hasten.

Correct position of the driver on a seat

Correct position of the driver on a seat is important for safe and not tiring movement.

	The minimum distance of the driver in relation to a steering wheel
	Correctly established headrest of the driver

For your safety and danger decrease травмирования at failure the following variant of adjustment of position of a seat of the driver is recommended:

• So adjust steering wheel position that the distance between a steering wheel and a breast made a minimum 25 see
• So adjust longitudinal position of a seat of the driver that slightly bent feet it was possible to squeeze out completely a pedal of an accelerator, brakes and couplings.
• Be convinced that you can get the uppermost point of a steering wheel.
• So adjust headrest position that the upper edge of a headrest and the top part of your head were on one line.
• So adjust a back inclination that the back the surface completely adjoined to a back.
• Correctly impose and fasten a seat belt.
• Both feet should be in space for feet that you kept control at any time of the car.

Regulation of position of a seat of the driver, see Seats and niches.

Correct position of the forward passenger on a seat

The minimum distance between the forward passenger and the panel of devices should make 25 It see will provide the maximum protective effect in case of disclosing of a pillow of safety.

The following adjustment of position of a seat of the forward passenger is recommended:

• Displace a seat of the forward passenger as it is possible further back.
• So adjust a back inclination that the back the surface completely adjoined to a back.
• So adjust headrest position that the upper edge of a headrest and the top part of your head were on one line.
• Both feet should be in space for feet before a seat of the forward passenger.
• Correctly impose and fasten a seat belt.

In exceptional cases you can disconnect a pillow of the forward passenger.

Correct position of passengers of back seats

Passengers of back seats should sit directly, hold feet in space for feet and to be correctly fastened seat belts.

For danger decrease травмирования in case of sudden braking or failure it is necessary for passengers of back seats to remember the following:

• So adjust headrest position that the upper edge of a headrest and the top part of your head were on one line.
• Both feet should be in space for feet before a back seat.
• Correctly impose and fasten a seat belt.
• By transportation children use suitable children's systems of packing and a tension of seat belts.

Correct position of headrests

Correctly established headrests are the important component of the concept of protection of the driver and passengers and in the majority of emergencies can lower danger травмирования.

	Correct the established headrest (front view)
	Correctly established headrest (side view)

For achievement of optimum protective effect position of headrests should be correctly adjusted.

So adjust headrest position that the upper edge of a headrest and the top part of your head were on one line.

Regulation of position of headrests, see Seats and niches.

Zone of pedals

To using all pedals never should stir subjects or foot rugs.

• Be convinced that you always can free squeeze out a pedal of an accelerator, a brake and coupling.
• Be convinced that pedals free come back in a starting position.

In default one of contours of brake system the pedal of a brake for a car stop is required to be squeezed out with the big effort than usually.

Foot rugs from outside the driver

Foot rugs which do not come into a zone of pedals and which can be fixed reliably in space for feet are supposed to application only.

Be convinced of reliable fixing of foot rugs and that during movement they will not interfere with a manipulation pedals.

Foot rugs which do not come into a zone of pedals and which can be fixed reliably in order to avoid them соскальзывания.* are supposed to application only

Correct placing of luggage

Luggage carrier

All subjects of luggage should be reliably placed in a luggage carrier.

Loose subjects moving in a luggage carrier, can negatively influence as a result of change of the centre of gravity dynamic properties of the car or traffic safety.

• Cargo in a luggage carrier distribute in regular intervals, Seats and niches see.
• Heavy subjects place as it is possible further ahead of a luggage compartment.
• With the help грузоудерживающей сетки* fix heavy subjects for the lifting eyes located in a luggage carrier.

Belts approaching to lifting eyes for luggage fastening can be got in a trading network.

Lifting eyes

Loose cargo represents danger to the driver and all passengers.

For reliable fastening of cargo use lifting eyes, «luggage carrier Loading» in Seat and niche section see.

In case of collision or failure even small and easy subjects can receive so a lot of energy that they can cause extremely serious traumas. "The energy" size depends in very big degree on speed of the car and weight of a subject. However more significant factor is speed of the car.

Example: in the car there is a loose subject in weight of 4.5 kg. In case of face-to-face collision at speed of the car of 50 km/h, the given subject develops the forces corresponding to its twentyfold weight. It means weight increase approximately to 90 kg. You can imagine all picture of traumatic consequences if given "shell" flying on salon gets to someone.

Seat belts

Пристёгивание seat belts with трёхточечным fastening

Fasten a belt and only then begin movement!

	Headrest and seat belt position
	Seat of the driver: the lock and a belt fastener

PERFORMANCE ORDER

Establish correctly forward seat and a headrest and only then fasten a belt, Seats and niches »in Seat and niche section see«. Undertake a belt fastener, smoothly extend a tape, impose it over a breast and a belt. Insert a fastener into a nest of the corresponding lock before heard click. Necessarily pull for a belt and be convinced that the lock is locked.

Each belt with трёхточечным fastening is completed with the mechanism of automatic retraction of a belt. Automatics of retraction of a belt provides full freedom of movements at its smooth tension. However at sharp braking it blocks a belt. Automatics blocks belts also at car dispersal, at movement on mountain roads and on turns.

Position of tapes of a seat belt with трёхточечным fastening

Position of tapes of a belt is of great importance for protective effect of seat belts.

Position of a diagonal and zone tape of a seat belt

Possibilities of regulation of position of a seat belt on growth:

• Adjustment of height of a belt
• Regulation of height of forward seats

Пристёгивание seat belts with трёхточечным fastening by pregnant women and position of tapes of a belt

The best protection for the child who has not issued yet is constant and correct пристёгивание a belt the pregnant woman.

Position of tapes of a belt of the pregnant woman

Pregnant women also always should be fastened by belts.

PERFORMANCE ORDER

Establish correctly forward seat and a headrest and only then fasten a belt, Seats and niches »in Seat and niche section see«. Undertake a belt fastener, smoothly extend a tape, impose it over a breast and a belt. Thus the zone tape of a belt should settle down as it is possible more low to hips that there was no pressure upon the bottom part of a stomach. Insert a fastener into a nest of the corresponding lock before heard click. Necessarily pull for a belt and be convinced that the lock is locked.

Adjustment of height of fastening of a belt

PERFORMANCE ORDER

Displace upwards or downwards a cursor with a turnaround buckle that the diagonal tape has appeared approximately at level of the middle of a shoulder, but at all did not cover a neck. After adjustment pull a belt to be convinced of reliability of fixing of a buckle.

For regulation of tapes of belts of forward seats it is possible to use possibility of change of height of seats also.

Regulation of a belt of an average back seat

Belt lengthening

For belt lengthening keep a fastener at right angle concerning a tape and stretch a tape for necessary length. The given process is facilitated сжиманием fasteners and buckles in a longitudinal direction.

Belt truncation

For truncation it is enough to pull for the free end of a belt. Surplus of a belt is cleaned by displacement of a plastic cursor. At correctly fastened belt the red button is from an outer side of the lock of a belt.

Отстёгивание seat belts

The belt comes unfastened pressing of the red button of the lock.

Press the red button of the lock. Thus the fastener is pushed out from a nest under the influence of a spring.

For simplification of work of automatics of retraction of belts take away a fastener back a hand.

Long blocking of seat belts

For fastening of a children's seat long blocking of belts with трёхточечным fastening is possible.

For fastening of the children's seat established on a seat of the forward passenger or back seats, long blocking of belts with трёхточечным fastening is possible, «Fastening of a children's seat» see more low. Such blocking of a belt provides strong fastening of a children's seat in the car.

Натяжители tapes of seat belts

Action principle

At dangerous face-to-face and lateral collisions of a tape of the fastened belts with трёхточечным fastening automatically stretch.

Safety of the fastened driver and passengers raises, in addition to safety pillows, натяжителями the belt tapes, located on mechanisms of automatic retraction of seat belts with трёхточечным fastening.

The system works at dangerous face-to-face collisions from gauges. Thus fastened belts with трёхточечным fastening automatically stretch the Important instructions rather натяжителей tapes of seat belts »see more low«.

At stronger collisions safety pillows in addition reveal. Натяжители tapes of belts do not work at back collisions and car overturning.

The important instructions rather натяжителей tapes of seat belts

Натяжители tapes of belts do not work at easy face-to-face, lateral and back collisions, in case of car overturning, and also at failures without influence of great strengths in front.

At operation натяжителей tapes of belts the smoke is allocated. The smoke does not testify to car fire.

At recycling of the car or separate components of system necessarily accept safety measures.

The description of pillows of safety

The general instructions on safety pillows

The pillow represents a part of the general concept of passive safety.

At dangerous face-to-face collisions the system of forward pillows of safety together with трёхточечными seat belts provides additional protection of area of a head and a thorax of the driver and the forward passenger.

At strong lateral collisions lateral and head pillows reduce danger of damages of the passengers who are in a zone of blow

Seat belts, along with their traditional protective function, should keep in case of failure the driver and the forward passenger in such position that pillows could reveal and provide additional protection correctly.

Safety systems work only at the included ignition. Readiness of function of pillows is supervised by electronics and deduced on indication by means of a control lamp «airbag».

The basic components of system of pillows are

The electronic kontrolno-actuation device (the block of management and sensor controls) both forward pillows lateral and head pillows a control lamp in a control panel.

The following testifies to malfunction of system

At ignition inclusion the control lamp does not light up, the control lamp does not die away after approximately 3 seconds after ignition inclusion, after ignition inclusion the control lamp dies away and lights up again, the control lamp lights up or blinks during movement.

Under what conditions work safety pillows?

Safety pillows work at dangerous collisions.

Pillows of safety of the driver and the forward passenger work at dangerous face-to-face collisions.

At strong lateral collisions lateral pillows work together with a head pillow of the corresponding party of the car.

In special emergencies can work both forward, and lateral pillows together with a corresponding head pillow.

Pillows of safety do not work at easy face-to-face and lateral collisions, arrivals behind and car overturning. In such situations of passengers traditionally protect the fastened seat belts.

Factors of disclosing of pillows

There are no uniform criteria of operation of pillows in each concrete situation. It speaks the extremely different specificity of failures. The important role such factors, as properties of object of collision with the car (firm, soft), for example, play, a collision corner, speed of the car etc.

Solving condition of operation of pillows of safety in case of collision is the delay size. Car sensor controls together with the management block define failure severity level and by that promote purposeful and timely operation of system of packing and a tension of seat belts. Pillows of safety do not work at collision, when size of delay of the car below the programmed sizes of the block of management though owing to failure strong enough deformation of the car is possible.

At надувании pillows the smoke is formed. It normally also does not testify to car ignition.

Forward pillows of safety

The description of forward pillows of safety

Safety pillows are not seat belt replacement!

At dangerous face-to-face collisions the system of forward pillows of safety together with трёхточечными belts provides additional protection of area of a head and a thorax of the driver and the forward passenger.

Function of forward pillows of safety

Completely надутые pillows reduce danger of damages of a head and the top part of a trunk.

In special emergencies can work both forward, and head and lateral pillows.

At system operation there is a filling of air cushions by working gas and their disclosing before the driver and the forward passenger.

Надувание safety pillows occurs for the 100-th fractions of a second and to a great speed for the purpose of maintenance of additional protection at failure. At contact with completely надутой the air cushion extinguishes advance of the driver and the forward passenger and danger of damages of a head and the top part of a trunk decreases.

Specially developed design of an inflatable pillow provides an operated exit of working gas under the influence of the driver or the passenger for the purpose of softening of reception of a head and a trunk. Thereof occurs сдувание pillows after its operation.

Lateral pillows of safety

The description of lateral pillows of safety

At lateral collisions the lateral pillow together with system of head pillows (airbag) raises degree of security of passengers.

Lateral pillows of safety are in a covering of backs of lobbies and боковых* back seats. The site of pillows is designated by an inscription «airbag».

At dangerous lateral collisions the system of lateral pillows of safety together with трёхточечными belts provides additional protection of all top part of a trunk (a breast, a stomach and a basin) the driver and passengers.

At dangerous lateral collisions lateral pillows reduce risk травмирования from outside doors.

At operation of lateral pillows of safety, for the purpose of increase of degree of protection of passengers, from the corresponding party always head pillows (SIDE GUARD) * also reveal.

Function of lateral pillows of safety

Completely надутые lateral pillows reduce danger of damages of the top part of a trunk.

At dangerous lateral collisions the lateral pillow of the corresponding party of the car reveals.

In special emergencies can work both forward, and head and lateral pillows.

At system operation there is a filling of air cushions by working gas.

Надувание pillows occurs for the 100-th fractions of a second and to a great speed for the purpose of maintenance of additional protection at failure. At надувании pillows the fine dust is formed. It normally also does not testify to car fire.

At contact with completely надутой the air cushion extinguishes movement of passengers and danger of damage of all top part of a trunk (a breast, a stomach and a basin) from outside doors decreases.

The important instructions on system of lateral pillows of safety

The correct reference with system of pillows of safety considerably reduces danger травмирования!

At the disconnected forward pillow of the forward passenger its lateral pillow is disconnected also. Switching-off of back lateral pillows is possible.

Head pillows (SIDE GUARD)

The description of head pillows of safety

At lateral collisions the head pillow together with system of lateral pillows raises degree of security of passengers.

Head pillows are on either side of salon over doors. The site is designated by an inscription «airbag».

At dangerous lateral collisions the system of head pillows of safety together with трёхточечными belts and lateral pillows provides additional protection of area of a head and a neck of the driver and passengers, the Important instructions on system of head pillows of safety »see more low«.

Together with other structural components (for example, cross-section распорки seats, the stable structure of the car) SIDE GUARD is consecutive improvement of protection of passengers at lateral collisions.

Function of head pillows of safety

At lateral collisions completely надутые pillows reduce danger of damages of area of a head and a neck.

At dangerous lateral collisions the head pillow reveals together with a corresponding lateral pillow from outside blow.

At operation the pillow is filled with working gas and closes all lateral glasses and racks of doors. Thereby the system is simultaneously effective protection for forward and back passengers.

Heading about components of salon or the subjects located out of the car is extinguished at contact with надутой a head pillow. Besides, owing to reduction of loading by head area, and also truncation of movement of a head loading on a neck decreases.

Also at collisions on a tangent the opened head pillow closes forward racks of doors and by that provides additional protection.

In special emergencies can work both forward, and lateral pillows together with the head.

Надувание safety pillows occurs for the 100-th fractions of a second and to a great speed for the purpose of maintenance of additional protection at failure. At надувании pillows the smoke is formed. It normally also does not testify to car fire.

The important instructions on system of head pillows of safety

The correct reference with system of pillows of safety considerably reduces danger травмирования!

Switching-off of pillows of safety

Return as soon as possible in operating conditions the disconnected pillows for performance of protective function by them.

Switching-off of pillows of safety is provided only in certain cases, for example:

• In need of installation in exceptional cases on a seat of the forward passenger of a children's seat on which the child settles down a back in the direction of travel,
• If, despite correctly established seat of the driver, the minimum distance (25 sm) between the centre of a steering wheel and a breast is not maintained,
• In case of need installation in a zone of a steering wheel of special adaptations at physical defects, at installation of other seats (for example, orthopedic seats without lateral pillows of safety).

The control of pillows of safety

Each time after ignition inclusion for some seconds lights up a control lamp «airbag».

Switching-off of a pillow of safety of the forward passenger at installation of a children's seat

Disconnect a pillow of the forward passenger in need of installation in exceptional cases on a seat of the forward passenger of a children's seat on which the child settles down a back in the direction of travel.

However it is recommended to mount a children's seat only on a back seat that the pillow of the forward passenger remained in operating conditions.

At the disconnected forward pillow of the forward passenger its lateral pillow is disconnected also. All other pillows of the car are in operating conditions.

The Lock-switch of a pillow of the forward passenger

The lock the switch it is possible to disconnect a pillow of safety of the forward passenger.

The lock the switch of switching-off of a pillow of the forward passenger is in a ware box.

PERFORMANCE ORDER

For switching-off of a pillow of the forward passenger turn a car key in position (O). The pillow joins key turn in position (1).

About disconnected by you the lock the switch to a pillow of the forward passenger reminds constant burning of an alarm lamp «PASSENGER AIRBAG». Watch in addition indication of a control lamp «AIRBAG» in a control panel, Controls and devices see.

At the disconnected pillow of the forward passenger the lateral pillow from outside the forward passenger is disconnected also. All other pillows of the car are in operating conditions.

Children's seats

Classification of children's seats

It is authorised to use only such children's seats which are officially admitted to application and approach to the concrete child.

Concerning children's seats standard ECE-R operates. 44.3, accepted by the Economic commission of the United Nations for Europe.

Children's seats are divided into 5 groups:

Group	Weight
0	0—10 kg
0 +	To 13 kg
1	9—18 kg
2	15—25 kg
3	22—36 kg

Children growth above 1.50 m can use seat belts of the car without подкладных pillows.

The children's seats tested according to standard ECE-R 44.3, are supplied with confirming marks (big «Е», placed in a circle, below control number). The label with marks rigidly fastens to a seat.

Children's seats of group 0/0 +

The corresponding children's seat in a combination to correctly fastened seat belt can protect your child!

For babies is elderly approximately till 9 months and weight to 10 kg, and also till 18 months and weight to 13 kg is better the children's seats transformed if necessary for transportation lying approach.

At installation and application of children's seats observe legislative guidelines, and also instructions of the manufacturer of concrete system, the Important instructions on safe using children's seats »see«.

Children's seats of group 1

The corresponding children's seat in a combination to correctly fastened seat belt can protect your child!

For babies and juvenile approximately till 4 years and weight from 9 to 18 kg children's seats on which the child settles down a back in the direction of travel, or children's seats with a fixing table are most suitable.

At installation and application of children's seats observe legislative guidelines, and also instructions of the manufacturer of concrete system, the Important instructions on safe using children's seats »see«.

Children's seats of group 2

The corresponding children's seat in a combination to correctly fastened seat belt can protect your child!

For children approximately till 7 years and weight from 15 to 25 kg the combination of children's seats to diagonalno-zone belts most approaches.

At installation and application of children's seats observe legislative guidelines, and also instructions of the manufacturer of concrete system, the Important instructions on safe using children's seats »see«.

Children's seats of group 3

The corresponding children's seat in a combination to correctly fastened seat belt can protect your child!

For children 7 years are elderly approximately and is more senior, growth to 150 sm and weight from 22 to 36 kg children's seats (подкладные pillows) in a combination to diagonalno-zone seat belts are most convenient.

At installation and application of children's seats observe legislative guidelines, and also instructions of the manufacturer of concrete system, the Important instructions on safe using children's seats »see«.

Fastening of a children's seat

The general data

Besides, there you will find also the data about application and a weight class.

Variants of fastening of a children's seat

The children's seat is possible крепить on back seats and on a seat of the forward passenger.

For reliable fastening of a children's seat on back seats and on a seat of the forward passenger at your order there are following possibilities:

Children's seats of groups 0-3 it is possible крепить a standard seat belt with трёхточечным fastening.

Children's seats of groups 0.0 + and 1 with system "ISOFIX" it is possible крепить for fixing проушины* «ISOFIX» without seat belt use.

The recommended list of children's systems of packing and tension of seat belts

Suitability of children's seats for installation on certain seats according to the instruction of EU 77/541

Cars with a zone belt on the central back seat

u — universal suitability

* — A back of a forward passenger seat take away how much it probably forward/adjust on a children's seat, and a seat of the forward passenger regulated on height lift completely upwards

+ — The forward passenger seat can be completed fixing проушинами* «ISOFIX»

++ — Lateral back seats can be completed fixing проушинами* «ISOFIX»

L¹ — Suits systems of packing and a tension of seat belts G1 (see the table above).

L2 — Suits systems of packing and a tension of seat belts G2 (see the table above).

About — a place for sitting which is not necessary for children of the given age group

Cars with трёхточечным a belt on the central back seat

Blocking of a children's seat

In case of fastening of a children's seat of group 0, 0 + and 1 blocking of a children's seat is always obligatory!

Long blocking of an automatic belt is necessary for fastening of a children's seat with трёхточечным fastening. Such blocking of a belt guarantees strong position of a children's seat in the car.

Blocking of a children's seat is carried out by full extraction and the subsequent slow retraction of a diagonal tape of a belt.

PERFORMANCE ORDER

Fix a children's seat a belt with трёхточечным fastening according to the instruction of the manufacturer of a children's seat. Insert a belt fastener into the lock of a corresponding seat till the moment of its heard fixing. Completely take a diagonal tape of a belt. Release a tape of a belt and achieve its dense прилегания to a children's seat. The characteristic clicking sound testifies to blocking realisation. The tape should not leave back. Try to pull sharply a belt a hand. It should not move.

Cancellation of blocking of a children's seat

Cancellation of blocking of a children's seat is carried out automatically right after full retraction of a tape of a belt.

PERFORMANCE ORDER

Press the red button in the belt lock. Thus there is a pushing out of a fastener from the lock under the influence of a spring. For simplification of automatics of retraction of a belt take away a tape of a belt a hand back and allow to it to be involved completely.

Fastening of a children's seat by means of system "ISOFIX"

Children's seats with system "ISOFIX" it is possible quickly, it is easy and reliable крепить on a back seat, and also on a seat forward пассажира*.

At installation or dismantle of a children's seat necessarily follow instructions of the manufacturer of a children's seat.

	Establish reception nests 0 in fixing eyes () (between a back and a seat pillow).
	Into the established reception nests insert and move lock levers before their fixing (2х). Check up correctness of fixing of both locks, having tried to shift a seat. It should not move.

The detailed erection manual is included into the complete set of delivery of a children's seat.

Children's seats with fastening system «ISOFIX» can be got on HUNDRED Audi.

There is a possibility of installation of system of fastening of a children's seat «ISOFIX».