Audi R8 2017 Owner's Manual page 217

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WARNING
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Always take special precautions if you must
install a forward or rearward-facing child re-
straint on the front passenger's seat in excep-
tional situations:
- Whenever a forward or rearward-facing
child restraint is installed on the front pas-
senger seat, the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
,;; light must come on and stay on whenev-
er the ignition is switched on.
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; light
does not come on and stay on, perform the
checks descr ibed
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page 192, Monitoring
the Advanced Airbag System.
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ~; light
does not come on and stay on whenever the
ignition is switched on the inflating airbag
will hit the child safety seat or infant carrier
with great force and will smash the child
safety seat and child against the backrest,
center armrest, door or roof. Have the air-
bag system inspected immediately by your
Audi dealer.
- Improper installation of child restraints can
reduce their effect iveness or even prevent
them from providing any protection.
-An improperly installed child restraint can
interfere with the airbag as it deploys and
seriously injure or even kill the child.
- Always caref ully follow the manufacturer 's
instructions provided with the child safety
seat or car rier.
- After checking to make sure that the child
restra int is prope rly installed, ma ke certa in
that the child restraint is correctly recog-
nized by the capacit ive passenger detec t ion
system in the front passenger seat and that
the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF,; , light sig-
nals the correct front passenger frontal air-
bag status.
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WARNING
Forward-fac ing child restraints :
- Always make sure the forward-facing seat
has been designed and certified by its man-
ufacturer for use on a front seat with a pas-
senger front and s ide airbag.
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Ch ild safety
- Never put the forward-facing child restraint
up, against or very near the instrument pan-
el.
- Always move the passenger seat into its
rearmost posit ion in the seat's fore and aft
adjustment range, as far away from the air-
bag as possible before installing the for-
ward-facing child restraint. The backrest
must be adjusted to an upr ight position .
- Make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF,;, light comes on and stays on all the
time wheneve r the ignit ion is switched on.
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WARNING
Rearward-facing child restraints:
- A child in a rearward-fac ing child safety seat
installed on the front passenger seat will be
serious ly injured and can be killed if the
front airbag inflates - even with an Ad-
vanced Airbag System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carr ier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
against the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof .
- Always be especia lly carefu l if you must in-
stall a rearward facing child safety seat on
the front passenger seat in exceptiona l cir-
cumstances.
- Make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF,;; light comes on and stays on all the
time whenever the ignit ion is switched on.
- If the PASSENG ER AIR BAG OFF,;; light
does not come on and stay on, have the air-
bag system inspected by your Audi dealer.
Activating the convertible locking retractor
Use the convertible locking retractor to secure a
child restraint.
Always heed the child safety seat manufacturer's
instructions when installing a child restraint in
your vehicle. To activate the convertib le locking
retractor:
.,. Place the child restraint on a seat .
.. Slowly pull the belt all the w ay out .
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