Child Safety Seats - Audi Q7 2015 Owner's Manual

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Child
safety seats
Infant seats
Babies and infants up to about one year old
and 20 lbs. or 9 kg need special rearward-fac -
ing child restraints that support the back,
neck and head in a crash.
Fig. 217
Schemati c overview: rearward-fac ing infant
seat, properly installed o n the rear seat
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When using the vehicle safety belt to install
a ch ild safety seat, you must first activate
the convertible locking retracto r on the
safety be lt to prevent the child safety seat
from moving ¢ page 213 or install the seat
using the LA TCH attachments.
~ Push the child safety seat down with your
full weight to get the safety belt rea lly tight
so that the seat cannot move forward or
sideways more than one inch (2.5 cm).
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Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
¢ page 208.
Infants up to about one year (20 lbs . or 9 kg)
are best protected in special infan t carriers
and child safety seats designed for their age
group . Many experts believe that infants and
small children should ride only in spec ial re-
straints in which the ch ild faces t he back of
the vehicle. These infant seats support the ba-
by's back, neck and head in a crash ¢ fig. 217.
The airbag on the passenger side makes the
front seat a po t entially dangerous place for a
child to ride . The front seat is not the safest
place for a child in a forward -facing child seat.
It is a very dangerous place for an infant or a
larger child in a rearward-facing seat.
Child S a f ety 209
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WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, using t he
wrong child safety seat or improperly in-
stall ing a ch ild restraint increases the risk
of ser ious personal injury and death in a
crash.
- Never install rear-facing child safety
seats or infant ca rrie rs on the front pas-
senger seat - even with an Advanced Air-
bag Syst em. A ch ild will be ser iously in-
jured and ca n be killed when the inflat -
ing airbag hits the child safety seat or in-
fant carrier with great force and smashes
the child safety seat and child against
the backrest, center armrest, door or
roof ¢ page 184, Child restraints on the
front seat- some important things to
know .
-Always install rear-fac ing ch ild safety
seats or infant carriers on the rear seat .
- Never install a rear-fac ing ch ild restraint
in the forward-fac ing d irect ion. Such re-
straints are designed for the special
needs of infants and very small ch ild ren
and cannot prote ct them properly if the
seat is forward- facing.
- If you mus t insta ll a rearward fac ing
child safety seat on the fro nt passenger
seat because of exceptiona l circumstan-
ces and t he PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on and stay on, im-
mediately insta ll the rear -fac ing child
safety seat in a rear seating position and
have the airbag system inspected by your
Audi dea ler.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
wheneve r us ing a child restrained in ave-
hicle is being used ¢ page 173, Safety
belts,
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page 182, Airbag system and
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page 203, Important things to know.