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exceptional circumstances and the
PASS ENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not
come on and stay on, immed iately install
the rear-fac ing child safety seat in a rear
seating pos it ion and have the airbag system
inspected immediately by your Audi dealer .
A
WARNING
- Forward-fac ing child seats installed on the
front passenge r seat may inte rfere with the
deployment of the airbag and cause serious
persona l injury to the child .
- If except ional circumstances require the use
of a forward-facing child restraint on the
front passenger's seat , the child's safety
and well-being require the following special
precautions to be taken:
- Always make sure that the forward -facing
seat has been designed and cert ified by its
manufacture r fo r use on a front passenger
seat with a front and s ide airbag.
- Always carefully follow the manufacturer's
instructions provided with the child seat
or infant carrier.
- Never install a child restraint without a
properly attached top tether st rap if the
child restrain t manufacturer's instructions
require the top tether strap to be used .
- Never put the forward-facing child re-
stra int up against or very near the instru -
ment panel.
- Always move the passenger seat into its
rearmost position in the sea t 's fore and
aft adjustment range, as far away from
the airbag as possible before insta lling the
child restraint. The backrest must be ad-
justed to an upr ight position .
- Always make sure that nothing prevents
the front passenger's seat from be ing
moved to the rearmost posit ion in its fore
and aft adjustment range .
- Never place objects on the seat (such as a
laptop, CD player, electronic games de-
vice, powe r inverter or seat heater for
child seats) . These may influence the elec-
tr ical capacitance measured by the capaci-
tive passenge r detection system and can
Ch ild safety
also fly around in an accident and cause
serious personal injury.
- Never place or use any electrical device
(such as a laptop, CD player, electronic
games device, power inverter or seat heat-
er for child seats) on the front passenger
seat if the device is connected to the 12-
volt socket or the cigarette lighter socket .
- If a seat heater has been retrofitted or
otherw ise added to the front passenger
seat, never insta ll any child restraint sys-
tem on this seat.
- Make sure that there are no wet objects
(such as a wet towe l) and no water or oth-
er liquids on the front passenger seat
cush ion.
- Always make sure that the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on
all the time whenever the ignition is
switched on .
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light
does not come on and stay on, immediate-
ly install the forward -facing child seat in a
rear seating position and have the airbag
system inspected by your authorized Audi
dealer.
- Always buckle the child seat firmly in
place even if a child is not s itting in it. A
loose child seat can fly around during a
sudden stop or in a collision .
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
whenever using a child restraint in a vehi-
cle
¢ page 182, Safety belts, ¢ page 190,
Airbag system
and
~ page 214, Impor-
tant information .
(D
Tips
Always replace child restraints that were in-
stalled in a vehicle during a crash . Damage to
a child restraint that is not vis ible could cause
it to fai l in another collision situat ion.
Advanced front airbag system and children
Your vehicle is equ ipped with a front "Advanced
Airbag Syst em" in compl iance wit h United St ates
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) ..,.
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