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Ch ild s afet y
- Always install rear -facing child safety seats
on the rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat be-
cause of exceptional circumstances and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay on, immed iate ly install
the rear-fac ing ch ild safety seat in a rear
seat ing pos ition and have the airbag system
inspected by your Audi dealer.
- The rear side of the child safety seat should
be pos itioned as close as possible to the
backrest on the vehicle seat.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when-
ever using a child restrained in a veh icle is
being used ~
page 182, Safety belts,
~ page 190, Airbag system
and
~ page 214, Important information.
A
WARNING
If exceptional circumstances require the use
of a forward-facing child restraint on the
front passenger's seat, the child's safety and
well -being require that the follow ing spec ial
precaut ions be taken:
- Make sure the forward-facing seat has been
designed and cert ified by its manufacturer
for use on a front seat with a passenger
front and side airbag.
- Always follow the manufacturer's instruc-
t ions prov ided with the ch ild safety seat or
infant carrier.
- Always move the front passenger seat into
the rearmost position of the passenger
seat's fore and aft adjustment range, and as
far away from the airbag as possible before
install ing the child restra int.
- Always make sure that nothing prevents the
front passenge r's sea t from being moved to
the rearmost posi t ion in its fore and aft ad-
justment range .
- Always make sure the backrest is in an up-
right posit ion.
- Never place or use any electrical device
(such as a laptop, CD player, elect ronic
games device, power inverter or seat heater
for child seats) on the front passenger seat
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if the device is connected to the 12-volt
socket or the cigarette lighter socket.
- If a seat heater has been retrofitted or oth-
erwise added to the front passenger seat,
never install any child restra int system on
this seat.
- Make sure that there are no wet objects
(such as a wet towel) and no water or other
liquids on the front passenger seat cush ion .
- Never place objects on the seat (such as a
laptop, CD player, electron ic games device,
power inverter or seat heater for ch ild
seats) . These may influence the electrical
capacitance measured by the capacitive pas-
senger detect ion syst em and can also fly
aro und in an accident and cause se rious per-
sonal injury .
- Make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light comes on and stays on a ll the time
wheneve r the ignit ion is swit ched on .
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not come on and stay on, immediately in-
stall the forward -facing child seat at a seat-
ing position on the rear seat and have the
airbag system inspected by your authorized
Audi dealer.
- Take the child restra int off the front passen-
ger seat and install it properly at one of the
rear seat positions if the PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF light does not stay on whenever
the ignition is switched on .
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