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Child safety
- Take the child restraint off the front passen-
ger seat and install it proper ly at one of the
rear seat positions if the PASSEN GER AIR
BAG OFF light does not stay on.
- Have the airbag system inspected by your
authorized Audi dealer immediately.
Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
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Fig.
173 Schematic overview: keep unused safety belts
away from child ren in child safety seats. @ - oute r rear
safety belt, @ - center rear safety belt
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If a child safety seat is used on the rear bench,
especially with LA TCH universal lower anchorag-
es, the unused safety be lts
must
be secured so
that the child in the child restraint cannot reach
them ¢ ,&.
- Guide the safety belt webbings @ and @ be-
hind the head restraint of the seat where the
child restraint is installed
¢ fig. 173.
When do-
ing so, do not engage the convertib le locking
retractor! You should not hear a "clicking"
sound when winding up the safety be lt .
- Let the belt retractor wind up the safety belt
webb ing .
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WARNING
A ch ild in a child safety seat installed with the
LATC H lowe r anchorages or with t he standard
safety belt or a child in a booste r seat on t he
rear seat could play wit h unused rear seat
safety belts and become entangled. This
cou ld cause t he child ser ious personal injury
and even death.
- Always sec ure unused rear seat safety belts
out of reach of ch ild ren in child seats such
as by proper ly routing them aro und the
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head restraint of the seat where the child
restraint is installed .
- Never activate t he convertible locking re-
tractor when routing the safety belts around
the head restraints.
- Never let anyone s it at the center rear seat-
ing position if the center rear safety belt has
been routed around a rear head restraint.
Child seats
Infant seats
Babies and infants up to about one year old and
20 lbs. or
9
kg need special rearward-facing
child restraints that support the back, neck and
head in a crash.
Fig. 1 74
Schema t ic overview : rearward -facing infant sea t,
prope rly installed on t he rear sea t
.. When using the veh icle safe ty belt to install a
child safe ty seat, yo u must first act ivate the
convertib le locking ret ractor on the safe ty belt
to prevent the child safety seat from moving
¢
page 180
or insta ll the seat using the LATCH
attachments .
.. Push the ch ild safety seat down with your full
weight to get the safety belt really tight so that
the seat cannot move forward or sideways
more than one inch (2 .5 cm).
.. Secure unused safety belt s on the rear seat
¢ page 176 .
Infants up to about one year (20 lbs . or 9 kg) are
bes t protected in special infant carr iers and child
safe ty seats designed for the ir age group. Many
expe rts be lieve that infan ts and small ch ildren
sho uld ride o nly in special res t ra ints in wh ich t he
child faces the back of the vehicle. These infant
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