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range, and as fa r away from the airbag
as possible before instal li ng the child
restraint.
- Always make sure that nothing pre-
vents the front passenger's seat from
being moved to the rearmost position
in its fore and aft adjustment range.
- Always make sure that the backrest is
in the upr ight position.
- Always buckle the child safety seat firmly
in place even if a child is not sitting in it.
A loose child safety seat can fly around
dur ing a sudden stop or in a coll ision .
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
whenever using a child restrained in ave-
hicle is being used
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belts,
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page 137, Airbag system
and
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page 158, Child Safety.
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WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious injury, make
sure t hat t he PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on whenever a
child rest raint is installed on the front pas-
senger seat and the ignition is switched
on.
- Take the child restraint off the front pas-
senger 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 immediate-
ly.
Secure unused safety belts on the rear
seat
Fig. 160
Schematic overview: keep unused safety belts
away from children in child safe ty seats. @ - oute r rear
safety be lt
.
Child S a f ety
16 3
If a child safety seat is used on the rear bench,
especially with LATCH universal lower ancho-
rages, the unused safety belts
must
be se-
cured so that the child in the child restraint
cannot reach them
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&, .
- Guide the safety belt webbing @ behind the
head restra int of the seat where the child re-
straint is installed ¢
fig . 160.
When doing
so, do not engage the switchable locking re-
tractor ! You should not hear a "clicking"
sound when wind ing up the safety belt.
- Let the belt retractor wi nd up the safety belt
webbing.
.8,
WARNING
A child in a chi ld safety seat installed with
the LATCH lower anchorages or with the
stan dard safety belt or a child in a boost er
seat on the rear seat could play with un-
used rear seat safety belts and become en-
tang led. This could cause t he chi ld ser ious
personal injury and even death.
-A lways secure unused rear seat saf ety
belts out of reach of children in child
seats such as by proper ly rout ing them
around the head restraint of the seat
where the child restraint is installed.
- Never activate the switchable locking re-
tracto r when routing the safety belts
around the head restraints.
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