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Convertible child safety seats
Properly used convertible child safety seats
can help protect toddlers and children over
age one who weigh between 20 and 40 lbs . (9
and 18 kg) in a crash.
Fig. 162
Schematic overview: insta llat ion of the at-
tachments appl icable to a LATCH seat
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Fig. 163
Schem at ic overview: installat ion of the seat
using the vehicle's safety belt system
.. When using t he vehicle safety be lt to insta ll
a chi ld safety seat, you must first activate
the convertible locking feature on the safety
belt to prevent the child safety seat from
moving c::> page 168 or install the seat using
the LATCH attachments.
.,. Push the child safety seat down with your
full weight to get the safety belt really t ight
so that the seat cannot move forward or
sideways more than one inch (2.5 cm)
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page 168.
.,. Secure un used safety belts on t he rear sea t
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page 163.
A toddler or child is usually too large for an in-
fant restraint if it is more than one year old
and weighs more than 20 lbs . (9 kg) .
Toddlers and children who are older than one
year up to about 4 years o ld and weigh more
than 20 lbs . (9 kg) up to 40 lbs. (18 kg) must
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always be properly restrained in a child safety
seat certified for their size and weight
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The airbag on the passenger side makes the
front seat a potentia lly dangerous place for a
child to ride. The front seat is not the safest
place for a child in a forward -facing child safe -
ty seat. It is a very dangerous place for an in-
fant or a larger ch ild in a rearward-facing seat.
A
WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, using the
wrong child safety seat or imprope rly in-
stalling a ch ild restraint increases the risk
of ser ious personal inju ry and death in a
coll ision or other emergency sit uat ion.
- Children o n the front seat of any ca r,
even with Advanced Airbags, can be se ri-
ously injured or even killed when an air-
bag inflates . A child in a rearward -facing
child safety seat installed o n the front
passenger seat will be serious ly injured
and can be killed if the front airbag in-
flates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System .
-
- The inflating airbag will hit the ch ild
safety seat or infant carrier with great
force and will smash the child safety seat
and child agai nst the backrest, center
armrest, doo r or roof .
- Always install rea rward -facing chi ld safe -
ty seats on the rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward fac ing
child safety seat on t he front passenge r
seat because of exceptional circumstan-
ces and t he PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come o n and stay on, im-
mediately insta ll the rearward-facing
child safety seat in a rear seating posi -
tion and have the airbag system inspect -
ed by your authorized Audi dealer .
- The rear side of the child safety seat
should be pos itioned as close as poss ible
to the backrest on the vehicle seat.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
whenever using a chi ld restrained in ave-
hicle is being used
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