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Child S a fet y
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. 129
Schematic overview: insta llat ion of the seat
using the vehicle's safety belt system
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When using the vehicle safety belt to install
a child safety seat, you must first activate
the convertible locking retractor on the
safety belt to prevent t he child safety seat
from moving Qpage 138.
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Push the child safety seat down with your
full weight to get the safety belt rea lly tight
so that the seat cannot move forward or
sideways more than one inch (2.5 cm)
Qpage 138.
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 old and weigh more
than 20 lbs . (9 kg) up to 40 lbs. (18 kg) must
always be properly restrained in a child safety
seat certi f ied for the ir size and weight
Q
fig. 129.
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WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, using the
wrong child safety seat or improperly in-
stal ling a child restraint increases the risk
of se rious persona l injury and death in a
collision or othe r eme rgency s ituation.
- Children on t he front seat of any car,
even with Advanced Airbags, can be seri-
ous ly injured or even killed when an air-
bag inflates. A child in a rearward-facing
child safety seat installed on the front
passenger seat will be seriously injured
and can be killed if the front airbag in-
flates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System .
- The inflating airbag will hit the child
safety seat or infant carrie r with great
for ce and will smash the child saf ety seat
and child aga inst the backrest, door or
roof.
- Never install a rearward facing child
safety sea t on t he fron t passenger seat
un less t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on. If the
PAS-
SENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not
come on and stay on have the airbag sys-
tem inspected immediate ly by your au-
thorized Audi dealer.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
whenever us ing a child restrained in ave-
hicle is being used ¢ page 101, Safety
belts,
Q
page 109, Airbag system and
Q
page 130, Important things to know .
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WARNING
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If exceptional circumstances require the
use of a fo rward-facing child restraint on
the front passenger 's sea t , the child's safe-
ty and we ll-bei ng req uire t hat t he follow-
ing spec ial precautions be taken:
- Make sure the forward- facing seat has
been designed and cert ified by its man u-
facturer for use on a front seat with a
passenger front and side airbag.
- Always follow the manufacturer 's in-
structions provided with the child safety
seat or carrie r.
- Always move the front passenger seat in-
to the rearmost position of the passen-
ger seat's fore and aft adjustment range,
and as far away from the airbag as possi-
ble before installing the child restraint.
- Always make sure that nothing prevents
the front passenger 's seat from being
moved to the rearmost pos ition in its
fore and aft adjustment range .
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