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Ch ild Saf e ty
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on all the
time whenever the ignition is switched
on .
A
WARNING
Rearward -fac ing child restra ints:
- A ch ild in a rearward-facing child safety
seat installed on the front passenger
seat will be ser iously injured and can be
killed if the front airbag inflates - even
with an Advanced Airbag System.
- The inflating a irbag will hit the child
safety seat or infant carrier wit h g reat
force and will smash t he ch ild safety seat
and child against the backrest , door or
roof.
- Always be espe cially caref ul if you must
inst all a rea rwa rd fa cing child safety seat
on the front passenge r seat in exception -
al circumstances .
- A tight t et her strap on a rearward-facing
child rest raint attached to t he front pas -
senger seat can put too much pressu re
on the weight-mat in the seat and reg is-
ter a heavier weight in the Advanced Air-
bag System. The heav ier we ight regis-
tered can make the system work as
though an adult were on the seat and de-
ploy the Advanced Airbag when it must
be suppressed causing ser ious or even
fatal injury to the child .
- Make su re that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on all the
t ime whenever the ignition is switched
on.
- Never install a rearward fa cing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat
unless the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on . If t he
PAS·
SENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not
come on and stay on the inflating airbag
will hit the child safety seat or infant car-
rie r with great fo rce and will smash the
child safety seat and child against the
backrest, door or roof. Have the airbag
system inspected immedia t ely by your
au t hori zed Aud i dealer .
Activating the convertible locking
retractor
Use the convertible locking retractor to se-
cure a child restrain t.
Always heed the ch ild safety sea t manufactur-
er's instr uctions when installing a child re-
st ra int in your veh icle . To activate th e conve r-
t ible locking retr actor:
" Place t he child res t raint on a seat .
" Slowly pu ll the belt all the way out .
" Route it a round or throug h the child re-
st rain t belt pa t h
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" Push the ch ild safety sea t down wit h your
full weight to get t he safety be lt really tight.
" Insert the belt tong ue into the buckle for
that seating position .
" Guide the safety be lt back into the retractor
until the be lt lies flat and snug o n the child
safety seat.
" You should hear a "cl icking " noise as the
be lt winds back into the inertia ree l. Test the
convert ible locking retr actor by pulling on
t he belt. You should no longer be ab le to
pull t he be lt out of the retrac t or. The con -
vertible locking retracto r is now activated .
" Make s ure that the red release button is fac -
ing away from the child restraint so that it
can be unbuckled quick ly.
" Pull on the belt to make sure the safety belt
is properly tight and fastened so that the
seat ca nnot move forwa rd or sideways more
than one inch (2 .S cm).
A
WARNING
Using t he wrong child res t raint o r a n im-
properly ins t alled chi ld restraint can cause
se rious pe rsonal injury or deat h in a crash.
- Always ma ke sure t hat t he safe ty belt re-
trac to r is locked when insta lling a child
safety seat. An un locke d safety belt re-
tracto r cannot hold the child safety seat
in place dur ing norma l dr iving or in a
crash.
- Always buckle the child sa fety seat firmly
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in place even if a ch ild is not sitt ing in it.
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