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Ch ild Safety
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WARNING
Rearward -fac ing ch ild restraints:
- A ch ild in a rearward-facing child safety
seat installed on the front passenge r
seat will be seriously injured and can be
killed if the front airbag inflates - even
with an Advanced Airbag System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child
safety seat or infant carrier with great
force and will smash the ch ild safety seat
and child against the backrest, door or
roof.
- Always be especially careful if you must
install a rearward facing child safety seat
on the front passenger seat in exception-
al circumstances .
- Make sure 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 facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat
unless the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on. H the
PAS -
SEN GER AIR BAG OFF
light does not
come on and stay on have the airbag sys -
tem inspected immediately by your Audi
dealer.
Activating the convertible locking
retractor
Use the convertible locking retractor to se-
cure a child restraint.
Always heed the child safety seat man ufactur-
er's instructions when installing a chi ld re-
straint in your vehicle. To activate the conver-
tible locking retractor:
• Place the child restraint on a seat .
• Slow ly pull the be lt all the way out .
• Route it around or through the ch ild re-
stra int be lt path
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• Push the child safety seat dow n with your
full weight to get the safety belt really t ight .
• Insert the be lt tongue into t he buckle for
t hat seating position.
• Guide the safety belt back into the retractor
until the be lt lies flat and snug on the child
safety seat .
• You shou ld hear a "clicking" noise as the
be lt winds back into the inertia ree l. Test the
convert ible locking retractor by pu lling on
the belt. You should no longer be able to
pull the be lt out of the retractor . The con-
ve rtible locking ret rac to r is now activated .
• Make sure t hat t he red release button is fac-
ing away from the child rest raint so that it
can be unbuckled quic kly.
• Pull on the belt to make sure the safety be lt
is properly tight and fastened so that the
seat cannot move forward or sideways more
than one inch (2 .5 cm).
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WARNING
Using the wrong child restraint or an im-
properly installed chi ld restrai nt can cause
se rious pe rsonal injury or deat h in a crash.
- Always make sure that the safety belt re-
tracto r is locked when insta lling a child
safety seat. An unlocked safety belt re-
trac t or ca nnot hold the child safety sea t
in place dur ing no rma l dr iving or in a
crash.
- Always buckle the child sa fety seat firmly
in p lace even if a ch ild is not sitt ing in it.
A loose child safety seat can fly around
during a s udden stop or in a crash .
- Always ma ke sure the seat backrest to
which the child restraint is installed is in
an upright pos ition. Otherw ise, the seat-
back with the ch ild safety seat attached
to it could fly forward in the event of an
accident or other emergency situation .
- Always read and heed a ll WARNINGS
whenever us ing a child restrained in ave-
hicle is being used
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page 136.
Special
preca utions apply when insta lling a child
safety sea t on t he front passenger seat
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page 116, Child restraints on the front
seat - some important things to know.
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