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- Always make sure the backrest 1s in an
upr ight position.
- Make sure that the PASSENGER AI R BAG
OFF light comes on and stays on all the
t ime whenever the ignition is switched
on.
- If the light does not stay on, perform the
checks.
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not come on and stay on have the
airbag system inspected immed iately by
your Audi dealer.
Booster seats and safety belts
Properly used booster seats con help protect
children weighing between about 40 lbs. and
80 lbs. (18 kg and 36 kg) who ore less than 4
ft.
9 in . (57 inches/1 .45 meters) toll.
Fig. 12 7
Passenger seat: child proper ly restrained in a
booster seat
The vehicle's safety belts alone will not fit
most children until they are at least 4
ft.
9 in.
(57 inches/1.45 meters) tall and weigh about
80 lbs. (36 kg). Booster seats raise these chil-
d ren up so that the safety belt will pass prop-
erly over the stronger parts of their bod ies
and the safety belt can help protect them in a
crash .
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Do not use the convertible locking retractor
when usi ng the veh icle's safety belt to re-
stra in a child on a booster seat.
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The shoulder be lt must lie as close to the
cente r of the child· s collar bone as possible
and must lie and snug on the upper body. It
must never lie across the throat or neck. The
lap belt must lie across the pelvis and never
across the stomach or abdomen. Make sure
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the belt lies flat and snug . Pull on the belt
to tighten if necessary.
Childre n up to at least 8 yea rs old (over 40
lbs. or 18 kg) are best protected in child safe-
ty seats designed for their age and weight. Ex-
perts say that the skeletal structure, particu-
larly the pe lvis, of these children is not fully
developed, and they must not use the vehicle
safety belts without a suitable ch ild restrai nt.
It is usually best to put these children in ap-
propriate booster seats. Be sure the booster
seat meets all applicable safety standards.
Booster seats raise the seating pos ition of the
ch ild and repos ition both the lap and shoulder
parts of the safety belt so that they pass
across the ch ild's body in the right places. The
routing of the belt over the child's body is very
important for the child's protect ion, whether
or not a booster seat is used.
Children who are at least 4
ft.
9 in. (57 in-
ches/1.45 meters) tall can generally use the
vehicle 's three point lap and shoulder belts.
Never use the lap belt port io n of the vehicle's
safety belt alone to restra in any ch ild, rega rd-
less of how big the chi ld is. Always remember
that children do not have the prono unced pel-
vic structure required for the prope r function
of lap belt portion of the vehicle's three point
lap and shoulder belts. The child's safety ab-
solutely requires that a lap belt portion of the
safety belt be fastened snugly and as low as
poss ible around the pelvis. Never let the lap
belt portion of the safety belt pass over the
ch ild's stomach or abdomen.
In a crash, a irbags must inflate within a blink
of an eye and with considerable force . In order
to do its job, the a irbag needs room to inflate
so that it will be there to protect the occupant
as the occupant moves forward into the a ir-
bag.
A vehicle occupant who is out of posit ion and
too close to the a irbag gets in the way of an
inflating airbag. When a n occupant is too
close, he or she will be st ruck violently and
will receive se rious or possibly even fatal in-
jury .
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