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- Always make sure that noth ing prevents
the front passenger's seat from being
moved to the rearmost position in its
fore and aft adjustment range.
- Always make sure the backrest is in an
upr ight position .
- Make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light comes on and stays on all the
time 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 iate ly by
your Audi dealer.
Booster seats and safety belts
Properly used booster seats can help protect
children weighing between about 40 lbs. and
80 lbs . (18 kg and 36 kg) who are less than 4
ft.
9 in . (57 inches/1 .45 meters) tall .
Fig. 10 2
Passenger seat : child proper ly rest rained 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 t he safety belt will pass prop-
e rly over the st ronger pa rt s of t heir bod ies
and the safety belt can help protect them in a
crash .
• Do no t use t he conve rtible locking retractor
when usi ng t he veh icle's safety belt t o re-
stra in a child on a booster seat .
• The shoulder be lt must lie as close to the
center of the child ' s collar bone as poss ible
Child S a f ety
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and must lie and sn ug on the upper body. It
must never lie across the throat or neck. The
lap belt m ust lie across the pelvis and never
across the stomach or abdomen. Make s ure
the belt lies flat and snug. Pull on the belt
to tighten if necessary .
Children up to at least 8 years old (over 40
lbs. or 18 kg) are best protected in child safe-
ty seats des igned 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 mus t not use the vehicle
safety belts wit hou t a suitable ch ild restr a int.
It
is usually best to put these children in ap -
propr iate booste r seats . Be sure the booster
seat meets all appli cable safety standa rds.
Booster seats raise the seat ing pos it io n of t he
ch ild and repos it ion both the lap and shoulder
parts of the safety belt so that they pass
ac ross the ch ild's body in the right places. The
rout ing of t he belt over the child's body is very
important for the child's pro t ect io n, whet her
o r not a booster seat is used.
Children who a re at least 4 ft. 9 in. (57 in-
ches/1. 4 5 mete rs) tall can gene ra lly use the
vehicle 's t hree poin t lap an d shoulder be lts.
Never use the lap belt portion of the vehicle 's
safety be lt alone to restra in any child, rega rd-
less of how big t he child is. Always remember
that children do not have the prono unced pel-
vic structure required for the prope r funct io n
of lap belt portion of the vehicle's three point
lap and shoulde r 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 aroun d the pe lvis. Neve r let the lap
belt portion of t he safety be lt pass over t he
child's stomach or abdomen.
In a crash, a irbags must inflate within a blink
of an eye and wit h considerable force. In o rder
to do its job, t he airbag needs room t o inflate
so that it will be the re to protect t he occupan t
as the occupant moves forward into the air-
bag.
A vehicle occupan t who is out of pos it ion an d
too close to t he a irbag gets in t he way of an
Ill-
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