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straints are on the front passenger seat. Be-
cause of the large amount of important infor-
mation, we cannot repeat it all here. We urge
you to read the detailed information in this
owner's manual about airbags and the Ad-
vanced Airbag System in your vehicle and the
very important information about transport-
ing children on the front passenger seat.
Please be sure to heed the WARNINGS - they
are extremely important for your safety and
the safety ofyour passengers, especially in-
fants and small children.
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WARNING
- Accident statistics have shown that chil-
dren are generally safer in the rear seat
area than in the front seating position.
Always restrain any child age 12 and un-
der in the rear.
- All vehicle occupants and especially chil-
dren must be restrained properly when-
ever riding in a vehicle. An unrestrained
or improperly restrained child could be
injured by striking the interior or by be-
ing ejected from the vehicle during a
sudden maneuver or impact. An unre-
strained or improperly restrained child is
also at greater risk of injury or death
through contact with an inflating airbag.
- A suitable child restraint properly instal-
Led and used at one of the rear seating
positions provides the highest degree of
protection for infants and small children
in most accident situations.
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WARNING
Children on the front seat of any car even
with Advanced Airbags can be seriously in-
jured or even killed when an airbag in-
flates. A child in a rearward-facing child
safety seat installed on the front passen-
ger seat will be seriously injured and can
be killed if the front airbag inflates.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child
safety seat or infant carrier with great
force and will smash the child safety seat
and child against the backrest or door.
In a frontal crash at a speed of 20-35 mph
(30-56 km/h) the forces acting on a 13-pound
(6 kg) infant will be more than 20 times the
weight of the child. This means the weight of
the child would suddenly be more than
260 pounds (120 kg). Under these conditions,
only an appropriate child restraint properly
used can reduce the risk of serious injury.
Child restraints, like adult safety belts, must
be used properly to be effective. Used improp-
erly, they can increase the risk of serious in-
jury in an accident.
Consult the child safety seat manufacturer's
instructions in order to be sure the seat is
right for your child's size
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136,
Impor-
tant safety instructions for using child safety
seats.
Please be sure to read and heed all of
the important information and WARNINGS
about child safety, Advanced Airbags, and the
installation of child restraints in this chapter.
There is a lot you need to know about the Ad-
vanced Airbags in your vehicle and how they
work when infants and children in child re-
Because children's bodies are not fully devel-
oped, they require restraint systems especial-
ly designed for their size, weight, and body
structure. Many countries and all states of the
United States and provinces of Canada have
laws requiring the use of approved child re-
straint systems for infants and small children.
Introduction
The rear seat is generally the safest place in a
collision.
The physical principles of what happens when
your vehicle is in a crash apply also to children
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page 105, What happens to occupants not
wearing safety belts?
But unlike adults and
teenagers, their muscles and bones are not
fully developed. In many respects children are
at greater risk of serious injury in crashes than
adults.
Child Safety
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larger, unclosed openings in the door
panel.
- Never drive with interior door trim pan-
els removed.
- Never drive when parts have been re-
moved from the inside door panel and
the openings they leave have not been
properly closed.
- Never drive when loudspeakers in the
doors have been removed unless the
speaker holes have been properly
closed.
- Always make certain that openings are
covered or filled if additional speakers
or other equipment is installed in the
inside door panels.
- Always have work on the doors done by
an authorized Audi dealer or qualified
workshop.
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