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Child
Safety
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WARNING (cont inued
)
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Always move the front passenger seat into the rearmost
position of the passenger seat's fore and aft adjustment range,
and as far away from the airbag as possible before installing
the child restraint.
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Always make sure that nothing prevents the front
pas senger'
s
seat from being moved to the rearmost position in
its fore and aft adjustment range.
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Always make sure that the backrest
is
in the upright pos i-
tion.
• Always buckle the child safety seat firmly in place even if a
child
is
not sitting in it. A loose child
s
afety seat can fly around
during a sudden stop or in a collision
.
• Always read and heed all WARNINGS whenever using a child
restrained in a vehicle is being used
=>
page 135,
"Safety belts",
=>
page 145
,
"Airbag system
"
and
=>
page 167,
"Child Safety ".
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WARNING
To reduce the risk of seriou
s
injury, make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on and stays on whenever a
child restraint is installed on the front passenger seat and the
ignition is switched on.
• Take the child restraint off the front pa ssenger seat and install
it prope rly at one of the rear seat positions if the PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF light does not stay on.
•
Have the airbag system inspected by your authorized Audi
dealer immediately
.
&
WARNING
A child in a child restraint installed with the LATCH lower anchor-
ages or with the standard safety belt on the rear seat may play
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WARNING (cont inued
)
with unused rear seat safety belts and become entangled
res
ulting in serious personal injury and even death.
• Always buc kle unused rear seat safety belts out of reach of chil-
dren in child seats and properly activate the convertible locking
retractor so that the child cannot unreel the safety belt from the
retractor.
•
Child safety
seats
Infant
seats
Babi es
and
infants up to about one year old and
20
lbs
.
or
9
kg need special rearward -facing child restraints tha
t
suppor
t
the back, neck and head in a crash.
Fig. 144 Schemati
c
ove rview:
rearwa rd-
facing infan
t
seat
,
prope rly installed
on
t
he rear seat
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hen using the ve hicle safety bel
t
to install a child safety
seat, you must first activa
t
e the co nvert ible locking
ret ractor on the safety belt to preven
t
the child sa fety seat
fro
m mo ving
=>
p
age
177
or
install the seat using the
LATCH
at
t
ach ments.
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