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- Never install a rearward facing child safety
seat on the front passenger seat if the
PAS·
SENGER AIR BAG OFF ,;;
light does not
turn on and stay on. Have the system in-
spected immediately by an authorized Audi
dealer or author ized Audi Service Facility .
A
WARNING
- Forward-fac ing ch ild seats insta lled on the
front passenge r seat may inte rfere with the
deployment of the a irbag and cause serious
persona l inju ry to the child .
- If except ional circumstances
require the use
of a forward-facing child res t raint on the
front passenger's seat, the child's safety
and well-being require the following special
precautions to be taken:
- Always make sure that the forward-facing
seat has been designed and cert ified by its
manufacture r fo r use on a front passenger
seat with a front and side a irbag.
- Always carefully follow the manufacturer's
instr uctions provided with the child seat
or infan t ca rrier.
- Never put the fo rward-facing child re-
st ra int up against or very near the instru-
men t panel.
- Always move the front passenger seat to
the highest posit ion in t he up and down
adju stment range and move it back to the
rearmost position in the seat's fore and
aft adjustment range, as far away from
the airbag as possible, before installing
the forward-fac ing ch ild restraint.
- Always make sure that the safety be lt up-
pe r anchorage is behind the child restra int
and not next to or in front of the child re-
stra int so that the safety belt will be prop-
erly positioned.
- Always make sure that nothing prevents
the front passenger's seat from be ing
moved to the rearmost posit ion in its fore
and aft adjustment range .
- Never place objects on the seat (such as a
laptop, CD playe r, electronic games de-
vice, powe r inverter or seat heater for
child se at s). These m ay influence t he ele c-
Ch ild s af e t y
trical capacitance measu red by the capac i-
tive passenger detection system and can
also fly around in an acc ident and cause
serious personal injury .
- Never place or use any electrical device
(such as a laptop, CD player, electronic
games device, powe r inverter or seat heat -
er for child seats) on the front passenger
seat if the device is connected to the 12-
volt socke t or the cigarette lighter so cket.
- If a seat heate r has been retrofitted or
othe rw ise added to t he front passenger
seat, neve r insta ll any child res t raint sys-
tem on t his seat.
- Make su re that there a re no wet objects
(s uch as a we t towe l) and no wat er or oth-
er liquids on the front passenger seat
cushion .
- Always make sure t ha t the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF ,; ;
light comes on and stays
on all the time whenever the ignition is
switched on .
- Never install a forward -facing chi ld safety
seat on the front passenger seat if the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ~ ;
light does
not turn on and stay on. Have the system
inspected immediately by an author ized
Audi dealer or authorized Audi Service Fa-
cility .
- Always buck le the child seat firmly in
place even if a child is not s itting in it . A
loose child seat can fly aro und during a
sudden stop or in a collision.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
whenever using a child rest raint in a vehi-
cle
~page 187, Safety bel ts, ~page 194,
Airbag system
and
~ page 216, Impor-
tant information.
(D
Tips
Always replace child restraints that were in-
stalled in a vehicle du ring a crash . Damage to
a child restrain t that is not visible could cause
it to fai l in another collision sit uat ion .
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