Audi RS 7 Sportback 2016 Owner's Manual page 140

Airb a g syste m
Always remember, a child seat or infant carrier
installed on the front seat may be struck and
knocked out of position by the rapidly inflating
passenger's airbag in a frontal collision. The air-
bag could greatly reduce the effectiveness of the
child restraint and even seriously injure the child
during inflation.
For this reason, and because the back seat is the
safest place for children - when properly restrain-
ed according to their age and size - we strongly
recommend that children always sit in the back
seat
¢
page 159, Child safety.
.8,
WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing chi ld seat insta l-
led on the front passenger seat will be ser i-
ously injured and can be killed if the front air-
bag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child seat or
infant carrier with great force and will
smash the chi ld seat and child against the
backrest, center armrest, door or roof.
- Always install rear-facing child seats on the
rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward fac ing chi ld
seat on the front passenger seat because of
exceptional circumstances and the PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF light does not come on
and stay on, immediately install the rear-
facing child seat in a rear seating position
and have the airbag system inspected by
your Audi dealer.
- Forward-facing ch ild seats insta lled on the
front passenger's seat may interfe re with
the deployment of the airbag and cause se-
rious persona l injury to the child.
.8,
WARNING
If, in except ional circumstances, you must in-
stall a forward-facing chi ld restraint on the
front passenger's seat:
- Always make sure t he forward-facing se at
has been designed and certified by its man -
ufacturer for use on a front seat with a pas-
senger front and side airbag .
138
-
- Never put the forward-facing child restraint
up against or very near the instrument pan-
el.
- Always move the passenger seat into its
rearmost posit ion in the seat's fore and aft
adjustment range, as far away from the a ir-
bag as poss ible before installing the for-
ward-facing child restraint . The backrest
must be adjusted to an upr ight position.
- Make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light comes on and stays on a ll the time
wheneve r the ignit ion is swit ched on.
.8,
WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious injury, ma ke sure
that the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ligh t will
be d isp layed whenever a child rest raint is in-
stalled on the front passenger seat and the
ignition is switched on.
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not stay on, perform the checks described
¢
page 146, Monitoring the Advanced Air-
bag System.
- Take the child restraint off the front passen·
ge r seat and install it properly 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
Aud i dea ler immediately.
- Always carefully follow instructions from
child restraint manufacturers when instal-
ling child restra ints.
.8,
WARNING
If, in exceptional circumstances, you must in-
stall a forward or rearward-fac ing child re-
stra int on the front passenger's seat:
- Improper installat ion of child restraints can
reduce the ir effectiveness or even prevent
them from provid ing any protect ion.
- An improperly installed child restra int can
interfere with the airbag as it deploys and
serious ly injure or even kill the child - even
with an Advan ced Airbag System.
- Always carefully follow the manufacturer's
instructions provided with the child seat or
earner.