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Child safety
- Make sure the forward-facing seat has
been designed and certified by its manu-
facturer for use on a front seat with a
passenger front and side airbag .
- Always carefully follow the manufacturer 's
instructions provided with the child safety
seat o r carrier .
- Always move the front passenger seat into
the rearmost position of the passenger
seat's fore a nd aft adjustment range, and
as far away from the airbag as possible be-
fore insta lling t he child restraint.
- Always make sure that nothing prevents
the front passenge r's seat from be ing
moved to the rearmost posit ion in its fore
and aft adjustment range.
- Always make sure that the back rest is in
the upr ight position .
- Never place or use any e lectr ical device
(such as a laptop , CD player , e lectron ic
ga mes device, power inverter or sea t heat-
er for ch ild seats) on the front passenger
seat if the device is connected to the 12 -
volt socket or the cigarette lighter socket.
- If a seat heater has been retrofitted or
otherwise added to the front passenger
seat, never install any child restraint sys-
tem on th is seat .
- Make sure that there are no wet objects
(such as a wet towel) and no water or oth-
er liqu ids on the front passenger seat
cushion .
- Never place objects on the seat (such as a
laptop, CD player, electron ic games de-
vice, power inverter or seat heater for
child seats). These may influence the elec -
trical capacitance measured by the capaci-
tive passenge r detection system and can
a lso fly around in an accident and cause
serio us personal inju ry.
- Always bu ckle the child safety seat firmly in
place even if a child is not sitting in it. A
loose child safety seat can fly around during
a sudden stop or in a collisio n.
- Always read a nd heed all WARNINGS when-
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used
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A
WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious injury, make sure
that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light
comes on and stays on whenever a ch ild re-
stra int is installed on the front passenger seat
and the ign ition is switched on .
- Take the child restra int off the front passen -
ge r 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
author ized Audi dealer immed iate ly.
Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
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Fig. 16 4
Schematic overview: keep unu sed safety belts
away from children in child safety seats. @ · out er rear
safety belt
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If a child safety seat is used on the rear bench,
especially with LATCH universal lower anchorag -
es, the unused safety belts must be sec ured so
that the child in the child rest raint cannot reach
them
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- Guide the safety belt webbing @ behind the
head rest raint of the seat where the child re-
st raint is installed
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fig . 164. When doing so,
do not engage the convert ible locking ret rac·
to r! You should not he ar a "clicking" so und
when winding up the safety belt.
- Let the belt retracto r wind up the safety belt
webbing.
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