Securing Child Seats - Audi RS 7 Sportback 2016 Owner's Manual

In o rder for the airbag to offer protection, it is
important that all vehicle occupants, especia lly
any children, who must be in the front seat be-
cause of exceptional circumstances, be properly
restrained and as far away from the airbag as
possible . By keeping room between the child's
body and the front of the passenger compart-
ment, the airbag can inflate comp letely and pro-
vide supp lemental protect ion in certain frontal
coll isions.
A
WARNING
Not using a booster seat, using the booster
seat improperly, incorrectly insta lling a boos -
ter seat or using the vehicle safety belt im-
properly increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death in a collision or other emer-
gency situat ion. To help reduce the risk of se-
rious personal injury and/or death:
- The shoulder belt must lie as close to the
center of the child's collar bone as possible
and must lie flat and snug on the upper
body .
It
must neve r lie across the throat or
neck. The lap belt must lie across the pelv is
and never across the stomac h or abdomen.
Make sure tha t the belt lies fla t and sn ug.
Pull on the belt to tighten if necessary.
- Failure to properly route safety belts over a
child 's body will cause severe injuries in an
accident or other emergency situation
¢ page 127 .
- The rear side of the child safety seat should
be pos itioned as close as possible to the
backrest on the vehicle seat .
- For adjustable head restraints: adjust or re-
move the rear seat head restraint if it is dif-
ficult to install the child seat with the head
restra int in place ¢ page 56. Install the
head restraint again immediately once the
child seat is removed. Driving without head
restra ints or w ith head restraints that are
not properly adjusted increases the risk of
serious o r fat a l neck injury d ramatically.
- Children on the front seat of any car, even
with Advanced Airbags, can be se riously in-
jured or even killed when a n airbag inflates.
- Never let a child stand or knee l on any seat,
for example the front seat.
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Ch ild safety
- Never let a chi ld ride in the cargo area of
your veh icle.
- Always remember that a chi ld leaning for-
ward, sitting sideways or out of position in
any way du ring an accident can be struck by
a dep loying airbag. This will result in serious
personal injury or death .
- If you must install a booster seat on the
front passenger seat because of exceptiona l
circumstances the PASSENGE R AIR BAG
OFF light must come on and stay on, when-
eve r the ignit ion is switched on.
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not come on and stay on, perfo rm the
checks desc ribed ¢
page 146, Monitoring
the Advanced Airbag System.
- Take the child restra int off the front passen-
ge r seat an d install it prope rly at one of the
rear seat positions if the PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF light does not stay on whenever
the ignition is switched on .
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when-
ever using a chi ld restrained in a vehicle is
be ing used
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page 12 7, Safety belts,
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page 135, Airbag system
and
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page 159, Important information.
Securing child seats
Securing a child safety seat using a safety
belt
Safety belts for the rear seats and the front pas-
senger can be locked with the convertible locking
retractor to properly secure child safety seats .
The safety belts emergen cy locking retractors for
the rear seats safety be lts and fo r t he front pas-
senger's sea t sa fety be lt have a conve rti ble lock-
ing retractor for child restraints . The safety be lt
must be locked so that be lt webbing cannot un-
ree l. The retractor can be activated to lock the
safety belt and prevent the safety belt webbing
from loosening up dur ing norma l driving. A ch ild
safety seat can on ly be properly installed when
the safety belt is locked so that the ch ild and
child safety seat will stay in place.
Always remember : Even though your veh icle is
equipped with an Advanced Airbag system, all
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