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- Always move the passenger seat into its
rearmost position in the seat's fore and aft
adjustment range, as far away from the air-
bag as possible before installing the for-
ward-facing child restra int. The backrest
must be adjusted to an upright posit ion.
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on all the time
whenever the ignition is switched on.
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WARNING
Rearwa rd-facing child restra ints:
- A child in a rearward-facing child safety seat
installed on the front passenger seat will be
seriously injured and can be killed if the
front airbag inflates - even with an Ad-
vanced Airbag System .
- The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
against the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof.
- Always be especially careful if you must in-
stall a rearward facing child safety seat on
the front passenger seat in exceptional cir-
cumstances.
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on all the time
whenever the ignition is switched on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does
not come on and stay on, immediately in-
stall the rear-facing child safety seat in a
rear seat ing pos ition and have the airbag
system inspected by your Audi dealer .
Activating the convertible locking retractor
Use the convertible locking retractor to secure a
child restraint.
Always heed the child safety seat manufacturer's
instructions when installing a child restraint in
your vehicle. To act ivate the convertible locking
retractor:
.. Place the child restraint on a seat, preferab ly
on the rear seat.
.. Slowly pull the belt all the way out .
Ch ild safety
.. Route it around or through the child restraint
belt path ¢
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.. Push the child safety seat down with your full
weight to get the safety belt really tight.
.. Insert the belt tongue into the buckle for that
seating position .
.. Guide the safety belt back into the retractor un-
til the belt lies flat and snug on the child safety
seat .
.. You shou ld hear a "clicking" noise as the belt
winds back into the inertia reel. Test the con-
vertible locking retractor by pulling on the belt.
You shou ld no longer be able to pull the belt
out of the retractor. The convertib le locking re-
tractor is now activated.
.. Make sure that the red release button is facing
away from the child restraint so that it can be
unbuckled quickly.
.. Pull on t he belt to make sure the safety belt is
properly t ight and fastened so t hat the seat
canno t move fo rward or sideways mo re than
one inch (2.S cm).
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WARNING
..........
-
Using the wrong child restraint or an improp-
erly installed child restraint can cause serious
personal injury or death in a crash.
- Always make sure that the safety belt re-
tractor is locked when installing a child
safety seat. An unlocked safety belt retrac-
tor cannot hold the child safety seat in place
during normal driving or in a crash .
- Always buckle the child safety seat firmly in
place even if a child is not sitt ing in it. A
loose child safety seat can fly around dur ing
a sudden stop or in a crash .
- Always make sure the seat backrest to which
the child restraint is installed is in an up-
right position and securely latched into
place and cannot fo ld forward. Othe rwise,
the seatback with the child safety seat at-
tached to it could fly forward in the event of
an accident or other emergency situation.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when-
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used ¢
page 159.
Special precautions
apply when instal ling a child safety seat on
the front passenger seat
¢page 136, Child
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