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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 pas-
senger front and side airbag .
- Always carefully follow the manufacturer 's
instructions provided with the child safety
seat or carrier .
- Always move the front passenger seat into
the rearmost position of the passenger
seat's fore and aft adjustment range, and
as far away from the airbag as possible be-
fore installing the child restraint.
- Always make sure that nothing prevents
the front passenger's seat from being
moved to the rearmost position in its fore
and aft adjustment range.
- Always make sure that the backrest is in
the upright position .
- Never place or use any electrical device
(such as a laptop, CD player, electronic
games device, power inverter or seat heat-
er for child 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 this seat .
- Make sure that there are no wet objects
(such as a wet towel) and no water or oth-
er liquids on the front passenger seat
cushion .
- Never place objects on the seat (such as a
laptop, CD player, electronic games device ,
power inverter or seat heater for child
seats) . These may influence the electrical
capacitance measured by the capacitive
passenger detection system and can also
fly around in an accident and cause serious
personal injury.
- Always buckle 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 collision.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when-
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used c::> poge 135, Safety belts,
172
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page 143, Airbag system and
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page 167, Child safety .
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 child re-
straint is installed on the front passenger seat
and the ignition is switched on .
- Take the child restraint off the front passen -
ger 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
authorized Audi dealer immediately.
Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
Fig. 167
Schematic overview: keep unu sed safety belts
away from childre n in child safety seat s. @ - outer rear
safety belt, @ - center rear safety belt*
If a child safety sea t is used on t he rear bench,
especially with LATCH universal lower anchorag -
es, the unused safety belts
must
be secured so
that the child in the child restraint cannot reach
them
c::>
_&. .
- Guide the safety belt webbings @ and
®*
be-
hind the head restraint of the seat where the
child restraint is installed
c::>
fig . 167. When do-
ing so, do not engage the convertible locking
retractor! You should not hear a "clicking "
sound when winding up the safety belt.
- Let the belt retractor wind up the safety belt
webbing.
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