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WARNING
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Rearward-facing ch ild restraints:
-A chi ld in a rearward-facing child safety
seat installed on the front passenger
seat will be ser iously injured and can be
killed if the front airbag inflates - even
with an Advanced Airbag System .
- The inflating a irbag w ill hit the child
safety seat or infant carrier with great
force and w ill smash the ch ild safety seat
and child against the backrest, cente r
armrest, door or roo f.
- Always be especially caref ul if you must
install a rearwa rd fa cing child safety seat
on the front passenge r sea t in exception-
al circumstances .
- Make su re that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and st ays on all t he
time whenever the ignition is switched
on .
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light
does not come on and stay on, immedi-
ately install the rea r-facing chi ld safety
seat in a rear seating position and have
the a irbag system inspected by you r Audi
dealer.
Activating the convertible locking
retractor
Use the convertible locking retractor to se-
cure a child restraint.
Always heed the child safety seat manufactur-
er's instructions when install ing a chi ld re-
straint in your vehicle . To activate t he conver -
tible locking retracto r:
.,. Place the child restraint on a seat, prefera-
bly on the rear sea t .
.,. Slow ly pull the be lt all the way out .
.. Route it around or through the ch ild re-
st ra int be lt path ¢ &, .
.,. Push the child safety seat dow n with your
full weight to ge t the safety belt really t ight.
.,. Insert the be lt tongue into the buckle for
that seating position .
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.,. Guide t he safety be lt back into the retractor
until the be lt lies flat and sn ug on the child
safety seat .
.,. You shou ld hear a "clicking" noise as the
be lt winds back into the iner t ia ree l. Test the
convert ible locking retractor by pulling on
the belt. You sho uld no longer be able to
pull the be lt out of the retracto r. The con-
ver t ible locking ret rac to r is now act ivat ed .
.,. Make sure t hat t he red release button is fac -
ing away from the child rest rain t so t hat it
can be unbuckled q uickly .
.. Pull on the belt to make sure the safety be lt
is properly tight and fastened so that the
seat cannot move forward or sideways more
than one inch (2 .5 cm).
A
WARNING
Using the wrong child restraint o r an im-
properly installed chi ld restraint can cause
serious pe rsonal injury or death in a crash.
- Always ma ke sure that t he safe ty belt re-
tracto r is locked when insta lling a child
safety seat. An unlocked safety belt re-
tr acto r can not hold the child safety seat
in place dur ing no rma l driving or in a
cras h .
- Always buckle the child safety seat firmly
in place even if a ch ild is not sitt ing in it.
A loose child safety seat can fly aroun d
during a sudden stop or in a crash .
- Always ma ke s ure the seat backrest to
which the child restraint is installed is in
an upright pos ition and securely latched
into place and can not fold forward . Oth-
erw ise, the seatback with the child safety
seat attached to it could fly forward in
the event of an accident or othe r emer-
gency situatio n.
- Always read a nd heed al l WARNINGS
wheneve r us ing a child restrained in av e-
hicle is being used ¢
page 166.
Special
pre cau tions apply whe n inst al ling a child
safety sea t on the fron t passenger seat
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page 142, Child restraints on the front
seat - some important things to know.
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