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aft adjustment range, as far away from
the airbag as possible, before installing
the forward-facing child restraint.
- Always make sure that the safety belt up-
per anchorage is behind the child restraint
and not next to or in front of the child re-
straint so that the safety belt will be prop-
erly positioned.
- 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.
-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 vehi.cle is
being used
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page 140, Safety belts,
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page 148, Airbag system and
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page 168, Child safety.
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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 ch ild 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.
Child safety
Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
Fig. 172
Schema tic overview: keep unused safety belts
away from children in child safety seats. @ · outer rear
safety belt, @ - center rear safety belt
If a child safety seat is used on the 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 ~ .&. -
- Guide the safety belt webbings @ and @ be-
hind the head restraint of the seat where the
child restraint is installed
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fig. 172 . 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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WARNING
-
A child in a child safety seat installed with the
LATCH lower anchorages or with the standard
safety belt or a child in a booster seat on the
rear seat could play with unused rear seat
safety belts and become entangled. This
could cause the child serious personal injury
and even death.
- Always secure unused rear seat safety belts
out of reach of children in child seats such
as by properly routing them around the
head restraint of the seat where the child
restraint is installed .
- Never activate the convertible locking re-
tractor when routing the safety belts around
the head restraints.
- Never let anyone sit at the center rear seat-
ing position if the center rear safety belt has
been routed around a rear head restraint .
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