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- All vehicle occupants and especially chil-
dren must always be restrained properly
whenever riding in a vehicle.
- An unrestrained or improperly restrain-
ed child can be injured or killed by be-
ing thrown against the inside of the ve-
hicle or by being ejected from it during
a sudden maneuver or impact.
- An unrestrained or improperly restrain-
ed child is at much greater risk of injury
or death by being struck by an inflating
airbag.
- Commercially available child safety seats
are required to comply with U.S. Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS)
213 (in Canada CMVSS 213).
- When buying a child restraint, select
one that fits your child and the vehicle.
- Only use child restraint systems that
fully contact the flat portion of the
seat cushion. The child restraint must
not tip or lean to either side. Audi does
not recommend using child safety
seats that rest on legs or tube-like
frames. They do not provide adequate
contact with the seat.
- Always heed all legal requirements per-
taining to the installation and use of
child safety seats and carefully follow
the instructions provided by the manu-
facturer of the seat you are using .
- Never allow children under S7 inches
(1.45 meters) to wear a normal safety
belt . They must always be restrained by a
proper child restraint system. Otherwise,
they could sustain injuries to the abdo-
men and neck areas during sudden brak-
ing maneuvers or accidents.
- Never let more than one child occupy a
child safety seat.
- Never let babies or older children ride in
a vehicle while sitting on the lap of an-
other passenger.
- Holding a child in your arms is never a
substitute for a child restraint system .
- The strongest person could not hold
the child with the forces that exist in
an accident. The ch ild will strike the in-
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terior of the vehicle and can also be
struck by the passenger.
- The child and the passenger can also
injure each other in an accident.
- Never install rearward-facing child safety
seats or infant carriers on the front pas-
senger seat. A child will be seriously in-
jured and can be killed when the passen-
ger 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,
door or roof.
- Always install rearward-facing child
safety seats or infant carriers on the
rear seat.
- Forward-facing child safety seats instal-
led on the front passenger's seat can in-
terfere with the airbag when it inflates
and cause serious injury to the child. Al-
ways install forward-facing child safety
seats
on
the rear seat.
- If exceptional circumstances require the
use of a forward-facing child restraint on
the front passenger's seat, the child's
safety and well-being require that the
following special precautions be taken:
- Make sure the forward-facing seat has
been designed and certified by its man-
ufacturer for use on a front seat with a
passenger front and side airbag .
- Always carefully follow the manufac-
turer's instructions provided with the
child safety seat or carrier.
- Always move the front passenger seat
into the rearmost position of the pas-
senger seat's fore and aft adjustment
range, and as far away from the airbag
as possible before installing the child
restraint.
- Always make sure that nothing pre-
vents 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.
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