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When buying a child restraint, se lect one
that fits your child and the vehicle.
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Only use child restraint systems that fully
contact the flat portion of the seat cush-
ion. The child restraint must not tip or
lean to either side. Audi does not recom-
mend using child safety seats that rest on
legs or tube-like frames. They do not pro-
vide adequate contact with the seat.
- Always heed all legal requ irements per-
taining to the installation and use of child
safety seats and carefully follow the in-
structions provided by the manufacturer
of the seat you are using.
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Never allow children under 57 inches
(1.45 meters) to wear a no rmal safety belt.
They must always be restrained by a proper
child restraint system. Otherwise, they
cou ld sustain injuries to the abdomen and
neck areas during sudden braking maneu-
vers or acc idents.
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Never let more than one child occupy a child
safety
seat.
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Never let babies or older children ride in a
vehicle while sitting on the lap of another
passenger.
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Ho ld ing a chi ld in your arms is neve
r
a sub-
stit ute for a child restra int system.
- The strongest pe rson could not hold the
child with the forces that exist in an acci-
dent. The chi ld
will
st rike the interior of
the vehicle and can a lso be struck by the
passenger
.
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The child and the passenger can also in-
jure each other
in
an accident.
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Never install rearward-fac ing ch ild safety
seats or infant carriers on the front passen-
ger seat. A child will be seriously injured and
can be
killed
when the passenger airbag
in-
flates
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even with an Advanced Airbag Sys-
tem.
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The inflating airbag will hit the child safe-
ty seat or infant car rier with g reat fo rce
and will smash the child safety seat and
child against the back rest, center arm
rest, door or roof.
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Always install rearward-facing child safety
seats or infant carr iers on the rear seat
.
Ch ild
safety
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Forward-facing
child safety seats insta lled
on
the
front passenger
's
seat can interfere
with
the airbag
when it inflates
and cause
serious injury to the child. Always
install
for-
ward-facing ch ild safety seats on the rear
seat.
- If exceptional circumstances requ ire the use
of a fo rward-facing child restraint on the
front passenger's seat, the ch ild's safety
and well-being requ ire that the following
specia
l
preca utions be ta ken:
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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.
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Always
carefully
follow
the
manufacturer's
instruct ions provided with the ch ild safety
seat or carrier.
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Always move the front passenger seat into
the rearmost posit ion of the passenger
seat's fo re and aft adjustment
range, and
as fa
r
away from the airbag as possib le be-
fore ins
t
all ing the child restraint.
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Always make sure that nothing prevents
the front passenger's seat from being
moved to
t
he
rea
rmos
t
position in its fore
and aft adjustment
range
.
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Always make sure
t
hat the backrest is in
the up right posit ion.
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Always buckle the child safety seat fi rm ly in
place even if a ch ild is not
sit
t ing in it. A
loose child safety seat can fly around dur ing
a sudden stop or in a collision.
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Always read and heed all WARNINGS when-
ever using a child restrained
in
a vehicle is
being used
¢page
121, Safety belts,
¢
page 129, Airbag system and
¢
page
151,
Child safety.
A
WARNING
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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-
stra int is installed on the front passenger seat
and the ign it ion is switched on
.
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