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The airbag on the passenger side makes the front
seat a potentia lly dangerous place for a child to
ride
.
The front seat is not the safest place for a
child in a forward-facing chi ld seat. It is a very
dangerous place for an infant or a larger child in
a rearward -facing seat
.
&
WARNING
Not using a ch ild safety seat, using the wrong
child safety seat or improper ly installing a
child restra int increases the risk of se rious
personal
inju
ry and death in a crash.
-
Never install rearward-fac ing child safety
seats or infant car riers on the fron
t
passen-
ger seat - even wit
h
an Advanced Airbag Sys-
tem
.
A child
will
be seriously injured and can
be killed when the inflat ing airbag hits the
child safety seat or infant carrier with great
force and smashes the child safety seat and
child against the backrest, center armrest,
door or roof
¢
page 130, Child restraints on
the front seat - some important things to
know
.
-Always install rearward-fac ing ch ild safety
seats or infant car riers on the rear seat
.
-
Never install a rearward-facing chi ld re-
straint in the forward -facing direction
.
Such
restra ints are designed for the special needs
of infants and very small ch ild ren and can-
not protect them prope rly if the seat is for-
wa rd-facing.
-
If you must install a rearward fac ing ch ild
safety seat on t he front passe nger seat be-
cause of exceptiona
l
circumstances and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not
come on and stay o n, immediate ly install
the rearward-facing child safety seat in a
rear seat ing pos ition and have the airbag
system inspected by your authorized Audi
dealer
.
-
Always read and heed all WARNINGS when-
ever using a child restra ined in a veh icle is
being used
¢
page 121, Safety belts,
¢
page 129, Airbag system
and
¢
page 151, Important information.
Ch ild
sa
f
ety
Convertible child safety seats
Properly used convertible child safety seats can
help protect toddlers and children over age one
who weigh between 20 and 40 lbs. (9 and 18 kg)
in a crash.
Fig.
14
3
Schem
at
ic
overview: installat ion
of
the attac
h-
men ts applicable to a
L
ATCH sea
t
Fig.
144
Schemat ic
overview:
insta llat ion of the seat using
the vehicle's
safe
ty
be
lt syst em
..
When using the vehicle safe
t
y belt to install a
child safety seat, you must first activate the
convertib le locking retractor on the safety belt
to prevent t he chi ld safety seat from moving
¢
page 160
or install the seat using the LATCH
attachments
.
..
Push the ch ild safety seat down with
your
full
we ight to ge
t t
he safety belt really
t
ight so that
t
he seat can not move forward or sideways
more than one inch (2 .5 cm)
¢
page 160
.
..
If the child safety seat is equ ipped with a tether
strap, attac
h
it to the tether anchors
¢
page 166
.
..
Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
¢page 156
.
A toddler or child is usua lly too large fo
r
an in-
fant restraint if it is more th
a
n one year old and
weighs more than 20 lbs. (9 kg).
..,
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