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Never attach two child restraint systems to
one tether strap or tether anchorage.
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Never attach a tether strap to a tie-down
hook in the luggage compartment.
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Never use child restraint tether anchorages
to secure safety belts or other kinds of occu-
pant restraints.
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Never secure or attach any luggage or other
items to the LA TCH lower anchorages or to
the tether anchors.
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If a tether or other strap is used to attach a
child restraint to the front passenger seat,
make sure that it is not so tight, that it
causes the weight-sens ing mat to measure
more weight than is actually on the seat
.
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The heavier weight registered can make the
Advanced Airbag System work as though an
adult were on the seat and dep loy the Ad-
vanced Airbag when it must be supp ressed
causing se rious o
r
even fatal injury to the
child.
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If you must install a rearward fac ing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat be-
cause of except io na
l
circumstances and
t
he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not
come on and stay on, immediate ly install
the rear-fac ing child safety seat in a rear
seating position and have the airbag system
inspected by your authorized Audi dea ler.
Installing the upper tether strap on the
anchorage
Fig. 151
Tether
str
ap: proper
rout
ing
and mount ing
Installing th
e
teth er strap
.,.
Release or deploy the tether strap on the child
restra int according to the child restraint manu-
fact
urer's instruc
t
ions.
Ch ild
sa
f
ety
.,.
Guide the upper tether strap under the rear
head restraint
~
fig
.
151 (rais
e
the head re-
straint if necessary)
.
.,.
Tilt the recess f lap up to expose the ancho
r
bracket
.
.,.
Attach the tether strap anchorage hook into
the opening of the tether anchorage.
.,.
Pull on the tether strap hook so that the spring
catch of the hook engages.
.,.
Tighten the te
t
her
st
rap firm ly following
t
he
child restraint manufacturer 's
inst ruct
ions.
Releasing the tether strap
.,.
Loosen the tension follow ing the child restra int
manufact urer 's instr uctions
.
.,.
Depress the spr ing catch on the hook and
re-
lease it from t he ancho rage.
(D
Note
If you leave the child restrai nt with
t
he tethe
r
stra
p
firmly installed for several days, this
could leave a mark on the uphols
t
ery on
t
he
seat cushion and back rest in the area where
the tether strap was installed. The upholstery
would a lso be permanently stretched around
the tether strap. This app lies espec ia lly to
leather seats.
Using tether straps on rearward-facing
child restraints
Curren
t
ly, few rearwa rd-facing child restra int
systems come with a tether. Please read and
heed the child restra int system manufacturer's
instructions carefully to dete rm ine how to prop
-
erly install the tether
.
A
WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing child safety seat
installed on the front passenger seat will be
seriously inju red and can be killed if the front
a irbag inflates
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even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
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The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat o
r
infant ca rrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
against the back rest
,
cente
r
a rm rest, or
door.
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