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Ch ild
s
afet
y
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When buying a ch ild restraint, select one
that fits your child and the vehicle.
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Only use child restraint systems that fully
contact the flat port ion of the seat cush-
ion. The ch ild restra int must not tip or
lean to either s ide. 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 requirements pe
r-
taining to the installat ion and use of child
safety seats and carefully follow the in-
struc
t
ions prov ided by the manufacturer
of the seat you are using.
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Never allow ch ildren under 57 inches
(1.45 me
t
ers) to wear a normal sa fety belt
.
They m ust always be rest rained by a proper
child restra int system. Otherwise, they
could 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 chi ld
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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Hold ing a child in your arms is neve
r
a sub-
stit ute for a child rest raint sys
t
em.
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The strongest person could not hold the
child with the fo rces that exist in an acci-
dent. The child will
st
rike the inte rior of
the vehicle and can a lso be str
uck
by the
passenger.
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The ch ild and the passenger can a lso in-
jure each other in an acc ident
.
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Never ins
t
all rea rward-facing child 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 ch ild safe-
ty seat or infant carrier with g reat force
and will smash the child safety seat and
child against the bac krest, center arm
rest, door or roof.
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Always install rearward-facing chi ld safety
seats or infant ca rrie rs on the rear seat
.
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Forwa rd-facing child safety seats insta lled
on the front passenger's seat can interfere
w ith the airbag when it inflates and cause
serious injury to the child. Always install fo r-
ward-facing child safety seats on the rear
seat
.
- If except ional circumstances require the use
of a fo rward-facing child restraint on the
front passenge r's seat, the child's safety
and well-be ing require that the following
speci
a
l precautions be taken:
- Make sure the forward-facing seat has
been designed and certified by its manu-
factu rer for use on a front seat w ith a pas-
senger front and side airbag
.
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Always carefully follow the manufacturer's
inst ructions provided with the child safety
seat or carrier
.
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Always move the front passenger seat into
the rea rmost pos ition of the passenger
seat's fore and aft adjustment
range, and
as fa
r
away from the a irbag as poss ible be-
fo re insta lling the child rest raint.
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Always make sure that nothing prevents
the front passenge r's seat from being
moved
t
o the rearmost posit ion in its fo re
and aft adjus
t
ment range
.
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Always make sure tha
t
the backres
t
is in
the up right pos ition.
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Always buckle the child safety seat firmly in
place even if a ch ild is not
sit
t ing in it. A
loose child safety seat can fly around d uring
a sudden stop or in a collision.
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Always read and heed a
ll
WARNINGS when-
eve
r
us ing a child restrained in a vehicle is
be ing used¢
page 124, Safety belts,
¢
page 132, Airbag system
and
¢
page 152
,
Child safety.
A
WARNING
To reduce the risk of ser ious injury, make sure
that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light
comes on and stays on whenever a ch ild re-
straint is installed on the front passenge
r
seat
and the ign ition is switched on
.
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