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Take the child restraint off the front passen-
ger seat and install it properly at one of the
rear seat pos itions if the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG
OFF
light does not stay on
.
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Have the airbag system inspected by your
authorized Audi dealer immediately
.
Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
Fig.
lSS Schematic
overview:
keep unused
safet
y
belts
away from
children
in child safety seats.
@
-
oute
r
rear
sa fety
be
lt
If a chi ld safety seat is used on the rear bench
,
especia lly with LATCH universal lower anchorag-
es, the unused safety belts
must
be secured so
t
ha
t
the child in the child restraint cannot reach
them
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,
&.
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Guide the safety belt webbing
@
behind the
head restraint of the seat where the child re-
straint is installed
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fig. 155. When do ing so,
do not engage the convertible locking retractor!
You should not hear a
"clicking"
sound when
winding up the safety belt
.
- Let the belt retractor wind up the safety belt
webbing
.
A
WARNING
A child in a child safety seat installed with the
LA TCH lower anchorages or with the standard
safety belt or a child
in
a booste
r
seat on the
rea
r
seat could play with unused rear seat
safety belts and become entangled. This
could cause the chi ld serious personal injury
and even death.
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Always secu re un used rear seat safety belts
out of reach of children in child seats such
as by properly routing them around the
Chil
d s
a
f
e
ty
head restra int of the seat where the child re-
straint is installed.
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Never activate the convertible locking re-
tractor when routing the safety be lts around
the head restraints.
Child seats
Infant seats
Babies and infants up to about one year old and
20 lbs
.
or 9 kg need special rearward-facing
child restraints that support the back
,
neck and
head in a crash.
Fig. 1
56 Schematic overview: rearward -facing
infa
nt seat
,
properly
inst alled
on
th
e rear
seat
...
When using the vehicle safety belt to install a
child safety seat, you must first activate the
convert ible locking
ret
ractor on the safety belt
to prevent the child safety seat from mov ing
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p age 161 or insta
ll
the seat using the LATCH
attachments.
...
Push the ch ild safety seat down with your full
weight
t
o get
t
he safety belt really tight so tha
t
the seat cannot move forward or sideways more
than one inch (2 .5 cm)
.
...
Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
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page 157.
Infants up to about one year (20 lbs
.
or 9 kg) are
best p rotected in spec ial infant carriers and ch ild
safety seats designed for the ir age group. Many
experts bel ieve that infants and sma
ll
children
sho uld ride only in special restrain
t
s
in
which the
child faces the back of the vehicle. These infant
seats support the baby 's back, neck and head in a
crash
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fig
.
156.
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