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Child
safety
The airbag on the passenger side makes the front
seat a potentially dangerous place for a child to
ride. The front seat
is
not the safest place for a
child in a forward-facing child seat. It is a very
dangerous place for an infant or a larger child in
a rearward -facing seat
.
A
WARNING
Not
using a child safety seat, using the wrong
child safety seat or improperly
installing
a
child
restraint increases the risk of serious
personal injury and death in a
crash.
-
Never install rearward-facing child safety
seats or infant carriers
on
the front passen-
ger seat
-
even with
an
Advanced Airbag Sys-
tem
.
A child will be seriously
injured
and can
be
killed
when the
inflating
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 133, Child restraints on
the front seat - some important things to
know
.
-Always
install
rearward -facing child safety
seats or infant carriers on the rear seat.
-
Never install a rearward-facing child re-
straint in the forward-facing direction. Such
restraints are designed for
the
special needs
of
infants
and
very
small
children
and can-
not protect them
properly
if the seat is for-
ward-facing
.
-
If you must install a rearward facing child
safety
seat on the front passenger seat be-
cause of exceptional circumstances and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not
come on and stay on, immediately install
the rearward-facing child safety seat in a
rear seating position and have the airbag
system
inspected
by your authorized Audi
dealer.
-
Always
read
and heed all WARNINGS when-
ever using a child
restrained
in a vehicle is
being used
~
page 124, Safety belts,
~
page 132, Airbag system
and
¢
page 152, Important information.
158
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. 157
Schematic overview: instal
lati
on of the attach-
ments
applicable to a
L
ATCH seat
Fig.
158 Schematic
overview:
instal lat ion of the seat using
the
vehicle's safet
y belt
system
..
When using the vehicle safety belt to install a
child safety seat, you must first activate the
convertible locking retractor on the safety belt
to prevent the child safety seat from moving
¢page 161
or install the seat using the LATC
H
attachments.
.,.
Push the chi ld safety seat down with your full
weight to get
the safety
belt really tight
so
that
the
seat cannot move forward or
sideways
more
than one inch (2.5 cm)
~
page 161.
..
Secure
unused
safety belts on the rear seat
¢
page 157.
A toddler or child is usually too
large for
an in-
fant
restraint
if it is more than one year old and
weighs more than 20 lbs. (9 kg).
Toddlers and children who are older than one
year up
to
about 4 years old
and
weigh more than
20 lbs. (9 kg) up to 40
lbs.
(18
kg)
must always
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