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The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
against the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof.
-
Always be especially careful if you must in-
stall a rearward facing child safety seat on
the front passenger seat in exceptional cir-
cumstances.
-A tight tether strap on a rearward-facing
child
restraint
attached to the front passen-
ger seat
can
put too much pressure on the
weight-mat in the seat and register
a
heavi-
er weight
in
the Advanced Airbag System
.
The heavier weight registered can make the
system work as though an adult were on the
seat and deploy the Advanced Airbag when
it must be suppressed causing serious or
even fatal
injury
to the child.
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on all the time
whenever
t
he ignition is switched on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does
not come on and stay on, immediately in-
stall the
rearward-facing
child safety seat in
a
rear
seating position and have the airbag
system
inspected
by your authorized Audi
dealer.
Activating the convertible locking retractor
Use the convertible locking retractor to secure a
child restraint.
Always heed the child safety seat manufacturer 's
instructions
when
installing
a child
restraint
in
your vehicle
.
To activate the convertible locking
retractor:
..
Place
t
he child restraint on a seat, preferably on
the rear seat.
..
Slowly pull the belt
all the way out
.
..
Route
it
around or through the child restraint
belt path
~
,&
.
..
Push the child
safety
seat down with your full
weight
to
get the safety belt
really
tight
.
..
Insert the belt tongue into the buckle
for
that
seating position.
Child
safety
..
Guide the safety belt back into the retractor un-
til the belt lies flat and snug on the child safety
seat.
..
You should hear a "clicking" noise as the belt
winds back into the inertia reel. Test the con-
vertible
locking
retractor by pulling on the belt
.
You should no
longer
be able to pull the belt
out of the
retractor
.
The convertible locking re-
tractor is
now activated
.
..
Make sure that
the red release
button is facing
away from the child restraint so that it can be
unbuckled quickly.
..
Pull on the belt to make sure the safety belt is
properly tight and fastened so that the seat
cannot move forward or sideways more than
one inch (2.S cm).
A
WARNING
Using the wrong child restraint or an
improp-
erly
installed
child restraint can cause serious
personal injury
or death in a
crash
.
-
Always make sure
that
the safety belt re-
tractor
is
locked when
installing
a child safe-
ty seat. An unlocked safety belt retractor
cannot
hold
the
child
safety seat in place
during normal
driving
or in a crash.
-
Always buckle the child safety seat firmly in
place even if
a child
is not sitting
in it.
A
loose child safety seat can
fly
around during
a sudden stop or in a crash.
-
Always make sure
the
seat backrest to which
the child
restraint
is installed
is
in an up-
right
position
and securely
latched
into
place and cannot fold forward. Otherwise,
the seatback with the child safety seat at-
tached to it could fly forward in the event of
an accident or other emergency situation
.
-
Always read and heed all WARNINGS when-
ever
using
a child restrained in a vehicle is
being
used
Qpage 152
.
Special
precautions
apply when installing a child safety seat on
the front
passenger
seat
~
page 133,
Child
restraints on
the
front seat
-
some impor-
tant things to know.
163
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