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Airb a g sys tem
as def ined in the electronic control unit
Q
page 194, PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light.
Always remember, a child safety seat or infant
carrier insta lled on the front sea t may be
struck and knocked out of position by the rap-
idly inflating passeng er's airbag in a frontal
collision. The airbag could greatly reduce the
effect iveness of the child restraint and even
serious ly injure the child during inflat ion.
For this reason, and because the back seat is
the safest place for children - when properly
restra ined according to their age and size - we
st rongly recommend that children always sit
in the back seat
Q
page 204, Child Safety .
A
WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing child safety
seat insta lled on the front passenger seat
will be seriously injured and can be killed if
t he front airbag inflates - even with an Ad-
vanced Airbag System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child
safety seat or infant carrier with great
force and will smash the child safety sea t
and child against the backrest , center
armrest, door or roof.
- Always insta ll rear-facing child safety
seats on the rear seat.
- If you mus t install a rearward facing
child safety seat on the front passenger
seat because of exceptional circumstan-
ces and the
PASSENG ER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on and stay on, im-
med iately install the rea r-facing child
safety seat in a rear seating position and
have the airbag system inspected by your
authori zed Audi dealer.
- Forward-facing child safety seats instal-
led on the front passenger's seat may in-
terfere wit h the deployment of the air-
bag and cause serious person al injury to
the child.
A
WARNING
If, in exceptional circumstances, you must
install a forward-facing child restra int on
the front passenger's seat:
- Always make sure the forward-facing
seat has been designed and certified by
its manufacturer for use on a front seat
with a passenger front and side airbag .
- Never put the forward-facing child re-
straint up against or very near the instru-
ment panel.
- Always move the passenger seat into its
rearmost position in the seat's fore and
aft adj ustment range, as fa r away from
the airbag as possible before installing
the forwa rd-facing child restra int. The
backrest mus t be adjuste d to an upright
position.
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on all the
t ime wheneve r the ignition is switched
on.
A
WARNING
-
ra----
To reduce the risk of serious injury, make
sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will be displayed whenever a child re-
straint is installed on the front passenger
seat and the ignition is switched on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light
does not stay on, perform the checks de-
scribed
Q
page 194, Monitoring the Ad-
vanced Airbag System .
- Take t he child restraint off the front pas-
senger seat and install it prope rly at one
of the rear seat positions if t he
PASSEN -
GER AIR BAG OFF
light does not stay on.
- Have the airbag system inspected by
your author ized Audi deal er immed iate-
ly.
- Always carefu lly follow instr uctions from
child restraint manufacture rs when in-
st alling child restra ints .
A
WARNING
If,
in except iona l circumstances, you must
insta ll a forward or rearward-fa cing child
restra int on the front passenger's seat :
- Imp roper inst allation of child rest raints
can reduce t heir effect iveness or even
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