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Always remember: Even though your vehicle is
equipped with an Advanced Airbag system, a
child should always ride in the seat properly
restrained for its age and size.
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WARNING
Improperly installed child safety seats in-
crease the risk of serious personal injury
and death in a collision .
- Always make sure that the safety belt re-
tractor is locked when installing a child
safety seat . An unlocked safety belt re-
tractor 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 collision.
- 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, door or
roof.
- Forward-facing child safety seats or in-
fant carriers installed on the front pas-
senger's seat may interfere with the de-
ployment of the airbag and cause serious
injury to the child.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
whenever using a child restrained in ave-
hicle is being used
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Special
precautions apply when installing a child
safety seat on the front passenger seat
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page 119, Child restraints on the front
seat - some important things to know.
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WARNING
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Always take special precautions if you
must install a forward or rearward-facing
child restraint on the front passenger's
seat in exceptional situations:
- Whenever a forward or rearward-facing
child restraint is installed on the front
passenger seat, the PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF light must come on and stay on
whenever the ignition is switched on.
Child Safety
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- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not come on and stay on, perform
the checks described
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page 128, Moni-
toring the Advanced Airbag System.
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not come on and stay on whenever
the ignition is switched on the inflating
airbag will hit the child safety seat or in-
fant carrier with great force and will
smash the child safety seat and child
against the backrest, door or roof. Have
the airbag system inspected immediately
by your Audi dealer.
- Improper installation of child restraints
can reduce their effectiveness or even
prevent them from providing any protec-
tion.
- An improperly installed child restraint
can interfere with the airbag as it de-
ploys and seriously injure or even kill the
child.
- Always carefully follow the manufactur-
er's instructions provided with the child
safety seat or carrier.
- Never place additional items on the seat
that can increase the total weight regis-
tered by the weight-sensing mat and can
cause injury in a crash.
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WARNING
Forward-facing child restraints:
- 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 in-
strument panel.
- Always move the passenger seat into its
rearmost position in the seat's fore and
aft adjustment
range, as far away from
the airbag as possible before installing
the forward-facing child restraint. The
backrest must be adjusted to an upright
position.
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