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Child Safety
range, and as far away from the airbag
as possible before installing the child
restraint.
- Always make sure that nothing pre-
vents the front passenger's seat from
being moved to the rearmost position
in its fore and aft adjustment
range.
- Always make sure that the backrest is
in the upright position .
- 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.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
whenever using a child restrained in ave-
hicle is being used
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page 138, Safety
belts,
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page 146, Airbag system
and
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page 167, Child Safety.
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WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious injury, make
sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on whenever a
child restraint is installed on the front pas -
senger seat and the ignition is switched
on.
- Take the child restraint off the front pas-
senger seat and install it properly at one
of the rear seat positions if the PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF light does not stay on.
- Have the airbag system inspected by
your authorized Audi dealer immediate-
ly.
Secure unused safety belts on the rear
seat
Fig. 161
Schematic overview: keep unused safety belts
away from children in child safety seats. @ · outer rear
safety belt,
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center rear safety belt
.
If a child safety seat is used on the rear bench,
especially with LATCH universal lower ancho-
rages, the unused safety belts must be se-
cured so that the child in the child restraint
cannot reach them
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- Guide the safety belt webbings @ and @
behind the head restraint of the seat where
the child restra int is installed
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fig. 161 .
When doing so, do not engage the switcha-
ble locking retractor! You sho uld not hear a
"cl icking" sound when winding up the safety
belt.
- Let the belt retractor wind up the safety belt
webbing.
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WARNING
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A child in a child safety seat installed with
the LATCH lower anchorages or with the
standard safety belt or a child in a booster
seat on the rear seat could play with un-
used rear seat safety belts and become en-
tangled. This could cause the child serious
personal injury and even death.
- Always secure unused rear seat safety
belts out of reach of children in child
seats such as by properly routing them
around the head restraint of the seat
where the child restraint is installed.
- Never activate the switchable locking re-
tractor when routing the safety belts
around the head restraints.
- Never let anyone sit at the center rear
seating position if the center rear safety
belt has been routed around a rear head
restra int.
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