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. 163
Schematic overview: inst allat ion of the at-
tachments appl icable to a LATCH seat
Fig. 164
Schem at ic overview: installat ion of the seat
using th e vehicle's safety belt system
.. When using the vehicle safety be lt to insta ll
a child safety seat, you must first activate
the convertible locking feature on the safety
belt to prevent the child safety seat from
moving c::> page 176 or install the seat using
the LATCH attachments .
.,. Push the child safety seat down with your
full weight to get the safety belt really t ight
so that the seat cannot move forward or
sideways more than one inch (2.5 cm)
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page 176.
.,. If the child safety seat is equ ipped with a
tether strap, attach it to the tether anchors
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page 182 .
.. Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
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page 171.
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).
Child S a f ety
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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 be properly restrained in a child safety
seat cert ified for t heir size and weight
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fig . 163 and
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fig. 164 .
The airbag on the passenger side makes the
front seat a potentially dangerous place for a
child to ride . The front sea t is not the sa fest
place for a child in a forward -facing child safe -
ty seat .
It
is a very dangerous place for a n in-
fant or a large r ch ild in a rearward-facing seat .
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WARNING
Not usi ng a child safety seat, using the
wrong child safety seat o r imprope rly in-
stalling a child restraint increases the risk
of serious personal injury and death in a
collision or other emergency situation .
- Children on the front seat of any car,
even with Advanced Airbags, can be se ri-
ously injured or even killed when an air-
bag inflates. A child in a rearward-facing
child safety seat installed o n the front
passenger seat will be serious ly injured
and can be killed if the front airbag in-
flates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System .
- The inflating airbag will hit the ch ild
safety seat or infant carrier with great
force a nd will smash the child safety seat
and child against the backrest, center
a rmrest, doo r or roof.
- Always install rearw ard-f acing ch ild safe-
ty seats on the rear seat.
- If you must install a rearwa rd fac ing
child safety seat on the fro nt passenger
seat because of exceptional circumstan-
ces and t he PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on and stay on, im-
mediately insta ll the rearward-fac ing
child safety seat in a rear seating posi-
tion and have t he airbag system inspect-
ed by your authorized Audi dealer .
- The rear side of the child safety seat
should be pos itioned as close as possib le
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