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Always remember: Even though your vehicle is
equ ipped w ith an Advanced Airbag system, all
children, especially those 12 years and younger,
should always ride
in
the back seat prope rly re-
strained fo
r
their age and size.
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WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, using the wrong
child safety seat or imp roper ly installing a
child restraint increases the risk of serious
personal injury and death.
-All vehicle occupants and especially children
must be restrained properly whenever riding
in a vehicle. An unrestrained or improperly
restra ined child could be injured by striking
the interior or by being ejected from the ve-
hicle during a sudden maneuver or impact.
An unrestrained or improperly restrained
child is also at greater risk of injury or death
through contact with an inflating airbag.
-
Commercially available ch ild safety seats
are required to comply with U.S. Federa
l
Moto
r
Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 213
(in Canada CMVSS 213).
-
When buying a ch ild restraint, select one
that fits your child and the vehicle.
-
Only use child restraint systems that fully
contact the flat portion of the seat cush-
ion. The child restraint must not tip or
lean to either s ide. Audi does not recom-
mend using child safety seats that rest on
legs or tube- like frames. They do not pro-
vide adequate contact with the seat.
-
Always heed a
ll
legal requ irements per-
taining to the installation and use of child
safety seats and carefully follow the in-
structions provided by the manufacturer
of the seat you are using.
Ch ild
safety
-
Never allow children under 57 inches
(1.45 meters) to wear a normal safety be lt.
They must a lways be restrained by a proper
child restraint system. Otherwise, they
could sustain injuries to the abdomen and
neck areas during sudden braking maneu-
vers or accidents.
-
Never let more than one child occupy a chi ld
safety seat.
- Never let babies or older children ride in a
veh icle while sitting on the lap of another
passenger.
-
Holding a child in your arms is never a sub-
stitute for a chi ld restraint system.
-
The strongest person cou ld not ho ld the
child with the forces that exist in an acci-
dent.
The
child will strike the interior of
the vehicle and can also be struck by the
passenger.
- The child and the passenger can also in-
jure each other in an accident.
-
Never install rear-facing child safety seats
or infant carriers on the front passenger
seat. A child will be seriously injured and
can be killed when the passenger a irbag in-
flates
-
even with an Advanced Airbag Sys-
tem.
-
The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant ca rrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
against the backrest, cente
r
a rm rest, door
or roof
.
-
Always install rear-fac ing child safety seats
or infant carriers on the rear seat.
-
Forward-facing child safety seats insta lled
on the front passenger's seat can interfere
with the airbag when it inflates and cause
serious inju ry to the chi ld
.
Always install for
-
ward-facing chi ld safety seats on the rear
seat.
-
If exceptional circumstances require the use
of a forward-facing child restraint on the
front passenger's seat, the ch ild's safety
and well-being requ ire that the following
specia
l
precautions be taken:
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