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Child
safety
the rear -fac ing ch ild safety seat in a rear
seat ing pos ition and have the airbag system
inspected by your Audi dealer.
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Never place or use any electrical device
(such as a laptop, CO player, electronic
games dev ice, power inverte
r
or seat heater
for child seats) on the front passenger seat
if the device is connected to the 12-volt
socket or the cigarette lighter socket.
- If a seat heater has been retrofitted or oth-
erwise added to the front passenger seat,
never install any ch ild rest raint system on
this seat
.
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Make s ure that there are no wet objects
(such
as a wet towel) and no water or other
liquids on the front passenger seat cushion.
-
Never place objects on the seat (such as a
laptop, CD player, electronic games dev ice,
power inverter or seat hea
t
er for child
seats)
.
These may influence the e lectr ica
l
capacitance measured by the capacitive pas-
senger detection system and can also fly
around in an accident and cause serio us per-
sonal injury
.
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Always read and heed all WARNINGS when-
ever using a child restrained in a veh icle is
being used
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page 176, Safety belts,
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page 184
,
Airbag system
and
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page 209, Important
information
.
Convertible child safety seats
Properly used convertible child safe ty
seats
con
help protect toddlers and children over age one
who weigh between 20 and 40 lbs
.
(9 and 18 kg)
in a crash.
Fig. 1 75
Schema
ti
c
overview:
installat
ion
of the a
tt
ach-
ments app licable to
a
LATCH seat
216
Fig. 17
6
Schemat
ic
overview: installat ion of the seat using
the vehicle's
safety belt
system
.,.
When using the vehicle safety belt to install a
child safety seat, you must first activate the
convertib le locking retractor on the safety belt
to prevent the child safety seat from moving
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or install the seat using the LATCH
attachments
.
.,.
Push the chi ld safety sea
t
down with you
r
full
weigh
t
to get the safety belt really tight so that
the seat cannot move fo rward or sideways
more than one inch (2 .5 cm)
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page 219.
.,.
If the child safety seat is equipped with a tether
strap, attach it to the tether ancho rs
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.
.,.
Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
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.
A toddler
or
child is usually too large for an in-
fant restraint if it is more
t
han one year old and
weighs more than 20 lbs. (9 kg).
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 certified
for their size and we ight
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fig
.
175
and
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fig. 176.
The airbag on the passenger side makes the front
seat a potent ially dangerous place for a child to
ride
.
The front seat is not the safest place for a
ch ild in a forward-fac ing ch ild safety seat
.
It
is a
very dangerous place for an infant or a large
r
ch ild in a rea rward-faci ng seat
.
&
WARNING
Not
using a child safe ty se at, us ing t he wrong
chi ld safety seat or improperly insta lling a
chi ld restraint increases the risk of serious
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