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Child
safety
airbag system inspected by your authorized
Audi dealer.
-
Take the child restraint off the front passen-
ger seat and install it properly at one of the
rear seat positions if the
PASSENGER
AIR
BAG
OFF
light does not stay on whenever
the ignition is switched on
.
Booster seats and safety belts
Properly used booster seats con help protect
children weighing between about 40 lbs. and 80
lbs
.
(18 kg and 36 kg) who ore less than 4
ft.
9
in
.
(57 inches/1 .45 meters) toll
.
Fig. 177
Rear seat
:
child prop erly restrain
ed
in a booster
seat
"'
,...
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The vehicle's safety belts alone will not fit most
children
until
they are at least 4
ft
.
9
in.
(57 in-
ches/1.45 meters)
tall
and weigh about 80 lbs
.
(36 kg).
Booster
seats raise these
childr
en
up
so
that the safety belt will pass
properly over
the
stronger
parts
of their
bodies and
the safety bel
t
can help protect them
in
a crash.
•
Do not use the
convertible
locking retractor
when using the vehicle's safety
belt
to
rest
rain
a child on a boos
t
er seat.
•
The
shoulder be lt must lie as
close
to the cen-
ter of the child's collar
bone
as possible and
must lie flat and snug on the
upper
body. It
must never lie across the throat or neck. The
lap
belt must lie across the pelv is and never
across the stomach or abdomen
.
Make sure the
belt lies flat and snug. Pull on
the
belt
to
tight-
en if
necessary
.
•
If you must transpo
rt
an older child in
a boos-
ter seat on the
front passenger
seat, you
can
use
the
safety
belt he ight
adjustment
to
help
adjust the shoulder portion properly
.
218
•
Secure unused safety
belts
on the rear seat
r=;,
page 214
.
Children
up to
at
least 8 years
old
(over
40
lbs or
18
kg) are
best protected in child safety seats de-
signed for their age and weight. Experts say that
the skeletal structure, particularly the pelvis, of
these children is
not fully
developed, and they
must not
use
the vehicle safety
belts
without a
su itable child restraint.
It
is
usually best to put these children in appro
-
priate booster seats. Be sure the booster seat
meets all applicable safety standards.
Booster seats raise the seating position of the
child and
reposition
both the
lap
and shoulder
parts of the safety belt so that they pass across
the child 's body in the
right
places. The routing of
the belt over the ch ild's body is very important
for the child's protection, whether or not a boos-
te
r
seat is
used
.
Children age 12 and under
must
always
ride
in
the rear
seat.
Children who are at least 4
ft
.
9
in.
(57 inches/
1.45 meters) tall can generally use the vehicle's
three point lap and shoulder
belts
.
Never use the
lap
belt
portion of the veh icle's safety belt a lone
to restrain any
child, regard less
of how big
the
child
is. Always remember
that
children do
not
have the pronounced pelvic
structure required
for
the proper function of lap be lt
portion
of the
ve-
hicle's
three point lap and shoulder
belts.
The
child's safety abso lutely
requires
that a
lap
belt
portion of the safety
belt
be fastened snugly and
as low as possible around the pelvis
.
Never let
the lap belt
portion
of
the
safety belt pass over
the child's stomach or abdomen
.
In a crash, airbags must inflate with
in
a blink of
an eye and with considerab le force
.
In order to do
its
job, the airbag needs room to inflate so that it
will
be
there to protect the occupant as the
occu-
pant moves
fo rwa rd into
the airbag
.
A vehicle occupant who is out of pos it ion and too
close to the a irbag gets in the way of an inflating
airbag
.
When
an occupant is too close, he or she
will be struck
violent ly
and
will
rece ive
serious or
possibly
eve
n
fata
l
injury.
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