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Child safety
The airbag on the passenger side makes the front
seat a potentially dangerous place for a child to
ride. The front seat is not the safest place for a
child in a forward-facing child seat. It is a very
dangerous place for an infant or a larger child in
a rearward-fac ing seat.
A
WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, using the wrong
child safety seat or improperly installing a
child restra int increases the risk of serious
personal injury and death in a crash.
- Never install rear-facing child safety seats
or infant carriers on the front passenger
seat - even with an Advanced Airbag System.
A child will be seriously injured and can be
killed when the inflating airbag hits the
child safety seat or infant carrier with great
force and smashes the child safety seat and
child against the backrest, center armrest,
door or roof
c::,
page 147, Child restraints on
the front seat - some important things to
know.
- Always install rear-facing child safety seats
or infant carr iers on the rear seat.
- Never install a rear-facing child restra int in
the forward-facing direct ion. Such restraints
are designed for the spec ial needs of infants
and very sma ll children and cannot protect
them properly if the seat is forward-fa cing.
- If
you must install a rearward fac ing ch ild
safe ty seat on the front passenger seat be-
cause of exceptiona l circumsta nces and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not
come on and stay on, immed iate ly install
the rear-facing child safety seat in a rear
seat ing position and have the airbag system
inspected by your Audi dealer.
-Always read and heed all WARNINGS when-
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used
c:>
page 138, Safety belts,
c::,
page 146, Airbag system and
c:>
page 168, Important information.
174
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. 1 7 5
Schemat ic overview : installat ion of the attach -
ments applicable to a LA TCH seat
Fig.
176 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
c:>
page 177 or install the seat using the LATCH
attachments .
.. Push t he child safety seat down wit h your full
we igh t to get the safe ty belt really t ight so that
the seat cannot move forward or sideways
more than one inch (2 .5 cm) c:>page 177 .
.. If the child safety seat is equipped with a tether
strap, attach it to the tether anchors
c:>page 184.
.. Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
c:>page 173 .
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).
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