For this reason, and because the back seat is
the safest place for children - when properly
restrained according to their age and size - we
strongly recommend that children always sit
in the back seat
Q page 143, Child Safety.
A WARNING
-
A child in a rearward-facing child safety
seat installed on the front passenger seat
will be seriously injured and can be killed if
the front airbag inflates - even with an Ad-
vanced Airbag System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child
safety seat or infant carrier with great
force and will smash the child safety sea t
and child against the backrest, cente r
armrest, door or roof.
- Always install rear -facing child safety
seats on the rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward facing
child safety seat on the front passenger
seat because of exceptional circumstan-
ces and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on and stay on, im-
med iately install the rear-facing child
safety seat in a rear seating posit ion and
have the airbag system inspected by your
authorized Audi dealer .
- Forward-fac ing child safety seats instal-
led on the front passenger's seat may in-
terfe re with the deployment of the air-
bag and cause se rious personal injury to
the child.
A WARNING
If, in exceptional circumstances, you mus t
install a forwa rd-facing child restra int on
the front passenger's seat:
- Always make sure the forw ard-fac ing
seat has been des igned and certified by
its manufacturer for use on a front seat
with a passenger front and side airbag.
- Never put the forward -facing child re-
straint up aga inst or very near the instru-
ment pane l.
- Always move the passenger seat into its
rearmost position in the seat's fore and
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aft adjustment range, as far away from
the airbag as possible before installing
the forward-fac ing child restraint. The
backrest must be adj usted to an upright
position .
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on all the
time wheneve r the ignit ion is switched
on.
A WARNING
To reduce the risk of ser ious injury, make
su re that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will be displayed whenever a child re-
straint is installed on the front passenger
seat and the ignition is switched on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not st ay on, perform the checks de-
scribed
Q page 133, Monitoring the Ad-
vanced Airbag System.
- Take the child restraint off the front pas-
senger seat and install it properly at one
of the rear seat positions if the
PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG Off light does not stay on.
- Have the airbag system inspected by
your author ized Audi dealer immed iate-
ly.
-Always carefu lly follow instr uctions from
child restraint manufacturers when in-
stall ing child restra ints .
A WARNING
If, in except iona l circumstances, you must
install a forward or rearward-facing child
restra int on the front passenger's seat :
- Improper instal lation of child restraints
can reduce their effect iveness or even
prevent them from providing any protec-
tion.
- An improper ly installed child restra int
can interfere with the airbag as it de-
ploys and seriously injure or even kill the
child - even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- Always carefu lly follow the manu factur-
er's instructions provided with the child
safety seat or car rier.
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