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-facing seat.
.&_ WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, using the
wro ng child safety seat or improper ly in-
stalling a child restraint 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 pas-
senger seat - even with an Advanced Air-
bag System. A child will be se riously in-
jured and can be killed when t he inflat -
ing airbag hits the child safety seat or in-
fant carrier with great force and smashes
the child safety seat and child against
the backrest, center armrest, door or
roof
c:> page 123, Child restraints on the
front seat - some important things to
know .
- Always install rear-facing child safety
seats or infant carriers on the rear seat.
- Never install a rear-facing child restraint
in t he forward-facing direction . Such re-
straints are designed for the spec ial
needs of infants and very small children
and cannot protect them properly if the
seat is forward-fa cing.
- If you must install a rearward facing
child safety seat on the front passenger
sea t beca use 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 position and
have the airbag system inspected by your
Audi dealer.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
whenever using a child restrained in ave-
hicle is being used
c:> page 113, Safety
belts,
c:> page 122, Airbag system and
c:> page 143, Important things to know.
Child S a f ety 149
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. 140 Schemat ic overview: installa tion of the at-
tachments applicable to a LATCH seat
Fig. 141 Schematic overview: instal latio n of th e seat
using the vehicle's safety belt system
.,. When using the vehicle safe ty belt to install
a child safety seat, you must first activate
the convertible locking feature on the safety
be lt to prevent the child safety seat from
moving
c:> page 152 or install the seat using
the LATCH attachments.
.,. Push the child safety seat down with your
full weight to get the safety belt really tight
so that the seat cannot move forward or
sideways mo re than one inch (2.5 cm)
c:>page 152 .
.,. If the child safety seat is eq uippe d wit h a
tether strap, attach it to the tethe r anchors
<=)page 158.
A toddler or child is usually too large for an in-
fant restraint if it is more than one year old
and we ighs more than 20 lbs. (9 kg).
Toddlers and children who are older than one
year up to about 4 years old and weig h more
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