150 Ch ild Saf e ty
than 20 lbs (9 kg) up to 40 lbs. (18 kg) must
always be properly restrained in a child safety
seat certified for the ir size and weight
c::> fig. 140 and c::> fig. 141.
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 safe-
ty seat. It is a very dangerous place for an in-
fant 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 improper ly in-
stall ing a child restraint increases the risk
of serious person al injury and death in a
collision or other eme rgency situation.
- Children on the front seat of any car,
even with Advanced Airbags, can be seri-
ously injured or even killed when an air-
bag inflates. 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 in-
flates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System .
- The inflating airbag will hit the child
safety seat or infant carrier with great
force and will smash the child safety seat
and child against the backrest, cente r
armrest, door or roof.
- Always install rear-facing child safety
seats on t he 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-
mediately install the rea r-facin g 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 rest rained in ave-
hicle is being used
c::> page 113, Safety
belts,
c::> page 122, Airbag system and
c::> page 143, Important things to know .
A WARNING
If exceptional circumstances require the
use of a fo rward-facing child restraint on
the front passenge r's sea t, the child's safe-
ty and well-being require t hat the follow-
ing spe cial preca utions be ta ken:
- Make sure t he forward-facing seat has
been designed and cert ified by its man u-
facturer for use on a front seat with a
passenger front and side airbag.
- Always follow the manufacturer' s in-
structions provided with t he child safety
seat or infant carrier.
- Always move the front passenger seat in-
to the rearmos t position of the passen-
ge r seat's fore and aft adjustment range,
and as far away from the airbag as possi-
ble before installing the child restraint.
- Always make sure that nothing prevents
the front passenger 's seat from being
moved to the rearmost pos ition in its
fore and aft adjustment range .
- Always make sure the backrest is in an
upright pos ition.
- Make sure t hat the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on all the
time whenever the ignit ion is switched
on.
- If the light does not stay on, perform the
checks
c::> 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
wheneve r the ignit ion is switched on.
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