Airb a g syste m
Always remember, a child seat or infant carrier
installed on the front seat may be struck and
knocked out of position by the rapidly inflating
passenger's a irbag in a frontal collision. The air-
bag could greatly reduce the effectiveness of the
child restraint and even seriously injure the ch ild
during inflation .
For this reason, and because the back seat is the
safest place for ch ildren - when properly restra in-
ed according to the ir age and size - we strongly
recommend that children always sit in the back
seat ¢
page 294, Child safety .
.8, WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing chi ld seat insta l-
led on the front passenger seat will be ser i-
ously injured and can be killed if the front air-
bag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- The inflating a irbag will hit the child seat or
infant carrier with great force and will
smash the chi ld seat and child against the
backrest, center armrest, door or roof.
- Always install rear-facing child seats on the
rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward facing chi ld
seat on the front passenger seat because of
exceptional circumstances and the
PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on
and stay on, immediately insta ll the rear-
facing child seat in a rear seating position
and have the airbag system inspected by
your Audi dealer.
- Forward-facing ch ild seats insta lled on the
front passenge r's seat may interfe re with
the d eployment of the airbag and cause se-
rious persona l injury to the child.
.8, WARNING
If, in except ional circumst ances, you must in-
stall a forward-facing chi ld restraint on t he
front passenger's seat:
- Always make sure t he forward-facing se at
has been designed and ce rt ified by its man -
ufact urer for use on a front seat with a pas-
senger front and side a irbag .
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- Never put the fo rwa rd-facing child restraint
up against or very near the instrument pan-
el.
- Always move the front passenge r seat to
the highest posit ion in the up and down ad-
justment range and move it back to the
rearmost posit ion in the seat's fo re and aft
adj ustmen t range, as far away from the a ir-
bag as poss ible, before installing the for-
ward-f acing chi ld restrain t .
- Always make sure that the safety be lt upper
anchorage is behind the ch ild rest raint and
not next to or in fron t of t he child rest ra int
so th at the safety be lt will be properly posi-
tioned.
- Make sure th at the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on a ll the time
wheneve r the ignit ion is switched on .
.8, WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious injury, ma ke sure
that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light will
be d isp layed whenever a child rest raint is in-
stalled on the front passenger seat and the
ignit ion is switched on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not stay on, perform the checks described
¢ page 281 , Monitoring the Advanced Air-
bag System.
- Take the child restra int off the front passen-
ge r seat and install it properly at one of the
rear sea t positions if the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
light does not stay on.
- Have the ai rbag system inspec t ed by your
Audi dea ler immediately.
- Always carefully follow ins t ructions from
child restraint manufacture rs when instal-
ling child restra ints .
.8, WARNING
If, in exceptional circumstances, you must in-
stall a forward or rearward-fa cing child re-
str aint on the fron t passenger's seat:
- Improper installat ion of child res t raints can
redu ce the ir effectiveness or even preven t
them from provid ing any pro t ect ion .
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