186 Child S a fet y
- Always buckle the child safety seat firmly
in place even if a child is not s itting in it.
A loose ch ild safety seat can fly around
dur ing a sudden stop or in a col lis ion.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
whenever using a child restrained in ave-
hicle is being used
r:::;,page 152, Safety
belts, r:::;, page 160, Airbag system
and
r:::;, page 181, Child Safety.
A WARNING
To reduce t he risk of serious injury, make
sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on whe never a
child restrain t is installed on the front pas -
senge r seat and the ignition is switched
on .
- Take the child rest raint off t he front pas -
senger seat and install it proper ly at one
of the rear seat positions if the
PASS EN·
GER AIR BAG OFF
light does not stay on.
- Have the airbag system inspected by
your authorized Audi dealer immediate-
ly.
A WARNING
- A ch ild in a child restraint installed with
the LATCH lower anchorages or with the
standard safety belt on the rear seat may
play wit h unused rear seat safety be lts
and become entang led resu lting in seri-
ous pe rsonal injury a nd eve n death.
- Always buc kle unused rear seat safety
belts out of reach of ch ild ren in ch ild
sea t s and properly activate t he converti-
ble locking retracto r so that the child
cannot unreel the safety belt from the
retracto r.
Child safety seats
Infant seats
Babies and infants up to about one year old
and 20 lbs . or
9 kg need special rearward -fac -
ing child restraints that support the back,
neck and head in a crash .
Fig. 18 3 Schemati c overview: rearward -fac ing infan t
seat, prope rly installe d on th e rea r seat
.,. When usi ng the vehicle safety belt to install
a child safety seat, you must first activate
the convertib le locking retractor on the
safety bel t t o prevent the child safety seat
from moving
r:::;, page 190 or install the se at
using the LATCH attachmen t s .
.,. Push the child safety seat down with yo ur
full weight to get the safety be lt really tight
so that the seat cannot move forward or
sideways more than one inch (2.5 cm).
Infants up to about one year (20 lbs. or 9 kg)
are best protected in spec ia l infant carriers
and child safety seats de signed for their age
group. Many exper t s believe t hat infan t s and
small chi ldren shou ld ride on ly in special re-
stra ints in wh ich the child faces the back of
t he vehicle. These infant seats suppor t the ba-
by's back , neck and head in a crash
¢ fig . 183.
The airbag on the passenger side makes the
front seat a potentially dange rous place for a
child to ride . The front seat is not t he safest
place fo r a child in a forward-facing child sea t .
It is a very d ange rous place fo r an infant or a
larger child in a rearwar d-facing seat . ..,_
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