192 Child Safety
- Always carefully follow the manufactur-
er's instructions provided with the child
safety seat or carrier.
- Never place additional items on the seat
that can increase the total weight regis-
tered by the weight-sensing mat and can
cause injury in a crash .
A WARNING
Forward -facing child restraints:
- Always make sure the forward-facing
seat has been designed 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, against or very near the in-
strument panel.
-Always move the passenger seat into its
rearmost position in the seat's fore and
aft adjustment range , as far away from
the airbag as possible before installing
the forward-facing child restraint . The
backrest must be adjusted to an upright
position.
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on all the
time whenever the ignition is switched
on.
A WARNING
Rearward-facing child restraints:
- 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 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, center
armrest , door or roof.
- Always be especially careful if you must
install a rearward facing child safety seat
on the front passenger seat in exception-
al circumstances.
- A tight tether strap on a rearward-facing
child restraint attached to the front pas-
senger seat can put too much pressure
on the weight-mat in the seat and regis-
ter a heavier weight in the Advanced Air-
bag System . The heavier weight regis-
tered can make the system work as
though an adult were on the seat and de-
ploy the Advanced Airbag when it must
be suppressed causing serious or even
fatal injury to the child.
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on all the
time whenever the ignition is switched
on.
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not come on and stay on, immedi-
ately install the rearward-facing child
safety seat in a rear seating position and
have the airbag system inspected by your
authorized Audi dealer.
Activating the convertible locking
retractor
Use the convert ible locking retractor to se-
cure a child restraint.
Always heed the child safety seat manufactur-
er's instructions when installing a child re-
straint in your vehicle . To activate the conver-
tible Lacking retractor:
.. Place the child restraint on a seat, prefe ra-
bly on the rear seat.
.. Slowly pull the belt
alt the way out .
.. Route it around or through the child re-
straint belt path
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.,. Push the child safety seat down with your
full weight to get the safety belt really tight .
.. Insert the belt tongue into the buckle for
that seating position.
.. Guide the safety belt back into the retractor
until the belt lies flat and snug on the child
safety seat .
.. You should hear a "clicking" noise as the
belt winds back into the inertia reel. Test the
convertible locking retractor by pulling on
the belt. You should no longer be able to
pull the belt out of the retractor. The con-
vertible locking retractor is now activated . .,.
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