148 Airb a g sys tem
For this reason, and because t he bac k seat is
the safest place for children - when prop erly
restra ined according to their age and size - we
strongly recommend that children always sit
in t he back seat
Q page 166, Child Safety.
A WARNING
-
A child in a rearward-facing child safety
seat installed on the front passenger seat
will be seriously injured and can be killed if
t he front a irbag inflates - even wit h an Ad-
va nced Airbag System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child
safety seat or infant carrier with great
force and will smash t he ch ild safety sea t
and child against the backrest, center
armrest, door or roof .
- Always install rear-facing child safety
seats on the rear seat .
- If you mus t inst a ll a rearwar d 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-
med iately install the rear-facing child
safety seat in a rear seating position and
have the a irbag system inspected by you r
aut horized Audi dealer .
- Forward-fac ing ch ild safety seats instal -
led on the front passenger's seat may in-
terfer e wit h the deployment of the air-
bag and cause se rious personal injury to
the ch ild.
A WARNING
If, in exceptional circumstances, you mus t
install a forwa rd-facing child restra int on
the front passenger's seat:
- Always ma ke su re the forw ard-fa cing
sea t has been des igned and certified by
its manufact urer for use on a front seat
with a passenger front and side airbag.
- Never put the forward -facing child re-
st raint up aga inst or very near the inst ru-
ment pane l.
- Always move the passenger seat into its
rearmost position in the seat's fore and
aft adju stment range, as fa r away from
the airbag as possible before installing
the forward-fac ing child restra int. The
backrest must be adj usted to an upright
position .
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on all the
time wheneve r the ignit ion is switched
on.
A WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious inju ry, ma ke
sure that t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will be displayed whenever a child re-
straint is insta lled on the front passenger
seat and the ignition is switched on .
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not stay on, per form the checks de -
scribed ¢
page 156, 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.
- Have the airbag system inspected by
your author ized Audi dealer immed iate-
ly.
- Always carefully follow instr uctions from
child restraint manufacture rs when in-
stalling ch ild restra ints.
A WARNING
-
If, in except iona l circumstances, you must
install a forward or rearwa rd-facing child
restra int on t he front passenger's seat :
- Improper installation of ch ild restra ints
can reduce t heir effectiveness or even
prevent them from providing any protec-
tion.
- An improperly installed ch ild restra int
can inter f ere with the airbag as it de-
ploys and seriously injure o r even kill t he
child - even with an Advance d Airbag
System.
- Always caref ully follow the ma nufa ct ur-
er 's inst ruc t ions provided with the ch ild
safety sea t or carrier .
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