1 7 2 Child Safety
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.
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Fig. 162 Schematic overview: rearwa rd-facing infant
seat, properly instal led on the rear seat
> When using the vehicle safety belt to install
a ch ild safety seat, you must first activate
the convertible locking retractor on the
safety belt to prevent the child safety seat
from moving ¢
page 176 or install the seat
using the LATCH attachments .
> Push the child safety seat down with your
full weight to get the safety belt rea lly tight
so that the seat cannot move forward or
s ideways more than one inch (2.5 cm).
> Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
¢ page 171.
Infants up to about one year (20 lbs. or 9 kg)
are best protected in special infant carriers
and child safety seats designed for their age
group . Many experts believe that infants and
small children should ride only in spec ial re-
straints in which the chi ld faces the back of
the vehicle . These infant seats support the ba -
by's back, neck and head in a crash ¢
fig. 162.
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 forwa rd-facing child seat.
It is a very dangerous place for an infant or a
larger child in a rearward-facing seat.
A WARNING
-
Not using a child safety seat, using the
wrong child safety seat or improperly in-
stalling a ch ild restra int increases the risk
of ser ious personal injury and death in a
crash.
- Never install rearward-facing child safety
seats or infant ca rriers on the front pas-
senger seat - even with an Advanced Air-
bag System. A child will be ser iously in-
jured and can be killed whe n the inflat -
ing airbag hits the child safety seat or in-
fant carrier with great force and smashes
the child safety seat and child against
the backrest, center armrest, door or
roof¢
page 146, Child restraints on the
front seat - some important things to
know.
- Always install rearward-facing ch ild safe-
ty seats or infant carriers on the rear
seat.
- Never install a rearward-facing ch ild re-
straint in the forward-facing direction .
Such rest raints are des igned for the spe-
cial needs of infants and very smal l chil-
dren and cannot protect them properly if
the seat is forward-facing.
- If you must install a rearward fac ing
child safety seat on the front passenger
seat because of exceptiona l circumstan -
ces and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on and stay on, im-
mediately install the rearward-fac ing
child safety seat in a rear seating posi-
tion and have the airbag system inspect-
ed by your authorized Audi dealer .
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
whenever using a child restrained in ave-
hicle is being used
¢page 137, Safety
belts,
¢ page 145, Airbag system and
¢ page 166, Important things to know.
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