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. 162 Schemati c overview: rearward-fac ing infant
seat, properly installed o n the rear seat
.,. When using the vehicle safety belt to install
a ch ild safety seat, you must first activate
the convertible locking retracto r on the
safety be lt to prevent the child safety seat
from moving
¢ page 177 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
sideways more than one inch (2.5 cm).
.,. Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
¢ page 172.
Infants up to about one year (20 lbs . or 9 kg)
are best protected in special infan t 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 ch ild faces t he 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 po t entially dangerous place for a
child to ride . The front seat is not the safest
place for a child in a forward -facing child seat.
It is a very dangerous place for an infant or a
larger child in a rearward-facing seat.
Child S a f ety 1 73
A WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, using t he
wrong child safety seat or improperly in-
stall ing a ch ild restraint increases the risk
of ser ious personal injury and death in a
crash.
- Never install rearwa rd-facing child safety
seats or infant ca rrie rs on the front pas-
senger seat - even with an Advanced Air-
bag Syst em. A ch ild will be ser iously in-
jured and ca n be killed when 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 147, Child restraints on the
front seat- some important things to
know .
-Always install rea rward -facing chi ld safe-
ty seats or infant carriers on the rea r
seat .
- Never install a rea rward -facing ch ild re-
straint in the forward-facing direction .
Such rest raint s are designed for the spe-
cial needs of infants a nd very sma ll chil-
dren and cannot pro te ct them properly if
the seat is forward -facing.
- If you must insta ll a rearwa rd 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 insta ll t he rearward-facing
child safety seat in a rear seating posi-
tion and have the airbag system inspect-
ed by your autho rized Audi dealer .
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
wheneve r us ing a child restrained in ave-
hicle is being used ¢
page 138, Safety
belts,
Q page 146, Airbag system and
¢ page 167, Impor tant things to know .
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