Always remember, a child seat or infant carrier
installed on the front seat may be struck and
knocked out of position by t he rapidly inflating
passenger's airbag in a frontal collision . The air-
bag could greatly reduce the effectiveness of the
child restraint a nd even seriously injure the ch ild
during inflation .
For this reason, and because the back seat is the
safest place for ch ildren - when properly restra in-
ed according to the ir age and size - we strongly
recommend that children always sit in the back
seat
Q page 166, Child safety.
.8, WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing child seat insta l-
led on the front passenger seat will be ser i-
ously injured and can be killed if t he front air-
bag inf lates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- The inflating a irbag will hit the child seat or
infant carrier with great fo rce and will
smash the child seat and child against the
backrest, center arm rest, door or roof.
- Always install rear-facing child seats on the
rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward fac ing child
seat on the front passenger seat because of
exceptiona l circumstances and the
PASSEN·
GER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on
and stay on, immediately insta ll the rear-
facing child seat in a rea r seat ing position
and have the airbag system inspected by
your Audi dealer.
- Forward-fac ing ch ild seats insta lled on the
front passenge r's seat may interfe re with
the deployment of the airbag and cause se-
rious person al injury t o t he child.
.8, WARNING
If, in except ional circumst a nces, you mus t in-
stall a forward-f acing child restraint on t he
front passenger's seat:
- Always ma ke sure t he forwar d-fa cing se at
has been designed and ce rt ified by its man -
ufact urer for use on a front seat with a pas-
senger front and s ide a irbag .
.
Airb a g sys tem
- Never put the fo rward-facing child restraint
up aga inst or very near the instrument pan-
el.
- Always move the passenger seat into its
rearmost posit ion in the seat's fore and aft
adjustment range, as far away from the a ir-
bag as possible before installing the for-
ward-facing child restraint. The backrest
must be adjusted to an upr ight position .
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on a ll the time
wheneve r t he ignit ion is switched on.
.8, WARNING
To reduce t he risk of serious injury, ma ke sure
that the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ligh t will
be displayed whenever a ch ild rest raint is in-
stalled on the front passenger seat and the
ignition is switched on.
- If t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not stay on, perform the checks described
¢ page 153, Monitoring the Advanced Air -
bag System.
- Take the child restraint off the front passen-
ge r seat and install it prope rly at one of the
rear seat positions if the PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
light does not stay on.
- Have the airbag system inspected by your
Aud i deale r immediately.
- Always care fully follow instructions from
child restraint manufacture rs when instal-
ling child restra ints.
.8, WARNING
-
-
If, in exceptional circumstances, you must in-
stall a forward or rearward-facing child re-
stra int on the fron t passenger's seat :
- Improper installat ion of child restraints can
reduce the ir effectiveness or even prevent
them from providing any pro t ect ion.
- An improperly installed child restra int can
interfere wit h the airbag as it deploys and
serio usly injure or even kill t he chi ld - even
with an Advanced Airbag System.
- Always carefully follow the manufacturer's
instr uctions provided with the child seat or
car rier.
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