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the rear-fac ing child safety seat in a rear
seating posit ion and have the airbag system
inspected by your Audi dealer.
- Never place or use any electrical device
(such as a laptop, CD player, electronic
games device, power inverter or seat heater
for child seats) on the front passenger seat
if the dev ice is connected to the 12-volt
socket or the cigarette lighter socket .
- If a seat heate r has been retrofitted or oth-
erwise added to the front passenge r seat,
never install any child rest raint system on
this seat.
- Make sure t hat there are no wet objects
(such as a wet towel) and no water or ot her
liquids on the front passenger seat cushion .
- Never place objects on the seat (such as a
laptop, CD player, elec t ronic games dev ice,
power inverter or seat hea t er for child
seats) . These may influence t he electr ica l
capacitance measured by the capacitive pas-
senger detection system and can also fly
around in an accident and cause serious per-
sonal injury.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when-
ever using a child restra ined in a veh icle is
being used
c:::> page 134, Safety belts,
¢ page 142, Airbag system and
c:> page 166, Important information .
Convertible child safety seats
Properly used convertible child safe ty seats can
help protect toddlers and children over age one
who weigh between 20 and 40 lbs. (9 and 18 kg)
in a crash.
Fig. 16 8 Sche mat ic overview: insta llat ion of the attac h-
ments app licable to a LATCH sea t
Ch ild sa f ety
Fig. 169 Schemat ic overview : insta llat ion of the seat using
the vehicle's safety belt syst e m
"' When using the vehicle safety belt to install a
child safety seat, you must first activate the
convertible locking retractor on the safety belt
to prevent the child safety seat from moving
c:>page 176 or install the seat using the LATCH
attachments .
"' Push the ch ild safety sea t down with your full
weight to get the safety belt really t ight so that
t he seat can not move forward or sideways
more than one inch (2 .5 cm) ¢
page 176 .
"' If the child safety seat is equipped with a tether
strap, attach it to the tether ancho rs
c:>page 182 .
"' Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
c:> page 171.
A toddler or child is usua lly too large for an in-
fan t restraint if it is more th a n one year old and
weighs more than 20 lbs. (9 kg).
Todd lers and children who are older than one
year up to about 4 yea rs old and weigh more than
20 lbs (9 kg) up to 40 lbs. (18 kg) must always be
properly restrained in a child safety seat certified
for their size and we ight
c:::> fig . 168 and
c:> fig . 169.
The airbag on the passenger side ma kes the front
seat a potent ially dangerous place for a child to
ride . The front seat is not the safest place for a
child in a forward-fac ing child safety seat. It is a
very dangerous place for an infant or a larger
child in a rearward-facing seat.
_&. WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, using t he wrong
child safety sea t or improperly insta lling a
child restraint increases the risk of ser ious
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