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Always remember, a child seat or infant carrier
insta lled on the front seat may be struck and
knocked out of position by the rapid ly inflating
passenger's airbag in a frontal collision. The air-
bag could greatly reduce the effectiveness of the
child restraint and even seriously injure the child
during inflation .
For this reason, and because the back seat is the
safest place for children - when properly restra in-
ed according to the ir age and size - we strongly
recommend that children always sit in t he back
seat
¢ page 166, Child safety.
.&_ 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 the front air-
bag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child sea t or
infant carrier with great force and will
smash the child seat and child against the
backrest, cente r arm rest, door or roof.
- Always install rear-facin g child seats on t he
rea r seat.
- If you must install a rearward facing 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 child seats installed on the
front passenge r's seat may interfere with
t he deployment of the airbag and cause se-
rious person al injury t o t he child.
.&_ WARNING
If, in except ional circumstan ces, you mus t in-
stall a forward-facing child restraint on t he
front passenger's seat:
- Always ma ke sure t he forwar d-fa cing seat
has been designed and cert ified by its man -
ufact urer for use on a front seat with a pas-
senger front and side airbag .
Airbag sys t e m
- Never put the fo rward-facing child restraint
up aga inst or very nea r the instr ument pan-
el.
- Always move the front passenger seat to
the highest posit ion in the up and down ad-
justment range and move it back to the
rearmost posit ion in the seat's fore and aft
adjustmen t range , as far away from the air-
bag as possible, before installing the for-
ward-fa cing child restraint.
- Always make sure that the safety belt upper
anchorage is behind the child rest raint and
not next to or in front of t he child rest raint
so th at the safety belt will be properly posi-
tioned.
- Make sure th at the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on all the time
wheneve r the ignit ion is switched on.
.&_ WARNING
=
-
To reduce the risk of serious injury, ma ke sure
that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light will
be displayed whenever a child rest raint is in-
stalled on the front passenger seat and the
ignition is switched on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not stay on, perform the checks described
¢ page 154, Monitoring the Advanced Air-
bag System.
- Take the child restra int off the front passen-
ge r seat and install it properly at one of the
rear sea t positions if the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
light does not stay on.
- Have the airbag system inspected by your
Audi deale r immediately.
- Always carefully follow inst ructions from
child restrain t manufacture rs when instal-
ling child restra ints .
.&_ WARNING
-
If, in exceptional circums t ances, you must in-
st all a forw ard or rearward-fa cing child re-
stra int on t he fron t passenger 's seat:
- Imp roper installat ion of child res t raints can
reduce the ir effectiveness or even preven t
them from providing any prot ect ion .
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