Child safety
- Take the child restraint off the front passen-
ger seat and install it properly 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
authorized Audi dealer immediately.
Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
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Fig. 161 Schematic overview: keep unu sed safety belts
away fro m children in child safety seats. @ - outer rear
safety belt, @ - center rear safety belt*
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If a child safety seat is used on the rear bench,
especially with LATCH universal lower anchorag-
es, the unused safety belts
must be secured so
that the child in the child restraint cannot reach
them
c::> ,&..
- Guide the safety belt webbings @ and ® * be-
hind the head restraint of the seat where the
child restraint is installed
c::>fig. 161. When do-
ing so, do not engage the convertible locking
retractor! You should not hear a "clicking"
sound when winding up the safety belt .
- Let the belt retractor wind up the safety belt
webbing .
A WARNING
A child in a child safety seat installed with the
LATCH lower anchorages or with the standard
safety belt or a child in a booster seat on the
rear seat could play with unused rear seat
safety belts and become entangled. This
could cause the child serious personal injury
and even death.
- Always secure unused rear seat safety belts
out of reach of children in child seats such
as by properly routing them around the
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head restraint of the seat where the child
restraint is installed .
- Never activate the convertible locking re-
tractor when routing the safety belts around
the head restraints.
- Never let anyone sit at the center rear seat-
ing position if the center rear safety belt has
been routed around a rear head restrain t.
Child safety seats
Infant seats
Babies and infants up to about one year old and
20 lbs. or
9 kg need special rearward-facing
child restraints that support the back, neck and
head in a crash.
Fig. 162 Schema tic overview: rearward-facing infant seat,
prope rly installed on t he rear sea t
.. When using the vehicle safety belt to install a
child safety seat, you must first activate the
convertib le locking retractor on the safety belt
to prevent the child safety seat from moving
c::> page 177 or install the seat using the LATCH
attachments .
.. Push the ch ild safety seat down with your full
weight to get the safety belt really 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
c::> page 172 .
Infants up to about one year (20 lbs. or 9 kg) are
best protected in special infant carr iers and child
safety seats designed for their age group. Many
experts believe that infants and small children
should ride only in special restraints in which the
child faces the back of the vehicle. These infant
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