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- Always make sure the forward-facing seat
has been designed and certified by its man-
ufacturer for use on a fr ont seat with a
passenger front and side airbag.
- Never put the forward-facing child restraint
up, against or ve ry near the instrument pan-
el.
- Always move the front passenger seat to
the highest position in the up an d down ad-
justment range and move it back to the
rea rmost position in the seat's fore and aft
adjustment range, as fa r away from the air-
bag as possib le, before insta lling the for-
wa rd-facing child restr ai nt.
- Always ma ke sure that the safety bel t upper
anchor age is beh ind the child res t rain t and
not next to or in front of the chi ld restrain t
so that the safety belt will be properly posi-
tioned.
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on all the time
whenever the ignition is switched on .
A WARNING
Rearward-facing child restra ints:
- A ch ild in a rearward-facing child safety seat
installed on the front passenger seat will be
seriously injured and can be killed if the
front airbag inflates - even with an Ad-
vanced Airbag System.
- The inflating a irbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the ch ild safety seat and chi ld
against the backrest, cen t er armrest, door
or roof.
- Always be especially careful if you must in-
stall a rearward facing child safety seat on
the fron t passenger sea t in exceptional cir-
cums t an ces.
- Make sure t ha t the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and st ays on all t he ti me
whenever the ignition is switched on.
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not come on and st ay on, immedia t ely in-
st al l the rea r-fa cing child saf ety se at in a
rear seat ing pos ition and have t he airbag
system inspected by your Audi dealer .
Ch ild s af e t y
Activating the convertible locking retractor
Use the convertible locking retractor to secure a
child restraint.
Always heed the child safety seat manufacturer's
instruct ions when instal ling a child restra int in
your vehicle. To activate the convertib le locking
retractor:
.,. Place the child restraint on a seat, preferably
on the rear seat .
.,. Slowly pull the belt
all the way out .
.,. Route it arou nd or through the child restra int
be lt path~ ,&. .
.,. Push the child safety sea t down with your full
weigh t to ge t t he safe ty belt really t ight.
.,. Insert t he be lt tong ue into the buckle for t ha t
seating position .
.,. Guide the safety be lt back into t he ret ractor un -
til the be lt lies flat and sn ug on the child safety
seat .
.,. You s hou ld hea r a "clicking" noise as the belt
winds bac k into the ine rtia reel. Test the con -
vert ible locking retractor by pull ing on the bel t .
You shou ld no lo nger be able to pull the belt
ou t of t he ret ract or. The convertib le locking re-
t ract or is now a ctivated.
.,. Make sure that t he red release bu t ton is facing
away from the child rest raint so that it can be
unb uckled quickly .
.,. Pull on the belt to make sure the safety belt is
properly t ight and fastened so that the seat
cannot move forward or sideways more t han
one inch (2 .5 cm) .
A WARNING
Using t he wro ng ch ild rest raint o r an impro p-
e rly inst al led child restr ain t can cause se rious
person a l injury or de ath in a crash.
- Always make sure th at t he safety be lt re-
tr act or is locked when installing a child
safety sea t. An un locked safe ty be lt retra c-
tor cannot hold the ch ild safety seat in place
du ring norma l dr iving or in a crash.
- Always buckle the child safety seat firm ly in
place even if a ch ild is not sitt ing in it . A
loose child safety seat can fly around dur ing
a sudden stop or in a crash.
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