184 Child S a fet y
Convertible child safety seats
Properly used convertible child safety 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. 177 Schematic overview: insta llat ion of the at-
ta chments appl icable to a LATCH seat
Fig. 178 Schematic overview: inst allat ion of the sea t
using the vehicle's safety belt system
.. When using the vehicle safety be lt to insta ll
a child safety seat, you must first activate
the convertible locking feature on the safety
belt to prevent the child safety seat from
moving c::> page 187 or insta ll the seat using
the LATCH attachments.
.. Push the child safety seat down with your
full weight to get the safety belt really t ight
so that the seat cannot move forward or
sideways more than one inch (2.5 cm)
c::>page 187.
.. If the child safety seat is eq uipped with a
tether strap, attach it to the tether anchors
¢ page 194.
.. Secure unused safety be lts on the rear seat
c::> page 182.
A toddler or child is usually too large for an in-
fant restra int if it is more than one year old
and weighs more than 20 lbs. (9 kg).
Toddlers and children who are older than one
year up to about 4 years 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 weight
c::> fig . 177 and c::> fig. 178 .
The airbag on the passenger side makes the
front seat a potentia lly dangerous place for a
child to ride. The front seat is not the safest
place for a child in a forward-facing child safe-
ty seat . It is a very dangerous place for a n in-
fant or a larger ch ild in a rearward-facing seat.
_&. WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, us ing t he
wrong child safety seat o r imprope rly in-
stalling a child restraint increases the risk
of serious personal injury and death in a
collision or other emergency situat ion .
- Child ren on the front seat of any ca r,
-
even with Advanced Airbags, can be seri-
ously injured or even killed when an air-
bag inflates . A ch ild in a rearward-facing
child safety seat installed on the front
passenger seat will be serious ly injured
and can be killed if the front airbag in-
f lates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System .
- The inflating airbag will hit the ch ild
safety seat or infant carrie r with great
force and will smash the child safety seat
and child aga inst the back rest, center
arm rest, door or roof.
- Always inst all rear-fa cing ch ild safety
seats on t he rear seat .
- If you must insta ll a rearwa rd fa cing
child safe ty seat on th e fro nt passenger
seat because of exceptiona l circumstan-
ces and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on and stay on, im-
mediately insta ll the rear-fac ing child
safety seat in a rear seating position and
have the airbag system inspected by your
Audi deale r.
- The rear side of the child safety seat
should be pos itioned as close as possib le ..,.
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