194 Child Safety
- Always read and heed the important in-
formation and WARNINGS about child
safety and the installation of child re-
straint systems ~
page 177, Child Safe-
ty.
d) Note
On vehicles with power adjustable rear
seats* some criteria must be observed
when attaching the child restraint using
the
LATCH system:
- To attach the child restraint securely, the
seat must be moved to the farthest rear
position, the seat height set to the low-
est position and the head restraint must
be adjusted to the vertical position
~ page 61.
- If a child safety seat is attached to one of
the rear seats, this seat must not be ad-
justed using the power controls under
any circumstances . The
Entry assistance
for this seat must a lso be deactivated in
the MMI
r¢ page 64. The child safety seat
as well as the rear seat can be damaged
by the adjustment process.
Tether anchors and tether straps
Fig. 186 Tet her anchors: recess flaps behind the rear
seat backs
The tether anchors for the two* /three rear
seating positions are located in recesses in the
rear window shelf ~
fig. 186. Vehicles with
two rear seating positions* are equipped with
two tether anchors .
A tether is a straight or V-shaped strap that
attaches the top part of a child restraint to
special anchorage points in the vehicle.
The purpose of the tether is to reduce the for-
ward movement of the child restraint in a
crash, in order to help reduce the risk of head
injury that could be caused by st riking the ve-
hicle int er ior.
Forwa rd facing child restra ints manufactured
after September 1, 1999, are required by U.S.
federal regulations to comply with new child
head movement performance requirements.
These new performance requirements make a
tether necessary on most new child safety
seats .
_&. WARNING
Improper installation of child restraints
will increase the risk of injury and death in
a crash.
- Always follow the instructions provided
by the manufacturer of the child re-
straint you intend to install in your Audi.
- Improper use of child restraint anchors
(including tether anchors) can lead to in-
jury in a collision. The anchors are de -
signed to withstand only those loads im-
posed by correctly fitted child restraints.
- Never mount two child restraint systems
on one LATCH lower anchor point.
- Never attach two child restraint systems
to one tether strap or tether anchorage.
- Never attach a tether strap to a tie-down
hook in the luggage compartment.
- Never use child restraint tether ancho-
rages to secure safety belts or other
kinds of occupant restraints.
- Never secure or attach any luggage or
other items to the LATCH lower ancho -
rages or to the tether anchors.
- If a tether or other strap is used to at-
tach a child restraint to the front passen-
ger seat, make sure that it is not so
tight, that it causes the weight-sensing
mat to measure more weight than is ac-
tually on the seat .
- The heavier weight registered can make
the Advanced Airbag System work as
though an adult were on the seat and de -
-
ploy the Advanced Airbag when it must
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