- Always read and heed the important in-
formation and WARNINGS about child
safety and the installation of child re-
straint systems
c:> page 174, 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 also be deactivated in
the MMI ¢
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 Tether anchors: reces s flaps behind the rear
seatbacks
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 orV-shaped strap that
attaches the top part of a child restraint to
special anchorage points in the vehicle.
Child Safety 191
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 striking the ve-
hicle interior .
Forward 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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