Child safety
and the installation of child restraint sys-
tems
r::> page 168 , Child safety.
(D Note
On vehicles with power adjustable rear seats*
some criteria must be observed when attach-
ing the child restraint using the
LATCH sys-
tem:
- To attach the child restraint securely, the
seat must be moved to the farthest rear po-
sition, the seat height set to the lowest po-
sition and the head restraint must be ad-
justed to the vertical position
c'.:> page 61.
- If a ch ild safety seat is attached to one of
the rear seats , this seat must not be adjust-
ed using the power controls under any cir-
cumstances . The
Entry assistance for th is
seat must also be deactivated in the MMI
r::> page 64. The child safety seat as wel l as
the rear seat can be damaged by the adjust-
ment process .
Tether anchors and tether straps
Fig. 18 4 Te ther anchors: recess flaps beh ind t he rear sea t-
backs
The tether anchors for the two* /three rear seat-
ing positions are located in recesses in the rear
window shelf
r::> fig . 184 . Vehicles with two rear
seating positions* are equ ipped with two tether
anchors .
A tether is a straight or V-shaped strap that at-
taches 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
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that cou ld be caused by striking the vehicle inte-
rior.
Forward facing child restra ints manufact ured af-
ter September 1, 1999, a re required by U.S. fed-
eral regu lations to comply with new child head
movement performance requirements . These
new performance requ irements make a tether
necessary on most new child safety seats.
A 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 ch ild restraint you
intend to install in your Audi.
- Improper use of child restraint anchors (in-
cluding tether anchors) can lead to injury in
a collision. The anchors are designed to
withsta nd only those loads imposed by cor-
rectly fitted ch ild restraints.
- Never mo unt two child rest raint systems on
one LATCH lower anchor point .
- Never attach two child restraint systems to
one tether st rap or tethe r anchorage.
- Never attach a tether strap to a tie-down
hook in the luggage compa rtment .
- Never use child restra int tether anchorages
to secure safety belts or other kinds of occu-
pant restraints.
- Never secure or attach any luggage or other
items to the LATCH lowe r anchorages or to
the t et her anchors.
- If a tether or other strap is used to attach a
child restra int to the front passenge r seat,
make sure that it is not so tight, tha t it
causes the weight-sensing mat to meas ure
more weight than is actually on the seat.
- The heavier weight reg istered can make the
Advanced Airbag System wor k as though an
adu lt were on the seat and deploy the Ad-
vanced Airbag when it must be suppressed
causing serious or even fatal injury to the
child.
- If you must insta ll a rearward facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat be-
cause of exceptional circumstances and the
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