PASSENGER AI R BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay on, immediate ly install
the rear-fac ing child safety seat in a rear
seating posit ion and have the airbag system
inspected by your Audi dealer .
Installing the upper tether strap on the
anchorage
Fig. 185 Tether strap: proper routing and mount ing
Installing the tether strap
• Release or deploy the tether strap on the child
restraint according to the child restra int manu -
facturer's instruct ions.
• Guide the upper tether strap
under the rear
head restra int ~
fig. 185 (raise the head re-
straint if necessa ry).
• Center seating position*: Guide the upper teth-
er strap over the rear head restraint .
• Tilt the recess flap up to expose the anchor
bracket.
• Attach the tether strap anchorage hook into
the opening of the tether anchorage .
• Pullon the tether strap hook so t hat the spring
catch of the hook engages .
• Tighten the tether strap firmly fo llowing the
child rest raint ma nufactu rer's inst ruct ions.
Releasing the tether strap
• Loosen the tens ion following the child restrai nt
manufacturer's instructions .
• Depress the spring catch on the hook and re-
lease it from the anchorage .
(D Note
If you leave the ch ild restraint with the tether
strap firm ly installed fo r several days, this
could leave a ma rk on the upholstery on the
Ch ild sa f ety
seat cushion and backrest in the area where
the tether strap was installed. The upholstery
would a lso be permanently stretched around
the tether strap. This applies espec ially to
leather seats.
Using tether straps on rearward-facing
child restraints
Currently , few rear-facing child restraint systems
come with a tether. Please read and heed the
child restraint system manufacturer's instruc -
tions carefully to determine how to properly in-
stall the tether .
A WARNING
- -
A child in a rearward-facing child safety seat
installed on the front passenger seat will be
seriously inj ured and can be killed if the front
airbag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the ch ild safety
seat or infant carr ier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and ch ild
against t he backrest, cente r a rm rest, or
door.
- A t ight tether or other strap on a rearward-
faci ng child restraint attached t o the fro nt
passenger sea t can put too much pressure
on the weig ht -mat in the seat and register a
heavier weight in the Advanced Airbag Sys-
tem . The heavier weight registered can
make the system work as though an adu lt
were on the seat and deploy the Advanced
Airbag when it must be suppressed causing
serious or even fatal injury to the child .
- If you must install a rearward facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat be-
cause of exceptional circumstances and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay on, immediately install
the rea r-facing child safe ty seat in a rear
seating posit ion and have the airbag system
inspected by your Audi dealer .
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