& WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, using the w rong
child safety seat or improperly installing a
child restra int increases the risk of serious
personal injury and death.
- All vehicle occupants and especially children
must a lways be restrained properly whenev-
er riding in a vehicle.
- An unrest rained or imprope rly restrained
child can be injured or killed by being
thrown against the ins ide of the vehicle or
by being ejected from it during a sudden
maneuver or impact .
- An unrestrained or improperly restrained
child is at much greater risk of injury or
death by being struck by an inflating air-
bag.
- Commercially available child safety seats
are required to comply with U.S. Federa l
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 213
(in Canada CMVSS 213).
- When buying a ch ild rest raint, se lect one
that fits your child and the vehicle.
- Only use child restraint systems that fully
contact the flat portion of the seat cush-
ion. The child restrain t must no t tip or
lean to eithe r side. Audi does not recom-
mend using child safety seats that rest on
legs or tube-like frames. They do not pro-
vide adequate contact with the seat.
- Always heed a ll legal requirements per-
taining to the installation and use of child
safety seats and carefully follow the in-
structions provided by the manufacturer
of the seat you are using .
- Never allow children under 57 inches
(1.45 meters) to wear a normal safety belt.
They must always be restrained by a proper
child restraint system . Otherwise, they
cou ld sustain injur ies to the abdomen and
neck a reas during sudden bra king maneu-
vers or acciden t s.
- Never let mo re than one child occupy a child
safety seat.
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- Never let babies or older chi ld ren ride in a
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Ch ild s af e t y
- Holding a child in your arms is never a sub-
stitute for a chi ld restraint system.
- The strongest person cou ld not ho ld the
child with the forces that exist in an acci-
dent. The child will strike the interior of
the vehicle and can also be struck by the
passenger .
- The child and the passenger can also in-
jure each other in an accident .
- Never install rear-facing child safety seats
or infant carriers on the front passenger
seat . A child w ill be seriously injured and
can be killed when the passenger a irbag in-
flates - even with an Advanced Airbag Sys-
tem.
- The inflating airbag will hit the ch ild safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will sm a sh the child safety seat and child
against t he backrest, cente r a rm res t , door
or roof .
- Always install rear-fac ing child safety seats
or infant carriers on the rear seat.
- Make sure the re is enough sp ace in front of
the child in the child seat . If ne cessary, ad-
just the angle and position of the sea t in
front of the chi ld seat.
- Forward-fa cing child safety seats insta lled
on the front passenger's seat can interfere
with the airbag when it inflates and cause
serio us injury to the chi ld. Always install for-
ward-facing ch ild safety seats on the rear
seat .
- If exceptional circumstances requ ire the use
of a fo rward-facing child restraint on the
front passenger's seat, the ch ild's safety
and well-being requ ire that the following
specia l precautions be taken:
- Make su re the forwa rd-facing seat has
been designed and certified by its manu-
facturer for use on a front seat with a pas-
senger front and side airbag.
- Always carefully follow the man ufacturer's
instruct ions prov ided with the ch ild safety
seat or carrier.
- Always move the front passenger seat to
the highest position in the up and down
adjustment range and move it back to the
rearmost position in the seat's fore and
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