Audi Q3 2017 - Securing Child Seats

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- Never let a child stand or kneel on any seat,
for example the front seat.
- Never let a child ride in the cargo area of
your vehicle.
- Always remember that a child leaning for-
ward, sitting sideways or out of position in
any way during an accident can be struck by
a deploying airbag. This will result in serious
personal injury or death.
- If you must install a booster seat on the
front passenger seat because of exceptional
circumstances the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light must come on and stay on, when-
ever the ignition is switched on.
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not come on and stay on, perform the
checks descr ibed
c:> page 12 7, Monitoring
the Advanced Airbag System.
- Take the ch ild restraint off the front passen-
ger seat and install it properly at one of the
rear seat positions if the PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
light does not stay on whenever
the ignition is switched on.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when-
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used
r=;, page 109, Safety belts,
c:>page 117, Airbag system
and
c:> page 13 7, Important information.
Securing child seats
Securing a child safety seat using a safety
belt
Safety belts for the rear seats and the front pas -
senger can be locked with the convertible locking
retractor to properly secure child safety seats .
The safety belts emergency locking retractors for
the rear seats safety belts and for the front pas-
senger 's seat safety belt have a convertib le lock-
ing retractor for child restraints. The safety belt
must be locked so that belt webbing cannot un-
reel. The retractor can be activated to lock the
safety belt and prevent the safety belt webbing
from loosening up during normal driving. A child
safety seat can only be properly installed when
the safety belt is locked so that the child and
child safety seat will stay in place .
Ch ild safety
Always remember : Even though your vehicle is
equipped with an Advanced Airbag system, all
children, especially those 12 years and younger,
should always ride in the back seat properly re-
strained for their age and size.
A WARNING
=
Improperly installed child safety seats in-
crease the risk of serious personal injury and
death in a collision .
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- Always make sure that the safety belt re-
tractor is locked when installing a child
safety seat. An un locked safety be lt retrac-
tor cannot hold the ch ild safety seat in place
du ring normal driving or in a crash.
- Always buckle the child safety seat firm ly in
place even if a ch ild is not sitt ing in it. A
loose child safety seat can fly around during
a sudden stop or in a collision.
- Always make sure that the rear seat back-
rest to which the center rear safety belt is
attached is securely latched whenever the
rear center safety belt is being used to se-
cure a child restraint.
- If the backrest is not securely latched, the
child and the child restraint will be thrown
forward together with the backrest and w ill
strike parts of the veh icle inter ior. The child
can be seriously injured or killed .
- 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.
- The inflating airbag will hit the ch ild safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
aga inst the backrest, cente r a rmrest, door
or roof .
- Always install rear-fac ing child safety seats
or infant car riers on the rear seat.
- Forward-facing child safety seats o r infant
carriers installed on the front passenger's
seat may interfere with the deployment of
the airbag and cause serio us injury to the
child .
- It is safer to install a forward -facing child
safety seat on the rear seat.
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