A loose ch ild safety seat can fly around
dur ing a sudden stop or in a collision.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
whenever using a child restrained in
ave-
hicle is being used ,=;,page 148, Safety
belts,
c;, page 156, Airbag system and
c;, page 178, Child Safety.
A WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious injury, make
sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on whenever a
child restraint is installed on the front pas-
senger seat and the ignition is switche d
on.
- Take the child restraint off the front pas-
senger seat and ins t all it properly at one
of the rea r seat positions if the
PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF
light does not stay on .
- Have the airbag system inspected by
yo ur authorized Audi dealer immediate-
ly.
A WARNING
A child in a child restraint installed with
the LATCH lower anchorages or with the
standard safety belt on the rear seat may
play with unused rear seat safety belts and
become entangled resu lting in ser ious per-
sonal injury and even death.
-Always buck le unused rear seat safety
belts out of reach of chi ldren in ch ild
seats and properly act ivate the conve rti-
ble locking retractor so that the child
cannot un reel t he safety belt from the
retractor .
Child S a f ety 18 3
Child safety seats
Infant seats
Babies and infants up to about one year old
and 20 lbs. or
9 kg need special rearward-fac-
ing child restraints that support the back,
neck and head in a crash.
Fig. 186 Schematic overview: rearward-fac ing infant
seat, properly installed on t he rear seat
.. When using the vehicle safety belt to install
a child safety seat, you must first activate
the convertib le locking retractor on the
safety belt to prevent the child safety seat
from mov ing
,=;,page 187 or install the seat
using the LATCH attachments .
.. Push the chi ld safety seat down with your
full weight to get the safety be lt really tight
so that the seat cannot
move forward or
sideways more than one inch (2.5 cm).
Infants up to about one year (20 lbs. or 9 kg)
are best protected in specia l infant carriers
and child safety seats designed for their age
group. Many experts believe that infants and
small chi ldren should ride on ly in special re-
stra ints in wh ich the child faces the back of
the vehicle. These infant seats support the ba-
by's back, neck and head in a crash
¢ fig. 186.
The airbag on the passenger side makes the
front seat a potentially dangerous place for a
child to ride. The front seat is not the safest
place for a child in a fo rward-facing child seat.
It is a very dangerous place fo r an infant or a
larger child in a rearward-facing seat. .._
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