A WARNING
Forward-facing child restraints:
- Always make sure the forward-fac ing
seat has been des igned and certified by
its manufacturer for use on a front seat
with a passenger front and side airbag.
- Never put the forwa rd-facing child re-
straint up, against or very near the in-
strument panel.
-Always move the passenger seat into its
rearmost position in the seat's fore and
aft adjustment range, as far away from
the a irbag as poss ible before installing
the forward-facing child restraint. The
backrest must be adjusted to an upr ight
posit ion .
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on all the
t ime whenever the ignition is switched
on.
A WARNING
Rearward-fac ing chi ld restra ints:
- A ch ild in a rearwa rd-facing child safety
seat installed on the front passenge r
sea t will be ser iously injured an d can be
killed if the front airbag inflates - even
with an Advanced Airbag System.
- The inflating air bag will hit the child
safety sea t or infant carrier with g reat
force and will smash the ch ild safety seat
and child against the backrest, cente r
armrest, door or roof.
- Always be especially caref ul if you must
install a rearward facing child safety seat
on the front passenger seat in exception -
al circumstances.
- A tight tether st rap on a rearward-facing
child restraint attached to the front pas-
senger seat can put too much pressure
on the weight-mat in the seat and reg is-
ter a heavier weight in the Advanced Air-
bag System . The heav ier weight regis-
tered can make the system work as
th ough a n adult were on the seat and de-
ploy the Advanced Airbag when it must
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be suppressed causing serio us or even
fatal injury to the ch ild.
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on all the
time whenever the ignit ion is switched
on .
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not come on and stay on, immed i-
ately insta ll the rear-fac ing child safety
seat in a rea r seat ing pos ition and have
the airbag system inspected by your Audi
dea ler.
Activating the convertible locking
retractor
Use the convertible locking retractor to se-
cure a child restraint.
Always heed the ch ild safety seat manufactur-
er's instr uctions when installing a child re-
stra int in your veh icle. To activate t he conve r-
ti ble Lacking retr actor:
"' Place the chi ld restraint on a sea t , prefera-
b ly on the rea r seat.
"' Slowly pull the belt
all the way out .
"' Route it a round or throug h the child re-
st rain t belt path
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"' Push the child safety seat down with your
fu ll weight to get t he safety be lt really tight.
"' Insert the belt tongue into the buckle for
that seating position.
"' Guide the safety belt back into the retractor
until the be lt lies flat and snug on the child
safety sea t .
"' You shou ld hear a "clicking" noise as the
be lt winds back into the inertia ree l. Test t he
convert ible locking ret ractor by pulling on
t he belt . You sho uld no longer be able to
pull t he be lt out of the retractor . The con-
vertible locking retractor is now activated.
"' Make sure that the red release button is fac-
ing away from the child restraint so t hat it
can be unbuckled qu ickly.
"' Pull on the belt to ma ke sure the safety belt
is properly tight and fasten ed so tha t the
seat ca nnot move forwa rd or sideways more
t han one inch (2 .S cm). .,.
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