Child safety
- Never attach two child restraint systems to
one tether strap or tether anchorage.
- Never attach a tether strap to a tie-down
hook in the luggage compartment.
- Never use child restraint tether anchorages
to secure safety belts or other kinds of occu -
pant restraints.
- Never secure or attach any luggage or other
items to the LATCH lower anchorages or to
the tether anchors.
- If a tether or other strap is used to attach a
child restraint to the front passenger seat,
make sure that it is not so tight, that it
causes the we ight-sens ing mat to measure
more weight than is actually on the seat.
- The heav ier we ight registered can make the
Advanced Airbag System work as though an
adul t were on the seat and deploy the Ad-
vanced Airbag when it must be suppressed
caus ing se rious or even fatal injury to the
child.
- If you must install a rearward fac ing ch ild
safety seat on the front passenger seat be-
cause of exceptiona l circumsta nces and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay on, immediate ly install
the rear-fac ing child safety seat in a rear
seat ing pos ition and have the airbag system
inspected by your Audi dealer.
Installing the upper tether strap on the
anchorage
Fig. 182 Tether strap : proper rout ing and mount ing
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Fig. 18 3 Tether strap: proper rout ing and mount ing
Installing the tether st rap
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Release or deploy the tether strap on the child
restraint accord ing to the child restraint manu-
facture r's instructions.
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Guide the upper tether strap under the rea r
head rest raint and int o the rear cargo area
~ fig. 183 (raise the head restraint if necessa -
ry) . For child restraints with V-tet her straps, al-
ways make sure that the head restra int guide
rods do not interfere with any pa rt of the top
tether strap.
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Slide the tether strap hook over the anchor
bracket .
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Pull on the tether strap hook so that the spring
cat ch of the hook engages.
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Tighten the tether stra p firm ly following the
child restra int manufacturer's instruc t ions .
Attaching to the cente r seating position
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Slide the rear seat forward
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Pull the anchor bracket forward and con nect
the tethe r strap hook.
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Tight en the te t her strap and move the seat
backward.
Releasing the tether strap
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Loosen the tension following the child restra int
manufac turer's instr uctions .
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Depress the spr ing catch on the hook and re-
lease it from t he a nchorage.
(D Note
If you leave the child restraint with the tethe r
strap firmly installed for severa l days, this
could leave a mark on the upholstery on the
seat cushion and backrest in the area where
the tether strap was installed. The upholstery
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