Relea sing the teth er str ap
"' Loosen the tens ion following the child re -
stra int manufac t urer's instructions .
"' Depress the spring catch on the hook and re-
lease it from the anchorage.
"' For the second row of seat s: Push the floor-
ing forward into place aga in.
"' For t he third row of seats:* Replace the
plast ic cover cap .
([) Note
If you leave the child restraint with the
tether strap firmly insta lled for severa l
days, th is could leave a mark on the up-
holstery on the seat cushion and bac krest
in the area whe re the tether strap was in-
st alled. The upho lstery would also be per-
manently stretched around the tethe r
strap . This applies especially to leather
seats .
Using tether straps on rearward-facing
child restraints
Currently , few rear-facing child restraint sys-
tems come with a tether . Please read and
heed the child restraint system manufactur-
er's instruc t ions caref ully to determine how to
properly insta ll t he tethe r.
A WARNING
,~
A child in a rearward -facing child safety
seat insta lled on the front passenger seat
will be seriously injured and can be killed if
the front a irbag inflates - even with an Ad-
vanced Airbag System.
- The inflating a irbag will hit the child
safety seat or infant carrier with great
force and will smash the ch ild safety seat
and child against the backrest, center
armrest, or door .
- A tight tether or other strap on a rear-
ward-fac ing child restra int attached to
the front passenger seat can put too
much pressure on the weight-mat in the
sea t and regis t er a heavier we igh t in the
Advanced Airbag System. The heav ier
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weight registered can make the system
work as though an adult were on the seat
and deploy the Advanced Airbag when it
must be suppressed causing ser ious or
even fatal injury to the ch ild.
- If you must install a rearward fac ing
child safety seat on the front passenger
seat because of exceptional circumstan-
ces and t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on and stay on, im-
mediately insta ll the rear-fac ing child
safety sea t in a rear seating position and
have the airbag system inspected by your
Audi dea le r.
Additional Information
Sources of information about child
restraints and their use
The re are a number of sour ces of add itiona l
information about child rest raint se lection, in-
stallation and use:
NHTSA advises t hat the bes t child safety seat
is the one that fit s you r ch ild and fits in you r
vehicle, and that you will use correct ly and
consistently.
Try before you buy!
U.S National Highway Traffic Safety Admin-
istration
Tel.: 1-888-3 27-4 236 (TIY: 1-800-424-9153)
http://www .nhtsa.gov
National SAFE KIDS Campaign
Tel.: (202) 662-0600
http://www .safe kids.o rg
Safety BeltSafe U.S.A
Tel.: (800) 745 -SAFE (English)
Tel.: (800) 747-SANO (Span ish)
http://www .ca rseat.org
Transport Canada Information Centre
Tel.: 1-800-333-0371 or call
1-613-998-86 16 if you a re in the Ottawa area
http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/ roadsafety/
menu. htm
Audi Customer Relation s
Tel.: (800) 822-2834
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