- Always buckle the child safety seat firmly
in place even if a child is not sitting in it.
A loose child 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 109, Safety
belts,
c> page 117, Airbag system and
¢ page 138, 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 whe never a
child rest raint is installed on the front pas-
senger seat and the ignition is switched
on.
- Never install a rearward facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat
unless the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on. If the PAS-
SENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not
come on and stay on the inflating airbag
will hit the child safety seat or infant car-
rier with great force and will smash the
child safety seat and child again st the
backrest, door or roof. Have the airb ag
system inspected immedia t ely by your
authorized Audi dea ler.
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. 130 Rearward -fac ing infant seat , prope rly insta l-
led on the passe nger seat
Child S a f ety 14 3
.. When using the vehicle safet y belt to install
a child safety seat , you must first activate
the convertible locking retractor on the
safety belt to prevent the child safety seat
from moving
c> page 146.
.. Push the child safety seat down with you r
full weig ht to get t he safety be lt really tight
so that the seat cannot move forwa rd or
sideways more tha n one inch (2.5 cm).
Infants up to about one year
(20 lbs. or 9 kg)
are best protec t ed in spec ial infant carriers
and child safety seats designed for thei r age
group. Many exper ts believe that infants and
sm all children shou ld ride only in speci al re-
stra ints in which the child faces the back of
the vehicle. These infant seats sup port the ba-
by's back, neck and head in a crash
c> fig . 130 .
A WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, using t he
wrong child safety seat or improperly in-
stalling a child restrai nt increases the risk
of ser ious personal injury and death in a
crash.
- Never install a rear-fac ing child restrai nt
in the forward-facing direct ion . Such re-
straints are designed for the special
needs of infants and very small children
and cannot prot ect them properly if the
seat is forward- facing.
-
- Never install a rearward facing child
safe ty sea t on t he fron t passenger sea t
unless t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on. If the PAS·
SENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not
come on and stay on the inflating airbag
will hit the child safety seat or infant car-
rier with great force and will smash the
child safety seat and child agai nst t he
backrest, door or roof. Have the airbag
system inspected immediately by your
author ized Audi dealer.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
wheneve r using a child rest raine d in ave-
hicle is being used
c> page 109, Safety
belts, ¢ page 117, Airbag system and
c> page 138, Important things to know .
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