146 Ch ild Safety
will receive serious or possibly even fata l in-
jury.
In order for the airbag to offe r protection, it is
important that all vehicle occupants, especia l-
ly any children, who must be in the front seat
because of exceptional circumstances, be
properly restrained and as far away from the
a irbag as poss ible. By keep ing room between
the child's body and the front of the passen-
ger compartment, the airbag can inflate com-
pletely and provide supplemental protection
in certain frontal collisions.
_& WARNING
Not using a booster seat, us ing the boos-
ter sea t imprope rly, incorre ct ly ins t alling a
booste r seat or using the vehicle safety
belt improperly increases the risk of seri-
ous personal injury and death in a collision
or other emergency s ituation. To help re-
duce the risk of ser ious persona l injury
and/or death:
-Always make sure to position the should-
er portion of the three-point belt over
the midd le of ch ild's shou lder .
- Never let the shoulder port ion of the belt
rest against or across the neck, face,
chin , or throat of the child .
- Always make sure the lap belt portion of
the three-po int be lt is worn snug and
passes as low as possib le across the
child's pelvis. Never let the belt pass over
the soft abdomen .
- Failure to properly route safety belts
over a ch ild's body will cause severe inju-
ries in an acciden t or other emergency
situa t ion
9 page 109 .
- Children on the front seat of any car,
even with Advanced Airbags, can be seri-
ously injured or even killed when an air -
bag inf lates .
- Never let a child sta nd or knee l on the
sea t.
- Never let a child ride in t he cargo a rea of
your vehicle .
- Always remember that a ch ild lean ing
forward, sit t ing s ideways or out of posi-
.
tion in any way d uring an accident can be
struck by a dep loying a irbag. This will re-
sult in ser ious personal injury or death.
- If you must install a booster seat on the
front passenger seat because of excep-
tional circumstances the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF
light must come on and
stay on, whenever the ignition is switch-
ed on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not come on and stay on, pe rform
the che cks descr ibed 9 page 128, Moni-
toring the Advanced Airbag System.
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not come on and stay on whenever
the ignit ion is switched on t he infla t ing
a irbag will hit the child sa fety seat or in-
fant car rier with g reat force an d will
smash the child safety seat and child
aga inst the backrest, door or roof. Have
the airbag system inspected immed iately
by your Audi dea ler.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
whenever us ing a child restrained in ave-
hicle is being used
¢ page 109, Safety
belts, ~ page 117, Airbag system
and
~
page 138, Important things to know.
Installing a child safety
seat
'
Securing a child safety seat using a
safety belt
Safety belts for the front passenger con be
locked with the convertible locking retractor
to properly secure child safety seats .
The safety belts emergency locking retractors
for the front passe nger's seat safety belt have
a convertible locking retracto r fo r child re-
st ra ints . The safety be lt must be locked so
that be lt webb ing ca nnot unree l. The retrac-
tor can be act ivated to lock the safety belt and
prevent the safety be lt webb ing from loosen-
ing up during norma l dr iving. A chi ld safety
seat can only be properly insta lled when t he
safety belt is locked so that the child and child
safety seat will stay in place. .,.
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