114 Airb a g sys t e m
as def ined in the electronic control unit
Q page 122, PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light.
Always remember, a chi ld safety seat or infant
carrier insta lled on the front sea t may be
struck and knocked out of position by the rap -
idly inflating passeng er's airbag in a frontal
coll ision . The airbag cou ld greatly reduce the
effec t iveness of the child restraint and even
seriously injure the child during inflat ion.
For this reason, and because the back seat is
the safest place for children - when properly
restra ined acco rding to their age and size - we
st rongly recommend that children always sit
in the back seat
Q page 133, Child Safety .
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 wit h g reat
force and will smash the ch ild safety sea t
and child against the backrest , door or
roof .
- Always insta ll rear -facing child safety
seats on the rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward facing
child safety seat on the front passenger
seat because of exceptional circumstan-
ces and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on and stay on , im-
med iately install the rea r-facing child
safety seat in a rear seating position and
have the a irbag system inspected by you r
Audi dealer.
- Forward-fac ing ch ild safety seats instal-
led on the front passenger's seat may in-
terfere wit h the deployment of the air-
bag and cau se serious person a l injury to
the ch ild .
A WARNING
If, in exceptional circumstances, you must
install a forward-facing child restra int on
the front passenger's seat:
- Always make sure the forward-facing
seat has been designed and certified by
its manufacturer for use on a front seat
with a passenger front and s ide a irbag .
- Never put the forward-facing child re-
straint up against or very near the instru-
ment panel.
- Always move the passenger seat into its
rearmost pos ition in the seat's fore a nd
aft adjustment range, as fa r away from
the airbag as possible before installing
the forwa rd-fa cing ch ild restra int. The
backrest mus t be adju ste d to a n up right
position.
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on a ll the
t ime wheneve r the ignition is switched
on.
A WARNING -
ra----
To reduce the risk of serious injury, make
sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light w ill be displayed whenever a child re-
straint is installed on the front passenger
seat and the ignition is sw itched on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not stay on, perform the checks de-
scribed Q page 122, Monitoring the Ad-
vanced Airbag System .
- Take t he child restraint off the front pas-
senger seat and install it prope rly at one
of the rear seat positions if t he
PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF
light does not stay on.
- Have the airbag system inspected by
your Audi dea le r immediately .
- Always carefu lly follow instr uctions from
child restraint manufacture rs when in-
stall ing child restra ints .
A WARNING
If, in except iona l circumsta nces, yo u m ust
install a forward or rearwa rd-fa cing child
restr aint on t he front passenger's se at :
- Imp roper installation of child restra ints
can reduce t heir effectiveness or even
prevent them from providing any protec -
tion. .,..
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