_& WARNING
Not using a child safety seat , using the
wrong child safety seat or improperly in-
stalling a child restraint increases the risk
of serious personal injury and death in a
crash .
- Never install rea r-facing ch ild safety
seats or infant carriers on the front pas-
senger seat - even with an Advanced Air-
bag System. A child wilt be seriously in-
jured and can be killed when the inflat -
ing airbag hits the child safety seat or in-
fant carrier with great force and smashes
the ch ild safety seat and child aga inst
the backrest, door or roof c>
page 113,
Child restraints on the front seat - some
important things to know .
- Always install rear-facing child safety
seats or infant carriers on the rear seat.
- Never install a rear-facing child restraint
in t he forward-facing direction . Such re-
straints are designed for the spec ial
needs of infants and very small children
and cannot protect them properly if the
seat is forward-fa cing .
- If you must install a rearward facing
child sc1fety seat on the front passenger
sea t because of exceptional circumstan-
ces and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on and stay on, im-
mediately install the rear-facing child
safety seat in a rear seating position and
have the a irbag system inspected by your
Audi dealer.
- Always read and heed alt WARNINGS
whenever using a child restrained in ave-
hicle is being used
c>page 103, Safety
belts, ,:;',>page 111, Airbag system
and
¢ page 133, Important things to know.
Child S a f ety 139
Convertible child safety seats
Properly used convertible child safety seats
can help protect toddlers and children over
age one who weigh between 20 and 40 lbs. (9
and 18 kg) in a crash.
Fig. 12 1 Sche mat ic overview: installa tion of th e at-
tac hme nts applicable to a LATCH seat
Fig. 122 Sche matic overview: instal lat ion of th e seat
using the vehicle's safe ty belt sys te m
.,. When using the vehicle safe ty belt to ins t all
a child safety seat, you must first activate
the convert ible locking feature on the safety
be lt to prevent the child safety seat from
moving c>
page 143 or install the seat using
the LATCH attachments.
.,. Push the ch ild safety seat down with your
full weight to get the safety belt realty tight
so that the seat cannot move forward o r
sideways mo re than one inch (2 .5 cm)
¢ page 143 .
.,. If the child sa fety seat is eq uippe d wit h a
tether strap, attach it to the tethe r anchors
¢ page 149.
A toddler or child is usu ally too large for an in-
fant restraint if it is more than one year old
and we ighs more than 20 lbs. (9 kg).
Toddlers and children who are older than one
year up t o about 4 years old and weig h more
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