134 Child S a f e t y
from moving
~
page 138 or install the seat
using the LATCH attachments .
• Push the child safety seat down with your
full weight to get the safety belt really t ight
so that the seat cannot move forward or
sideways more than one inch (2 .5 cm) .
• Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
~ page 133 .
Infants up to about one year (20 lbs . or 9 kg)
a re best protected in special infant carriers
and child safety seats designed for their age
group. Many experts believe that infants and
small children should ride only in spec ial re-
straints in which the ch ild faces t he back of
the vehicle . These infant seats support the ba-
by's back, neck and head in a crash
¢ fig. 112.
The airbag on the passenger side makes the
fro nt seat a po t entially dangerous place for a
child to ride. The front seat is not the safest
place for a child in a forward-facing child seat.
It is a very dangerous place for an infant or a
larger child in a rearward-facing seat .
A WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, using the
wrong ch ild safety seat or improperly in-
stall ing a child restraint increases the risk
of serious persona l injury and death in a
crash .
- Never install rear-fac ing ch ild safety
seats or infant carriers on the front pas-
senger seat - even wit h an Advanced Air-
bag System. A child will be seriously in-
jured and can be killed when the inflat-
ing airbag hits the child safety seat or in-
fant carr ier with great force and smashes
the ch ild safety seat and ch ild aga inst
the backrest, doo r or roof ¢
page 108,
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 des igned for the spec ial
needs of infants and very small childre n
and cannot protect them properly if the
seat is forward-facing.
- If you must install a rearwa rd 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-
mediately insta ll the rear-fac ing ch ild
safety seat in a rear seating position and
have the airbag system inspected by your
Aud i dea le r.
- Always read and heed a ll WARNINGS
whenever us ing a chi ld restrained in ave-
hicle is be ing used ~
page 98, Safety
belts, ¢ page 106 , Airbag system
and
¢ page 128, Important things to know .
Convertible child safety seats
Properly used convertible child safety sea ts
can help protect toddlers and children over
age one who weigh between 20 and 40 lbs. (9
and 18 kg) in a crash.
Fig. 113 Schema tic overview: instal lat ion of t he at·
t achments applicab le to a LATCH sea t
Fig. 114 Schemat ic overview: installa tion of t he sea t
using t he vehicle's safety belt system
• When using the vehicle safety belt to install
a child safety seat, you must first activate
the convertible locking feature on the safety ..,_
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