belt to prevent the child safety seat from
moving
r::!>page 138 or install th e seat using
the LATCH attachments .
"' Push the child safety seat down with you r
full weigh t to get the safety belt really tight
so that the seat cannot move forward or
sideways more than one inch (2 .5 cm)
r::!> page 13 8 .
"'If the child safety seat is equipped with a
tether strap, attach it to the tether anchors
r::!> page 145.
.. Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
r::!> page 133.
A toddler or child is usually too large for an in-
fant restraint if it is more than one year old
and weighs more than 20 lbs . (9 kg).
Toddlers and children who are older than one
year up to about 4 years old and weigh more
than 20 lbs. (9 kg) up to 40 lbs . (18 kg) must
always be properly restrained in a child safety
seat certified for their size and weight
r::!>fig. 113 and r:::>fig. 114.
The airbag on the passenger side makes the
front seat a potentially dangerous place for a
child to ride. The front seat is not the safest
place for a child in a forward-facing child safe-
ty seat.
It is a very dangerous place for an in-
fant or a larger child in a rearward-facing seat.
A WARNING
Not using a ch ild 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
collision or other emergency situation.
- Children on the front seat of any car,
even with Advanced Airbags, can be seri-
ously injured or even killed when an air-
bag inflates. A child in a rearward-facing
child safety seat installed on the front
passenger seat will be seriously injured
and can be killed if the front airbag in-
flates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child
safety seat or infant carrier with great
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Child Safety 135
force and will smash the child safety seat
and child against the backrest, door or
roof.
- Always install 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-
mediately install the rear-facing child
safety seat in a rear seating position and
have the airbag system inspected by your
Audi dealer.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
whenever using a child restrained in ave-
hicle is being used
r=:> page 98, Safety
belts,
c:> page 106, Airbag system and
r::!> page 128, Important things to know .
A WARNING
If exceptional circumstances require the
use of a forward-facing child restraint on
the front passenger's seat, the child's safe -
ty and well-being require that the follow-
ing spec ial precautions be taken:
- Make sure the forward-facing seat has
been designed and certified by its manu-
facturer for use on a front seat with a
passenger front and side airbag .
- Always follow the manufacturer's in-
structions provided with the child safety
seat or infant carrier .
- Always move the front passenger seat in-
to the rearmost position of the passen-
ger seat's fore and aft adjustment range,
and as far away from the airbag as possi-
ble before installing the child restraint.
- Always make sure that nothing prevents
the front passenger's seat from being
moved to the rearmost position in its
fore and aft adjustment range.
- Always make sure the backrest is in an
upright position.
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
-
OFF light comes on and stays on all the
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