Child safety
restraint in place ~page 63. Install the
head restraint again immediately once the
child seat is removed. Driving without head
restraints or with head restraints that are
not properly adjusted increases the risk of
serious or fatal neck injury dramatically .
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used
~ page 265, Safety belts,
~ page 2 73, Airbag system and
~ page 295, Important information.
_& WARNING
If exceptional circumstances require the use
of a forward-facing child restraint on the
front passenger's seat , the child's safety and
well-being require that the following special precautions be taken:
- 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 side airbag.
- Always follow the manufacturer 's instruc
tions provided with the child safety seat or
infant carrier.
- Always move the front passenger seat to the highest position in the up and down ad
justment range and move it back to the
rearmost position in the seat's fore and aft
adjustment range, as far away from the air
bag as possible, before installing the for
ward-facing child restraint.
- Always make sure that the safety belt upper
anchorage is behind the child restraint and
not next to or in front of the child restraint
so that the safety belt will be properly posi
tioned.
- Always make sure that nothing prevents the
front passenger's seat from being moved to
the rearmost position in its fore and aft ad
justment range.
- Always make sure the backrest is in an up
right position.
- Never place or use any electrical device (such as a laptop, CD player, electronic
games device, power inverter or seat heater
for child seats) on the front passenger seat
304 if the device is connected to the 12-volt
socket or the cigarette lighter socket.
- If a seat heater has been retrofitted or oth
erwise added to the front passenger seat,
never install any child restraint system on
this seat.
- Make sure that there are no wet objects (such as a wet towel) and no water or other
liquids on the front passenger seat cushion .
- Never place objects on the seat (such as a
laptop, CD player, electronic games device,
power inverter or seat heater for child
seats) . These may influence the electrical
capacitance measured by the capacitive pas
senger detect ion system and can also fly
around in an accident and cause serious per
sonal injury.
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
11,;; light comes on and stays on all the
time whenever the ignition is switched on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF 11,;; light
does not come on and stay on, immediately
install the forward-facing child seat at a
seating position on the rear seat and have
the airbag system inspected by your author
ized Audi dealer.
- Take the child restraint off the front passen
ger seat and install it properly at one of the rear seat positions if the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
11,;; light does not stay on whenever
the ignition is switched on .
Child safety
body and the front of the passenger compart
ment, the airbag can inflate completely and pro
vide supplemental protection in certain frontal
collisions.
.,&. WARNING
Not using a booster seat, using the booster
seat improperly, incorrectly installing a boos
ter seat or using the vehicle safety belt im
properly increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death in a collision or other emer
gency situation. To help reduce the risk of se
rious personal injury and/or death:
- The shoulder belt must lie as close to the
center of the child's collar bone as possible
and must lie flat and snug on the upper
body.
It must never lie across the throat or
neck. The lap belt must lie across the pelvis
and never across the stomach or abdomen .
Make sure the belt lies flat and snug. Pull on
the belt to tighten if necessary .
- Failure to properly route safety belts over a
child's body will cause severe injuries in an
accident or other emergency situation
¢ page 265.
- The rear side of the child safety seat should
be positioned as close as possible to the
backrest on the vehicle seat . Adjust or re
move the rear seat head restraint if it is dif
ficult to install the child seat with the head
restraint in place
¢page 63. Install the
head restraint again immediately once the
child seat is removed. Driving without head
restraints or with head restraints that are
not properly adjusted increases the risk of
serious or fatal neck injury dramatically.
- Never let a child put the shoulder belt under
the arm or behind the back, because it could
cause severe injuries in a crash.
- Children on the front seat of any car, even
with Advanced Airbags, can be seriously in
jured or even killed when an airbag inflates .
- Never let a child stand or kneel on any seat,
for example the front seat.
- Never let a child ride in the cargo area of
your vehicle.
- Always remember that a child leaning for
ward, sitting sideways or out of position in
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any way during an accident can be struck by
a deploying airbag. This will result in serious
personal injury or death .
- If you must install a booster seat on the
front passenger seat because of exceptional
circumstances the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
fj,;; light must come on and stay on,
whenever the ignition is switched on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF fj,;; light
does not come on and stay on, perform the
checks described ¢
page 285, Monitoring
the Advanced Airbag System.
- Take the child restraint off the front passen
ger seat and install it properly at one of the rear seat positions if the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF~;
light does not stay on whenever
the ignition is switched on.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used¢
page 265, Safety belts,
¢ page 273, Airbag system and
¢ page 295, Important information.
Securing child safety
seats
Securing a child safety seat using a safety
belt
Safety belts for the rear seats and the front pas
senger can be locked with the convertible locking
retractor to properly secure child safety seats.
The safety belts for the rear seats and for the
front passenger's seat have a convertible locking
retractor for child safety seats. The safety belt
must be locked so that belt webbing cannot un
reel. The retractor can be activated to lock the
safety belt and prevent the safety belt webbing
from loosening up during normal driving . A child
safety seat can only be properly installed when
the safety belt is locked so that the child and
child safety seat will stay in place.
Always remember : Even though your vehicle is
equipped with an Advanced Airbag system, all children, especially those 12 years and younger,
should always ride in the back seat properly re-
strained for their age and size.
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Child safety
push-on connectors attached to adjustable
straps.
I n addition to the LATCH lower anchorages, these
chi ld restraint systems usually require the use of
tether straps to he lp keep the child restraint
firm ly in place.
A WARNING
Improper installation of child restraints will
increase the risk of injury and death in a
crash.
- Always follow the instructions provided by
the manufacturer of the child restraint you intend to install in your veh icle.
- Never install a child restraint without a properly attached top tether strap if the
child restraint manufacturer's instruct ions
requ ire the top tether strap to be used.
- Improper use of child restra int LATCH lower
anchorage points can lead to injury in a colli
s ion . The LATCH lower anchorage points a re
designed to withstand on ly those loads im
posed by cor rect ly fitted child restraints .
- Never mount two child restraint systems on
one LATCH lower anchorage point.
- Never secure or attach any luggage or other
item to the LATCH lower anchorages.
Location
Fig. 251 Schematic overview : LA TCH anchorage point loca
t ions
The illustration shows the seating locatio ns in
your veh icle which are equipped with the lower
anchorages system.
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Description
The lower anchorage positions are marked for
quick locating .
Fig. 25 2 Second row of seats: locator buttons for lower an
chorages
Fig. 253 T hird row of seats: lower anchorage covers
Attachment lo cato r markers fo r low er
ancho rages
Circular locator buttons on the padding between
the seat cus hion and back rest in the second row
of seats indicate the lower ancho rage locations
¢ fig. 252. The lower anchorage loca tions in the
third row of seats are indicated by the attach
ment locator markers of the lower ancho rage
brackets¢
fig. 253. Remove the padding or the
covers to access the lower anchorage brackets.
Lower anchorages
The lower anchorage attachment poin ts are lo
cated between the rear seatback and rear seat
cush ion
r=:>fig . 252, ¢fig. 253.
Lower anchorages secure the child restra int in
the seat without using the vehicle's safety belts.
Anchorages prov ide a secure and easy -to-use at
tachment and minimize the possibility of improp-
er child restraint installation . ..,.
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ber 1, 2002, must have lower anchorage attach
ments for the
LA TCH system .
Remember that the lower anchorage points a re
on ly intended for installation and attachment of
child restraints specifica lly c ertified for use with
LA TCH lower anchorages. Child restraints that
are not equipped with the lower anchorage at
tachments can still be installed in compliance
with the child restraint manufacturer's instruc
tions on using veh icle safety belts.
A WARNING
Improper use of LATCH lower anchorages can
cause se rious personal injury in an ac cident.
- Always carefu lly follow the child restra ints
man ufactu rer's inst ruct ions for proper in
sta llation of the child restra int and proper
use of the lower anchorages or safety be lts
in yo ur vehicle.
- Never secure or attach any lugg age or other
items to the
LATCH lower anchorages .
- Always read and heed the important infor
mation about child restraints in this chapter
and WARN INGS ¢
page 295, Child safety .
Installing a child restraint with LATCH
lower anchorages
Whenever you install a child restraint always fol
low the child restraint manufacturer's instruc
tions.
Fig. 25 4 Lower anc horage s: proper mo untin g
Mounting
~ Make sure the seatback of the rear seat bench
is in the upr ight position and securely latched
i n place.
Ch ild safety
~ Remove the padding or the covers to access the
lower anchorage brackets.
~ Attach both hook -on connectors with the spr ing
catch release on the child safety seat onto the LATCH lower anchorage so th at the con necta rs
lock into place¢
fig. 254 .
~ Pull on the connector attachments to make
sure they are properly attached to the LATCH lower ancho rage.
~ Pull straps tight following the ch ild restraint
manufacturer 's instructions .
Releasing
~ Loosen the tension on the straps fo llow ing the
child restra int manufacture r's instructions .
~ Depress the spr ing catches to release the an
chor age hooks from the lower anchorages.
Remember: Use tether straps to help keep the
c hi ld rest raint firmly in p lace.
A WARNING
I mp roper use of the LA TCH system can in
crease the ris k of serious persona l injury and
death in an accident.
-
- These anchors were developed only for child
safety seats using the " LATCH" system .
- Never attach othe r ch ild safety sea ts, be lts
or other objec ts to these anchors.
- Always make su re that you hear a click when
lat ching the seat in place .
If you do not hear
a click the seat is not se cure and co uld fly
forward and hit the interior of the vehicle, or be ejected from the vehicle.
A WARNING ~ -
Improper installation of child restraints wi ll
i ncrease the risk of injury in an accident.
- Always follow the ch ild restraint system
manufacturer's instructions for proper in
stallat ion of the chi ld restraint system and
proper use of tether straps as well as the
lower anchorages or safety belts in your ve
h icle .
- Always read and heed the important infor
mat ion and WARNINGS about ch ild safety
and the installat io n of child restrai nt sys
tems ¢
page 295, Child safety .
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