remove seats AUDI A4 2019 User Guide

Childsafety


—Failuretoproperlyroutesafetybeltsovera
child'sbodywillcausesevereinjuriesinan
accidentorother emergencysituation
=>page253.
—Therearsideofthechildsafetyseatshould
bepositionedascloseaspossibletothe
backrestonthevehicleseat.Adjustorre-
movetherearseatheadrestraintifitisdif-
ficulttoinstallthechildseatwiththehead
restraintinplace>page60.Installthe
headrestraintagainimmediatelyoncethe
childseatisremoved.Drivingwithouthead
restraintsorwithheadrestraintsthatare
notproperlyadjustedincreasestheriskof
seriousorfatalneckinjurydramatically.
—Neverleta childputtheshoulderbeltunder
thearmorbehindtheback,becauseitcould
causesevereinjuriesinacrash.
—Childrenonthefrontseatofanycar,even
withAdvancedAirbags,canbeseriouslyin-
juredorevenkilledwhenanairbaginflates.
—Neverleta childstandorkneelonanyseat,
forexamplethefrontseat.
—Neverleta child rideinthecargoareaof
yourvehicle.
—Alwaysrememberthatachildleaningfor-
ward,sittingsidewaysoroutofpositionin
anywayduringanaccidentcanbestruckby
adeployingairbag.Thiswillresultinserious
personalinjuryordeath.
—Ifyoumustinstallaboosterseatonthe
frontpassengerseatbecauseofexceptional
circumstancesthePASSENGERAIRBAG
OFF#;lightmustcomeonandstayon,
whenever theignitionisswitchedon.
—IfthePASSENGERAIRBAGOFF3;light
doesnotcomeonandstayon,performthe
checksdescribed>page273,Monitoring
theAdvancedAirbagSystem.
—Takethechildrestraint offthefrontpassen-
gerseatandinstallitproperlyatoneofthe
rearseatpositionsifthePASSENGERAIR
BAGOFF%;lightdoesnotstayonwhenever
theignitionisswitchedon.
—AlwaysreadandheedallWARNINGSwhen-
everusingachildrestrainedinavehicleis
beingused>page253,Safetybelts,

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=>page261,Airbagsystemand>page285,
Importantinformation.

Securingchildsafety
seats
Securingachildsafetyseatusingasafety
Prt
Safetybeltsfortherearseatsandthefrontpas-
senger canbelockedwiththeconvertiblelocking
retractortoproperlysecurechildsafetyseats.
Thesafetybeltsfortherearseatsandforthe
frontpassenger’sseathaveaconvertiblelocking
retractorforchildsafetyseats.Thesafetybelt
mustbelockedsothatbeltwebbingcannotun-
reel.Theretractorcan beactivatedto lockthe
safetybeltandpreventthesafetybeltwebbing
fromlooseningupduringnormaldriving.Achild
safetyseatcanonlybeproperlyinstalledwhen
thesafetybeltislockedso thatthechildand
childsafetyseatwillstayinplace.
Alwaysremember:Eventhoughyourvehicleis
equippedwithanAdvancedAirbagsystem,all
children,especiallythose12yearsandyounger,
shouldalwaysrideinthebackseat properlyre-
strainedfortheirageandsize.

Z\WARNING
Improperlyinstalledchildsafetyseatsin-
creasetheriskofseriouspersonalinjuryand
deathinacollision.
—Alwaysmakesurethatthesafetybeltretrac-
torislockedwheninstallinga childsafety
seat.Anunlockedsafetybeltretractorcan-
notholdthechildsafetyseatinplaceduring
normaldrivingorinacrash.
—Alwaysbucklethechildsafetyseatfirmlyin
placeevenifachildisnotsittinginit.A
loosechildsafetyseatcanflyaroundduring
asuddenstoporinacollision.
—Alwaysmakesurethattherearseatbackrest
towhichthecenterrearsafetybelt*isat-
tachedissecurelylatchedwhenevertherear
centersafetybeltisbeingusedtosecurea
child
restraint.

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Childsafety


—Alwaysreadandheedtheimportantinfor-
mation
aboutchildrestraintsinthischapter
andWARNINGS&page285,Childsafety.
InstallingachildrestraintwithLATCH
loweranchorages
Wheneveryouinstallachildrestraintalwaysfol-
lowthechildrestraintmanufacturer'sinstruc-
tions.



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Fig.244Loweranchorages:propermounting
Mounting
>Makesuretheseatbackoftherearseatbenchis
intheuprightpositionandsecurelylatchedin
place.
>Removethecoverstoaccesstheloweranchor-
agebrackets.
>Attachbothhook-onconnectorswiththespring
catchreleaseonthechildsafetyseatontothe
LATCHloweranchoragesothattheconnectors
lockintoplace>fig.244.
>Pullontheconnectorattachmentstomake
suretheyareproperlyattachedtotheLATCH
loweranchorage.
> Pullstrapstightfollowingthechildrestraint
manufacturer'sinstructions.
Releasing
>Loosenthetensiononthestrapsfollowingthe
childrestraintmanufacturer'sinstructions.
>Depressthespringcatchestoreleasethean-
choragehooksfromthe loweranchorages.
Remember:Usetetherstrapstohelpkeepthe
childrestraintfirmlyinplace.
ZXWARNING
ImproperuseoftheLATCHsystemcanin-
creasetheriskofseriouspersonalinjuryand
deathinanaccident.
—Theseanchorsweredevelopedonlyforchild
safetyseatsusingthe“LATCH”system.
—Neverattachotherchildsafetyseats,belts
orotherobjectstotheseanchors.
—Alwaysmakesurethatyouhearaclickwhen
latchingtheseatinplace.Ifyoudonothear
aclicktheseatisnotsecureandcouldfly
forwardandhittheinteriorofthevehicle,or
beejectedfromthevehicle.


ZA\WARNING
Improperinstallationofchildrestraintswill
increasetheriskofinjuryinanaccident.
—Alwaysfollowthechildrestraintsystem
manufacturer'sinstructionsforproperin-
stallationofthechildrestraintsystem and
properuseoftetherstrapsaswellasthe
lower
anchoragesorsafetybeltsinyourve-
hicle.
—Alwaysreadandheedtheimportantinfor-
mation
andWARNINGSaboutchildsafety
andtheinstallationofchildrestraintsys-


tems>page285,Childsafety.

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