child restraint AUDI ALLROAD 2000 User Guide

--------------------------SAFETY FIRST
Converti
ble seats
A child too large for an infant restraint up to
4 years old (40 lbs. or 18 kg) should be re­
stra ined in a child seat certified for their
weight.
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 saf­
est place for a child in a forward-f acing child
seat. It is a very dangerous place for an in­
fant or a larger child in a rearward-facing
seat. m
WARNING
Forward-fa cing
child seats
installed on the front passenger's
seat may interfere with the deploy­
ment of the airbag and cause seri­
ous injury to the child. Install for­
ward·fac ing child seats on the rear
seat if the front passenger airbag
has not been deactivated.
If excep tional circumstances require the
use of a forward-fac ing child seat on the
front seat. the child's safety and well-b eing
require that the following special precau­
tions be taken: �W
ARNING
If, in exceptional circumstances,
you must install a forward-facing
child restraint on the front passen­
ger's seat:
make sure the forward-facing
seat has been designed and cer­
tified by its manufacturer for
use on a front seat with a pas­
senger front and side airbag.
Always follow the manuf actur­
er's instructions provided with
the child seat or carrier.
Always move the passenger
seat into its rearmost position,
as far away from the airbag as
possible before installing the
child restraint. The backrest
must be adjusted to an upright
position.
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�W ARNING
Failure to properly route safety
balta over a childs body will cause
severe injuries in an accident.
The lap belt portion of the three
point belt as wall as any lap belt
alone must always pass as low as
possible across the pelvis, never
over the stomach or abdomen.
Yo unger children should use a lap belt only
in very exceptio nal situations and only if no
child restraint system for the child' s size and
weight or safer alternative means of trans­
portation of the child is available. In these
excep tional situations, the use of a lap belt
is better than permitting the child to remain
totally unrestrained. But remember: a lap
belt cannot provide the same level of
protect ion as a proper child restra int.
50 �W
ARNING
• An improperly worn safety belt
will not provide the best protec­
tion in an accident and may causa
serious personal injury. Always
make sure that children and other
vehicle occupants properly wear
available restraint systems. Care­
fully follow the Instructions pro­
vided by the manufacturers of
child restra ints.
• Commercially available child
seats are required to comply with
U. S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard (FMVSS) 213 (in Canada
CMVSS 213).
• These standards include instal­
lation requirements for using the
lap portion of a combination lap­
shoulder belt such as those
installed in your vehicle. fA,
WARNING continued
• When buying a child restraint,
select one that fits your child and
vehicle.
• Only use child restraint systems
that fully contact the flat portion
of the seat cushion. The child seat
must not tip or lean to either side.
Audi does not recommend using
child seats that rest on legs or
tube-like frames. They do not pro­
vida adequate contact with the
seat.
• Improperly or inadequately
installed child restraint systems
can increase the risk of injury to
children in accidents. Therefore,
always carefully read and follow
all instructions on installation and
use that come with the system.

Securing a child seat
Convertible Locking Retractor
The retractors for the rear seat three-po int
safety belts and the front passenger three­
point safety belt have a conver tible locking
feature in addition to the emergency locking
feature.
If you need to install a child seat at an outer
seating position, you must first activate the
conver tible locking feature. Then secure the
child seat by using the seat belt. �W
ARNING
• Never install rear-facing child
seats or infant carriers on the front
passenger seat. A child will be se­
riously injured and can be killed
when the passenger airbag in­
flates.
• The inflating airbag will hit the
child seat or infant carrier with
great force and will smash the
child seat and child against the
backrest. center arm rest. or door.
• Always install rear-facing child
seats or infant carriers on the rear
seat if the front passenger airbag
has not been deactivated. SA
FETY FIRST
�W ARNING
• Forward-fa cing child seats or in­
fant carriers installed on the front
passenger's seat may interfere
with the deployment of the airbag
and cause serious injury to the
child. Allow a child to travel on the
front passenger's seat only in a for­
ward- facing child restraint system
specif ically designed and ap­
proved by the child restraint
manufacturer for use in the front
with airbags. Make sure the pas­
senger seat is in the rearmost posi­
tion. It is always safer to install a
child seat in the rear.
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FETYRRST---------------------------------------------------
Activ ating the convertible
locking retractor
• Slowly pull the belt all the way out.
• Hold on to the safety belt while securing
the safety belt around the child restraint per
the instructions found in the child restraint's
owner's manual.
• Insert the belt tongue into the buckle for
that seating position. Pull on the belt to
make sure the safety belt is properly
fas tened.
• Guide the remaining portion of the belt
back in place, allowing the retractor to take
up the slack. Press the child restraint
against the seat cushion as you guide the
belt into the retractor so that the belt ten­
sion holds the child restraint firmly in place.
• While the safety belt is retra cting, you
will hear a continuous clicking noise from
the retractor; that means that the convert­
ible locking retractor has been activated.
52 •
To covert the safety belt into standard
use after the child restraint is removed, re­
lease the tongue from the buckle and allow
the safety belt to fully retract again. The re­
tractor will then operate in the normal emer­
gency locking mode for the occupant re­
straint.
�W ARNING
Always buckle the child seat firm­
ly in place even if your child is not
sitting in it. A loose child seat can
fly around during a sudden stop or
in an accident.
Deactivating the convertible
locking retractor
The convertible locking retractor is deacti­
vated by unfaste ning the safety belt (see
page 24). Allow the safety belt to retract
completely to its stowed position. The
safety belt can now be used as an ordinary
three-point safety belt without the addi­
tional locking feature. If
the convertible locking feature has been
inadvertently activated, the safety belt
must be unfastened to deactivate this fea­
ture. If the convertible locking feature is not
deactivated, the safety belt will gradually
become tighter and uncomfortable to wear.
The convertible locking feature must be de­
activated to restore normal belt operation
and greater occupant comfort.
�W ARNING
Never unfasten the safety belt to
deactivate the convertible locking
retractor while the vehicle is in
motion. You would not be pro­
tected at all and could suffer seri­
ous injury in an accident.

Child
restra int anchorages for
the rear seats
If your child restraint seat or seats are
equipped with a tether strap you will want
to use one or more of the anchor points pro­
vided on the filler panel.
Yo ur vehicle is equipped with three child re­
straint anchorages (one for each rear seat­
ing position). See illustration. They have
been covered with plastic caps.
Attaching a child restraint tether
strap to the tether anchorage
• Release or deploy the tether strap on the
child restraint according to the child re­
straint manufacturer's usage instructions. •
Install the child restra int in the vehicle
rear seating position using the LATCH* low­
er ancho rages according to the child re­
straint manufacturer's instructions. If the
vehicle safety belts are used, activate the
conver tible locking retractor feature.
• Guide the tether strap under the rear
seat head restraints (raise the head restraint
slightly if necessary) and attach the tether
anch orage hook into the opening of the
tether anchorage. Pull on the anchorage
hook so that it is held on the anch orage by
the spring catch of the hook.
• Tighten the tether strap firmly following
the child restra int man ufacturer's instruc­
tions. SA
FETY FIRST
• To release the tether strap, loosen the
tension following the child restraint
manufacturer's instructions. Depress the
spring catch on the hook and release it from
the anch orage.
Yo ur vehicle is equipped with threaded fas­
tening points for the installation of a LA TCH
anchorage system.
The LATCH system provides lower anchor­
age points located between the seat back
and the seat cushion of the rear seat. These
anchorages are provided for the outboard
rear seats of your vehicle.
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These LATCH anchorage points are only in­
tended for the installation and attachment
of child restra ints specially certified for use
with LATCH anchorages. Child restraints
that are not equipped with the LATC H an­
chorages can still be installed using the ve­
hicle seat belts.
Some child restra ints are certified for instal­
lation either with LATCH ancho rages or the
vehicle safety belt. It is recommended that
such child restraints be used with the
LATCH anchorages because this system
will provide the easiest and more secure
installation.
LA TCH anchor ages are designed to be used
only with child restraints adapted for them.
Always refer to the child restra int manufac­
turer's instructions for proper installation of
the child restra int using the vehicle LATCH
lower anchorage or safety belts. Never use
the LATC H lower ancho rages to attach safe­
ty belts or other kinds of occupant re­
straints.
54 �W
ARNING
• Do not drive the vehicle without
the head restraints provided. Head
restraints are designed to help re­
duce injuries.
• The child restraint anchorages
are only to be used to hold a child
restra int system in its place.
• Child restraint anchorages are
designed to withstand only those
loads imposed by correctly fitted
child restraints. Under no circum­
stances are they to be used for
adult seat balta or harnesses.
• Do not mount two child re­
straint seats on one anchor point.
• Always follow the instructions
provided by the manufacturer of
the child restraint which you
intend to install in your Audi. Side
airbags and child safety
Yo ur Audi comes equipped with 2 front air­
bags (driver and front passenger) and 4 side
airbags (in the front and rear*) which offer
the occu pants increased protection in the
event of a lateral collision.
In or�er t� assure this additional protection,
the s1de a1rbag must inflate within milli-sec­
onds during a collision. When the airbag is
a ?tivated, it breaks through a seam on the
s1de of the seatback identified by the AIR­
BAG label, and inflates between the pas­
senger and side trim panel at very high
speed.
The side airbag inflates with such a high
f ? rce, that it could injure a child seriously if
h1s I her seating position is not proper up­
nght, or 1f 1tems are positioned in the area
where the airbag inflates.

�W
ARNING
• To prevent serious injuries, chil­
dren must always be secured in a
vehicle by a child restraint system
appropriate for their age and size.
• A child must never rest his I her
head against the side trim panel in
the area where the side airbag in­
flates.
An inflati ng alrbag can cause seri­
ous or fatal injury!
• Never place items in the area
where the side airbag inflates. This
could cause serious injury!
Note If special situations in your family require,
your authorized Audi Dealer can disconnect
the rear side airbags upon your request. NEVER
DO THIS I
DANGER OF INJ URY !
A child who rests his I her head to the side
as, shown in the illustration would probably
be seriously injured by the side airbag when
it inflates. SA
FETY FIRST
THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY !
The illustration shows a child who is prop­
erly secured in a restr aint system appropri­
ate to the child' s weight, size and age, and
ins talled on the correct seating position on
the rear seat. The illustration shows also
that there is enough space between the
side airbag and the child.
The side airbag can properly inflate and offer
optimum protection to the child in a broad
range of side accidents.
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CONTROLS AND
EQUIPMEN T---------------------
Rear facing child seat bench*
Two children starting at 3 years of age can
sit on the rear facing child seat bench. The
child must not be taller than 50 in. (1.3 m)
and must not weigh more th an 78 lbs
(36 kg). .
Children must always wear safety
belts f
Activating the child safety lock -see
page 65.
�W ARNING
• Do not place any other child
seats or child carriers on rear fac­
ing child seat bench.
• For safety reason, never remove
the head restraints on the child
seat bench.
• The seatback for the rear seat
bench must always be in its up­
right position and locked securely
in place. You shouldn't be able to
see the red marking on the release
latches -sea page 87.
92 Installing
1 setting up the child seat
bench
Yo u must remove the luggage compart­
ment cover, the net and the round cover
caps in the cargo area floor cover before
installing the child seat bench. The cover
caps, which are normally inserted in the
mounting for the child seat bench on the
cargo floor cover, con be stowed on the bot­
tom side of the remova ble cargo area floor
cover.
1 -Remove the child seat bench from the
bag in which it is stored. Insert both
mounting pins for the child seat bench
in the mountings provided for them ill
the cargo area floor.
2- Turn both levers toward the inside to
secure the seat bench.
Remove the hinged cargo area floor cover
and stow in the bag. The bag can then be
stowed between the backrest of the child
bench seat and the rear passenger seat.

VEHICLE OPERA
TION-----------------------
Operate your vehicle safely
The condition of the vehicle is es­
sential for driving safety.
Therefore, always be sure to observe the
following points before you drive off:
• Check lights and turn signals.
• Check fuel level.
• Adjust the mirrors.
• Make sure that all lights and all
windows are clean.
• Make sure the air Intake slot be­
tween the engine hood and the
windshield is free of leaves, snow
and ice.
• Check warning and indicator
lights when starting the engine.
For driving safety, always follow the speci­
fied maintenance intervals in your Mainte­
nance booklet -especially for changing
the brake fluid, see page 242.
Yo ur personal driving style and your
attitude affect driving safety to a
very great extent.
19 4 Therefore,
for your own safety:
• Wear your safety belts and wear
them properly, even if you're just
driving in the city or to the corner
store -see page 14.
• Make sure that all passengers are
wearing their safety belts properly,
even those sitting in the rear -
see page 14.
Passengers not wearing safety belts endan­
ger not only themselves in case of an acci­
dent, but also the driver and other passen­
gers.
• Make sure that children always sit
on the rear seat properly restrained
by a res traint system appropriate
for their size and age.
• Never transport a child in a rear­
facing child or infant seat on the
front passenger seat.
• Adjust your seat so that you can
easily reach all controls as far away
from the airbag as possible but no
closer than 10 in. (25 em) -
see page 76. •
The seating position is very im­
portant for the airbag performance
- see page 29.
• Always adjust the head restra ints
to the correct height.
For maximum protection, the upper edge of
the head restraints should be at least at
eye level, or higher .
• Always make sure that the move­
ment of the pedals is not restricted
In any way-see page 102.
• Store luggage and light items
properly
in the luggage compartment ­
see page 88.
of the roof - see page 191.
• If you drink, do not drive.
The use of alcohol, drugs and certain medi­
cations will seriously impair perception,
reactions and driving ability, and substan­
tially increase the risk of an accident and
personal injury.