AUDI TT COUPE 2016 Owners Manual

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-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 detection system and can also fly
around in an accident and cause serious per­
sonal injury .
- Always
read and heed all WARNINGS when­
ever using a child restrained in a veh icle is
being
used r:'.> page 180, Safety belts,
r:'.>page 188, Airbag system and
r:'.>page 212, Important information.
Convertible child safety seats
Properly used convertible child safety seats con
help protect toddlers and children over age one
who weigh between
20 and 40 lbs (9 and 18 kg)
in a crash.
Fig. 167 Schematic overv iew : installat io n of the attach­
m
ents applicab le to a LATCH seat
Fig. 168 Sche matic overview: i nstallat io n of t he sea t using
the vehicle 's safety belt syste m
•When using the vehicle safety belt to install a
child
safety seat, you must first activate the
convertible locking retractor on the safety belt
to prevent the child safety seat from moving
Child safety
r:'.>poge 223 or install the seat using the LATCH
attachments.
•Push the child safety seat down with your full
weight to get the safety belt really tight so that
the seat cannot move forward or sideways
more than 1 in (2 .5 cm) r:'.>page 223.
"' If the child safety seat is equipped with a tether
strap, attach it to the tether anchors
r:'.> page 228.
"'Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
r:'.> page 217.
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. 167 and
r:'.> fig. 168.
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 safety seat. It is a
v e
ry dangerous place for an infant or a larger
child in a rearward-facing seat.
_&WARNING
f-=-
Not using a child safety seat, using the wrong
child
safety seat or improperly i nstalling a
child
restraint increases the risk of serious
personal i njury and death in a collision or oth­
er emergency situation.
-
Children on the front seat of any car, even
with Advanced Airbags, can be seriously in­
jured or even killed when an airbag 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 inflates -even with an Ad­
vanced Airbag System.
- The inflating airbag will hit
the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
against the backrest, center arm rest, door
or roof.
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-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 be­
cause
of exceptional circumstances and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay on, immediately install
the rear-facing child safety seat in a rear
seating position and have the airbag system
inspected by your Audi dealer.
-The rear side of the child safety seat should
be positioned
as close as possible to the
backrest on the vehicle seat.
-Always read and heed all WARNINGS when­
ever using a child
restrained in a vehicle is
being used~ page 180, Safety belts,
~page 188, Airbag system and
~page 212, Important information.
A 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 into
the rearmost position of the passenger
seat's fore and aft adjustment range, and as
far away from the airbag as possible 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 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
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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 detection system and can also fly
around in an accident and cause serious per­
sonal injury.
- Make
sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light comes on and stays on all the time
whenever the ignition is switched on.
-
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not come on and stay on, immediately in­
stall the forward-facing child seat at a seat­
ing position on the rear seat and have the
airbag system inspected by your authorized
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 light does not stay on whenever
the ignition is switched on.

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Booster seats and safety belts
Properly used booster seats can help protect
children weighing between about 40 lbs and
80 lbs (18 kg and 36 kg) who are less than 4 ft 9
in (57 in/1.45 m) tall.
Fig. 169 Rear seat; chil d properly restrained in a booster
seat
The vehicle's safety belts alone will not fit most
children until they are at least 4 ft 9 in (57 in/
1.45 m) tall and weigh about 80 lbs (36 kg).
Booster
seats raise these children up so that the
safety belt will pass properly over the stronger
parts of their bodies and the safety belt can help
protect them in a crash.
.. Do not use the convertible locking retractor
when using the vehicle's safety belt to restrain
a child on a
booster seat.
.. The shoulder belt must lie as close to the cen­
ter 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 tight­
en if necessary .
.. Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
~page 217.
Children up to at least 8 years old (over 40 lbs or
18 kg) are best protected in child safety seats de­
signed for their age and weight. Experts say that
the skeletal structure, particularly the pelvis, of
these children is not fully developed, and they
must not use the vehicle safety belts without a
suitable child restraint.
Child safety
It is usually best to put these children in appro­
priate booster seats. Be sure the booster seat
meets all applicable safety standards.
Booster seats raise the seating position of the
child and reposition both the lap and shoulder
parts of the safety belt so that they pass across
the child's body in the right places. The routing of
the belt over the child's body is very important
for the child's protection, whether or not a boos­
ter seat is used . Children age 12 and under must
always ride in the rear seat.
Never use the lap belt portion of the vehicle's
safety belt alone to restrain any child, regardless
of how big the child is. Always remember that
children do not have the pronounced pelvic struc­
ture required for the proper function of lap belt
portion of the vehicle's three point lap and
shoulder belts. The child's safety absolutely re­
quires
that a lap belt portion of the safety belt be
fastened snugly and as low as possible around
the pelvis. Never let the lap belt portion of the
safety belt pass over the child's stomach or abdo­
men.
In a crash, airbags must inflate within a blink of
an eye and with considerable force. In order to do
its job, the airbag needs room to inflate so that it
will be there to protect the occupant as the occu­
pant moves forward into the airbag .
A vehicle
occupant who is out of position and too
close to the airbag gets in the way of an inflating
airbag.
When an occupant is too close , he or she
will be struck violently and will receive serious or
possibly even fatal injury.
In
order for the airbag to offer protection, it is
important that all vehicle occupants, especially
any children,
who must be in the front seat be­
cause
of exceptional circumstances, be properly
restrained and as far away from the airbag as
possible. By keeping room between the child's
body
and the front of the passenger compart­
ment, the airbag can inflate completely and pro­
vide
supplemental protection in certain frontal
collisions .
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.&_ 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 that the belt lies flat and snug.
Pull on the belt to tighten if necessary.
- Failure
to properly route safety belts over a
ch i
ld's body will cause severe injuries in an
accident or other emergency situation
qpage 180.
-The rear side of the child safety seat should
be positioned as close as possible to the
backrest on the vehicle seat.
-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
any way
during an accident can be struck by
a deploying airbag. This will
result in seriou s
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 light must come on and stay on, when­
ever the ignition is switched on.
-If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not come on and stay on, perform the
checks described q page 199, 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
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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 q page 180, Safety belts,
q page 188, Airbag system and
q page 212, Important information.
Booster seats on the rear seat
Children who are about 7 years and older, who
weigh more than SS lbs (2S kg) and are not taller
than 4 ft 9 in (S7 in/1.4S m) are best protected
when properly restrained on the rear seat.
Due to limited rear seat head clearance chi ld ren
4 ft 3 in (Sl in/1.30 m) and taller must not use
booster seats on the rear seat of your Audi TT
Coupe. The rear seat of your Audi TT Coupe has
been specially designed to permit children who
are between 4 ft 3 in (Sl in/1.30 m) and 4 ft 9 in
(S7 in/1.4S m) tall (about 7 to 12 years old) to
use the available three -point lap and shoulder
safety belts.
.&. WARNING
lo= ----The rear seat area is too small to safely
transport passengers taller than 4 ft 9 in
(S7 in/1.4S m).
-
Persons taller than 4 ft 9 in (S7 in/1.4S m)
as well as children in booster seats who are
too close to the rear window and roof can
suffer severe head and neck injuries when
the rear lid is closed or in a crash.
- The
minimum clearance between the pas­
sengers' heads and the rear window must
never -under any circumstances -be less
than l in(2.S cm.) when the passengers sits
fully upright.
- Always make sure that the rear seat passen­
gers cannot be struck when the rear lid is
closed.
Booster seats on the front seat
Children aged about 7 years and older and weigh­
ing more than SS lbs (2S kg) who are between
4 ft 3 in (Sl in/1.30 m) and 4 ft 9 in (S7 in/
l.4S m) tall may in exceptional circumstances ~

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than 4 ft 9 in (57 in/1.45 m) tall must sit on a
certified booster seat and properly wear the veh i­
cle's three-point lap and shoulder safety belt.
Always
securely latch the passenger seat at the
very rear of its fore and aft adjustment range.
The backrest must be adjusted to an upright po­
sition .
A WARNING
If you must install a booster seat child re­
straint on the front passenger seat:
-Make sure the booster seat has been de­
signed and certified by its manufacturer for
use on a front seat with a passenger front
and side airbag.
- Always follow
the manufacturer's instruc­
t i
ons prov ided with the booster seat.
-Always move the passenger seat to the very
rear of its fore and aft adjustment range, as
far away from the airbag as possible .
- Always
make sure that the passenger seat is
securely latched in place before installing
the booster seat. The backrest must be ad­
justed to an uprig ht position.
-If the passenger seat cannot be securely
latched in the very rear of its fore and aft
adjustment range, then the passenger front
airbag must be turned off with the ON I OFF
switch.
Securing child 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 emergency locking retractors for
the rear seats safety belts and for the front pas­
senger's seat safety belt have a convertible lock­
i ng
retractor for child restraints. 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
Child safety
the safety belt is locked so that the chi ld and
child safety seat will stay in place .
Always
remember : Even though your veh icle is
equipped with an Advanced Airbag system, all
children, especia lly those 12 years and younger,
should a lways ride in the back seat properly re­
strained for their age and size.
A WARNING
Improperly installed child safety seats in­
crease the risk of serious personal injury and
death in a collision.
-
- Always make sure that the safety be lt re­
tractor is locked when installing a child
safety seat. An unlocked safety belt retrac­
tor cannot hold the child safety seat in place
du ring
normal d riving or in a c rash.
-Always buckle the child safety seat firmly in
place even if a ch ild is not sitting in it. A
loose child
safety seat can fly around during
a
sudden stop or in a co llision.
- Always
make sure that the rear seat back­
rest is secu rely latched whenever the rear
safety belt is being used to secure a child re­
straint.
-
If the backrest is not secu rely latched, the
chi ld and t he child restraint will be thrown
forward together with the backrest and will
strike parts of the vehicle interior. The child
can
be seriously injured or killed.
- Never
install rear-facing child safety seats
or infant carriers on the front passenger
seat. A child w ill be seriously injured and
can be killed when the passenger a irbag in­
f lates.
- The inflating airbag will hit the ch ild safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
against the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof.
-Always install rear-fac ing ch ild safety seats
or infant carriers on the rear seat.
- Forward-facing child
safety seats or infant
carriers installed on the front passenger's
seat may interfere with the deployment of
the airbag and ca use serious injury to the
child.
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-It is safer to install a forward-facing child
safety seat on the rear seat.
-Always read and heed all WARNINGS when­
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used c'.) page 212. Special precautions
apply when installing a child safety seat on
the front passenger seat c'.) page 189, Child
restraints on the front seot -some impor­
tant things to know.
..&_WARNING
....
Always take special precautions if you must
install a forward or rearward-facing child re­
straint on the front passenger's seat in excep ­
tional situations:
- W
henever a forward or rearwa rd-facing
chi ld r
estraint is installed on the front pas­
senger seat, the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
ligh t must come on and stay on whenever
the ignition is switched on.
-
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not come on and stay on, perform the
checks described c'.) page 199, 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.
-
Improper installation of child restraints can
reduce their effectiveness or even prevent
them from providing any protection.
-An improperly installed child restraint can
interfere with the airbag as it deploys and
seriously injure
or even kill the child .
-Always carefu lly follow the manufacturer's
instructions prov ided with the child safety
seat or carrier.
- After checking
to make sure that the child
restraint is properly installed, make certain
that the child restraint is correctly recog­
nized by the capacitive passenger detection
system in the front passenger seat and that
the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light signals
the correct front passenger frontal airbag
status.
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..&. WARNING
Forward-facing child restraints:
-Always make sure the forward-facing seat
has been designed and certified by its man­
ufacturer for use on a front seat with a pas­
senger front and side airbag.
- Never
put the forward-facing child restraint
up, against or very near the instrument pan­
el.
-Always move the passenger seat into its
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. The backrest
m ust be adjusted to an upr ight position.
- M ake
sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light comes on and stays on all the time
whenever the ign ition is switched on.
..&_WARNING
Rearward-facing child restraints:
-A ch ild 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 inflates -even with an Ad­
vanced Airbag System.
-The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
against the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof.
-Always be especia lly careful if you must in­
stall a rearward facing child safety seat on
the front passenger seat in exceptiona l cir­
cumstances.
- Make
sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light comes on and stays on all the time
whenever the ignition is switched on.
-If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not come on and stay on, immediately in­
stall the rear-facing child safety seat in a
rear seating position and have the airbag
system inspected by your Audi dealer.

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Activating the convertible locking retractor
Use the convertible locking retractor to secure a
child restraint.
Always heed the child safety seat manufacturer's
instructions when installing a child restraint in
your vehicle. To activate the convertible locking
retractor:
.. Place the child restraint on a seat, preferably
on the rear seat.
.. Slowly pull the belt all the way out.
.. Route it around or through the child restraint
belt path <:!> .&,..
"'Push the child safety seat down with your full
weight to get the safety belt really tight.
.. Insert the belt tongue into the buckle for that
seating position .
.. Guide the safety belt back into the retractor un­
til
the belt lies flat and snug on the child safety
seat.
.. You should hear a "clicking" noise as the belt
winds back into the inertia reel. Test the con­
vertible locking retractor by pulling on the belt.
You should no longer be able to pull the belt
out of the retractor. The convertible locking re­
tractor is now activated .
.. Make sure that the red release button is facing
away from
the child restraint so that it can be
unbuckled quickly.
.. Pull on the belt to make sure the safety belt is
properly
tight and fastened so that the seat
cannot move forward and sideways more than
1 in (2.S cm).
.&_WARNING
Usi ng the wrong child restraint or an improp­
erly installed child restraint can cause serious
personal injury or death in a crash.
- Always
make sure that the safety belt re ­
tractor is locked when installing a child
safety seat. An unlocked safety belt retrac­
tor cannot hold the child safety seat in place
during
normal driving or in a crash.
- Always buckle
the child safety seat firmly in
place even if a child is not sitting in it. A
loose child safety seat can fly around during
a
sudden stop or in a crash.
Child safety
- Always make sure the seat backrest to which
the child restraint is installed is in an up­
right position and securely latched into
place and cannot fold forward. Otherwise,
the seatback with the child safety seat at­
tached to it could fly forward in the event of
an accident or other emergency situation.
-Always read and heed all WARNINGS when­
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being
used <:!>page 212. Special precautions
apply when installing a child safety seat on
the front passenger seat <:!>page 189, Child
restraints on the front seat-some impor­
tant things to know.
Deactivating the convertible locking
retractor
The convertible locking retractor for child re­
straints will be deactivated automatically when
the
belt is wound all the way back into the re­
tractor.
.. Press the red button on the safety belt buckle.
The
belt tongue will pop out of the buckle.
.. Guide the safety belt all the way back into its
stowed position.
Always
let the safety belt retract completely into
its stowed position. The safety belt can now be
used as an ordinary safety belt without the con­
vertible locking retractor for child restraints.
If the convertible locking retractor should be ac­
tivated inadvertently, the safety belt must be un­
fastened and guided completely back into its
stowed position to deactivate this feature. If the
convertible locking retractor is not deactivated,
the safety belt will gradually become tighter and
uncomfortable to wear.
.&. WARNING
Improperly installed child safety seats in­
crease the risk of serious personal injury and
death in a collision.
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- Never unfasten the safety belt to deactivate
the convertible locking retractor for child re­
straints while the vehicle is moving. You
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would not be restrained and could be
seriously injured in an accident.
-Always read and heed all WARNINGS when­
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used Q page 212. Special precautions
apply when installing a child safety seat on
the front passenger seat Q page 189, Child
restraints on the front seat-some impor­
tant things to know.
LATCH system (Lower
anchorages and tethers
for children)
Child Restraint System anchors and how
are they related to child safety
To provide a simpler and more practicable way to
attach the child restraint on the vehicle seat,
Federal regulations require special lower ancho­
rages in vehicles and devices on new child re­
straints to attach to the vehicle anchorages.
The combination of the tether anchorages and
the lower anchorages is now generally called the
LATCH system for "Lower Anchorages and
Tethers for Ch ildren ." In Canada, the terms "top
tether" with "lower universal anchorages" (or
"lower universal anchorage bars") are used to de­
scribe the system.
Forward-facing child
restraints manufactured af­
ter September 1, 1999, are required by U.S. fed­
eral regulations to comply with new child head
movement performance requirements. These
new performance requirements make a tether
necessary on most new child seats.
Installing a child restraint that requires a top
tether w ithout one can seriously impair the per­
formance of the child restraint and its ability to
protect the child in a collision. Installing a child
restraint that requires a top tether without the
top tether may be a violation of state law.
Child restraint manufacturers offer LATCH lower
anchorages on their ch ild seats with hook-on or
push-on connectors attached to adjustable
straps.
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In addition to the LATCH lower anchorages, these
child restraint systems usually require the use of
tether straps to help keep the child restraint
firmly 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 vehicle.
- Never
install a child restraint without a
properly
attached top tether strap if the
child restraint manufacturer's instructions
require the top tether strap to be used.
-Improper use of child restraint LATCH lower
anchorage points can lead to injury in a colli­
sion. The
LATCH lower anchorage points are
designed to withstand only those loads im­
posed by correctly 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.
© Tips
- In Canada, the terms "top tether" with
"lower universal anchorages" (or "lower uni­
versal anchorage bars") are used to describe
the system.
-In other countries, the term "ISO FIX" is
used to describe the lower anchorages.
Location
Fig . 170 Schemat ic o verv iew : LATCH anch orage point loca ·
tions

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The illustration shows the seating locations in
your vehicle which are equipped with the lower
un iversal anchorages system.
Description
The lower anchorage positions are marked for
quick locating.
Fig. 171 Lowe r ancho rages, covers m arke d
Fig. 172 Rear seats: lower anc ho rage bracket locations
Lower anchorages
T
he c ircular markings on the rear seat help you to
identify the location of lower anchorages for the
two outboard seating positions 9 fig . 171 . The
L
ATCH lower universal anchorage attachment
points are between the rear seatback and rear
seat cushion.
Remove
the covers 9 fig . 171 to access the lower
anchorage attachment points.
The lower anchorage attachment points are visi­
ble 9 fig. 172.
Lower anchorages secure the child restraint in
the seat without using the vehicle's safety belts.
Anchorages provide a secure and easy-to-use at­
tachment and minimize the possibility of improp­
er ch ild restraint installation .
Child safety
All child restraints manufactured after Septem­
ber 1, 2002, must have lower anchorage attach­
ments for the LATCH system.
Please remember that the lower anchorage
points are only intended for installation and at­
tachment of child restraints specifica lly certified
for use with LATCH lower anchorages. Child re­
straints that are not equipped with the lower an­
chorage attachments can still be installed in
compliance with the child restraint manufactur­
er's instructions on using vehicle safety belts.
A WARNING
-I
Improper use of LATCH lower anchorages can
cause serious personal injury in an accident.
- Always carefully follow the child restraints
manufacturer's instructions for proper in­
stallation of the child restraint and proper
use of the lower anchorages or safety belts
in your vehicle.
- Never
secure or attach any luggage or other
items to the LATCH lower anchorages.
- Always
read and heed the important info r­
mation about child restraints in this chapter
and WARNINGS 9page 212, 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. 173 Lower a nchorages: proper mounti ng
Mounting
" Make sure the seatback of the rear seat bench
is in the upright position and securely latched
in place . .,..
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•Attach both hook-on connectors with the spring
catch release on the child safety seat onto the
LATCH lower anchorage so that the connectors
lock into place Q fig. 173.
• Pull on the connector attachments to make
sure they are properly attached to the LATCH
lower anchorage.
• Pull straps tight following the child restraint
manufacturer's instructions.
Releasing
• Loosen the tension on the straps following the
child restraint manufacturer's instructions.
• Depress the spring catches to release the an­
chorage hooks from the lower anchorages.
Remember: Use tether straps to help keep the
child restraint fir m ly in place .
A WARNING
Improper use of the LATCH system can in­
crease the risk of serious personal injury and
death in an accident.
- These
anchors were developed only for child
safety seats using the "LATCH" system.
-Never attach other child safety seats, belts
or other objects to these anchors.
- Always
make sure that you hear a click when
la tching
the seat in place. If you do not hear
a click the seat is not secure and could fly
forward
and hit the interior of the vehicle,
or be ejected from the vehicle.
A WARNING
Improper installation of c hild restraints will
increase
the risk of i njury in an accident.
-Always follow the child restraint system
manufacturer's instructions for proper in­
stallation of the child restraint system and
proper use of tether straps as well as the
lower anchorages or safety belts in your ve­
hicle.
- Always read and
heed the important infor­
mation and WARNINGS about child safety
and the installation of child restraint sys­
tems Q page 212, Child safety.
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Tether anchors and tether straps
Fig. 174 Tether anchors : attachment hook locations be·
hind th e rear seatbacks
The tether anchors for the rear seating positions
are located on the backside of the rear seat·
backs.
A
tether is a straight or V-shaped strap that at­
taches the top part of a child restraint to special
anchorage points in the vehicle.
The
purpose of the tether is to reduce the for­
ward movement of the child restraint in a crash,
in order to help reduce the risk of head injury
that could be caused by striking the vehicle inte­
rior.
Forward facing child
restraints manufactured af­
ter September 1, 1999, are required by U.S. fed­
eral regulations to comply with new child head
movement performance requirements. These
new
performance requirements make a tether
necessary on most new child safety seats.
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 Audi.
-
Improper use of child restraint anchors (in­
cluding tether anchors) can lead to injury in
a collision. The anchors are designed to
withstand only those loads imposed by cor­
rectly fitted child restraints.
-Never mount two child restraint systems on
-
one LATCH lower anchor point. ..,.