- Child Safety
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& WA RNI NG (continued)
• Always install rearwa rd-facing child safety seats on the rear
seat.
• If you must install a rearward facing child safety seat on the
front passenger seat in exceptional circumstances and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not come on and stay on,
immed iately install the rearward-facing child safety seat in a rear
seating position and have the airbag system inspected immedi -
ately by your authorized Audi dealer .
& WARNING
If, in exceptional circumstances, you must install a forward-facing
child restraint on the front passenger's seat:
• Always make sure the forward-facing seat has been designed
and certified by it s manufacturer for use on a front seat with a
passenger front and side airbag.
• Always follow the manufacturer 's instruction s provided with
the child safety seat or carrier.
• Always move the passenger seat into it s rearmost position in
the seat's fore and aft adjustment range, as far away from the
airbag as possible before installing the child restraint. The back-
rest must be adjusted to an upright position.
• Always make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
comes on and stays on all the time whenever the ignition is
switched on. •
Advanced front airbag system and children
Your vehicle is equi pp ed wit h a fron t "Advanced Airbag System" in
compliance with United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
(FMVSS) 2 08 as ap plica ble at t he time your vehicle was manufa c-
tured.
The Advanced Airbag system in yo ur vehicle has been certif ied to
mee t t he "low -risk" requiremen t s fo r 3 - and 6-year o ld childre n on
t he passenger side and small adults on the dr iver side . The low risk
dep loyment criteria are inten d ed to reduce the risk of injury through
interaction with the airbag t hat can occur, for example, by being too
close to the stee ring wheel an d instr ument panel when the airbag
inflates. In addi t ion, the system has been certified to comp ly with t he
"suppression" requirements of the Safety Standa rd, to t urn off the
fron t a irbag for infan t s up to 12 months who a re res tr a ined o n t he
front passenger seat in child restrai nts that are listed in the Stan-
dar d.
Even thoug h your vehicle is equipped with an Advanced Airbag
system , a ll children, especially those 12 years and younger, should
always ride in t he back seat properly restrained for t heir ag e and size .
The airbag on the passenge r sid e makes the front seat a potentia lly
dange rous place for a child to ride. The front seat is not t he safest
place fo r a child in a forward-facing child safety seat. It can be a very
dan ge rous place for a n infan t o r a large r child in a rea rwa rd-facing
seat. •
Advanced Airbags and the weight-sensing
mat in the front seat
The Advanced Airbag System in your ve hicle de t ects t he presence of
an infa nt or ch ild in a child rest rai nt on the fro nt passenger sea t using
the we ight-sens ing mat in the seat cushion and the senso r be low the
saf ety belt lat ch on th e front passenge r seat t ha t measur e s t he
tension on the safety belt.
The weigh t -sens ing ma t me asures t ot al we ight of t he child and the
child safety seat and a child blanket on the fro nt passe nger seat . The
we ight on t he fro nt passenger se at is related t o t he design of the
child res t raint and it s "footpri nt", the size and shape of t he bottom
of the ch ild restraint as it sits o n the seat . The weight of a child
restrain t a nd its "foo t pr int" vary for differe nt kinds of child res t ra ints .,_
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