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& WARNIN G (conti nued)
• Alway s install rear-facing child safety seats on the rear seat.
• If you mu st install a rearw ard facing child safety seat on the
front passenger seat in exceptional circumstance s and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not come on and st ay on,
immediately install the rear-facing child safety seat in a rear
seating posit ion and have the airbag system inspected im medi-
ately by your Audi dealer.
& WARNING
If, in exceptional circum stance s, you must install a forward -facing
child rest raint on the front passenger's seat :
• Alway s make sure the forward -facing seat has been designed
and cert ified by it s manufa cturer for use on a front seat with a
passenger front and side airbag .
• Always follow the manufacturer's instruct ions provided with
the child safety seat or carrier.
• Alw ays move the passenger seat into its rearm ost posit ion 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 adju sted to an upr ight position.
• Alw ays make sure th at the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
come s on and stays on all the time whenever the ignition is
switched on. •
Advanced front airbag system and children
Your vehicle is equipped with an "Advanced Airbag System" in
compliance with United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Stan -
dard (FMVSS) 208 as applicab le at the time your vehicle was manu -
factured .
Controls and equip-
ment
Safety first Vehicle operation
The Advanced Airbag system in your vehicle has been certified to
meet t he " low -risk" requirements for 3 and 6 year-old child ren on
the passenger side and small adu lts on the driver side. The low risk
deployment crite ria are intended to reduce the risk of injury th rough
interaction with the airbag that can occur, for example, by being too
close to the steering whee l and instrument panel when the airbag
infl ates . In add iti on, the system has been cert ified to comply with
the "suppression" requirements of the Safety Standard, to turn off
the front airbag f or infants up t o 12 months who are restrained on
the front passenger seat in child restraints that are listed in the
Standard.
Even though your vehic le is equipped with an Advanced Airbag
system, all ch ildren, especially t hose 12 years and younger, should
always ride in t he back seat proper ly restrained for the ir age and
size. The airbag on the passenger side makes the front seat a poten-
tially dangerous place for a chi ld to ride. The front seat is not the
safest place for a chi ld in a forward -facing child safety seat. It can be
a very dangerous place for an infant or a larger chi ld in a rearward -
facing seat. •
Advanced Airbags and the weight-sensing
mat in the front seat
The Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle detects the presence
of an infant or chi ld in a chi ld restraint on the front passenger seat
using the weight -sensing mat in the seat cushion and the sensor
below the safety belt latch on the front passenger seat that
measures the tension on the safety belt .
The weight -sensing mat measures total weight of the child and the
child safety seat and a chi ld blanket on the front passenger seat. The
weight on the front passenge r seat is related to the design of the
child restraint and its "footprint", the size and shape of the bottom
of the child restraint as it sits on the seat. The weight of a child
restraint and its "footprint" vary for different kinds of child .,
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