Ch ild s a fety
all the time whenever the ignition is
sw itched on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not come on and stay on, immediate-
ly install the forward-facing child seat in a
rear seating posit ion and have the airbag
system inspected by your authorized Aud i
dealer .
- Always buckle the child seat firmly in
place even if a ch ild is not sitt ing in it . A
loose child seat can fly around during a
sudden stop o r in a collision.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS
wheneve r us ing a child restraint in a vehi-
cle ~
page 134, Safety belts, ~ page 142,
Airbag system and ~page 166, Impor-
tant information .
(D Tips
Always replace chi ld restraints that were in-
stalled in a vehicle dur ing a crash. Damage to
a child res t raint that is not visib le cou ld cause
it to fail in anothe r collision situation .
Advanced front airbag system and children
Your vehicle is equipped with a front "Advanced
Airbag System" in compliance with United States
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS)
208, as well as Canada Motor Veh icle Safe ty
Standard (CMVSS) 208 as applicable at the time
your ve hicle was manufactured .
The Advanced Airbag system in you r veh icle has
been cert ified to meet the "low-risk" requ ire-
ments for 3- and 6-year old children on the pas -
senger side and small adults on the driver side .
The low risk deployment cr ite ria are intended to
reduce t he risk of injury through inte ract ion with
the airbag t hat can occur, for examp le, by being
too close to the steering whee l and instrument
panel when the airbag inflates . In addition, the
system has been certified to comply with the
"suppress ion" req uirements of the Safety Stand-
ard, to turn off the front airbag for infants up to
12 months who are restra ined on the front pas-
senger seat in child restraints that are listed in
the Standard .
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Even thoug h your vehicle is equipped with an Ad-
vanced Airbag system, all chi ldren, especially
t hose 12 years and younger, shou ld a lways ride
in the back seat properly restrained for their age
and s ize . The airbag on the passenger s ide makes
the front seat a potentia lly dangerous place for a
child to ride . The front seat is not the safest place
fo r a ch ild in a fo rward-fac ing ch ild safety seat .
It
can be a very dangerous place fo r an infant o r a
la rge r ch ild in a rear war d-facing seat.
The veh icle's Advanced Airbag System has a ca-
pac it ive passenger detection system in the front
passenge r seat cushion that can detect the pres -
ence of a baby or a child in a child res tr a int sys -
tem on t his seat .
The capacitive passenger detection system reg is-
te rs the changes that result in an elect rical field
whe n a child, a chi ld restra int, and a baby bla nket
are on the front passenger sea t . The change in
the measured capacitance due to the presence of
a chi ld, a child restraint, and a baby blanket on
the front passenger seat is re lated to the child
restra int system resting on the seat . The meas-
ured capacitance of a child restra int system var-
ies depending on the type of system and specific
make and model.
The elect rical capac itance of the various types,
makes, and models of child restraints specif ied
by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Ad-
min istrat ion (NHTSA) in the releva nt safety
standard are stored in the Advanced Airbag Sys-
tem contro l unit together with the capacitances
typ ical of infants and a 1-year old child. When a
child restraint is used on the front passenger
seat wit h a typical 1 year-old infant, t he Ad-
vanced Airbag System compares the capacitance
measured by the capacitive passenger detection
system with the data stored in the electronic con-
tro l unit .
Child restraints and Advanced front airbag
system
Regardless of the ch ild rest raint that you use,
make sur e tha t it has been ce rt ified t o mee t Safe -
ty Standards and has been cert ified by its man u-
facturer for use with an airbag . Always be sure ..,.
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