11111 Child Saf ety
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&, WARNING (continued )
• Alway s install rear-facing child safety seats on the rear seat .
• If you must inst all a rearwa rd facing child safety seat on the
front passenger seat in exceptional circum stan ces 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 immedi -
atel y by your Audi dealer.
& WARNING
If, in exceptional circumstance s, you mu st install a forward -facing
child restraint on the front passenger 's seat:
• Alway s make sure the forward -facing seat has been designed
and cert ified by its manufacturer for use on a front seat w ith a
passenger front and side airbag.
• Always follow the manufacturer's instruct ions provided with
the child safety seat or carrier.
• Alway s 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 mu st be adjusted to an upright position.
• Alway s make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
come s on and stays on all the time whenever the ignition is
sw itched on. •
Advanced front airbag system and children
Your vehicle is equipped with an "Advanced Airbag System" in
compl iance with United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Stan-
dard {FMVSSl 208 as applicable at the time your vehicle was manu -
factured.
The Advanced Airbag system in your vehicle has been certified to
meet the " low -risk" requirements for 3 and 6 year-old chi ldre n on
the passenger side and smal l adults on the driver side . The low risk
deployment criteria are intended to reduce the risk of injury through
interaction with the airbag that can occur, for example, by being too
close to the steering wheel and instrument panel when the airbag
inflates. In addition, the system has been certified to comply with
the "suppression" requirements of the Safety Standard, to turn off
the front airbag for infants up to 12 months who are restra ined 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 children, especially those 12 years and you nger, should
always ride in the back seat properly restrained for their age and
size . The airbag on the passenger side makes the front seat a poten-
tia lly dangerous place for a ch ild to ride. The front seat is not the
safest place for a child in a forward -facing child safety seat . It can be
a very dangerous place for an infant or a larger ch ild 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 child in a chi ld restra int 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 weigh t-sensing mat measures total weight of the chi ld and the
child safety seat and a child blanket on the front passenger seat . The
weig ht on t he fr ont passenger seat is related to the desig n of the
chi ld 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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