Audi A8 2018 - Page 232

Airb a g syste m
- The inflating airbag will hit the child seat or
infant carrier with great force and will
smash the ch ild seat and child against the
backrest, center armrest , door or roof .
- Always install rear-facing child seats on the
rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward fac ing ch ild
seat on the front passenger seat because of
exceptional circumstances and the
PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on
and stay on, immediately insta ll the rear-
facing child seat in a rea r seating position
and have the airbag system inspected by
your Audi dealer.
- Forward-facing ch ild seats insta lled on the
front passenge r's sea t may int erfe re with
the deployment of the airbag and cause se-
rious persona l injury to the child.
A WARNING
If, in exceptional circumstances, you must in-
stall a forward-facing chi ld restraint on the
front passenger's seat :
- Always make sure the forward -facing seat
has been designed and cert ified by its man-
ufact urer for use on a front seat with a pas-
senger front and side a irbag.
- Never put the forward-facing child restraint
up against or very near the instrument pan-
el.
- Always move the front passenger seat to
the highest position in the up and down ad-
justment range and move it back to the
rearmost position in the seat's fore and aft
adjustment range, as fa r away from the air-
bag as possib le, before insta lling the for-
ward-facing child res t raint.
- Always make sure that the safety belt upper
anchorage is beh ind the child restraint and
not next t o or in front of the child restrain t
so tha t the safety belt will be properly pos i-
tioned.
- Make sure tha t the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on all the time
whenever the ignition is switched on.
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A WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious injury, make sure
that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light will
be d isplayed whenever a child restraint is in-
stalled on the front passenge r seat and the
ignit ion is switched on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not stay on, perform the checks desc ribed
~ page 23 7, Monitoring the Advan ced Air-
bag System.
- Take the child restra int off the front passen-
ge r seat an d install it prope rly at one of the
rear sea t positions if the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
light does not stay on .
- Have the airbag system inspec t ed by your
Audi dea ler immediately.
- Always carefully follow ins t ruc t ions from
child restrain t manufacture rs when instal-
ling child restra ints .
A WARNING
If, in exceptional circumstances, you must in-
stall a forward or rearward-fac ing child re-
stra int on the front passenger's seat:
- Improper installat ion of child restraints can
reduce the ir effectiveness or even prevent
them from provid ing any protect ion.
- An improperly installed child restra int can
inter fere with the airbag as it deploys and
serious ly injure or even kill the child - even
with an Advanced Airbag System.
- Always carefully follow the manufacturer's
instructions provided with the child seat or
car rier.
- Never place add itiona l items on the seat
that can increase the tota l weight registered
by the weight -sensing mat and can cause in-
jury in a crash.