120 Airb a g sys t e m
crashes that take place at lower decelerations
as defined in the electronic control unit
c:::> page 12 8, PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light.
Always remember, a chi ld safety seat or infant
carrier insta lled on the front seat may be
struck and knocked out of position by the rap-
idly inflating passenger's a irbag in a frontal
coll is ion. The airbag cou ld greatly reduce the
effectiveness of the child restraint and even
seriously injure the child during inflat ion .
A WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing child safety
seat insta lled on the front passenger seat
will be seriously injured and can be killed if
t he front a irbag infla t es - even with a n Ad-
vanced Airbag System.
- The inflating a irbag will hit the child
safety seat or infant car rier wit h g reat
force and will smash the ch ild safety seat
and child against the backrest, door or
roof .
- Never install a rearward facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat
unless the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on. If the PAS-
SENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not
come o n and stay on the inflating airbag
will hit the child safe ty seat or infant car-
rie r with great fo rce and will smash the
child safety seat and child against the
backres t , door or roof. Have the airbag
system inspe cted immedia t ely by your
authorized Audi dealer.
- Forward-fac ing ch ild safety sea t s instal-
led on the front passenger 's seat may in-
terfere with the deployment of the air-
bag and cause serious personal injury to
the ch ild.
A WARNING
If, in exceptional circumstances, you must
install a forward-facing child restra int on
the front passenger's seat:
- Always make sure the forward-fac ing
seat has been des igned and certified by
its manufacturer fo r use on a front seat
wit h a passenger front and s ide a irbag.
- Never put t he fo rward-facing child re-
straint up against or very near the instru-
ment panel.
- Always move the passenge r seat into its
rearmost pos ition in the seat's fore and
aft adju stment range, as far away from
the airbag as possible before installing
the forward-fac ing ch ild restra int. The
backrest must be adju sted to an up right
position .
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on all the
time wheneve r the ignit ion is switched
on.
A WARNING
To reduce t he risk of serio us inju ry, ma ke
sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will be displayed whenever a child re-
straint is insta lled on the front passenger
seat and the ignition is sw itched on.
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not stay on, per form the checks de-
scribed c:::> page 128 , Monitoring the Ad -
vanced Airbag System.
- Never install a rearward facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat
un less t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on. If the PAS-
SENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not
come on and stay on, the inf lating airbag
will hit the child safety seat or infant car-
rier with great force and will sm ash t he
child safety seat and child against the
backrest, door or roof. Have the a irbag
system inspected immediately by your
author ized Audi dealer.
- Always carefu lly follow instr uctions from
child restraint manufacturers when in-
stalling ch ild restra ints .
A WARNING
-
If, in except iona l circumstances, you m ust
install a forward or rearward-facing child
restra int on the front passenger 's seat : "'
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