Audi TT 2012 Owner's Manual page 69

134 Child Safety
Child Safety 1:
5ubpart B - Rear-facing child restraints
5ubpart A - Car bed child restraints
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after
Century SmartFit December 1, 1999
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Cosco Arriva September 2S, 2007
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mat inside the front passenger seat, that the
front passenger airbag is turned off and that
the airbag status is always correctly signa Led
by the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light.
Many types and models of child restraints
have been available over the years, new mod-
els are introduced regularly incorporating new
and improved designs and older models are
taken out of production. Child restraints are
not standardized. Child restraints of the same
type typically have different weights and sizes
and different 'footprints,' the size and shape
of the bottom of the child restraint that sits
onthe seat, when they are installed on a vehi-
cle seat. These differences make it virtually
impossible to certify compliance with the re-
quirements for advanced airbags with each
and every child restraint that has ever been
sold in the past or will be sold over the course
of the usefullife of your vehicle.
For this reason, the United States National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration has
published a list of specific type, makes and
models of child restraints that must be used
to certify compliance of the Advanced Airbag
System in your vehicle with the suppression
requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard 208. These child restraints are:
Manufactured on or
after
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September 2S, 2007 Angel Guard Angel
Ride AA2403FOF
Madel
Regardless ofthe child restraint that you use,
make sure that it has been certified to meet
United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards and has been certified by its manu-
facturerfor use with an airbag. Always be sure
that the child restraint is properly installed at
one of the rear seating positions. If in excep-
tional circumstances you must use it on the
front passenger seat, carefully read all of the
information on child safety and Advanced Air-
bags and heed all of the applica ble WARN-
INes. Make certain that the child restraint is
correctly recognized by the weight-sensing
Child restraints and Advanced Airbags
The electronic control unit also registers the
tension on the front passenger safety belt.
The tension on the safety belt for the front
passenger seat will be different for an adult
who is properly using the safety belt as com-
pared to the tension on the belt when it is
used to attach a child restraint to the seat.
The sensor below the latch for the safety belt
for the front seat passenger measures the
tension on the belt. The input from this sen-
sor is then used with the weight to "decide",
whether there is a child restraint with a typical
1 year-old child on the front passenger seat
and whether or not the airbag must be turned
off.
seat. The weight of a child restraint and its
"footprint" vary for different kinds of child re-
straints and for the different models of the
sam e kind of child restraint offered by child
restraint manufacturers.
The weight ranges for the individual types,
makes and models of child restraints that the
NHTSA has specified in the Safety Standard
together with the weight ranges of typical in-
fants and typicall year-old child have been
stored in the control unit of the Advanced Air-
bag System. When a child restraint is being
used on the front passenger seat with a typi-
calI year-old child, the Advanced Airbag Sys-
tem compares the weight measured by the
weight sensing mat with the information stor-
ed in the electronic control unit.
Even though your vehicle is equipped with an
Advanced Airbag system, all children, espe-
cially those 12 years and younger, should al-
ways ride in the back seat properly restrained
for their age and size. The airbag on the pas-
senger side makes the front seat a potentially
dangerous place for a child to ride. The front
seat is not the safest place for a child in a for-
ward-facing child safety seat. It can be a very
dangerous place for an infant or a larger child
in a rearward-facing seat.
Advanced Airbags and the weight-
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sensing mat in the front seat
The Advanced Airbag system in your vehicle
has been certified to meet the "low-risk" re-
quirements for 3- and 6-year old children on
the passenger side and small 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 "sup-
pression" requirements ofthe Safety Stand-
ard, to turn off the front airbag for infants up
to 12 months who are restrained on the front
passenger seat in child restraints that are list-
ed in the Standard.
(FMVSS) 208 as applicable at the time your
vehicle was manufactured.
The Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle
detects the presence of an infant or child in a
child restraint on the front passenger seat us-
ing the weight-sensing mat in the seat cush-
ion a nd 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 ofthe child and the child safety seat
and a child blanket on the front passenger
seat. The weight on the front passenger seat
is related to the design of the child restraint
and its "footprint", the size and shape ofthe
bottom of the child restraint as it sits on the
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Always replace child restraints that were
installed in a vehicle during a crash. Dam-
age to a child restraint that is not visible
could cause it to fail in another collision
situation.
Advanced front airbag system and
children
Vour vehicle is equipped with an "Advanced
Airbag System" in compliance with United
States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
- Always install rear-facing child safety
seats on the rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward facing
child safety seat on the front passenger
seat in exceptional circumstances 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 air-
bag system inspected immediately by
your Audi dealer.
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WARNING
If, in exceptional circumstances, you must
install a forward-facing child restraint on
the front passenger's seat:
- Always make sure the forward-facing
seat has been designed and certified by
its manufacturer for use on a front seat
with a passenger front and side airbag.
- Always follow the manufacturer's in-
structions provided with the child safety
seat or carrier.
- Always move the passenger seat into its
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 backrest must be
adjusted to an upright position.
- Always make sure that the PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF light comes on and stays
on all the time whenever the ignition is
switched on.
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