Audi AS Coupe 2017 Owner's Manual page 152

Ch ild safet y
and typical 1 year -old child have been sto red in
the control unit of the Advanced Airbag System.
When a chi ld restra int is being used on the front
passenger seat with a typical 1 year-old child, the
Advanced Airbag System compares the we ight
measured by the we ight sensing mat with the in-
formation stored in the electronic control unit.
The electronic control un it also registers the ten-
sion on the front passenger safety belt. The ten-
sion on the safety belt for the fro nt passenger
seat will be d ifferent for an adult w ho is properly
using the safety belt as compared to the tension
on t he belt w hen it is used to attach a ch ild re-
st ra int t o t he sea t . The senso r below the latch fo r
t he safety belt for t he front sea t passenger
measures the tension on the belt. The inp ut from
this senso r is then used with the weight to "de -
cide", whether there is a child restra int w ith a
typical 1 year-old child on the front passenge r
seat and whether or not the a irbag must be
turned off.
Child restraints and Advanced Airbags
Regard less of the child restra int tha t you use,
make su re that it has been cert ified to meet Safe -
ty Standa rds and has been certified by its manu-
facture r for use wit h an a irbag . Always be sure
t hat the chi ld restrain t is properly insta lled at
one of the rear seating positions . If in exception -
al circumstances you m ust use it on the front
passenger seat, carefully read all of the informa-
tion on child safety and Advanced Airbags and
heed a ll of the app licab le WARNINGS. Make cer-
tain tha t the child res t ra int is correc t ly recog-
nized by the we ight-sens ing mat inside the front
passenger seat, t hat t he fron t passe nger a irbag
is t urned off and t ha t the airbag st atus is al ways
corre ct ly sign al ed by t he PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light .
Many types and mo dels of child res tr ai nts have
been available ove r the year s, new mode ls are in-
troduce d regularly inco rpora ti ng new and im-
proved designs and older mode ls are taken out of
product ion . Child restraints a re not standardized .
Child restraints of the same type typ ically have
d ifferent weights and s izes and d ifferent 'foot-
prints,' the size a nd shape of the bottom of t he
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child restraint t hat sits on the seat, when they
a re installed on a vehicle seat . These differences
make it virtua lly impossib le to certify comp liance
with the requirements for advanced a irbags w ith
each and every child restra int that has ever been
sold in the past or will be sold over the course of
t he usefu l life of your vehicle .
For t his reason, the United States National High-
way Traffic Safety Admin istrat ion has published a
list of specific type, makes and mode ls of ch ild
res t ra ints t hat must be used to certify compli-
ance of t he Advanced Airbag System in your vehi-
cle w ith the suppression requirements of Federa l
Moto r Vehicle Safety Sta nda rd 208. These child
res t ra ints are :
Subpart A- Car bed child restraints
Model Manufactured on or
after
Angel Guard Angel Septe m ber 2 5, 20 07
Ride AA24 03F OF
Subpart B - Rear-facing child restraints
Model Manufactured on or
after
Century SmartFit 4543 December 1, 1999
Cosco Arriva September 25, 2007
22-013PAW and base
22- 9 99WHO
Evenflo Discove ry Ad- December 1, 1999
just Right 212
Even flo First Choi ce December 1, 1999
2 04
Grace Infant 8457 December 1, 1999
Grace Snugride September 25, 2007
Peg Perego Primo Viag- September 25, 2007
g io SIP IMUNOOUS
Subpart C - Forward-facing and convertible
child restraints
Model Manufactured on or
after
Britax Roundabo ut September 25, 2007
E9L02xx
Cosco Touriva 0 2 519 December 1, 1999
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