Audi RS 7 Sportback 2016 Owner's Manual page 139

about children and Advanced Airbags
c::> p age 159 .
Even though your vehicle is equipped with an Ad-
vanced Airbag System, make certain that all chil-
dren, especially those 12 years and younger, a l-
ways ride in the back seat properly restrained for
their age and size. The airbag on the passenger
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 forward-facing child
seat .
It
can be a very dangerous place for an in-
fant or a child in a rearward-fac ing seat.
The Advanced Airbag System in your veh icle has
been certified to comply with the requirements
of United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standa rd (FMVSS) 208, as well as Canada Motor
Vehicle Safety Standa rd (CMVSS) 208 as applica-
ble at the t ime your veh icle was m a nufact ured.
Accord ing to requirements, the front Advanced
Airbag System on the passenger side has been
certifi ed for "suppression" for infants of about
12 month old and younger and for "low risk de-
ployment" for children aged 3 to 6 years old (as
defined in the standard) .
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light in the instru-
ment panel tells you when the front Advanced
Airbag on the passenger side has been turned off
by the electronic control unit.
Each time yo u switch on the ignition, the
PAS·
SENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will come on for a
few seconds and:
- will stay on if the front passenger seat is not
occupied,
- will stay on if the electrical capacitance meas -
ured by the capac itive passenger detection sys-
tem for the front passenger seat equals the
combined capacitance of an infant up to about
one year of age and one of the rearward-facing
or forward-facing child restraints listed in Fed -
era l Moto r Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS)
208 with which the Advanced Airbag System in
yo ur vehicle was ce rtified. For a listing of the
child rest raints t hat were used to certify your
vehicle's compliance with the Safety Standa rd
c::> p age 161 .
Airb a g sys tem
- will stay on if there is a small child or child re-
straint on the front passenger seat,
- w ill go off if the front passenge r seat is occu -
pied by an adult as registered by the capac itive
passenger detection system
c::,
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itoring the Advanced Airbag System.
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on
when e lectrica l capacitance registered on the
front passenger seat is equal to or less t han the
combined capacitance of a typical 1 year-old in-
fant and one of the rearward-facing or forward-
facing child restraints listed in Federal Motor Ve-
hicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 208 with wh ich
the Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle was
certified.
If the total e lect rical capacitance reg istered on
t he front passenger seat is more than that of a
typ ical 1 year-old ch ild but less than the weight
of a sma ll adult, the front airbag on the passen-
ger side can deploy (the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light does not come on).
If
the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not
come on, the front airbag on the passenger side
has not been tu rned off by t he electron ic con t rol
unit and can dep loy if the control unit senses an
impact that meets the cond itions st ored in its
memory .
For example , th e airbag may deplo y if :
- a small ch ild that is heav ier than a typ ical 1
year-o ld child is on the front passenger seat
(regardless of whethe r the child is in one of the
child seats list ed
c::> p age 161),
or
- a child who has outgrown child rest raints is on
the front passenge r seat.
If the front passenger airbag is turned off, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on in the
inst rument cluste r and stays on .
If the front passenger airbag deploys, the Feder-
al Standard requires the airbag to meet the "low
risk" deployment cr iteria to reduce the risk of in-
jury through interact ion w ith the airbag . "Low
risk" dep loymen t occurs in those crashes that
t ake place at lowe r decelerations as defined in
the e lectronic cont rol unit
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