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Child Saf e ty
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WARNING (continued )
airbag system inspected immedi ately by your author ized Audi
dealer.
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WARNING
If, in exception al circum st ances, you mu st inst all a forward -facing
child restraint on the front passenger's seat :
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Always ma ke sure the forw ard-facing seat has been designed
and certified by it s manufa cturer for use on a front seat with a
passenger front and side airbag.
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Alway s follow the manufactur er's instruction s provided with
the child safety seat or carrier.
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Alway s move the passenger seat into its rearmo st position in
the seat's fore and aft adjustment range, as far away from the
airbag as possible before installing the child restraint. The back-
rest must be adjusted to an upright position.
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Alway s make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
come s on and stays on all the time w henever the igniti on is
switched on. •
Advanced
front
airbag
system
and children
Your vehicle is equipped w it h an "Advanced Airbag Syste m " in
compliance with United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Stan-
dard (FMVSS) 208 as appl icab le at the time your vehicle was manu -
factured.
The Advanced Airbag system in your vehicle has been certified to
meet the " low -risk" requirements for 3 and 6 year-old chi ldren on
the passenger side and smal l adults on the driver side. The low risk
deployme nt criteria are intended t o reduce the risk of injury through
interaction with the airbag that can occur, for examp le, by being too
close to t he stee ring wheel and instrument
pane l when the airbag
inflates. In addition, the system has been certified to comply with
the "suppression"
requirements of the Safety Standard, to turn off
t he front airbag for infa nts up to 12 m ont hs who are restra ined on
the front passenger seat in child restraints that are listed in the
St andard.
Even though your veh icle is equ ipped with an Advanced Airbag
system, a chi ld should always ride in the seat properly restrained for
its age and size. The airbag on the passenger side makes the front
seat a potential ly dangerous p lace for a chi ld to ride. The front seat
is not t he safes t place for a child in a forward -fac ing chi ld 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-sensing
mat in the front
seat
The Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle detects the presence
of an infant or child in a child restraint on the front passenger seat
using the weight -sensing mat in the seat cush ion and 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 of the chi ld and the
child safety seat and a ch ild blan ket on the front passenger seat . The
we ig ht on the front passenger seat is related to the design of the
chi ld restraint and its "footprint",
the size and shape of the bottom
of the child restra int as it sits on the seat. The we ight of a ch ild
restraint and its "footprint"
vary for different kinds of child
restra ints and for the different mode ls of the same kin d of ch ild
restraint offered by child restraint manufacturers.
Th e weight ranges f o r the i nd ividual types, makes and mode ls of
chi ld restraints that the NHTSA has specified in the Safety Standard
together with the weight ranges of typical infants and typica l 1 year-
old chi ld have been stored in the contro l unit of the Advanced
Airbag System. When a child restraint is being used on the front
passenger seat with a typica l 1 year-old ch ild, the Advanced Airbag
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