Audi Q5 2011 Owner's Manual page 182

180 Child Safety
NHTSA has specified in the Safety Standard
together with the weight ranges of typical in-
fants and typical 1 year-old child have been
stored in the control un it of the Advanced Air-
bag System. When a child restraint is being
used on the front passenger seat with a typi-
cal 1 year-old child, the Advanced Airbag Sys-
tem compa res the we ight measured by the
weight sensing mat with the inf orma ti on st or-
ed in t he elect ron ic cont rol uni t .
The electron ic control unit also registers the
tension on the front passenger safety belt .
The t ension on t he safety belt fo r the front
passenger seat will be diffe rent fo r an adul t
who is prope rly using the safety belt as com-
pared to the tension on the belt whe n it is
used to attach a chi ld restraint to the seat.
The sensor below the latch fo r 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",
whet her there is a child restraint w ith a typ ical
1 year-old child on the front passenger seat
and whet her or not the airb ag must be tu rned
off.
Child restraints and Advanced Airbags
Regardl ess of the chi ld restraint t hat you use,
make sure t hat it has been certified to meet
United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards and has been certified by its manu-
facturer for use with an airbag. Always be sure
that the child restraint is properly insta ll ed at
one of the rear seating positions . If in excep-
tional circumstanc es you must use it on the
fro nt passenger seat , caref ull y read all of th e
inf ormat ion on child safety and Advanced Air-
bags and heed all of t he appli cable WARN-
I NGS. Make certai n that the child restraint is
correctly recognized by the weig ht-sensing
mat inside the front passenger seat, that the
fro nt passenger airbag is turned off and that
the airbag status is always correctly signaled
by the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light .
Many types and models of child restra ints
have been available over the years, new mod-
els are introduced regularly incorporating new
and imp roved designs and older mode ls are
taken out of product ion. Child restraints are
not standard ized. Child rest raints of the same
type typically have different weights and sizes
and different 'footpr ints,' the size and shape
of the bottom of the child restrai nt that sits
on the seat, when they are insta ll ed on a vehi-
cle seat . These diffe rences make it virtually
impos sible to certify complian ce wi t h t he re-
quiremen t s for advanced airbags wit h each
and every chil d restra int t hat has ever been
sold in the past or wi ll be sold over the course
of the useful life of your vehicle.
For t his reason, t he Unite d St at es Nat ion al
Highway Traffic Safety Adm inist rat ion has
published a list of specific type, makes and
models of child restraints that must be used
to certify comp liance of the Advanced Airbag
System in your vehicle with the suppression
requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard 208 . These chi ld restraints are:
Subpart A - Car bed child restra ints
Model
Angel Guard Angel
Ride AA2403FOF
Manufactured on or
after
September 2S, 2007
Subpart B - Rear-facing child restraints
Model Manufactured on or
after
Century SmartFit December 1, 1999
45 4 3
Cosco Arriva
September 25, 2007
I
22-013PAW and base
22 -999WHO
I
Evenfl o Discovery Ad- December 1, 1999
just Right 21 2
Evenflo First Choice December 1, 1999
204
Grace Infant 8457 December 1, 1999
Grace Snug ride September 25, 2007
Peg Perego Primo Vi- September 25, 2007
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