2010 AUDI A5 CABRIOLET Owners Manual

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& WARNING (c on tinued )
• Always install rearward-facing child safety seat s on the rear
seat .
• If you must install a rearward facing child safety seat on the
front passenger seat in e xceptional circumstance s and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not come on and sta y on,
immediately install the rearward-facing child safety seat in a rear
seating position and have the airbag system inspected immedi ·
ately by your authorized Audi dealer .
_& 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 instructions 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 po ssible before in stalling the child restraint. The back­
rest must be adjusted to an upright position.
• Alway s make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
comes on and stays on all the time whenever the ign ition is
switched on .•
Advanced front airbag system and children
Your vehicle is equipped wi th a fron t "Adva nced Airbag Syste m" in
compliance with United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
(FMVSS) 20 8 as app licable at t he time your ve hicle w as m anufa c­
tured.
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T
he Advanced A irbag system in your veh icle has been ce rtified to
meet the "low-r isk" re quiremen ts fo r 3-and 6-ye ar old c hildre n on
t he passenger side and small ad ults o n the dr ive r side . The low r isk
deployme nt c riteria are intende d to reduce the risk of injury t hrough
in teraction with the airbag that can occ ur, for example, by being too
close to the steering w heel and i nstr ument panel when the ai rbag
inflates . In addi tion, the system has bee n certified to comp ly with the
"suppression" requirements of the Safety Sta ndard, to turn
off the
fr ont ai rbag for infan ts up to 12 month s w ho are rest rai ned on the
front passenger seat in child restraints t hat are listed in the Stan­
d ard .
Even thoug h your veh icle is eq uipped with an Advanced Airbag
system, a ll child ren, es pecially those 12 years and yo unger, should
always ride in the back seat pro perly r estra ined for the ir age and s ize.
T he airbag on the passenger si de makes the fro nt seat a potentially
dange rous place fo r a child to ride. The front seat is not the s afest
place for a c hild in a forward-facing c hild safety seat. It can be a very
dange rous place for a n infant or a larger ch ild in a rearward-fa cing
seat. •
Advanced Airbags and the weight-sensing
mat in the front seat
Th e Advance d Airbag System i n your vehicle detects the p resence o f
an in fant o r chil d in a c hild rest raint o n the front passenger seat using
the weight-sens ing mat in the seat cushion and the sensor be low the
safety belt latc h on t he fro nt passeng er seat that meas ures t he
tension on the sa fety belt.
Th e weigh t-sens ing m at me asures to tal weight of the ch il d and t he
child saf ety seat a nd a child blanket on the front passenge r seat . T he
we ight on t he front passenger seat is re lated to t he desi gn of the
child res traint and i ts "foot print", the size and shape of the bo ttom
of the chi ld restraint as it sits on the seat . The weight of a child
restra int a nd its " foo tprint" va ry for diffe re nt k inds of child res tra ints
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and for the different models of the same kind of child restraint
offered by child restraint manufactu rers .
The weight ranges for the individual types, makes and models of ch ild
restraints that the NHTSA has specified in the Safety Standard
together with the weight ranges of typica l infants and typical 1 year­
old child have been stored in the control unit of the Advanced Airbag
System. When a child restraint is being used on the front passenger
seat with a typical 1 year-old chi ld, the Advanced Airbag System
compares the weight measured by the weight sens ing mat with the
information stored in the electronic control unit .
T he electronic control unit also registers the tension on the front
passenger safety be lt . The tension on the safety belt fo r the front
passenger seat will be different for an adult who is properly using the
safety belt as compared to the tension on the be lt 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 sensor is then used with the we ight to
"decide", whether there is a child restraint with a typical 1 yea r-old
child on the front passenger seat and whether or not the airbag must
be turned off.•
Child restraints and Advanced Airbags
Regardless of the 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 manufacturer for use with an
airbag . Always be sure that the child restraint is properly installed at
one of the rear seating positions. If in exceptional circumstances you
must use it on the front passenger seat, carefully read all of the infor­
mation on chi ld safety and Advanced Airbags and heed a ll of the
applicable WARNINGS. Make certain that the child restraint is
correctly recognized by the weight-sensing mat inside the front
passenger seat, that the front 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 mode ls are introduced regularly incorporating new
and improved designs and older models are taken out of production .
Chi ld restraints are not standardized. Child restraints of the same
type typically have different weights and sizes and different 'foot­
prints,' the size and shape of the bottom of the chi ld restraint that
sits on the seat, whe n they are installed on a vehicle seat. These
differences make it virtually impossible to certify compliance with
the requirements for advanced airbags with each and every child
restraint that has ever been sold in the past or w ill be sold over the
course of the useful lif e of yo ur vehicle.
For this reason, the United States National H ighway Traffic Safety
Administration has published a list of specific type, makes and
mode ls of child restraints that must be used to cert ify comp liance of
the Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle with the suppression
requirements of Fede ral Motor Vehicle Safety Standa rd 208. These
child restraints are:
A. Car beds, manufactured on or after September 1,
2004:
• Cosco Dream Ride 02-719
B. Rearward facing child restraint systems,
manufactured on or after September 1, 2004:
(When the restraint system comes equipped with a removable base,
compliance has to be certified w ith or w ithout the base).
• Britax Handle with Care 191
• Century Assura 4553
• Century Smart Fit 4543
• Cosco Arriva 02727
• Evenflo Discovery Adjust Right 212
• Evenflo First Choice 204
• Graco Infant 8457

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C. Forward-facing convertible child restraint
systems, manufactured on or after September 1,
2004:
• Britax Roundabout 161
• Century Encore 4612
• Century STE 1000 4416
• Cosco Olympian 02803
• Cosco Touriva 02519
• Evenflo Horizon V 425
• Evenflo Medallion 254
• Safety First Comfort Ride 22-400
& WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious injury, make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on and stays on whenever a
child restraint is installed on the front passenger seat and the
ignition is switched on.
• Take the child restraint off the front passenger seat and install
it properly at one of the rear seat positions if the PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF light does not stay on.
• Have the airbag system inspected by your authorized Audi
dealer immediately.
(I} Tips
The child seats listed in categories A to C have been tested by Audi
only for the Advanced Airbag function. •
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Important safety instructions for using
child safety seats
Correct use of child safety seats substantially reduces the
risk of injury in an accident!
As the driver, you are responsible for the safety of everybody
in the vehicle, especially children:
- Always use the right child safety seat for each child and
always use it properly::::>
page 227.
- Always carefully follow the child safety seat manufac­
turer's instructions on how to route the safety belt prop­
erly through the child safety seat.
- When using the vehicle safety belt to install a child safety
seat, you must first activate the convertible locking
retractor on the safety belt to prevent the child safety seat
from moving ::::>
page 232.
-Push the child safety seat down with your full weight to
get the safety belt really tight so that the seat cannot
move forward or sideways more than one inch (2.5 cm).
- If a strap or tether is being used to tie the child safety seat
to the front passenger seat, make sure that it is not so
tight that it causes the weight-sensing mat to measure more weight than is actually on the seat.
Always remember: Even though your vehicle is equipped with an
Advanced Airbag system, all children, especially those 12 years and
younger, should always ride in the back seat properly restrained for
their age and size . ..,
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in. WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, using the wrong child safety seat or
improperly installing a child restraint increases the risk of serious
personal injury and death.
• All vehicle occupants and especially children must always be
restrained properly whenever riding in a vehicle .
- An unrestrained or improperly restrained child can be injured or killed by being thrown against the inside of the
vehicle or by being ejected from it during a sudden maneuver or impact.
- An unrestrained or improperly restrained child is at much greater risk of injury or death by being struck by an inflating
airbag.
• Commercially available child safety seats are required to
comply with U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS)
213 (in Canada CMVSS 213).
- When buying a child restraint, select one that fits your child and the vehicle.
- Only use child restraint systems that fully contact the flat portion of the seat cushion. The child restraint must not tip or
lean to either side. Audi does not recommend using child
safety seats that rest on legs or tube-like frames . They do not
provide adequate contact with the seat .
- Always heed all legal requirements pertaining to the instal­
lation and use of child safety seats and carefully follow the instructions provided by the manufacturer of the seat you are
using.
• Never allow children under 57 inches (1.5 meters) to wear a
normal safety belt . They must always be restrained by a proper
child restraint system. Otherwise, they could sustain injuries to
the abdomen and neck areas during sudden braking maneuvers or accidents.
• Never let more than one child occupy a child safety seat.
& WARNING (co ntinued )
• Never let babies or older children ride in a vehicle while sitting
on the lap of another passenger .
- Holding a child in your arms is never a substitute for a child
restraint system.
- The strongest person could not hold the child with the forces
that exist in an accident. The child will strike the interior of the
vehicle and can also be struck by the passenger.
- The child and the passenger can also injure each other in an
accident .
• Never install rear-facing child safety seats or infant carriers on
the front passenger seat. A child will be seriously injured and can be killed when the passenger airbag inflates -even with an
Advanced Airbag System.
• The inflating airbag will hit the child safety seat or infant
carrier with great force and will smash the child safety seat and
child against the backrest, center arm rest, door or roof.
• Always install rear-facing child safety seats or infant carriers
on the rear seat.
• Forward-facing child safety seats installed on the front
passenger 's seat can interfere with the airbag when it inflates and
cause serious injury to the child . Always install forward-facing
child safety seats on the rear seat.
• If exceptional circumstances require the use of a forward·
facing child restraint on the front passenger's seat , the child's
safety and well-being require that the following special precau­
tions be taken:
- 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 carefully follow the manufacturer's instructions
provided with the child safety seat or carrier.

& WARNING (continued)
-Always move the front passenger seat into the rearmost
position of the passenger seat's fore and aft adjustment range,
and as far away from the airbag as possible before installing
the child restraint.
- Always make sure that nothing prevents the front
passenger's seat from being moved to the rearmost position in
its fore and aft adjustment range.
- Always make sure that the backrest is in the upright posi­
tion.
• Always buckle the child safety seat firmly in place even if a
child is not sitting in it. A loose child safety seat can fly around
during a sudden stop or in a collision.
• Always read and heed all WARNINGS whenever using a child
restrained in a vehicle is being used=>
page 190, "Safety belts",
~ page 200, "Airbag system" and~ page 222, "Child Safety".
& WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious injury, make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light comes on and stays on whenever a
child restraint is installed on the front passenger seat and the
ignit ion is switched on.
• Take the child restrain t off the front passenger seat and install
it properly at one of the rear seat positions if the PASSENGER AIR
BAG
OFF light does not stay on.
• Have the airbag system inspected by your authorized Audi
dealer immediately.
& WARNING
A child in a child restraint installed with the LATCH lower anchor­
ages or with the standard safety belt on the rear seat may play
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& WARNING (continued)
with unused rear seat safety belts and become entangled
resulting in serious personal injury and even death.
• Always buckle unused rear seat safety belts out of reach of chil­
dren in child seats and properly activate the convertible locking
retractor so that the child cannot unreel the safety belt from the
retractor .•
Child safety seats
Infant seats
Babies and infants up to about one year old and 20 lbs. or
9 kg need special rearward-facing child restraints that
support the back, neck and head in a crash .
Fig. 205 Schematic
overview: rearward­
facing infant seat, properly installed on
the rear
seat
- When using the vehicle safety belt to install a child safety
seat, you must first activate the convertible locking
retractor on the safety belt to prevent the child safety seat
from moving =>
page 232 or install the seat using the
LATCH attachments. •
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- Push the child safety seat down with your full weight to
get the safety belt really tight so that the seat cannot
move forward or sideways more than one inch (2.5 cm).
Infants up to about one year (20 lbs. or 9 kg) a re best protected in
special infant carriers and child safety seats designed for the ir age
group . Many exp erts believe that infants and small children should
r ide only in spec ial restraints in which the child faces the back of the
vehicle. These infant seats suppo rt the baby's back, neck and head in
a crash=> fig. 205.
The airbag on the passenge r side makes the front seat a potentially
dangerous place for a chi ld to ride. The front seat is not the safest
place for a ch ild in a forward-facing child seat. It is a very dangerous
place for an infant or a large r child in a rearward -fac ing seat.
& WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, using the wrong child safety seat or
improperly installing a
child restraint increases the risk of serious
personal injury and death
in a crash.
• Never install rear-facing child safety seats
or infant carriers on
the front passenger seat -even with an Advanced Airbag System.
A child will be seriously injured and can be killed when the
inflating airbag hits the child safety seat or infant carrier with
great force and smashes the
child safety seat and child against the
backrest, center arm rest,
door or roof => page 202, "Child
restraints on the front seat- some important things to know".
• Always install rearward-facing child safety seats
or infant
carriers on the rear seat.
• Never install a rearward-facing child restraint in the forward­
facing direction. Such restraints are designed for the special needs
of infants and very small children and cannot protect them
prop·
erly if the seat is forward-facing.
• If you must install a rearward facing child safety seat on the
front passenger seat because of exceptional circumstances and
the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not come on and stay on,
& WARNING (continued)
immediately install the rearward-facing child safety seat in a rear
seating position and have the airbag system inspected by your
authorized Audi dealer.
• Always read and heed all WARNINGS whenever using a child
restrained
in a vehicle is being used => page 190, "Safety belts",
=> page 200, "Airbag system" and => page 222, "Important
things to know" .•
Convertib le child safety seats
Properly used convertible child safety seats can help
protect toddlers and children over age one who weigh between 20 and 40 lbs. (9 and 18 kg) in a crash .
Fig. 206 Schematic
overview: installation
of the attachments
applicable to a LATC H
seat ...

Fig. 20 7 S chem atic
o verview : in stallati on
o f the seat usi ng t he
v e h icl e's s afety belt
system
- Whe n usi ng th e v ehicle safety belt to ins tall a c hild safety
seat , you mus t first activ ate the convert ible locking
f ea ture on the s afe ty b elt to preve nt the child s afe ty seat
fro m moving==>
page 232 or install t he seat usi ng t he
L A T CH a ttac hments .
- P ush the child saf ety s eat dow n with yo ur full weight to
get the safety be lt rea lly t ight so that the se at ca nnot
mov e fo rward o r sideways more than o ne i nch ( 2.5 cm)
=> page 232.
A tod dler or ch ild is usu a lly too large for a n in fant rest raint if it is
more tha n on e year old and weig hs mo re than 20 lbs. (9 kg).
Todd le rs and children who are older than one year up to about 4 years
old and weig h m or e th an 20 l bs ( 9 kg) up t o 40 l bs. (1 8 kg) mus t
always be properly restrained in a chi ld safety seat certif ied for the ir
si ze and weig ht =>
p age 2 28, fi g. 206 and => page 229, fig . 207 .
Th e a irbag on the passenger side makes the front seat a pot entia lly
dange rous p lace for a child to ride . The front seat is not t he safest
pla ce fo r a child in a forwa rd-f acin g ch ild sa fe ty seat . It is a very
dange rous p lace for an infant or a large r chi ld in a rearward -facing
se at.
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& WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, using the wrong child safety seat or
improperly installing a child restraint increases the risk of serious
personal injury and death in a collision or other emergency situa­
tion .
• Children on the front seat of any car, even with Advanced
Airbags, can be seriously injured or even killed when an airbag inflates. A child in a rearward-facing child safety seat installed on
the front passenger seat will be seriously injured and can be killed
if the front airbag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System .
• The inflating airbag will hit the child safety seat or infant
c arrier with great force and will sma sh the child safety seat and
child against the backrest, center arm rest, door or roof.
• Always install rearward-facing child safety seats on the rear
seat .
• If you must install a rearward facing child safety seat on the
front passenger seat because of exceptional circumstances and
the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light does not come on and stay on,
immediately install the rearward-facing child safety seat in a rear
seating position and have the airbag system inspected by your
authorized Audi dealer .
• Always read and heed all WARNINGS whenever u sing a child
restrained in a vehicle is being used=>
page 190, "Safety belts ",
=> page 200, "Airbag system " and => page 222, "Important
things to know ".
& WARNING
If exceptional cir cumstances require the use of a forward-facing
c hild restraint on the front passenger's seat, the child' s safety and
well-being require that the following special precautions be
taken:
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& WARNING (continued)
• Make sure the forward-facing seat has been designed and certi­
fied by its manufacturer for use on a front seat with a passenger
front and side airbag.
• Always follow the manufacturer's instructions provided with
the child safety seat or infant carrier.
• Always move the front passenger seat into the rearmost posi­
tion of the passenger seat's fore and aft adjustment range, and as
far away from the airbag as possible before installing the child restraint.
• Always make sure that nothing prevents the front passenger's
seat from being moved to the rearmost position
in its fore and aft
adjustment range.
• Always make sure the backrest is
in an upright position.
• Make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on
and stays on all the time whenever the ignition is switched
on.
• If the light does not stay on, perform the checks~ page 211,
"Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System".
• Take the child restraint off the front passenger seat and install
it properly at one of the rear seat positions if the PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF light does not stay
on whenever the ignition is switched
on.a
Booster seats and safety belts
Properly used booster seats can help protect children
weighing between about40 lbs. and 80 lbs. (18 kg and
36 kg) who are less than 4
ft. 9 in.
(57 inches/1.45 meters) tall.
Fig. 208 Rear seat:
child properly
restrained in a booster
seat
The vehicle's safety belts alone will not fit most children until
they are at least 4 ft . 9 in . (57 inches/1.45 meters) tall and
weigh about 80 lbs. (36 kg). Booster seats raise these chil­
dren up so that the safety belt will pass properly
over the
stronger parts of their bodies and the safety belt can help protect them in a crash.
- Do not use the convertible locking retractor when using
the vehicle's safety belt to restrain a child on a booster
seat .
- Always position the shoulder portion of the safety belt
midway
over the child's shoulder .
- Always make sure that the shoulder portion of the safety
belt never rests against or across the child's neck.
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