The innovative Air Safety Technology® by Maxi-Cosi boosts the safety of forward-facing children in cars. In the case of a collision, the built-in Maxi-Cosi Air Safety Technology® in the car seat reduces the forces on a child’s neck up to 55%. The airbags located in the two shoulder pads of the harness inflate with cold air within 0,05 seconds to cushion the head and neck. The airbags automatically deflate just 1 second after the collision.

The Maxi-Cosi Air Safety Technology® works quite simply. The airbag trigger system is built in to the back side of the frame of the car seat and two airbags are integrated into the shoulder pads. In the case of a collision, the airbags will inflate with cold air in the blink of an eye (within 50 milliseconds) to cushion the head and neck like a pillow. In the next second, the airbags will automatically deflate. Tests prove that Maxi-Cosi Air Safety Technology® reduces up the forces acting on the neck vertebrae by up to 55% in comparison with any other Maxi-Cosi forward-facing car seat without airbags. So, thanks to this innovative technology children in a forward-facing car seat will be protected even better.

Cars are not designed to protect our children best. That’s why we keep innovating to ensure that children are travelling by car are as safe as possible. A few years ago we asked ourselves why didn’t we use the airbag, one of the greatest invention in car safety, to protect our most precious cargo? We started exploring if airbags could be a solution for better protection of a child’s head and neck in forward-facing car seats. After months of development and testing, a ground-breaking technology for the next generation of forward-facing car seats is the outcome: our Maxi-Cosi Air Safety Technology® will protect a child in a forward-facing car seat much better.

The AxissFix Air is the world’s first car seat with airbags. The Air Safety Technology® significantly reduces the impact of a collision by cushioning the head and neck of children: • Up to 55% reduction of the forces acting on the neck vertebrae; • Reduced forward head excursion, limiting the risk of impact with the passenger front seat or dashboard.

An increase in temperature will have no effect on the airbags.

When a toddler travels forward-facing in a car, the head will be thrown forward in case of a collision. This forward movement of the head could cause serious injury to the neck but also directly to the head, due to potential contact with the environment (like the front seat or door). Rearward-facing travel cushions the head and spreads the impact over a greater area of the head and back, and protects the vulnerable neck better. Recent research has confirmed that babies are safer in a rearward-facing car seat up to the age of at least 15 months, when the child’s neck is strong enough to better withstand the impulsive force of an average forward collision. That’s why the new i-Size regulation clearly requires the use of rearward-facing seats for all children up to 15 months of age. We advise to transport a child rearward-facing as long as possible, preferably to at least 4 years. After 15 months, parents may decide to switch to forward-facing traveling. For example, because some small cars don’t offer enough space for a rearward-facing car seat. In the case of forward travelling, our new car seat with Maxi-Cosi Air Safety Technology® is the safest alternative.

No, this is not possible.

Yes, the impact of the airbag is safe for your child. The airbag actually reduces the impact of a collision as it deploys in the direction in which the child is moving. We’re not stopping the head (like a regular frontal airbag in cars) but we catch it very gently. Tests prove that the Maxi-Cosi Air Safety Technology® leads to a reduction of up to 55% of the forces acting on the neck vertebrae in the case of a collision. The cold air coming out of the airbags is harmless.

We guarantee a warrantee of 10 years on the AxissFix Air. After this period the seat should no longer be used, according to our manual.

The airbag trigger system is connected to both ISOFIX anchorages. As all other ISOFIX car seats, the product is therefore only installed correctly once both ISOFIX anchorages are connected.

In case you were in an accident, we will replace the full product in our SWAP service, as with any other Maxi-Cosi car seat (dependent on certain conditions). The product that was involved in the accident will not be repaired, but recycled accordingly.

For us at Maxi-Cosi, child safety is the most important thing on earth. So, the airbags are totally safe for (your) child. In the case of a collision, the airbags will pop up in the blink of an eye to cushion the head and neck. In the next second, the airbags will automatically deflate.

No, R129 legislation allows this. The buckle connects the belt pads and does not function as a lock system. It is also a feature that will limit the possibility of the child being able to remove the harness from the shoulders by themselves.

The airbags will deploy with every kind of impact of 10g or more, and even in a rear accident with a rearward-facing car seat, the AxissFix Air adds an additional level of safety.

No, the airbags will only inflate when the airbag trigger system gets a signal from the ISOFIX anchorage point. If the product is installed, it will only deploy with an minimal impact of 10 G force, the threshold to activate passenger airbags in cars. Until this happens, the system is ‘asleep’.

Yes. The system is active once the car seat is properly installed with the ISOFIX installation system. It does not detect the presence of a child when travelling.

i-Size (R129 legislation) requires that a child travel rear-facing until the at least 15 months old. If a specific car seat allows a rearward-facing position after this period, we advise to use it in this position for as long as possible

We give a 10 year guarantee on the system. The check if the system is still activated requires expertise and can’t be done by consumers.