Front Airbags - Audi R8 2017 Owner's Manual

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Front airbags
Description of front airbags
The airbag system can provide supplemental
protection to properly restrained front seat occu-
pants .
Fig. 144 Locati on of driver airbag: in steering whee l
Fig. 145 Locati on of fr ont passenger's airbag: in t he in-
st rument panel
Your veh icle is equipped with an "Advanced Air-
bag System" in compliance with United States
Federa l Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
(FMVSS) 208, as well as Canada Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard (CMVSS) 208 as app licab le at
the time your vehicle was manufactured . The
safety belts for the front seats have "pretension-
ers" that he lp to take slack out of the belt sys-
tem. The pretensioners are also activated by the
electronic control unit for the airbag system.
The front safety belts also have load limiters to
help reduce the forces applied to the body in a
crash.
The airbag fo r the driver is in the steering whee l
hub ¢
fig. 144
and the airbag for the front pas-
senger is in the instrument panel ¢
fig. 145.
The
general location of the airbags is marked "AIR-
BAG" .
Airb a g sys tem
There is a lot you need to know about the airbags
in your vehicle . We urge you to read the detai led
information about airbags, safety belts and ch ild
safety in this and the other chapters that make
up the owner's literature. Please be sure to heed
the WARNINGS - they are extremely important
for your safety and the safety of your passengers,
especially infants and small children .
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WARNING
Never rely on a irbags alone fo r protect ion.
- Even when they deploy, airbags provide only
supplemental protection.
-Airbag work most effectively when used
with proper ly worn safety be lts .
- Therefore, always wear your safety belts and
make sure that everybody in your vehicle is
properly restrained.
- Always hold the steering wheel with both
hands on the outside of the steer ing wheel
rim at the 9:00 o'clock and 3:00 o'clock po-
sitions to help reduce the risk of personal in-
jury if the driver's a irbag inflates.
- Never hold the stee ring wheel at the 12
o'clock position or with your hands any-
where inside the steering wheel or on the
steering whee l hub . Holding the steering
wheel the wrong way increases the risk of
severe injury to the arms, hands, and head if
the dr iver airbag deploys.
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WARNING
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Objects between you and the airbag will in-
crease the risk of injury in a crash by interfer-
ing with the way the airbag unfolds and/or by
be ing pushed into you as the airbag inflates.
- Always make sure nothing is in the front air-
bag deployment zone that could be struck
by the airbag when it inflates.
- Objects in the zone of a deploying airbag
can become projectiles when the airbag de-
ploys and cause serio us personal inj ury.
- Never hold things in you r hands o r on your
lap when the veh icle is in use.
- Never place accessories or other objects
(such as cup holders, telephone brackets,
note pads, navigation systems, or things
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