Audi R8 2017 Owner's Manual page 193

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in which the vehicle deceleration is high enough
to de ploy the airbags.
Front airbags will not deploy:
- if the igniti o n is switched off when a crash oc-
curs ,
- in side collisions,
- in rear-end collisions ,
- in rollovers,
- when the crash decele rat ion measured by the
airbag sys t em is less than the minimum thresh-
old needed for airbag deployment as registered
by the electronic control unit .
The front passe nger airbag will also not
deploy:
- when the front passenger seat is not occupied,
- when the electrical capac itance measured by
the capacitive passenger detect ion system for
the front passenger seat indicates that the pas -
senger side frontal a irbag must be switched off
by the electronic contro l unit (the PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF ~;
light
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they work comes on and stays on) .
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WARNING -
Sitting in the wrong pos ition can increase the
risk of serious injury in crashes.
- To reduce t he risk of injury when the airbags
inflate, the driver and passengers must al-
ways sit in an upright position, must not
lean against or place any part of their body
too close to the area where the airbags are
located.
- Occupants who are unbelted, out of position
or too close to the a irbag can be seriously
injured by an a irbag as it unfolds with great
force in the blink of an eye
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WARNING
A child in a rearward -facing chi ld seat insta l-
led on the front passenger seat will be ser i-
ously inj ured and can be killed if the front air-
bag infl ates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System .
- The inflating a irbag will hit the child sea t or
infant carrier wit h grea t fo rce a nd will
Airb a g sys tem
smash the child seat and child against the
backrest, center armrest, door or roof.
- Never install a rearward facing ch ild safety
seat on the front passenger seat unless the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ~; light comes
on and stays on. If the PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF ~; light does not come on and stay
on, the inflat ing airbag will hit the chi ld
safety sea t or infan t carrie r wit h great force
a nd will smas h the child safe ty seat and
child against the bac krest, door or roof.
Have the ai rbag system inspec t ed immedi-
ately by your authorized Audi dealer .
A
WARNING
-
Objects between yo u and the airbag will in-
crease the risk of injury in a crash by interfer-
ing with the way the airbag unfolds or by be-
ing pushed into you as the airbag inflates.
- Never hold things in your hands or on your
lap when the veh icle is in use.
- Never transport items on or in the a rea of
the front passenger seat. Objects could
move into the area of the front airbags dur -
ing braking or other s udden maneuver and
become dangerous projectiles that can
cause serious persona l injury if the airbags
inflate.
- Never place or attach accesso ries or other
objects (such as cup holders, telephone
brackets, large, heavy or bulky objec t s) on
the doors, ove r or near t he are a marked
"AIRBAG" on t he steering wheel , instru-
ment panel, seat backrests or between
those areas and yourself. These objects
could cause injury in a crash, especially
when the a irbags inf late.
- Never recline the front passenger's seat to
transpo rt objects. Items can also move into
the area of the s ide a irbag or the front air-
bag du ring braking or in a sudden maneu-
ver . Objects nea r the airbags can become
project iles and cause injury, part icu larly
when the seat is reclined.
- Never place or transport objec t s on the
front passenger seat . Objects on the front
passe nger seat could ca use the capaci t ive
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