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entered in your Audi Warranty & Mainte-
nance booklet under
AIRBAG REPLACEMENT
RECORD.
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For safety reasons in severe accidents, the
alternator and starter are separated from
the vehicle battery with a pyrotechnic circuit
interrupter
.
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Work on the pyrotechnic circuit inter rupt-
er must only be performed by a qualified
technicians who have the experience, in-
formation and special tools necessary to
perform the work safely.
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If the veh icle or the circuit interrupter is
scrapped, a ll applicable safety precautions
must be followed.
@
For the sake of the environment
Undep loyed airbag modu les and pretension
-
ers might be classified as Perchlorate Materia
l
- specia
l
hand ling may apply, see
www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlo-
rate. When the veh icle or parts of the re-
straint system including a irbag modules and
safety belts with prete ns ioners are scrapped
,
all applicable laws and regulat ions must be
observed. Your authorized Audi dealer is fa-
miliar with the
s
e requirements a nd we recom-
mend that you have your dealer perform this
service for yo
u.
Other things that can affect Advanced
Airbag performance
Changing the vehicle's suspension system ca
n
change the way that the Advanced Airbag System
performs in a crash. For example, using t ire- rim
combinat ions not approved by Audi, lower ing the
ve hicle, chang ing the stiffness of
t
he suspension,
includ ing the spr ings, suspension
str
uts, shoc
k
absorbers etc. can change the forces that are
measured by the a irbag sensors and sent to the
e lectronic control unit. Some suspension changes
can, for example, increase the force levels meas
-
ured by the sensors and make the a irbag system
deploy in crashes in which it wou ld not deploy if
the changes had not been made. Other kinds of
changes may reduce the force levels measured by
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the sensors and p revent the airbag from dep
loy-
ing when it shou ld
.
A
WARNING
Changing the vehicle's suspension including
use of unapproved tire-rim combinations can
change Advanced Airbag performance and in-
crease the risk of serious personal injury in a
crash.
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Never install suspension components that
do not have the same performance charac-
ter istics as the components origina lly instal-
led on you
r
vehicle.
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Never use tire-rim combinations that have
not been approved by Audi.
Knee airbags
Description of knee airbag
s
Applies
to
vehicles: with knee airbags
The knee airbag system can provide supplemen-
tal protection to properly restrained front seat
occupants
.
Fig. 132 Driver's knee
air
bag
The driver knee airbag is
in
the instrument panel
underneath the steer ing wheel
~
fig. 132
,
the
airbag fo
r
the passenger is at abou
t
the same
height in the instr ument panel underneath the
glove comp
a
rtment.
The knee airbag offers additional protection to
the d river's and passenge r's knees and uppe
r
and
lower thigh areas and supplements the protec-
tion provided by
t
he safety belts.
If the front a irbags deploy, the knee a irbags also
deploy in fronta
l
collisions when the dep loyment
th reshold stored in the con
t
rol un it is met
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