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Airb a g syste m
When an a irbag deploys, fine dust is re leased.
This is normal and is not caused by a fire in the
veh icle. This dust is made up mostly of a powder
used to lubricate the airbags as they deploy. It
could irritate skin.
It is important to remember that while the sup-
plemental a irbag system is designed to reduce
the likelihood of serious injuries, other injuries,
for example swelling, bruising and minor abra-
sions, can also happen when airbags inflate. Air-
bags do not protect the arms or the lower parts
of the body. Front airbags supplement the three
poi nt safety belts only in some fronta l col lisions
in which the veh icle decelerat ion is high enough
to deploy the airbags.
Front airbag s will not d eplo y :
- if the ignit ion is switched off when a crash oc-
curs,
- in s ide collisions,
- in rear-end collisions,
- in rollovers,
- when the crash deceleration measured by the
airbag system is less than the minimum thresh-
o ld needed for airbag deployment as registered
by the electronic control unit.
The front passenger airbag w ill als o not
deplo y :
- when the front passenger seat is not occupied,
- when the electrical capacitance measured by
the capacitive passenger detection system for
the front passenger seat indicates that the pas-
senger side frontal airbag must be switched off
by the electronic control unit (the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF
light ~ page 202 and how 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 the risk of inju ry when the airbags
inflate, the d river 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.
200
- Occupants who are unbelted, out of position
or too close to the airbag can be seriously
injured by an airbag as it unfolds with great
force in the blink of an eye ~ page 191.
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WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing child seat instal-
led on the front passenger seat will be seri-
ously injured and can be killed if the front air-
bag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the ch ild seat o r
infant carrier with great force and will
smash the child seat and child against the
backrest, center armrest, door or roof .
- Always install rear-fac ing ch ild seats on the
rear seat.
- If you must install a rea rwa rd facing child
seat on the front passenge r seat because of
exceptional circumstances and the
PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on
and stay on, immediate ly install the rear-
facing chi ld seat in a rear seating posit ion
and have the airbag system inspected by
your Aud i dea ler.
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WARNING
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 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 area of
the front passenger seat . Objects could
move into the area of the front airbags dur-
ing braking or othe r s udden maneuver and
become dangerous projectiles that can
cause serious persona l injury if the airbags
inflate .
- Never place or attach accessories o r othe r
objects (such as cup holders, telephone
brackets, large, heavy or bulky objects) on
the doors, over or near the area marked
"AIRBAG" on the steering wheel, instru-
ment panel, seat backrests or between
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