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the combined capacitance of a typical 1 year-
o ld infant and one of the rearward-facing or
forward-facing chi ld restraints listed in Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 with which
the Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle was
certified.
If the front passenger seat is not occupied, the
front a irbag w ill not deploy, and the PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF
light will stay on. Never install a
rearward-fac ing child restraint on the front pas-
senger seat, the safest place for a child in any
kind of child restraint is at one of the seating po-
sitions on the rea r seat
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page 191, Child re-
straints on the front seat - some important
things to know
and
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page 214, Child safety .
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG light comes
on ...
If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on
when one of the condit ions listed above is met,
be sure to check the light regularly to make cer-
tain that the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
stays on cont inuous ly whenever the ign ition is
on. If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not appear on and does not stay on all the time,
stop as soon as it is safe to do so and
- reactivate the system by t urning the ignition
off for more than 4 seconds and then turning it
on again;
- remove and reinstall the child restraint. Make
sure that the child restraint is properly instal-
led and that the safety belt for the front pas-
senger seat has been correctly routed through
the child restraint as descr ibed in t he child re-
straint manufacturer's
instr uctions;
- make sure that the convertible locking retrac-
tor on the safety be lt for the front passenger
sea t has bee n activa t ed and that the safety belt
has been pulled tight.
- make sure that no elect rical device (such as a
laptop, CD player, electronic games device,
powe r inverter or seat hea t er for child seats) is
placed or used on the front passenger seat if
the device is connected to the 12-vo lt socket or
the ciga rette lighter socket;
- make sure t hat no seat hea t er has been retro-
fitted or otherwise added to the front passen-
ger seat;
Airb a g sys tem
- ma ke sure that noth ing can interfere with the
safety belt buckles and that they are not ob-
structed;
- make sure that there are no wet objects (such
as a wet towe l) and no water or other liquids on
the front passenger seat cushion.
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG light still does
not come on ...
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light sti ll does
not come on and does not stay on continuously
(when the ignition is switched on),
- take the child restraint off the front passenger
seat and insta ll it proper ly at one of the rear
seat pos itions. Have the airbag system inspect-
ed by your Audi dealer immed iately.
- move the child to a rear seat pos ition and make
sure that the chi ld is properly restrained in a
child restra int that is appropr iate for its s ize
and age .
The PASSENGER AIR BAG light should NOT
come on ...
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light should NOT
come on when the ign it io n is on and an adult is
s itting in a proper seat ing pos ition on the front
passenger seat. If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on or flashes for about
5 seconds whi le dr iving, under these circumstan-
ces, ma ke sure that:
- t he adult on the front passenger seat is proper-
ly seated on the cente r of the sea t cushion w ith
his or her back up agains t the backrest and the
backrest is not reclined,
- the adult is not t aking we ight off the seat by
holding on to the passenger assist handle
above t he front passenger door or support ing
their weight on the armrest,
- t he safety belt is being properly worn an d t hat
t here is no t a lot of s lack in the safety belt web-
bing,
- there are no afterm ar ket seat cove rs or cush -
ions o r othe r things (such as blankets) on the
front passenger seat that might cause the ca-
pacitive passenger detection system to miscal-
culate e lectr ica l capacitance.
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