Table of Contents
Advertisement
196
Airb a g sys t e m
- accessory seat covers or cushions or other
things that may cause an incorrect reading
or impress ion on the weight-sens ing mat
under the upholstery of the seat have been
removed from the front passenger seat,
- a safety belt extender has not been left in
the safety belt latch for the front passenger
seat.
In addition to the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light in the center of the instrument panel,
the message PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF or
PASSENGER AIR BAG ON will briefly appear
in the instrument cluster display . This is to in-
form the driver of the current front passenger
a irbag status .
Important safety instructions on
monitoring the Advanced Airbag System
_&.
WARNING
An airbag system that is not functioning
prope rly cannot provide supplemental
pro-
tect ion in a frontal crash.
- If the airbag indicator light
c::>
page
16
comes when the vehicle is be ing used,
have the system inspected immediately
by you r authorized Aud i dea ler. It is pos-
sible that the airbag will inflate when it
is not supposed to, or will not inflate
when it should .
_&.
WARNING
If the front airbag inflates, a child witho ut
a child restraint, or in a rearward-facing
child safety seat, or in a forward-facing
child restraint that has not been properly
installed will be seriously injured and can
be killed .
- Even though your veh icle is equipped
with an Advanced Airbag System, make
certain that all children, especially 12
years and younger, a lways ride on the
back seat properly restrained for their
age and size.
- Always install forwa rd or rear-facing
child safety seats on the rear seat - even
with an Advanced Airbag System.
- If you must install a rearward-facing
child safety seat on the front passenger
seat because of exceptional circumstan-
ces and the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not appear and stay on, imme-
diate ly install the rear-facing child safety
seat in a rear seat ing pos ition and have
the airbag system inspected by your au-
thorized Audi dealer.
- A tight tether or other strap on a rear-
ward-facing child restraint attached to
the front passenger seat can put too
much pressure on the weight-sensing
mat in the seat and register more weight
than is actually on the seat. The heavier
weight registered can make the system
work as though an adult were on the seat
and deploy the Advanced Airbag when it
must be suppressed causing ser ious or
even fata l injury to the ch ild.
- If, in exceptional circumstances, you
must install a forward-fac ing ch ild re-
straint on the front passenger seat, al-
ways move the seat into its rearmos t po-
sition in the seat's fore and aft adjust-
ment range, as far away from the airbag
as possible. The backrest must be adjust-
ed to an upright position. Make sure that
the PASSEN GER AIR BAG OFF light
comes on and stays on all the time when-
ever the ignit ion is switched on .
_&.
WARNING
r-
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not go out when an adult is sitting
on the front passenger seat after taking
the steps described above, make sure the
adu lt is properly seated and restra ined at
one of the rea r seat ing pos itions.
- Have the a irbag system inspected by
your author ized Audi dealer befo re trans-
port ing anyone on the front passenger
seat.
('D
Tips
If t he weight-sensing mat in the front pas-
senger seat det ects an empty seat, the
front airbag on the passenger side will be
jll,,
Advertisement
Table of Contents
