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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 airbag will not deploy, and the
PAS-
SENGER AI R BAG OFF
light will stay on. Nev-
er insta ll a rearward-fac ing ch ild restra int on
the front passenger seat
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page 111, Child
restraints on the front seat - some important
things to know and
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page 130, Child Safety .
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes
on
when one of the conditions listed above is
met, be sure to check the light regularly to
make certa in that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light stays on cont inuously whenever the
ign it ion is on. If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light does not appear on and stay on a ll
the t ime, stop as soon as it is safe to do so
and
- react ivate the system by turning the ignition
off and then turning it on again;
- remove and reinstall the child restraint .
Make sure that the child restraint is properly
installed and that the safety be lt fo r the
front passenger seat has been correct ly
routed through the child restraint as descri-
bed in the child restraint man ufacturer's in-
structions;
- make su re that the convertible locking fea-
ture on the safety be lt for the front passen -
ger seat has been activated and that the
safety belt has been pulled tight. The belt
must not be loose or have loops of slack so
that the sensor below the safety belt latch
on the seat can do its job
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page 138;
- make sure that th ings that may increase the
weight of the ch ild and child safety seat are
not being transported on the front passen-
ger seat;
- make sure that the safety belt tension sen-
sor is not blocked. Shake the safety belt
latch on t he front passenge r seatbac k and
forth;
- If a st rap or tether is being used to tie the
child safety seat to the front passenger
seat, make sure t hat it is no t so tight t ha t it
A irbag sys tem
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causes the weight -sensing mat to measure
more weight than is act ually on the seat.
If th e PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light still
does not come on
and does not stay on con -
tin uous ly (when the ignition is switched on),
- take the child rest ra int off the front passen-
ge r seat and have the a irba g syst em inspect -
ed by your authori zed Audi dealer . Do not
transport children witho ut a child safety
seat.
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light sho uld
NOT come on when the ignit ion is on and a n
adult is s itting in a proper seating position on
the front passenger seat . If the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on or
flashes for about 5 seconds wh ile driving, un-
der these circumstances, make sure that:
- the adult on the front passenger seat is
properly seated on the center of the seat
cushion with his or her back up aga inst the
backrest and the backrest is not recl ined
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page
92,
Proper occupant seating posi -
tions,
- the adult is not tak ing weight 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,
- the safety belt is be ing properly worn and
that the re is not a lot of s lack in the safety
be lt webbing,
- accesso ry seat covers or cushions or other
things that may cause an inco rrect reading
or impression on the weight-sensing mat
under t he upho lst ery of the seat have been
removed from the front passenger sea t,
- a safety belt extender has not been left in
t he safety belt latch for t he fron t passenger
seat.
In add ition to the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
ligh t in t he center of the instrument panel,
t he message
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
or
PASSENGER AIR BAG ON
will briefly appear
in the instrument cluster disp lay. This is to in-
form the dr iver of the current front passenger
airbag status.
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