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Airbag
sy s tem
con t inuously to serve as a constant remin d er
to have the system inspected immed iately.
If a malfu nction occurs that turns the front
a irbag on the passenger side off, the
PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF
light will come on and stay
on whenever the ignition is on .
.&_
WARNING
An airbag system that is not functioning
properly cannot provide supplemental
pro-
tection in a frontal crash.
- If the airbag indicator light comes on, it
means that the re may be somet hing
wrong with the Advanced Airbag System.
It is possible that the airbag will inflate
when it is not s upposed to, or w ill not in-
flate when it should.
- Have the airbag system inspected imme-
diat ely by your Audi dealer .
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
Fig. 122
Section fr om th e instr um ent panel: PASS EN-
GER AIR BAG OFF l ight
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
Light is Located
in the cent er of the instr ument panel
~ fig. 122 .
The
PASSENGE R AIR BAG OFF
Light will come
on and stay on to tell you when the front Ad·
vanced Airbag on the passenger side has been
turned off by t he e lectronic control un it. Each
time you tu rn on the ignition, the
PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF
light will flash for a few
seconds and:
- will stay on if t he fron t passenger seat is not
occupied,
- will stay on if there is a small child or ch ild
rest raint on the front passenger seat,
- will go out if the front passenge r seat is oc-
cup ied by an adult as registered by the
weight -sensing mat .
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light mu st
come on and stay on
if the ignition is on and
- a ca r bed has been installed on the front
seat , or
- a rearward-facing child rest raint has been
installed on the front passenger seat, or
- a forward-fac ing ch ild restra int has been in·
stalled on the front passenger seat , o r
- the weight reg iste red on the front passen-
ger seat is equal to o r less than the com·
b ined weight of a typical 1 year-old restra in-
ed in one of the rear-facing or forwa rd-fac -
ing infant restraints Listed in Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard 208 with which the
Advanced Airbag System in you r vehicle was
certified .
If the front passenger seat is not occupied,
t he front airbag will not deploy, and the
PAS-
SENGER AIR BAG OFF
Light will stay on . Nev-
er install a rea rward -facing child restraint on
t he front passenger seat, the safest place for
a chi ld in any kind of ch ild restraint is at one
of the seating posit io ns on t he rear seat
~
page 116, Child restraints on the front seat
- some important things to know
and
~
page 136, Child Safety.
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light come s
on
when one of the cond itions Listed above is
met, be sure to check the Light regu larly to
make ce rt ain t hat t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
Light stays on cont inuously wheneve r t he
ignition is on . If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
Light does not appear and not stay on a ll
the time, stop as soon as it is safe to do so
and
- reactivate the system by t urning the ign ition
off and then turning it on again;
- remove a nd reins tall t he child res t raint.
Make s ure that the ch ild restra int is properly
installed and that the safety belt for the
front passenger seat has been correctly
.,.
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