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possible that the airba g will inflate when
it is not supposed to, or will not inflate
when it should.
A
WARNING
If the front airbag inflates, a ch ild without
a child restra int, in a rearward-facing child
safety seat or in a forward-facing child re-
st raint that has not been properly insta lled
will be seriously injured and can be killed.
- Even though your veh icle is equipped
with an Advanced Airbag System, make
certain that a ll children, especially 12
years and younge r, a lways ride on the
back seat properly restrained fo r their
age and size.
- Always instal l forw a rd or rea r-facing
child safety seats on the rear seat - even
with an Advanced Airbag System.
- If you mus t 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-
diately install the rear-fac ing child safety
seat in a rear seating position and have
the a irbag system inspected by you r au-
tho rized Audi dea le r.
- A tight tether or other strap on a rear-
wa rd-fac ing child restra int attached to
the fro nt passenger sea t can put too
much pressure on the weight-sens ing
mat in the seat and register mo re weight
than is act ually on the seat. The heavier
weight registe red can make the system
wor k as though an adu lt were on the seat
and dep loy the Advanced Airbag when it
must be suppressed caus ing serious or
even fatal injury to the child .
- If, in exceptional circumstances, you
must install a forward-facing child re-
st rain t on the front passenger seat, a l-
ways move the seat into its rearmost po-
sit ion in the seat's fo re and aft adjust-
ment ra nge, as far away from the airb ag
as possib le. The backrest m ust be adjus t-
ed to an upr ight position. Make sure that
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the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
comes on and stays on all the time when-
ever the ignition is switched on.
A
WARNING
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- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not go out when an adult is sitting
on the front passenger seat after tak ing
the steps described above, make su re the
adu lt is prope rly seated and restra ined at
one of the rea r seat ing pos itions.
- Have the airbag system inspected by
your author ized Audi dealer befo re trans-
port ing anyone on the front pas senger
seat.
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Tips
If t he weig ht-sensing mat in the front pas-
senger seat detects an empty s ea t, the
front a irbag on the passenger side will be
turned off, and PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
will stay on .
Repair, care and disposal of the airbags
Parts of the airbag system are installed at
many different p laces on your Audi. Insta lling,
removing, servicing or repa iring a part in an
area of the vehicle can damage a part of an
a irbag system and prevent that system from
working prope rly in a coll is ion.
There are some important t hings you have to
know to make sure that the effectiveness of
t he system will not be impaired and that d is-
ca rded components do not cause injury or pol-
lute the environment.
A
WARNING
Im proper care, serv icing a nd rep a ir proce-
d ures can increase t he risk of personal in-
ju ry and death by preventing an a irbag
from deploying when needed or deploying
an a irbag unexpectedly:
- Never cover, obst ruct, or change the
steer ing whee l horn pad or airbag cover
or the instrument panel or mod ify them
in any way.
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