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Airb a g sys t e m
Important safety instructions on the
side curtain airbag system
Airbags are only supplemental restraints. Al-
ways properly wear safety belts and ride in a
proper seating position.
There is a lot that you and your passengers
must know and do to help the safety belts and
a irbags do the ir job to prov ide supplement al
protection.
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WARNING
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Improperly wearing safety belts and im-
proper seating positions increase the risk
of serious personal injury and death when-
ever a veh icle is being used.
- Never let occ upants place any parts of
their bodies in the area from wh ich the
side curtain airbags inflate.
- Always make sure that the side curtain
airbags can inflate without interference.
Unsuitable accessories fitted inside the
expansion range of a head a irbag can
dangerously interfere w ith its function . A
deploying head a irbag develops enough
force to catapult any piece of add-on
component out of its pa t h of inflation
and into the passenger compartment.
An
occupant hit by such a projectile can suf-
fer serio us injury or death
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Technical Modifications.
- Do not swivel the sun visors to the side if
you have any objects clipped onto them
(for example pens). If the a irbag should
deploy, you could be injured by these ob-
jects.
- Use the built-in coat hooks only for light-
weight cloth ing. Never leave any heavy or
sharp-edged objects in t he pockets that
may interfere with airbag deployment
and can cause pe rsonal injury in an acci-
dent.
- Never use hange rs to hang clothing from
the hooks.
- Only use factory-installed
sun shades or,
in the case of shades installed after the
vehicle leaves the fac to ry, only Audi roll-
up sunsc reens may be used~
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Additional accessories and parts re-
placement.
- Always sit in proper seating position and
wear safety belts wh ile traveling so that
the side curtain airbags can help prov ide
protection.
- The airbag system can only be triggered
once. If the airbag has been triggered,
the system must be replaced by an au-
thor ized Audi dealer or qualified work-
shop.
-Always have work involving the side cur-
tain airbag system, removal and installa-
tion of the airbag components, or other
repairs performed by an authorized Audi
deale r o r qualified workshop. Ot herwise
the air bag system may not work correc t-
ly.
- Never attempt t o mod ify any compo-
nents of the ai rbag system in any way.
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