Passenger Air Bag Off Light - Audi TT Coupe 2016 Owner's Manual

Airbag system
AIR BAG OFF light will come on and stay on
whenever the ignition is on.
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WARNING
An airbag system that is not funct io ning prop-
erly cannot provide supplemental protection
in a frontal crash.
- If the airbag indicator light
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comes when the vehicle is be ing used, have
t he system inspected immediately by yo ur
authorized Aud i deale r. It is possible t hat
t he airbag will inflate when it is not s up-
posed t o, o r will not inflate when it should .
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
Fig. 158 PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light is located in
the overhead console
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fig . 158.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light will come on
and stay on to tell you when t he front Advanced
Airbag on the passenger side has been tu rned off
by t he electronic cont rol unit. If the bulb fo r t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light bu rns out, t he
ai rbag indicator light
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will co me o n to sig nal a
malfunctio n in t he Advanced Airbag System. Al-
t hough t he burned-out bulb will not cha nge the
way the front passenger's fron t al airbag works, it
will no longer be possible to use the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF light to make s ure that the airbag
on/off status is correct for the occupant on the
front passenger seat. Have the a irbag system in-
spected immediately by you r a uthorized Audi
deale r.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light will blink
for about S seconds when:
- the ignition is switched on and
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- t he capacitive passenger detect ion system,
which switches the front seat passenger's fron -
tal Advanced Airbag on and off, detects a
change in the status of the front passenger
seat.
As soon as the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
stops blinking, always ma ke sure that the airbag
status (on or off} as shown by the PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF lig ht is proper for the age, size and
electrical capacitance of the person occupying
t he fron t passenger seat. Always make su re t hat
t he safety belt fo r the fron t passenger seat is
properly faste ned .
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light will show
the status of the front seat passenger's frontal
Advanced Airbag a few seconds after the igni-
tion is switched on and the airbag indicator
light goes off. The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light:
- will stay on if the fron t passenge r seat is not
occupied;
- will stay on if the e lectrica l capacit ance meas-
ured by t he capacit ive passenger detection sys-
t em for t he fron t passenger seat equa ls t he
combined capacitance of an infant up to abo ut
one year of age and one of the rearward-faci ng
or forward -facing child restraints listed in Fed-
eral Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 with
which the Advanced Airbag System in your vehi-
cle was certified; For a listing of the ch ild re-
strai nts t hat were used to certify your vehicle's
complia nce with t he U.S. Safety St andard
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- will go out if the front passe nger seat is occu-
pied by an adu lt as registered by t he capacit ive
passenger det ectio n syst em.
- The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light must come
on and stay on if the ignitio n is on a nd ...
- a car bed has been installed o n the front pas-
senger seat , or
- a rea rward-facing child restraint has been in-
stalled on t he front passenger seat, or
- a forward-fac ing child restraint has been instal-
led on the front passenger seat,
- and if the electrical capacitance registered on
the front passenger seat is equal to or less t han ..,.