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Airb a g sys t e m
If the front passenger airbag is turned off, the
PASSENGER AI R BAG OFF light comes on in
the instrument cluster and stays on.
If the front passenger airbag deploys, the
Federal Standard requires the airbag to meet
the "low risk" deployment criteria to reduce
the risk of injury through interaction with the
a irbag. "Low risk" deployment occurs in those
crashes that take place at lower decelerations
as defined in the electronic control unit
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page 162, PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light.
Always remember, a chi ld seat or infant carri-
er installed on the front seat may be struck
and knocked out of position by the rap idly in-
flating passenger's a irbag in a frontal colli-
sion . The airbag could greatly reduce the ef-
fectiveness of the ch ild restraint and even se-
riously injure the child during inflat ion.
For this reason, and because the back seat is
the safest place for chi ldren - when properly
restra ined accord ing to their age and size - we
strongly recommend that children always sit
in the back seat
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page 175, Child Safety.
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WARNING
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A child in a rearward -facing child seat in-
stalled on the front passenger seat will be
seriously injured and can be killed if the
front airbag inflates - even with an Ad-
vanced Airbag System.
- The inflating a irbag will hit the child seat
or infant carrier with great force and w ill
smash the ch ild seat and child against
the backrest, center armrest, door or
roof.
- Always install rear-facing child seats on
the rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward facing
child seat on the front passenge r seat
because of exceptiona l circumstances
and t he PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not come on and stay on, immedi-
ately install t he rear-f acing chi ld seat in a
rear seating position and have the airbag
system inspected by your Audi dealer.
- Forward-facing child seats installed on
the front passenger's seat may interfere
with the deployment of the a irbag and
cause serious persona l injury to the
child.
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WARNING
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If, in except ional circumstances, you must
insta ll a forward-facing child restraint on
the front passenge r's sea t:
- Always make sure the forward-facing
seat has been designed and certified by
its manufacture r fo r use on a fron t seat
with a passenger fron t and s ide a irbag.
- Never put the fo rward -facing child re-
st raint up against or very near the instru-
men t panel.
- Always move t he passenge r seat into its
rearmost pos ition in the seat's fore and
aft adju stment range, as fa r away from
the airbag as possible before installing
the forward-facing ch ild restra int . The
backrest must be adju sted to an upright
position.
- Make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light comes on and stays on all the
time whenever the ignition is switched
on .
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WARNING
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To reduce the risk of serious injury, make
sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will be displayed whenever a child re-
straint is installed on the front passenger
seat and the ignition is sw itche d on .
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not stay on, perform the checks de-
scribed <>page 161, Monitoring the Ad-
vanced Airbag System.
- Ta ke the chi ld restraint off t he front pas-
senger sea t and install it prope rly at one
of the rear seat positions if the PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF light does not stay on.
- Have the airbag system inspected by
your Aud i dea ler immediately.
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