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Airb a g sys t e m
the vehicle. This dust is made up most ly of a
powder used to lubricate the airbags as they
deploy . It could irritate skin.
It is important to remember that whi le the
supp lemental airbag system is designed to re-
duce the likelihood of serious injuries, other
inju ries, for example swelling, bruising and
minor abrasions, can also happen when air-
bags inflate. Airbags do not protect the arms
or the lower parts of the body. Front airbags
supplement the three-poi nt safety belts only
in some frontal collisions in which the vehicle
decelerati on is high enough to deploy the air-
bags.
Front airbags will not deploy:
- if the ignit ion is switched off when a crash
occurs,
- in side collisions,
- in rear-end collisions,
- in roll overs,
- when the crash deceleration measured by
the airbag system is less than the minimum
threshold needed for airbag deployment as
registered by the electronic control unit.
The f ront passenger airbag also will not
deploy:
- when the front passenger seat is not occu-
pied,
- when the electrical capacitance measured by
the capacitive passenger detection system
for the front passenger seat indicates that
the passenger side frontal airbag must be
switched off by the electronic control unit
(the PASSENGER AI R BAG OFF light
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page 162 and how they wo rk comes on
and stays on).
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WARNING
Sitting in the wrong position can increase
the risk of serious injury in crashes.
- To reduce the risk of injury when the air-
bags inflate, the driver and passengers
must always sit in an upright position,
must not lean against or place any part
of their body too close to the area where
the airbags are located .
- Occupants who are unbelted, out of posi-
tion or too close to the airbag can be se-
rious ly injured by an airbag as it unfolds
with great force in the blink of an eye
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WARNING
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A child in a rearward-fac ing child seat in-
stalled on the front passenger seat will be
seriously inju red and can be killed if t he
front airbag inflates - even w ith an Ad-
vanced Airbag System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child seat
or infant carrier with great force and will
smash the child seat and chi ld against
the backrest, center armrest, door or
roof.
- Always install rear-fac ing chi ld seats on
the rear seat.
- If
you m ust insta ll a rearward fac ing
chi ld seat on the front passenger seat
because of exceptional circumstances
and the PAS SENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not come on and stay on, immed i-
ately install the rear-facing child seat in a
rear seat ing position and have the airbag
system inspected by you r Audi dealer .
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WARNING
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Objects between you and the airbag will
increase the risk of injury in a crash by in-
terfering with the way the airbag unfolds
or by being pushed int o you as the airbag
inflates.
- Never hold things in your hands or on
your lap when the veh icle is in use.
- Never transpo rt items on or in the area
of the front passenger seat . Objects
could move into the area of the front air-
bags during braking or other sudden ma-
neuvers and become dangero us projec-
tiles that can cause serious personal in-
jury if the airbags inf late.
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