Audi A7 Sportback 2014 Owner's Manual page 164

162 Airbag syst em
continuously to serve as a constant reminder
to have the system inspected immediately.
If a malfunction occurs that turns the front
airbag on the passenger side off, the
PASSEN-
GER 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 functioning
properly cannot provide supplemental pro-
tection 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 your authorized Audi dea ler. It is pos-
sible that the airbag will inflate when it
is not supposed to, or will not inflate
when it sho uld.
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light
Fig. 164
Section from the inst rument panel : PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF light
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
Light is Located
in the cent er of the instrument panel
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The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
Light will come
on and stay on to tell you when the front Ad-
vanced Airbag on the passenger side has been
turned off by the electronic control unit . If the
bulb for the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
Light
burns out, the airbag indicator light
fl
will
come on to signal a malfunction in the Ad·
vanced Airbag System . Although the burned-
out bulb will not change the way the front
passenger's frontal airbag works, it will no
L onger be possib le t o use the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
Light to make sure tha t the airbag
on/off status is correct for the occupant on
the front passenger seat . Have the airbag sys-
tem inspected immediately by your author-
ized Audi dea ler.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light will blink
for about 5 seconds when:
- t he ignition is switched on and
- the capacit ive passenger detection system,
which switc hes the front seat passenger's
frontal Advanced Airbag on and off, detects
a change in the status of the front passen-
ger seat.
As soon as the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light stops blinking, always make sure t hat
the airbag status (on or off) as shown by the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF Light is proper for
the age, size and electrical capacitance of the
person occupying the front passenger seat.
Always make sure that the safety belt for the
front passenger seat is properly fastened .
The PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light will
show the status of the front seat passenger 's
frontal Advanced Airbag a few seconds aft er
the ign ition is sw itched on and the airbag in-
dicator light goes off. The PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF light :
- will stay on if the front passenger seat is not
occupied;
- will stay on if the electrical capacitance
measured by the capacitive passenger de-
tect ion system for the front passenger seat
equa ls the combined capacitance of an in-
fant up to about one yea r of age and one of
the rearward-facing or forward-fac ing child
restrai nts listed in Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard 208 with which t he Ad-
vanced Airbag System in your vehicle was
certified; For a Listing of the child restraints
that were used to certify your vehicle's com -
pliance with the U.S. Safety Standard
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- will go out if the front passenger seat is oc-
cupied by an adult as registered by the ca-
pacitive passenger detection system.