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Airb a g syste m
- a small adu lt or teenager is on the front pas -
senger seat
- a passenger who is not sitting upright with
their back against a non -reclined backrest with
their feet on the vehicle floor in front of the
seat is on the front passenger seat.
If the front passenger airbag dep loys, the Feder -
al Standard requires the airbag to meet the "low
risk" deployment criteria to help reduce the risk
of injury through interaction with the airbag.
"Low risk" deployment occurs in those crashes
that take place at lower decelerations as def ined
in the electronic control unit.¢ page 138
Always remember:
Even though your vehicle is
equ ipped with Advanced Airbags, the safest place
for children is properly restrained on the back
seat . Please be sure to read the important infor-
mat ion in the sections that follow and be sure to
heed a ll of the WARNINGS.
A
WARNING
To red uce the risk of injury when an airbag in-
fla t es, a lways wear safety bel t s properly.
- If you are unrestrained,
leaning fo rwa rd, s it-
t ing s ideways or out of pos ition in any way,
your risk of inju ry is much higher .
- You will also receive serious injur ies and
could even be killed if you are up aga inst the
airbag or too close to it when it inflates -
even with an Advanced Airbag ¢ page 128.
A
WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing chi ld safety seat
installed on the front passenger seat will be
ser iously injured and can be killed if the front
airbag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- Although the Advanced Airbag System in
your vehicle is designed to turn off the front
airbag when a rearward-facing child re-
straint has been installed on the front pas-
senger seat, nobody can absolutely g uaran-
tee that deployment is impossible in all con-
ceivable s ituations that may happen during
the usef ul life of your vehicle .
- The inflating a irbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier wit h great force and
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will smash the child safety seat and child
aga inst the back rest, center armrest, door,
or roof.
- Always install rearward-facing child re-
straints in the back seat.
- If you must install a rearward facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat be-
cause of exceptional circumstances and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay on, immediately install
the rea r-facing child safety seat in a rear
seating posi t ion and have the airbag system
inspected by your au t hori zed Aud i dealer.
A
WARNING
If, in exceptional circums t ances, you must in-
stall a forw ard-facing child res t raint on the
front passenger's seat:
- Always make sure the forward-fa cing sea t
has been des igned and certified by its man -
ufacturer for use on a front seat with a pas-
senger front and side airbag.
- Never put the fo rward -facing child restraint
up against or very nea r the instrument pan ·
el.
- Always move the passenge r seat into its
rearmost position in the seat's fo re and aft
adj ustment range, as far away from the a ir-
bag as poss ible, before install ing the for-
ward-facing chi ld restraint. The backrest
must be adjusted to an upr ight position.
- Make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light comes on and stays on all t he time
wheneve r the ign it ion is switched on.
Advanced Airbag System components
The fro nt passenge r seat in your veh icle has a lot
of very important parts of the Advanced Airbag
System in it. These parts include t he weight-
sens ing mat, senso rs, wir ing, bracke t s, and
more . The function of the system in the front
passenger seat is checked by the electro nic con-
tro l unit when the ignition is on . The control unit
monitors the Advanced Airbag System and turns
the airbag ind icator light on when a malfunction
in the system components is detected. The func-
tion of the a irbag ind icator light is described in
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