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Airb a g syste m
restraints or occupants on the front passen-
ger seat and prevent the side airbag in the
seat backrest from deploying properly.
- Never use cushions, pillows, blankets or
similar items on the front passenger seat.
The additional padding will prevent the
weight-sens ing mat in the seat from accu-
rately reg istering the ch ild restraint or per-
son on the seat and prevent the Advanced
Airbag System from funct ioning prope rly.
- If you must use a child restraint on the front
passenge r seat and the child restraint man-
ufact urer's instructions require the use of a
towel, foam cushion or something else to
properly position the child restraint, make
certain that the PASSENGER AI R BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on whenever the
child restraint is installed on the front pas-
senger seat.
- If the PAS SENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not come on and stay on, immediately in-
stall child restraint in a rear seating position
and have the airbag system inspected by
you r authorized Audi deale r.
How the Advanced Airbag System
components work together
The front Advanced Airbag System and the side
airbags supplement the protection offered by the
front three-point safety belts with pretensioners
and load limiters and the adjustable head re-
stra ints to help reduce the risk of injury in a wide
range of accident and crash situations. Be sure to
read the important information about safety and
heed the WARNINGS in th is chapter .
Deployment of the Advanced Airbag System and
the activation of the safety belt pretensioners de-
pend on the deceleration measured by the crash
sensors and registered by the electronic control
unit . Crash severity depends on speed and decel-
eration as we ll as the mass and stiffness of the
vehicle or object involved in t he crash.
On the passenger s ide, regardless of safety belt
use, the a irbag will be t urned off if the weight on
the passenge r seat is less than t he amount pro-
g rammed in the e lectron ic cont rol unit . The front
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airbag on the passenger side will also be turned
off if one of the child safety seats that has been
certified under Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard 208 has been recogn ized on the seat.
The PASSENGER AI R BAG OFF light comes on
and stays on to te ll you when the front Advanced
Airbag on the passenger side has been turned off
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page 129, Child restraints on the front seat -
some important things to know .
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WARNING
To reduce the risk of injury when an airbag in-
f lates, always wear safety belts properly.
- If you are unrestrained, leaning forward, sit-
ting sideways or ou t of position in any way,
your ris k of injury is much highe r.
- You will a lso receive ser ious injuries and
could even be killed if yo u a re up against the
airbag or too close to it when it inflates -
even with an Advanced Airbag r::!;>page 128.
More important things to know about front
airbags
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Inflated front airbags
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Safety be lts are important to help keep front
seat occupants in the proper seated position so
that airbags can unfo ld properly and prov ide sup-
plemental protection in a fronta l collision.
The front airbags a re designed to provide addi-
tional protection for the chest and face of the
driver and the front seat passenger when:
- safety belts are worn properly,
- t he seats have been positioned so that the oc-
cupant is properly seated as far as possib le
from the airbag,
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