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justed.
Because airbags inflate in the blink of a n eye w ith
great for ce, things you have on you r lap or have
placed on the seat cou ld become dangerous pro -
jectiles, and be pushed into you if the airbag in-
flates.
When an a irbag deploys, fine dust is released .
This is normal and is not caused by a fire in the
vehicle. This dust is made up mostly of a powder
used to lubricate the airbags as they deploy. It
could irr itate skin.
It is important to remember that while the sup-
plemental airbag system is designed to reduce
the likelihood of ser ious injuries, other injuries,
for example swell ing, bruising and minor abra-
sions, can also happen when airbags inflate. Air-
bags do not protect the arms or the lower parts
of the body . Front airbags only supplement the
three po int safety belts in some fronta l collisions
in which the veh icle decelerat ion is high enough
to deploy the airbags.
Front airbags will not deploy:
- if the ignit ion is switched off when a crash oc-
curs,
- in s ide collisions,
- in rear-end collisions,
- in rollovers,
- when the crash decelerat ion measured by the
airbag system is less than the minimum thresh-
old needed for airbag deployment as registered
by the electronic contro l unit .
The f ront passenger airbag will also not
deploy:
- when the front passenger seat is not occupied,
- when the weight on the front passenger seat as
sensed by the Advanced Airbag System indi-
cates that the front airbag on the passenger
s ide has to be turned off by the electronic con-
trol unit (the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
comes on and stays on).
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WARNING
Sitting in the wrong pos ition can increase the
risk of se rious injury in crashes.
Airb a g sys tem
- To reduce the risk of injury when the ai rbags
inflate, the driver and passengers must al-
ways sit in an upright posit ion, must not
lean aga inst or place any part of their body
too close to the area where the airbags are
located.
- Occupants who are unbelted, out of posit ion
or too close to the airbag can be seriously
injur ed by an airbag as it unfolds with g reat
for ce in the blink of an eye
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WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing child safety seat
insta lled on the front passenger seat will be
seriously injured and can be killed if t he front
a irbag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System .
- The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant ca rrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
aga inst the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof.
- Always install rear-fac ing child safety seats
on the rear seat.
- If you must install a rea rwa rd facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat be -
cause of exceptional circumstances and the
PASS ENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay on, immediately install
the rea r-facing child safety seat in a rear
seating position and have t he a irbag system
inspected by your aut hori zed Audi dealer.
A
WARNING
Objects between you and the airbag will in-
crease the risk of injury in a crash by interfer-
ing with the way the airbag unfolds or by be-
ing pushed into you as the airbag inflates .
- Never hold things in your hands or on your
lap when the vehicle is in use .
- Never transport items on or in the area of
the front passenger seat . Objects could
move into the area of the front airbags dur-
ing braking or other sudden maneuver and
become dangerous projectiles that can
cause serious persona l injury if the airbags
inflate .
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