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vehicle can damage a part of an airbag system
and prevent that system from working properly
in a collision.
There are some important things you have to
know to make sure that the effectiveness of the
system will not be impaired and that discarded
components do not cause injury or pollute the
environment.
A
WARNING
Improper care, servicing and repair proce-
dures can increase the risk of personal injury
and death by prevent ing an a irbag from de-
ploying when needed or dep loying an airbag
unexpectedly:
- Never cover, obstruct, o r change the steer-
ing wheel horn pad or a irbag cover or the in-
strument panel or mod ify them in any way.
- Never attach any objects such as cup holders
or te lephone moun t ings to the su rfaces cov-
er ing the airbag units.
- For cleaning t he ho rn pad or instrument
pane l, use only a soft, d ry cloth or one mois-
tened with plain water. Solvents or cleaners
cou ld damage the a irbag cover or change
the stiffness or strength of the mater ial so
that the airbag cannot dep loy and protect
properly.
- Never repa ir, adjust, or change any parts of
the airbag system.
- All wo rk on the stee ring wheel, inst rument
pane l, front seats or elect rical system (in-
cluding the installation of aud io equipment,
cellu lar telep hones and CB radios, etc.)
must be performed by a qualified technician
who has the train ing and special eq uipment
necessary.
- For any work on the airbag system, we
strongly recommend that you see you r au-
tho rized Audi dea le r o r qualified workshop.
- Never mod ify the front bumper or parts of
the vehicle body .
- Always make sure that the side airbag can
inflate without inte rfe rence:
- Never install seat covers or replacement
up ho lstery over the front seatbacks that
Airbag
sys t e m
have not been specif ically approved by
Audi.
- Never use additional seat cushions that
cover the areas where the side a irbags in-
flate.
- Damage to the orig inal seat cove rs or to
the seam in the area of the side airbag
module must a lways be repaired immedi-
ate ly by an authorized Audi dealer .
- The airbag system can be activated only
once. After an airbag has inflated, it must
be rep laced by an authorized Audi dealer or
qualified technic ian who has the t echnical
info rmation, t raining and specia l equipment
necessary.
- The airbag system can be deployed only
once. After an airbag has been deployed, it
must be replaced with new repla cemen t
par ts des igned and app roved especially for
your Audi model version . Replacement of
comp lete airbag systems or airbag compo-
nents must be perfo rmed by qualified wor k-
shops only. Make sure that any airbag serv-
ice action is entered in your Audi Warranty &
Maintenance book let under AIRBAG RE-
PLACEMENT RECORD.
- For safety reasons in severe accidents, the
alternator and starte r are separated from
the vehicle batte ry with a pyrotechnic circuit
interrupter.
- Work on the pyrotechnic circuit interrupt-
er must on ly be performed by a qua lified
dealer - risk of an acc ident!
- If the vehicle or the circuit interr upter is
scrapped, all applicable safety precautions
must be followed.
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For the sake of the environment
Undeployed airbag modules and pretension -
ers might be classified as Perchlorate Material
-specia l hand ling may apply, see
www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlo-
rate. When the vehicle or parts of the re-
stra int system including airbag modules and
safety belts with pretensioners are scrapped,
a ll applicable laws and regulations must be
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