Audi RS 7 Sportback 2016 Owner's Manual page 146

Airb a g syste m
manufacturer's instructions require the use
of a towel, foam cushion or someth ing else
to properly pos ition the child restraint,
make certain that the PAS SENGER AI R BAG
OFF light comes on and stays on whenever
the child restraint is installed on the front
passenge r seat.
- If the PASSEN GER AIR BAG OFF light does
not come on and stay on, immediately in-
sta ll child restraint in a rear seating position
and have the airbag system inspected by
your Audi dealer.
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WARNING
If the front passenger seat gets wet, dry it im-
mediately .
- If liquid soaks into the fron t passenger sea t ,
t his can keep the a irbag system from work -
ing properly and may, for instance, deacti-
vate the passenger frontal airbag. If this
happens, the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will come on and stay on together with
the airbag indicator light
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(USA models)/
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(Canada models) in the instrument clus-
te r.
- If liquid is pooled on the seat, but has not
soaked in, this may also keep the airbag sys-
tem from working properly and cause the
passenge r frontal a irbag to be e nabled
(tu rned on), even though there is a properly
inst alled child restraint system on the seat.
Wet towe ls or other wet things on the seat
cushion can have the same effect. If the
front passenger frontal airbag is turned on,
the PAS SENGER AIR BAG OFF light will go
out.
How the Advanced Airbag System
components work together
The front Advanced Airbag System and the side
airbags supplement the protection offered by t he
front three-po int 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.
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Deployment of the Advanced Airbag System and
the activation of the safety belt pretensioners de -
pend on the dece leration measured by the crash
sensors and registered by the electronic contro l
unit. Crash severity depends on speed and decel-
eration as well as the mass and stiffness of the
vehicle or object involved in the crash .
On the passenger side, regard less of safety belt
use, the front passenger frontal airbag will be
turned off if the e lectr ica l capacitance measured
by the capacitive passenger detection system on
the front passenger seat is less than the amount
programmed in the elec t ron ic cont rol unit . The
front passenger fron t al a irbag will also be turned
off if the capacitance measured by the system for
the front passenger seat equals that of an infant
of about one year of age in one of the child seats
that was used to certify the Advanced Airbag Sys-
tem under Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
208. The PAS SENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes
on and stays on to tell you when the front Ad-
vanced Airbag System on the passenger side has
been t urned off
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WARNING
To reduce the risk of injury when an airbag in-
flates, always we ar safe ty belts prope rly.
- If you are un restrai ned, leaning forward, sit-
ting sideways or out of posi t ion in any way,
your risk of injury is much highe r.
- You will a lso receive ser ious injuries and
could even be killed if you are up agains t the
airbag or too close to it when it inflates -
even with an Advanced Airbag
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page 135.
More important things to know about front
airbags
Fig. 156
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