Knee Airbags - Audi RS 7 Sportback 2016 Owner's Manual

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For the sake of the environment
Undep loyed airbag modu les and pretension-
ers might be classified as Perchlorate Materi-
al - special handling may apply, see
www.dtsc .ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlo-
rate . When the veh icle or parts of the re-
straint system including airbag modules and
safety belts with pretensioners are scrapped,
all applicable laws and regulations must be
observed. Your authorized Audi dealer is fa-
miliar with these requirements and we recom-
mend that you have your dealer perform this
service for you.
Other things that can affect Advanced
Airbag performance
Changing the vehicle's suspension system can
change the way that the Advanced Airbag System
pe rforms in a crash. For examp le, using tire-rim
comb inat ions not approved by Audi, lowering the
veh icle, changing the stiffness of the suspension,
including the springs, suspension struts, shock
absorbers etc . can change the forces that are
measured by the airbag sensors and sent to the
e lectronic control unit . Some suspension changes
can, for example, increase the force levels meas-
ured by the sensors and make the airbag system
deploy in crashes in wh ich it would not deploy if
the changes had not been made . Other kinds of
changes may reduce the fo rce levels measured by
the sensors and prevent the airbag from deploy-
ing when it should.
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WARNING
Changing the vehicle's suspension including
use of unapproved tire-rim combinations can
change Advanced Airbag performance and in-
crease the risk of serious personal injury in a
crash.
- Never install suspens ion components that
do not have the same performance charac-
teristics as the components originally instal-
led on your vehicle.
- Never use tire-rim combinations that have
not been approved by Audi.
Airbag system
Knee airbags
Description of knee airbags
Applies to: vehicles wit h knee airbags
The knee airbag system can provide supplemen-
tal protection to properly restrained front seat
occupants .
Fig. 158 Dri ver's knee air bag
The driver knee airbag is in the inst rument panel
underneath the steering wheel ¢ fig. 158, the
airbag for the passenger is at about the same
height in the instrument pane l underneath the
glove compartment.
The knee airbag offers additional protection to
the driver's and passenger's knees and upper and
lower thigh areas and supplements the protec-
tion provided by the safety belts.
If the front airbags deploy, the knee airbags also
deploy in frontal collisions when the deployment
threshold stored in the control unit is met
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page 144, More important things to know
about front airbags .
In addition to their normal safety function, safe-
ty belts help keep the dr iver or front passenger in
pos ition in a frontal collision so that the airbags
can provide supplemental protection .
The airbag system is not a substitute for your
safety belt. Rather, it is part of the overall occu-
pant restraint system in your vehicle. Always re-
member that the airbag system can only help to
protect you if you are wear ing your safety be lt
and wea ring it properly. This is why you shou ld
always wea r your safety belt, not just because
t he law requires you to do so ¢ page 12 7, Gener-
al information.
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