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compliance with the U.S. Safety Standard
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- will go out if the front passenger seat is occu-
pied by an adult as registered by the capacitive
passenger detection system.
- The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light must come
on and stay on if the ignition is on and .. .
- a car bed has been installed on the front pas-
senger seat, or
- a rearward-facing ch ild restraint has been in-
stalled on the front passenger seat, or
- a fo rward -facing child restraint has been inst a l-
led on the front passenger seat,
- and if the e lectrica l capacitance registered on
the front passenger seat is equal to or less than
the combined capacitance of a typical 1 year-
o ld infant and one of the rearward-facing or
forward-facing chi ld restraints listed in Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 with which
the Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle was
certified.
If the front passenger seat is not occupied, the
front airbag will not deploy, and the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF
light will stay on.
Never
install a
rearward-facing child restraint on the front pas-
senger seat, the safest place for a child in any
kind of child restraint is at one of the seating po-
sitions on the rear seat ¢ page 144, Child re-
straints on the front seat - some important
things to know and ¢ page 167, Child safety.
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG light comes
on ...
If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on
when one of the conditions listed above is met,
be sure to check the light regularly to make cer-
tain that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light
stays on contin uously whenever the ignition is
on. If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does
not appear on and does not stay on all the t ime,
stop as soon as it is safe to do so and
- reactivate the system by turning the ignition off
for more than 4 seconds and then turning it on
again;
- remove and reinstall the child restraint . Make
sure that the chi ld restraint is properly installed
and that the safety belt for the front passenger
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seat has been correct ly routed through the
child restraint as described in the chi ld restraint
manufacture r's instruct ions;
- make sure that the convertib le locking retractor
on the safety be lt for the front passenger seat
has been activated and that the safety belt has
been pulled tight .
- make sure that no electrical device (such as a
laptop, CD player, electron ic games dev ice,
power inverter or seat heater for child seats) is
placed or used on the front passenger seat if
the device is connected to the 12-volt socket or
the cigarette lighter socket;
- make sure that no seat heater has been retrofit -
ted or otherwise added to the front passenger
seat;
- make sure that nothing can interfere with the
safety belt buckles and that they are not ob-
structed;
- make sure that there are no wet objects (such
as a wet towe l) and no water or other liquids on
the fron t passenger seat cushion.
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG light still does
not come on ...
If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light still does
not come on and does not stay on continuously
(when the ignit ion is switched on),
- take the child restraint off the front passenger
seat and insta ll it properly at one of the rear
seat positions. Have the airbag system inspect-
ed by your Audi dealer immed iat e ly.
- move the child to a rear seat position and make
sure that the child is p rope rly restrained in a
child restraint that is appropriate for its size
and age .
The PASSENGER AIR BAG light should NOT
come on ...
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light should NOT
come on when the ignit ion is on and an adult is
sitting in a proper seating position on the front
passenger seat. If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on or flashes for about
S seconds while dr iving, under these circumstan-
ces, make sure that:
- the adult on the front passenger seat is proper-
ly seated on the center of the seat cushion with ..,.
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