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WARNING
Changing the vehicle's su spension includ ing use of un approved
tire -rim combinations
can change Advanced Airbag performance
and increase the ris k of serious pe rsonal injury in a crash .
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Never install suspen sion components that do not have the
same performance chara cteristi cs as the components or iginally
installed on your vehicle.
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Never use tire-r im combinations
that have not been approved
by Audi.
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WARNING
Items stored between the safety belt buckle and the center
console can cause the sensors in the buckle to send the wrong
information to the electroni c control module and prevent the
Advanced Airbag System from working properly.
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Always make sure that nothing can interfere with the safety
belt buckles and that they are not obstructed .
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For the sake of the environment
Undeployed airbag modules and pretensioners might be classified
as Perchlora t e Mat erial -specia l handling m ay ap ply, see
www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate.
When the vehicle or
par t s of t he rest rain t syst em inclu d ing airbag mod ules safet y be lt s
with pretensioners
are scrapped, all applicable laws and regu la-
tions m ust be obse rved. You r aut hor ized A udi dealer is fami li ar wi t h
these requirements
and we recommend t hat you have you r dea ler
perfo rm t his service for you. •
Knee airbags
Description
of knee airbags
Th e airba g sys tem can p rov ide suppl emen ta l prot ect ion
t o pro pe rly restra ined f ront seat occ upa n ts.
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Fig. 234 Driver's
airba g
The airbag for the driver is located in the instrument panel under -
neath the steering whee l => fig . 234, the airbag for the passenger is
at about the same height in th e instrument
panel und erneath the
glove compartment.
The kn ee air bag offer s addi t io nal pr otec ti on to the d river 's a nd
passenger 's knees and upper and lower thi g h areas as a supple -
me nt to t he safet y belt s.
If the front airbags deploy , the knee airbags also deploy in frontal
collisions above a certain severity => page
227,
" More important
thi ngs to kn ow about fr ont ai rba gs" .
Besides their normal safety function, safety be lts wor k to help keep
th e d rive r o r fr on t passeng er in pos itio n in case of a fro nt al co ll is ion
so that the airbags can provide protection .
The airbag system is not a su bstitute for your safety belt . Rathe r, it
is p art of t he overa ll occupa nt restr aint system in yo ur veh icl e.
A lwa y s re m ember that the airbag system can on ly help to protect
you if you are weari ng your safe ty belt and wea rin g it p roperly . Thi s
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