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in the instrument cluster display. This is to in-
form the drive r of the current front passenger
airbag status.
Important safety instructions on
monitoring the Advanced Airbag System
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WARNING
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An airbag system that is not functioning
properly cannot provide supplemental
pro-
tection in a frontal crash .
- If the airbag indicator light¢ page 20
comes when the vehicle is be ing used,
have the system inspected immediately
by your authorized Aud i dea ler. It is pos-
sible that the a irbag will inflate when it
is not supposed to, or will not inflate
when it should.
A
WARNING
If the front airbag inflates, a ch ild without
a child restra int, in a rearwa rd-facing child
safety seat or in a forward-facing chi ld re-
st raint that has not been properly insta lled
will be seriously injured and can be killed .
- Even though your veh icle is equipped
with an Advanced Airbag System, make
certain that a ll children, especially 12
years and younger, a lways ride on the
back seat properly restrained for their
age and size.
- Always install forward or rea r-facing
child safety seats on the rear seat - even
with an Advanced Airbag System.
- If you must install a rearward-facing
child safety seat on the front passenger
seat because of exceptional circumstan-
ces and the PAS SENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not appear and stay on, imme-
diately install the rear-fac ing ch ild safety
seat in a rear seating position and have
the a irbag system inspected by yo ur au-
thori zed Aud i dea ler.
- A tight tether or other st rap on a rear-
ward-fa cing child restr aint at t ached to
the front passenger sea t can put too
much pressure on the weight -sens ing
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A irbag sys tem
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mat in the seat and reg ister more weight
than is actually on the seat. The heavier
weight registered can make the system
work as though an adult were on the seat
and deploy the Advanced Airbag when it
must be suppressed causing ser ious or
even fata l injury to the ch ild.
- If, in exceptiona l circumstances, you
must install a forward-fac ing ch ild re-
st raint o n the front passenger seat, al-
ways move t he sea t into its rearmos t po-
sition in the seat's fore and aft adjust -
ment range, as far away from the airbag
as poss ible . The backrest must be adj ust-
ed to an upright pos ition. Make sure that
the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
comes on and stays on all the time when-
eve r the ignit ion is switched on.
A
WARNING
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not go out when an ad ult is sitting
on t he front passenger sea t after taking
the steps described above, make su re the
ad ult is prope rly seated and restra ined at
one of the rea r seat ing pos itions.
- Have the a irbag system inspe cted by
your author ized Audi dealer befo re trans-
port ing anyone on the front passenger
seat.
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Tips
If t he weight-sensing mat in the front pas-
senger seat detects an empty seat, the
front airbag on the passenger side will be
turned off, and PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
will stay on.
Repair, care and disposal of the airbags
Parts of the airbag system are installed at
many different places o n your Audi. Insta lling,
removi ng, servicing or repa iring a par t in an
ar ea of the veh icle can damage a part of an
a irbag system and preven t that system from
wor king pro perly in a coll isio n.
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