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Airbag
s ystem
is met
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page 151, More important things to
know about front airbags.
In addition to their normal safety function,
safety bel t s he lp keep t he d river or front pas-
senger in position in a frontal coll is ion so that
the airbags can provide supplemental
protec-
tion.
The airbag system is not a s ubst itute for yo ur
safety be lt . Rathe r, it is part of the overall oc-
cupant restraint system in you r vehicle. Al-
ways remember that the airbag system can
only help to protect you if you are wearing
you r safety belt and wear ing it properly . This
is why you shou ld always wear your safety
belt, not just because the law requires you to
do so c:'> page 134, General notes .
The safety belt buck le for the driver and front
seat passenge r have switches that tell the a ir-
bag control module if the safety belt is being
used or not . If the safety belt is being used,
the knee airbag will deploy at a sligh t ly higher
rate of decelera t ion than if t he belt is not be-
ing used . Therefore, in a par t icular collision, it
is possible that an airbag will not deploy at a
seating position where the safety belt is being
used but will inflate at the pos ition where the
safety belt is not be ing used.
Remember too, airbags will deploy only once
and on ly in certain kinds of accidents -your
safety be lts are a lways there to offer protec-
tion in those accidents in which airbags are
not supposed to deploy or when they have a l-
ready deployed, fo r example whe n your veh i-
cle strikes or is struck by another after the
first coll ision.
This is just one of the reasons why an a irbag is
not a substitute for the safety belt . The airbag
system works most effective ly when used with
the safety belts. Therefore, always wea r your
safe ty be lts correctly .
It
is importan t to remember that while the
supplemental
knee a irbag system is designed
to reduce the likelihood of serious injur ies,
ot her injuries, fo r example , swel ling , bruising,
a nd minor abras ions and fri ct io n burns ca n al-
so occur when an airbag inflates.
The knee airbag system basically consists
of:
- The e lectronic control module
- Two inflatable airbags (airbag a nd gas gen -
erator), one for the driver and one for the
front passenger
- The a irbag indicator light in the instr ument
panel
The knee airbag system will not deploy:
- when the ignit ion is t urned off
- in frontal collisions when the deceleration
meas ured by the control unit is too low
- in side collisions
- in rear-end collisions
- in rollovers
- in the event of a system malfunction (warn-
ing/ind icato r light is on)
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page 20.
A
WARNING
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- Safety belts and the airbag system can
only provide protection w hen occupants
are in the proper seating position
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- If the airbag ind icator light c:'> page 20
comes when the veh icle is being used,
have t he system inspected immediately
by your aut hori zed Audi dealer . It is pos -
sible t hat t he airbag will infla t e when it
is not supposed to, o r will not inflate
when it should .
How knee airbags work
Applies to veh icles : with knee airbags
The risk of injury to the leg area can be re-
du ced by f ully deployed knee airbags.
Fig. 14 5 Inflated airb ags protec t ing in a fro ntal co lli-
s ion
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