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Airbag
syste m
AIR BAG OFF
light will come on and stay on
whenever the ignition is on.
A
WARNING
An airbag system that is not functioning prop-
er ly cannot provide supplemental
protection
in a frontal crash.
- If the airbag indicator light
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comes when the vehicle is being used, have
the system inspected immediately by your
authorized Audi dealer . It is possible that
the airbag will inflate when it is not sup-
posed to, or will not inflate when it should.
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light
Fig. 118
Section from the inst rument panel: PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF lig ht
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light is located in
the center of the instrument panel c::> fig. 118 .
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will come on
and stay on to tell you when the front Advanced
Airba g on the passenger side has been turned off
by the electronic control unit. Each time you turn
on the ignition, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will flash for a few seconds and:
- will stay on if the front passenger seat is not
occupied,
-will stay on if there is a small ch ild or child re-
straint on the front passenger seat,
- will go out if the front passenger seat is occu-
pied by an adult as reg istered by the weight-
sensing mat.
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light must come
on and stay on
if the igni t ion is on and
- a car bed has been installed on the front seat,
or
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- a rearward-facing child restraint has been in-
stalled on the front passenger seat, or
- a forward-facing chi ld restraint has been insta l-
led on the front passenger seat, or
- the weight registered on the front passenger
seat is equal to or less than the combined
weight of a typical 1 year-old restrained in one
of the rear -facing or forward-facing infant re-
straints listed in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard 208 with which the Advanced Airbag
System in your vehicle was cert ified .
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 ch ild in any
kind of child restraint is at one of the seating po-
s itions on the rear seat
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page 118, Child re-
straints on the front seat - some important
things to know and
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page 13 7, Child safety.
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 ce r-
tain that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light
stays on continuously whenever the ignition is
on . If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does
not appear and not stay on all the time, stop as
soon as it is safe to do so and
- reactivate the system by turning the ignition
off and then turning it on again;
- remove and reinstall the chi ld restraint. Make
sure that the child restraint is properly instal-
led and that the safety belt for the front pas-
senger seat has been correctly routed around
the child restraint as described in the child re-
straint manufacturer's
instructions;
- make sure that the convertible locking retrac-
tor on the safety belt for the front passenger
seat has been activated and that the safety belt
has been pulled tight . The belt must not be
loose or have loops of slack so that the sensor
below the safety belt latch on the seat can do
its job
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page 147 .
- make sure that things that may increase the
weight of the child and ch ild safety seat are not
be ing transported
on the front passenger seat; .,.
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