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Airbag
syst em
- Take the child restraint off the front pas-
senger seat and install it properly at one
of the rear seat positions if the PASSEN-
GER AI R BAG OFF light does not stay on .
- Have the airbag system inspected by
your Audi dealer immed iately.
- Always carefully follow instructions from
child restraint manufacturers when in-
sta lling child restraints .
A
WARNING
, .
If, in exceptional circumstances, you must
install a forward or rearward-fac ing child
restraint on the front passenge r's seat:
- Improper installation of child restraints
can reduce their effectiveness or even
prevent them from providing any protec-
t ion.
- An improperly installed child restraint
can interfere with the airbag as it de -
ploys and serio us ly injure or even kill the
child - even wit h an Advanced Airbag
System.
- Always carefully follow t he manufactur-
er's instructions provided with the child
seat or car rier.
- Always make su re that there is nothing
on the front passenger seat that will
cause the capacitive passenger detection
system in the seat to signal to the Airbag
System that the seat is occupied by a
person when it is not, or to signal that it
is occupied by someone who is heavier
than the pe rson actually sitting on the
seat. The presence of additiona l objects
cou ld cause the passenger front airbag
to be t urned on w hen it sho uld be off, or
cou ld cause the airbag t o work in a way
that is different from the way it wou ld
have worked without the object on the
seat.
Front
airbags
Description of front airbags
The airbag system can provide supplemental
protection to properly restrained front seat
occupants .
Fig. 122 Locat ion of driver airbag : in steering wheel
Fig. 123 Locat ion of fro nt passenger's airbag: in t he in-
str umen t panel
Your vehicle is equipped with an "Advanced
Airbag System " in compliance with United
States Federa l Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
(FMVSS) 208 as applicable at the time you r
vehicle was manufactured . The safety belts
for the seats have "pretensioners"
that help
to take slack out of the belt system. The pre-
ten s ioners are also act ivated by t he electronic
control unit for the airbag system.
The front safety belts also have load lim iters
to help reduce the forces applied to the body
in a crash.
The airbag for the driver is in the steering
whee l hub
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fig. 122
and the airbag fo r the
front pas senger is in the instr ument panel
c::;,
fig . 123.
The gener a l location of the a irbags
is marked "AIRBAG".
There is a lot you need to know about the a ir-
bags in your vehicle. We urge you to read the
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