Knee Airbags - Audi R8 2017 Owner's Manual

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Knee airbags
Description of knee airbags
The knee airbag system can provide supplemen-
tal protection to properly restrained front seat
occupants.
Fig. 148
Driver's knee air bag
The driver knee airbag is in the instrument panel
underneath the steering wheel¢
fig. 148,
the
airbag for the passenger is at about the same
height in the instrument panel underneath the
glove compartment.
The knee airbag offers additional protection to
the driver's and passenge r's knees and upper and
lower thigh areas and supplements the protec-
tion provided by the safety belts.
If the front airbags dep loy, the knee airbags also
deploy in frontal collisions when the deployment
threshold stored in the control unit is met
¢
page 190, More important things to know
about front airbags.
In addition to their normal safety function, safe-
ty belts help keep the driver or front passenger in
position in a frontal collision so that the airbags
can prov ide supplemental protect ion .
The airbag system is not a substitute for your
safety belt. Rather, it is part of the overall occu-
pant restraint system in your vehicle. Always re-
member that the airbag system can only help to
protect you if you are wearing your safety belt
and wear ing it properly . This is why you should
always wear your safety belt, not just because
the law requires you to do so ¢
page 174, Gener-
al notes .
Airbag system
Remember too, airbags will deploy on ly once and
only in certain kinds of accidents - your safety
belts are always there to offer protection in those
accidents in which airbags are not supposed to
deploy or when they have already deployed, for
example when your vehicle strikes or is struck by
another after the first collision .
This is just one of the reasons why an airbag is
not a substitute for the safety belt. The airbag
system works most effectively when used with
the safety belts. Therefore, always wear your
safety belts correctly.
It is important to remember that while the sup-
plemental knee airbag system is designed to re-
duce the likelihood of ser ious injuries, other inju-
ries, for example, swelling, bru ising and minor
abras ions and frict ion burns can a lso occur when
an airbag inflates.
The knee airbag system basically consists of:
- The electronic control module
- Two inflatable airbags (airbag and gas genera-
tor), one for the driver and one for the front
passenger
- The airbag warning light in the instrument clus-
ter
The knee airbag system will not deploy:
- when the ignition is switched off
- in frontal collisions when the deceleration
measured by the control unit is too low
- in side collisions
- in rear-end collisions
- in rollovers
- in the event of a system malfunction (warning/
indicator light is on)¢ page 15.
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WARNING
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- Safety belts and the airbag system can only
prov ide protection when occupants are in
the proper seating position ¢
page 190.
- If the airbag ind icat or light
¢ page 15
comes when the vehicle is being used, have
the system insp ected imm ediately 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.
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