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damaged, preventing them and the airbag
system from working properly.
- Never place seat covers or rep lacement up-
holstery that have not been specifically ap-
proved by Audi on the front seats .
- Seat covers can prevent the Advanced Air-
bag System from recognizing child re-
straints or occupants on the front passenger
seat and prevent the side a irbag in the seat
backrest from deploying properly.
- Never use cush ions, pillows, blankets or
similar items on the front passenger seat.
The add it ional padding will prevent the
weight-sens ing mat in the seat from accu-
rately reg istering the ch ild restraint or per-
son on the seat and prevent the Advanced
Airbag System from funct ioning properly.
- If you must use a child rest raint on the front
passenge r seat and t he child restraint man-
ufacturer 's instructions require the use of a
towel, foam cushion or something else to
properly position the ch ild restraint, make
certain that the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on whenever the
child restraint is installed on the front pas-
senger seat.
- If the PASSEN GER AIR BAG OFF light does
not come on and stay on, immed iately in-
stall child restraint in a rear seating position
and have the airbag system inspected by
yo ur autho rized Audi deale r.
How the Advanced Airbag System
components work together
The front Advanced Airbag System and the side
airbags supplement the protection offered by the
front three-po int safety belts with pretensioners
and load limiters and the adjustable head re-
stra ints to help reduce the risk of injury in a wide
range of accident and crash situations. Be sure to
read the important informa t ion about safety and
heed the WARNINGS in t his chapter.
Deployment of the Advanced Airbag System and
the act ivat ion of the safety belt pretensioners de-
pend on the deceleration measu red by the crash
sensors and regis t ered by the electronic control
unit. Crash severity depends on speed and decel-
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eration as well as the mass and stiffness of the
vehicle or object involved in the crash .
On the passenger side, regard less of safety be lt
use, the airbag will be turned off if the weight on
the passenger seat is less than the amount pro-
grammed in the electronic control unit . The front
airbag on the passenger side will also be turned
off if one of the child safety seats that has been
certified under Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard 208 has been recogn ized on the seat .
The PASSENGER AI R BAG OFF light comes o n
and stays on to te ll you when the front Advanced
Airbag on the passenger side has been turned off
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some important things to know.
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WARNING
To reduce the risk of injury when an airbag in-
f lates, always wea r safety belts properly.
- If you are un restrained, leaning forward, sit -
ting sideways or out of position in any way,
your risk of injury is much higher.
- You will a lso receive serious injuries and
could even be killed if you are up against the
airbag or too close to it when it inflates -
even with an Advanced Airbag
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page 148.
More important things to know about front
airbags
Fig. 1 66
Inflated front airbags
Safety be lts are important to help keep front
seat occupants in the proper seated position so
that airbags can unfold properly and prov ide sup-
plemental protection in a fronta l collision .
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