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The fr ont a irbags are designed to provide addi-
tional protection for the chest and face of the
driver and the front seat passenger when:
- safety belts are worn prope rly,
- the seats have been positioned so that the oc-
cupan t is prope rly sea t ed as far as possible
from the airbag,
- and the head restra ints have been properly ad-
juste d.
Because airbags inflate in the blink of a n eye with
g reat fo rce, th ings you have on your lap or have
placed on the seat cou ld become dangerous pro-
jectiles , a nd be pushed int o you if the airbag in-
flates.
When an a irbag deploys, fine dust is released.
This is normal and is not caused by a fire in the
vehicle. This dust is made up mostly of a powder
used t o lubricate the airbags as they deploy. It
could irritate skin.
It is important to remember that whi le t he sup-
plemental air bag system is des igned t o reduce
the likel ihood of ser ious injuries, ot her inj uries,
for example swelling, bruising and minor abra-
sions, can a lso happen when airbags inflate . Air-
bags do not protect the arms or the lower parts
of the body. Front airbags only supplement the
three po int safety belts in some frontal collisions
in which the ve hicle decelerat io n is high enough
to deploy the airbags .
Front airbag s will not deploy:
- if the ignit ion is switched off when a crash oc-
curs,
- in s ide collisions,
- in rear-end collisions,
- in rollove rs,
- when the cra sh decelerat ion meas ured by the
airbag system is less t han the minimum t hresh-
o ld needed for airbag deployment as registered
by the e lectronic contro l unit.
The front passenger airbag will also not
deploy:
- when the front passenger seat is not occupied,
- when the we igh t on t he fron t passenge r seat as
sensed by t he Advanced Airbag Syst em indi-
Airb a g sys tem
cates that the front a irbag on the passenger
side has to be t urned off by the e lectronic con-
trol unit (the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
comes on and stays on).
A
WARNING
Sitting in the wrong position can increase the
risk of ser ious injury in crashes .
- To reduce the risk of injury when the airbags
inflate, the drive r and passenge rs must al-
ways sit in an up right posit ion, m ust not
lean aga inst or place any part of their body
too close to the area where the airbags are
located.
- Occupants who are unbelted, out of posit ion
or t oo close to the airbag can be serio us ly
injur ed by an air bag as it unfolds with g reat
for ce in t he blink ofan eye
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A
WARNING
-
A child in a rearward-fa cing child safety se at
insta lled on the front passenger seat will be
se riously injured and can be killed if the front
airbag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant ca rrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
aga inst the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof.
- Always install rear-fac ing child safety seats
on the rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat be-
cause of excep t ional circumstances and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay on, immedia t ely insta ll
the rea r-facing child safe ty se at in a rear
seating posi t ion and have t he air bag system
inspecte d by your au t horized Audi dealer.
A
WARNING
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Objects between you and the air bag will in-
crease the risk of injury in a crash by interfer-
ing with the way the airbag unfolds or by be-
ing pushed into you as the airbag inflates.
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