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PASSENGER AIRBAG ON will briefly appear in
the instrument cluster display. This is to in-
form the driver of the current front passenger
airbag status .
Important safety instructions on
monitoring the Advanced Airbag System
A
WARNING
An airbag system that is not functioning
properly cannot provide supplemental
pro-
tection in a frontal crash.
- If the airbag indicator light comes on, it
means that there may be someth ing
wrong with the Advanced Airbag System .
It is possible that the airbag will inflate
when it is not supposed to, or will not in-
flate when it should .
- Have the airbag system inspected imme-
diately by your author ized Audi dealer .
A
WARNING
If the front airbag inflates, a ch ild without
a child restra int, in a rearwa rd-fac ing child
safety seat or in a forward-faci ng chi ld re-
st raint that has not been prope rly insta lled
will be seriously injured and can be killed .
- Even thoug h your veh icle is equipped
with an Advanced Airbag System, make
certain t hat a ll children, especially 12
years and younge r, a lways ride on the
back seat properly restrained for their
age and size.
- Always insta ll forwar d or rea r-facing
child safety seats on the rear seat - even
with an Advanced Airbag System.
- If you must install a rearward-faci ng
child safety seat on the front passenger
seat because of exceptional circumstan-
ces and the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not appear and stay on, imme-
diately insta ll the rear-fac ing ch ild safety
seat in a rear seating position and have
t he a irbag syste m inspected by your au-
t hori zed Audi de ale r.
- A tight tet her or other st rap on a rear-
wa rd-fa cing child restr aint att a ched to
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the front passenger seat can put too
much pressu re on the weight-sensing
mat in the seat and reg iste r more weight
than is actually o n the seat . The heavie r
weight registered can make the system
wo rk as tho ugh an adult we re on the seat
a nd deploy the Advanced Airbag when it
must be suppressed causing ser ious or
even fat al injury to the ch ild .
- If, in exceptiona l circumstances , you
must ins t all a forwar d -fac ing ch ild re-
st raint on the front passenger seat, al -
ways move the seat into its rearmost po-
sition in the seat's fore and aft adjust-
ment range, as far away from the a irbag
as poss ible. The backrest must be adj ust-
ed to an upright pos ition. Make sure that
the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
comes on and stays o n a ll t he time when-
eve r t he ignit ion is switched on.
A
WARNING
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- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not go o ut when an adu lt is sit t ing
on the front passenger sea t aft er t aking
the ste ps described above, make su re the
ad ult is properly seate d and restra ined at
one of the rea r seat ing pos itions.
- Have the airbag system inspected by
your authorized Audi dealer befo re trans-
port ing anyone on the front passenger
seat .
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Tips
If t he weight -sensing mat in the front pas -
senger seat detects an empty seat, the
front airbag on the passenger side will be
turned off, and PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
will stay on.
Repair, care and disposal of the airbags
Parts of the airbag system a re installed at
many different p laces o n your Audi. Insta lling,
removi ng, servicing or repa iring a par t in an
area of the veh icle can d amage a par t of an
a irbag syst em and preven t that system from
working properly in a coll ision .
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