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Airbag
system
- when the weight on th e front passenger
seat as sensed by t he Advanced Airbag Sys-
tem indicates that the front airbag on the
passenger side has to be turned off by the
electronic control unit (the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on)
A
WARNING
Sitting in the wrong position can increase
the risk of serious injury in crashes.
- To reduce the risk of injury when the air-
bags inflate, the driver and passengers
must always sit in an upright position,
must not lean against or place any part
of their body too close to the area where
the airbags are located.
- Occupants who are unbelted, out of posi-
tion or too close to the airbag can be se-
riously injured by an airbag as it unfolds
with great force in the blink of an eye
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A
WARNING
-
A child in a rearward-facing child safety
seat installed on the front passenger seat
will be seriously injured and can be killed if
the front airbag inflates - even with an Ad-
vanced Airbag System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child
safety seat or infant carrier with great
force and will smash the child safety seat
and child against the backrest, center
armrest, door or roof.
- Always install rear-facing child safety
seats on the rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward-facing
child safety seat on the front passenger
seat because of exceptional circumstan-
ces and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on and stay on, im-
mediately install the rear-facing child
safety seat in a rear seating position and
have the airbag system inspected by your
authorized Audi dealer.
A
WARNING
Objects between you and the airbag will
increase the risk of injury in a crash by in-
terfering with the way the airbag unfolds
or by being pushed into you as the airbag
inflates .
- Never hold things in your hands or on
your lap when the vehicle is in use.
- Never transport items on or in the area
of the front passenger seat. Objects
could move into the area of the front air-
bags during braking or other sudden ma-
neuvers and become dangerous projec-
tiles that can cause serious personal in-
jury if the airbags inflate.
- Never place or attach accessories or oth-
er objects (such as cupholders, tele-
phone brackets, large, heavy or bulky ob-
jects) on the doors, over or near the area
marked "AIRBAG" on the steering wheel,
instrument panel, seat backrests or be-
tween those areas and yourself . These
objects could cause injury in a crash, es-
pecially when the airbags inflate.
- Never recline the front passenger's seat
to transport objects. Items can also
move into the area of the side airbag or
the front airbag during braking or in a
sudden maneuver. Objects near the air-
bags can become projectiles and cause
injury, particularly when the seat is re-
clined.
- Never tilt the front passenger seat back-
rest forward when the vehicle is moving.
An inflating airbag will force the back-
rest backward and can injure rear seat oc-
cupants.
A
WARNING
The fine dust created when airbags deploy
can cause breathing problems for people
with a history of asthma or other breath-
ing conditions.
-
- To reduce the risk of breathing problems,
those with asthma or other respiratory
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