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Airb a g sys t e m
- a rearward-facing ch ild restraint has been
insta lled on the front passenger seat, or
- a forward-facing child restraint has been in-
sta lled on the front passenger seat, or
- the weight registered on the front passen-
ger seat is equa l to or less than the com-
bined weight of a typical 1 year-old restrain-
ed in one of the rear-facing or forward-fac-
ing infant restraints listed in Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard 208 with which the
Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle was
certified.
If
the front passenger seat is not occupied,
the front airbag will not deploy, and the
PAS-
SENG ER AIR BAG OFF
light will stay on . Nev-
er install a rearward-fac ing ch ild restra int on
the front passenger seat, the safest place for
a child in any kind of child rest raint is at one
of the seat ing positions on the rear seat
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page 184, Child restraints on the front seat
- some important things to know
and
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page 203, Child Safety.
If t he PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes
on
when one of the conditions listed above is
met, be sure to check the light regular ly to
make certain that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light stays on cont inuo usly whenever the
ignit ion is on. If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light does not appear on and does not
stay on all the time, stop as soon as it is safe
to do so and
- react ivate the system by turning the ignition
off and then turning it on again;
- remove and reinsta ll the chi ld restraint.
Make sure that the child restraint is properly
installed and that the safety be lt for the
front passenger seat has been correctly
routed through the child restraint as descri-
bed in the chi ld restraint manufactu rer's in-
stru ctions;
- make sure that the convertible locking fea-
tu re on the safety be lt fo r the front passen-
ger seat has been activated and that the
sa fety belt has been pulled tight . The belt
must not be loose or have loops of slack so
that the senso r below the safety be lt latch
on the seat can do its job
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page 213.
- make sure that things that may increase the
weight of the child and child safety seat are
not being transported
on the front passen-
ger seat;
- make sure that the safety belt tension sen -
sor is not blocked. Shake the safety belt
latch on the front passenger seatback and
forth;
- If a strap or tether is be ing used to tie the
child safety seat to the front passenger
seat, make sure that it is not so tight that it
causes the weight-sens ing mat to measure
more weight than is actually on the seat.
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light still
does not come on
and does not stay on con-
t inuously (when the ignition is switched on),
- take the child restraint off the front passen-
ger seat and install it properly at one of the
rear seat positions . Have the airbag system
inspected by your autho rized Audi deale r
immed iate ly.
- move the child to a rear seat position and
make sure that the child is properly restra in-
ed in a child restra int that is approp riate for
its s ize and age.
The
PASSENG ER AIR BAG OFF
light should
NOT come on when the ignit ion is on and an
adult is sitting in a proper seating position on
t he front pas senge r sea t . If the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on or
flashes for about 5 seconds wh ile driving, un -
der these circumstances, make sure that:
- the adult on the front passenger sea t is
prope rly seated on the cente r of the sea t
cushion with his or her back up aga inst the
backrest and the backrest is not reclined
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page 164, Proper occupant seating posi-
tions,
- the adult is not taking weight off the seat by
holding on to the passenger assist handle
above the front passenger door or support-
ing their weight on the armrest,
- the safety belt is being proper ly worn and
that there is not a lot of s lack in the safety
be lt webb ing,
.,..
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