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Airbag
system
Important
things
to know
Importance
of wearing
safety
belts
and
sitting
properly
Airbags are only supplemental restraints. For airbags to
do their job, occupants must always properly wear their
safety belts and be in a proper seating position.
For your safety and the safety of your passengers, before
driving off, always:
- Adjust the driver's seat and steering wheel properly
~
page
108,
- Adjust the front passenger's seat properly~
page
64,
- Wear safety belts properly~
page
120,
- Always properly use the proper child restraint to protect
children~
page
148.
In a collision airbags must inflate within the blink of an eye and with
considerable force. The supplemental
airbags can cause injuries if the
driver or the front seat passenger are not seated properly. Therefore
in order to help the airbag to do its job, it is important,
both as a
driver and as a passenger to sit properly at all times.
By keeping room between your body and the steering wheel and the
front of the passenger compartment,
the airbag can inflate fully and
completely and provide supplemental
protection in certain frontal
collisions => page
108,
"Proper occupant seating positions". For
details on the operation of the seat adjustment
controls => page 64
and=> page
65.
It's especially important that children are properly restrained
=> page
148 .
There is a lot that the driver and the passengers can and must do to
help the individual safety features installed in your Audi work
together as a system.
Proper seating position is important so that the front airbag on the
driver side can do its job. If you have a physical impairment or condi-
tion that prevents you from sitting properly on the driver seat with
the safety belt properly fastened and reaching the pedals, or if you
have concerns with regard to the function or operation of the
Advanced Airbag System, please contact your authorized Audi dealer
or qualified workshop, or call Audi Customer CARE at 1-800-822-
2834 for possible modifications to your vehicle.
When the airbag system deploys, a gas generator will fill the airbags,
break open the padded covers, and inflate between the steering
wheel and the driver and between the instrument
panel and the front
passenger . The airbags will deflate immediately after deployment so
that the front occupants can see through the windshield again
without interruption.
All of this takes place in the blink of an eye, so fast that many people
don't even realize that the airbags have deployed. The airbags also
inflate with a great deal of force and nothing should be in their way
when they deploy. Front airbags in combination with properly worn
safety belts slow down and limit the occupant's forward movement.
Together they help to prevent the driver and front seat passenger
from hitting parts of the inside the vehicle while reducing the forces
acting on the occupant during the crash. In this way they help to
reduce the risk of injury to the head and upper body in the crash.
Airbags do not protect the arms or the lower parts of the body.
Both front airbags will not inflate in all frontal collisions. The trig-
gering of the airbag system depends on the vehicle deceleration
rate
caused by the collision and registered by the electronic control unit.
If this rate is below the reference value programmed
into the control
unit , the airbags will not be triggered, even though the car may be
badly damaged as a result of the collision . Vehicle damage, repair
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