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Airbag
system
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WARNING (continued )
the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not come on and stay on,
imm ediately install the rear-facing child safety seat in a rear
seating position and have the airbag system inspected by your
Audi dealer .
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WARNING
If, in exceptional circumstances, you must install a forward-facing
child restraint on the front passenger's seat:
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Always make sure the forward-facing seat has been designed
and cert ified by its manufacturer for use on a front seat with a
passenger front and side airbag .
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Never put the forward-facing child restraint up against or very
near the instrument panel.
•
Alway s move the passenger seat into it s rearmost position in
the seat's fore and aft adjustment range, as far away from the
airbag as possible, before installing the forward-facing child
restraint. The backrest must be adjusted to an upright position.
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Make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on
and stays on all the time whenever the ignition is switched on. •
Advanced
Airbag
System
components
The fron t passenger seat in your veh icle has a lot of very important
parts of t he Adva nced Airbag System in it. These parts include t he
we ight-sens ing mat, sensors, wiring, bracke t s, and more . The func-
ti on of the system in the front pa ssenger seat is chec ked by the elec-
tr on ic contro l unit whe n the ig nit ion is on . The contro l unit monitors
the Advanced Airbag System and turns the airbag indicator light on
when a mal f unction in the system compone nts is dete cted. The func-
tion of the a irbag indicator light is described in g reater detail be low.
Because t he fr ont passenge r seat con t ains import ant parts of th e
Advanced Airbag System, you must take care to prevent it from being
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damaged . Damage to the seat may prevent t he Advanced Airbag for
t he fro nt pa ssenge r se at fr om d oing its job in a cra sh .
The front
Advanced
Airbag
System
consists
of the
following:
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Cras h sensors in the front of the vehicle t hat measure vehicle
acc ele rat ion/ d ece le rat ion t o prov ide info rma tion t o t he Advanc ed
Airbag System about t he severity of the crash .
• An e lect ron ic con t rol uni t , w ith integr at ed crash sen sors fo r fr ont
and side impacts. The contro l unit "dec ides" w het her to fire the front
air bag s base d on th e infor mati on received fro m t he cras h sensors.
The control unit also "decides" whe t her the saf ety bel t pret en s io ners
sh ould be act ivat ed.
• An Advanced Airbag with gas generator for the dr iver inside the
stee ring whee l hub .
• An Advanced Airbag with gas ge nerator inside the inst rument
pane l for t he fro nt pas senge r.
• A wei gh t-sensing mat under the upholste ry padd ing of the front
passenge r seat cushio n th at m easures t he tota l we ig ht on t he seat .
The informat ion registe red is se nt cont inuo us ly to the electronic
contr ol un it to regulat e d eploym en t of t he fr ont Advanced Airba g o n
the passenger side .
• An airbag m o nito ring system a nd ind icator light in t he inst rume nt
cluster => page 137.
• The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on an d stays o n in the
center of the instr ument panel => page 138, fig . 111 an d tells you
w he n the fr ont Advan ced Airbag on t he passenge r side has bee n
t urned off.
• A se nso r bel ow th e saf ety belt latc h fo r t he front seat pa sse nger
to meas ure the tension on the safety be lt . The tens io n on the safety
bel t an d t he we ight regi st ered by t he we ig ht- se nsing mat he lp t he
cont rol un it "dec ide" whet her the front airbag fo r t he front
pa ssenger seat should be t ur ned off or not => page 128 , "Child
restra ints on t he front seat - some important thi ngs to know".
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