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restraints or occupants on the front passen-
ger seat and prevent the side airbag in the
seat backrest from deploying properly.
-
Never use
cushions,
pillows, blankets or
similar
items on the front passenger seat.
The
additional
padding will prevent
the
weight-sensing mat
in
the seat from accu-
rately registering the child restraint or per-
son on the seat and prevent the Advanced
Airbag System from functioning properly
.
- If you must use a child restraint on the front
passenger seat and the child
restraint
man-
ufacturer's instructions require the use of a
towel, foam cushion or something else to
properly position the child restraint, make
certain that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on whenever the
child restraint
is installed
on the front pas-
senger seat.
- If
the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does
not
come
on and stay on,
immedi
ately
in-
stall child
restraint in a rear seating position
and have the airbag system inspected by
your authorized Audi dealer
.
How the Advanced Airbag System
components work together
The front Advanced Airbag System and the side
airbags supplement the protection offered by
th
e
front three-point safety belts with pretensioners
and
load limiters and
the adjustable
head
re-
straints to help reduce
the risk
of
injury in
a
wide
range of
accident and crash
situations. Be
sure to
read the
impor
tant information about safety and
heed the WARNINGS in this
chapte r.
Deployment of the Advanced Airbag System and
the act ivation
of
the safety be lt
pretensioners de-
pend on the
deceleration
measured by the
crash
sensors
and regis
tered
by the electronic control
unit
.
Crash severity depends on speed and decel-
eration as well as the mass and stiffness of the
vehicle or object involved
in
the
crash
.
On the passenger
s
ide,
regardless of safety belt
use, the airbag will be turned off
if
the weight on
the passenger seat is less than the amount pro-
grammed
in
the
e
lect
ron
ic
control unit.
The
front
Airbag
system
airbag on the passenger
side
will also be turned
off if one of
the
child safety seats that has been
certified under
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard 208
has
been
recognized on the seat.
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes
on
and
stays
on
to
tell you when the front Advanced
Airbag
on
the passenger side
has
been turned off
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page 130, Child restraints on the front seat
-
some
important
things
to
know
.
_&.
WARNING
To reduce the risk of
injury
when an airbag
in-
flates, always wear safety belts
properly.
- If
you are unrestrained, leaning
forward,
sit-
ting sideways or out of position
in
any way,
your
risk
of injury is much higher.
-
You will also receive serious injuries and
could even be killed if you are
up
against the
airbag or too close to
it
when
it
inflates
-
even with an Advanced Airbag
qpage
129.
More important things to know about front
airbags
Fig. 133
Inflated
front
airbags
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Safety belts are important to help keep front
seat occupants
in
the proper seated position
so
that
airbags can
unfold properly and provide
s
up-
plemental protection in
a fronta
l
collision
.
The
front
airbags are designed
to
provide addi-
tional protection
for the chest and
face of
the
driver
and
the front
seat
passenger when:
-
safety belts are worn properly,
- the
seats have been positioned so that the oc-
cupant is properly seated as far as possible
from the airbag,
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