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Airbag
system
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light
is
located
in
the center of the instrument
panel
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fig. 134.
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will come
on
and
stay on to
tell
you when
the front
Advanced
Airbag on the passenger side has
been
turned off
by the electronic control
unit.
Each time you turn
on the
ignition,
the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will flash for a few seconds and:
-
will stay on
if
the front passenger seat is not
occupied,
-will
stay on
if
there
is
a small child or child re-
straint on the front passenger seat,
-
will
go
out if
the front
passenger seat is occu-
pied by an adult as
registered by
the weight-
sensing mat.
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light must come
on and stay on
if
the ignition is
on and
-
a car bed
has
been
installed
on the front seat,
or
-
a rearward-facing child
restraint
has been in-
stalled on the front passenger seat
,
or
-
a forward-facing child restraint has been instal-
led
on
the
front passenger seat, or
-
the weight registered on the front passenger
seat is equal to or
less than
the combined
weight of a typical
1
year-old restrained in one
of the rear-facing or forward-facing
infant
re-
straints 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
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF
light will stay on.
Never install
a
rearward-facing child restraint on the front pas-
senger seat, the safest place for a child
in
any
kind of child
restraint
is at one of the seating po-
sitions on the
rear
seat
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page 130, Child re-
straints on the front seat
-
some important
things to know
and
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page 151, Child safety.
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on
when one of the conditions listed above
is
met,
be sure to check the light regularly to make cer-
tain
that
the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light
stays on continuously whenever the ignition is
on
.
If
the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does
140
not appear and not stay on all the
time,
stop as
soon as
it
is safe to do so and
-
reactivate
the
system
by
turning the
ignition
off and
then turning
it on
again
;
-
remove and reinstall
the
child restraint.
Make
sure
that the
child restraint is properly
instal-
led and that
the
safety
belt
for the front pas-
senger seat has been correctly routed around
the child
restraint
as
described
in the child re-
straint manufacturer's
instructions;
-
make sure that the convertible
locking retrac-
tor on the safety
belt
for the
front
passenger
seat has been activated and that the safety belt
has been pulled tight. The belt must not be
loose or have loops of slack so that the sensor
below
the
safety belt latch on the seat can do
its
job
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page 160
.
-
make sure that things that may increase the
weight of
the
child and child safety seat are not
being transported
on the front passenger seat;
-
make sure that the safety belt tension sensor is
not blocked
.
Shake the safety belt latch on
the
front passenger seat back and forth;
-
If a strap or
tether is
being 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-sensing
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
continuously
(when the ignition is switched on),
- take
the child restraint off
the
front passenger
seat and
install
it properly at one of the
rear
seat positions.
Have the
airbag system inspect-
ed by your
authorized
Audi
dealer immediately.
- move the child
to
a
rear
seat
position and make
sure
that the
child is
properly
restrained in
a
child restraint that is appropriate
for its size
and age.
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light
should
NOT
come on
when the ignition is on
and an adult
is
sitting
in a proper seating
position
on
the
front
passenger
seat. If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light
comes on and stays on or flashes for about
5 seconds while driving,
under
these circumstan-
ces, make sure that:
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