Front Airbags - Audi RS 5 Cabriolet 2013 Owner's Manual

- Never place additional items on the seat
that can increase the total weight regis-
tered by the weight-sensing mat and can
cause injury in a crash.
Front airbags
Description of front airbags
The airbag system can provide supplemental
protection to properly restrained front seat
occupan ts.
Fig. 15 2
L ocation of driver airbag: in steer ing wheel
Fig. 153
L ocation of front passenger's airbag: in the in-
st rument panel
Your veh icle is equipped w ith an "Advanced
Airbag System" in compliance with United
States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
(FMVSS) 208 as app licab le at the time your
ve hicle was manufac tu red. The system senses
the position of the front seats and controls
front airbag inflation with a valve, depending
on the distance between the respect ive seat
and the steering wheel or instrument panel.
The safety belts for the seats have "preten-
sioners" that he lp to take slack out of the belt
system . The pretensioners are also activated
by the electron ic contro l unit for the airbag
sys t em.
A irba g sy stem 141
The front safety belts also have load limiters
to help reduce the forces applied to the body
in a crash .
The airbag for the drive r is in t he stee ring
whee l hub
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fig. 152 and the airbag for the
front passenger is in the instrument panel
~ fig. 153 . The general locat ion of the a irbags
is marked "AIRBAG".
There is a lot you need to know about the air-
bags in your vehicle . We urge you to read t he
detailed information about airbags, safety
belts and child safety in this and the other
chapters that make up the owner's literature.
Please be sure to heed the WARNINGS - they
are extremely important for your safety and
the safety of yo ur passengers, especially in-
fants and small children.
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WARNING
Never rely on airbags alone for protec t ion.
- Even when they deploy, airbags provide
only s uppleme nta l pro tect ion .
- Airbag work most effective ly when used
wit h p roperly wor n safety belts.
- Therefore, always wea r you r safe ty belts
and make sure that eve rybody in your ve-
hicle is prope rly res t rained.
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WARNING
A pe rson on the fron t passe nger seat, es-
pe cial ly infants and sma ll children, will re-
ceive serious injuries and can even be kil-
led by being too close to the airbag when
it inflates .
- Alt ho ugh the Advanced Airbag System in
your veh icle is designed to tur n off the
front passenge r airbag if an infant or a
small child is on the front passenger
seat, nobody can absolutely guarantee
that deployment under these specia l
conditions is imposs ible in all conceiva-
ble sit uat ions that may happen during
t he useful life of your vehicle.
- The Advanced Airbag System can dep loy
in acco rdance with the "low risk" option
un der the U.S. Fede ral Standa rd if a child
that is he avier than the t ypical one-year
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