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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 t urned off
by the electron ic 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 occ
u-
pied by an adult as registered by the weight
-
sensing mat
.
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light mu st come
on and st ay on
if the ignition is on and
-
a ca
r
bed has been insta lled on the front seat
,
o
r
-
a rearward-fac ing child restraint has been in-
stalled on the front passenger seat, or
-
a fo rward-facing child restraint has been insta l-
led on the front passenger seat, or
-
the weight registered on the front passenger
seat is equal to o
r
less than the comb ined
weight of a typica
l
1 yea r-old restrained in one
of the rear -facing or forwa rd-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
fro nt airbag will not deploy, and the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF
light will stay on. Never install a
rearward-facing chi ld 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
¢
page 133, Child
re-
straints on the front seat
-
some important
things to know
and
¢
page 152, Child safety.
If the PASSENGER AI
R
BAG OFF light comes on
when one of the condit ions listed above is met,
be sure to check the light regularly to make cer-
tain that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light
stays on cont inuous ly whenever the ignition is
on. If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does
not appea
r
and not stay on a
ll t
he time
,
stop as
soon as it is safe to do so and
Airbag
sys
t
e
m
- reactivate the system by t urning the ignition off
and then turning it on again;
-
remove and reins tall the child restra int
.
Make
sure that the child restraint is properly installed
and that the safety belt for the front passenger
seat has been correct ly routed around the chi ld
restraint as described in the child restraint
manufacturer's
instruct ions;
- make sure that the convertible locking retractor
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 lat ch on the seat can do its job
~
page 161
.
-
make sure that things that may increase the
weight of
t
he child and child safety seat a re not
be ing transpo rted on the fro nt passenge
r
seat;
-
make sure t hat the safety belt tension sensor is
not blocked. Shake the safety belt lat ch on the
front passenge
r
seat back and forth;
-
If a strap or tet he
r
is be ing used to tie
t
he child
safety sea
t
to the front passenge
r
seat, make
sure that it is not so t ight that it causes the
weight -sensing mat to measure more weight
than is actually on the seat
.
If the PASSENGER
AI
R BAG OFF light still
does
not come on
and does not stay on continuously
(when the ignition is switched on),
- t
ake the child rest raint off the front passenge
r
seat and instal
l it
properly at one of the rea
r
seat pos itions. Have the a irbag system inspec t-
ed by your authorized Audi dealer immediately
.
-
move
t
he child to a rear seat posi
t
ion and make
sure that the child is properly rest ra ined in a
child restraint that is appropr iate for its size
and age
.
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light sho uld
NOT
come on when the ignit ion 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 dr iving, under these circumstan-
ces, make sure that
:
-
the adult on t he front passenger seat is proper-
ly seated on the center of the seat cushion w ith
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