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his or her back up against the backrest and the
backrest is not reclined
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passenger seating positions,
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the adu lt is not taking weight off the seat by
holding on to the passenger assist handle
above the front passenger door or supporting
their weight on the armrest,
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the safety belt is being properly worn and that
there is not a lot of slack in the safety belt web-
bing,
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accessory seat covers or cushions or other
things that may cause an incorrect reading or
impression on the weight-sens ing mat under
the upholstery of the seat have been removed
from the front passenger seat,
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a safety be lt extender has not been left in the
safety belt latch for the front passenger seat
.
In addition to the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
light in the center of the instrument panel, the
message
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
or
PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG ON
will briefly appear in the instru-
ment cluster display
.
This is to inform the driver
of the current front passenger airbag status.
Important safety instructions on
monitoring the Advanced Airbag System
A
WARNING
An airbag system that is not funct ion ing prop
-
erly cannot prov ide supplementa
l
protect ion
in a frontal crash.
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If the airbag indicator light
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comes when the vehicle is being used, have
the system inspected immediate ly by your
authorized
Audi
dealer. It is possible that
the a irbag will inflate when it is not sup-
posed to, or will not inflate when it should.
A
WARNING
If the front airbag inflates, a chi ld without a
child restraint, in a rearward-facing child safe-
ty seat or in a forward-facing child restraint
that has not been proper ly installed will be
ser iously injured and can be killed.
- Even though your veh icle is equipped with
an Advanced Airbag System, make certa in
that all ch ildren, especially 12 yea rs and
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younger, a lways ride on the back seat prop-
erly restrained for their age and size.
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Always install forward or rear-facing child
safety seats on the rear seat - even with an
Advanced Airbag System.
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If you must install a rearward-facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat be-
cause of exceptional circumstances and the
PASSENG ER AIR BAG OFF
light does not
appear and stay on, immediately insta
ll
the
rea r-facing chi ld safety seat in a rear seating
position and have the airbag system inspect-
ed by your authori zed Audi dealer
.
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A t ight tether or other
st
rap on a rea rward-
facing chi ld restraint attached to the front
passenger sea
t
can put
t
oo much pressure
on the weight-sens ing mat in the seat and
reg ister more weight than is actually on the
seat. The heavier weight registered can
make the system work as though an adult
were on the seat and deploy the Advanced
Airbag when it must be suppressed caus ing
serious or even fatal injury to the child
.
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If, in exceptiona
l
circumstances, you must
install a forward-facing child restraint on
the front passenger seat, always move the
seat into
it
s rearmost pos ition in the seat's
fore and aft
adju
stmen
t
range, as fa
r
away
from the airbag as possib le. The backrest
must be adjusted to an upr ight position.
Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on all the time
whenever the ignit ion is switched on.
A
WARNING
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If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light does
not go out when an adult is s itting on the
front passenger seat after tak ing the steps
described above, make sure the adult is
prope rly seated and restra ined at one of the
rea
r
seat ing pos itions.
- Have the airbag system inspected by your
author ized Audi dealer befo re transpo rting
anyone on the fro nt passenger seat.
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