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For the sake of the environment
Undep loyed airbag modu les and pretension-
ers m ight be classified as Perchlorate Mater ia
l
-special handling may apply, see
www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlo-
rate. When the vehicle or parts of the re-
straint system including a irbag modules safe-
ty belts with pretensioners are scrapped, all
app licab le laws and regu lations must be ob-
served. Your authori zed Audi dealer is fami lia
r
with these requirements and we recommend
that you have yo ur dealer perform this service
for you.
Other things that can affect Advanced
Airbag performance
Changing the vehicle 's
suspension
system can
change the way that the Advanced Airbag System
pe rforms in a crash. For example, using t ire-rim
comb inat ions not approved by Audi, lowering the
ve hicle, chang ing the stiffness of
t
he suspension,
including the spr ings, suspension
st
ruts, shock
absorbers etc
.
can change the forces that are
measured by the airbag sensors and sent to the
electronic control un it. Some suspension changes
can, for example, increase
the force
leve ls meas-
ured by the sensors and make the airbag system
deploy in crashes in which it wo uld not deploy if
the changes had not been made. Other kinds of
changes may reduce the force levels measured by
the sensors and preve nt
t
he airbag from deploy-
ing when
it
should
.
A
WARNING
Changing the vehicle's s uspension including
use of unapproved ti re-rim comb inations can
change Advanced Airbag pe rformance and
in-
crease t he risk of serious persona
l
injury in a
crash.
- Never install suspension components that
do not have the same performance charac-
teristics as the components or iginally insta l-
led on your veh icle.
-
Never use tire-rim combinations that have
not been approved by Audi.
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A
WARNING
Items stored between t he safety be lt buckle
and the center console can cause the sensors
in
the buckle to send the wrong informat ion
to the electronic control module a nd prevent
the
Advanced
Airbag System from wor king
properly.
-
Always ma ke sure that nothing can interfere
wit
h
the safe ty belt bu ckles an
d
that they
are
not
obstr ucted.
Knee
airbags
Description of knee airbags
Applies to vehicles: with knee airbags
The knee airbag system can provide supplemen-
tal protection to properly restrained front seat
occupants.
Fig. 151
Driver"s
knee
airbag
The driver knee airbag is
in
the instrument panel
underneath the steer ing whee
l
~
fig. 151,
t
he
knee a irbag for the passenger is at abou
t
the
same height in the instrument pane
l
unde rneath
the g love compartment.
The knee air bag offers addi
t
ional protec
t
ion to
t he d river's and passenge r's knees and uppe
r
and
lower
t
high areas and supplements
the protec
-
tion provided by the safety belts.
If
t
he front
air
bags dep loy, the knee a irbags also
deploy in fro nt
al
co llisions when the dep loyment
th reshold stored in the control un it is me
t
~
page 140, More important things to know
about front airbags.
In add it ion to
t
heir normal
safet
y funct io n, safe-
ty be lts he lp keep the driver or front passenger in
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