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in front -end collisions
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in
rear-end col
lis ions
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in ro llovers.
In som
e types
of
acci
d
ents
t
h
e
fron
t
air
ba
gs and
side
air bags
m
ay
be trigge red together.
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WARNING
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Safety belts and the airbag system will only provide protect ion
when occupants are in the proper seating position
=>
page
157.
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If the airbag indicator light comes on when the vehicle is being
used, have the system inspected immediately by your authorized
Audi dealer
.
The airbag may not work properly when the vehicle
acceleration in a side collision is high enough to activate the
airbag
.
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How
supplemental
side airbags
work
Side air bags deploy inst ant ly
and
con
help
reduce the risk
of upper torso injuries for occupants wh
o
ore properly
restrained.
Fig.
119 Inflated side
airbags
on left side of
vehicle
When the
syst
em is triggered, the airbag is
fi
lle
d
with prop el lant gas
and br eaks through a seam in the seat sur
f
ace area marked
Safety first
Airbag system
"AIR
BAG". It expands between the side trim pane
l
and the
passe nger. In o
rd
er to hel
p
provide this
add
iti
o
nal protecti
on
,
t
he
side airbag must inflate w ithin a fraction of a second at very high
speed and w ith grea
t
force. The suppleme
nt
al side ai rbag could
injure you if your seating position is not proper or upright or if items
are located in the area where the
su pp
lemental si
d
e air bag expands
.
This applies especial ly to child ren=> page 159, "Ch ild
Saf et
y".
Sup
pl
emental side airbags inflate between the occupant and the
do
or pa nel on the side of
th
e vehicle tha
t
is str uck in certa
in
side
collision
=>
fig
.
119.
A
lt
hough
t
hey are not a
soft
pi
ll
ow, they ca
n "cushi
on" the
imp act
and in this way they can help to reduce the risk of injury to the upper
par
t
of
t
he bo
dy.
A
f
ine
d
ust may develop
w hen
the ai rbag deploys.
Thi
s is no
r
mal
and does not mean
there
is a fire in the vehic
le.
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rmportant
safety
instructions
on the side
airbag
system
Ai rbags ore on ly supplementa
l
restrai nts.
A lwa
ys
prop-
erly
w
ear safety belts and ride
in a
p
roper
seating posi-
ti on.
Ther
e
is a
lot
t hat you and your passenge rs
m
ust know and act
accordingly to help the safety belts and airbags do their job
to
p
rovide
sup
ple
m
enta
l pr ot ect
ion
.
&
WARNING
An inflating side airbag can cause serious or fatal
injury.
Improp
-
erly wearing safety belts and improper seating positions increase
the risk of serious personal injury and death whenever a vehicle is
being used.
•
In order to reduce the risk of injury when the supplemental side
airbag inflates
:
.,
Vehicle care
I
I
irechnical data
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