Front Airbags - Audi TT Roadster 2011 Owner's Manual

Front airbags
Description of front airbags
The airbag system can provide supplemental
protection to properly restrained front seat
occupants .
Fig. 119 Location of dri ver airbag: in steering whee l
Fig. 120 Locati on of front passenger's airbag: in the in-
strument panel
Your vehicle is equipped with an "Advanced
Airbag System" in compliance with United
States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
(FMVSS) 208 as applicable at the time your
vehicle was manufactured . The safety belts
for the front seats have "pretensioners" that
help to take slack out of the belt system. The
pretensioners are also activated by the elec-
tronic control un it for the airbag system.
The front safety belts also have load limiters
to help reduce the forces applied to the body
in a crash .
The airbag for the driver is in the steer ing
wheel hub ¢
fig . 119
and the airbag for the
front passenger is in the instrument panel
¢
fig. 120.
The general location of the airbags
is marked "AIRBAG".
There is a lot you need to know about the air-
bags in your vehicle . We urge you to read the
Airbag system 119
detailed information about airbags, safety
belts and child safety in this and the other
chapters that make up the owner's lite rature .
Please be sure to heed the WARNINGS - they
are extremely important for your safety and
the safety of your passengers, especially in-
fants and small children.
A
WARNING
,.;;
Never rely on airbags alone for protection .
- Even when they deploy, airbags provide
only supplementa l protect ion.
- Airbag work most effectively when used
with properly worn safety belts.
- Therefore, always wear your safety belts
and make sure that everybody in your ve-
hicle is properly restrained.
A
WARNING
A person on the front passenger seat, es-
pecially infants and small children, will re-
ceive serious injuries and can even be kil-
led by being too close to the airbag when
it inflates .
- Altho ugh the Advanced Airbag System in
your veh icle is designed to turn off the
front passenger airbag if an infant or a
small child is on the front passenger
seat, nobody can absolutely guarantee
that deployment under these special
conditions is imposs ible in all conceiva-
ble situations that may happen during
the useful life of your vehicle .
- The Advanced Airbag System can deploy
in accordance with the "low risk" option
under the U.S. Federal Standard if a child
that is heavie r than the typical one-year
old child is on the front passenger seat
and the other conditions for airbag de-
ployment are met .
- Accident statistics have shown that chil-
dren are generally safer in the rear seat
area than in the front seating position.
- For its own safety, a child shou ld always
ride properly restrained for its age and
size.
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