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Airbag
system
Important
things
to
know
Importance of wearing safety belts and
sitting properly
Airbags are only supplemental restraints. For
airbags to do their job , occupants must al-
ways wear their safety belts properly and be
in a proper seating position.
For your safety and the safety of your passen-
gers, before driving off, always:
""Adjust the dr iver's seat and steering wheel
properly ¢ page 100,
"" Adjust the front passenger's seat properly
¢ page 101,
""Wear safety be lts properly r::::>
page 110,
""Always use the proper child restraint to pro-
tect children properly ¢ page 138.
In a collision, airbags must inflate within the
blink of an eye and with considerable force .
The supplemental
airbags can cause injuries if
the driver or the front seat passenger is not
seated properly . Therefore in order to help the
airbag to do its job, it is important, both as a
d river and as a passenge r to s it properly at all
times.
By keeping room between your body and the
steer ing whee l and the front of the passenger
compartment,
the airbag can inflate fully and
comp letely and provide supp lemental protec-
tion in certain frontal collisions
r::::>
page 100,
Proper occupant seating positions. For detai ls
on the operation of the seat adjustment con-
trols
r::::>
page 67.
It's especially important that children a re
properly restrained
r::::>
page 138.
There is a lot t hat the driver and the passen-
ge rs can and must do to help the individua l
safety features installed in your Audi work to-
gether as a system.
Proper seat ing pos ition is important so that
the front airbag on the driver s ide ca n do its
job. If you have a physical impa irment or con-
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dition that prevents yo u from sitting properly
on the driver seat with the safety belt properly
fastened and reach ing the peda ls, or if you
have concerns with regard to the function or
operation of the airbag system, please con-
tact your authorized Audi dealer or qualified
workshop , or call Audi Customer CARE at
1-800-822-2834
for possible modification to
you r vehicle.
When the airbag system dep loys, a gas gener -
ator will fill the a irbags, break open the pad-
ded covers, and inflate between the steer ing
whee l and the dr iver and between the instru-
ment pane l and the front passenger. The a ir-
bags will deflate immediately after deploy-
ment so that the front occupants can see
through the windshield again without inter-
ruption .
All of th is takes place in the blink of an eye, so
fast that many people don't even realize that
the airbags have deployed. The airbags a lso
inflate with a great dea l of force and nothing
should be in their way when they deploy.
Front airbags in combination with properly
worn safety belts slow down and lim it the oc-
cupant's fo rward movement . Togethe r they
help to prevent the driver and front seat pas-
senger from hitting pa rts of the inside of the
vehicle while reducing t he forces acting on the
occupant during the crash . In this way they
help to reduce the risk of injury to the head
and upper body in the crash. Airbags do not
protect the arms or the lower parts of the
body.
Both front airbags will not inflate in all fronta l
collisions . The t riggering of the airbag system
depends on the vehicle dece lerat ion rate
caused by the collision and registered by the
electronic control unit. If th is rate is below
the reference value programmed into the con -
trol unit, the airbags will not be triggered,
even though the car may be bad ly damaged as
a res ult of the co llision . Vehicle damage, re-
pair costs or even the lack of veh icle damage
is not necessarily an indication of whether an
airbag should inf late or not .
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