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WARNING
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Improper care, servicing and repair proce-
dures can increase the risk of personal in-
jury and death by preventing an airbag
from deploying when needed or deploying
an airbag unexpected ly:
- Never cover, obstr uct, or change the
steering wheel horn pad or airbag cover
or the instr ument pane l or modify them
in any way.
- Never attach any objects such as cup
holders or t elephone mountings to the
surfaces covering the airbag units .
- For cleaning t he horn pad or inst rumen t
pane l, use only a soft, dry cloth or one
moistened with plain water . Solvents or
cleaners could damage the airbag cover
or change the stiffness or strength of the
material so that the airbag cannot de-
ploy and protect properly.
- Never repai r, adjust, or change any parts
of the airbag system.
- All work on the stee ring wheel, instru-
ment pane l, front seats or electrical sys-
tem (including the installation of aud io
equipment, cellular telephones and CB
radios, etc.) must be performed by a
qualified technician who has the training
and special equipmen t necessa ry.
- For any work on the airbag system, we
st rongly recommend t hat you see your
aut horized Audi dealer or qualified work-
shop.
- Never mod ify the front bumper or parts
of the vehicle body.
- Always make sure that the side airbag
can inflate witho ut interferen ce:
- Never insta ll seat covers or replace-
ment upho lstery over the front seat-
backs that have not been spec ifically
approved by Audi.
- Never use add itiona l seat cushions that
cover the areas where the side airbags
inflate.
- Damage to the origina l seat covers or
to the seam in the area of the side air-
bag module must always be repa ired
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immediately by an author ized Audi
dealer.
- The airbag system can be activate d only
once. After an airbag has inflated, it
must be replaced by an authorized Audi
dea ler or qualified technician who has
the technical information , t raining and
special equipment necessary .
- The airbag system can be deployed only
once. After an airbag has been deployed,
it must be replaced with new replace-
ment parts designed and approved espe-
cially for your Audi model version. Re-
placemen t of complete airbag systems
or airbag components must be per-
formed by qualified workshops only.
Make sure that any airbag serv ice action
is entered in your Audi Warranty & Main-
tenance booklet under AIRBAG REPLACE-
MENT RECORD.
- For safety reasons in severe accidents,
the alternator and starter are sepa rated
from the vehicle battery with a pyrotech-
nic circuit inte rrupte r.
- Work on the pyrotechnic circuit inte r-
rupter must only be performed by a
qualified dea ler - risk of an accident!
- If the vehicle or the circuit interr upter
is scrapped, all applicable safety pre-
cautions must be followed.
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For the sake of the environment
Undeployed airbag modules and preten-
sioners might be classif ied as Perchlorate
Material - specia l hand ling may apply, see
www.dtsc .ca. gov/hazard o u swaste/ per-
ch [orate. When the vehicle or parts of the
restraint system including airbag modules
and safety belts with pretensioners are
scrapped, all app licable laws and regu la-
tions must be obse rved. Your authorized
Audi dealer is familia r with these require-
ments and we recommend that you have
your dealer perform this service for you.
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