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If you must use a child restraint on the front
passenger seat an
d
the child restraint man-
ufacturer's instructions require the use of a
towel, foam cushion or something else to
properly pos ition the ch ild rest raint, make
certain that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on whenever the
child res
t
rai nt is insta lled on
t
he fron
t
pas-
senger seat.
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If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does
not come on and stay on, immedia
t
ely in-
sta
ll
child res
t
raint in a rear se ating position
and have the airbag system inspected by
yo ur Audi dealer
.
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WARNING
If the front passenger seat gets wet, dry it im-
mediately.
-
If liqu
id
soaks into the front passenger seat,
this can keep the airbag system from work-
ing properly and may, for instance, deact i-
vate the passenger frontal airbag. If this
happens, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will come on and stay on togethe
r
with
the a irbag ind icator light
fl
(USA mod els)/
fll
(Canada models)
in
the ins
t
rument clus-
t
er.
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If liquid is poo led on t he seat, but has not
soa ked in, this may also keep
t
he a irbag sys
-
tem from wo rking properly and ca use the
passenger frontal airbag to be enabled
(turned on), even though the re is a properly
installed ch ild restraint system on the seat.
Wet towe ls or other wet t hings on the seat
cushion can have the same effect. If the
fro nt passenger frontal airbag is t urned on,
the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will go
out.
How the Advanced Airbag System
components work together
The front Advanced Airbag System an
d
the side
airbags supplement the protection offered by the
front three -point safety be lts with pretensioners
and load limiters and the adjustable head re-
stra ints* to help reduce the risk of injury in a
wide range of accident and crash situat ions. Be
Airb
a
g
sys
tem
sure to read the important informat ion about
safety and heed the WARNINGS in this chapter.
Deployment of the
Adva
nced Airbag System and
the
act
ivation of the safety belt pretensioners
de
-
pend on the dece le ration measured by the crash
sensors and registered by the electronic contro
l
unit
.
Crash severity depends on speed and dece
l-
eration as well as the mass and stiffness of the
vehicle or object involved in the crash.
On the passenger side, regard less of safety be lt
use, the front passenge
r
frontal airbag will be
turned off if the e lectr ica
l
capacitance measured
by the capacitive passenger detection system on
the front passenger seat is less than the amou nt
programmed in t he e lectron ic control unit. The
front passenge
r
frontal a irbag
will
also be turned
off if the capaci
t
ance measu red by the sys
t
em for
the fron
t
passenger se
at
equals th at of a
n
infan
t
of about one year of age in one of t he ch ild seats
that was used to certify the Advanced Airbag
Sys-
tem under
Fed
era
l
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
208. The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes
on and stays on to tell you when the front Ad-
vanced Airbag System on the passenger side has
been turned off
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196
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WARNING
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To reduce the risk of injury when an airbag in-
flates, always wea
r
safe ty be lts prope rly.
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If you are unrestra ined, leaning forward, sit-
ting sideways or
out
of
posit
ion in a ny way,
your
risk
of injury is much hig he r.
-
You will a lso receive ser ious injuries and
could even be killed if you a re up against the
a irbag or too close to it when
it
inflates -
even with
an
Advan ced Airbag <=:>page
184.
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