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If, in exceptiona
l
circumstances, you must
insta
ll
a forward-fac ing ch
ild
restraint on
the front passenger seat, always move the
seat into its rearmost pos ition in the seat's
fore and aft adjustment
range, as far away
from the airbag as possib le
.
The backrest
must be
adj
usted to an up right posit ion.
Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on all the time
whenever the ignition is switched on
.
A
WARNING
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does
not go out when an ad ult is sitting on the
front passenger seat after taking the steps
described above, make sure the adu lt is
properly seated and restrained at one of the
rear seat ing pos itions
.
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Have the airbag system inspected by your
Audi dealer before transport ing anyone on
the front passenger seat
.
If the capacitive passenger detection system
determines that the front passenger seat is
empty, the frontal airbag on the passenge
r
side
will
be tu rned off, and the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF
light will stay on
.
Repair, care and disposal of the airbags
Pa rts of t he
air
bag system are installed at many
d ifferen
t
places on your Audi. Insta lling
,
remov-
ing, servi cing or repa iring a part in an area of the
vehicle can damage a part of an airbag system
and prevent that system from working properly
in a collision
.
There are some important things you have to
know to mak
e
sure that the effectiveness of the
system
will
not be impaired and that discarded
components do not cause injury or poll ute the
env ironment.
A
WARNING
Improper care, serv icing and repa
ir
proce-
dures can increase the risk of personal injury
and death by preventing an airbag from de-
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Airb
a
g
sys
tem
ploying when needed or deploy ing an a irbag
unexpectedly:
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Never cover, obstruct, or change the steer-
ing wheel ho rn pad or airbag cover or the in-
strument panel or modify them in any way.
-
Never attach any objects such as cup ho lders
or telephone mountings to the surfaces cov-
ering the a irbag un its.
-
For cleaning the horn pad or instr ument
panel, use only a soft, dry cloth or one mois-
tened with plain water. Solvents or cleaners
could damage the airbag cove
r
or change
the st iffness
or
strength of the material so
that the ai rbag cannot deploy and protect
prope rly.
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Never repair, adjust, or change any parts of
the airbag system.
-
All work on the steering wheel, inst rument
panel, front seats or e lectr ica
l
system (in-
cludi ng
t
he
inst
all ation of a udio eq uipment,
cellular telephones and
CB
radios
,
etc.)
m ust be performed by
a
qualif ied techn ician
who has the t raining and spec ial equ ipment
necessary.
- For any wo rk on
t
he airbag system, we
strong ly recommend that you see
your
au-
thor ized Audi dealer or qualif ied workshop
.
- Never modify the front
bu
mpe
r
or parts of
the vehicle body.
- Always make sure that the s ide a irbag can
inflate without interference:
-
Never install seat covers or replacement
upholste ry ove
r
the front seatbacks that
have not been specifica lly approved by
Audi
.
-
Never use additional seat cushions that
cove
r
the areas where the sid
e
airbags in-
flate.
-
Damage to the orig inal seat cove rs or to
the seam in the area of
t
he side airbag
module must
al
ways be repaired immedi-
ate ly by an
aut
hori
zed Audi
dealer
.
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The airb ag system can deploy on ly once. Af-
ter
a
n
a
irbag has been deployed,
it
must be
replaced with new replacement parts de-
signed and approve
d
espec ially for your
Audi mo
d
el version
.
Replacement of com-
plete airbag systems or airbag components
199
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