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Airb a g sys t e m
Vehicle Safety Standard 208 with which the
Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle was
certified.
If the front passenger seat is not occupied,
the front airbag will not deploy, and the
PAS-
SENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will stay on. Nev-
er insta ll a rearward-fac ing ch ild restra int on
the front passenger seat, the safest place for
a child in any kind of child restraint is at one
of the seat ing positions on the rear seat
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page 157, Child restraints on the front seat
- some important things to know
and
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page 178, Child Safety .
If the PASSENG ER AIR BAG OFF light comes
on
when one of the conditions listed above is
met, be sure to check the light regularly to
make certa in that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light stays on cont inuo usly whenever the
ignition is on . If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light does not appear and not stay on all
the time, stop as soon as it is safe to do so
and
- react ivate the system by turning the ignition
off and then t urning it on again;
- remove and re install the child res t raint .
Make sure that the child restraint is properly
insta lled and that the safety be lt for the
front passenger seat has been correct ly
routed around the child restraint as descri-
bed in the child restraint manufacturer 's in-
structions;
- make sure that the convertible locking fea-
ture on the safety be lt for the front passen-
ger seat has been activated and that the
safety belt has been pulled t ight. The belt
must not be loose or have loops of slack so
t hat the senso r below the safety be lt latch
on the seat can do its job
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page 187.
- make su re that th ings that may increase the
weight of the ch ild and child safety seat are
not being transpo rted on the front passen-
ger seat;
- ma ke su re th at the safety be lt tension sen-
sor is not blocked . Shake the safety belt
latch on the front passenger seatback and
forth;
- If a strap or tether is be ing used to tie the
child safety seat to the front passenger
seat, make sure that it is not so tight that it
causes the weight-sensing mat to measure
more weight than is actually on the seat.
If
the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light still
does not come on
and does not stay on con-
t inuous ly (when the ignition is switched on),
- t ake the child restraint off the front passen -
ger seat and install it proper ly at one of the
rear seat positions. Have the airbag system
inspected by your authori zed Audi dealer
immed iate ly.
- move the child to a rear seat position and
make sure t hat the child is properly restra in-
ed in a child restra int that is appropriate for
its s ize and age .
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light should
NOT come on when the ignit ion is on and an
adult is s itting in a proper seating position on
the front passenger seat. If the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on o r
flashes for about 5 seconds while d riving, un-
der t hese circumstances, make sure t ha t :
- the adult on the front passenge r seat is
prope rly seated on the cente r of the sea t
cushion with his or her back up aga inst the
backrest and the backrest is not reclined
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page 140, Proper occupant seating posi-
tions,
- t he adult is not t aking we ight off the sea t by
holding on to the passenger assist handle
above the front passenger door or support-
ing their weight on the armrest,
- t he safety belt is being properly wo rn and
that there is not a lot of s lack in the safety
be lt webbing,
- accesso ry sea t covers or cushions or other
things that may cause an incorrect reading
or impression on the weight -sensing mat
under the upho lstery of the seat have been
removed from the front passenger seat ,
- a safety belt extender has not been left in
the safety belt latch for the front passenger
seat .
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