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Airb a g sys tem
For exa mple , the ai rbag ma y depl oy if:
- a small child that is heavier than a typical 1
year-o ld child is on the front passenger seat
(regardless of whe t her t he child is in one of
the chi ld seats listed ¢ page 173), or
- a ch ild who has outg rown child rest raints is
on the front passenger seat.
If the front passenger airbag is turned off, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on in
the ins t rumen t cluster and stays on .
If the front passenger airbag deploys, the
Federal Standard requires the a irbag to meet
the "low risk" deployment criteria to reduce
the risk of injury through interaction with the
airbag . "Low risk" deployment occurs in those
crashes that take place at lower decelerations
as defined in the electronic control unit
¢
page 158, PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light.
Always remember, a chi ld seat or infant carri -
er insta lled on t he front seat may be struck
and knocked out of position by the rapidly in-
flating passenger's a irbag in a frontal colli-
sion. The airbag could greatly reduce the ef-
fectiveness of the child restraint and even se-
riously injure the child during inflat ion.
For this reason, and because the back seat is
the safest place for children - when properly
restra ined accord ing to their age and size - we
strongly recommend that children always sit
in the back seat ¢ page 171, Child Safety .
A
WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing child seat in-
stalled on the front passenger seat will be
ser iously injured and can be killed if the
front airbag inflates - even with an Ad-
vanced Airbag System.
- The inflating a irbag will hit the child seat
or infant carrier with great force and will
smash the child seat and child against
the backrest, center armrest, door or
roof.
- Always insta ll rear-facing child seats on
the rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward facing
child seat on the front passenge r seat
because of exceptional circumstances
and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light
does not come on and stay on, immed i-
ately insta ll the rear-facing child seat in a
rea r seat ing pos ition and have the airbag
system inspected by you r Audi dealer.
- Forward-facing child seats installed on
the front passenger's seat may interfere
with the dep loyment of the a irbag and
cause serious persona l injury to the
child.
A
WARNING
If, in except iona l circumstances, you m ust
insta ll a forward -facing child res tr aint on
the front passenge r's seat:
- Always make sure the forwar d-fa cing
seat has been designe d and cer t ified by
its manufacture r for use on a front seat
with a passenger front and s ide a irbag.
- Never put the forward-facing child re-
straint up against or very near the instru-
ment panel.
- Always move the passenge r seat into its
rearmost pos ition in the seat's fore and
aft adjustment range, as fa r away from
the airbag as possible before installing
the forward-fac ing ch ild restra int. The
backrest must be adj usted to an up right
position .
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on all t he
time wheneve r the ignit ion is switched
on.
A
WARNING
To reduce t he risk of serious inju ry, make
sure that t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will be displayed whenever a child re-
straint is insta lled on the front passenger
seat and the ignition is switched on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light
does not stay on, perform the checks de-
scribed
c> page 15
7, Monitoring the Ad-
vanced Airbag System.
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