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Airbag
s ystem
&
WARNING
An airbag system that is not funct ioning
properly cannot provide supplemental
pro-
tect ion in a frontal crash.
- If the airbag indicator light
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comes when the vehicle is be ing used,
have the system inspected immed iate ly
by you r aut ho rized Aud i dea le r.
It
is pos-
sible that t he a irbag will inf late when it
is not s upposed to, or will not inflate
when it sho uld.
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
Fig. 160
Section from t he instrument panel: PASSEN -
GER AIR BAG OFF light
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light is located
in the center of the instrument panel
c>fig.160 .
The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will come
on and stay on to tell you when the front Ad-
vanced Airbag on t he passenger side has been
turned off by the e lectronic control unit. If the
bulb for the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light
bu rns out, the a irbag ind icator light
II
will
come on to signal a malfunction in the Ad-
vanced Airbag System . Although the burned-
ou t bu lb will no t change the way the front
passenger's frontal ai rbag wor ks, it will no
longer be possib le t o use the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
light to make sure t hat the airbag
on/off stat us is correct for the occupant on
the front passenger seat. Have the airbag sys-
tem inspected immed iate ly by your author-
ized Audi dealer.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light will blink
for about S seconds when:
- the ignition is switched on and
- t he capa citi ve passenger detection system,
which switc hes the front sea t passenger's
frontal Advanced Airbag on and off, detects
a change in the status of the front passen-
ger seat.
As soon as the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light stops blinking, a lways make sure that
the a irbag status (on or off) as shown by the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light is proper for
the age, size and e lectrical capacitance of the
person occupy ing the front passenger seat.
Always make sure that the safety belt for the
front passenger seat is prope rly fastened .
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light will
show the status of the front seat passenger 's
frontal Advanced Airbag a few seconds after
th e ignition is switched on and the airbag in-
dicator light goes off. The PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF light :
- w ill stay on if the front passenger seat is not
occupied;
- will stay on if the electr ical capacitance
meas ured by the capacitive passenger de-
tect ion system for th e front passenger seat
equa ls t he combined capacitance of a n in-
fa nt up to abou t one yea r of age a nd one of
the rearward -facing or forw a rd-fa cing ch ild
restraints listed in Fede ral Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard 208 with which the Ad-
vanced Airbag System in your vehicle was
cert ified; For a listing of the child restraints
that were used to certify your vehicle's com-
pliance with the U.S. Safety Standard
c>page 173 .
- will go out if the fro nt passenger seat is oc-
cupied by an adult as registered by the ca-
pacitive passenge r detection system .
- The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light must
come on and stay on if the ignition is on
and ...
- a car bed has been installed on the front
passe nger seat, or
- a rearward -facing child restraint has been
installed on the front passenger seat, or
- a forward-fac ing ch ild restra int has been in-
stalled on the front passenger seat,
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