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- and if the e lectr ica l capacitance registered
on the front passenger seat is equal to or
less than the combined capacitance of a typ-
ical 1 year-old infant and one of the rear-
ward-facing or forward-facing child re-
stra ints listed in Federal Motor Vehicle Safe -
ty 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 child restra int on
the front passenger seat, the safest place for
a child in any kind of child restraint is at one
of the seating positions on the rear seat
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page 147, Child restraints on the front seat
- some important things to know
a nd
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page 171, Child Safety.
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG light comes
on ...
If the PASSENGER 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 inuously whenever the
ignit io n is on . If the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light does not appear on and does 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 for more than 4 seconds and then turn-
ing it on again;
- remove and reinstall the child restraint .
Make su re that the child rest raint is prope rly
installed and that the safety be lt fo r the
fron t passenger seat has been corre ct ly
routed through the child restraint as descri-
bed in the child restraint man ufacturer's in-
structions;
- make sure that the convertible locking re-
tractor on the safety belt for the front pas-
senger seat has been act ivated and that the
safety belt has been pulled tight.
- make sure that no electrica l device (such as
a laptop, CD player, electronic games device,
power invert er or seat heater for child seats)
is placed or used on the front passenger
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sea t if the device is connected to the 12-volt
socket or the cigarette lighter socket;
- make sure that no seat heater has been ret-
rofitted o r otherwise added to the front pas-
senger seat;
- make sure that nothing can interfere with
the safety belt buck les and that they are not
obstructed ;
- make sure that there are no wet objects
(such as a wet towe l) and no water or other
liquids on the front passenger seat cushion .
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG light still
does not come on ...
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light still
does not come on and does not stay on con-
tinuously (when the ignition is switched on),
- take the child rest raint off the front passen -
ger seat and install it proper ly at o ne of the
rear seat positions. Have the airbag system
inspected by your Audi dealer immed iate ly.
- move the child to a rear seat position and
make sure that the child is properly restra in-
ed in a child restraint that is appropriate for
its size and age.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG light should
NOT come on ...
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 passenge r seat . If the PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF light comes on and stays on o r
flashes fo r about S seconds wh ile d riving, un-
der these circumstances, make sure that:
- the adult on the front passenger seat is
p rope rly seated on the cente r of the seat
cushion with his o r her back up aga inst t he
backrest and the backrest is not reclined,
- the adult is not tak ing weight off the seat by
holding on to the passenger assist handle
above the fron t passenger door or support -
ing their weight on the armrest,
- t he safety belt is being properly wo rn and
tha t the re is not a lot of s lack in the safety
be lt webbing,
- there are no aftermar ket seat covers or
cushions or other things (such as blankets)
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