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Airb a g syste m
- a small adu lt or teenager is on the front pas -
senger seat
- a passenger who is not sitting upright with
their back against a non -reclined backrest with
their feet on the vehicle floor in front of the
seat is on the front passenger seat.
If the front passenger airbag dep loys, the Feder -
al Standard requires the airbag to meet the "low
risk" deployment criteria to help reduce the risk
of injury through interaction with the airbag.
"Low risk" deployment occurs in those crashes
that take place at lower decelerations as def ined
in the electronic control unit¢ page 156 .
Always remember: Even though your vehicle is
equ ipped w ith Advanced Airbags, the safest place
for children is properly restrained on the back
seat . Please be sure to read the important infor-
mat ion in the sections that follow and be sure to
heed a ll of the WARNINGS.
A
WARNING
To red uce the risk of injury when an ai rbag in-
fla t es, a lways wear safety bel t s properly.
- If you are unrestrained,
leaning fo rwa rd, s it-
t ing s ideways or out of pos ition in any way,
your risk of inju ry is much higher .
- You will also re ceive serious injur ies and
could even be killed if you are up aga inst the
airbag or too close to it when it inflates -
even with an Advanced Airbag ¢ page 146.
A
WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing chi ld seat insta l-
led on the front passenger seat will be seri-
ously injured and can be killed if the front air-
bag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- Although the Advanced Airbag System in
your vehicle is designed to turn off the front
airbag when a rearward-facing child re-
straint has been installed on the front pas-
senger seat, nobody can absolutely g uaran-
tee that deployment is impossible in all con-
ceivable s ituations that may happen during
the usef ul life of your vehicle .
- The inflating a irbag w ill hit the child seat or
infant carrier w ith great force and will
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smash the child seat and child against the
backrest, center armrest, door, or roof.
- Always install rearward-facing child re -
straints on the rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward facing child
seat on the front passenge r seat because of
except ional circumstances and the PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF light does not come on
and stay on, immed iate ly install the rear-
facing chi ld seat in a rear seating posit ion
and have the airbag system inspected by
your Audi dea le r.
A
WARNING
If, in exceptional circums t ances, you must in-
stall a forward-facing child restraint on the
fron t passenger's seat:
- Always make sure the forward-fa cing sea t
has been des igned and certified by its man-
ufacturer for use on a fr ont seat with a pas -
senger front and side airbag.
- Never put the forwa rd-facing child restrain t
up against or very near the instr ument pan -
el.
- Always move the passenge r seat into its
rearmost position in the seat's fo re and aft
adjustment
range, as far away from the air-
bag as poss ible, before install ing the for-
ward-facing chi ld restraint. The backrest
must be adjusted to an upr ight position.
- Make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light comes on and stays on all the time
whenever the ign it ion is switched on.
Advanced Airbag System components
The front passenger seat in your veh icle has a lot
of very important parts of the Advanced Airbag
System in it. These parts incl ude t he weight-
sens ing mat, senso rs, wir ing, bracke t s, and
more. The funct ion of the sys t em in the front
passenger seat is checked by the electronic con -
tro l unit when the ignition is on . The control unit
monitors the Advanced Airbag System and turns
the airbag ind icator light on when a malfunction
in the system components is detected. The func-
tion of the ai rbag ind icator light is described in
greater deta il be low. Because the front
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