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- and the head restraints have been properly ad -
justed.
Because airbags inflate in the blink of a n eye w ith
great for ce, things you have on you r lap or have
placed on the seat cou ld become dangerous pro -
jectiles, and be pushed into you if the airbag in-
flates.
When an a irbag deploys, fine dust is released .
This is normal and is not caused by a fire in the
vehicle. This dust is made up mostly of a powder
used to lubricate the airbags as they deploy. It
could irr itate skin.
It is important to remember that while the sup-
plemental airbag system is designed to reduce
the likelihood of ser ious injuries, other injuries,
for example swell ing, bruising and minor abra-
sions, can also happen when airbags inflate. Air-
bags do not protect the arms or the lower parts
of the body . Front airbags supplement the three-
point safety belts only in some frontal collisions
in which the veh icle decelerat ion is high enough
to deploy the airbags.
Front airbags will not deploy:
- if the ignit ion is switched off when a crash oc-
curs,
- in s ide collisions,
- in rear-end collisions,
- in rollovers,
- when the crash decelerat ion measured by the
airbag system is less than the minimum thresh-
old needed for airbag deployment as registered
by the electronic contro l unit .
The f ront passenger airbag also will not
deploy:
- when the front passenger seat is not occupied,
- when the weight on the front passenger seat as
sensed by the Advanced Airbag System indi-
cates that the front airbag on the passenger
s ide has to be turned off by the electronic con-
trol unit (the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
comes on and stays on).
A
WARNING
Sitting in the wrong pos ition can increase the
risk of se rious injury in crashes.
Airb a g sys tem
- To reduce the risk of injury when the ai rbags
inflate, the driver and passengers must al-
ways sit in an upright posit ion, must not
lean aga inst or place any part of their body
too close to the area where the airbags are
located.
- Occupants who are unbelted, out of posit ion
or too close to the airbag can be seriously
injur ed by an airbag as it unfolds with g reat
for ce in the blink of an eye
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A
WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing child seat instal-
led on the front passenger seat will be se ri-
ously injured and can be killed if the front air-
bag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System .
- The inflating airbag 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 install rear-fac ing child seats on the
rear seat.
- If you must install a rea rward facing child
seat on the front passenger 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-
faci ng chi ld seat in a rear seating posit ion
and have the airbag system inspected by
your Audi dea le r.
A
WARNING
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-
Objects between yo u and the airbag will in-
crease the risk of injury in a crash by interfer-
ing with the way the airbag unfolds or by be-
ing pushed into you as the airbag inflates .
- Never hold t hings in your hands or on your
lap when the veh icle is in use .
- Never transport items on or in the a rea of
the front passenger seat . Objects could
move into the a rea of the front airbags dur-
ing braking or other sudden maneuvers and
become dangerous projectiles that can
cause serious persona l injury if the airbags
inflate.
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