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WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing chi ld seat insta l-
led on the front passenger seat will be ser i-
ously injured and can be killed if the front air-
bag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- Although the Advanced Airbag System in
yo ur vehicle is designed to t urn off t he front
airbag when a rea rward-facing child re-
straint has been insta lled on the fron t pas -
senger seat, nobody can absolutely g uaran -
tee that deployment is impossible in all con-
ceivable situations that may happen during
the useful life of your vehicle.
- 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 rearward-fac ing ch ild re-
straints on the rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward fac ing ch ild
seat on the front passenger seat because of
exceptiona l circumstances and the PASSEN -
GER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on
and stay on, immediately install the rear-
facing child seat in a rea r seat ing position
and have the airbag system inspected by
your Audi dealer.
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WARNING
If, in except io nal circumst a nces, you must in-
stall a forward-f acing chi ld restraint on t he
front passenger's seat:
- Always ma ke sure t he forward-fac ing seat
has been designed and ce rt ified by its man -
ufacturer for use on a front seat with a pas-
senger front and s ide a irbag .
- Never put the forward -facing child restraint
up against or very near the instrument pan-
el.
- Always move the passenger seat into its
rea rmost position in the seat's fore and aft
adjustment range, as far away from the air-
bag as possib le, before insta lling the for-
ward-facing child restra int. The backrest
must be adjusted to an up right posit ion .
Airb a g sys tem
- Always make sure that there is noth ing on
the front passenge r seat that will cause the
capacitive passenger detection system in
the seat to signal to the Airbag System that
the seat is occup ied by a person when it is
not, or to s ignal that it is occupied by some-
one who is heavier than the person actually
sit ti ng on the sea t . The presen ce of addi-
tional objects cou ld cause t he passenger
front airbag to be t urned on when it should
be off, or cou ld cause the airbag to work in a
way that is d ifferent from the way it wou ld
have wo rked without the object on the seat.
- Make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on a ll the time
whenever the ignit 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 include the capacitive
passenger detection system, wir ing, brackets,
and more. The contro l unit monito rs the syst em
on t he fro nt passenge r seat when t he igni t ion is
swit ched on and turns the airbag indica t or ligh t
on when a malfunction in the one of the system
components is detected ¢ page 154 . Because
the front passenger seat contains important
parts of the Advanced Airbag System, you must
take care to prevent it from being damaged.
Damage to the seat may prevent the Advanced
Airbag System for the front passenge r seat from
doing its job in a crash.
The front Advanced Airbag System consists
of the following:
- Crash senso rs in the front of the veh icle tha t
measure vehicle acce le rat ion/decele ration to
p rovide informa t ion to the Advanced Airbag
System abo ut t he sever ity of the cras h.
- An elect ronic contro l unit, with integ rated
cra sh sensors for front a nd side impac t s. The
cont rol un it "decides" whe t her t o fi re the fron t
airbags based on the info rmation rece ived from
the crash sensors . The contro l un it also "de -
cides" whether the safety belt pretensioners
should be activated.
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