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manufacturer's
instructions require the use
of a towel, foam cushion or someth ing else
to properly pos ition the child restraint,
make certain that the PASSENGER AI R BAG
OFF light comes on and stays on whenever
the ch ild restraint is installed on the front
passenge r seat.
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not come on and stay on, immediately in-
stall child rest raint in a rear seating position
and have t he airbag system inspected by
your Audi dealer .
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WARNING
If the front passenger seat gets wet, dry it im-
mediately .
- If liqu id soaks into the fron t passenger seat,
this can keep the airbag system from work -
ing properly and may, for instance, deacti -
vate the passenger frontal airbag. If this
happens, the PAS SENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will come on and stay on together with
the a irbag indicator light
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(USA models)/
E,I
(Canada models) in the instrument clus-
ter .
- If liquid is pooled on the seat, but has not
soaked in, this may also keep the a irbag sys-
tem from working properly and cause the
pa ssenge r frontal a irbag to be enabled
(t urned on), even t hough the re is a properly
installed child restraint system on the seat.
Wet towe ls or other wet things o n the seat
cushion can have the same effect. If the
front passenger frontal airbag is t urned on,
the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light light
will go out .
How the Advanced Airbag System
components work together
The front Advanced Airbag System and the side
airbags supplemen t the protection offered by the
front three-point safety bel t s with pretensioners
and load limiters and the adjustable head re -
straints * to help reduce the risk of injury in a
wide range of accident and crash situations. Be
sure to read the important information about
safety and heed the WARNINGS in th is chapter.
Airb a g sys tem
Deployment of the Adv a need Airbag System and
the activation of the safety belt pretensioners de-
pend on the dece leration measured by the crash
sensors and registered by the electronic control
unit. Crash severity depends on speed and decel-
eration as well as the mass and stiffness of the
vehicle or object involved in the crash .
On the passenger side, regard less of safety belt
use, the front passenger frontal airbag will be
turned off if the e lectr ica l capacitance measured
by the capacitive passenger detect ion system on
the front passenger seat is less than the amount
programmed in the e lectron ic contro l unit. The
front passenge r frontal a irbag will also be turned
off if the capaci t ance measured by the system for
the front passenger seat equals that of an infant
of about one year of age in one of the child seats
that was used to certify the Advanced Airbag Sys-
tem under Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
208 . The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes
on and stays o n to tell you when the front Ad-
vanced Airbag System on the passenger side has
been t urned off
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page 154 .
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WARNING
To reduce the ris k of injury when an airbag in-
flates, always wear safety belts prope rly.
- If you are un restra ined, leaning forward, sit-
ting sideways or ou t of position in a ny way ,
your risk of injury is much higher .
- You will a lso receive ser ious injuries and
could even be killed if you are up against the
a irbag or too close to it when it inflates -
even with an Advanced Airbag
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page 142.
More important things to know about front
airbags
Fig. 1 58
Inflated front airbags
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