128 Airb ag sys tem
(regardless of whe ther the child is in one of
the child safety seats listed
¢ page 145),
- a child who has outgrown child rest raints is
on the front passenger seat.
If the front passenger airbag is turned
off, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light in the center
of the instrument pane l will come on and stay
on.
The front airbag on the passenger side may
not deploy (the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not illuminate and stay lit) if:
- a small adu lt or teenager is on the front pas-
senger seat
- a passenger who is not sitt ing upr ight with
their back against a non-reclined backrest
with their feet on the veh icle floo r in front
of the sea t is on the front passenger seat.
If the front passenger airbag deploys, the
Federal Standard requires the airbag to meet
the "low risk" deployment criteria to help re-
duce the risk of inju ry through interac tion
with the airbag. "Low risk" deployment occurs
in those crashes that take place at lower de-
celerations as defined in the electronic contro l
unit
q page 133.
Always remember: Even tho ugh your vehicle
is equipped with Advanced Airbags, the safest
place for children is properly restrained on the
back seat. Please be sure to read the impo r-
tant information in the sect ions that follow
and be sure to heed all of the WARNINGS.
A WARNING
To reduce the risk of injury when an airbag
inflates, always wear safety belts prope rly.
- If you are unrestrained, lean ing forward,
sitting sideways or out of position in any
way, your risk of injury is much higher.
- You will also receive serio us injuries and
could even be killed if you are up against
the airbag or too close to it when it in-
flat es - even with an Advanced Airbag
qpage 122.
A WARNING
A child in a rearward-fac ing child safety
seat installed on the front passenger seat
will be serious ly injured and can be killed if
the front airbag inflates - even with an Ad-
vanced Airbag System.
- Altho ugh the Advanced Airbag System in
your veh icle is designed to tur n
off the
front airbag when a rearward-facing
child res traint has been instal led on the
front passenger seat, nobody can abso -
lutely guarantee that dep loyment is im-
possible in all conceivable situations that
may happen dur ing the usefu l life of your
veh icle.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child
safety seat or infant carrier with great
force and will smash the child safety seat
and child aga inst the backrest, center
armrest, doo r, or roof.
- Always install rearward-facing child re-
straints in the back seat.
- If you must install a rearward facing
child safety seat on the front passenger
seat because of exceptiona l circumstan-
ces and t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on and stay on, im-
mediately inst al l the rear-fac ing child
safety seat in a rear seating position and
have the airbag system inspected by your
author ized Audi dealer .
A_ WARNING
If, in exceptiona l circumstances, you must
insta ll a forward-facing child restraint on
the front passenger's seat:
- Always make sure the forward-facing
seat has been designed and certified by
its manufacturer for use on a front seat
with a passenger front and side airbag .
- Never put the forward-facing child re-
straint up against or very near the instru-
ment panel.
- Always move the passenger seat into its
rearmost pos ition in the seat's fore and
aft adju stmen t range, as fa r away from
the airbag as possible, before installing
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