PASSENGER AIR BAG ON will briefly appear
in the instrument cluster display. This is to in-
form the driver of the current front passenger
airbag status .
Important safety instructions on
monitoring the Advanced Airbag System
A WARNING
An airbag system that is not functioning
properly cannot provide supplemental pro-
tection in a frontal crash.
- If the airbag indicator light comes on, it
means that there may be someth ing
wrong with the Advanced Airbag System.
It is possible that the airbag will inflate
when it is not supposed to, or will not in-
flate when it should .
- Have the airbag system inspected imme-
diately by your author ized Audi dealer.
A WARNING
If the front airbag inflates, a child without
a child restraint, or in a rearward-fac ing
child safety seat, or in a forward-facing
child restraint that has not been properly
installed will be seriously injured and can
be killed.
- Even though your vehicle is equipped
with an Advanced Airbag System, make
certain that all children, especially 12
years and younger, always ride on the
back seat properly restrained for their
age and size.
- Always install forward or rear-facing
child safety seats on the rear seat - even
with an Advanced Airbag System.
- If you must install a rearward-facing
child safety seat on the front passenger
seat because of exceptional circumstan-
ces and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not appear and stay on, imme-
diately install the rear-facing child safety
seat in a rear seating position and have
the airbag syst em inspected by your au-
tho rized Audi dealer.
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- A t ight tether or other strap on a rear-
ward-facing child restraint attached to
the front passenger seat can put too
much pressure on the weight-sensing
mat in the seat and register more weight
than is actually on the seat. The heavier
weight registered can make the system
work as though an adult were on t he seat
and deploy the Advanced Airbag when it
must be suppressed causing serious or
even fata l injury to the child.
- If , in exceptiona l circumstances , you
must install a forward-facing child re-
straint on the front passenger seat, al-
ways move the seat into its rearmost po-
sition in the seat's fore and aft adjust-
ment range, as far away from the airbag
as possible. The backrest must be adjust-
ed to an upright position. Make sure that
the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
comes on and stays on all the time when-
ever the ignit ion is switched on.
A WARNING
-
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not go out when an adult is sitting
on the front passenger seat after taking
the steps described above, make sure the
adult is properly seated and restrained at
one of the rear seating positions.
- Have the airbag system inspected by
your author ized Audi dealer before trans-
port ing anyone on the front passenger
seat.
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If the weight-sensing mat in the front pas-
senger seat detects an empty seat, the
front airbag on the passenger side will be
turned off, and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light will stay on.
Repair, care and disposal of the airbags
Parts of the airbag system are installed at
many different places on your Audi. Install ing,
removing, servicing or repairing a part in an
area of the vehicle can damage a part of an ..,.
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