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- take the child restraint off the front passenger
seat and install it properly at one of the rear
seat positions. Have the a irbag system inspect-
ed by your Audi dealer immediately .
- move the chi ld to a rear seat position and make
sure that the child is proper ly restrained in a
child restraint that is appropriate for its size
and age.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG light should NOT
come on ...
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light shou ld NOT
come on whe n the ignition is on and an adult is
sitting in a proper seating position on the front
passenger seat . If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on or flashes for about
S seconds while d riving, under these circumstan-
ces, make sure that:
- the adult on the front passenger seat is proper-
ly seated on the center of the seat cushion with
his or her back up aga inst the bac krest and the
back rest is not recl ined,
- the ad u Lt is not ta king weig ht off t he seat by
hold ing on to the passenger assist handle
above t he fron t passenger door or supporting
their weight on the armrest,
- the safety be lt is be ing properly wo rn and that
there is not a lot of slack in the safety be lt web -
bing,
- there are no aftermar ket seat covers or cush -
ions or other things (such as blankets) on the
front passenger seat that might cause the ca-
pacitive passenger detection system to miscal -
culate electrical capac itance.
Important safety instructions on
monitoring the Advanced Airbag System
.&_ WARNING
- If the status of the Adv a need Airbag System
has changed while the vehicle is moving, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light blinks for
about S seconds to catch the driver's atten-
t ion. If th is happens, a lways stop as soon as
it is safe to do so and check the steps descri-
bed above.
-
Airbag sys t e m
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not go off when an adult who is not very
small is sitting on the front passenger seat
after taking the steps described above,
make sure the adu lt is properly seated and
rest rained at one of the rear seating posi-
tions. Have the a irbag system inspected by
your author ized Audi dealer befo re t rans-
port ing anyone on the front passenger seat .
.&_ WARNING
=
-
An a irbag system that is not functioning prop-
erly cannot provide supplemental protection
in a fronta l crash .
- If the airbag ind icator light
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comes when the vehicle is being used, have
the system inspected immediately by your
author ized Audi dealer. It is possib le that
the airbag will inflate when it is not sup-
posed to, or will not inflate when it should.
.&_ WARNING
- -
If the front a irbag inflates, a child witho ut a
chi ld restraint, or in a rearward-facing child
safety seat, or in a forward-fac ing child re-
stra int that has not been properly insta lled
will be serious ly injured and can be killed.
- Even though you r vehicle is equipped with
an Advanced Airbag System, make certain
that all children, espec ially 12 years and
younger, always ride on the back seat prop-
erly restrained for their age and size.
- Always install fo rwa rd or rea r-facing child
seats on the rear seat - even with an Ad-
vanced Airbag System.
- If you must install a rearward-facing child
seat on the front passenger seat because of
exceptional circumstances an d the
PASSEN-
GER AIR BAG OFF
light does not appear and
stay on, immed iate ly install the rea r-facing
child seat in a rear seat ing pos ition and have
the airbag system inspected by your Audi
deale r.
- If, in exceptional circumstances, you must
install a forward-facing child restraint on
the front passenge r seat, always move t he
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