& WARNING
Changing the vehicle's susp ension including use of unapproved
tire -rim combination s can change Advan ced Airbag performance
and increase the risk of serious personal injury in a crash .
• Never install suspension component s that do not have the
same performance characteristics as the components originally
installed on your vehicle.
• Never use tire-rim combinations that have not been approved
by Audi.
& WARNING
Items stored between the safety belt buckle and the center
console can cause the sensors in the buckle to send the wrong
information to the electronic control module and prevent the
Advanced Airbag System from working properly.
• Always make sure that nothing can interfere with the safety
belt buckles and that they are not obstructed .
<£> For the sake of the environment
Undeployed airbag modu les and pretensioners might be class ified as
Perch lorate Mate rial -special handling may app ly, see
www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate. When the vehicle or
parts of t he rest ra int system includin g airbag modu les safety belts
with pretens ioners are scrapped, all applicable laws and regulat ions
must be observed . Your authorized Audi dealer is familiar with these
req uirements and we recommend that you have your dealer perform
this service for you. •
Safety first Vehicle OP-eration
Airbag system
Side airbags
Description of side airbags
The airbag sys tem can pro vide supplemen tal prote ction
to properly restr ained occupants .
Fig. 177 Side airbag
locat ion in the driver's
seat
The side airbags are located in t he sides of t he front seat backrests
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fig. 177 and the rea r backrest facing the doors . They are ide ntified
by the wo rd "AIRBAG".
The side airbag system basically consists of :
• t he ele ctron ic cont rol mod ule a nd extern al side imp act se nsors
• the two airbags located in the sides of the front backrests and the
t wo air bags * locat ed in the rea r ba ckres t
• the a irbag warning light in the instrument cluster.
The airbag syst em is monitored elect ronically t o ma ke ce rt ain that it
is funct io ning properly at all times . Each t ime you turn o n the igni-
t ion, t he airbag system indica t or light will come on for a few seconds
(self d iagnostics).
The side airbag system supp lements the safety belts and can he lp to
reduc e t he risk of injury to t he dr iver's and fro nt passenge r's upper
torso on the s ide of the vehicle that is struck in a side collision. The
air bag dep loys only in side imp acts an d only when t he veh icle acceler-
ation registered by the control unit is h igh e no ug h. If t his rate is _,.
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