Airb a g syste m
Safety belts are important to help keep front
seat occupants in the proper seated position so
that airbags can unfold properly and provide sup -
plemental protection in a frontal collision.
The front airbags are designed to provide addi-
tional protection for the chest and face of the
driver and the front seat passenger when:
- safe ty belts are worn properly,
- the seats have been posit ioned so that the oc-
cupan t is properly seated as far as possible
from the airbag,
- and for adjustable head restraints: the head re-
straints have been prope rly adjusted.
Because airbags inflate in the blink of an eye with
great fo rce, things you have on your lap or have
placed on the seat could become da ngerous pro -
jectiles, and be pushed into you if the airbag in-
flates .
When an a irbag deploys, fine dust is re leased.
This is normal and is not caused by a fire in the
vehicle. This dust is made up mostly of a powder
used to lubricate the airbags as they deploy. It
could irritate skin.
It is important t o remember that whi le the sup -
plemental a irbag sys t em is designed t o reduce
the likelihood of serious injuries, other injuries,
for example swelling, bruising and minor abra -
sions, can a lso happen when airbags inflate . Air-
bags do not protect the arms or the lower parts
of the body. Front airbags supplement the three-
point safety belts only in some frontal collisions
in which the veh icle decelerat ion is high enough
to deploy the airbags .
Front airbag s will not deplo y :
- if the ignit ion is switched off when a crash oc-
curs,
- in s ide collisions,
- in rear-end collisions,
- in rollovers,
- whe n the crash decelerat ion meas ured by the
airbag system is less t han the minim um thresh-
old needed for airbag deployment as registered
by the electronic contro l unit.
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The front passenge r airbag also will not
deplo y:
- when the front passenger seat is not occupied,
- when the e lectrical capacitance measured by
the capacitive passenger detection system for
the front passenger seat ind icates that the pas-
senger s ide frontal a irbag must be switched off
by the electron ic control un it (the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF
light c> page 154 and how they
work comes on and stays on) .
A WARNING
Sitt ing in the wrong posit ion can increase the
risk of serious injury in cras hes.
- To reduce the risk of injury when the airbags
inflate, the drive r and passenge rs must al-
ways sit in an up right posit ion, m ust not
lea n aga inst or place any part of t heir body
too close t o the area where the airbags are
located .
- Occupants who are unbe lted, out of posit ion
or too close to the airbag can be serio us ly
injured by an airbag as it unfolds with great
force in the blink of an eye~ page 143.
A WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing child seat instal-
led on the front passenger seat will be seri-
ously injured and can be killed if the front air-
bag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the ch ild seat or
infant carrier with great force and will
smash the child seat and child against the
backrest, cen t er armrest, doo r or roof.
- Always install rear-fac ing ch ild seats on the
rear seat.
- If you must install a rearwa rd facing child
seat o n the front passenge r seat because of
except io nal circumstances and the
PASSEN -
GER AIR BAG OFF
ligh t does not come on
and st ay on, immed iate ly ins t all the rea r-
facing chi ld seat in a rear seating posit ion
and have the airbag system inspected by
your Audi dea ler.
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