Audi A6 2018 - Front Airbags

Airbag system
Airbag system
Important information
Importance of wearing safety belts and
sitting properly
Airbags are only supplemental restraints . For
airbags to do their job, occupants must always
properly wear their safety belts and be in a prop-
er seating position.
For your safety and the safety of your passen-
gers, before driving off, always:
.,. Adjust the dr iver's seat and steering wheel
properly~
page 126,
.,. Adjust the fro nt passenge r's seat properly
~page 47 ,
.,. Wear safety belts properly ~page 136,
.. Always properly use the proper child restraint
to protect chi ldren
~page 166 .
In a coll ision, airbags must inflate within the
blink of an eye and with considerable force . The
supp lemental airbags can cause injuries if the
driver or the front seat passenger is not seated
properly. Therefore in order to he lp the airbag to
do its job, it is important, both as a dr iver and as
a passenger to sit properly at all t imes.
By keeping room between your body and the
steering whee l and the front of the passenger
compartment, the a irbag can inflate fully and
completely and provide supplemental protect ion
in certain frontal coll isions¢
page 126, Correct
passenger seating positions .
For details on the
operation of the seat adjustment controls
¢ page 47.
It's especially important that children are proper-
ly restrained
¢pag e 166.
There is a lot that the driver and the passengers
can and must do to help the ind ividual safety fea-
tures installed in your Audi work together as a
system.
Proper seating posit ion is important so that the
front airbag on the driver side can do its job. If
you have a physical impairment or cond ition that
prevents you from s itting properly on the driver
seat with the safety be lt properly fastened and
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reaching the peda ls, or if you have concerns with
regard to the function or operation of the Ad-
vanced Airbag System, please contact your au-
thorized Audi dea ler or qualified workshop, or
call Audi Customer Relations at 1-800-822-2834
for poss ible modifications to your vehicle .
When the airbag system dep loys, a gas generator
will fill the airbags, break open the padded cov-
ers, and infla te between the steering wheel and
the driver and between the instrument panel and
the front passenger. The a irbags will deflate im-
med iate ly after deployment so that the front oc-
cupants can see through the windsh ield aga in
without interruption.
All of th is takes place in the blink of an eye, so
fast that many people don't even rea lize that the
a irbags have deployed. The airbags also inflate
with a great deal of force and nothing should be
in the ir way when they deploy. Front airbags in
combination with properly worn safety belts slow
down and limit the occupant's forward move-
ment. Together they help to prevent the driver
and front seat passenger from hitting parts of
the ins ide of the vehicle while reduc ing the forces
acting on the occupant dur ing the crash . In th is
way they help to reduce the risk of injury to the
head and upper body in the crash . Airbags do not
protect the arms or the lower parts of the body.
Both front airbags will not inflate in all frontal
collisions. The triggering of t he a irbag system de-
pends on the veh icle deceleration rate caused by
the coll ision a nd registered by the ele ctr onic con-
trol unit. If this rat e is be low the refe rence value
programmed into the control unit, the airbags
will not be triggered, even tho ug h t he car may be
badly damaged as a resu lt of the collision . Vehi-
cle damage, rep a ir costs or even the lack of vehi-
cle damage is not necessarily an indication of
whether an a irbag should inflate or not .
Since the circumstances will vary considerab ly
between one collision and another, it is not possi -
ble to define a range of veh icle speeds that will
cover every poss ible kind and angle of impact
that will always trigger the a irbags. Important
factors include, for example, the nature (hard or
soft) of the object which the ca r hits, the angle of
im pact, vehicle speed , etc. The front airbags will ..,.