- a safety be lt extender has not been left in
the safety belt latch for the front passenger
seat .
In addition to the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light in the center of the instrument panel,
the message
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF or
PASSENGER AI R 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 Audi dealer.
A WARNING
If the front airbag inflates, a ch ild without
a child restra int, in a rearward-facing child
safety seat or in a forward-facing chi ld re-
straint that has not been properly insta lled
will be seriously injured and can be killed .
- Even though your veh icle is equipped
with an Advanced Airbag System, make
certain that a ll children, especially 12
years and younger, a lways 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-
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diate ly install the rear- facing child safety
seat in a rear seat ing pos ition and have
the airbag system inspected by your Audi
dea le r.
- A t ight tether or other strap on a rear-
ward-facing child restraint attached to
the front passenger seat can put too
much pressu re on the weight-sensing
mat in the seat and reg iste r more weight
than is actually on the seat. The heavier
weight regis t ered can make the system
wo rk as t ho ugh an adult we re on t he seat
and deploy the Advanced Airbag when it
must be suppressed causing serious or
even fata l injury to the ch ild.
- If, in exceptiona l circumstances, you
must install a forward-fac ing ch ild 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 fa r away from the a irbag
as poss ible. The backrest must be adj ust-
ed t o an upright pos ition. Make sure that
the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
comes on and stays on all the time when -
ever the ignition is switched on .
A WARNING
-
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
does not go out when an ad ult is sitting
on the front passenger seat after taking
the steps described above, make sure the
adu lt is properly seated and restra ined at
one of the rear seat ing pos itions.
- Have the airbag system inspected by
your Audi dea ler before transporting
a nyone on the front passenger seat.
(l) Tips
If the weight-sensing mat in the front pas-
senger seat detects an empty seat, the
front airbag on the passe nger side will be
turned off, and
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
will stay on.
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