Airbag system
AIR BAG OFF light will come on and stay on
wheneve r the ignit ion is on .
A WARNING
An airbag system that is not funct io ning prop -
er ly cannot provide supplemental protection
in a frontal crash.
- If the airbag indicato r light
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comes when the vehicle is be ing use d, have
t he system inspect ed immediate ly by your
aut horized Audi dealer . It is po ssible t hat
t he air bag will inflate when it is not s up-
posed t o, o r will not inflat e whe n it shoul d .
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
Fig. 162 PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light is located in
the over head console
c::>fig . 162 .
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light will come on
and stay on to tell you when t he front Advanced
Airbag on the passenger side has been tu rned off
by t he electronic con t rol unit.
If the bulb fo r t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light bu rns out, t he
airbag indicator light
fB will co me on to sig nal a
mal func tio n in t he Advan ced Airbag System. Al-
t hough t he bu rned-out bulb will not cha nge th e
way the front passenger's fron t al air bag works, it
will no longer be poss ible to use the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF
light to make s ure that the airbag
on/off status is correct for the occupant on the
front passenger seat. Have the a irbag system in-
spected immediately by you r a uthorized Audi
dea le r.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light will blink
for about S seconds when :
- the ignition is switched on and
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- t he capacit ive passenger detec t ion system,
which switches the front seat passenger's fron -
tal Advanced Airbag on an d off, detects a
change in the status of the front passenger
seat.
As soon as the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
stops blinking, always ma ke sure that the airbag
status (on or off) as shown by the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF
light is proper for the age, size and
electr ical capacitance of the perso n occupying
t he fron t passe nger seat . Always make su re t hat
the safety belt fo r the front passe nger seat is
prope rly faste ned .
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light will show
the status of the front seat passenger's frontal
Advanced Airbag a few seconds after the igni -
tion is switched on and the airbag indicator
light goes off . The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light :
- will stay on if the fron t passeng e r seat is not
occup ied;
- will stay on if the e lectr ical capaci t ance meas -
ured by t he capaci t ive passenger detection sys-
t em for t he fron t passenge r sea t equa ls t he
comb ined cap acitanc e of an infan t up to abo ut
one year of age and one of the rea rward -facing
or forwar d -fac ing child rest raints listed in Fed-
eral Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 with
which the Advanced Airbag System in your vehi -
cle was cert ified; For a listing of the ch ild re-
strai nts t hat we re used to certify your vehicle 's
complia nce with t he U.S. Safety St andard
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- will go out if the front pass enge r seat is occu-
pied by an adu lt as registe red by t he ca pac it ive
pass en ger det ect ion syst em.
- The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light must com e
on and stay on if the igniti on is on a nd ...
- a car bed has been installed on the front pas -
senge r sea t , or
- a rea rwa rd-facing child restraint has been in-
stalled on t he front passenger seat, or
- a forward-fac ing child restraint has been insta l-
led on the fro nt passenger seat,
- and if the electrical capacitance registered on
the front passenge r seat is equal to or less t han
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