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- Damage (cracks, deep scratches etc.) to the
original seat covers or to the seam in the
area of the side a irbag module must always
be repaired immed iately by an authorized
Audi dealer .
- If children are seated improperly, their risk
of injury increases in the case of an acc ident
¢ page 214, Child safety .
- Never attempt to modify any components of
the a irbag system in any way.
- In a side collision, s ide airbags will not func-
tion properly if sensors cannot correctly
measure increasing air pressure inside the
doo rs when air escapes through larger, un-
closed open ings in the door panel.
- Never drive with interior door trim pane ls
removed.
- Never drive when parts have been re-
moved from the inside door panel and the
openings they leave have not been proper-
ly closed.
- Never drive when loudspeakers in the
doors have been removed unless the
speaker ho les have been properly closed.
- Always make certain that openings are
covered or filled if additiona l speakers or
other equ ipment is installed in the inside
door panels.
- Always have work on the doors done by an
author ized Audi dealer or qualified work-
shop.
Airb a g sys tem
Side curtain airbags
Description of side curtain airbags
The side curtain airbag system can provide sup-
plemental protection to properly restrained oc-
cupants.
Fig. 1 67 Side curta in airbags, dr iver's side: side curtain air-
bag location
The side curtain airbags are located on both sides
of the inter ior above the front and rear side win-
dows ~
fig. 167. They a re identified by the word
"AIRBAG" on the windshie ld frame and the cen-
te r roo f pilla r.
The side curtain airbags contain features that
provide ejection mitigation to help prevent veh i-
cle occupants or parts of their bodies from be ing
complete ly or part ially ejected from the veh icle
interior in certain side impacts and vehicle roll-
overs.
The side curtain airbag system supplements the
safety belts and can help to reduce the risk of in-
jury for occupants' heads and upper torso. The
side curtain airbag inflates in side impacts and
only when the vehicle acceleration registered by
the control unit is high enough. If this rate is be-
low the reference va lue programmed into the
control unit, the side curtain airbag will not be
triggered, even though the car may be badly
damaged as a resu lt of the collision.
It is not pos-
sible to define an airbag t rigge ring range that
will cover every poss ible angle of impact, since
the circumstan ces will vary considerably be twee n
one collis ion and another. Important factors in-
clude, for examp le, the nature (hard or soft) of
the impacting object, the angle of impact, vehicle
speed, etc.
~ page 212, How side curtain air-
bags work.
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