Robert Bosch Car Multimedia AUFPK20 Instrument cluster with immobilizer User Manual part 3

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S a fety
belt s
Safety
General
belts
information
- Be sure everyone riding in the vehicle is
properly restrained with a separate safety
be lt or ch ild restraint.
Always wear safety belts!
Wearing safe ty belts correctly saves lives!
This chapte r explains why safety be lts a re necessary, how they work and how to adjust and wear
them correct ly.
Safety belt warning light
Your vehicle has a warning system for the driver
and front seat passenger to remind you about
the importance of buckling-up.
fig. 104. This impact with the vehicle interior has all the energy they had j ust before the crash.
plied to the body in an accident , and help prevent
the uncontrolled movement that can cause serious injuries. In add ition, sa fety belts red uce the
danger of being thrown out of the vehicle.
Never rely on airbags alone for protection . Even
when they deploy, airbags provide only additional
protection. Airbags are not supposed to dep loy in
all kinds of accidents. Although your Audi is
equipped w ith airbags, all vehicle occupants, including the driver, must wear safety belts cor rectly in order to minimize the risk of severe injury or death in a crash .
Safety be lts attach passengers to the car and g ive
them the benefit of being slowed down more
gently or "soft ly" thro ugh the "give" in the safety
belts, crush zones and other safety feat ures engineered into today's vehicles. By "absorbing" the
kinet ic energy over a longer per iod of t ime, the
safety belts make the forces on the body more
"tole rab le" and less likely to cause inju ry.
Remember too, that airbags will deploy only
once and that your safety belts are always there
to offer protect ion in those accidents in wh ich
airbags are not supposed to deploy or when they
have a lready deployed . Unbel ted occupants can
also be thrown out of the veh icle where eve n
mo re severe or fatal injuries can occur .
Although these examples are based on a frontal
collision, safety be lts ca n also substantially reduce the risk of injury in ot her kinds of crashes .
So, whethe r you're on a long trip or just goi ng to
the cor ne r store, a lways buckle up and make sure
othe rs do, t oo. Acciden t st at ist ics show that veh icle occupants prope rly wearing safety bel t s have
a lowe r risk of being injured and a much better
chance of surviving an acc ident . Properly using
safety be lts also great ly increases the ability of
the supp lemental airbags to do their job in a collis ion. For this reason, wearing a safety belt is legally required in most countries including much
of the United States and Canada .
It is also important for the rear pass engers to
wear safety belts correctly. Unbelted passengers
in t he rear seats endanger no t on ly themse lves
but also the drive r and other passengers
~ fig. 1 OS. In a frontal collision they will be
thrown forward violently, where they can hit and
inj ure the driver and/or front seat passenger.
Safety belts protect
People think it's possible to use the hands to
brace the body in a minor collision. It's simply
not true!
Although your Audi is equipped with airbags, you
still have to wear the safety belts provided. Front
airbags, for examp le, are activated only in some
frontal collisions. The front airbags are not act ivated in all frontal collisions, in side and rear collis ions, in roll overs or in cases where the re is not
eno ugh deceler ation t hroug h impa ct t o the front
of t he vehicle . The same goes for the other a irbag
systems in your Audi. So, always wear your safety
belt and make sure everybody in your vehicle is
properly rest rained!
Important safety instructions about safety
belts
Fig. 10 6 Driver is corr ectly restrai ned i n a sudden brak ing
m aneuver
Safety belts used properly can make a big d ifference. Safety belts help to keep passengers in
their seats, gradually reduce energy levels ap108
Safe ty belts must always be correctly positioned
across the strongest bones of your body.
.,.Always wear safety belts as illustrated and de scribed in this chapter.
.,. Make sure that your safety be lts are always
ready fo r use a nd are not damaged .
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WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them improperly increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death. Safety belts can work only
when used correctly.
-Always fasten your safety belts correctly before driving off and make sure all passengers are correctly restrained.
- For maximum protection, safety belts must
always be positioned properly on the body.
- Never strap more than one person, including small children, into any belt.
- Never place a safety belt over a child sitting
on your lap.
- Always keep feet in the footwell in front of
the seat while the vehicle is being driven.
- Never let any person ride with their feet on
the instrument panel or st icking out the
window or on the seat.
- Never remove a safety belt while the vehicle
is moving . Doing so will increase your risk of
being injured or killed.
- Never wear belts twisted.
- Never wear belts over rigid or breakable objects in or on your clot hing , such as eye
glasses, pens, keys, etc., as these may cause
injury.
- Never allow safety belts to become damaged by being caught in door or seat hardware.
- Do not wear the shoulder part of the belt
under your arm or otherwise out of position .
- Several layers of heavy clothing may interfere with correct positioning of belts and reduce the overall effectiveness of the system.
- Always keep belt buckles free of anything
that may prevent the buckle from latching
securely .
- Never use comfort clips or devices that create slack in the shoulder belt. However, special clips may be required for the proper use
of some child restraint systems.
- Torn or frayed safety belts can tear, and
damaged belt hardware can break in an accident. Inspect belts regularly. If webbing,
bindings, buckles, or retractors are dam-
belts
aged, have belts replaced by an authorized
Audi dealer or qualified workshop.
- Safety belts that have been worn and loaded
in an accident must be replaced with the
correct replacement safety belt by an author ized Audi dealer. Replacement may be
necessary even if damage cannot be clearly
seen. Anchorages that were loaded must also be inspected.
- Never remove, modify, disassemble, or try
to repair the safety belts yourself.
-Always keep the belts clean. Dirty belts may
not work properly and can impair the function of the inertia reel~ table Interior
cleaning on page 187.
Safety
belts
Fastening safety belts
Safety first - everybody buckle up!
Fig. 107 Belt buckle and tongue on the driver's seat
To provide maximum protection, safety belts
must always be positioned correctly on the wearer's body .
.. Adjust the front seat and head restraint properly ¢ page 42, Front seats.
.. Make sure the seatback of the rear seat bench
is in an upright position and securely latched in
place before using the belt ¢ ,&. .
.. Pull the safety belt evenly across the chest and
pelvis¢ ,&. .
.. Ins ert the tongue into the correct buckle of
your seat until you hear it latch securely.
.. Pull on the belt to make sure that it is securely
latched in the buckle .
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Autom atic safet y belt retractors
Every safety belt is equ ipped with an automa t ic
be lt retractor on the shoulder belt. This feature
locks the belt when the belt is pulled out fast,
during hard braking and in a n accident . The belt
may a lso lock when you drive up or down a steep
hill or through a sharp curve. During normal driving the belt lets you move freely .
Safety belt pret ensioners
of the body into critical areas like the abdomen.
- Always lock the convertible locking retractor
when you are securing a child safety seat in
the vehicle ¢ page 146.
Safety belt position
Correct belt position is the key to getting maximum protection from safety belts .
Safety belts with pretensioners he lp to tighten
the safety belt and remove s lack when the pretensioners are activated ¢ page 112 . The function of the pretensioner is monitored by a warning light ¢ page 14 .
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Convertible locking retractor
Every safety belt except the one on the driver
seat is equipped with a convertible locking retractor that must be used when the safety belt is
used to attach a child safety seat. Be sure to read
the impo rtant information about this feature
¢ page 144 .
.&_WARNING
Improperly pos itioned safety be lts can cause
ser ious injury in an accident ¢ page 110,
Safety belt position.
- Safety belts offer optimum protection only
when the seatback is upright and belts are
properly positioned on the body.
- Always make sure that the rear seat bac krest to which the center rea r safety belt is
attached is secure ly latched whenever the
rear center safety belt is being used. If the
backrest is not securely latched, the passenger will move forward with the backrest during sudden braking, in a sudden maneuver
and especially in a crash.
- Never attach the safety belt to the buckle
for another seat. Attaching the belt to the
wrong buckle will reduce safety belt effect iveness and can cause serious persona l injury.
- A passenger who is not properly restrained
can be seriously inj ured by the safety be lt itself when it moves from the stronger parts
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Fig. 108 Safety belt posit ion
Standard features on your vehicle help you adjust
the position of the safety belt to match your body
size.
- belt height adjustment for the front seats,
- height-adjustab le front seats .
.&_WARNING
Improperly positioned safety belts can cause
serious pe rsonal injury in an acc ident .
- The shoulder belt should lie as close to the
center of the collar bone as possib le and
should fit well on the body. Hold the belt
above the latch tongue and pull it evenly
across the chest so that it s its as low as possib le on the pe lvis and t here is no pressure
on the a bdomen . The belt sho uld a lways f it
snug ly ¢ fig. 108. Pull on the belt to tig hten
if necessary .
- The lap be lt portion of the safety belt must
be positioned as low as possible across pelvis and never over the abdomen. Make sure
the belt lies flat and snug ¢ fig. 108. Pull on
the belt to tighten if necessary.
- A loose-fitting safety belt can cause serious
injuries by sh ifting its position on your body
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from the strong bones to more vulnerable,
soft tiss ue and cause serious injury.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS and
other important information 9 page 108.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS and
other important informat ion c::>A in Fasten-
ing safety belts on page 110.
Unfastening safety belts
Pregnant women must also be correctly
restrained
Unbuckle the safety belt with the red release
button only o~er the vehicle has stopped.
The best way to protect the fetus is to make sure
tha t expectant mothers always wear safe ty belts
correctly - throughou t the pregnancy .
Fig. 1 10 Releasi ng t he to ngue from t he buckle
Fig. 10 9 Safety belt positio n during pregnancy
To p rovide max imum p rotection, safety belts
must always be positioned correctly on the wearpage 110 .
e r's body c::>
• Adjust the front seat and head restra int correct ly c::>
page 42, Front seats .
• Make sure the seatback of the rear seat bench
is in a n upright position and secure ly latched in
place before using th e belt.
• Pull the safety belt evenly across the chest so
that it sits as low as possible on the pelv is and
there is no pressure on the abdomen
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fig. 109, c::>.&_.
• Inse rt the to ngue into the cor rect buckle of
you r seat until you hea r it latch secure ly.
• Pullon the be lt to ma ke sure that it is secu rely
latched in the bu ckle.
.,. Push the red re lease but t on on the buck le
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fig. 110 . The belt tongue will spr ing out of
t he buck le c::>_&..
• Let the belt wind up on the retra ctor as you
guide the belt tongue to its stowed posit ion.
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Never unfasten safety belt whi le the vehicle is
moving . Doing so will increase your risk of being injured or killed .
Adjusting safety belt height
With the aid of the safety belt height adjustment, the three point safety belt strap routing
can be fitt ed to the shoulder area, according to
body size .
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Improperly posit ioned safety be lts ca n cause
serious personal injury in an accident .
- Expec t ant mot hers mus t a lways wear the
lap portion of the safety belt as low as possible across the pelvis and below the rounding of the abdomen .
Fig. 11 1 Safety belt height adju stm ent for t he fro nt seat s
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- loop -around fitt ings
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S a fety
belts
The shou lder belt should lie as close to the center
of th e collar bone as possib le and should fit well
on the body c::> in Safety belt position on
page 110.
"' Push the loop -a round fittings up c::>fig. 111 @,
or
"'squeez e together the (D button, and push the
loop-around fittings down@ .
"'Pull the belt to make sure that the upper attachment is properly engaged .
WARNING
Always read and heed all WARNINGS and othpage 108 .
er important informat ion c::>
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Tips
With the front seats, the height adjustment
of the seat can also be used to adjust the po sition of the safety belts.
Improperly worn safety belts
Incorrectly positioned safety belts can cause se vere injuries .
Wearing safety belts improperly can cause serious injury or death . Safety belts can only work
when they are correctly positioned on the body.
Improper seating positions reduce the effect iveness of safety belts and will even increase the
risk of injury and death by mov ing the safety belt
to crit ica l areas of the body. Improper seating
positions a lso increase the risk of serious injury
and death when an airbag deploys and strikes an
occupant who is not in the correct seating pos ition . A drive r is responsible for the safety of all
veh icle occupants and especially for children.
Therefore :
"' Never permit anyon e to assume an incorrect
sitting position in the vehicle while traveling
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WARNING
Improperly worn safety belts increase the risk
of serious personal injury and death whenever
a vehicle is being used.
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- Always make sure that all vehicle occupants
are correctly restrained and stay in a correct
seating position whenever the vehicle is being used.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS and
page 108 .
other important informat ion c::>
Belt
tensioners
How safety belt pretensioners work
Seat belts with pyrotechnic safety be lt pretensioners are tensioned automatically in severe collisions, depending on the circumstances . This
helps to reduce the forward motion of the occupants.
WARNING
- It is possible for the pretensioners to deploy
incorrectly .
- Any work on the tensioner system or removal and installation of system components
for other repairs must be performed by a
qualified workshop .
- The pyrotechnic system can only provide
protection for one collision. If the pyrotechnic pretens ioners deploy, the pretensioning
system must be replaced.
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Note
Never let the belt remain over a rear seatback
that has been folded forward.
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- A fine dust is released when the pyrotechnic
safety belt pretensioners deploy . This is normal and is not caused by a fire in the veh icle.
- The relevant safety requirements must be
observed when the vehicle or components
of the system are scrapped . A qualified
dealership is familiar with these regulations
and will be pleased to pass on the information to you.
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Service and disposal of safety belt pretensioner
that you have your dealer perform this service
for you .
The safety belt pretens ioners are parts of the
safety be lts on your Audi. Installing, removing,
servicing or repairing of belt pretensioners can
damage the safety belt system and prevent it
from working correctly in a collision .
There are some important things you have to
know to make sure that the effectiveness of the
system w ill not be impaired and that discarded
components do not cause injury or pollute the
environment.
WARNING
Improper care, serv icing and repa ir procedures can increase the risk of personal injury
and death by preven t ing a safety be lt pretensioner from activating when needed or activating it unexpectedly:
- The be lt pretensione r system can be act ivated only once. If belt pretensioners have
been act ivat ed, the system must be replaced.
- Never repair, adjust, or cha nge any parts of
the safety be lt system .
- Safety belt systems includ ing safety belt
pretens ioners cannot be repaired. Specia l
procedures are req uired for removal, insta llation and disposa l of this system.
- For any work on the safety bel t system, we
strongly recommend that you see your authorized Aud i dea ler or qualified technician
who has an Audi approved repair manual,
train ing and spec ial equ ipment necessary.
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For the sake of the environment
Undep loyed airbag modu les and pretensioners might be classified as Perch lorate Material -spec ia l handling may apply, see
www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate. When the veh icle or parts of the restraint system including air bag modules safety belts with pretensioners are scrapped, all
app licabl e laws and regula t ions must be observed. Your authorized Audi dealer is familiar
wit h these req uirements and we recommend
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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 passenge rs, before driving off, always :
"' Adjust the dr iver's seat and steering wheel
properly ¢ page 98,
"' Adjust the front passenge r's seat properly
¢ page 99 ,
"' Wear safety belts properly ¢ page 108 ,
"' Always properly use the proper child restraint
to protect children ¢ page 134 .
In a coll isio n ai rbags must inflate wit hin the blink
of an eye and with cons iderable force . The sup plemental airbags can cause injuries if the driver
or the front seat passenger is not seated proper·
Ly. Therefore in order to help 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 is ions ¢ page 98, Correct
passenger seating positions . For details on the
operation of the seat adjustment controls
¢ page 42.
It's especially important that children a re proper ly restra ined ¢ page 134 .
There is a lot that the driver and the passengers
can and must do to help the ind ividual safety features installed in your Audi work together as a
system .
Proper seating posit ion is important so that the
front airbag on the drive r side can do its job. If
you have a physical impairment or cond ition that
prevents you from sitting properly on the driver
seat with the safety be lt properly fastened and
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reaching the peda ls, special modifications to
your vehicle may be necessary.
Contact your autho rized Audi dea le r, or call Audi
Customer Relat ions at 1-800 -82 2 -2834.
When the airbag system dep loys, a gas generator
will fill the airbags, break open the padded covers, and inflate betwee n the steeri ng wheel and
the driver a nd between the inst rument panel and
the front passenger . The a irbags will deflate immediate ly after dep loyment so t hat the front occupants can see through the windsh ie ld again
without interruption.
All of th is takes place in the blink of an eye, so
fast that many people don't even realize that the
airbags have deployed. The airbags a lso 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 lim it the occupant's forward movement . Together they he lp to prevent the driver
a nd front seat passenger from hitti ng pa rt s of
t he ins ide the veh icle while reducing the fo rces
acti ng on the occupant dur ing the cras h. In th is
way they help to reduce the risk of inju ry to the
head and uppe r 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 trigge ring of the airbag system de pends on the vehicle deceleration rate caused by
the collis ion and registered by the electronic contro l unit . If this rate is below the reference value
programmed into the contro l unit, the airbags
will not be trigge red, even though the car may be
badly damaged as a resu lt of the collision . Vehicle damage, repa ir costs or even the lack of vehicle damage is not necessari ly an indica t ion of
whethe r an a irbag should inflate or not.
It is not possib le to define a range of vehicle
speeds that w ill cove r every possible kind and angle of impa ct that will always tr igger the airbags,
since the circumst an ces w ill vary cons iderably between one collision and another. Important factors include, for example, the natu re (hard or
soft) of the object which the car hits, the angl e of
impact, vehicle speed, etc . The front airbags will ..,_
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also not inflate in side or rear coll isions, or in
roll-overs.
Always remember: Airbags will deploy only o nce,
and on ly in certain kinds of coll isions. Your safety
be lts are always there to offer protection in those
situations in which airbags are not supposed to
deploy, or when they have a lready deployed; for
examp le, when your vehicle str ikes or is struck by
another after the first collis ion.
This is just one of the reasons why an airbag is a
supp lementary restraint and is not a substitute
for a safety belt. The airbag system works most
effect ively when used with the safety belts.
Therefore, always properly wear your safety belts
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WARNING
Sitting too close to the steer ing whee l or inst rument panel will decrease the effect iveness of the airbags and will increase t he risk
of persona l injury in a collision.
- Never sit closer than 10 inches (25 cm) to
the steering wheel or instrument panel.
- If you cannot sit mo re than 10 inches
(2 5 cm) from the steering wheel, inves t igate whethe r adaptive equipment may be
available to help you reach the pedals and
increase your seating distance from the
steering wheel.
- All veh icle occupants and especially children
must be restrained properly whenever riding
in a vehicle. An unrestrained or improperly
restra ined child could be injured by stri king
the inte rior or by being ejected from the vehicle d uring a sudden maneuver or impact.
An unrestrained or imp roperly restrained
child is also at greate r risk of inju ry or death
through contact with an inflating airbag .
- If you are unrest rained, leaning fo rwa rd, sitt ing s ideways or out of pos ition in any way,
your risk of inju ry is mu ch higher.
- You will also receive serious injur ies and
cou ld even be killed if you are up ag ai nst the
airbag or too close to it w hen it inf lates even with an Advanced Airbag.
- To reduce the ris k of injury when an airbag
inflates, always wear sa fety belts prope rly
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page 109, Safety belts.
- Always make certain that children age 12 or
younger always ride in the rear seat. If children are not properly restrained, they may
be severely injured or killed when an airbag
inflates.
- Never let children ride unrestrained or improperly restrained in the vehicle. Adj ust the
front seats properly.
- Never ride with the back rest recl ined .
- Always sit as far as possible from the steering wheel or the instrument panel
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page 98.
- Always sit upright with your back against
the backrest of your seat .
- Never place your feet on the instrument
panel or on t he seat. Always keep both feet
on the floor in front of the seat to help prevent ser ious injuries to the legs and hips if
the airbag inflates.
- Never recl ine the front passenger's seat to
transport objects, Items can also move int o
the area of the side a irbag or the front airbag d uring braking or in a sudden maneuver. Obje cts ne ar the airbags can be come
project iles and cause injury when an airbag
inflates .
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Airbags that have deployed in a crash m ust be
replaced.
- Use on ly original equipment airbags approved by Audi and installed by a t rained
technician who has the necessary tools and
d iagnostic equipment to properly replace
any airbag in your vehicle and assure system
effect iveness in a crash .
- Never permit salvaged or recycled airbags to
be installed in your vehicle.
Child restraints on the front seat - some
important things to know
.,. Be sure to read the impo rt an t info rmat ion and
he ad the WARNINGS for impo rtant deta ils
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system
about children and Advanced Airbags
c:>page 134.
Even though your vehicle is equipped with an Advanced Airbag System, make certain that all chi ldren, especially those 12 years and younger, always ride in the back seat proper ly restrained for
their age and size. The airbag on the passenger
side makes the front seat a potentially dangerous
place for a child to ride. The front seat is not the
safest place for a child in a forward-facing child
safety seat . It can be a very dangerous place for
an infant or a child in a rearward-fac ing seat.
The Advanced Airbag System in your veh icle has
been cert ified to comply with the requirements
of United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard (FMVSS) 208, as well as Canada Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard (CMVSS) 208 as applicable at the time your vehicle was manufactured.
According to requirements, the front Advanced
Airbag System on the passenger side has been
certified for "suppression" for infants of about
12 month old and younger and for "low risk deployment" for children aged 3 to 6 years old (as
defined in the standard) .
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light in the instrument panel tells you when the front Advanced
Airbag on the passenger side has been turned off
by the electronic control unit.
Each time you switch on the ignition, the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light will come on for a
few seconds and:
- will stay on if the front passenger seat is not
occupied,
-will stay on if there is a small chi ld or child restraint on the front passenger seat,
- will go off if the front passenger seat is occ upied by an adult as registered by the weightsensing mat c:>page 124, Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on
when the control unit detects a tota l we ight on
the front passenger seat that requires the front
airbag to be turned off.
If the total weight on the front passenger seat is
more than that of a typical 1 year-old child but
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less than the weight of a sma ll adult, the front
airbag on the passenger side can dep loy (the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not come
on). If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not come on, the front airbag on the passenger
s ide has not been turned off by the electron ic
control unit and can deploy if the control unit
senses an impact that meets the conditions stored in its memory.
For example, the airbag may deploy if:
- a small ch ild that is heav ier than a typica l 1
year-old child is on the front passenger seat
(regardless of whether the child is in one of the
child safety seats listed c:>page 136), or
- a child who has outgrown ch ild restraints is on
the front passenger seat.
If the front passenger airbag is turned off, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on in the
instrument cluster and stays on.
The front airbag on the passenger side may not
deploy (the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not illuminate and stay lit) even if a small adult
or teenager, or a passenger who is not sitting upright with their back against a non-reclined backrest with the ir feet on the vehicle floor in front of
the seat is on the front passenger seat
c:>page 98, Proper seating position for the driver.
If the front passenger a irbag deploys, the Federal Standard requires the airbag to meet the "low
risk" deployment criteria to reduce the risk of injury th rough interact ion w it h the airbag. "Low
risk" dep loyment occurs in those crashes that
take place at lower decelerations as defined in
the e lectronic control unit c:>page 125, PASSENGERAIR BAG OFF light.
Always remember, a child safety seat or infant
carrier inst alled on th e front seat may be struck
and knocked out of position by the rapidly inflating passenger's airbag in a frontal collision . The
airbag could greatly reduce the effectiveness of
the child restraint and even seriously injure the
child during inflation.
For this reason, and because the back seat is the
safest place for children - when proper ly restrainIll>
ed according to their age and size - we strongly
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recommend that children a lways sit in t he back
seat ~ page 134, Child safety .
WARNING
A child in a rearward-faci ng chi ld safety seat
installed on the front passen ger seat will be
seriously injured and can be killed if the front
airbag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System .
- The inflating a irbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the ch ild safety seat and child
against the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof.
- Always install rear-facing child safety seats
on the rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward fac ing ch ild
safety seat on the front passenger seat because of exceptiona l circumstances and t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay on, immed iate ly install
the rear-fac ing ch ild safety seat in a rear
seating posit ion and have the airbag system
inspected by your authorized Audi dea ler.
- Forward-fac ing ch ild safety seats installed
on the front passenger's seat may interfere
with the deployment of the airbag and
cause serious personal injury to the child.
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WARNING
If, in except ional circumstances, you must install a forward-facing chi ld restraint on the
front passenger's seat:
- Always make sure the forward-fac ing seat
has been designed and ce rt ified by its manufacturer fo r use on a fron t seat with a passenger front and s ide a irbag.
- Never put the forward-facing child restraint
up against or very near the instrument panel.
- Always move the front passenger seat to
the highest position in t he up an d down adjustment range and move it back to t he
rear most position in the se at's fore and aft
adjustment range, as far away from the air bag as possib le, before insta lling the forward-facing child restraint .
- Always make sure that the safety be lt upper
anchorage is behind the ch ild restraint and
not next to or in front of the child restraint
so that the safety be lt will be properly positioned .
- Make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light comes on and stays on a ll the time
wheneve r the ignit ion is switched on.
WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious injury, ma ke sure
that the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ligh t will
be d isplayed whenever a child rest raint is inst alle d on the front passenger seat a nd the
ignit ion is switched on.
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not stay on, perform the checks de scribe d
q page 124, Monitoring the Advanced Air bag System .
- Take the child restra int off the front passen ger seat and install it properly at one of the
rear seat positions if the PASSENGER AIR
BAG O FF light does not stay on.
- Have the airbag system inspected by your
author ized Audi dealer immed iate ly.
- Always carefully follow instructions from
child restraint manufacturers when installing child restra ints.
WARNING
If, in exceptional circumstances, you must install a forward or rearward-facing child restra int on the front passenger's seat :
- Improper installat ion of child restraints can
reduce the ir effectiveness or even prevent
them from providing any protect ion.
- An improperly installed child restra int can
interfere with the airbag as it deploys and
serio us ly injure or even kill the chi ld - even
with an Advanced Airbag Syst em.
- Always carefully follow the manufacturer's
instr uctions provided with the child safe ty
seat o r ca rrie r.
- Never place add itiona l items on the seat
that can increase t he total weight registered
by t he weight-sensing mat and can caus e injury in a crash .
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Front
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airbags
Description of front airbags
The airbag system can provide supplemental
protection to properly restrained front seat occupants.
for your safety and the safety of your passengers,
especially infants and small children.
Fig. 113 Location of fro nt passenger's airbag: in t he instrument panel
Your veh icle is equipped with an "Adva nced Airbag System " in compliance with United States
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
(FMVSS) 208 , as well as Canada Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard (CMVSS) 208 as applicable at
the time your vehicle was manufactured.
The airbag for the driver is in the steer ing whee l
hub~ fig. 112 and the airbag for the front passenger is in the instrument panel ~fi g. 113. The
general location of the airbags is marked "AIRBAG".
There is a lot you need to know about the airbags
in your vehicle . We urge you to read the detailed
information about airbags, safety belts and child
safety in this and the other chapters that make
up the owner 's literature. Please be sure to heed
the WARNINGS - they are extreme ly important
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Never rely on airbags alone for protection.
- Even when they deploy, airbags provide only
supplemental protection.
- Airbag work most effectively when used
with proper ly worn safety belts.
- Therefore, always wear your safety be lt s and
make sure that everybody in your veh icle is
proper ly restrained.
Fig. 112 Location of driver airbag: in steering whee l
WARNING
WARNING
A person on the front passenger seat, especially infants and small chi ldr en, will receive
serious injuries and can even be killed by being too close to the airbag when it inflates.
- Although the Advanced Airbag System in
your veh icle is designed to turn off the front
passenger airbag if an infant or a small child
is on the front passenger seat, nobody can
absolutely guarantee that deployment under these special conditions is impossible in
all conceivable situations that may happen
during the useful life of your vehicle.
- The Advanced Airbag System can dep loy in
accordance wit h the "low risk" option under
the U.S. Federal Standard if a chi ld that is
heavier than the typical one-year old chi ld is
on the front passenger seat and the other
conditions for airbag deployment are met.
-Accident statistics have shown that children
are generally safer in the rear seat area than
in the front seat ing position.
- For their own safety, all children, especially
12 years and younger, should always ride in
the back properly restrained for their age
and size.
Advanced front airbag system
Your vehicle is equipped with a front Advanced
Airbag System in compliance with United States
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208, as
well as Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standa rd
(CMVSS) 208 as applicable at the t ime your vehicle was manufactured .
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The front Advanced Airbag System supp lements
the safety belts to provide additional protection
for the driver's and front passenger's heads and
upper bodies in frontal crashes. The airbags inflate only in frontal impacts when the veh icle decelerat ion is high enough.
The front Advanced Airbag System for the front
seat occupants is not a substitute for your safety
belts. Rather, it is part of the overall occupant restraint system in your vehicle. Always remember
that the a irbag system can only help to protect
you, if you are sitting upr ight, wear ing your safety belt and wear ing it properly. This is why you
and your passengers m ust always be properly restra ined, not just because the law requ ires you to
be .
The Advanced Airbag System in your veh icle has
been certified to meet the "low risk" requ irements for 3 and 6 year-o ld children on the passenger side and very sma ll adults on the driver
side . The low risk dep loyment criteria are intended to he lp reduce the risk of injury through interaction with the front a irbag that can occur, for
examp le, by being too close to the steering wheel
and instrument panel when the airbag inflates .
In addition, the system has been certified to
comp ly with the "suppression" requirements of
the Safety Standard, to turn off the front a irbag
for infants 12 months old and younger who are
restrained on the front passenger seat in child restra ints that are listed in the Standard
~ page 136, Child restraints and Advanced Airbags.
"Suppress ion" requ ires the front a irbag on t he
passenger side to be turned off if:
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- a ch ild up to about one year of age is restra ined
on the front passenger seat in one of the rearfacing or forward-fac ing infant restra ints listed
in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208
with wh ich t he Advanced Airbag System in your
vehicle was ce rtified. For a listi ng of the ch ild
restraints t hat were used to certify your vehicle's compliance with the US Safety Standard
~ page 136,
- weight less than a threshold leve l stored in the
control unit is detected on the front passenger
seat.
When a person is detected on the front passenger seat, weigh ing more than the total weight of
a chi ld that is about 1 year old restrained in one
of the rear -facing or forward-fac ing infant restraints (listed in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard 208 with which the Advanced Airbag
System in your veh icle was certified), the front
airbag on the passenger side may or may not deploy.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on
when the electronic control unit detects a tota l
we ight on the front passenger seat that requ ires
the front a irbag to be turned off. If the PASSEN ·
GER AIR BAG OFF light does not come on, t he
front airbag on the passenger side has not been
turned off by the con t rol unit and can dep loy if
the control unit senses an impact that meets the
conditions stored in its memory.
If the to t al weight on the front passenger sea t is
more than that of a typ ical 1 year-old, but less
than the weight of a small adult, the front airbag
on the passenger side may deploy (the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not come on).
For example , the airbag ma y deplo y if:
- a small ch ild that is heav ier than a typ ica l 1
yea r-old child is on the front passenger seat
(regardless of whethe r the child is in one of the
child safety seats liste d ~ page 136),
- a child who has outgrown child rest raints is on
t he front passenge r seat.
If the front passenger a irbag is turned off, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light in the center of
t he instr ument pane l will come on and st ay on.
The front airbag on the passenger side may not
deploy (the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not illumi nate and st ay lit) if:
- a small adult or teenager is on the front passenger seat
- a passenger who is not s itting upright with
their back against a non -reclined backrest with
their feet on the vehicle floor in front of the
seat is on the front passenger seat .
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If the front passenger airbag deploys , the Feder al Standard requires the airbag to meet the "low
risk" deployment criteria to help reduce the risk
of injury through interaction with the airbag.
"Low risk" deployment occurs in those crashes
that take place at lower decelerations as defined
in the electronic control un it . ~ page 124
- If you must install a rearwa rd facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat be cause of exceptional circumstances and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay on, immediately install
the rea r-facing child safety seat in a rear
seating position and have the airbag system
inspected by your authori zed Audi dealer.
Always remember: Even though you r veh icle is
equipped with Advanced Airbags, the safest place
for children is properly restrained on the back
seat. Please be sure to read the important informat ion in the sections that follow and be sure to
heed a ll of the WARNINGS.
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If, in exceptional circums t ances , you must install a forward-facing child restraint on the
front passenger's seat :
- Always make sure the forward-facing sea t
has been des igned and certified by its man ufacturer for use on a front seat with a passenger front and side airbag.
- Never put the forward -facing child restraint
up against or very near the instrument panel.
- Always move the front passenger seat to
the highest posit ion in the up and down ad justment range and move it back to the
rearmost posit ion in the seat's fore and aft
adjustment range, as far away from the a irbag as poss ible, before installing the for ward-facing chi ld restrain t .
- Always make sure that the safety be lt upper
anchorage is behind the ch ild restraint and
not next to or in front of the child rest raint
so that the safety be lt will be properly positioned.
- Always move the passenge r seat into its
rearmost posit ion in t he seat's fo re and aft
adj ustmen t range, as far away from the a irbag as poss ible, before install ing the for ward-facing chi ld restraint. The backrest
must be adjusted to an upright position.
- Make sure that the PASSENGERAIR BAG
OFF light comes on and stays on all the time
whenever the ign it ion is switched on.
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To reduce the risk of injury when an airbag inflates, a lways wear safety belts properly .
- If you are unrestrained, leaning forwa rd, s itt ing s ideways or out of pos ition in any way,
yo ur risk of injury is much higher .
- You will also receive serious injur ies and
could even be killed if you are up aga inst the
airbag or too close to it when it inflates evenwith an Advanced Airbag r:!>page 114.
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A child in a rearward-facing chi ld safety seat
installed on the front passenger seat will be
ser iously injured and can be killed if the front
airbag inflates - even w ith an Advanced Airbag
System .
- Although the Advanced Airbag System in
your vehicle is designed to turn off the front
airbag when a rea rward-facing child restraint has been insta lled on the front passenger seat, nobody can absolutely guarantee that deployment is impossible in all conceivable s ituations that may happen during
the useful life of you r vehicle .
- The inflating a irbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the chi ld safety seat and child
against the backrest, center armrest, door,
or roof.
- Always install rearward-facing chi ld restraints in the back seat.
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Advanced Airbag System components
The front passenger seat in your veh icle has a lot
of very impo rtant parts of the Advanced Airbag
System in it . These parts include the weightsensing mat, sensors , wir ing, brackets, and
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more. The function of t he system in the front
passenger seat is checked by the electronic control unit when the ignition is on . The control unit
monitors the Advanced Airbag System and turns
the airbag indicator light on when a malfunct ion
in the system components is detected . The func tion of the airbag indicator light is descr ibed in
greater detail below . Because the front passenge r seat contains important parts of the Advanced Airbag System, you m ust take care to prevent it from being damage d. Damage to the seat
may prevent the Advanced Airbag for the front
passenger seat from doing its job in a crash.
The front Advanced Airbag System consists
of the following :
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- Crash sensors in the front of the vehicle t hat
measure vehicle acceleration/deceleration
to
provide information to the Advanced Airbag
System a bout the severity of the crash.
- An electronic control un it, with integrated
crash sensors for front and side impacts. The
contro l unit "decides" whether to fire the front
airbags based on the information received from
the crash sensors. The control unit a lso "de cides " whether the safety be lt pretens ione rs
sho uld be activated .
- An Advanced Airbag with gas generator and
contro l valve for the d river ins ide the st eer ing
whee l hub.
- An Advanced Airbag with gas generator and
contro l valve inside the instrument pa ne l for
the fron t passenger.
- A weig ht-sensing mat unde r the upho lstery
padding of the front passenge r seat cushion
that meas ures the to tal weight on the sea t . The
informa t ion registered is sen t continuously to
the e lectronic cont rol unit to reg ulate dep loyment of the front Adva need Airbag on the passenger side.
- An airbag monitoring system and indicator
light in the instrument cluster ¢ page 124 .
- A sensor in each front seat reg isters the dis tance between the respective seat and the
steering wheel or instrument pane l. The information reg istered is sent continuously to the
electronic control unit to regulate deployment
of the fro nt Advanced Airbags .
- The PASSENGERAIR BAGOFF ligh t comes on
and stays on in the center of the instrument
pane l ¢ page 125, fig. 115 and te lls you when
the front Advanced Airbag on the passenger
side has been turned off.
- A sensor below the safety be lt latch for the
front seat passenger to measure the tension on
the safety belt. The t ension on the safety belt
and the we igh t registered by the weight -sensing mat help the contro l unit "decide" whethe r
the front airbag fo r t he fron t passe nger seat
should be tu rned off or not ¢ page 115, Child
restrain ts on the front seat - some impor tant
things to know.
- A sensor in t he safety be lt latch for the dr iver
an d for the front seat passenger that senses
whether tha t safety be lt is lat ched or not and
transmits this information to the e lectronic
control un it.
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WARNING
Damage to the front passenge r seat can prevent the front airbag from working properly.
- Improper repair or disassembly of the front
passenger and driver seat will prevent the
Advanced Airbag System from f unct ion ing
properly .
- Repairs to the front passenger seat must be
performed by qualified and proper ly trained
wo rkshop personne l.
- Never remove the front passenger or d river
seat from the vehicle.
- Never remove the upholstery from the front
passenger seat.
- Never d isassemble or remove parts from the
seat or disconnect wires from it.
- Never carry sharp objects in your pockets or
place them on the seat . If the weight-sensing mat in the passenger seat is punctu red
it cannot work proper ly.
- Never carry things on your lap or carry objects on the passenge r seat . Such items can
increase the weight reg istered by the
weight-sensing mat and send the wrong information to the a irbag control unit.
- Never store it ems unde r the front passenger
seat. Parts of the Advanced Airbag System
un d er t he passenger se at could be
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damaged, preventing them and the airbag
system from working properly.
Never place seat covers or rep lacement upholstery that have not been specifically approved by Audi on the front seats .
Seat covers can prevent the Advanced Airbag System from recognizing child restraints or occupants on the front passenger
seat and prevent the side a irbag in the seat
backrest from deploying properly.
Never use cush ions, pillows, blankets or
similar items on the front passenger seat.
The add it ional padding will prevent the
weight-sens ing mat in the seat from accurately reg istering the ch ild restraint or person on the seat and prevent the Advanced
Airbag System from funct ioning properly.
If you must use a child rest raint on the front
passenge r seat and t he child restraint manufacturer 's instructions require the use of a
towel, foam cushion or something else to
properly position the ch ild restraint, make
certain that the PASSENGERAIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on whenever the
child restraint is installed on the front passenger seat.
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not come on and stay on, immed iately install child restraint in a rear seating position
and have the airbag system inspected by
yo ur autho rized Audi deale r.
eration as well as the mass and stiffness of the
vehicle or object involved in the crash .
On the passenger side, regard less of safety be lt
use, the airbag will be turned off if the weight on
the passenger seat is less than the amount programmed in the electronic control unit . The front
airbag on the passenger side will also be turned
off if one of the child safety seats that has been
certified under Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard 208 has been recogn ized on the seat .
The PASSENGERAI R BAG OFF light comes o n
and stays on to te ll you when the front Advanced
Airbag on the passenger side has been turned off
page 115, Child restraints on the front seatsome important things to know.
WARNING
To reduce the risk of injury when an airbag inf lates, always wea r safety belts properly.
- If you are un restrained, leaning forward, sit ting sideways or out of position in any way,
your risk of injury is much higher.
- You will a lso receive serious injuries and
could even be killed if you are up against the
airbag or too close to it when it inflates even with an Advanced Airbag q page 114.
More important things to know about front
airbags
How the Advanced Airbag System
components work together
The front Advanced Airbag System and the side
airbags supplement the protection offered by the
front three-po int safety belts and the adjustable
head restraints to help reduce the risk of injury in
a wide range of acc ident and crash s ituations . Be
sure to read the important information about
safety and heed the WARNINGS in th is chapter.
Deployment of the Advanced Airbag System and
the act ivat ion of the safety belt pretensioners depend on the deceleration measured by the crash
sensors and registered by the electronic control
un it. Crash severity depends on speed and de cel-
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Fig. 114 Inflated front airbags
Safety be lts are important to help keep front
seat occupants in the proper seated position so
that airbags can unfold properly and prov ide supplemental protection in a fronta l collision .
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The front airbags are designed to provide additional protection for the chest and face of the
driver and the front seat passenger when:
- safety belts are worn prope rly,
- the seats have been positioned so that the occupant is properly sea t ed as far as possible
from the airbag,
- and the head restra ints have been properly adjusted.
Because airbags inflate in the blink of an eye w ith
g reat fo rce, things you have on your lap or have
placed on the seat cou ld become dangerous projectiles, and be pushed into you if the airbag inflates.
When an a irbag deploys, fine dust is released.
This is normal and is not caused by a fire in the
vehicle. This dust is made up mostly of a powder
used t o lubricate the airbags as they deploy. It
could irritate skin.
It is important to remember that whi le t he supplemental air bag system is designed t o reduce
the likel ihood of ser ious injuries, other inj uries,
for example swelling, bruising and minor abrasions, can a lso happen when airbags inflate . Airbags do not protect the arms or the lower parts
of the body. Front airbags only supplement the
three po int safety belts in some frontal collisions
in which the ve hicle decelerat io n is high enough
to deploy the airbags .
Front airbags will not deploy:
- if the ignit ion is switched off when a crash occurs,
- in side collisions,
- in rear-end collisions,
- in rollove rs,
- when the crash decelerat ion meas ured by the
airbag system is less t han the minimum t hresho ld needed for airbag deployment as registered
by the electronic contro l unit.
The front passenger airbag will also not
deploy:
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- when the front passenger seat is not occ upied,
- when the we igh t on t he fron t passenge r seat as
sensed by t he Advanced Airbag System indi-
cates that the front a irbag on the passenger
side has to be turned off by the e lectronic control unit (the PASSENGERAIR BAG OFF light
comes on and stays on).
WARNING
Sitting in the wrong position can increase the
risk of ser ious injury in crashes .
- To reduce the risk of injury when the airbags
inflate, the driver and passengers must always sit in an upright posit ion, must not
lean aga inst or place any part of their body
too close to the area where the airbags are
located.
- Occupants who are unbelted, out of posit ion
or t oo close to the airbag can be serio us ly
injur ed by an airbag as it unfolds with g reat
force in t he blink of an eye r=>page 115.
WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing child safety seat
insta lled on the front passenger seat will be
seriously injured and can be killed if the front
airbag inflates - evenwith an AdvancedAirbag
System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carr ier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
aga inst the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof.
- Always install rear-fac ing child safety seats
on the rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat because of exceptional circumstances and the
PASSENGERAIR BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay on, immedia t ely insta ll
the rea r-facing child safety se at in a rear
seating posi t ion and have t he air bag system
inspected by your au t horized Audi dealer.
WARNING
Objects between you and the airbag will increase the risk of injury in a crash by interfering with the way the airbag unfolds or by being pushed into you as the airbag inflates.
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- Never hold things in your hands or on your
lap whe n the vehicle is in use.
- Never transport items on or in the area of
the front passenger seat. Objects could
move into the area of the front airbags during brak ing or other sudden maneuver and
become dangerous projectiles that can
cause serious personal injury if the a irbags
inflate.
- Never place or attach accessor ies or other
objects (such as cupholders, telephone
brackets, large, heavy or bulky objects) on
the doors, over or nea r the area marked
"AIRBAG"on the steering wheel, instrument pane l, seat backrests or between
those areas and yourself. These objects
could cause injury in a crash, especially
when the airbags inflate.
- Never recline the front passenger's seat to
transport objects. Items can also move into
the area of the side airbag or the front a irbag dur ing braking or in a sudden maneuver. Objects near the airbags can become
projectiles and cause injury, particularly
when the seat is reclined.
WARNING
The fine dust created when airbags deploy can
cause breathing problems for people with a
his t ory of a sthma or ot her breathing conditions .
- To reduce the risk of brea t hing problems,
those w ith asthma or ot her respiratory conditions should get fresh air right away by
getting out of the vehicle or o pening windows or doors.
- If you are in a collision in which airbags de ploy, wash your hands and face with mild
soap and water before eat ing.
- Be careful not to get the dust into your eyes,
or into any cuts or scratches.
- If the resid ue should get into your eyes,
flush them with water .
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Monitoring
Advanced
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Airbag
System
!f Airbag monitoring indicator light
Two separate indicators monitor the function of
the Advanced Airbag System: the airbag moni toring indicator light and the PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF light.
The Advanced Airbag System as well as the side
airbags and s ide curta in a irbags w ith ejection
mitigation features (including the electronic con tro l unit, sensors and system wiring) a re all
monitored cont inuo usly to make sure that they
are functioning properly whenever the ignition is
on. Each time you turn on the ignit ion, the airbag
w ill come on for a
monitoring indicator light
few seconds (self d iagnostics) .
The system mu st be inspected when the
indicator light E,I:
- does not come on when the ignition is sw itched
on,
- does not go out a few seconds after you have
sw itched on the ignit ion, or
- comes on while driv ing.
If an airbag system malfunction is detected, the
indicato r light will come on to serve as a constant
reminder to have the system inspected immediate ly.
If a ma lfunction occurs that turns the front airbag on the passenger side off, the PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF light will come on and stay on
whenever the ignition is on.
WARNING
An airbag system that is not functioning properly cannot provide sup plemental pro t ect ion
in a fro nta l crash.
- If the airbag ind icator light ¢ page 14
comes when the veh icle is being used, have
the system inspected immediately by your
author ized Audi dealer. It is possib le t hat
t he air bag will inflate when it is not sup posed t o, or will not inflate when it should .
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PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
AIR BAG OFF light will stay on. Never install a
rearward-facing child restraint on the front passenger seat, the safest place for a ch ild in any
kind of child restraint is at one of the seating positions on the rear seat ¢ page 115, Child re-
straints on the front seat - some important
things to know and ¢ page 134, Child safety.
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on
Fig. 115 Section from the instrument panel: PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF lig ht
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ligh t is located in
the center of the instrument pane l ¢ fig. 115 .
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light will come on
and stay on to tell you when the front Advanced
Airbag on the passenger side has been tu rned off
by the electronic control unit . Each time you turn
on the ignition, the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will flash for a few seconds and:
- will stay on if the front passenger sea t is not
occupied,
- will stay on if the re is a small child or child restraint on t he front passenger seat,
- will go out if the front passenge r seat is occupied by an adul t as reg istered by the weightsensing mat.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light mu st come
on and stay on if t he ignition is on and
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- a car bed has been installed on t he front seat,
or
- a rearward-facing child restraint has been installed on the front passenger seat, or
- a forward-facing child restra int has been installed on the front passenger seat, or
- the weight registered on the front passenger
seat is equal to or less than the combined
weight of a typical 1 year-old restrained in one
of the rear-facing or forward-fac ing infant restraints listed in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Sta ndard 208 with which the Advanced Airbag
System in your veh icle was certified.
If the front passenger seat is not occupied, the
front a irbag will not deploy, and the PASSENGER
when one of the conditions listed above is met,
be su re to check the light regularly to make cer ta in that the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
stays on continuously whenever the ignition is
on. If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not appear and not st ay o n a ll the time, stop as
soon as it is safe to do so and
- reactivate the system by turning the ignit ion
off and then t urn ing it on again;
- remove and re insta ll the child restraint . Make
sure that the child restraint is properly insta lled and t hat the safety belt for the fro nt pa ssenger seat has bee n correct ly routed around
the child rest raint as desc ribed in the child restra int man ufactu rer's instructions;
- make sure that the convert ible locking retract or on the safety belt for the front passenger
seat has been activated and that the safety belt
has been pulled tight. The belt must not be
loose or have loops of slack so that the sensor
below the safety belt latc h on the seat can do
its job¢ page 144 .
- make sure that things that may increase the
weight of the child and ch ild safety seat are not
be ing transported on the front passe nger seat;
- make sure that the safety be lt tens ion sensor is
not blocked . Shake the safety belt latch on the
front passe nger seatback and forth;
- If a strap or tether is being used to tie the child
safety seat to the front passenger seat, make
sure that it is not so tight that it causes the
weight-sens ing mat to measu re more weight
t han is actually on the seat.
I f th e PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light still does
not come on and does not stay on continuously
(whe n the ignition is switc hed on),
- take the child restraint off the front passenger
seat and insta ll it properly at one of the rear
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seat positions. Have the airbag system inspected by your authorized Audi dealer immediately .
- move the chi ld to a rear seat position and make
sure that the child is properly restrained in a
child restraint that is appropriate for its size
and age .
The PASSE NGER AIR BAG OFF light shou ld NOT
come on when the ignition is on and an adult is
sitting in a proper seating position on the front
passenger seat. If the PASSENGER AI R BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on or flashes for about
5 seconds while driving, under these circumstances, make sure that:
- the adu lt on the front passenger seat is properly seated on the center of the seat cushion with
his or her back up aga inst the backrest and the
backrest is not recl ined c>page 98, Correct pas -
senger seating positions,
- the adult is not taking weight off the seat by
holding on to the passenger assist handle
above the front passenger door or supporting
their we ight on the arm rest ,
- the safety belt is be ing properly worn and that
there is not a lot of slack in the safety belt webbing,
- accessory seat covers or cushions or other
th ings that may cause an inco rrect read ing o r
imp ression on t he weight-sens ing mat under
the upho lst ery of t he seat have been removed
from the front passenger seat,
- a safety be lt extende r has not been left in the
safety belt latch for the front passenge r seat .
In addition to the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light in the center of the inst rument panel, the
message PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF or PASSENGER AIR BAG ON will briefly appear in the inst rument cluster display . This is to inform the driver
of th e current front passenger airbag status.
Important safety instructions on
monitoring the Advanced Airbag System
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An airbag system that is not funct ion ing proper ly cannot provide supplemental protection
in a frontal crash.
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- If the airbag indicator light c>page 14
comes when the veh icle is being used, have
the system inspected immediately by your
author ized Audi dealer. It is possible that
the airbag will inflate when it is not supposed to, or will not inflate when it should.
_& WARNING
If the front a irbag inflates, a ch ild without a
chi ld restraint, in a rea rward-facing chi ld safety seat or in a forward -fac ing chi ld restrain t
that has not been proper ly inst alled will be
seriously injured and can be killed .
- Even tho ugh you r vehicle is equipped with
an Advanced Airbag System, make certain
that a ll children, espec ia lly 12 years and
younger , always 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 insta ll a rearward-facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat be-
cause of exceptionalcircumstancesand the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
appear and stay on, immediately install the
rear-facing child safety seat in a rear seat ing
position and have t he a irbag system inspected by yo ur a utho rized Audi dea le r.
- A t ight tether or other strap on a rearwardfacing chi ld restraint attached to the front
passenger sea t can put too much pressure
on the weight-sensing mat in the seat and
register more weight than is actually on the
seat. The heavier weight registered can
make the system work as though an adu lt
were on the seat and deploy the Advanced
Airbag when it must be suppressed causing
serious or even fatal injury to the child .
- If, in exceptional circumstances, you must
install a forward-facing child restraint on
the front passenger seat, always move the
seat into its rearmost position in the seat 's
fore and aft adj ustment range, as far away
from the air bag as poss ible. The back res t
must be adjus t ed to an upr ight position.
Make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG
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OFF light comes on and stays on all the time
whenever the ignition is switched on.
WARNING
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not go out when an adult is sitting on the
front passenger seat after taking the steps
described above, make sure the adult is
properly seated and restrained at one of the
rear seating positions .
- Have the airbag system inspected by your
authorized Audi dealer before transporting
anyone on the front passenger seat.
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If the weight -sensing mat in the front passen ger seat detects an empty seat, the front airbag on the passenger side will be turned off,
and PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF will stay on.
Repair, care and disposal of the airbags
Parts of the airbag system are installed at many
different places on your Audi. Installing, removing, servicing or repairing a part in an area of th e
vehicle can damage a part of an airbag system
and prevent that system from working properly
in a collision .
There are some important things you have to
know to make sure that the effectiveness of the
system will not be impaired and that discarded
components do not cause injury or pollute the
environment.
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Improper care, servicing and repair procedures can increase the risk of personal injury
and death by preventing an airbag from deploying when needed or deploying an airbag
unexpectedly:
- Never cover, obstruct, or change the steering wheel horn pad or airbag cover or the instrument panel or modify them in any way.
- Never attach any objects such as cupholders
or telephone mountings to the surfaces covering the airbag units.
system
- For cleaning the horn pad or instrument
panel, use only a soft, dry cloth or one moistened with plain water . Solvents or cleaners
could damage the airbag cover or change
the stiffness or strength of the material so
that the airbag cannot deploy and protect
properly.
- Never repair, adjust, or change any parts of
the airbag system.
-All work on the steering wheel, instrument
panel, front seats or electrical system (including the installation of audio equipment,
cellular telephones and CB radios, etc.)
must be performed by a qualified technician
who has the training and special equipment
necessary.
- For any work on the airbag system, we
strongly recommend that you see your authorized Audi dealer or qualified workshop.
- Never modify the front bumper or parts of
the vehicle body.
- Always make sure that the side airbag can
inflate without interference:
- Never install seat covers or replacement
upholstery over the front seatbacks that
have not been specifically approved by
Audi .
- Never use additional seat cushions that
cover the areas where the side airbags inflate.
- Damage to the original seat covers or to
the seam in the area of the side airbag
module must always be repaired immediately by an authorized Audi dealer.
- The airbag system can be activated only
once. After an airbag has inflated, it must
be replaced by an authorized Audi dealer or
qualified technician who has the technical
information, training and special equipment
necessary.
- The airbag system can be deployed only
once. After an airbag has been deployed, it
must be replaced with new replacement
parts designed and approved especially for
your Audi model version. Replacement of
complete airbag systems or airbag compo nents must be performed by qualified workshops only. Make sure that any airbag
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service action is entered in your Audi Warranty & Maintenance book let under AIRBAG
- Never use tire-rim combinations that have
not been approved by Audi.
REPLACEMENT
RECORD.
For the sake of the environment
Items stored between the safety belt buckle
and the center conso le can cause the sensors
in the buckle to send the wrong information
to the electronic control module and prevent
the Advanced Airbag System from wo rking
properly.
-Always make sure that nothing can interfere
w ith the safety belt buckles and that they
are not obstructed.
Undeployed airbag modules and pretensioners might be classified as Perchlorate Material -special handling may apply, see
www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate. When the vehicle or parts of the restraint system including airbag modules safety belts with pretens ioners are scrapped, al l
applicable laws and regulat ions must be observed. Your authorized Audi dealer is familiar
with t hese requ irements and we recommend
that you have your dealer perform this service
for you.
Side airbags
Description of side airbags
The airbag system can provide supplemental
protection to properly restrained occupants.
Other things that can affect Advanced
Airbag performance
Changing the vehicle's suspension system can
change the way that the Advanced Airbag System
performs in a crash. For examp le, using t ire-r im
combinations not approved by Audi, lower ing the
veh icle, changing the stiffness of the suspens ion,
including the springs , suspension struts, shock
absorbers etc . can change the forces that are
measured by the airbag sensors and sent to the
electronic control unit. Some suspension changes
can, for example, increase the force levels measured by the sensors and make the airbag system
deploy in crashes in which it would not deploy if
the changes had not been made . Other kinds of
changes may reduce the force levels measured by
the sensors and prevent the airbag from deploying when it should .
WARNING
Changing the vehicle's suspension including
use of unapproved tire-rim combinations can
change Advanced Airbag performance and increase the risk of serious personal inj ury in a
crash.
- Never install suspension components that
do not have the same performance characteristics as the components originally installed on your veh icle .
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WARNING
Fig. 116 Side airbag location in the dr iver's seat
The side airbags are located in the s ides of the
front seat backrests ~ fig. 116 facing the doors .
They are identified by the word "AIRBAG".
The side airbag system basically consistsof:
- the electronic control module and external side
impact sensors
- the two airbags located in the sides of the front
backrests
- the airbag warning light in the instrument cluster.
The airbag system is mon itored electron ically to
make certain that it is functioni ng properly at a ll
times. Each time you turn on the ignition, the air bag system indicator light will come on for a few
seconds (self diagnostics).
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The side airbag system suppl e ments the safety
be lts and can help to reduc e th e risk of injury to
the dr iver's and front passenge r's upper torso on
t he side of t he vehicle th at is struck in a side collision . The airbag deploys on ly in s ide impac t s
and only when the vehicle acceleration reg istered
by the control unit is high enough. If this rate is
be low the reference va lue programmed into the
control unit, the side airbags will not be tr ig gered, even t hough the car may be badly dam aged as a result of the collision. It is not possib le
to define an airbag triggering range that will cover every possible angl e of impact, since t he circumstances will vary conside rably between one
coll is ion a nd another . Important factors include ,
for example , t he nature (hard or soft) of the impacting object, the ang le of impact, vehicle
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structions on the side airbag system .
Aside from their normal safety fun ction, safety
be lts work to he lp keep the driver or front pas senger in pos it ion in the event of a side collision
so that the s ide a irbags can provide protection .
The airbag sys t em is no t a substitu t e for your
safety belt . Rather, it is part of the overall occu pant restraint system in your veh icle . Always remember that the side airbag system can only
he lp t o protect yo u if you a re wea ring your safety
be lt and wea ring it properly. This is another reason why you shou ld always wear your saf ety
be lts, not just because the law requi res you to do
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you r safety belts are always there to offer protection in those accidents in which airbags are not
supposed to deploy or when they have already
deployed .
The side airbag system w ill not deploy:
- when t he ignit io n is t urned off
- in side collisions whe n the acceleration measured by the sensor is too low
- in front -end coll isio ns
- in rear-end col lisions
- in rollovers .
In some types of accidents the front airbags, side
curtain airbags and side airbags may be triggered
together .
WARNING
- Safety belts and the airbag system will only
provide protect ion when occupants are in
page 130 .
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page 14
comes when the veh icle is being used, have
the system inspected immedia t ely by your
author ized Audi dealer. It is possib le t hat
t he airbag will inflate when it is not supposed to, or w ill not inf late w hen it should.
How supplemental side airbags work
Side airbags deploy ins tan tly and can help reduce the risk of upper torso injuries for occupants who ore properly restrained.
It is important t o remember that while the s up-
plemental side ai rbag system is designed to reduce the likelihood of serious injur ies, oth er injuries, for example, swe lling , bru ising, and minor
abrasions can a lso be associated with deployed
side airbags. Remember too , side airbags will deploy only once and only in certain kinds of accidents - your safety belts are always t here to offer
protection .
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Vehicle damage , repair costs or even the lack of
vehicle damage are not necessarily an indication
of over -sensitive or failed airbag activation . In
some coll is io ns, both front and s ide a irbags may
inflate. Remember too, that airbags will deploy
only once and only in cert ain kinds of coll is ions -
Fig. 117 Inflated side airba gs on left side of vehicle
When the system is triggered, the airbag is filled
with prope lla nt gas and breaks through a seam in
the seat s urface area marked "AIRBAG". It expands between the side trim panel a nd the
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passenger. In order to he lp provide this add itional protection, the side airbag must inflate within
a fraction of a second at very high speed and w ith
great force. The supplemental side airbag could
injure you if your seating position is not proper or
upright or if items are located in the area where
the supplemental side airbag expands . This applies especially to children q page 134, Child
safety. Supplemental side ai rbags inf late be tween the occ upan t and the door pane l on the
side of the vehicle that is struck in certa in side
collision q fig . 117.
Although they are not a sof t pillow, they ca n
"cushion" the impact and in t his way they can
he lp to reduce the risk of injury to the upper part
of the body .
A fine dust may deve lop when the airbag deploys.
This is normal and does not mean there is a fire
in the vehicle.
Important safety instructions on the side
airbag system
Airbags ore only supplemental restraints . Always
properly wear safety belts and ride in a proper
seating position.
There is a lot that you and your passengers must
know and act accord ingly to help the safety be lts
and airbags do the ir job to provide supplemental
protection.
WARNING
An inflating side airbag can cause serious or
fatal injury. Improperly wearing safety belts
and improper seating positions increase the
risk of se rious personal injury and death
w henever a vehicle is being used.
- In order to reduce the risk of injury when
the supplemental side airbag inflates:
- Always sit in an upright position and never
lean aga inst the area where the s upplemental side airbag is located.
- Never let a chi ld or anyone else rest their
head against the side trim panel in the
area where the supp lemental s ide airbag
inflates.
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- Always make sure that safety belts are
worn correctly,
- Do not let anyone sitting in the front seat
put their hand or any other parts of their
body out of the window.
- Always make sure that the side airbag can
inflate w ithout interference.
- Never install seat covers or replacement
upholstery ove r the front seatbacks that
have not been specifica lly approved by
Audi.
- Never use addi t ional seat cus hions that
cover the areas where the side airbags deploy .
- Damage to the orig inal se at cove rs or to
the seam in the area of t he side airbag
module must a lways be repaired immedi ate ly by an authorized Audi dealer.
- Objects be tween you and t he airbag can increase the ris k of injury in an acc ident by interfering with the way the airbag unfolds or
by being pushed into you as the airbag inflates.
- Never place or attach accessor ies or other
obje cts (s uch as cupholders, telephone
bracke t s, or even la rge, bu lky objec t s) on
the doors, over or near the area marked
"AIRBAG" on the seat backrests .
- Such objec t s and accessories can be come
dange rous projecti les and cause injury
when the supplemental side airbag deploys.
- Never carry any objects or pets in the deployment space between them and the
airbags or allow children or other passengers to trave l in this position.
- Always use the built-in coat hooks only fo r
lightweight clothing. Never leave any heavy
or sharp-edged objects in the pockets that
may inte rfere with s ide a irbag deployment
a nd can cause personal injury in an accident .
- Always prevent the side airbags from being
damaged by heavy objects knocking against
or hitting the sides of the seatbacks.
- The a irbag system can only be triggered
once . If the airbag has been triggered, the
system must be replaced by an autho rized
Audi dea le rship.
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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 134, 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 function properly if sensors cannot correctly
measure increasing air pressure inside the
doo rs when air escapes through larger, unclosed open ings in the door panel.
- Never drive with interior door trim pane ls
removed.
- Never drive when parts have been removed from the inside door panel and the
openings they leave have not been properly 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 workshop.
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Side curtain
airbags
Description of side curtain airbags
The side curtain airbag system can provide supplemental protection to properly restrained occupants.
Fig. 118 Side curta in system, driver '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 w indows ~ fig. 118. They a re identified by the word
"AIRBAG"on the windshie ld frame and the cente r roo f pilla r.
The side curtain airbags contain features that
provide ejection mitigation to help prevent veh icle 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 injury for occupants' heads and upper torso on the
side of the vehicle that is str uck in a side collision . The side curtain airbag inflates in side impacts and only when the vehicle acce leration 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 t riggered, even though the car may be
badly damaged as a resu lt of the collision . It is
not possible to define an airbag triggering range
that will cover every possible angle of impact,
since the circumstances w ill vary considerably be tween one collision and another. Important factors include, for example, the nature (hard or
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soft) of the impacting object, the angle of impact, vehicle speed, etc . q page 132, How side
curtain airbags work.
Aside from their normal safety function, safety
belts work to help keep the driver or front passenger in position in the event of a collision so
that the side curtain airbags can provide protection .
The airbag system is not a substitute for your
safety belt. Rather, it is part of the overa ll occupant restraint system in your vehicle. Always remember that the airbag system can only help to
protect you if you are wearing your safety belt
and wearing it properly . This is another reason
why you should always wear your safety belts,
not just because the law requires you to do so
page 106, General information.
WARNING
- Safety belts and the airbag system will only
provide protect ion when occupants are in
the proper seating position ~ page 42,
Front seats .
- If the airbag ind icator light q page 14
comes when the veh icle is being used, have
the system inspected imm edia t ely by your
authorized Audi dealer. It is possible t hat
the airbag will inflate when it is not supposed to, or will not inf lat e when it should.
How side curtain airbags work
Side curtain airbags can work together with side
airbags to help reduce the risk of head and upper
torso injuries for occupants who are properly restrained.
It is important to remember that while the side
curtain airbag system is des igned to help reduce
the likelihood of serious injuries, other injuries,
for example, swe lling, bruising, and m inor abrasions can also be associated with these airbags.
Remember too, these airbags w ill dep loy o nly
once and only in certain kinds of accidents - your
safety belts are always there to offer protection .
The side curtain airbag system basically
consists of:
- The electronic control module and external side
impact sensors
- The side curtain airbags above the front and
rear side windows with ejection mitigation features
- The airbag indicator light in the instrument
panel
The airbag system is monito red electronically to
make certa in it is fun ction ing properly at all
times. Each time you turn on the ignition, the airbag system indicator light will come on for a few
seconds (self diagnostics) .
The side curtain airbag is not activated:
- if the ignit ion is tu rned off,
- in s ide collisions when the accelerat io n measured by the sensor is too low,
- in rear-end collisions .
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Fig. 119 Illustratio n of principle: Inflated s ide curta in air-
bags on t he left side
The side curtain airbags inflate between the occupant and the w indows on the side of the veh icle that is struck in a side collision ~ fig. 119.
When the system is tr iggered, the side curta in
airbag is filled with propellant gas and breaks
through a seam above the front and rear side
windows identified by the AIRBAGlabel. In order
to help provide this additional protection, the
side curtain airbag must inflate within the blink
of an eye at very high speed and with great force .
The side curtain airbag could injure you if your
seat ing position is not prope r or upright or if
items a re located in the area where the supplemental side cu rtai n airbag inflates. This applies
especially to children ~ page 134 .
Although they are not a soft pillow, side curtain
airbags can "cush ion" the impact and in this way .,.
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they can help to reduce the risk of injury to the
head and the upper part of the body.
A fine dust may develop when the airbag deploys.
This is quite normal and does not mean there is a
fire in the vehicle.
Important safety instructions on the side
curtain airbag system
Airbags are only supplemental restraints. Always
properly wear safety belts and ride in a proper
seating position.
There is a lot that you and your passengers must
know and do to help the safety belts and airbags
do their job to provide supplemental protection.
WARNING
Improperly wearing safety belts and improper
seating positions increase the risk of serious
personal injury and death whenever a vehicle
is being used .
- Never let occupants place any parts of their
bodies in the area from which the side curtain airbags inflate.
-Always make sure that the side curtain airbags can inflate without interference. Unsuitable accessories fitted inside the expansion range of a head airbag can dangerously
interfere with its function. A deploying head
airbag develops enough force to catapult
any piece of add-on component out of its
path of inflation and into the passenger
compartment. An occupant hit by such a
projectile can suffer serious injury or death
system
- Only use factory-installed sun shades or, in
the case of shades installed after the vehicle
leaves the factory, only Audi roll-up
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tional accessories and parts replacement.
- Always sit in proper seating position and
wear safety belts while traveling so that the
side curtain airbags can help provide protection .
- The airbag system can only be triggered
once . If the airbag has been triggered, the
system must be replaced by an authorized
Audi dealer or qualified workshop.
-Always have work involving the side curtain
airbag system, removal and installation of
the airbag components, or other repairs
performed by an authorized Audi dealer or
qualified workshop. Otherwise the airbag
system may not work correctly.
- Never attempt to modify any components of
the airbag system in any way.
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215, Technical Modifications.
- Do not swivel the sun visors to the side if
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you have any objects clipped onto them (for
example pens) . If the airbag should deploy,
you could be injured by these objects.
- Use the built-in coat hooks only for lightweight clothing . Never leave any heavy or
sharp-edged objects in the pockets that may
interfere with airbag deployment and can
cause personal injury in an accident.
- Never use hangers to hang clothing from
the hooks.
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Child
safety
Important
information
Introduction
The rear seat is generally the safest place in a
collision.
The physical principles of what happens when
your vehicle is in a crash apply also to children
page 10 7, What happens to occupants not
wearing safety belts? . But unlike adults and
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teenagers, their muscles and bones are not fully
developed. In many respects children are at
g reater risk of serious injury in crashes than
adults .
Because children's bodies are not fully developed, they require restraint systems especially
des igned for their size, we ight, and body structure. Many countries and all states of the United
States and provinces of Canada have laws requiring the use of approved child restraint systems
for infants and small children .
In a frontal crash at a speed of 20-35 mph
(30-56 km/h) the forces acting on a 13 -pound
(6 kg) infant will be more than 20 times the
weight of the child. This means the weight of the
child would suddenly be more than 260 pounds
(120 kg) . Under these conditions, only an appropriate child restraint properly used can reduce
the risk of serious injury . Child restra ints, like
adu lt safety belts, must be used properly to be
effect ive. Used improperly, they can incr ease the
risk of serious injury in an acc ident.
All ch ildren, especially those 12 years and younger must always ride in the back seat properly restra ined for their age and size. If you must insta ll
a child restraint on the front passenger seat in
exceptional circumstances, be sure to read and
heed the important information and warnings
¢ page 115. Infants and other children who are
properly restrained in an appropriate child restraint that is for their size and age can benefit
from the protection that supplemental side airbags provide in some kinds of crashes .
For more information please see information
provided by the:
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- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA), currently at: http :/ /www.safercar.gov (for the USA)
- Transport Canada Information Centre, currently at: http://www.tc.gc.ca
(for Canada)
Consult the ch ild safety seat manufacturer's instructions in order to be sure the seat is right fo r
your chi ld's size ¢ page 137, Important safety
instructions for using child safety seats . Please
be sure to read and heed all of the important information and WARNINGS about child safety,
Advanced Airbags, and the installation of child
restra ints in this chapter .
There is a lot you need to know about the Advanced Airbags in your vehicle and how they work
when infants and children in child restraints are
on the front passenger seat . Because of the large
amount of important informat ion , we cannot repeat it all here. We urge you to read the detailed
information in this owner's manual about airbags
and the Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle
and the very important information about transporting children on the front passenger seat.
Please be sure to heed the WARNINGS - they are
extremely important for your safety and the safety of your passengers, especially infants and
small children .
WARNING
- Accident statistics have shown that children
are generally safer in the rear seat area than
in the front seat ing pos ition. Always restrain
any child age 12 and unde r in the rear.
-All vehicle occupants and especially children
must be restra ined prope rly whenever rid ing
in a vehicle. An un restrained or improperly
restrained child could be injured by striking
the interior or by being ejected from the vehicle during a sudden maneuver or impact.
An unrestrained or improperly restrained
child is a lso at greater risk of injury or death
through contact w ith an inflating airbag.
-A suitable ch ild restraint properly installed
and used at one of the rear seating positions
provides the highest degree of protect ion
for infants and small children in most acc ident situat ions.
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WARNING
Child ren on the front seat of any car even w ith
Advanced Airbags can be seriously injured or
even killed when an airbag inflates. A child in
a rearward-facing child safety seat installed
on the front passenger seat will be seriously
injured and can be killed if the front airbag inflates.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the ch ild safety seat and child
against the backrest, center armrest, or
door.
- Always install rear-facing child safety seats
on the rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward fac ing ch ild
safety seat on the front passenger seat in
exceptiona l circumstances and the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not come on
and stay on, immediately insta ll the rearfacing child safety seat in a rear seating position and have the airbag system inspected
immediately by your Audi dealer.
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WARNING
If, in exceptional circumstances, you must install a forward-facing chi ld restraint on the
front passenger's seat :
- Always make sure the forward-fac ing seat
has been designed and certified by its manufacturer for use on a front seat with a passenger front and s ide a irbag .
- Always follow the manufacturer's instruct ions prov ided with the ch ild safety seat or
carrier.
- Always move the front passenger seat to
the highest position in the up and down adjustment range and move it back to the
rea rmost position in the seat's fore and aft
adjustment range, as fa r away from the airbag as possib le, before insta lling the forward-facing child restraint .
- Always ma ke sure that the safety bel t upper
anchorage is behind the child restraint and
not next to or in front of the chi ld restraint
so that the safety belt will be properly posit ioned.
- Always make sure that the PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF light comes on and stays on all the
time whenever the ignition is switched on.
Tips
Always replace child restraints that were installed in a vehicle during a crash. Damage to
a child restraint that is not visible could cause
it to fai l in another collision situat ion.
Advanced front airbag system and children
Your vehicle is equipped with a front "Advanced
Airbag System" in compliance with United States
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standa rd (FMVSS)
208, as we ll as Canada Moto r Vehicle Safety
Standard (CMVSS)208 as app licab le at the time
your vehicle was manufactured.
The Advanced Airbag system in you r vehicle has
been certified to meet the "low- risk" requirements fo r 3- and 6-year old ch ildren on the passenger side and sma ll adu lts on the driver side.
The low risk deployment criter ia are intended to
reduce the risk of injury t hrough interaction with
the airbag that can occur, for example, by being
too close to the steering wheel and instrument
panel when the airbag inflates . In addition, the
system has been cert ified to comply with the
"supp ression" requirements of the Safety Standard, to t urn off the front a irbag fo r infants up to
12 months who are restrained on the front passenger seat in child rest raints t hat are list ed in
the Standard.
Even though your veh icle is eq uipped wit h an Advanced Airbag system, all ch ild ren, especially
those 12 yea rs and younger, should a lways ride
in the back seat proper ly restrained for their age
and size . The airbag on the passenger side makes
the front seat a potentially dangerous place for a
child to ride. The front seat is not the safest place
for a ch ild in a forward-fac ing ch ild safety seat. It
can be a very dangerous place for an infant or a
larger ch ild in a rearward-facing seat .
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Advanced Airbags and the weight-sensing
mat in the front seat
The Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle detects the presence of an infant or child in a child
restraint on the front passenger seat using the
weight -sensing mat in the seat cushion and the
sensor below t he safety belt latch on the front
passenger seat that measures the tension on the
safety belt .
The weight-sensing mat measures total weight
of the child and the child safety seat and a child
blanket on the front passenger seat . The weight
on the front passenger seat is related to the design of the child restraint and its "footprint ", the
size and shape of the bottom of the child restraint as it sits on the seat. The weight of a child
restraint and its "footprint" vary for different
kinds of child restraints and for the different
models of the same kind of child restraint offered by child restraint manufacturers.
The weight ranges for the individual types,
makes and models of child restraints that the
NHTSAhas specified in the Safety Standard together with the weight ranges of typical infants
and typical 1 year-old child have been stored in
the control unit of the Advanced Airbag System .
When a child restraint is being used on the front
passenger seat with a typical 1 year-old child, the
Advanced Airbag System compares the weight
measured by the weight sensing mat with the information stored in the electronic control unit.
The electronic control unit also registers the tension on the front passenger safety belt. The tension on the safety belt for the front passenger
seat will be different for an adult who is properly
using the safety belt as compared to the tension
on the belt when it is used to attach a child restraint to the seat. The sensor below the latch for
the safety belt for the front seat passenger
measures the tension on the belt. The input from
this sensor is then used with the weight to "decide" , whether there is a child restraint with a
typical 1 year-old child on the front passenger
seat and whether or not the airbag must be
turned off.
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· Child restraints and Advanced Airbags
Regardless of the child restraint that you use,
make sure that it has been certified to meet Safety Standards and has been certified by its manufacturer for use with an airbag. Always be sure
that the child restraint is properly installed at
one of the rear seating positions . If in exceptional circumstances you must use it on the front
passenger seat, carefully read all of the information on child safety and Advanced Airbags and
heed all of the applicable WARNINGS. Make certain that the child restraint is correctly recognized by the weight-sensing mat inside the front
passenger seat, that the front passenger airbag
is turned off and that the airbag status is always
correctly signaled by the PASSENGERAIR BAG
OFF light.
Many types and models of child restraints have
been available over the years, new models are introduced regularly incorporating new and improved designs and older models are taken out of
production. Child restraints are not standardized.
Child restraints of the same type typically have
differen t weights and sizes and different 'footprints,' the size and shape of the bottom of the
child restraint that sits on the seat, when they
are installed on a vehicle seat. These differences
make it virtually impossible to certify compliance
with the requirements for advanced airbags with
each and every child restraint that has ever been
sold in the past or will be sold over the course of
the useful life of your vehicle.
For this reason, the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has published a
list of specific type, makes and models of child
restraints that must be used to certify compliance of the Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle with the suppression requirements of Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208. These child
restraints are:
Subpart A - Car bed child restraints
Model
Manufactured on or
after
Angel Guard Angel
Ride AA2403FOF
September 25, 2007
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Subpart B - Rear-facing child restraints
Model
Manufactured on or
after
Century SmartFit 4543
December 1, 1999
Cosco Arriva
22-013PAW and base
22-999WHO
September 25, 2007
Evenflo Discovery Adjust Right 212
December 1, 1999
Evenflo First Choice
204
December 1, 1999
Graco Infant 8457
December 1, 1999
Grace Snug ride
September 25, 2007
(D
Peg Perego Primo Viag- September 25, 2007
gio SIP IMUNOOUS
Subpart C - Forward-facing and convertible
child restraints
Model
Manufactured on or
after
Britax Roundabout
E9L02xx
September 25, 2007
Cosco Tour iva 02519
December 1, 1999
Cosco Summit Deluxe
High Back Booster
22-262
September 25, 2007
Cosco High Back Booster 22-209
September 25, 200 7
Evenflo Tribute V
379xxxx
September 25, 2007
Evenflo Medallion 2S4
December 1, 1999
Evenflo Generations
352xxxx
September 25, 2007
Grace ComfortSport
September 25, 2007
Grace Toddler Safety
Seat Step 2
September 25, 2007
Grace Platinum Cargo
September 25, 2007
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- Take the child restraint off the front passenger seat and install it properly at one of the
rear seat positions if the PASSENGERAIR
BAGOFFlight does not stay on.
- Have the airbag system inspected by your
authorized Audi dealer immed iately.
Tips
The child seats listed in categor ies A to C have
been statically tested by Audi only for the Advanced Airbag function.
Important safety instructions for using
child safety seats
Correct use of child safety seats substantially reduces the risk of injury in an accident!
As the driver, you are responsible for the safety
of everybody in the vehicle, especially children:
.,.Always use the right child safety seat for each
child and always use it properly ¢ page 140 .
.,.Always carefully follow the chi ld safety seat
manufacturer's instructions on how to route
the safety belt properly through the child safety seat.
.,.When using the vehicle safety belt to install a
child safety seat, you must first activate the
convertible lock ing retractor on the safety belt
to prevent the chi ld safety seat from moving
~page 144 .
.,. Push the chi ld safety seat down with your full
weight to get the safety belt really tight so that
the seat cannot move forward or sideways
more than one inch (2.5 cm).
.,.If a strap or tether is being used to tie the child
safety seat to the front passenger seat, make
sure that it is not so tight that it causes the
weight-sensing mat to measu re more weight
than is actually on the seat.
.,.Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
~page 139 .
WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious injury, make sure
that the PASSENGERAIR BAGOFFlight
comes on and stays on whenever a child restraint is installed on the front passenger seat
and the ignition is switched on.
Always remember: Even though your veh icle is
equipped with an Advanced Airbag system, all
children, especia lly those 12 years and younger,
shou ld a lways ride in the back seat proper ly restrained for their age and size.
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WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, using the wrong
child safety seat or improperly installing a
child restraint increases the risk of serious
personal injury and death .
- All vehicle occupants and especially children
must be restrained properly whenever riding
in a vehicle. An unrestrained or improperly
restrained child could be injured by striking
the interior or by being ejected from the vehicle during a sudden maneuver or impact.
An unrestrained or improperly restrained
child is also at greater risk of injury or death
through contact with an inflating airbag .
- Commercially available child safety seats
are required to comply with U.S. Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 213
(in Canada CMVSS213).
- When buying a child restraint, select one
that fits your child and the vehicle.
- Only use child restraint systems that fully
contact the flat portion of the seat cushion. The child restraint must not tip or
lean to either side. Audi does not recommend using child safety seats that rest on
legs or tube-like frames. They do not provide adequate contact with the seat.
-Always heed all legal requirements pertaining to the installation and use of child
safety seats and carefully follow the instructions provided by the manufacturer
of the seat you are using.
- Never allow children under 57 inches
(1.45 meters) to wear a normal safety belt.
They must always be restrained by a proper
child restraint system. Otherwise, they
could sustain injuries to the abdomen and
neck areas during sudden braking maneuvers or accidents .
- Never let more than one child occupy a child
safety seat .
- Never let babies or older children ride in a
vehicle while sitting on the lap of another
passenger .
- Holding a child in your arms is never a substitute for a child restraint system.
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- The strongest person could not hold the
child with the forces that exist in an accident. The child will strike the interior of
the vehicle and can also be struck by the
passenger.
- The child and the passenger can also injure each other in an accident.
- Never install rear-facing child safety seats
or infant carriers on the front passenger
seat . A child will be seriously injured and
can be killed when the passenger airbag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag System.
- Make sure there is enough space in front of
the child in the child seat. If necessary, adjust the angle and position of the seat in
front of the child seat.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
against the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof.
-Always install rear-facing child safety seats
or infant carriers on the rear seat.
- Forward-facing child safety seats installed
on the front passenger's seat can interfere
with the airbag when it inflates and cause
serious injury to the child. Always install forward-facing child safety seats on the rear
seat .
- If exceptional circumstances require the use
of a forward-facing child restraint on the
front passenger's seat, the child's safety
and well-being require that the following
special precautions be taken:
- Make sure the forward-facing seat has
been designed and certified by its manufacturer for use on a front seat with a passenger front and side airbag.
- Always carefully follow the manufacturer's
instructions provided with the child safety
seat or carrier.
- Always move the front passenger seat to
the highest position in the up and down
adjustment range and move it back to the
rearmost position in the seat's fore and
aft adjustment range, as far away from
Child safety
the airbag as possible, before installing
the forward-facing child restraint.
- Always make sure that the safety belt upper anchorage is behind the child restraint
and not next to or in front of the child restraint so that the safety belt will be properly positioned .
- Always make sure that nothing prevents
the front passenger's seat from being
moved to the rearmost position in its fore
and aft adjustment range .
- Always make sure that the backrest is in
the upright position .
- Always buckle the child safety seat firmly in
place even if a child is not sitting in it. A
loose child safety seat can fly around during
a sudden stop or in a collision.
-Always read and heed all WARNINGS whenever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used ¢ page 106, Safety belts,
¢p age 114, Airbag system and
~ page 134, Child safety.
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To reduce the risk of serious injury, make sure
that the PASSENGERAIR BAG OFF light
comes on and stays on whenever a child restraint is installed on the front passenger seat
and the ignition is switched on.
- Take the child restraint off the front passenger seat and install it properly at one of the
rear seat positions if the PASSENGERAIR
BAG OFF light does not stay on.
- Have the airbag system inspected by your
authorized Audi dealer immediately.
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Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
Fig. 120 Schema tic overview: keep unu sed safety belts
away from children in child safety seats. @ - outer rear
safety belt , @ - center rear safety belt
If a child safety seat is used on the rear bench,
especially with LATCHuniversal lower ancho rages, the unused safety belts must be secured so
that the child in the child restraint cannot reach
them ~ .&.- Guide the safety belt webbings @ and @ behind the head restraint of the seat where the
child restraint is installed c::>fig. 120 . When doing so , do not engage the convertible locking
retractor! You should not hear a "clicking"
sound when winding up the safety belt.
- Let the belt retractor wind up the safety belt
webbing.
WARNING
A child in a child safety seat installed with the
LATCHlower anchorages or with the standard
safety belt or a child in a booster seat on the
rear seat could play with unused rear seat
safety belts and become entangled. This
could cause the child serious personal injury
and even death.
- Always secure unused rear seat safety belts
out of reach of children in child seats such
as by properly routing them around the
head restraint of the seat where the child
restraint is installed .
- Never activate the convertible locking retractor when routing the safety belts around
the head restraints.
- Never let anyone s it at the center rear seating position if the center rear safety belt has
been routed around a rear head restraint .
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Child
safety
seats
Infant seats
Babies and infants up to about one year old and
20 lbs . or 9 kg need special rearward -facing
child restraints that support the back, neck and
head in a crash.
Fig. 121 Schema tic overview: rearwa rd-facing infan t seat ,
properly installe d on the rea r seat
• When using the vehicle safety belt to install a
child safety seat, you must first activate the
convertible locking retractor on the safety belt
to prevent the child safety seat from moving
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poge 144 or install the seat using the LATCH
attachments.
• Push the child safety seat down with your full
weight to get the safety belt really tight so that
the seat cannot move forward or sideways
more than one inch (2 .5 cm) .
• Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
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Infants up to about one year (20 lbs . or 9 kg) are
best protected in special infant carriers and child
safety seats des igned for their age group. Many
experts believe that infants and small children
should ride only in spec ial restraints in which the
child faces the back of the veh icle. These infant
seats support the baby 's back, neck and head in a
fig . 121 .
crash c::>
The airbag on the passenger side makes the front
seat a potentially dange rou s place for a child to
ride . The front seat is not the safest place for a
child in a forward -facing child seat. It is a very
dangerous place for an infant or a larger child in
a rearward-facing seat.
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WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, using the wrong
child safety seat or improperly installing a
child restraint increases the risk of serious
personal injury and death in a crash .
- Never install rear-facing child safety seats
or infant carriers on the front passenger
seat - even w ith an Advanced Airbag System .
A child will be serio usly injured and can be
killed when the inflating airbag hits the
child safety seat or infant carrier with great
force and smashes the child safety seat and
child against the backrest, center armrest,
door or roof c::>
page 115, Child restraints on
the front seat - some important things to
know .
- Always install rear-facing child safety seats
or infant carriers on the rear seat .
- Never install a rear-facing child restraint in
the forward-facing direction. Such restraints
are designed for the special needs of infants
and very small children and cannot protect
them properly if the seat is forward-facing.
- If you must install a rearward facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat because of exceptional circumstances and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay on, imm ediately install
the rear-facing child safety seat in a rear
seating position and have the airbag system
inspected by your Audi dealer.
-Always read and heed all WARNINGS whenever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used c::>
page 106, Safety belts,
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page 134, Important information.
Child safety
Convertible child safety seats
Properly used convertible child safety seats can
help protect toddlers and children over age one
who weigh between 20 and 40 lbs. (9 and 18 kg)
in a crash.
Toddlers and children who are older than one
year up to about 4 years old and weigh more than
20 lbs. (9 kg) up to 40 lbs . (18 kg) must always
be properly restrained in a child safety seat certi fied for their size and weight Q fig. 122 and
q fig. 123.
The airbag on the passenger side makes the front
seat a potentially dangerous place for a child to
ride. The front seat is not the safest place for a
child in a forward -facing child safety seat. It is a
very dangerous place for an infant or a larger
child in a rearward-facing seat .
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Fig. 122 Schemat ic overview: installatio n of the attac h-
ments app licable to a LATCH seat
Fig. 123 Schematic overview: installat ion of t he seat using
the vehicle's safe ty belt syste m
.. When using the vehicle safety belt to install a
child safety seat, you must first activate the
convertible locking retractor on the safety belt
to prevent the child safety seat from moving
Q page 144 or install the seat us ing the LATC
attachments .
.. Push the child safety seat down with your fu ll
weight to get the safety be lt really tight so that
the seat cannot move forward o r sideways
more than one inch (2.5 cm) Q page 144.
.. If the child safety seat is equipped with a tether
strap, attach it to the tether anchors
Qpage 149.
.. Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
Qpage 139 .
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A toddler or child is usually too large for an infant restraint if it is more than one year old and
weighs more than 20 lbs . (9 kg).
Not using a child safety seat, us ing the wrong
child safety seat or imprope rly instal ling a
child restraint increases the risk of serious
personal injury and death in a collision or oth er emergency situation.
- Children on the front seat of any car, even
with Advanced Airbags, can be seriously injured or even killed when an airbag inflates.
A child in a rearward-facing ch ild safety seat
installed on the front passenger seat will be
seriously injured and can be killed if the
front airbag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag System .
- The inflating airbag will hit the ch ild safety
seat or infant carr ier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
against the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof.
-Al ways install rear-fa cing child safety seats
on the rear seat .
- If you must insta ll a rearward facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat because of exceptional circumstances and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay on, immediately install
the rea r-facing child safety seat in a rear
seating position and have the a irbag system
inspected by your Audi dealer .
- The rear side of the ch ild safety seat shou ld
be positioned as close as possible to the
backrest on the veh icle seat. Adjust or remove the rear seat head rest raint if it is difficult to install the ch ild seat with the head
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restraint in place 9 page 44. Install the
head restraint again immediately once the
child seat is removed. Driving without head
restraints or with head restraints that are
not properly adjusted increases the risk of
serious or fatal neck injury dramatically .
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS whenever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used 9 page 106, Safety belts,
9page 114, Airbag system and
page 134, Important information.
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If exceptional circumstances require the use
of a forward-facing child restraint on the
front passenger's seat, the child's safety and
well-being require that the following special
precautions be taken:
- Make sure the forward-facing seat has been
designed and certified by its manufacturer
for use on a front seat with a passenger
front and side airbag.
- Always follow the manufacturer's instructions provided with the child safety seat or
infant carrier.
- Always move the front passenger seat to
the highest position in the up and down adjustment range and move it back to the
rearmost position in the seat's fore and aft
adjustment range, as far away from the airbag as possible, before installing the forward-facing child restraint.
- Always make sure that the safety belt upper
anchorage is behind the child restraint and
not next to or in front of the child restraint
so that the safety belt will be properly positioned.
- Always make sure that nothing prevents the
front passenger's seat from being moved to
the rearmost position in its fore and aft adjustment range.
- Always make sure the backrest is in an upright position.
- Make sure that the PASSENGERAIR BAG
OFFlight comes on and stays on all the time
whenever the ignition is switched on.
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- If the light does not stay on, perform the
checks ¢ page 124, Monitoring the Ad-
vanced Airbag System.
-T ake the child restraint off the front passenger seat and install it properly at one of the
rear seat positions if the PASSENGERAIR
BAGOFFlight does not stay on whenever
the ignition is switched on.
Booster seats and safety belts
Properly used booster seats can help protect
children weighing between about 40 lbs. and 80
lbs. (18 kg and 36 kg) who are less than 4 ft. 9
in. (57 inches/1.45 meters) tall.
Fig. 124 Rear seat: child proper ly restrained in a booster
seat
The vehicle's safety belts alone will not fit most
children until they are at least 4 ft. 9 in. (57 inches/1.45 meters) tall and weigh about 80 lbs.
(36 kg). Booster seats raise these children up so
that the safety belt will pass properly over the
stronger parts of their bodies and the safety belt
can help protect them in a crash.
.,. Do not use the convertible locking retractor
when using the vehicle's safety belt to restrain
a child on a booster seat.
.,.The shoulder belt must lie as close to the center of the child 's collar bone as possible and
must lie flat and snug on the upper body. It
must never lie across the throat or neck. The
lap belt must lie across the pelvis and never
across the stomach or abdomen . Make sure the
belt lies flat and snug . Pull on the belt to tighten if necessary.
.,.If you must transport an older child in a booster seat on the front passenger seat, you can
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use the safety belt height adjustment to help
adjust the shoulder portion properly .
~ Secure unused safety be lts on the rear seat
¢ page 139.
Children up to at least 8 years old (over 40 lbs. or
18 kg) are best protect ed in child safety s eats designed for their age and weight. Experts say that
the skeletal structure, particularly the pelvis, of
these children is not fully developed, and they
must not use the vehicle safety belts without a
suitable child restra int .
It is usually best to put these children in appropriate booster seats . Be sure the booster seat
meets all applicable safety standards .
Booster se ats raise the seating position of the
child and reposition both the lap and shoulder
parts of the safety belt so that they pass across
the child's body in the right places. The rout ing of
the belt over the child's body is very important
for the child's protection, whether or not a booster seat is used. Child ren age 12 and unde r must
a lways ride in the rear seat .
Children who are at least 4 ft . 9 in. (57 inches/
1.45 mete rs) tall ca n genera lly use the veh icle's
three po int lap and shoulder be lts. Never use the
lap belt po rtion of the vehicle 's safety belt alone
to restrain any child, regardless of how big the
chi ld is. Always remember that children do not
have the pronounced pelvic structure required for
the proper function of lap belt port ion of the vehicle 's three point lap and shoulder be lt s. The
chi ld 's safety absolutely requires that a lap belt
port ion of the safety belt be fastened snugly and
as low as possible around the pelvis . Never let
the lap belt portion of the safety belt pass over
the child's stomach or abdomen.
In a crash, a irbags must inflate within a blink of
an eye and wit h considerable force . In order to do
its job, the airbag needs room to inflate so that it
will be there to protect the occupant as the occupant moves forward into the a irbag.
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A vehicle occupant who is out of position and too
close to the airbag gets in the way of an inflating
airbag. When an occ upant is too close, he or she
will be struck violently and will receive ser ious or
possibly even fatal injury.
In order for the a irbag to offer protection, it is
important that a ll vehicle occupants, especially
any children, who m ust be in the front seat because of exceptiona l circumstances, be properly
res t ra ined and as far away from the airbag as
poss ible. By keeping room between the child 's
body and the front of the passenger compartment, the a irbag can inflate completely and provide supplementa l protec t ion in certain frontal
collisions.
WARNING
Not using a booster seat, using the booster
seat improperly, incorrect ly installing a boos ter seat or using the vehicle safety belt improperly increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death in a collision or other emergency situation. To help reduce the risk of serious personal injury and/or death:
- The shou lder belt must lie as close to the
center of the ch ild's collar bone as possible
and must lie flat and snug on the upper
body. It must never lie across the throat or
neck. The lap belt must lie ac ross the pelvis
and never across the stomach o r abdomen.
Make sure the bel t lies flat and sn ug. Pull on
the belt to tighten if necessary.
- Fail ure to properly route safety bel t s over a
child's body will cause severe injuries in an
accident or other emergency situation
¢ page 106.
- The rear side of the chi ld safety seat should
be positioned as close as possible to the
backrest on the vehicle seat. Adjust or remove the rear seat head restraint if it is diff icult to insta ll the ch ild seat with the head
restraint in place¢ page 44 . Install the
head restraint again immed iately once the
child seat is removed . Driving without head
rest raints or with head restra ints that a re
not properly adj usted increases the risk of
serio us or fatal ne ck inj ury dramatically .
- Never let a chi ld put the shoulder belt under
the arm or behind t he ba ck, because it could
cause severe injuries in a crash .
- Child ren on the fron t seat of a ny car, even
with Advanced Airbags, can be seriously injured or even killed when an airbag inflates .
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- Never let a child stand or kneel on any seat,
for example the front seat.
- Never let a child ride in the cargo area of
your vehicle.
- Always remember that a child leaning forward, sitting sideways or out of position in
any way during an accident can be struck by
a deploying airbag. This will result in serious
personal injury or death.
- If you must install a booster seat on the
front passenger seat because of exceptional
circumstances the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light must come on and stay on, whenever the ignition is switched on.
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not come on and stay on, perform the
checks described Q page 124, Monitoring
the Advanced Airbag System.
- Take the child restraint off the front passenger seat and install it properly at one of the
rear seat positions if the PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF light does not stay on whenever
the ignition is switched on.
-Always read and heed all WARNINGS whenever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used Q page 106, Safety belts,
Qpage 114, Airbag system and
page 134, Important information.
Securing
seats
child
safety
Securing a child safety seat using a safety
belt
Safety belts for the rear seats and the front passenger can be locked with the convertible locking
retractor to properly secure child safety seats .
The safety belts emergency locking retractors for
the rear seats safety belts and for the front passenger's seat safety belt have a convertible locking retractor for child restraints. The safety belt
must be locked so that belt webbing cannot unreel. The retractor can be activated to lock the
safety belt and prevent the safety belt webbing
from loosening up during normal driving. A child
safety seat can only be properly installed when
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the safety belt is locked so that the child and
child safety seat will stay in place.
Always remember : Even though your vehicle is
equipped with an Advanced Airbag system, all
children, especially those 12 years and younger,
should always ride in the back seat properly restrained for their age and size.
WARNING
Improperly installed child safety seats increase the risk of serious personal injury and
death in a collision .
- Always make sure that the safety belt retractor is locked when installing a child
safety seat. An unlocked safety belt retractor cannot hold the child safety seat in place
during normal driving or in a crash .
- Always buckle the child safety seat firmly in
place even if a child is not sitting in it . A
loose child safety seat can fly around during
a sudden stop or in a collision .
- Always make sure that the rear seat backrest to which the center rear safety belt is
attached is securely latched whenever the
rear center safety belt is being used to secure a child restraint.
- If the backrest is not securely latched, the
child and the child restraint will be thrown
forward together with the backrest and will
strike parts of the vehicle interior. The child
can be seriously injured or killed .
- Never install rear-facing child safety seats
or infant carriers on the front passenger
seat. A child will be seriously injured and
can be killed when the passenger airbag inflates.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
against the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof.
-Always install rear-facing child safety seats
or infant carriers on the rear seat .
- Forward-facing child safety seats or infant
carriers installed on the front passenger's
seat may interfere with the deployment of
Ch ild safety
the airbag and cause serious injury to the
child.
- It is safer to install a forward-facing child
safety seat on the rear seat.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS whenever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used¢ page 134. Special precautions
apply when installing a child safety seat on
the front passenger seat ¢ page 115, Child
restraints on the front seat- some important things to know .
WARNING
Always take spec ial precaut ions if you must
install a forward or rearward-fac ing child restraint on the front passenger's seat in exceptional situations:
- Whenever a forward or rearward-facing
child restraint is installed on the front passenger seat, the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light must come on and stay on whenever
the ignition is switched on.
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not come on and stay on, perform the
checks described ¢ page 124, Monitoring
the Advanced Airbag System.
- Take the ch ild restraint off the front passenger seat and install it properly at one of the
rear seat positions if the PASSEN GER AIR
BAG OFF light does not stay on whenever
the ignition is switched on .
- Improper installation of ch ild restraints can
reduce their effect iveness or even prevent
them from providing any protection .
- An improperly installed ch ild restraint can
interfere with the airbag as it deploys and
seriously injure or even kill the child .
- Always carefully follow the manufacturer's
instructions provided with the child safety
seat or carrier.
- Never place additional items on the seat
that can increase the total weight registered
by the weight-sensing mat and can cause injury in a crash.
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WARNING
Forward-fac ing child rest raints :
- Always make sure the forward-facing seat
has been designed and certified by its manufacturer for use on a front seat with a passenger front and side airbag .
- Never put the forward-facing child restraint
up, against or very near the instrument panel.
- Always move the front passenger seat to
the highest posit ion in the up and down adjustment range and move it back to the
rearmost posit ion in the seat's fore and aft
adj ustment range, as far away from the airbag as possible, before installing the forward-facing ch ild restraint.
- Always make sure that the safety be lt upper
anchorage is behind t he ch ild rest raint and
not next to or in front of the child restraint
so that the safety be lt will be properly positioned.
- Make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF light comes on and stays on all the time
wheneve r the ignit ion is switched on .
_& WARNING
Rearward-facing ch ild restraints:
- A child in a rearward-facing child safety seat
installed on the front passenger seat will be
serious ly injured and can be killed if the
front airbag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the ch ild safety
seat or infant carr ier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
aga inst the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof .
- Always be especia lly careful if you must install a rearward facing child safety seat on
the front passenge r seat in except iona l circumstances.
- A t igh t tether strap on a rearwa rd-facing
child restraint attached to the front passenge r seat can put too much pressure on the
weight-m at in the seat and reg ister a heav ier weight in the Advanced Airbag System .
The heavier weight reg istered can make the
system work as though an ad ult were on the
seat and deploy the Advanced Airbag when
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it must be suppressed causing serious or
even fatal injury to the child.
- Make sure that the PASSENGERAIR BAG
OFF light comes on and stays on all the time
whenever the ignition is switched on.
- If the PASSENGERAIR BAG OFF light does
not come on and stay on, immediately install the rear-facing child safety seat in a
rear seating position and have the airbag
system inspected by your Audi dealer .
Using the wrong child restraint or an improperly installed child restraint can cause serious
personal injury or death in a crash .
- Always make sure that the safety belt retractor is locked when installing a child
safety seat . An unlocked safety belt retractor cannot hold the child safety seat in place
during normal driving or in a crash.
-Always buckle the child safety seat firmly in
place even if a child is not sitting in it. A
loose child safety seat can fly around during
a sudden stop or in a crash.
- Always make sure the seat backrest to which
the child restraint is installed is in an upright position and securely latched into
place and cannot fold forward. Otherwise,
the seatback with the child safety seat attached to it could fly forward in the event of
an accident or other emergency situation.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS whenever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used c>page 134. Special precautions
apply when installing a child safety seat on
the front passenger seat ~ page 115, Child
Activating the convertible locking retractor
Use the convertible locking retractor to secure a
child restraint.
Always heed the child safety seat manufacturer's
instructions when installing a child restraint in
your vehicle. To activate the convertible locking
retractor:
Place the child restraint on a seat, preferably
on the rear seat.
~ Slowly pull the belt all the way out.
~ Route it around or through the child restraint
belt path ~ &_.
~ Push the child safety seat down with your full
weight to get the safety belt really tight.
~ Insert the belt tongue into the buckle for that
seating position.
~ Guide the safety belt back into the retractor until the belt lies flat and snug on the child safety
seat.
~ You should hear a "clicking" noise as the belt
winds back into the inertia reel. Test the convertible locking retractor by pulling on the belt .
You should no longer be able to pull the belt
out of the retractor . The convertible locking retractor is now activated.
~ Make sure that the red release button is facing
away from the child restraint so that it can be
unbuckled quickly.
~Pullon the belt to make sure the safety belt is
properly tight and fastened so that the seat
cannot move forward or sideways more than
one inch (2 .5 cm).
WARNING
restraints on the front seat - some important things to know.
· Deactivating the convertible locking
retractor
The convertible locking retractor for child restraints will be deactivated automatically when
the belt is wound all the way back into the retractor.
Press the red button on the safety belt buckle.
The belt tongue will pop out of the buckle.
~ Guide the safety belt all the way back into its
stowed position.
Always let the safety belt retract completely into
its stowed position. The safety belt can now be
used as an ordinary safety belt without the convertible locking retractor for child restraints.
If the convertible locking retractor should be activated inadvertently, the safety belt must be unfastened and guided completely back into its
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stowed position to deactivate this feature. If the
convertible locking retractor is not deactivated,
the safety belt w ill gradually become tighter and
uncomfortable to wear.
_&.WARNING
Improperly installed child safety seats increase the risk of serious personal injury and
death in a collision.
- Never unfasten the safety belt to deactivate
the convert ible locking retractor for child restraints while the vehicle is moving. You
would not be restrained and could be serious ly injured in an accident.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS whenever using a child restrained in a veh icle is
being used~ page 134. Spec ia l precautions
apply when installing a child safety seat on
the front passenger seat ~ page 115, Child
restraints on the front seat - some important things to know.
LATCH system
(lower
anchorages
and tethers
for children)
Child Restraint System anchors and how
are they related to child safety
To prov ide a simpler and more practicable way to
attach the child restra int on the vehicle seat,
Federa l regulat ions require specia l lower ancho rages in vehicles and devices on new child restraints to attach to the vehicle anchorages.
In the United States, the combination of the
tether anchorages and the lowe r anchorages is
now genera lly called the LATCH system for
"Lower Anchorages and Tethers for Ch ildren" . In
Canada, the terms "top tether" with "lower universal anchorages" (or "lower un iversal anchorage bars") are used to describe the system.
new per formance requirements make a tether
necessary on most new chi ld seats.
Installing a ch ild rest raint that requires a top
tether without one can seriously impa ir the performance of the child restraint and its ab ility to
protect the child in a collision. Installing a child
restra int that requires a top tether without the
top tether may be a violat ion of state law.
Child restraint manufacturers offer LATCHlowe r
anchorages on their child seats with hook-on or
push-on connectors attached to adjustable
straps.
In addition to the LATCHlower anchorages, these
child restraint systems usua lly require the use of
tether straps to help keep the child restra int
firmly in place.
_&.WARNING
Improper installation of child restra ints w ill
increase the risk of injury and death in a
crash.
- Always follow the instructions prov ided by
the manufacturer of the child restraint you
inte nd to install in your vehicle.
- Never install a chi ld restraint without a
proper ly attached top tether strap if the
child restraint manufacture r's instructions
require the top tether strap to be used.
- Improper use of child restraint LATCHlower
anchorage points can lead to injury in a col lision. The LATCH lower anchorage points are
des igned to w ithstand only those loads imposed by correctly fitted child restraints .
- Never mo unt two child rest raint systems on
one LATCH lower anchorage point.
- Never secure or at t ach any luggage or othe r
item to the LATCH lower anchorages.
In other countries the term "ISO FIX" is used to
describe the lower anchorages .
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Forward-facing child res t ra ints man ufactu red after September 1, 1999, are required by U.S. federal regulations to comply with new child head
movement performance requirements. These
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Location
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Remove the covers c::>fig . 126 to access the lower
anchorage attachment po ints.
The lower anchorage attachment po int s are vis ible c::>fig. 12 7 .
Lower anchorages secure the child restra int in
the seat without using the vehicle's safety bel t s.
Ancho rages prov ide a secure a nd easy-to- use attachment and minimize the possib ility of improper child restraint installat ion .
Fig. 125 Schem at ic overview: LATCH anchorage point locations
The illustration shows the seating locat ions in
your vehicle w hich are equipped with the lower
anchorages system.
Description
The lower anchorage positions are marked for
quick locating.
All child restraints manufact ured after September 1, 2002, must have lower anchorage attachments for t he LATCH system.
Remember that the lower ancho rage points are
on ly intended for insta llation and attachment of
ch ild rest raints spec ifically certif ied for use wit h
LATCH lower anchorages. Child restraints t hat
are not eq uipped with the lower anchorage attachments can still be installed in compliance
with the chi ld restraint manufacturer's instructions on us ing vehicle safety belts.
Fig. 126 Rear seats: lowe r an chorages, covers ma rked
Fig . 127 Rear se ats: lowe r an chorage bracket locatio ns
Lower ancho rages
The lower anchorage attachment points are located between the rear seatback and rear seat
cushion .
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WARNING
Improper use of LATCHlower anchorages can
cause ser ious persona l injury in an accide nt.
- Always carefully follow the ch ild restraints
manufacturer's instructions for proper installation of the child restraint and proper
use of the lower ancho rages or safety belts
in your vehicle.
- Never secure or attach any luggage or othe r
items to the LATCH lower anchorages.
-Always read and heed the important informat ion about child restraints in this chapter
page 134, Child safety .
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Ch ild sa f ety
Installing a child restraint with LATCH
lower anchorages
Whenever you install a child restraint always follow the child restraint manufacturer's instruc tions.
- Always make sure that you hear a click when
latching the seat in place . If you do not hear
a click the seat is not secure and could fly
forward and hit the inter ior of the vehicle,
or be ejected from the veh icle.
Fig. 128 Lower anchorages: p roper mount ing
Mounting
.,.Make sure the seatback of the rear seat bench
is in the upright position and securely latched
in place.
.,.Attach both hook-on connectors with the spring
catch release on the child safety seat onto the
LATCHlower anchorage so that the connectors
lock into place ¢ fig. 128 .
.,.Pull on the connector attachments to make
sure they are properly attached to the LATCH
lower anchorage .
.,.Pull straps tight fo llowing the child restraint
manufacturer's instructions.
WARNING
Improper installation of child restra ints will
increase the risk of injury in an accident.
-Always follow the ch ild restraint system
manufacturer's instructions for proper installat ion of the child restraint system a nd
proper use of tether straps as well as the
lowe r ancho rages or safety belts in your vehicle.
- Always read and heed t he important info rmat ion and WARNI NGS abou t ch ild safety
a nd the installat ion of child restraint systems¢ page 134, Child safety.
Tether anchors and tether straps
Releasing
Fig. 129 Tether ancho rs: attac hm ent hook locatio ns be-
.,.Loosen the tension on the straps following the
child restraint manufacturer's instructions.
.,.Depress the spring catches to release the anchorage hooks from the lower anchorages .
Remember: Use tether straps to he lp keep the
child restraint firmly in place.
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Improper use of the LATCHsystem can increase the risk of serious personal injury and
death in an accident.
- These anchors were deve loped only for child
safety seats using the "LATCH"system.
- Never attach other child safety seats, belts
or other objects to these anchors.
hind the rear sea tbacks
The tether anchors for the rear seating positions
are located on the backside of the rear seatbacks
¢ fig . 129 .
A tether is a straight or V-shaped strap that attaches the top part of a child restraint to special
anchorage points in the veh icle.
The purpose of the tether is to reduce the for ward movement of the child restraint in a crash,
in order to help reduce the risk of head injury
that could be caused by striking the vehicle interior.
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Forward facing child restraints manufactured after September 1, 1999, are required by U.S. federal regulations to comply with new child head
movement performance requirements. These
new performance requirements make a tether
necessary on most new child safety seats .
Installing the upper tether strap on the
anchorage
WARNING
Improper installation of child restraints will
increase the risk of injury and death in a
crash.
- Always follow the instructions provided by
the manufacturer of the child restraint you
intend to install in your Audi.
- Improper use of child restraint anchors (including tether anchors) can lead to injury in
a collision. The anchors are designed to
withstand only those loads imposed by correctly fitted child restraints.
- Never mount two child restraint systems on
one LATCHlower anchor point.
- Never attach two child restraint systems to
one tether strap or tether anchorage.
- Never attach a tether strap to a tie-down
hook in the luggage compartment.
- Never use child restraint tether anchorages
to secure safety belts or other kinds of occupant restraints.
- Never secure or attach any luggage or other
items to the LATCHlower anchorages or to
the tether anchors.
- If a tether or other strap is used to attach a
child restraint to the front passenger seat,
make sure that it is not so tight, that it
causes the weight-sensing mat to measure
more weight than is actually on the seat.
- The heavier weight registered can make the
Advanced Airbag System work as though an
adult were on the seat and deploy the Advanced Airbag when it must be suppressed
caus ing serious or even fatal injury to the
child .
- If you must install a rearward fac ing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat because of exceptional circumstances and the
PASSENGERAIR BAGOFF light does not
come on and stay on, immediately install
the rear-facing child safety seat in a rear
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seating position and have the airbag system
inspected by your Audi dealer.
Fig. 130 Tether strap: proper routing and mounting
Fig. 131 Tether strap: proper rout ing and mount ing
Installing the tether strap
.,. Release or deploy the tether strap on the child
restraint according to the child restraint manu facturer's instructions.
.,.Guide the upper tether strap under the rear
head restraint and into the rear cargo area
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fig. 131 (raise the head restraint if necessary). For child restraints with V-tether straps, always make sure that the head restraint guide
rods do not interfere with any part of th e top
tether strap.
.,.Slide the tether strap hook over the anchor
bracket.
.,. Pull on the tether strap hook so that the spring
catch of the hook engages .
.,.Tighten the tether strap f irmly following the
child restraint manufacturer's instructions.
Releasing the tether strap
.,. Loosen the tension following the child restraint
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manufacturer's instr uctions.
Child
Depress the spring catch on the hook and release it from the anchorage.
Using tether straps on rearward-facing
child restraints
Current ly, few rear-facing child restraint systems
come with a tether. Please read and heed the
child restraint system manufacturer's instructions carefully to determine how to properly install the tether.
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the rear-facing child safety seat in a rear
seating position and have the airbag system
inspected by your Audi dealer.
Note
If you leave the ch ild restraint with the tether
strap firmly installed for several days, this
could leave a mark on the upholstery on the
seat cushion and backrest in the area where
the tether strap was installed. The upholstery
would also be permanently stretched around
the tether strap . This applies especially to
leather seats .
safety
WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing child safety seat
installed on the front passenger seat will be
ser iously injured and can be killed if the front
airbag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
against the backrest, center armrest, or
door.
- A tight tether or other strap on a rearwardfacing child restraint attached to the front
passenger seat can put too much pressure
on the weight-mat in the seat and register a
heavier weight in the Advanced Airbag System. The heav ier weight registered can
make the system work as though an adult
were on the seat and deploy the Advanced
Airbag when it must be supp ressed causing
serious or even fatal injury to the child.
- If you must install a rearward fac ing ch ild
safety seat on the front passenger seat becaus e of exceptiona l circumstances and the
PASSENGERAIR BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay on, immed iate ly install
Additional
information
Sources of information about child
restraints and their use
There are a number of sources of additional information about child restraint se lection, installation and use :
NHTSA advises that the best child safety seat is
the one that fits your child and fits in your vehicle, and that you will use correctly and consis tent ly.
Try before you buy!
U.S National Highway Traffic Safety Administra tion
Tel.: 1-888 -327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153)
http:/ /www.nhtsa.gov
http:/ /www.safercar.gov
National SAFEKIDS Campaign
Tel.: (202) 662-0600
http:/ /www.sa fekids .org
Safety BeltSafe U.S.A
Tel.: (800) 745-SAFE (English)
Tel.: (800) 747-SANO (Spanish)
http:/ /www.carseat.org
Transport Canada Information Centre
Tel.: 1-800 -333-0371 or call 1-613-998-8616 if
you are in the Ottawa area
http://www.tc.gc.ca/ eng/roadsafety/men u. htm
Audi Customer Relations
Tel.: (800) 822-2834
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