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Switching on/off
Applies to vehicles: with parking system plus with rear
view camera
Switching on
• Shift into reverse, or
• Press the
P~A button in the center console
¢ page 121, fig . 113 . A short confirmation
tone sounds and the LED in the button turns
on.
Sw itching between the rear view came ra
a nd optical di spla y
• Press the Graphic control button ®
r::!.>page 123, fig . 119 to see the opt ica l dis
play.
• Press the
Rear vi ew contro l button to see
the rearv iew came ra image.
Switching off
• Drive faster than 6 mph (10 km/h), or
• Press the
P,11A button, o r
• Switch the ign ition off.
@ Tips
The v isua l disp lay in the left pa rt of the
disp lay should help you detect the c riti cal
veh icle areas.
Cross parking
Applies to vehicles: with parking system plus with rear
view ca mera
This view may be used when parking in a ga
rage or in a parking space .
Fig. 119 MM I: aim in g at a park in g s pot
P arking systems 123
Fig . 1 20 MMI : alignin g the veh icle
• Turn the MMI on and select the reverse gear.
• The orange orientation lines
(D show the di·
rection of travel of the vehicle . Turn the
steer ing whee l until the orange or ientation
lines appear in the pa rking space
~ fig. 119.
Use the markings @to help you estimate
the distance from an obstacle. Each marking
rep resents approximate ly 3 ft ( 1 m). The
blue area represents an extension of the ve
hicle 's out line by approximately 16 ft (5 me
ters) to the rear.
• While driving in reverse gear , adjust the
steer ing whee l angle to fit the parking space
w ith the aid of the orange or ientat ion lines
9 .&. in General information on page 122,
~ CD in General information on page 122.
@ marks the rear bumper. Stop the vehicle ,
at the latest, when the red orientat ion line
@ borders an object .
_& WARNING
An airbag system that is not functioning
properly cannot provide supplemental pro
tection in a frontal crash.
- If the airbag indicator light¢
page 20
turns on when the vehicle is being used,
have the system inspected immediately
by you r auth o riz ed Aud i dea le r. It is pos
sible that the airb ag will inf late when it
is not s upposed to, or w ill not inflate
when it sho uld .
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
Fig. 14 3 Center console: passenger a irbag off warnin g
light
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OF F light is located
in the center of the instrument panel
¢fig. 143.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light will come
on and stay on to tell yo u when the front Ad
vanced A irbag on t he passenger side has been
turned off by the e lectronic control unit. If the
bulb for the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
burns out, the a irbag indicator light
fl w ill
come on to signal a malfunction in the Ad
vanced A irbag System . Although the bur ned
out b ulb will not cha nge the way the front
passenger's frontal airbag wor ks, it w ill no
l onge r be possib le to use the
PAS SENGER AIR
BAG
OFF light to make sure that the airbag
on/off stat us is correct for the occupant on
the front passenger seat. Have the airbag sys
tem inspected immed iate ly by your author-
~ ized Audi dealer.
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- the ignition is sw itched on and
- t he capaci tive passenger detection system,
which switches the front seat passenger's
frontal Advanced Airbag on and off, detects a change in the status of the front passen
ger seat.
As soon as the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light stops blink ing, a lways make sure that
the ai rbag status (on or off) as shown by the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light is proper for
the age, size and electrical capacitance of the
person occupying the front passenger seat.
Always make sure that the safety belt for the
front passenger seat is properly fastened.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF l ight will
show the status of the front sea t passenger 's
fronta l Advan ced Airbag a fe w se conds after
th e ignition i s sw itched on and th e airbag in
dicator light goes off. The PASSENGER AIR
BAG
OFF light :
- will stay on if the front passenger seat is not
occupied;
- will stay on if the electrical capacitance
meas ured by the capacitive passenge r de
tect io n system for the fron t passenger s eat
equa ls the comb ined capacitance of an in
fa nt up to about one year of age and one of
t he rearwa rd- facing or forward-fa cing ch ild
restraints listed in Fede ral Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard 208 with which the Ad
vanced Airbag System in your vehicle was
cert ified; For a listing of the child restraints
that were used to certify your vehicle's com
pliance w ith the U.S. Safety Standard
~page 171 .
-will go out if the fro nt passenge r seat is oc
cupied by an adult as registered by the ca
pacitive passenger detection system .
- The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light must
come on and stay on if the ignition is on
and ...
- a car bed has been installed on the front passenger seat, or
- a rearwa rd-facing child rest ra int has been
installed on the front passenger seat, or
- a forward-facing child restrai nt has been in-
stalled on the front passenger seat, .,,.
