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-and the head restraints have been p roperly ad -
justed.
Because airbags inflate in the blink of an eye w ith
great force, things you have on yo ur lap o r have
p laced on the seat cou ld become dangerous p ro
jectiles, and be pushed into yo u if the airbag in
flates.
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 to lubricate the airbags as they dep loy. It
could irr itate skin.
It is important to remember that whi le the sup
p lemental airbag system is designed to reduce
the likelihood of serious in juries, other injur ies,
for example swell ing, bruising and minor abra
sions, can also happen when a irbags inf late. Air
bags do not protect the arms or the lower parts
of the body. Front airbags o nly supplement the
three point safety belts in some frontal col lisions
i n which the veh icle deceleration is high enough
to deploy the airbags.
F ront airbags will not deploy:
- if the ign it io n is switched off when a crash oc -
curs,
- in s ide collisions,
- in rear-end collisions,
- in ro llovers,
- when the crash deceleration measured by the airbag system is less than the minimum thresh
o ld needed for airbag deployment as registered
by the electronic control un it.
Th e front pa ssenger airbag will al so not
depl oy:
-when the front passenger seat is not occupied,
- when the weight on the front passenger seat as
sensed by the Advanced Airbag System indi
cates that the front airbag on the passenger
s ide has to be turned off by the electronic con
trol unit (the
PA SSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
comes on and stays on) .
A WARNING
Sitting in the wrong position can increase the
risk of se rious injury in crashes .
Airbag syste m
- To reduce the risk of injury when the airbags
inflate, the driver and passengers must al
ways sit in an upright pos ition, must not
lean aga inst or place any part of the ir body
too close to the area where the a irbags are
located.
- Occupants who are unbelted, out of position
or too close to the airbag can be seriously
in ju red by an a irbag as it unfo lds with great
for ce in the blink ofan eye
Qpage 153.
A WARNING
A child in a rearward-fac ing ch ild safety sea t
i nsta lled on the front passenger seat w ill be
se riously inju red and can be killed if the front
a irbag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System .
- The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat o r infant carrier 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 ch ild safety seats
on the rear seat.
- If you must install a rearwa rd fac ing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat be
cause of except ional circumstances and the
PASS ENG ER AIR BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay on, immediately install
the rear-facing child safety seat in a rear
seating posi tion and have the airbag system
inspected by your authori zed Audi dealer .
A WARNING
Objects between you and the airbag will in
crease the risk of injury in a crash by interfe r
ing with the way the airbag unfolds or by be
ing p ushed into you as the airbag inflates .
- Never hold things in yo ur hands or on your
lap when the vehicle is in use .
- Never transpo rt items on or in the a rea of
the front passenger seat. Objects could move into the area of the front airbags dur
ing brak ing or other sudden maneuver and
become dangerous project iles that can
cause serious persona l injury if the a irbags
inflate.
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Child safet y
-Always make sure the seat backrest to which
the chi ld restraint is installed is in an up
right position and secure ly latched into
place and cannot fold forward. Otherw ise,
the seatback with the ch ild safety seat at
tached to it co uld fly forward in the event of
an accident or other emergency sit uat ion.
- Always read and heed all WARN INGS when
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used ¢
page 172. Special precautions
apply when installing a child safety seat on
the front passenger seat¢
page 153, Child
restraints on the front seat -some impor
tant things to know.
Deactivating the convertible locking
retractor
The convertible locking retractor for child re
straints will be deactivated automatically when
the belt is wound all the way back into the re
tractor .
~ Press the red button on the safety be lt buck le.
Th@ belt tongue will pop out of the buckle.
~ Guide the safety belt all the way back into its
stowed position .
A lways let the safety belt retract complete ly into
its stowed position . The safety belt can now be
used as an ordinary safety be lt without the con
vertible locking retractor for child restra ints .
If the convert ible locking retractor should be ac
tivated inadvertently, the safety belt must be un
fastened and guided completely back into its
stowed position to deact ivate this feature .
If the
convert ible locking retractor is not deactivated,
the safety belt wi ll gradua lly become t ighter and
uncomfo rtable to wear.
_& WARNING
Imprope rly installed child safety seats in
crease the risk of serious persona l injury and
death in a collision .
-
-Never unfasten the sa fety belt to deac tivate
the convertible locking retractor for child re
straints while the vehicle is moving. You
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wou ld not be restrained and could be seri
ously inj ured in an accident.
- Always read and heed a ll WARNINGS when
ever us ing a child restrained in a vehicle is
be ing used
¢page 172. Special precaut ions
apply when installing a child safety seat on
the front passenger seat
r=> page 153, Child
restraints on the front seat -some impor
tant things to know.
LATCH system (Lower
anchorages and tethers
for children)
' Child Restraint System anchors and how
are they related to child safety
To provide a simpler and more practicable way to
attach the ch ild restraint on the vehicle seat, Fed
eral regulat ions require spec ial lower anchorages
i n vehicles and devices on new child restraints to
attach to the vehicle anchorages.
The combination of the tether anchorages and
the lower anchorages is now generally called the
LATCH system for " Lower Anchorages and
Tethers for C hildren ."
Forward-facing chi ld restraints manufactured af
ter September 1, 1999, are required by U.S. fed eral regulat ions to comp ly w ith new ch ild head
movement performance requirements . These
new performance requirements make a tether
necessary on most new child seats .
Installing a ch ild restraint that requires a top
tether without one can seriously impair the per
formance of the ch ild restra int and its ability to
protect the ch ild in a collision . Install ing a chi ld
r est raint that requi res a top tether w it h out t he
top tether m ay be a v io la tion of state law.
Child rest raint manufacturers offer LATCH lower
anchorages on the ir chi ld seats with hook-on or
push-o n connectors attached to adjustable
straps.
In add ition to the LATCH lower anchorages, these
c hi ld restra int systems usually requ ire the use of
tethe r straps to he lp keep the ch ild restrai nt
firmly i n place. .,.

Index
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Folding chocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Folding the rear seat forward . . . . . . . . . 69, 70
F oot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
For the sake of the environment
Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . 199
Gasoline fumes and the environment . . . . 216
L ett ing the engine warm up . . . . . . . . . 84, 87
Reducing engine noise by early upsh ifting . 11
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Saving fue l by early upshifting . . . . . . . . . . 11
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 145
Fr ont ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Front seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Ch ild restra ints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 153
Fuel Addit ives ....... .......... ...... ... . 213
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fill er neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
F ue l gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Recommendation............... .. ... 213
Refuelling .. .. .... ........... .. .. ... 216
Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Unloc king the fue l filler flap by hand . . . . 217
Fue l economy messages (efficiency program) .25
F ue l filler flap
Unlocking the fuel filler flap by hand . . . . 217
Fue l supply too low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Fuses Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
G
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . . 48
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
290
Gauges
Engine coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
General illu stration
Instruments and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
General rules and driv ing tips . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Before driving offroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Driving offroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Glossary of tire and loading terminology .. 237
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Cooling box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Glow plug system
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
GPS controlled clock .................. . .
Gradient angle ...... .. ........... .. . .
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) ... . .
Ground clearance
H
Head lights 12
202
277
202
Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Headlight range control defective . . . . . . . 34
Left hand drive, r ight hand drive . . . . . . . . . 54
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
T rave l mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Washer reservo ir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
H d . ea restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Ad .
t· JUS mg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Heated (upholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Ex terior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Washer fluid nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 146
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5S
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
High voltage warn ing label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Hill descent assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193