2015 AUDI S3 Owners Manual

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the  passenger  side  may  deploy  (the PASS EN­
GER AIR  B AG OFF 
light  does  not  come  on). 
For exa mple, the ai rba g may d epl oy  if : 
- a smal

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AUDI S3 2015  Owners Manual 152  Airbag  sys te m 
cause  the  capacitive  passenger  detection 
system  in the  seat  to  s ignal  to  the  A irbag 
System  that  the  seat  is occupied  by a  person  when  it  is not,  or to

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AUDI S3 2015  Owners Manual Airbag system  153 
-Never  remove  the  upholstery  from  the  senger  seat  if the  device  is connected  to 
front  passenger  seat .  the  12-volt  socket  or the  cigarette  light-
- Never  disas

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AUDI S3 2015  Owners Manual 154  Airbag  system 
How the  Advanced Airbag  System 
components work  together 
The front  Advanced  Airbag  System  and  the 
side  airbags  supplement  the  protection  of­
fered  by the  front

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or  the  lower  parts  of the  body. Front  airbags 
supp lement  the  three-point  safety  belts  only 
in some  frontal  collisions  in which  the  vehi

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the  front  airbag  during  braking  or  in a 
sudden  maneuver.  Objects  near the  air­
bags can become  project iles and cause 
injury,  part icularly  when  the  seat  is r

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AUDI S3 2015  Owners Manual _& WARNING 
An airbag  system  that  is  not  functioning 
properly  cannot  provide  supplemental  pro­
tection  in  a frontal  crash. 
- If  the  airbag  indicator  light¢ 
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turns  on  whe

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AUDI S3 2015  Owners Manual 158  Airbag system 
- and  if the  electrica l capacitance  registered 
on  the  front  passenger seat  is equal  to  or 
l ess  than  the  combined  capacitance  of  a  typ­
ical  1 year-old  infant