Airbag system
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF 1!; ON @ light
Fig. 164 Sect ion from the headl iner: PASSENGER AIR BAG
O FF ~ ON@lig ht
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ~; ON @ light is
located in the head Liner
~ fig. 164 .
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; light w ill come
on and stay on to tell you whe n the front Ad
vance d Ai rbag on t he passenger side h as been
turned off by the electronic control uni t. If the
bu lb for the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF 1i ; ON @
light burns out, the airbag indicator light m will
come on to signal a malfunction in the Advanced
Airbag System. Although the burned-out bulb
w ill not change the way the front passenger 's
fron tal airbag works, it will no longer be possible
to use the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ~; ON@
light to ma ke sure tha t the ai rb ag on/off s tat us is
corre ct for the occup ant on t he fron t passenger
se at. Have the airbag system ins pected immed i
ately by your a uthor ized Audi dea ler.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ~; ON@ light
will blink for about S seconds when:
-the capacitive passenger de tect ion sys tem,
which switches the front seat passenge r's fron
t a l Adv anced Ai rbag on a nd off, detect s a
c h ange in t he sta tus of the front passenge r
sea t.
As soon as the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ~; ON
@ light stop s blinking, always ma ke sure tha t the
air bag s tatus (on or off) as shown by t he light is
proper for the age, s ize and ele ct ric al c apacitance
of the person occupy ing the front passenger
seat . A lways make s ure that the safety belt for
the front passenge r seat is prope rly fastened.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ~;/ PASSENGER
AIR BAG
ON @ light will show the status of the
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front seat passenger's frontal Advanced Airbag.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF "; light:
-will c om e o n if the fr ont p assenge r seat is not
o ccupi ed;
- will c om e o n if the ele ct ric al capac itance meas
ured by the cap aci tive pa ssenger detectio n sys
t em for the front passenge r seat equ als the
combined capac itance of an infant up to about
one year of age and one of the rea rwa rd-faci ng
or forward-fac ing chil d rest raints listed in Fed
eral Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 with
which the Advanced A irbag System in your vehi
cle was c ert ified; For a listing of the ch ild re
strai nts that we re used to certify yo ur vehicle's
complia nce w it h t he U.S . Safe ty S tand ard
¢page 218 .
-w ill go out if the front passenger sea t is occu
pie d by an adu lt as regis te red by the capac itive
passe nger detect io n sys tem.
- The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF "; light mus t
c ome on and st ay on if the ig nition is o n and ...
- a ca r bed has been ins talled o n the front pas
senge r sea t, or
- a rea rwa rd -facing child restra in t has been in
s talled on the front passenger s eat, o r
- a forward -fac ing ch ild res traint has been insta l
led on the front passenger sea t,
- and if the electrical capacitance registe red on
the front passenge r seat is equal to or less t han
t he co mbine d cap acitance of a typical 1 year
old inf ant and o ne of the rea rwa rd -f a cing or
forw ard-fa cing chi ld r estra in ts liste d in Fe deral
M oto r Vehicle S afety Standar d 208 with which
the Advanced Airbag System in your ve hicle was
certif ied.
If the fron t pa ssenger se at i s not o ccup ie d , the
fr ont airba g will not deploy, a nd the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG
OFF "; light will stay on .
Neve r ins tall a re ar war d-f acing child restr aint on
th e fr on t p assenger
sea t~ page 19 5, Child re
s traints on the front seat
-some important
things to know
and ¢ page 21 6, Child safety .
If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF "; light
comes on ...
If th e PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ~; light comes
o n when one of the condit io ns listed a bove is
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Temperature indicator
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
also refer to Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . 116
T ie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Tightening specification (wheel bo lts) . . . . 2 78
T ime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
tiptron ic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 67
T ire Mob ility System ( tire repair set) . . . . . . 273
T ires ...... .. .. ................ ... .. . 244
A ll wheel dr ive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
L ow-profile tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
R epair se t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 2, 273
Rep lac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 5
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Tire press ure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Tire pr ess ure monitoring system . . . 26 1, 262
Tire press ure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Un id irectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 , 278
Uniform t ire quality grad ing . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Tires and w heels
Glossary of tire and load ing termino logy . 246
Tire s and vehicle load limit s . . . . . . . . . . . 256
TMC
refer to Tr affic information . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7
Tone (sound)
refer to Adjusting the sou nd . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
To uch
refer to MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Towing Tow t rucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
T PMS (tire p ressure monitoring system) . . . 261
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
T ire press ure mon itor ing system . . . . . . . 262
T raffic info rmation ............ 145, 146, 147
T raff ic reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
T ransmission malfunction (indicator light) . . 68
T ransport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
T rave l guide
refer to Tr avel (travel g uide) . . . . . . . . . . . 127
T rave l (t rave l guide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
~ Treb le (so und) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7
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~ Trunk lid
N 8 Tr un k es cape la tch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
r--Vl 00
Index
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
u
Un fastening safety bel ts
Un iform tire qua lity grading ........... .
U nlocking/loc king 192
260
By r emot e control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
U sing the door lock cy linder . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
With the centra l loc king switch . . . . . . . . . 26
With the conven ience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
U pdating stations (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
U 5B stick
refer to Au di m usic in terface . . . . . . . 160, 161
U sing the jump start cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
V
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 71
Raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Spec ificat ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Charge leve l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 242
I ndicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Winter operat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
also refer to Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272, 279
Li ft ing po ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Version information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
VIEW ....... ... .. .. ................ .. 20
VI EW button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
VIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Vo ice gu idance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
also refer to Mult ifunct ion
stee ring wheel ... .. ............ 18, 19, 20
Vo icemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Vo ice recog nit ion sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 105
C ommands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Externa l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Vo lume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
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