wiring AUDI A3 2012 Owner´s Manual

the forward-facing child restraint. The backrest must be adjusted to an upr ight
posit ion.
- Make sure that the
PASSENG ER AI R BA G
OFF
light comes on and stays on all the
t ime whenever the ignition is switched
on.
Advanced Airbag System components
The front passenger seat in your vehicle has a
l ot of very important parts of the Advanced
Airbag System in it. These parts include the
weight-sens ing ma t, sensors, wiring, brack­
ets, and mo re. The function of the system in
the front passenger seat is checked by the
e lectronic control unit when the ignition is on .
The control unit monitors the Advanced Air­ bag System and turns the airbag indicator
light on when a malfunction in the system
components is detected. The function of the
airbag ind icator light is described in greater
deta il below. Because the front passenger
seat contains impo rtant parts of the Ad­
vanced A irbag System, you m ust take care to
p revent it from being damaged. Damage to
the seat may prevent the Advanced Airbag for
the front passenger seat from doing its job in
a crash .
The front Advanc ed Airbag Syst em
con sis ts o f th e following :
-Crash sensors in the front of the vehicle that
measure vehicle acceleration/deceleration
to provide information to the Advanced Air­ bag System about the severity of the crash.
-An electronic control unit, with integrated
crash sensors for front and side impacts .
The cont ro l unit "decides" whether to fire
the front airbags based on the information r eceived from the c rash sensors. The control
unit a lso "dec ides" whet her the safety be lt
pretensione rs should be activated.
- An Advanced Airbag with gas generator for
the d river ins ide the steer ing whee l hub.
- An Advanced Airbag with gas generator in­
s ide t he instr ument pane l for the front pas­
senger.
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- A weight-sensing mat under the upho lstery
padding of the front passenger seat cushion
that measures the total weight on the seat .
The informat ion reg istered is sent continu­
ously to the electron ic control unit to regu­
late deployment of the front Advanced Air­
bag on the passenger side.
- An airbag monitoring system and ind icator
light in the instrument cluster
¢page 133.
-The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes
on and stays on in the center of the instru­
ment panel
c:::> page 133, fig . 134 and tells
you when the front Advanced Airbag on the passe nger side has been tu rned off.
- A senso r below the safety belt latch fo r the
front seat passenger to measure the tension
on the safety be lt. T he ten sion on the safety
be lt and the weight regis tered by the
weight -sensing mat he lp the control unit
"decide" whether the front airbag fo r the
front passenger seat should be turned off or not
¢ page 123, Child restraints on the
front seat -some important things to
know.
-A sensor in the safety belt latch for the driv­
er and for the front seat passenger that
senses whether that safety belt is latched or
not and transmits this information to the
electronic contro l un it .
A WARNING
D amage to the front passenger seat can
p revent the front airbag from wor king
properly.
- Imp roper repai r or d isassembly of the
fr on t passenge r and dr iver seat will pre­
vent the Advanced Airbag System from
functioning p roperly.
- Repairs to the front passenger seat must
be pe rformed by qualified and p roperly
trained workshop personne l.
- Never remove the front passenger or driver seat from the vehicle .
- Never remove the upho lstery from the
front passenger seat .
- Never disassemble or remove p arts from
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the sea t or disconnect wires from it. ..,.
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Monitoring the
Advanced Airbag
System
I Airbag monitoring indicator light
Two separate indicators monitor the function
of the Advanced Airbag System: the airbag
monitoring indicator light and the
PAS SEN ­
GER AIR BAG OFF
light.
The Advanced Airbag System (including the
e lectronic control unit, sensor circuits and sys­
tem wiring) is monitored continuously to
make sure that it is functioning properly
whenever the ignit ion is on . Each t ime you
turn on the ignition, the airbag monitor ing in­
d icator light
I will come on for a few seconds
(self diagnostics) .
t!i The syste m mus t be insp ected when the
indicato r light:
- does not come on when the ignit ion is
switched on,
- does not go out a few seconds after yo u
have switched on the ignition, o r
- comes on while d riving .
If an airbag system malfunction is detected,
the
I indicator light will first start flashing to
catch the driver's attention and then stay on
continuously to serve as a constant reminder
to have the system inspected immediately.
If a malfunction occurs that turns the front
a irbag on the passenger side off, the
PASSEN­
GER AIR BA G OFF
light will come on and stay
on whenever the ignition is on.
_& WARNING
An airbag system that is not funct ioning
properly cannot provide supp lemen tal p ro­
tection in a frontal crash.
- If the airbag indicator l igh t comes on, it
means that there may be something
wrong wit h the Advanced Airbag System.
It is possible that the airbag will inflate
when it is not s upposed to, or wi ll not in­
flate when it should.
-
Airba g sy stem 133
-Have the airbag system inspected imme­
diate ly by you r authorized Aud i dea ler.
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
F ig . 1 34 Sect ion from th e ce nter console: PASSENGER
AIR BAG O FF light
The PAS SENGER AIR BAG OFF light is located
in the center console
c::> fig. 134.
The PA SSENGER AIR BAG OFF light will come
on and stay on to tell you when the front Ad­
vanced Airbag on the passenger side has been
turned off by the electron ic control unit. Each
time you turn on the ignit ion, the
PAS SEN­
GER A IR BAG OFF
light will flash for a few
seco nds and:
- will stay on if the front passenger seat is not
occupied,
- will stay on if there is a small ch ild or child
restraint on the front passenger seat,
- will go out if the front passenger seat is oc­
cupied by an adult as registered by the
weight-sensi ng mat.
The
PA SSENGER AIR BAG OFF light must
come on and st ay on
if the ignition is on and
- a car bed has been installed on the front
seat, or
- a rearward -facing child restraint has been
installed on the front passenger seat, or
- a forward -facing chi ld restraint has been in­
stalled on the front passenger seat, or
- t he weight reg iste red on the fron t passen-
ger seat is equal to or less than the com -
bined weight of a typical 1 year-old restrain­
ed in one of the rear-facing or forward -fac-
ing infant restraints listed in Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard 208 with which the ..,_