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Undeployed airbag modules and safety belt pretensioners are classified as Perchlorate
Material. Special handling may apply – see http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate.
Obey all applicable legal requirements regarding handling and disposal of the vehicle or parts of
its restraint system, including airbag modules and safety belts with pretensioners. Authorized
Volkswagen dealers and authorized Volkswagen Service Facilities are familiar with the require‐
ments, and we recommend that you have them perform this service for you.
Advanced Airbag System components
Read and follow the introductory information and safety information first⇒ Introduction to the
subject
The front passenger seat in your vehicle has a lot of very important parts of the Advanced Airbag
System in it ⇒Airbags and how they work . These parts include the capacitive passenger detection
system, wiring, brackets, and more. The control unit monitors the system in the front passenger seat
when the ignition is switched on and turns the airbag indicator light on when a malfunction in the one
of the system components is detected ⇒Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . Because the front
passenger seat contains important parts of the Advanced Airbag System, you must take care to pre‐
vent it from being damaged. Damage to the seat may prevent the Advanced Airbag System for the
front passenger seat from doing its job in a crash.
The front Advanced Airbag System also includes:
Crash sensors in the front of the vehicle that measure vehicle acceleration/deceleration to provide
information to the Advanced Airbag System about the severity of the crash.
An electronic control unit, with integrated crash sensors for front and side impacts. The control
unit decides whether to fire just the front airbags based on the information received from the crash
sensors. The control unit also decides whether the safety belt pretensioners should be activated.
An Advanced Airbag with gas generator for the driver inside the steering wheel hub.
An Advanced Airbag with gas generator inside the instrument panel for the front passenger.
A capacitive passenger detection system underneath the front passenger seat cover. This system
measures the electrical capacitance of the person in the seat. The information registered is sent
continuously to the electronic control unit to regulate deployment of the front Advanced Airbag on
the passenger side.
An airbag system indicator light in the instrument cluster ⇒Monitoring the Advanced Airbag
System .
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