2000 AUDI ALLROAD lock

CONTROLS AND
EQUIPMEN T---------------------
Rear facing child seat bench*
Two children starting at 3 years of age can
sit on the rear facing child seat bench. The
child must not be taller than 50 in. (1.3 m)
and must not weigh more th an 78 lbs
(36 kg). .
Children must always wear safety
belts f
Activating the child safety lock -see
page 65.
�W ARNING
• Do not place any other child
seats or child carriers on rear fac­
ing child seat bench.
• For safety reason, never remove
the head restraints on the child
seat bench.
• The seatback for the rear seat
bench must always be in its up­
right position and locked securely
in place. You shouldn't be able to
see the red marking on the release
latches -sea page 87.
92 Installing
1 setting up the child seat
bench
Yo u must remove the luggage compart­
ment cover, the net and the round cover
caps in the cargo area floor cover before
installing the child seat bench. The cover
caps, which are normally inserted in the
mounting for the child seat bench on the
cargo floor cover, con be stowed on the bot­
tom side of the remova ble cargo area floor
cover.
1 -Remove the child seat bench from the
bag in which it is stored. Insert both
mounting pins for the child seat bench
in the mountings provided for them ill
the cargo area floor.
2- Turn both levers toward the inside to
secure the seat bench.
Remove the hinged cargo area floor cover
and stow in the bag. The bag can then be
stowed between the backrest of the child
bench seat and the rear passenger seat.

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Folding up the child seat bench
Remove the safety belts from the belt
guides on the back rest and hand them from
the brackets on the door trim panel.
Fold up the arm rests.
7 - Push both locking levers forward.
8- Fold the seat cushion up and pivot the
folding legs back into the stowed posi­
tion.
94 Hook
the tensioning belt in the tie-down,
turn, and pull taut from the free end.
Pivot ing the child seat bench off
to the side
If necessary, remove tray* for bever age I
food from the left side trim panel. Once
the seat cushion has been folded up
and the folding legs have been swung back
into their stowed position, the entire seat
bench can be pivoted off to the side.
Press down on the safety belt latches and
install the hinged cargo floor cover.
9 - Release the bench seat by rotating both
levers in the direction indicated by the
arrows.
1 0- Push up on the right -hand locking lever.
11 -Remove the right-hand seat bench
mounting pin from the mounting pro­
vided for it in the cargo floor.

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12- Lift up on the seat bench, pivot it off to
the left side of the vehicle, and push it
down into the mounting provided for
this purpose in the cargo floor. Then ro­
tate the two levers (9) to secure the
seat bench.
Hook the tensioning belt in the left-hand tie­
down near the loading edge, rotate and pull
the free end until the belt is taut - refer to
the center illustration on the previous page.
Roll-up the sun shade on the rear window.
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Removing the seat bench
The child seat bench can be removed once
the cushion is folded up and folding legs
have been swung back into the stowed
position.
Push down on the safety belt latches andre­
install the folding cargo floor cover.
13 -Release the seat bench by turning both
levers in the direction shown by the ar­
rows.
14- Push up on both locking levers.
15- Remove the child seat bench from the
mountings located in the cargo floor. Cover
the mountings in the cargo floor us­
ing the cover caps stowed on the rear side
of the folding cargo floor cover.
Notes
• The tensioning belt located on the right
side of the backrest can be buttoned onto
the backrest when not in use.
• Once the child seat bench has been com­
pletely removed from the vehicle, it can be
stowed in the bag provided for this purpose.
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Adjustable steering column (tilt and telescopic)
Manually adjusted steering
wheel
The height and reach of the steering wheel
can be manually adjusted to suit the driver.
The driver's seat should be adjusted first.
Then reposition the steering wheel accord­
ing ly.
98 First,
adjust he driver's seat, then reposition
the steering wheel.
• Push down on the lever below the steer­
ing column as far as it will go. See illustra­
tion.
• Adjust the steering wheel so that the dis­
tance from the center of your breastbone to
the center of the airbag cover on the steer­
ing wheel must be at least 10 inches
(25 em) or more. (See right illustration.)
• Pull the lever back up as far as it will go
and push it against the steering column to
lock. M WARN ING
• After adjusting the steering
wheel, push the stee ring wheel ad­
justment lever back up as far as it
will go. This ensures the position
of the steering wheel cannot be al­
tered unintentionally when the ve­
hicle is moving.
• To help prevent loss of vehicle
control and an accident, adjust the
stee ring wheel only when the ve­
hicle is not movi ng.

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U WARNING continued
• The front seats must not be
pushed too close to the steering
wheel or to the instrument panel.
Never sit closer than 10 inches
(25 em) to the steering wheel.
• If you cannot sit more than
1 0 inches (26 em) from the steer­
ing wheel, we recommend that
you investigate whether adaptive
equipment may be available to
help you reach the pedals and in­
crease your seating distance from
the stee ring wheel.
• Pointing the stee ring wheel to­
ward your face decreases the abil­
ity of the supplemental driver's air­
bag to protect you in an accident. �
WARNING continued
• Always hold the steering wheel
on the outside of the steering
wheel rim with your hands at the
9 o'clock and 3 o'clock positions
to help reduce the risk of personal
injury if the driver's airbag in­
flates.
• Never hold the steering wheel at
the 12 o'clock position or with
your hands at other positions in·
side the steering wheel rim or on
the stee ring wheel hub.
• Holding the steering wheel the
wrong way can cause serious inju­
ries to the hands. arms and head if
the driver's airbag inflates. Electrically
adjusted steering
wheel*
The height and reach of the steering wheel
can be electrically adjusted to suit the driver.
Adjusting height
Push the switch A up or down. The height
continues to change while the switch is
pressed.
Adjusting reach
Push the switch A back or forward. The
steering wheel continues to move while the
switch is pressed.
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Adjust the steeri ng wheel so that the dis­
tance from the center of your breastb one to
the center of the airbag cover on the steer­
ing wheel must be at least 10 inches
(25 em) or more. (See illustration above.)
10 0 �W
ARNING
• To help prevent loss of vehicle
control and an accident, adjust the
steering wheel only when the ve­
hicle is not movi ng.
• The front seats must not be ad­
justed too close to the steering
wheal or to the instrument panel.
Never sit closer than 10 inches
(25 em) to the steering wheel to
give the airbag room to inflate and
help reduce the risk of injury when
the airbag deploys.
• If you cannot sit more than
10 inches (25 em) from the steer­
ing wheel, we recommend that
you investigate whether adaptive
equipment may be available to
help you reach the pedals and in­
crease your seating distance from
the steering wheel. '4
WARNING continued
• Pointing the stee ring wheel to­
ward your face decreases the abil­
ity of the supplemental driver's air­
bag to protect you in an accident.
• Always hold the st eering wheel
on the outside of the steering
wheel rim with your hands at the
g o'clock and 3 o'clock positions
to help reduce the risk of personal
injury if the driver's airbag in­
flates.
• Never hold the steering wheel at
the 12 o'clock position or with
your hands at other positions in­
side the steeri ng wheel rim or on
the steering wheel hub.
• Holding the steering wheel the
wrong way can causa serious inju­
ries to the hands, arms and head if
the driver's airbag inflates.

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5-spaad automatic transmission (Tiptronic®)*
Yo ur vehicle is equip ped with an electroni­
cally controlled five-speed automatic trans­
missi �n, upshifting and downshifting is au­
tomatiC. You can also manually select a shift
program mptronic®).
Ignition key safety interlock
After switching off the ignition, you can re­
move the ignition key only when the selec­
tor lever is in the P (Park) position. When
the ignition key is removed, the selector le­
ver will be locked in the P (Park) position.
10 4 Shift
programs
The transmission is "self adapting" and will
automa tically select the most appropri­
ate sh1ft program suited to the driving condi­
tions and driving style.
The transmission will select one of the eco­
nomy programs when you drive at a steady
speed or at gradually changing speeds with­
out heavy acceleration. This gives best fuel
efficiency, with early upshifting and delayed
down shifting.
The transmission will automatically select
the _sporty shift programs when you drive
at h1 gh er speeds, or with heavy acceleration
and frequently changing speeds. Upshifts
are then delayed to make full use of engine
P ?Wer, an9 downshifting takes place at
higher eng1ne speeds than in the economy
programs. The s
�lection o � the most suitable shift pro­
gram JS a contmuous automatic process.
Regardless of this, the driver can also make
the transmission switch to a sporty pro­
gram by pressing down the gas pedal
quickly.
This causes the transmission to shift down
into a lower gear and makes quick accelera­
tion possible (for example to pass another
vehicle). You do not need to depress the gas
pedal into the kick-down range. After the
transmission _has upsh ifted again, the origi­
n� ! program IS selected according to your
dnv1ng style.
An additional shift program allows the auto­
matic t�ansmission to select the proper gear
for uphill and downhill driving.
This prevents the transmission from shift­
ing up �n� dow � un necessarily on hills. The
transmiSSion w1ll also shift down to a lower
gear when the driver presses the brake
pedal while driving downhill. This makes
use of the braking effect of the engine with­
out the need to shift down manually.
With this function the transmission will
however, only shift down as far as 2nd gear :

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Steering wheel with Tiptronic ®
The buttons on the steering wheel allow the
driver to shift gears manuall y.
The selector buttons on the steering wheel
are activated when the selector lever on the
center console is located in the manual posi­
tion (liptronic position).
10 6 Of
course, it is also possible to operate the
"liptr onic" using the selector lever on the
center console.
When "liptronic" is activated, the buttons
on the steeri ng wheel are illuminated.
Ta pping the upper part(+) of one of the two
selector buttons will cause the vehicle to
shift into a high gear. Tapping the lower part
(-) will cause the vehicle to shift down to a
lower gear. Aut
omatic Shift Lock (ASL) (8)
Yo ur Audi is equipped with an Automatic
Shift Lock (ASL}. The ASL is an electro­
mechanical device that locks the selector
lever in the P (Park) and N (Neutral) posi­
tions when the ignition is on.
Yo u must depress the brake pedal before
the selector lever can be moved out of ei­
ther position. This prevents the selector le­
ver from being moved unintentionally into a
driving position resulting in unwanted ve­
hicle movement.