2008 AUDI A4 seat adjustment

Safe driving 190
– Adjust the head restraint so that the top of the head
restraint is level with the top of your head ⇒page 190.
– Keep both feet in the footwell in front of the rear seat.
– Fasten your seat belt correctly ⇒page 197.
– Use appropriate child restraint systems for children trav-
elling in the vehicle ⇒page 210.
WARNING
Rear passengers sitting out of position can suffer severe injuries.•
Always adjust the head restraints properly for maximum
protection.
•
Seat belts only offer maximum protection when the backrest is
in an upright position and the passengers are wearing the seat
belts properly. By not sitting upright, rear passengers increase the
risk of injury due to incorrect positioning of the seat belt
webbing.
Correct adjustment of head restraints
Properly adjusted head restraints are an important part of
the vehicle's occupant protection system. They can help
to reduce the risk of injuries in most accident situations.
The head restraints must be adjusted properly to provide
maximum protection.
– Adjust the head restraint so that the top of the head
restraint is level with the top of your head ⇒fig. 201 and
⇒fig. 202.For more information on how to adjust the head restraints, see
⇒page 77.
WARNING
Travelling with the head restraints removed or incorrectly
adjusted increases the risk of severe injuries.•
Incorrectly adjusted head restraints could lead to death in the
event of a collision or accident.
•
Incorrectly adjusted head restraints can also increase the risk
of injury during sudden or unexpected braking or other manoeu-
vres.
•
The head restraints must always be adjusted according to the
occupant's size.
Fig. 201 Correctly
adjusted head restraint
(seen from the front)
Fig. 202 Correctly
adjusted head restraint
(seen from the side)
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Seat belts199
Controls
Safety
Driving tips
General maintenance
Self-help
Technical data
Applies to vehicles:Seat belt height adjustment
Seat belt height adjusters can be used to adjust the height
of the shoulder portion of the seat belt.– Take hold of the guide fitting and slide it up ⇒fig. 212 ,
or
–Compress the adjuster and slide the guide fitting
downwards .
– After adjusting, pull the shoulder belt sharply to check
that the catch on the guide fitting is engaged securely.
Note•
The shoulder portion of the seat belt must be positioned roughly
midway over the shoulder – it must never rest against the neck
⇒ in “Adjusting the seat belts” on page 197.
•
It is also possible to adjust the height of the front seats to obtain
the best position for the front seat belts.
Taking off the seat belts
The red button releases the belt from the buckle.– Press the red button in the seat belt buckle ⇒fig. 213.
The latch plate will spring out of the buckle.
– Guide the belt back by hand so that it is taken up by the
retractor.Belt tensionersHow the belt tensioners work
The seat belts for the driver and front passenger are
equipped with belt tensioners.The seat belts on the front seats are tensioned automatically in
frontal, side and rear-end impacts above a certain degree of
severity. This helps to reduce the forward motion of the occupants.
In a less severe accident, or in the event of a roll-over, the belt
tensioners are not activated.
Fig. 212 Belt height
adjustment for the
front seats: guide
fitting
A2
A1
A2
Fig. 213 The latch
plate of the belt
springs out of the
buckle
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Fuses and bulbs301
Controls
Safety
Driving tips
General maintenance
Self-help
Technical data The seats with electrical adjustment are protected by circuit
breakers. These reset automatically after a few seconds when the
overload has been corrected.
Fuse list
Fuse listFuse list
No.
Electrical equipment
amps
Fuse carrier (black)
1
Dynamic steering
5
2
Clutch sensor
5
3
Garage door opener
5
4
Audi lane assist
10
5
Air conditioner
5
6
Headlight range control (right)
5
7
Headlight range control (left)
5
8
Control unit 1 for vehicle's electrical system
5
9
Interior mirrors
5
10
Selector gate
5
11
Heated washer jets
5
12
Air conditioner
5
No.
Electrical equipment
amps
Fuse carrier (brown)
1
Vacant
2
Clutch sensor
5
3
Fuel pump (diesel/petrol)
20/25
4
Auxiliary water pump (3.2 FSI)
5
5
Seat heating (left-side) with/without seat venti-
lation
30
6
Electronic stabilisation program
10
7
Horn
25
8
Electric window motor (left door)
30
9
Wiper motor
30
10
Electronic stabilisation program
25
11
Door control unit (driver's side)
15
12
Rain and light sensor
5
No.
Electrical equipment
amps
Fuse carrier (red)
1
Vacant
2
Vacant
3
Lumbar support
10
4
Dynamic steering
35
5
Interior light
5
6
Control unit 1 for vehicle's electrical system
35
7
Control unit 1 for vehicle's electrical system
30
8
Control unit 1 for vehicle's electrical system
30
9
Tilting panorama roof/sun roof
20
10
Control unit 1 for vehicle's electrical system
30
11
Vacant
12
Convenience electronics
5
No.
Electrical equipment
amps
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Fuses and bulbs 302Fuses on the passenger's sideSome of the items listed are only fitted on certain models or are
optional extras.
Please note that the following list, while correct at the time of
printing, is subject to alterations. If discrepancies should occur,
please refer to the sticker on the inside of the fuse cover for the
correct information for your vehicle.
The seats with electrical adjustment are protected by circuit
breakers. These reset automatically after a few seconds when the
overload has been corrected.
Fuse listFuse listNo.
Electrical equipment
amps
Fuse carrier (black)1
Vacant
2
Vacant
3
Vacant
4
Vacant
5
Steering column switch module
5
6
Electronic Stabilisation Program
5
Fig. 285 Diagram of
fuse box (left-hand
drive vehicle)
7
Diagnostic connector
5
8
Gateway (diagnostic interface for data bus)
5
9
Vacant
10
Vacant
11
Vacant
12
Vacant
No.
Electrical equipment
amps
Fuse carrier (brown)1
CD drive
5
2
Switch module for Audi drive select
5
3
MMI/Radio
10/20
4
Light switch
5
5
Control unit for instrument cluster
5
6
Ignition lock
5
7
Vacant
8
Air conditioner blower
40
9
Steering column lock
5
10
Air conditioner
10
11
Diagnostic connector
10
12
Steering column switch module
5
No.
Electrical equipment
amps
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Index333
Controls
Safety
Driving tips
General maintenance
Self-help
Technical data Supplementary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Deluxe automatic air conditioner plus . . 101
AC mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Air distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Air outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Air outlets for rear passengers . . . . . 108
Air recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Automatic recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Auxiliary heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Auxiliary heating - remote control . . . 113
Auxiliary heating - running time . . . . 112
Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Economical operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Heated rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Supplementary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 229
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Digital speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320Dipped headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
DIS
SeeDriver information system . . . . . . . 21
Distance control system
Seeadaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . 128
Door catches/boot lid warning . . . . . . . . . 24
Doors
Child-proof catches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Manual locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Driver
SeeSitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Auto-check control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Bulb monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
CD and radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Digital speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Door catches/boot lid warning . . . . . . . 24
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . 22
Red symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Speed warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Yellow symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Driving
Run flat tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Driving abroad
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Driving away from a standstill . . . . . . . . . 122
Driving away when towing a trailer . . . . 123Driving on left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Driving on right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Dust filter
Deluxe automatic air conditioner . . . . . 93
Deluxe automatic air conditioner plus . .
101
DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Dynamic gear control program . . . . . . . . 166
Dynamic steering . . . . . . . . . 16, 36, 159, 222
EEconomical driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
EDL
SeeElectronic differential lock . . . . . . . 19
Electric seat adjustment
SeeSeat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Electric windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Convenience open/close function . . . . 54
Malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Electrical accessories
SeeElectrical socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Electrical socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 88
Electro-mechanical parking brake . . . . . . 124
Auto release function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Driving away from a standstill . . . . . . 122
Driving away when towing a trailer . . 123
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . 123
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
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Index337
Controls
Safety
Driving tips
General maintenance
Self-help
Technical data Switching reversing camera on and off .
177
Towing bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
parking system advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Parking the car
multitronic® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Particulate filter
SeeDiesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . 229
Passengers
SeeSitting position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Performance figures
SeePerformance, weights and
dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Performance, weights and dimensions . 323
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Personalised remote control key . . . . . . . . 43
Petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Pollen filter
Deluxe automatic air conditioner . . . . 93
Deluxe automatic air conditioner plus . .
101
Pollution filter
Deluxe automatic air conditioner . . . . 93
Deluxe automatic air conditioner plus . .
101
Power management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Battery power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Driver message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 36, 225
Pressure (tyres) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
QQuartz clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
quattro
SeeFour-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226RRadio transmitters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Fixed installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Mobile equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Radio-controlled clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Radio-operated remote control
SeeRemote control keys . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rain sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Reading lights
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear centre console
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Rear lights
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Rear View camera
SeeReversing camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Rear view mirrors
SeeMirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 69
Rear window, sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Remote control keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Replacement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Replacement parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Retaining net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Rev counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Reverse gear
Automatic gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Reversing camera
Parking mode 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Parking mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
RME fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Roof carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Attachment points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Run flat tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Renewing defective components . . . . 276
Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Running in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
New tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
SSAFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Safe driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Safety features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Seat adjustment
Backrest angle (manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Forwards and backwards (manual) . . . 73
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Index 338
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Seat height (manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Seat belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 199
Seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Adjusting seat belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
During pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Putting on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Taking off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Front (deluxe automatic air conditioner) .
114
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Seat memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Selector lever
Manual release (multitronic®) . . . . . . 168
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Service position for windscreen wipers . 67
servotronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
side assist
Area covered by sensors . . . . . . . . . . 151
Changing settings in the MMI . . . . . . 155
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
How the system works . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Information and warning modes . . . 151
Messages in instrument cluster display .
156Safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Side lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Single journey memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Sitting position
Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Incorrect sitting position . . . . . . . . . . 191
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Ski bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Sockets
230 Volt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Spare key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Spare parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Speed warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 23
Starting the engine
After fuel tank has been run dry . . . . 252
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Spare key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Tow-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Starting with jump leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 36
Locking the steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Steering wheel height adjustment
(manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91Stretch net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Sun blinds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Sun roof
Convenience open/close function . . . . 54
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Supplementary heater
Deluxe automatic air conditioner . . . 101
Deluxe automatic air conditioner plus . . .
110
Suspension control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Warning lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Switches on driver's door
Central locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Switching off the engine . . . . . . . . . 118, 120
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
TTailgate
SeeBoot lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162, 166
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Total journey memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Tow-away protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Towing
Automatic braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Trailer stabilisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Towing away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Towing bracket
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
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