2008 AUDI S6 seat adjustment

Warm and cold 1111
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Applies to vehicles: with heated rear se ats
Heated rear seats
The seat cushions and seat backs of the two outer rear
seats can be heated electrically.
Fig . 112 Center
console rear : Heated
seats
- Rotate the thumb wheel @ to turn on and adjust the
heating for the left rear seat.
- Rotate the thumb wheel
® to turn on and adjust the
heating for the right rear seat.
With the thumb wheel in the O position, heating for the seats is
turned off . The range of adjustment is from 1 to 6.
The rear seat heating operates only when the seats are occupied. If
the rear seat is not occupied, you should turn the heating for the
sea ts off to preven t unintended heating of the seating sur faces .
0 Note
To avoid damage to the heating elements in the seats , do not kneel
on the seats or place heavy loads on a small area of the seat. •
Contro ls and eq uip­
ment
Ap plies to vehi cle s: with ste erin g w heel heatin g
Steering wheel heating @
The steering wheel can be heated electrically.
Fig . 113 Multifunction
steering wheel: Button
for steering wheel
heating
Press the[@!] button to turn the steer ing wheel heating on
and off~ fig. 113. The message
Steering wheel heating on ! or
Steering wheel heating off! appears in the instrument
cluster display.
When the steering wheel heating is switched on , the steering wheel
is heated to about 82 °F (28 °Cl and held there.
The last setting selected for the steering wheel heating (on or off) is
automatically saved when the vehicle is shut off and is assigned to
the remote key. •
Vehicle care I I irechnical data

-On the road
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On the road
Steering
Applies to vehicl es : w ith m anua lly a dju stab le steer in g wh ee l
Manually adjusted steering wheel
The height and reach of the steering wheel can be
adjusted.
First, adjust the driver 's seat correctly.
Fig . 120 Lever under
the steering column
Pull the lever~ fig. 120 -Arrow -~&.
Move the steering wheel to the desired posit ion.
Push the lever against the steering column until it locks.
There must be at least 10 inches (25 cm) between your chest and the
c en ter of th e steering wh eel. If you cannot sit more than 10 inches
( 25 cm) from the steering wheel, se e if adaptive equipment is avail ­
able to hel p you reach the pedals and inc rease the dis tance fro m the
steering whe el.
For detailed information on how to adjust the driver 's seat, see
=> pag e 88.
& WARNING
Improper use of steering wheel adjustment and improper seating
position can cause serious personal injury.
• Adjust the steering wheel column only when the vehicle is not
moving to prevent loss of vehicle control.
• Adjust the driver's seat or steering wheel so that there is a
minimum of 10 inches
(25 cm) between your chest and the
steering wheel=>
page 194, fig. 188 . If you cannot maintain this
minimum distance, the airbag system cannot protect you prop­
erly.
• If physical limitations prevent you from sitting 10 inches
125
cm) or more from the steering wheel, check with your authorized
Audi dealer to see if adaptive equipment is available .
• If the steering wheel is aligned with your face, the supple­
mental driver's airbag cannot provide as much protection in an
accident. Always make sure that the steering wheel is aligned with
your chest.
• Always hold the steering wheel with your hands at the 9 o'clock
and 3 o'clock positions to reduce the risk of personal injury if the
driver's airbag deploys.
• Never hold the steering wheel at the 12 o'clock position or with
your hands inside the steering wheel rim or on the steering wheel
hub. Holding the steering wheel the wrong way can cause serious
injuries to the hands, arms and head if the driver's airbag
deploys. •

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Applies to v ehi cles : wi th ele ctr ic ally a djuste d steer in g wh eel
Electrically adjusted steering vvheel
The he ight and re ach of the stee ring whe el can b e electr i­
cally adj uste d to s uit t he d river .
First, adjust the d river's seat co rrect ly.
Height adjustment
Fig . 121 Switch for
steering wheel adjust ·
ment
- Push the switch@ up or dow n=> fig. 1 21. T he steer ing
w heel he ight cha nges for a s long as you pre ss th e swi tc h.
Reach adjustment
- Push the s witch @ forw ard o r backwar d => fig . 121. Th e
s teer ing whe el reach ch an ges for as lon g as you pr ess
t h e s witch.
Ther e must b e at least 1 O in ches ( 25 cml betw een your chest and the
cen te r of th e st eer ing w hee l. If you cannot sit mo re than 1 0 in che s
(2 5 cm) from the stee rin g wh eel, se e if adaptive equ ipm ent is ava il­
able to help you reach the pedals and increase the distance from the
st eeri ng whe el.
F or detailed info rmation on how to ad just the drive r's seat, see
~ pa ge 88 .
Con tro ls and eq uip­
ment
T he steering whe el can be adj ust ed even when the ignition is turn ed
O ff . F or vehi cle s with seat memory , the i ndividu al p osi tions fo r the
st eer in g w he el can be sto red a lon g w ith th e seat position.
& WARNING
Improper use of steering wheel adjustment and improper seating
position can cause serious personal injury.
• Adjust the steering wheel column only when the vehicle is not
moving to prevent loss of vehicle control .
• Adjust the driver's seat or steering wheel so that there is a
minimum of 10 inches (25 cm ) between your chest and the
steering wheel~
page 194 , fig. 188 . If you cannot maintain this
minimum distance , the airbag system cannot protect you prop ­
erly .
• If physical limitations prevent you from sitting 1 O inches (25
cml or more from the steering wheel , check with your authorized
Audi dealer to see if adaptive equipment is available.
• If the steering wheel is aligned with your face, the supple­
mental driver's airbag cannot provide as much protection in an
accident . Always make sure that the steering wheel is aligned with
your chest .
• Always hold the steering wheel with your hands at the 9 o'clock
and 3 o'clock positions to reduce the risk of personal injury if the
driver's airbag deploys .
• Never hold the steering wheel at the 12 o'clock position or with
your hands inside the steering wheel rim or on the steer ing wheel
hub . Holding the steering wheel the wrong way can cause serious
injuries to the hands, arms and head if the driver's airbag
deploys. •
Vehicle care I I Technical data

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Driving Safely
General notes
Safe driving habits
Please remember -safety first!
This chapter contains important information, tips, suggestions and
warnings that you need to read and observe for your own safety, the safety of your passengers and others. We have summarized here
what you need to know about safety belts, airbags, child restraints as well as child safety. Your safety is for us
priority number 1. Always
observe the information and warnings in this section -for your own
safety as well as that of your passengers.
The information in this section applies to all model versions of your
vehicle. Some of the features described in this sections may be
standard equipment on some models, or may be optional equip ­
ment on others. If you are not sure, ask your au thorized Audi dealer .
& WARNING
• Always make sure that you follow the suggestions and heed
the WARNINGS in this Manual. It is in your interest and in the interest of your passengers.
• Always keep the complete Owner's Literature in your Audi
when you lend or sell your vehicle so that this important informa­
tion will always be available to the driver and passengers.
• Always keep the Owner's literature handy so that you can find
it easily if you have questions. •
Safety equipment
The safety features are part of the occupant restraint
system and work together to help reduce the risk of injury
in a wide variety of accident situations.
Your safety and the safety of your passengers should not be left to
chance. Advances in technology have made a variety of features
available to help reduce the risk of injury in an accident. The
following is a list of just a few of the safety features in your Audi:
• sophisticated safety belts for driver and all passenger seating
positions,
• safety belt pretensioners,
• safety belt force limiters for the front seats,
• safety belt height adjustment systems for the front seats,
• automatic safety belt height adjustment for the rear seats,
• front airbags,
• side airbags in the front seats and outer rear seats *,
• side curtain airbags (SIDEGUARD),
• special LATCH anchorages for child restraints,
• head restraints for each seating position ,
• adjustable steering column.
These individual safety features, can work together as a system to
help protect you and your passengers in a wide range of accidents.
These features cannot work as a system if they are not always correctly adjusted and correctly used.
Safety is everybody's responsibility! •

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& WARNING (continued )
• Always adjust the head restraint properly so that it can give
maximum protection . •
Proper adjustment of head restraints
Correctly adjusted head restraints are an important part
of your vehicle's occupant restraint system and can help
to reduce the risk of injuries in accident situations.
Fig . 190 Correctly
adjusted head restraint
viewed from the side
The head restraints must be correctly adjusted to achieve
the best protection.
- Adjust the head restraint so that the upper edge of the
restraint is level with the top of your head, but no lower
than eye level and so it is as close to the back of your
head as possible :::::,
page 197, fig. 190.
Adjusting head restraints => page 93.
Controls and equip­
ment Safety first Vehicle operation
& WARNING
Driving
without head restraints or with improperly adjusted head
restraints increases the risk of serious injuries in a collision. To
help reduce the risk of injury:
• Always drive with the head restraints in place and properly
adjusted .
• Every person in the vehicle must have a properly adjusted head
restraint .
• Always make sure each person in the vehicle properly adjusts
their head restraint. Each head restraint must be adjusted
according to occupants' size so that the upper edge is as even
with the top of the person's head, but no lower than eye level and
so it is as close to the back of to the head as possible .
• Never attempt to adjust head restraint while driving . If you
have driven off and must adjust the driver headrest for any reason ,
first stop the vehicle safely before attempting to adjust the head
restraint.
• Children must always be properly restrained in a child restraint
that is appropriate for their age and size =>
page 234. •
Examples of improper seating positions
The occupant restraint system can only reduce the risk of
injury if vehicle occupants are properly seated.
Improper seating positions can cause serious injury or
death. Safety belts can only work when they are properly
positioned on the body. Improper seating positions reduce
the effectiveness of safety belts and w ill even increase the
risk of injury and death by moving the safety belt to critical
areas of the body. Improper seating positions als o inc rease
the risk of serious injury and death when an airbag deploys and strikes an occupant who is not in the proper seating ..,
Vehicle care Do-it-yourself service Technical data

- Insert the t ongue into the corre ct buckle of your seat
unt il you hear it la tc h securely=> fig. 198.
- Pu ll on t he belt to make su re t hat it is securely latc hed i n
the buckle.
Automati c safet y belt r etracto rs
Eve ry safety belt is equipped with an automatic belt retractor on the
shou lder belt. This feature locks the belt when the belt is pulled out
fast, during hard braking and in an accident . T he belt may also lock
when you drive up or down a steep hill or through a sharp curve .
During normal driving the belt lets you move free ly.
S afety belt pretensi oners
The safety belts are equipped with a belt pretensioner that helps to
tighten the safety belt and remove slack when the prete nsioner is
activat ed . The function of the pretension er is monitored by a
warning light=>
page 20.
Switchable locking feature
Every safety belt except the one on the d river seat is equipped with
a switchable locking feature that
must be used when the safety belt
is used to attach a ch ild sa fety sea t. Be sure to read the important
information about this feature=>
page 244.
& WARNING
Improperly po sitioned safety belts can cau se seriou s injury in an
accident =>
page 207 , "Safety belt po sition ".
• Safet y belts offer optimum prote ction onl y when the seat bac k
i s upright and belt s are proper ly po sit ioned on the bod y.
• Alway s make sure that the rear seat backrest to which the
c ent er re ar safet y belt i s att ached i s se curely l atched whene ver
the re ar center safety b elt is being us ed. If the b ackre st is not
se curely latched , the p asseng er will mo ve forw ard with the back ­
rest d uring sudde n br aking, in a sudden maneu ver and especi ally
in a crash.
Safety first
Safety belts
& WARNING !continued )
• Never attach the safety belt to th e buckle for another seat.
Atta ch ing the belt to the wrong b uckle will reduce safety belt
effe ct iv eness and c an cause ser ious person al injury .
• A p assenger who i s not p roperly re str ained c an be ser iously
injur ed by the saf ety belt itself when it move s from the stronger
p art s of the b ody into critic al are as like the abdomen .
• Alway s lock the convertible locking retractor when you are
s e cu ring a child safet y seat in the vehi cle
=> page 246. •
Safety be lt position
Cor rect bel t position is the key to getting maximum
protec tio n from s afety belts.
Fig . 199 He ad r estrain t
a n d sa fe ty b elt p osi­
tion as seen from th e
s ide
Standard features on your vehicle he lp you adjust the position of
the safety belt to match your body size.
• belt height adjustment for the front seats,
• automatic be lt height adjustment for the rear seats .
Vehicle care I I irechnical data

& WARNING
Improperly positioned safety belts can cause serious personal
injury in an accident.
• Expectant mothers must always wear the lap portion of the
safety belt as low as possible across the pelvis and below the
rounding of the abdomen.
• Always read and heed all WARNINGS and other important infor­
mation
=> & in "Fastening safety belts" on page 206. •
Unfastening safety belts
Unbuckle the safety belt with the red release button only
after the vehicle has stopped.
~ .. a,
Fig . 201 Releasing the
tongue from the buckle
- Push the red release button on the buckle~ fig. 201. The
belt tongue will spring out of the buckle
~ & .
- Let the belt wind up on the retractor as you guide the belt
tongue to its stowed position.
& WARNING
Never unfasten safety belt while the vehicle is moving. Doing so
will increase your risk of being injured or killed. •
Safety first
Safety belts
Adjusting safety belt height
With the aid of the safety belt height adjustment, the three
point safety belt strap routing can be fitted to the shoulder
area, according to body size.
Fig . 202 Safety belt
height adjustment for
the front seats -loop­
around fittings
Push the loop -around fittings up ~ fig. 202 @, or
- squeeze together the G) button, and push the loop ­
around fittings
down @.
- Pull the belt to make sure that the upper attachment is
properly engaged.
& WARNING
Always read and heed all WARNINGS and other important informa­
tion
=> page 205.
[ i ] Tips
• The shoulder belt part should route approximately over the
middle of your shoulder -under no circumstances should it route
over your neck and throat area=>
& in "Safety belt position" on
page~Z •
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Vehicle care I I Technical data

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• With the front sea ts, the height adjustment of the seat can also
be used to adjust the position of the safety belts. •
Improperly worn safety belts
Incorrectly positioned safety belts can cause severe inju­
nes.
Wearing safety belts improperly can cause serious injury or
death. Safety belts can only work when they are correctly positioned on the body. Improper seating positions reduce
the effectiveness of safety belts and w ill even increase the
risk of injury and death by moving the safety belt to critical
areas of the body. Improper seating positions also increase
the risk of serious injury and death when an airbag deploys
and strikes an occupant who is not in the correct seating
position. A driver is responsible for the safety of all vehicle
occupants and especially for children. Therefore:
-Never permit anyone to assume an incorrect sitting pos i­
tion in the vehicle while traveling ~& .
& WARNING
Improperly worn safety belts increase the risk of serious personal
injury and death whenever a vehicle is being used.
• Always make sure that all vehicle occupants are correctly
restrained and stay in a correct seating position whenever the
vehicle is being used.
• Always read and heed all WARNINGS and other important infor­
mation
~ page 205. •
Safety belt tensioners
How safety belt pretensioners work
In front, side and rear collisions above a particular
severity, safety belts are tensioned automatically.
The safety belts are equipped with safety belt pretensioners . The
system is activated by sensors in front, side and rear collisions of
great severity . This tightens the belt and takes up belt slack~
& in
"Service and disposal of safety belt pretensioner" on
page 211.
Taking up the slack helps to reduce forward occupant movemen t
during a collision.
0 Note
Never let the belt remain over a rear seat back that has been folded
forward .
[ i] Tips
The safety belt pretensioner can only be activated once.
• In minor frontal, side and rear -end collisions, in a rollover and in
accidents involving very little impact force, the safety belt preten­
sioner are not activated .
• When the safety belt pretensioners are activated, a fine dust is
released. This is normal and is not caused by a fire in the vehicle.
• The relevant safety requirements must be observed when the
vehicle or components of the system are scrapped. A qualified deal ­
ership is familiar with these regulations and will be pleased to pass
on the information to you.
• Be sure to observe all safety, environmental and other regula­
tions if the vehicle or individual parts of the system, particularly the
safety belt or airbag , are to be disposed . We recommend you have
your authorized Audi dealer perform this service for you. •