2013 AUDI A4 steering wheel adjustment

58 Seat s a nd s tor ag e
Seats and storage
General recommen­
dations
Why is your seat adjustment so
important?
The safety belts and the airbag system can
only provide maximum protection if the front
seats are correctly adjusted.
There are various ways of adjust ing the front
seats to provide safe and comfortable support
for the driver and the front passenger . Adjust
your seat properly so that :
- you can easily and quick ly reach all the
switches and controls in the instrument
panel
-your body is prope rly supported thus reduc­
ing physical stress and fatigue
- the safety be lts and a irbag system can offer
maximum protection
¢ page 145 .
In the following sec tions, you will see exactly
how you can best adjust you r seats .
There are special regulations and instructions
for insta lling a child safety seat on the front
passenger's seat. Always follow the informa­
tion rega rd ing child safety provided in
G page 166, Child Safety.
WARNING
Refer to G page 12 7, Driving Safely for
important information, tips, suggestions
and warnings that you should read and fol­
low for your own safety and the safety of
your passengers.
A WARNING
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Incorrect seating position of the dr iver and
all other passengers can result in serious
personal inj ury .
- Always keep your feet on the f loor when
the vehicle is in mo tion -never p ut your
feet on top of the instrument panel, out of the w indow or on top of the seat cush­
ion. This app lies especially to the passen- gers
. If your seating position is incorrect,
you increase the risk of injury in the case of sudden braking or an accident. If the
airbag inflates and the seating position is incorrect, this could result in pe rsonal
in ju ry or even death.
- It is important for both the driver and front passenge r to keep a distance of at
least 10 inches (25 cm) between them­
selves and the steering wheel and/or in­
s trumen t panel.
If you're s itting any
closer than th is, the a irbag system can ­
not protect you properly. In addition, the
front seats and head restraints m ust be
adj usted to your body height so that they
can give you max imum protect ion.
- Always try to keep as much distance as
possible between yourself and the steer­
ing wheel or instrument panel.
- Do not adjust the driver's or front pas­ senger's seat while the vehicle is moving.
Your seat may move unexpected ly , caus­
ing sudden loss of veh icle control and
pe rsonal injury. If you ad just you r seat
while the veh icle is moving, yo u are out
of posit ion.
Driver's seat
The correct seat position is important for safe
and relaxed driving .
We recommend that you adjust the dr iver's
seat in the follow ing manner:
.. Adjust the seat in fore and aft direction so
that you can easily push the pedals to the
floor wh ile keeping your knees slightly bent
G &. in Why is your seat adjustment so im ­
portant? on page 58 .
.,. Adjust the seatback so that when you sit
w ith your back against t he seatback, you can
s till grasp the top of the steering whee l.
.. Applies to veh icles with adjustable head re­
straints: Adjust the head restraint so the up­
per edge is as even as possible with the top
of yo ur head. If that is not possib le, try to
adjust the head restraint so that it is as .,.

Airbag system Important things to know
Importance of wearing safety belts and
sitting properly
Airbags are only supplemental restraints. For
airbags to do their job , occupants must al­
ways properly wear their safety belts and be
in a proper seating position.
For your safety and the safety of your passen­
gers, before driving off, always:
"" Adjust the driver's seat and steering wheel
properly ¢
page 128,
"" Adjust the front passenger's seat properly
¢page 59,
"" Wear safety be lts properly ¢ page 140,
"" Always properly use the proper child re-
straint to protect chi ldren ¢
page 166.
In a collision airbags must inflate within th e
blink of an eye and with considerable force.
The supplemental airbags can cause injuries if
the driver or the front seat passenger is not
seated properly . Th erefore in order to help the
a ir bag to do its job, it is important, both as a
driver and as a passenger to s it properly at all
times.
By keeping room between your body and the
steering wheel and the front of the passenger
compartment, the airbag can inflate fully and
comp letely and provide supplemental protec­
tion in certain frontal collisions ¢
page 128,
Proper occupant seating positions.
F or details
on the operation of the seat adjustment con­
trols ¢
page 60.
It's especially important that children a re
properly restrained ¢
page 166.
There is a lot that the driver and the passen­
gers can and must do to help the individual
safety features installed in your Aud i work to­
gether as a system.
Proper seating pos ition is important so that
the front airbag on the driver side can do its
job. If yo u have a physical impa irment or con-
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dition that prevents you from sitting properly
on the driver seat with the safety belt properly
fastened and reach ing the peda ls, spec ial
modifications to your vehicle may be necessa­
ry.
Contact your authorized Audi dea ler, or call
Audi Customer Re lations at 1-800-822-2834.
When the airbag system dep loys, a gas gener­
ator will fi ll the airbags, break open the pad ­
ded covers, and inflate between the steering
whee l and the driver and between the instru­
ment panel and the front passenger. The air­
bags will deflate immediately after deploy­
ment so that the front occupants can see
through the windshield aga in without inter­
ruption .
All of th is takes place in the blink of an eye, so
fast that many people don 't even realize that
the air bags have deployed . The airbags also
inflate with a great deal of force and noth ing
shou ld be in their way when they deploy.
Front airbags in combination with properly
worn safety belts slow down and limit the oc ­
cupant's forward movement. Together they
help to prevent the driver and front seat pas­
senge r from hitting parts of the inside the ve­
hicle while reducing the forces acting on the
occupant dur ing the crash. In this way they
help to reduce the risk of injury to the head
and upper body in the crash . A irbags do not
protect the arms or the lower parts of the
body .
Both front air bags w ill not inflate in all frontal
collisions . The triggering of the air bag system
depends on the vehicle deceleration rate
caused by the collision and registered by the
electron ic control unit.
If this rate is below
the reference value programmed into the con­
trol unit, the airbags will not be triggered,
ev en though the car may be bad ly damaged as
a resu lt of the co llision . Vehicle damage, re­
pair costs or even the lack of ve hicle damage
is no t necessarily an indication of whether an
airbag should inflate or not .
It is not possib le to define a range of vehicle
speeds that w ill cover every possib le kind and ..,.
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-If you must install a rearward facing
child safety seat on the front passenger
seat in exceptional circumstances and
the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does
not come on and stay on, immediately
install the rearward-facing child safety
seat in a rear seating position and have
the airbag system inspected immediately by your authorized Audi dealer.
,& WARNING
If, in exceptional circumstances, you must
install a forward-facing child restraint on
the front passenger's seat:
- Always make sure the forward-facing
seat has been designed and certified by
its manufacturer for use on a front seat
with a passenger front and side airbag.
- Always follow the manufacturer's in­
structions provided with the child safety
seat or carrier.
- Always move the passenger seat into its
rearmost position in the seat's fore and
aft adjustment range, as far away from
the airbag as possible before installing
the child restraint. The backrest must be adjusted to an upright position .
- Always make sure that the
PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays
on all the time whenever the ignition is
switched on.
@ Tips
Always replace child restraints that were
installed in a vehicle during a crash. Dam­
age to a child restraint that is not visible
could cause it to fail in another collision
situation.
Advanced front airbag system and children
Your vehicle is equipped with a front "Ad­
vanced Airbag System" in compliance with
United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard (FMVSS) 208 as applicable at the
time your vehicle was manufactured .
Child Safety 167
The Advanced Airbag system in your vehicle
has been certified to meet the "low-risk" re­
quirements for 3- and 6-year old children on
the passenger side and small adults on the driver side. The low risk deployment criteria
are intended to reduce the risk of injury
through interaction with the airbag that can
occur, for example, by being too close to the
steering wheel and instrument panel when
the airbag inflates. In addition, the system
has been certified to comply with the "sup­
pression" requirements of the Safety Stand­
ard, to turn off the front airbag for infants up
to 12 months who are restrained on the front passenger seat in child restraints that are list­
ed in the Standard.
Even though your vehicle is equipped with an
Advanced Airbag system, all children, espe­
cially those 12 years and younger, should al­
ways ride in the back seat properly restrained
for their age and size . The airbag on the pas ­
senger side makes the front seat a potentially
dangerous place for a child to ride . The front
seat is not the safest place for a child in a for­
ward-facing child safety seat. It can be a very
dangerous place for an infant or a larger child
in a rearward-facing seat.
Advanced Airbags and the weight­
sensing mat in the front seat
The Advanced Airbag System in your vehicle
detects the presence of an infant or child in a
child restraint on the front passenger seat us­
ing the weight-sensing mat in the seat cush­
ion and the sensor below the safety belt latch
on the front passenger seat that measures the
tension on the safety belt.
The weight-sensing mat measures total
weight of the child and the child safety seat
and a child blanket on the front passenger
seat. The weight on the front passenger seat
is related to the design of the child restraint
and its "footprint", the size and shape of the
bottom of the child restraint as it sits on the
seat. The weight of a child restraint and its "footprint" vary for different kinds of child re -
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Optional equipment
Marked with an asterisk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Othe r equipment (effic iency program) 28
Outside m irrors
refer to Exter ior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Outside temperature display ... .. .. .. .. 24
Owner's manual How the Owner 's Manua l is o rganized . . . 6
p
Paint
Touch-up . .. .. .. .. .. .... ... .. .. .. . 207
Paint No ... .. ................. .. ... 275
P arce l shelf . ... .. ........ ... .. .. .. .. 75
Park assist . ................ ...... .. 116
Parking ..... .. .. .. .. .... ... .. .. .... 86
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Valet park ing ............ .... .. .. .. 45
P ark ing brake . ..... .... ... .. .. .. .. .. 85
also refer to Electromechanical parking
brake . ..... .. .. ... . .... ... .. .. .... 85
P ark ing system ............ .. .. .. .. . 116
C le a ning sensors/c amer a .... .. .. .. . 205
Rear . ..... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... 116
Rear,withrearviewcamera ... .. .. .. . 117
P ark ing system (rear) ............ .... 116
Adj ust ing the wa rning tones .. .. .. .. . 117
Park ing system (rear, w ith rear v iew cam-
era) Park ing mode 1 . ............. ... .. 120
P ark ing mode 2 ............. ... ... 121
S afety precautions ........ .... .. .. . 118
Sw itchi ng on/off ......... .. .. .. .. . 119
Sw itching rear view camera on/off ... . 122
Part it ion net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70, 7 1
Parts rep lacement . ..... ... .. .. .. .. . 282
P ass-t hrough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . 156
Passive safety system .... ... .. .. .. .. . 127
P eda ls .. .. ... ...... ............. .. 132
Phys ica l pr inc iples of a frontal coll is ion . 138
P olishing .. .. .... ............. .. .. . 20S
Pollutant filter (automatic AC system) . .. 76
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Inde x 293
Power locking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Emergency locking . .. ... ...... ... .. . 38
Power w indows . ... . .. ... .... ... .. . 43
Rear lid ... .. .. .. ................. . 39
Se lective unlock feature ............ . 3 7
Settings ........ .. ................ 37
Slid ing/tilting sunroof .. .. .. ... ... .. . 43
Power steering
refer to Electro-mechanical power as-
s ist ...... .. .. .. .. . .............. 190
Power w indow
Convenience opening/closing . ... .. .. . 43
Power w indows .. .. .... ........... .. . 42
Child safe ty locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Malfunctions .. .. ................. . 44
Pregnant women Spec ial considerations when wear ing a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Proper occupant seating positions ... .. 128
Proper safety belt position ..... ... .. .. 141
Proper seating posi tion
Front passenger ................... 129
O ccupants . .. .. .. .... ........... .. 128
Rea r passengers .. .... ........... .. 130
Protective liner .. .. .... ... .... .... .. . 7S
Q
Quart z clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
qua tt ro®
refer to all-wheel drive
191
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? 138
Why safe ty belt s? ............. .... 13 7
R
Radiator fan 228
Rain/ light sensor
Head lights .. .. .. .... ........... .. . 47
Intermittent (w indshield w ipers) . .. .. . S3
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Reading lights ....... . .. .. ..... ... .. . 50
Rea r doo r su n shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 53
Rear fog lights .. ...... ............. . 47
Rea r lid
Automatic operation . .. ..... ... .. .. . 40
Emergency re lease . .. ... .... ... .. .. . 41
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