2015 AUDI A5 driver seat adjustment

Seat s and storage
Seats and storage
General information
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 adjusting the front
seats to provide safe and comfortable support
for the dr iver and the front passenger . Adjust
your seat properly so that :
- you can easily and quickly reach all the switches
and controls in the instrument panel
- your body is properly supported thus reducing
physical stress and fatigue
- the safety belts and a irbag system can offer
maximum protection
¢ page 129.
In the following sections, you will see exactly
how you can best adjust your seats.
There are special regulat ions and instructions for
installing a child safety seat on the front pas­
senger's seat . Always fo llow the information re­
garding child safety provided in¢
page 151 ,
Child safety.
_&. WARNING
Refer to¢ page 112, Driving safety for im­
portant information, tips, suggestions and
warnings that you should read and follow for
your own safety and the safety of your pas­
senge rs.
_&. WARNING
Incorrect seating position of the driver and all
other passengers can resu lt in serious person­
al injury.
- Always keep your feet on the floor when the
vehicle is in motion -neve r put your feet on
top of the instr ument pane l, out of the win ­
dow or on top of the seat cushion. This ap­
plies espec ially to the passengers . If your
seat ing position is incorrect, you increase
the risk of injury in the case of sudden brak­ ing or an accident. If the airbag inflates and
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the seating position is incorrect, this cou ld
result in personal injury or even death.
- It is important for both the driver and front
passenger to keep a distance of at least
10 inches (25 cm) between themselves and
the steering wheel and/or instrument panel.
If you're sitting any closer than this, the air­
bag system cannot protect you properly . In
addition, the front seats and head restraints
must be adjusted to your body height so
that they can give you max imum protect ion.
- Always try to keep as much distance as pos­ sible between yourself and the steer ing
wheel or instrument pane l.
- Do not adjust the driver's or front passeng­
er 's seat while the vehicle is moving. Your
seat may move unexpected ly, causing sud­
den loss of vehicle control and persona l in­
jury.
If you adjust your seat while the vehicle
is moving, you are out of position.
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 following manner:
~ Adjust the seat in fore and aft direction so that
you can easi ly push the pedals to the floor
while keepi ng your knees slightly bent¢ .&,
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Why is your seat adjustment so important? on
page 54.
~ Adjust the seatback so that when you sit with
your back against the seatback, you can still
grasp the top of the steering wheel.
~ Applies to veh icles with adjustable head re­
straints: Adjust the head restraint so the upper
edge is as even as possible with the top of your
head.
If that is not poss ible, try to adjust the
head restra int so that it is as close to this posi­
tion as possible ¢
page 57.
_&. WARNING
Never place any objects in the driver's foot­
well. An object could get into the pedal area
and interfere with pedal funct ion. In case of
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Seats and storag e
Power easy entry function
Applies to vehicles: with power adjustable seats
The easy entry function makes it easier for the
rear passengers to enter and leave the vehicle .
Fig . 53 Comfo rt seat s•: easy e ntry co ntro ls
F ig . 54 Spor t seats * : ea sy entry con tro ls
.,. To fold the front seat backrests forward/back,
li ft the latch@~
fig. 53 or~ fig. 54 and fo ld
the backrest forwa rd .
.,. To move the front seats forward/back, press
and hold the @ button until the seat has
reached the desired posit ion.
When the front seats are moved forward, their
or iginal position is s tored. When it is moved
back, the sea t automatically stops in this posi­
tion . To move the seat even further back , you
have to re lease the switch @ and reactivate it .
Applies to vehicles w ith adjustable head re­
straints: The head restraint s from the front seats,
depending on the seat height that has been set,
are automatically ret racted when the seatbacks
are folded down . T hey return to their o riginal po­
sition again when the seatbacks fo r the front
seats are raised .
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@ Tips
With the driver 's or passenger's door closed,
the corresponding switch to move the seat is i noperative .
Seat adjustments in MMI
Applies to vehicles: with seat memory and MMI
The passenger 's seat can be adjusted to various
position s by the driver.
Convenience side view
.,. Sele ct: !CAR ! function b utton> Seat adju st­
ment > Passenger's seat > Con venience side
v iew.
Or
.,. Select: !CAR ! function button> Car systems *
control button > Vehicle settings > Seats > Pas ­
s enger 's se at> Con venience side v ie w .
.,. Continue to press the control knob until the ad­
justment process is complete .
Seat symmetry
.,. Sel ect: Function button !CAR !> Seat adju st­
ment
> Passenge r's seat > Seat symmetry . Or
.,. Select: !CAR ! function button> Car s ystems *
control button > Vehicle settings > Seat s > Pas­
se ng er' s s eat > Align with d rive r's se at .
.,. Continue to press the control knob until the ad-
j ustment process is complete .
Using the
Con venience side view functio n, the
passenger 's seat is adjusted so that the driver
has the best possib le view to the right . When the
Co nvenience side view is set, the spec ific position
of the dr iver's seat is taken into consideration .
Us ing the
Seat symmetr y function, the passeng­
er's seat can be moved to the same position as
the d river 's sea t. The settings for the dr iver's seat
are imported and set au tomatically.

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Center armrest
The center armrest can be adjusted to several
levels .
Fig. 55 Armrest between the driver's/front passenger's
seats.
Adjusting the center armrest
.,. To adjust the angle, raise the armrest from the
starting position
c:> fig. 55 detent by detent.
.,. To bring the armrest back into the starting po­
s it io n, raise it out of the top detent and fold it
back down.
The armrest can slide forward and back .
Head restraints
Front head restraints
Applies to vehicles: with a djustable head restraints
Head restraints that are adjusted according to
body size, along with the seat belt, offer effec­
tive protection .
Fig. 56 Front seat : ad just ing the man ual head restraints
Seats and storage
Fig. 57 Front seat: adjusting the power head restra int
Adjust the head restraint so the upper edge is as
even as possib le with the top of yo ur head . If tha t
is not possib le, try to adj ust the head restr aint so
that it is as close to this position as possible
<=> page 57.
.,. To adjust the height of the manual head re­
straint*, grip the head restra int on the sides
w ith both hands and slide it up/down until it
locks into place
<=> fig . 56.
.,. To adjust the height of the power head re-
straint*, press the button up/down
c:> fig. 57 .
Refer to c:> page 115, Proper adjustment of head
restraints
for g uidelines on how to adjust the
height of the front head restraints to suit the oc­
cupant's body size.
A WARNING
-- Driving without head restraints or with head
restraints that are not proper ly adjusted in­
creases the risk of ser ious or fatal neck in­
jury dramat ica lly.
- Read and heed all WARNINGS
c:> page 115,
Proper adjustment of head restraints.
@ Tips
- To prevent the head restraints from running
into the head liner, they retract automatical­
ly when mov ing the seat forward or upward.
- Correctly adjusted head restraints and safe­
ty be lts are an extreme ly effective combina­
tion of safety features.
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Seats and storag e
Rear head restraints
Fig. 58 Rear seats: head restra ints
F ig. 59 Rear head restraints: release
Adjust ing t he he ad rest raints
.. To move the head restraint up, hold it at the
s ides with both hands and slide it upward until
you feel it click into place
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.. To move the head restraint down, press the
button @
c::> fig. 58 and slide the head restraint
downward.
Remo ving the head re str aints
.. Fold the backrest forward c> page 64.
.. Move the head restra int upward as far as it can
go .
.. Press the release @
c::> fig. 59 with the mechan­
ica l key
c::> page 33 a nd the button @ c::> fig. 58.
Pull the head restraint out of the backrest at
the same time¢.&_ .
Inst all ing the head rest raints
.. Slide the posts on the head restra int down into
the gu ides unti l you feel the posts cl ick into
place.
.. Press the button@ ¢
fig. 58 and s lide the head
restraint a ll the way down . Yo u shou ld not be
able to pull the head restraint out of the back­
rest .
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So that the driver can have a better view to the
rear, the head restraints should be pushed down
completely when the rear seats are not occupied .
_& WARNING
-Read and heed all WARNINGS c> page 115,
Proper adjustment of head restraints.
-On ly remove the rear seat head restraints
when necessary in order to install a child
seat ¢
page 159. Install the head restraint
aga in immediately once the chi ld seat is re­
moved. Driving w ithout head restraints or
w it h head restra ints that are not properly
adj usted increases the risk of serio us or fa­
tal nec k injury dramat ica lly.
- Vehi cles w ith a pass through i n the center
conso le have seating for four. The long cen­
ter conso le between t he two rea r seats is
not a seating position . There fore, a safety
be lt is not provided.
(0 Tips
Correct ly adjusted head restraints and sa fety
belts are an extremely effective combination
of safety features .
Memory function
Description
App lies to vehicles: with memory f unction
The memory function allows you to quickly and
eas ily store and recall pe rsonal seating p rofi les
fo r the driver. The memory function is ope rated
th rough the maste r key and the memory bu ttons
in the driver's door .
The driver's seati ng p rofile is stored and assigned
to the master key each t ime the vehicle is locked .
When yo u open the door, the seat profile is auto­
matically recalled. If two people use one vehicle,
i t is recommended that each person always uses
"their own" master key .
Up to 2 seat profi les can be stored in the memory
buttons in the d river's door. Once they are stored,
these seat profiles can be selected at any time .
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In addition to the d river 's seat settings, you can
also store and access the exterior mirror adjust­
ment settings* using the remote control key or
memory button.
Remote control key
App lies to vehicles: with seat memory
To assign the driver's seat settings to the remote
control key when locking the veh icle, the funct ion
must be act ivated in the radio or
MM!*
• Select: I CARI function button > Seat adjust·
ment
> Driver's seat > Remote control key >
on .Or
• Select : I CAR I function button > Car sy stem s*
control button > Vehicle settings > Seats >
Driver' s seat > Remot e contro l key > On .
@ Tips
If you do not want anoth er driver's settings to
be assigned to the remote key, sw itc h off the
memory f un ct io n using the radio or MM I* or
the
I O N/OFF I but ton ¢ page 59 .
Memory buttons
Applies to vehicles: with seat memo ry
Fig. 6 0 Driver's door: memory fu nct io n buttons
The memory butto ns are located in the dr iver's
d oor.
Switching the memory function on /off
• Press the ION/O FF I button to switch the memo­
ry function on/off . The word
OFF lights up when
the memory function is switched off. Seat p ro·
files are nei ther stored no r r eca lled.
Seats and storage
Storing a seat profile
• Press the ISET I button. Whe n the word SET
lights up, the memory is ready to store set ­
tings.
• Press a memory button
dil or [II) briefly . A tone
confirms that the settings were stored.
Accessing a seat profile
• If the driver's door is open and the ignition is
sw itched off, press the memory button .
• If the driver's door is closed or the ignition is
switched on, press and hold the memory but­
ton unti l the seat adjustment is complete.
A WARNING
- For safety reasons, the seat setting can o nly
be recalled when the veh icle is stationary·
otherwise you risk hav ing an accident.
- In an emergency the recall procedure can be
cancelled by pressing the
I O N/OF F! switch o r
by tappi ng the memory buttons.
Ashtray
Fi g. 6 1 Center console: ashtray
Opening /clo sing
• To open the ashtray, sl ide the cover up
r:!) fig. 61.
• To close the ashtray, press down on the cover.
Emptying the ashtray
• To remove the insert, slide the latch to the right
r:!) fig. 61 -arrow-.
• To insta ll the insert, press it down into the
mou nt.
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Driving
Driving
Steering
Manually adjustable steering wheel
The steering wheel position is fully adjustable up
and down and forward and back .
Fig. 76 Lever under the steering column
Firs t, adjust the driver 's seat cor rectly .
• Pull the lever ¢
fig. 76 ¢ .&_.
• Move the steer ing whee l to the desired posi­
t ion.
• Push the lever agains t the steering col umn un-
ti l it locks.
There must be at least 10 inches (25 cm) be­
tween your chest and the cente r of the steering
wheel.
If you ca nnot sit mo re than 10 i nch es (25
cm) from the steering wheel, see if adaptive
eq uipment is available to help you reach the ped­
als and increase the distance from the steering
wheel.
For detai led information on how to adjust the
driver's seat, see
¢ page 55.
A WARNING
Improper use of steering wheel adjustment
and improper seating position can cause seri­
ous pe rsonal injury .
- Adjust the steering wheel column on ly when
the vehicle is not moving t o prevent loss of
vehicle control.
- Adjust the driver's seat or steering wheel so
that there is a minim um of 10 inches (25
cm) between your chest and the steering
wheel
¢page 113, fig. 1 19 . If you cannot
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maintain t his minimum distance, the airbag
system cannot p rotect you properly.
- If physical limitations prevent you from sit­
ting 10 inches (25 cm) or more from the
steer ing whee l, check with your authorized
Audi dea ler to see if adaptive equipment is
availab le.
- If the steer ing whee l is aligned with your
face, the supplementa l driver 's a irbag can­
not prov ide as much p rotection in a n acci­
dent. Always make su re that the steering
wheel is alig ned with your chest.
- Always hold the steer ing wheel w ith your
hands at the 9 o'clock and 3 o'clock posi­
tions to reduce the ris k of persona l injury if
the dr iver's air bag dep loys.
- N ever hold the stee ring wheel at the 12
o'cloc k position o r with your hand s inside
the steering wheel rim or on t he steering
wheel hub . Holding the steeri ng whee l the
wrong way can cause serious injuries to the
hands, arms and head if the driver's airbag
deploys.
Ignition lock
Starting engine with the key
App lies to vehicles : wi th ignition lock
The ignition is switched on and the engine start ­
ed with the ignition key .
Fig . 7 7 Ign iti on key
Starting the engine
• Insert the key into the ignition lock .
• Manual transmission: Fully depress the clutch
pedal an d move the shift lever to the neutral
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Airbag system Important information
Importance of wearing safety belts and
sitting properly
Airbags are only supplemental restraints. For
airbags to do their job, occupants must always
properly wear their safety belts and be in a prop­
er seating position.
F or your safety and the safety of your passen­
ge rs, befo re drivi ng off, always:
.,. Adjust the dr iver's seat and steer ing wheel
properly
r::> page 113,
.,. Adjust the front passenger 's seat p roperly
9 page 55,
.,. Wea r sa fety be lts prope rly r::> page 123 ,
.. Always properly use the p roper child restra int
to protect children
r::> page 151.
In a coll is io n air bags must infl ate wi thin the b link
of an eye and with cons iderab le force . The s up­
p lemental a irbags can cause injuries if the drive r
or the front seat passenger is not seated p roper ·
Ly. Therefore in order to help the airbag to do its
job, it is importa nt, both as a dr iver and as a pas­
senger to sit properly at all times.
By keeping room between your body and the
steer ing whee l and the front of the passenger
compartment, the airbag can inflate fully and
comp letely and provide supplemental protection
in certa in fronta l col lisions
r:> page 113, Correct
passenger seating positions .
For details on the
ope rat ion of the seat adjustment cont ro ls
r::> page 55.
It's especially importa nt that children are prope r­
ly rest rained
r:> page 151 .
There is a lot that the driver and the passengers
can and must do to help the ind ividual safety fea­
tures ins talled in your Aud i wo rk together as a
system.
Prope r seat ing pos ition is important so that the
fro nt airbag on the dr iver side can do its job . If
you have a physical impairment or cond ition tha t
p reven ts you from sitt ing p roperly on the d river
seat with the safety be lt properly fastened and
Airbag syste m
reaching the peda ls, specia l mod ificat ions to your
vehicle may be necessa ry .
Co nta ct you r auth orized Aud i de aler, or call Aud i
Cu stome r Re lations at 1-800-822- 2834 .
When the airbag syst em dep loys , a gas gene rato r
will fill the airbags, brea k open the padded cov­
ers , a nd infl ate between the stee ring wheel and
the driver and between the ins trumen t pane l an d
the front passenger. The ai rbags wi ll deflate im­
mediate ly after deployment so that the front oc ­
c u pants can see th ro ugh the w indshie ld aga in
without interruption .
All o f th is takes p lace in the b lin k of an eye, so
fast that many people don't even realize that the airbags have dep loyed . The airbags also inflate
with a great deal of force and nothing should be in the ir way when they dep loy. Fron t airbags in
combination with properly worn safety belts s low
down and lim it the occupant's forwa rd move­
ment . Togethe r they he lp to p revent the dr iver
and fron t seat passenge r from hi tting parts of
t h e inside the ve hicle while re ducin g the for ces
acting on the occupa nt dur ing the crash . In this
way they help to reduce the ris k of i njury to the
head and uppe r body in the crash. Airbags do not
protect the a rms or the lower parts of the body.
B oth fron t airbags w ill not inf late in all fronta l
collisions . The t riggering of the a irbag system de ­
pends on the vehicle deceleration rate caused by
the coll is ion and registe red by the e lectronic con ­
trol unit. If t his rate is below the reference value
programmed into the contro l unit, the airbags
will not be t rigge red, even t hough the car may be
badly damaged as a result of t he collis ion . Vehi­
cl e damage, r epai r costs or even the lack of vehi­
cl e damage is no t necessari ly an indica tion of
whethe r an a irb ag should infl ate o r not.
It is not possib le to defin e a range of vehicle
speeds t hat w ill cove r ev ery possib le kind and an­
gle of i mpact tha t will a lways trigger the a irbags,
s in ce the circumst ances w ill vary conside rably be­
tween one collision and anot her. Impo rtant fa c­
tors include, for example, the nat ure (hard or
soft) of the object w hich the car hits, the angle of
impact, vehicle speed, etc . The front airbags will .,,.
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Child safety
exceptional circumstances and the PASSEN­
GER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on
and stay on, immediately install the rear­
ward-facing child safety seat in a rear seat­
ing position and have the airbag system in­
spected immediately by your authorized
Audi dealer.
_& WARNING
If, in exceptional circumstances, you must in­
stall 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 man­
ufacturer for use on a front seat with a pas­
senger front and side airbag.
- Always follow the manufacturer's instruc­
tions 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 air­
bag 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.
(D Tips
Always replace child restraints that were in­
stalled in a vehicle during a crash. Damage 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 "Advanced
Airbag System" in compliance with United States
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS)
208 as applicable at the time your vehicle was
manufactured.
The Advanced Airbag system in your vehicle has
been certified to meet the "low-risk" require­
ments for 3- and 6-year old children on the pas­
senger side and small adults on the driver side.
The low risk deployment criteria are intended to
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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
"suppression" requirements of the Safety Stand ­
ard, to turn off the front airbag for infants up to
12 months who are restrained on the front pas­
senger seat in child restraints that are listed in
the Standard.
Even though your vehicle is equipped with an Ad­
vanced Airbag system, all children, especially
those 12 years and younger, should always ride in
the back seat properly restrained for their age
and size. The airbag on the passenger 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 forward-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 de­
tects the presence of an infant or child in a child
restraint on the front passenger seat using the
weight-sensing mat in the seat cushion 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 de­
sign of the child restraint and its "footprint", the
size and shape of the bottom of the child re ­
straint as it sits on the seat . The weight of a child
restraint and its "footprint" vary for different
kinds of child restraints and for the different
models of the same kind of child restraint offered
by child restraint manufacturers.
The weight ranges for the individual types, makes
and models of child restraints that the NHTSA
has specified in the Safety Standard together
with the weight ranges of typical infants and typ-
ical 1 year-old child have been stored in the .,..