2015 AUDI S6 ignition

40 Opening and clo sing
What to do after a malfunction
The one-touch open and close function must
be reactivated if the battery has been discon­
nected .
,. Pull and hold the power window switch until
the window is fully closed .
,. Release the switch and then pull it again for
at least one second.
Valet parking
The valet parking feature protects the lug­
gage compartment from unauthorized ac­ cess.
Fig. 32 Luggage compartment : valet park ing button
W ith "valet parking" activated, the rear lid
cannot be opened.
... Remove the mechan ical key
¢ page 32.
"' Open the glove compartment and activate
<=> fig. 32 the "valet parking" feature by
pressing the
I VA LET I button. The ind icator
light in the switch illuminates .
,. Close the glove compartment and lock it
with the mechanica l key .
"' Lock both rea r seatbacks with the mechani­
c a l key ¢
page 64.
"' Leave the master key wi th the service per­
sonnel for parking and keep the mechanical
key with you.
When the "vale t parking" fea ture is activa ted :
- the u nlocking button for the rear lid c:;, in
the d river's doo r is inactive
- the b utton c:;, on the maste r key is inact ive
- the opening hand le in the rear lid is inactive. T
he vehicle can be driven and locked and un­
locked with the master key . Access to the lug­
gage compartment is b locked .
When the valet pa rking func tion is switched
on, the message
Valet parking acti vated ap ­
pears in the instrument cluste r display when
you sw itch the ignition on .
Sliding/tilting sunroof
Operation
Fig . 33 Sect io n of th e headl iner : Sl idi ng/t ilti ng su nroof
but ton
@ Tilting and sliding
,. To t ilt the sunroof completely , press the
sw itch br iefly to the second level b riefly.
"' To close the su nroof comp letely, pull the
sw itch br iefly to the second level¢,& .
"' To select an intermediate pos it ion, press/
pull the switch to the first level until t he de­
sired position is reached.
@ Opening /sliding (version 1 )
"'To move the roof into the reduced w ind
noise posit ion, press the button back brief ly
to the second leve l. The roof will ope n all
the way if you press the button back to the second level again .
"' To close the sunroof completely, press the
sw itch forward briefly to the second level
¢ £ .
,. To select an intermediate pos it ion, press/
pull the switch forwa rd/back to the first lev­
el unti l the desired posi tion is reached.
@ Opening /sliding (version 2)
"' To open the sunroof completely, p ress the
sw itch back to j ust before the second level. ..,_

42 Opening and clo sing
Programming the buttons
App lies to vehicles: with garage door opener ( Homelink)
Fig. 35 Headl iner: co ntro l un it
You can program both fixed code and rolling
code systems using this procedure.
P rogramming o r reprogramming buttons
.. Switch the ignition on.
.. Press and ho ld the button in the roof head­
li ner that you would like to program for at
least 10 seconds. Or
.. Se lect : Select :
ICARI function button> ( C ar)"
s y ste ms
contro l button > Ve hicl e se tting s >
Garag e door open er> Program garag e door
op ener .
.. Fol low the instructions in the Infota inment
system.
Erasing button programming
The programmed buttons cannot be erased individually . They must all be e rased together .
Reprogram the buttons if necessa ry .
.. Select :
I CARI function button> (C ar)* sys ­
tem s
control button > Vehicle sett ings >
Garage door opene r> Clear program set­
ting s> Yes .
Di spl aying the ve rsion /statu s/country
code
.. Select : Select: ICARI funct io n button> (Car )*
sy stem s
contro l button > V eh icle se tt ing s >
Garage d oor opener > V ers io n inf ormation .
(D) Tips
After programming th e garage door open­
er, it may be necessa ry to synchron ize the
motor w ith the system. Refe r to the manu­
facturer 's ins truc tions.
Op eration
Applies to vehicles: w ith garage door opener (Homelink)
Requ irement: The butto ns in the roof head lin­
er must be programmed
~ page42 and the
vehicle must be w ith in range of the system,
such as the garage door opener .
.. Press the b utton to open the garage door.
The LED@ ~
page 42, fig. 35 blinks or
t urns on .
.. Press the button again to close the garage
door.
(D Tips
To open or close the garage door, press the button, but do not hold it for longer than 10 seconds or the garage door opener
module will switch to programming mode .

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Clear vision Lights
Switching the headlights on and off
Fig . 36 Instrument pane l: lig ht sw itc h wit h all -weath­
er lights•
The headlights only wo rk when the ignition is
switched on. Wh ile start ing the eng ine o r
when switching off the ign ition, the head­
lights will go off and on ly the side marker
lights will be on .
If the system is not operating p rope rly, a
war ning symbol in the dr iver information dis­
p lay is d isplayed
c::> page 22 .
Light switch -'tj_ -
Tu rn the switch c::> fig . 36 to the co rrespond ing
position . When the lights a re switched on, the
oD o: symbo l tu rns on .
0 -The lig hts are off or the dayt ime runn ing
lights are on:
- USA models: The day time running lights
will come on automatically when the igni­
t ion is on and the light switch
c::> fig . 36 is in
the
O posit ion or the AUTO position (only in
daylight cond itions). The
Daytime running
light s
function can be turned on and off in
the MMI
c::> page44, c::>A .
-Canada model s: The daytime running lig hts
will come on automa tically when the igni­
t ion is on and the light swi tch
c::> fig . 36 is in
the
O position, the : Do: pos ition or the AUTO
position (only in daylight conditions) c::> A .
AUTO -Automatic headlights swi tc h on and
off depend ing o n brightness, for example i n
tw ilight, during rain or in tunnels
c::> &. .
:Do: -Side marker lights
io -Low beam headlights
Clear vi sion 43
lm -Fog lights* (vehicles with Xenon p lus
headlights *)
~ -All-weather lights *
@il-Rear fog lights* . When the rear fog lights
are on, the symbol
0$ on the switch will i llu­
minate.
All-weather lights*
In vehicles with all-wea ther lights , the front
ligh ts are ad justed au tomatically so that yo u
are less like ly to see glare from your own
head lights , for exam ple when driving on a wet
road.
Automatic headl ight range control*
T he he adlights do not blind on coming traffic
i f the veh icle load changes . The headligh t
range also adj usts automatica lly w hen brak­
ing and accelerating .
Light functions
The following light funct io ns are availab le de­
pend ing on vehicle equipment and o nly func­
tion when t he lig ht switch is in the AUTO posi­
tion . You can deactivate these functions in the
MMI under
Audi adaptive light * c::> page 44.
Vehicles with Static corn ering light* : the cor ­
ner ing ligh t sw itches on a utomat ically when
the steering whee l is turned at a certain angle
at speeds up to approximately 44 mph
( 7 0 km/h) and when the turn signa l is activat ­
ed at speeds up to approximately 25 mph
(40 km/h) . The area to the side of the vehicle
is illum inated better when turn ing .
Vehicles w ith
Dynamic cu rve light* : the curve
light only functions at speeds between ap­
proximately 6 mph (10 km/h) and 68 mph
(110 km/h) and adapts itself to the curves in
the road .
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Automatic headlights
You can adjust the following settings in the
Automatic headlights menu:
Headlights activation time -You can adjust if
the headlights switch on
Early, Med . or Late
according to the sensitivity of the ligh t sensor.
Audi adaptive light* -You can switch adaptive
light
On and Off.
Daytime running lights
USA models:
You can switch the dayt ime run­
n ing lights
on and off .
Canada models :
The function cannot be
turned off . It is activated automatically each
time the ignition is switched on. This menu
item is shown "greyed out" .
Coming home, Leaving home
The coming home function illuminates the
area outside the vehicle when you switch the
ignition off and open the driver's door. To turn
the function on, select
Lights when leaving
car > On .
The leaving home function illuminates the
area outside the vehicle when you un lock the
vehicle. To turn the funct ion on, select
Lights
when unlocking car > On .
The coming home and leaving home functions
only operate when it is dark and the light
switch is in the
AUTO position. Clear
vision 45
Turn signals and high beam lever
The lever on the left side of the steering col­
umn is used to operate the turn signals and
the high beam as well as
the headlight flash­
er.
Fig. 38 Tu rn signal and high beam lever
The turn signal and high beam lever has the
following functions:
Turn signals ¢ 9 ©@
.,. Push the lever up as fa r as it can go to turn
on the right turn signa l or down to turn on
the left tu rn s ignal ¢
fig. 38.
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... Move the lever briefly unti l you meet resist­
ance and re lease it to flash three times.
.,. Move the lever (up or down) until you meet
resistance and hold it there to determine
the flashing time for the turn signals.
High beam ~D @
... Push the lever forward to switch on the high
beam .
.,. Pull the lever back towards you to switch off
the high beam.
Headlight flasher ~D ©
... Pull the lever toward the steering wheel to
use the headlight flasher.
Notes on these features
-The turn signals on ly work w ith the ignition
sw itched on. The indica tor l ights
a or.
in the instrument cluster¢
page 12 also
blink.
- After you have turned a corner, the turn sig­
nal switches off automatically .
- The
high beam works only when the he ad-
lights are on . The indicator light
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46 Clear vis ion
instrument cluste r illuminates when the
high beams are on.
- T he
headlight flash er works only as long as
yo u hold the lever - even if there are no
l ights turned on. The indicator light
II in
the instrument cluster il luminates when you
use the headlight flasher.
A WARNING
Do not use the high beam or headlight
flasher if you know that these could blind
oncoming traffic.
Interior lights
Front and rear interior lighting
Fi g. 39 Headliner: Front interior ligh ts
Fig . 40 Re ar headli ne r: Readi ng light
Press the appropriate button q fig. 39:
El-Interior lighting on/off
I]]-Door contac t sw itch . The inter ior lighting
turns on automatica lly when you unlock the
vehicle, open a door or switch the ignition off.
The interior lighting turns off several seconds
after you close the doors, when you lock the
vehicle or when you sw itch the ignition on.
When a door is open, the light t urns off afte r
a few minutes.
L:!l -Read ing lights on/off
~ - Switching the rear read ing lights on/off
from the cockpi t.
I" REARI * -Switching the rear reading lights
on/off from the cockpit.
Ambience lighting
Applies to vehicles: w ith amb ience lighting
You can adjust the br ightness for the ambi­
ence ligh tin g.
.. Select in the MMI:
ICA RI function button>
(Car )* sys tem s control button > Vehicle set­
ting s
> Interi or lighting > Brightne ss.
.. To increase or reduce the b rightness, turn
t he knob and press it .
T he ambience light ing tu rns on when you turn
the headlights on wh ile the ign ition is switc h­
ed on.
(D Tips
The setting is automati cally sto red and as­
s igned to the remo te contr ol key t hat i s in
u se.
Instrument illumination
You can adjust the brightness of the instru­
men t and display illumination a s well as the
Head-up Display*.
Fi g. 41 Instrume nt illumina tion
... Press the knob to release it.
.. Turn the knob toward"-" or"+" to reduce or
increase the br ightness .
.. Press the knob aga in to return it to its o rigi-
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rain sensor function. Check your
windshield wiper b lades regularly.
- The washer fluid nozzles of the wind­
sh ield washer system are heated at low
temperatures when the ignit ion is on .
- When stopping temporarily, e .g . at a
traffic light , the set speed of the wind­
shield wipers is automatically red uced by
one speed.
Cleaning windshield wiper blades
Clean the wind shield wiper bl ades when they
begin to leave streaks . Use a soft cloth and
glass cleaner to clean the windsh ield wiper
b lades.
.,. Pl ace the wind shield wiper arm s in the serv­
ice position . Refer to ¢
page 49.
.,. Lift the w iper arm away from the front win­
dow.
_& WARNING
Dirty w indshie ld w iper blades can imp air
your view. This can lead to accidents.
Replacing windshield wiper blades
Fig. 46 Re movi ng winds hield w ipe r blade s
-
Wiper ser vice position /blade replacement
position
.,. Switch the ign ition off and move the w ind­
shield wipe r lever to posit io n @ ¢
page 48,
fig. 45. The windshield wipers move into the
service position.
.,. To b ring th e wipe rs back into the original
position, switch the ignition on and press
the windshie ld wipe r lever.
Clear v is ion 49
You can also t urn the se rv ice position on or off
in the MMI:
.,. Switch the windsh ie ld wipers off (position
@ ¢ page 48, fig. 45) .
.,. Select: !CAR ! function but ton> (Car )* sy s­
tem s control button > Servicing & check s >
Wiper service po sition > On /Off .
Remo ving th e wiper bl ade
.,. Lift the windsh ie ld wipe r arm up from the
w indshield.
.,. Press the locking knob
(D ¢ fig. 46 on the
w iper blade. Hold the wiper blade firmly .
.,. Remove the wiper blade in the direction of
the arrow .
Attaching the wipe r blade
.,. Install the new wiper blade in the reta iner
on the wipe r arm @unti l you hear it click in­
to place on the w iper arm .
.,. Place the w iper arm back on the windshield .
.,. Tu rn the se rvice position off.
_& WARNING
-
F or your safety, you s hou ld rep lace the
wiper b lades once or twice a yea r. See your
authorized Audi dea ler for replacement
b la d es .
Q) Note
- Th e windsh ie ld wiper b lades must only
be folded away when in the service posi­
tion! Otherwise, yo u ris k damaging the
paint on the hood or the windshie ld wip­
er motor.
- Yo u should not move your vehicle or
press the windshield wiper lever when
the wiper arms are folded away from the
w indshield . The windsh ield wipers wou ld
move back into their original position
and could damage the hood a nd wind­
shield .
- To help prevent damage to the w iper sys­
tem, always loosen blades w hich are fro­
zen to the windshield before operating
w ipers. ..,.

50 Clear vision
-To help prevent damage to wiper blades,
do not use gasoline, kerosene, paint
thinner, or other solvents on or near the
wiper blades.
- To help prevent damage to the wiper
arms or other components, do not at­
tempt to move the wipers by hand.
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- Commercial hot waxes applied by auto­
matic car washes affect the cleanability
of the windshield .
- You can also use the service position, for
example, if you want to protect the
windshield from icing by using a cover .
- You cannot activate the service position
when the hood is open.
Mirrors
Adjusting the exterior mirrors
Fig . 47 Fo rw ar d sect ion of driver's a rmrest: power mir­
r or co ntrols
Turn the knob to the desired position :
Q/P -In this position, you can adjust the
driver's and front passenger's exterior mirrors
by turning the knob in the desired direction .
4ill-The mirrors are heated depending on the
outside temperature .
8 -The exterior mirrors fold in. In the MMI,
you can select if the mirrors fold in automati­
cally when you lock the vehicle ¢
page 34.
Tilt function for the passenger's mirror
To help you see the curb when backing into a
parking space, the surface of the mirror tilts slightly.
The knob must be in the P position
for this to happen.
You can adjust the tilted mirror surface by
turning the knob in the desired direction.
When you move out of reverse and into anoth­
er gear, the new mirror posit ion is stored and
assigned to the key you are using.
The mirror goes back into its original position
once you drive forward faster than 9 mph (15
km/h) or switch the ignition
off.
.&_ WARNING
--
-Curved (i.e. convex) mirror surfaces in-
crease your field of view. Remember that
vehicles or other objects will appear
smaller and farther away than when seen in a flat mirror. If you use this mirror to
estimate distances of following vehicles
when changing lanes, you could estimate
incorrectly and cause an accident.
(D Note
-If the mirror housing is moved uninten­
tionally (for example, while parking your
vehicle), then you must first fold the mir­
ror electrically. Do not readjust the mir­
ror housing manually. You could damage
the motor which controls the mirror.
- If you wash the vehicle in an automatic
car wash, you must fold the exterior mir­
rors in to reduce the risk of damage to
the mirrors. Never fold power folding ex­
terior mirrors* by hand . Only fold them
in and out using the power controls.
(D Tips
- The exterior mirror settings are stored
with the memory function*¢
page 56.
-If there is a malfunction in the electrical
system, you can still adjust the exterior
mirrors by pressing the edge of the mir­
ror.

case of sudden braking or an accident, you
would not be ab le to brake or accelerate.
Front passenger's seat
Always move the front passenger seat into the r earmost position.
To avo id contact with the airbag whi le it is de­
p loying, do not sit a ny closer to the inst ru­
ment panel than necessary and always wear
the three-point safety be lt provided adjusted
correctly . We recommend that you adjust the
passenger's seat in the following manner :
• Br ing the backr est up to an (a lmost) upright
position. Do not ride with the seat reclined.
• For adjustable head restraints : adjust the
head restrain t 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 re­
stra int so that it is as close to th is position
as possible ¢
page 55. Move the head re­
stra int so that it is as close to the back of
the head as possible.
• Place your feet on the floor in front of the
passenger's seat.
Front seats
Controls
Moving the seat forward or bock and adjus t­
ing the height , backrest angle and seat an ­
gle .
Fig. 4 9 Fron t seat : adju sting the sea t
~ @-Moving the seat forward/back: press the
0 1.J button fo rward/back ¢ .&. .
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5 ton up/down ¢,&. . To adjust the front sect ion
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of the seat, p ress the front b utton up/down
~ .&. .To adjust the rear section of the seat
'
press the rear button up/down~,&. .
®-Tu rn the massage function* on/off. You
can se lect the type of massage using the mul ­
tif unction button
~ page 54 .
©-Backrest forward/back: press the bu tton
forward/back ¢ .&. .
(D -Lumbar support* : press the button in the
corresponding position¢.&. or multifunction
button* ¢.&. , ¢
page 54 .
.&, WARNING
-Never adjust the drive r's or front pas­
senger's seat whi le the vehicle is moving .
If you do th is while the veh icle is moving,
you will be out of position. A lways adjust
the driver's or front passenger's seat
when the vehicle is not mov ing.
- Be careful when ad justing the seat
height. Check to see t hat no one is in the
way, or serious injury cou ld result!
- Because the seats can be e lectrically ad­
justed with the ignition off, never leave
children unattended in the veh icle. Unsu ­
pervised use of the electric seat adjust­
ments may cause serious injury .
- To reduce the risk of injury in the case of sudden braking or accident, front pas­
sengers must never r ide in a moving ve­
hicle with the bac krest reclined. Safety
be lts and the airbag system on ly offer
maximum protection when the backrest
is upr ight and the safety belts are prop­
erly positioned on the body . The more
the backrest is reclined, the greater the
risk of personal injury from an incorrect
seating position and improperly posi­
tioned safety belts .