2018 AUDI A6 driver seat adjustment

Airbag system
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.
For your safety and the safety of your passen­
gers, before driving off, always:
.,. Adjust the dr iver's seat and steering wheel
properly~ page 126,
.,. Adjust the front passenge r's seat properly
~page 47 ,
.,. Wear safety belts p roperly ~page 136,
.. Always properly use the proper child restraint
to protect chi ldren
~page 166 .
In a coll is ion, airbags must inflate within the
blink of an eye and with considerable force. The
supp lemental airbags can cause injuries if the
driver or the front seat passenger is not seated
properly. Therefore in order to he lp the airbag to
do its job, it is important, both as a dr iver and as
a passenger to sit properly at all t imes.
By keeping room between your body and the
steering whee l and the front of the passenger
compartment, the air bag can inflate fully and
completely and provide supplemental protect ion
in certain frontal
coll isions¢ page 126, Correct
passenger seating positions .
For details on the
operation of the seat adjustment controls
¢ page 47.
It's especially important that children are proper­
ly restrained
¢pag e 166.
There is a lot that the driver and the passengers
can and must do to help the ind iv idual safety fea­
tures installed in your Audi work together as a
system.
Proper seating posit ion is important so that the
front airbag on the driver side can do its job. If
you have a physical impairment or cond ition that
prevents you from s itting properly on the driver
seat with the safety be lt properly fastened and
142
reaching the pedals, or if you have concerns with
regard to the function or operation of the Ad­
vanced Airbag System, please contact your au­
thorized Audi dea ler or qualified workshop, or
ca ll Audi Customer Relations at 1-800-822-2834
for poss ible modifications to your vehicle .
When the airbag system dep loys, a gas generator
will fill the airbags, break open the padded cov­ ers, and infla te between the steering wheel and
the driver and between the instrument panel and
the front passenger. The a irbags w ill deflate im­
med iate ly after deployment so that the front oc­
cupants can see through the windsh ield aga in
without interruption.
All of th is takes place in the blink of an eye, so
fast that many people don't even realize that the
a irbags have deployed. The airbags also inflate
with a great deal of force and nothing should be
in the ir way when they deploy. Front airbags in
combination with properly worn safety belts slow
down and limit the occupant's forward move­
ment. Together they help to prevent the driver
and front seat passenger from hitting parts of
the ins ide of the vehicle while reduc ing the forces
acting on the occupant dur ing the crash . In th is
way they help to reduce the risk of injury to the
head and upper body in the crash . Airbags do not
protect the arms or the lower parts of the body.
Both front airbags will not inflate in all frontal
collisions. The triggering of t he a irbag system de­
pends on the veh icle deceleration rate caused by
the collis ion and registered by the electronic con­
trol unit. If this rate is be low the refe rence value
programmed into the control unit, the airbags
will not be triggered, even tho ugh t he car may be
badly damaged as a resu lt of the co llision . V ehi­
cle damage, repair costs or even the lack of vehi­
cle damage is not necessarily an indication of
whether an a irbag should inflate or not.
Since the circumstances wi ll vary considerab ly
between one co llision and another, it is not possi ­
ble to define a range of veh icle speeds that will
cover every poss ible kind and angle of impact
that w ill always trigger the airbags. Important
factors include, for example, the nature (hard or
soft) of the object which the ca r hits, the angle of
im pact, vehicle speed, etc. The front airbags will
..,.

a co ,...,
N
" N ,...,
0 0 \,;J ' Driver side cockpit fuse
assignment
F ig. 202 Drive r side cockp it : fuse panel w it h plastic bracket
Fuse panel @ ( black)
No . Equipment
Electromechan ica l powe r stee ring, trailer
1 hitch, ionizer, switch st
rip, seat heating
(rear), electromechan ica l park ing brake
Ho rn, climate con trol system, Gateway,
2 au
tomati c dimm ing in ter ior rearv iew m ir-
ro r, On -Board Unit
4 Park ing aid, headlight range adjustment
5
Dynamic steering, electronic stabilization
control (ESC)
6 Headlights
7 Adapt ive cru ise control
8 Front passenger's seat senso rs, a irbag
9 Gateway
10 Engine sound, nig
ht vision ass ist, garage
door opene r (H ome link), parki ng aid
11 Video camera
image processi ng
12 Headlights
13 Steering column sw
itch module
Fuses
Fuse panel @ (black)
14 Termina l 15 (luggage compartment)
1 5 Starte r
Fuse panel @ (brown)
No . Equipment
1 Infotainment system
2 Infot ainment system
3 Front passenger's seat
5
A
ir bag, e lec tronic sta bi liz ation con trol
( E SC)
6 Ant
i- theft alarm system
7 E lectromec ha nical pa rking brake
8 Inter io r li ghts
9
Windshie ld video came ra heating, light/
r ain sensor
10 Lumbar support (dr iver's se at)
11 Driver
's seat
12 Electronic stab ilizati on con trol
13 Horn
1 4 Head lights
lS Front seat heating
16 Dynamic s tee ring
Fuse panel © (red)
No . Equipment
1 Clutch peda l
2 Fuel p ump
3 Brake
light sensor
4 Engine acoustics
5 Rear door
6 Fr
ont door
7 Elec tronic stab iliza tion control
8 Windshie ld wiper motor
9 H ead light washer system
10 Interio
r light ing, climate control system
1 1 Head lights
12 Sunroof
235

a co .... N
" N .... 0 0 \,;J ' Rearview mirror dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rear window defogger (4-zone deluxe auto­
matic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Rear window defogger (deluxe automatic cli­
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Rear window shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 44
Recirculation mode (4-zone deluxe automatic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Recirculation mode (deluxe automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Fuel filler door emergency release . . . . . . 188
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Personali zing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Remote control operation
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . 36
Removing the side tr im panel in the luggage
compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Replacing Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Replacing windshield wiper b lades . . . . . . . . 45
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 132 , 133
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Residual heat (4-zone deluxe automatic cli-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Reverse gear (automatic transmission) ..... 75
Rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Road carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S4, 246
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
also refer to Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Index
s
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12S
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Safety belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 139
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 139
Safety belt pretensioner Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Saf ety be lts ...................... 134, 137
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Indicator light (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13S
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Special considerations for pregnant wom- en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Safety be lt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Safety instructions
for side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
for using child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
for using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System 156
Saving fuel Cylinder on demand system . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Seat adjustment Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Seat heating (4-zone deluxe automatic cli-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Seat heating (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
259

Index
Seating position
Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 127
Incorrect seat posi tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Occupa nts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Seats Ad justing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Convenience s ide v iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
M assage f unct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Seats (number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Seat venti lation (4-zone de luxe automatic cli­
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Select ive whee l torque contro l . . . . . . . . . . 119
Selector lever (automat ic transmission)
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Serv ice and d isposa l
Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Serv ice inte rval d isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 44
Shift padd les (automatic transmission) . . . . 78
Ship carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Side airbags Descr ipt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
H ow t hey work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Adj usting the br ightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Clean ing the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Sw itchi ng on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Descr ipt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Safety instruct ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Ski bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Secur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Snow chains
Socket ...... .. .. ................ ... . .
So urces of information about c hild restraints 2
17
52
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
260
Space -saving spare t ire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Spare t ire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4
Sport different ial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Star button
. .. .. .. ' . .. ... .. ..... ... .. . 20
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
E ngine does not swi tch off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Engine starts automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Indicator lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Start ing/stopping the eng ine . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Switc hing off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
STAR T ENG IN E ST OP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Start ing to drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Start ing (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 70
Stee ring
E lectromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Indicator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 122
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
also refer to Electromechanical steering . 122
Stee ring w heel
Buttons ... .. .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... .. . 20
Easy seat entry ..... .. ... .. ..... ... .. . 67
Manua l adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Power ad justment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
S hi ft paddles (automatic transm iss ion) . . . 78
Steering wheel heat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Steps for determining cor rect load limit ... 215
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 70
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Stor age hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
S tronic (automat ic transmiss ion) . . . . . . . . . 74
La unch control p rogram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Suns hade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 44
Su n visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Symbols
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10, 19