driver seat adjustment AUDI A6 2016 User Guide

Airbag syste m
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
ge rs , before driving off, always :
"' Adjust the driver's seat and steering wheel
properly ¢
page 126,
"'Adjust the front passenge r's seat properly
¢ page 54,
"'Wear safety belts p roperly ¢ page 136 ,
"'Always properly use the proper child restraint
to protect children ¢
page 166.
In a coll is io n, airbags mus t inflate within the
blink of an eye and wi th considerab le force. The
supp lemental airbags can cause injuries if the
driv er or th e front s eat passeng er is not s eated
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 a irbag can inflate fully and
completely and provide supplemental protect ion
in certain frontal collisions¢
page 126, Correct
passenger seating positions .
For details on the
operation of the seat adjustment con trols
¢ page 54.
It's especially important that children are proper ­
ly restra ined ¢
page 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 drive r 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
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reaching the peda ls, or if yo u have concerns w ith
regard to the function or operation of the Ad­
vanced Airbag System, please contact your a u­
thori zed Audi dea ler or qua lified workshop, or
ca ll Audi Customer Relations at 1-800-822-2834
for poss ib le 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
t h e front passenger . T he a irbags w il l deflate im­
med iate ly after deployment so that the front oc­
cupants can see t hrou gh the windsh ie ld again
without i nterruption.
All of th is takes p lace in the b link of an eye, so
fast that many people don't even rea lize that the
a irbags have deployed. The airbags a lso infla te
with a g re at deal of force and nothing should be
i n 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 he lp to prevent the driver
and front seat passenger from hitting pa rts of
the ins ide of the vehicle while reduc ing the fo rces
acting on the occupant dur ing the cras h. In th is
way they help to reduce the risk of injury to the
head and uppe r body i n the crash . Airbags do not
protect the arms or the lower pa rts of the body.
Both front airbags will not inflate in all frontal
collisions . The t riggering of the a irbag system de­
pends on the veh icle decelerat ion rate caused by
t h e coll is io n and regis tered by the ele ctroni c con­
tro l unit . If this ra te is be low the refe rence value
programmed in to the contro l unit, the airbags
will not be trigge red, even tho ugh the car may be
badly damaged as a resu lt of the collision. Vehi­
cle damage, rep air 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 will vary cons iderab 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 t rigger t he a irbags . Important
factors i nclude, for examp le, the nat ure (hard or
soft) of the object which the ca r hits, the angle of
i mp act , vehicle speed , etc. The front airbags will .,.

Fuses
Driver side cockpit fuse
assignment
F ig. 211 Driver 's side of t he cockpit : fuse pa nel w it h plastic
clip
Fuse panel @ (black )
No . Equipment
Electromecha nica l powe r stee ring, trai ler
1 hitch, io nizer, sw itch st rip, sea t heat ing
(rear), ele ctromech an ical parking br ake
Horn, climate control system, Gateway,
2 automatic dimming interior rearv
iew mir-
ror
4 Parking aid, headlight range adjustment
5 Dynamic steering, Electron
ic Stabilization
Control (ESC)
6 Headlights
7 Adaptive cru ise control
8 Front passenger's seat senso rs, airbag
9 Gateway
1 0 E
ngine sound, night vision ass ist, garage
door opener (Homelink), parking aid
1 1 Video camera im age pro cessing
12 Headlights
1 3 Steeri ng col umn sw itch module
14 Term inal 15 ( luggage compartment)
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Fuse panel @ (black)
15 Terminal 15 (engine compartment)
16 Starte r
Fuse panel @ (brown )
No. Equipment
1 Infotainment
2 Infotainmen t
3 F
ront passenger's seat
5 A
irbag, Elect ronic S tabiliza tion Con trol
( E SC)
6 Ant i- theft alarm system
7 Electromechanical pa rking brake
8 Inter io r li ghts
9
Windshie ld video camera heating, light/
rain sensor
10 Lumbar support (dr iver's seat)
11 Driver's seat
12 Elec tronic stab ilizati on con trol
13 Horn
1 4 H eadlights
15 Front seat heating
16 Dynamic stee ring
Fuse panel © (red)
No . Equipment
1 C lutch peda l
2 Fuel pump
3 Brake light sensor
4 AdB
lue (diese l eng ine)/engine aco ustics
5 Rear door
6 Fr
ont door
7 Electronic stab ili z at ion con trol
8 Windshie ld wiper motor
9 Headlight washer system
10 Inter
ior lig hting, climate control system
1 1 Headlights
12 Sunroof

Index
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134, 13 7
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Fasten ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
He ight adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13S
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Special considerations for pregnant wom -
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Safety belt tensioner
drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Safety belt warn ing light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Safety compliance st icker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Safety features for occupant restraint and
protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Safety guidelines Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Safety instructions
Eng ine compartment .............. ... 216
for side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
for using child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
for using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 156
Safety systems Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Saving fuel Cylinder on demand System . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S4
Driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Fr ont passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Seat heating (four-zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Seat heating (three -zone climate control) . . 69
286
Seating position
Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 127
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Seats Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Convenience side view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Correct seat ing position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Seats (number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Seat ventilation (four-zone automat ic cl imate
contro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Se lective catalytic reduction
refer to Ad Blue ... ... ............. ... 212
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Selector lever (automatic transmission)
Eme rgency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Service and disposal Safety be lt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Sh ift paddles.. .. .. .. .. ... ............ 110
Ship (transporting your vehicle) . . . . . . . . . 267
Side airbags Desc ription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
s ide ass ist
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Side curta in a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Space-saving spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Spare t ire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29