DB22

So the engineering team did actually design a working system but the marketers in NA decided not to let us have it until a $30K Ford exceeds the $70K Audi's capabilities?

schalliol

Let's be clear. If ROW A6/A7 has it, it can be enabled in NA as well. How to do it may be another story.

snagitseven

Unless there are additional parts required. Wouldn't appear so but you never know - there could be another sensor or some such missing.

Mrclopec

I would think its coding.

I would try comparing the coding of a 4G8-959-760 (A6/A7 Chassis) driver seat control module to a 4H0-959-760 (A8 Chassis) driver seat control module. Both of those modules do not have a label file accessible to them but the 8T0-959-760 label file could be redirected for investigative purposes. Worse case scenario, a "4H0" module would be needed under the drivers seat but that involves component protection...

schalliol

We need someone from Europe to verify the seat moves for easy access. The video doesn't say the seat moves even though it did. That makes me think there might be an issue with the video.

There could be a difference based upon the seat types too.

HackDevil

Well I have the ventilated/heated seats and I don't believe I've seen it move.

schalliol

Right, none in US A6 or S6 back up the seat. hackDevil, where are you?

HackDevil

Chicago 😒

schalliol

Would be nice for you to add that to the profile. I think the key here is confirming someone in Europe or ROW that has the seat moving. I doubt they do

spoon2000

If true, it's another mind-blowing decision by Audi regarding matching (or not) features to the market. Somebody said that their Cherokee had easy entry that set the seat farther back -- Cadillac has had this for years and years (catering to all their fat slob customers who need extra space to swing their huge gut behind the steering wheel).

Another example is not offering remote start. And many will recall the battles years ago to persuade German automakers to offer cupholders (apparently somebody somewhere deemed it unsafe to have access to beverages while driving or a sacrilege not to devote 110% of one's attention to driving). IIRC back in the late 1980s, Audi did not install cruise control on some vehicles (ones with turbochargers, I think) -- excuses ranged from "it would be dangerous to have cruise control on such a powerful car" to "cruise control is antithetical or heretical to the German driving philosophy which dictates that the driver supply all the vehicle control inputs and not rely on a mechanical crutch of some sort").