Clear vision
Lights
Switching the headlights on and off ·'t!-·
In the "AUTO" position, a light sensor* automatically
switches the head- and taillights on and off in response to
light conditions.
Fig. 60 Instrument
panel : light switch
The light switch must not be overturned past the stops in
either direction.
Switching on automatic headlight control
-Turn the light switch to AUTO=> fig. 60.
Switching on the side marker lights
-Turn the light switch to ~oo:.
Switching on the headlights and high beam
-Turn the light switch to ~D.
- Push the high beam lever forward towards the instru-
ment panel=>
page 77.
Contro ls and eq uip
ment
Switching off the lights
- Turn the light switch to 0. Clear vision
The headlights only work when the
ignition is switched on . While
starting the engine or when switching off the ignition, the head
lights will go off and only the side marker lights will be on.
After starting the engine, the headlights are automatically adjusted* to the load and angle of the vehicle (for example, during
acceleration, braking). This prevents oncoming traffic from experi
encing unnecessary headlight glare from your headlights.
If the system is not operating properly, a warning symbol in the
Auto -Check Control is displayed
=> page 37.
With the side marker lights or headlights switched on, the symbol
next to the light switch illuminates
coo:.
Daytime running lights
• USA models:
On vehicles with xenon lights the daytime running
lights will come on automatically when the ignition is turned on and
the light switch=> fig. 60 is in the
O position or the AUTO position
(only in daylight conditions). The
Daytime running lights function
can be turned on and off in the MMI menu
Exterior lighting
=> page 74. On vehicles with halogen fights, daytime running lights
can be activated by your authorized Audi dealer=>
f.1.
• Canada models: The daytime running lights will come on auto
matically when the ignition is turned on and the light switch
=> fig. 60 is in the O position or the AUTO position (only in daylight
conditions)
=> /.1 .
Automatic headlight control*
In the switch position AUTO the automatic headlight control is
turned on . The low beams and tail lights are turned on automatically
through a light sensor as soon as ambient brightness (e.g . when
driving into a tunnel) falls below a value preset at the factory. When ..,_
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Warm and cold -______________ ....:...:...:..:..;______
Warm and cold
Climate control
Description
The air conditioner is fully automatic and is designed to
maintain a comfortable and uniform climate inside the
vehicle.
We recommend the following settings:
- Set the temperature to 72 °F (+22 °C).
- Press the [AUTO
I button.
With this setting, you attain maximum comfort in the least amount
of time. Change this setting, as desired, to meet your personal
needs .
The climate controls are a combination of heating, ventilation and cooling systems, which automatically reduce humidity and cool the
air inside your vehicle.
The air temperature, air flow and air distribution are automatically
regulated to achieve and maintain the desired passenger compart
ment temperature as quickly as possible.
The system automatically compensates for changes in outside
temperature and for the intensity of the sunlight entering the
vehicle. We recommend you use the
Automatic mode:::::, page 126
for year -round comfort.
Please note the following:
Turn on the air conditioner to reduce humidity in the vehicle. This
also prevents the windows from fogging up.
When the outside temperature is high and the air is very humid,
condensation from the evaporator may drip under the vehicle . Th is
is normal and does not indicate a leak.
Controls and equip
ment
If the outside temperature is low, the fan normally only switches to
a higher speed once the engine coolant has warmed up sufficiently.
The air conditioner temporarily switches off when you drive off from
a standstill using full throttle to save engine power.
The compressor also switches off if the coolant temperature is too
high, so that the engine can be adequately cooled under extreme
loads.
Air pollutants filter
The air pollutants filter (a combined particle filter and activated
charcoal filter) reduces or prevents outside air pollution (dust, or
pollen) from entering the vehicle. The air is also filtered in air recir
culation mode.
The air pollutants filter must be changed at the intervals specified in your Warranty
& Maintenance booklet, so that the air conditioner
can properly work.
If you drive your vehicle in an area with high air pollution, the filter
may need to be changed more frequently than specified in your
Audi Warranty
& Maintenance booklet . If in doubt, ask your autho
rized Audi Service Advisor for advice.
Key coded settings
The air conditioner settings selected are automatically stored and assigned to the key being used. When the vehicle is started, the air
conditioner automatically selects the settings assigned to that key.
This way every driver will maintain his/her own personal settings
and does not have to reset them manually.
If a different driver uses your key and changes the air conditioner
settings, the latest adjustments will erase and replace the settings
you have stored. _.,
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Blower[&&]
The automatically preset fan speed can be reduced or
increased.
Fi g. 137 MM I D is pl ay :
Blower
- Press the Blower [<%'] button.
- Rotate t he climat e co ntro l knob to the desired fa n speed
=:> fig . 137.
The climate control system automatical ly regulates fan speed
d e pending on interior tempera ture. You can adjus t the volume of air
produced by the fan to your own requirements.
[ i ] Tips
If the difference between the desired temperature set by you and
the vehicle's interior tempera ture is too great , the fan speed wi ll
change automatically . This occurs so that the desired temperature
setting is reached as quickly as possible .•
Manual air circulation I~]
Air recirculation prevents exhaust fumes or other pollu
tion from entering the vehicle.
Turning on air recirculation
- Press[~] =:>page 725,fi g. 135 =:>&
Turning off air recir culation
Press~ again, or
- Press [AUTO], or
Press [®].
I n the air rec irculation mode, the air in the passenger compartment
is recirculated and filtered to prevent exhaust fumes and other
pollution from entering the vehic le. We recommend that you use the
manual air recirculation under the follow ing condit ions :
• when driving through tunnels
• in a traffic jam.
& WARNING
Do not u se thi s setting f or exte nded pe riod s of time . Th e w in dows
c ould fog up sin ce no fre sh air can enter the veh icle . If th e
window s fog up , p res s the air recirculation butt on ag ain imm edi
a tely to switch off the air re circ ula tion function or sele ct defr ost. •
Warm and cold -
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Applies to vehic les: w ith fou r-zo ne automat ic comfort air cond ition ing
Setting rear temperature
The temperature can be separately adjusted for the rear
left and right sides.
Fig . 14 1 Rear a ir
conditio ning co ntro ls:
A djust ing the te mp era
tu re
- Rotate the control knob=:, fig . 14 1 to the left to reduce
the temperature, or to the r ight to increase the tempera
ture.
T he range in temperature can be adjusted from 18 °C (64 °F) to 28 °C
(84 °Fl.•
Applies to vehic les: w ith four -zone automat ic comfort air cond it ioning
Rear air distribution ®
The automatically controlled air distribution can be
changed manually.
- Press the Di stribution (!) button => fig. 14 1.
- Rotate the contro l knob on the rear air conditioning
contro l element to the desi red setting.
You can adjust the air circulation so that air flows from specific
vents .
Contro ls and eq uip
ment
• In position @l, all air flows from the vents in the center console
and the ou tlets to the door pillars.
• In position '\},airflows from the out lets in the door pillars.
• In position
,0., air flows from the outlets under the front seats.
There are additional combinations available to adjust air distribu
tion as needed.
To regulate air distribution automatically , switch to !AUTO] .•
App lie s to veh icles: with fo ur-zone automat ic comfort air condit ioning
Rear fan [8fr ]
The automatically preset fan speed can be reduced or
increased.
Press the Blower [ c9fJ] button => fig. 141.
Rotate the contro l knob to the des ired fan speed.
The climate contro l system automatical ly regulates fan speed
depending on interior temperature. You can adjust the volume of air
produced by the fan to your own requirements .
[ i ] Tips
If the difference between the desired temperature set by you and
the vehicle's inter ior temperature is too great, the fan speed wil l
change automatically. This occurs so that the desired temperature
setting is reached as quickly as possible. •
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& WARNING (continued)
• Never use the cruise control when driving off-road or on
unpaved roads. The Cruise control is intended for use only when
the vehicle is being operated on paved roads , and is not suitable
for use off -road or on unpaved roads .
[ i J Tips
The cruise control cannot maintain a constant speed when driving
downhill. The vehicle will accelerate under its own weight. Down
shift to a lower gear or use the brakes to slow down. •
Changing speed
-Press lever in the 0 or O direction ~ page 149, fig. 157
to increase or decrease your speed.
- Release the lever to save that speed.
Change speed in increments of 1 mph (1 km/h) by lightly pressing
the lever . If you keep the lever pressed down, you will alter your
speed in 5 mph (10 km/h) increments.
You can also press the accelerator pedal down to increase your
speed, e.g. if you want to pass someone. The speed you saved
earlier will resume as soon as you release the accelerator pedal.
If, however, you exceed your saved speed by 5 mph (10 km/h) for
longer than 5 minutes, the cruise control will turn off temporarily.
The symbol will go out but the saved speed will be retained. •
Presetting your speed
You can preset your desired speed while the vehicle is not
moving.
- Turn on the ignition.
- Pull lever into position
G) ~ page 149, fig. 157.
- Press the lever in the
0 or O direction to increase or
decrease your speed.
- Release the lever to save that speed.
This function makes it possible, for example, to save the speed you
want before driving on the highway. Once on the highway, activate
the cruise control by pulling the lever toward
G). •
Swit ching th e syst em off
Temporary deactivation
- Press the brake pedal, or
- Press the lever into posit ion
0 (not clicked into place)
~ page 149, fig. 157, or
- Drive for longer than 5 minutes at more than 5 mph
(10 km/h) above the stored speed .
Switching off completely
- Press lever into position
0 (clicked into place), or
- Switch the ignition off.
The system retains the saved speed if you deactivate the cruise
control temporarily . To resume the saved speed, release the brake
pedal and pull the lever to position
G).
Switching the ignition off erases the saved speed.
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Applies to veh ic les: with Adapt ive Cruise Contro l
Display in the instrument cluster
Fig . 169 Displ ay in the
in strumen t cluster
Scroll through the avai lab le information displays by briefly tapping
the
I RESET] button at the end of the windshield wiper lever. You can
select information from the trip compu ter, navigation system* or
Adaptive Cruise Contro l.
@ Vehicle symbol
@ Dis tance
© Status
@ Veh icle sy mbol
The vehicle symbol indicates whether the system has detected an
object traveling in front.
• Vehicle outl in e: Open road, no vehicle ahead .
• Whit e vehi cle : A vehicle is detec ted ahead .
• Red vehicle: Request for driver to assume contro l.
@ Distance
Using the arrows and scale, you can detect how far it is to the
vehic le in front of you .
• Open road: No arrow appears when the vehicle is on an open
road and there is no vehicle ahead .
• Driving in traff ic: If a vehicle is detected ahead, the arrow moves
on the scale . The green area represents the d istance set . When
approaching s lowly, the arrow moves from the
gray zone to the
green zone on the scale .
• Driver intervention prompt : When approaching rapidly, the
arrow serves as an early warning signal. If the distance selected is
exceeded or possibly no t reached, the arrow
moves into the red
z one on the scale. In certain driving situations, you as the driver will
have to take action ::::,
page 764, "Driver interventio n prompt" .
© Status
• The tex t ACC OFF appears in white letters when Adaptive Cruise
Control is turned off.
• The text
ACC AVAILABL E appears in white letters when the
system is turned on but no desired speed has been set .
• The text
OVE RRIDE appears in white letters when you exceed the
desired speed by accelerating .
• The text
DISTANCE! appears in red letters when the interval to a
vehic le trave ling ahead is too short and you have to slow y our
vehic le additionally with the foot brake .
• The text messages
DISTANCE 1 to DISTANCE 4 appear in green
letters to indicate the time interval you have set and Adaptive Cruise
Control is in management mode .
• I f the driving program "standard" is replaced by "comfor t" or
"dynamic" using the MMI, the
above text message is supplemented
by an appropriate prompt, e .g.
DISTANCE 1 -dyn .. •
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• Keep the sensors in the rear bumper and the rear-view camera
lens clean and free of snow and ice, so that the Audi parking system
can work properly. P lease follow the additional notes on
=>
page 204 . •
Ap plie s to v ehic les: wit h Advance d Par kin g Syst em wit h re ar v ie w c am era
Rear -view camera (Rear View)
The rear -vie w camera picture, appearing in the MM/
Dis play, sh ows the area behind the vehicle .
Fig . 20 8 Top view:
Par king mode 1
Fig. 209 To p view:
P arki ng m od e 2
Parking m od e
Two different parking modes are available for parking with the rear
view camera . The two different parking modes are denotes as
"parking mode 1" => page 196 and " parking mode Z' => page 198.
"Parking mode 1" => fig . 208, for example, can be used to park in a
parking space or a parking garage=>
page 196.
"Parking mode 2" => fig . 209, for example, can be used to (parallel)
park on the side of the road=>
page 198.
"Parking mode 1" appears by defau lt in the MM I Disp lay if the rear
view camera is activated=>
page 191. You can switch to "parking
mode
2" by pressing the control button with the mode ©
=> page 196, fig . 213 function. By repeated ly pressing the control
bu tton with the
mode function, you can switch back and forth
between "parking mode
1" and "parking mode 2" .
Or ientat ion lines and marked surface s
Orientation lines and colored marked surfaces(=> page 196, fig. 212
or=> page 198, fig . 214) a re projected into the rear -view camera
pictures , subject to the two different parking modes . These orienta
t ion lines and surfaces offer aid when parking or maneuvering . The
orientation lines and surfaces refer to the height of a level driving
surface.
When the indicated orientat ion lines and indicated blue surfaces
superimpose vehicles or objects, at the latest, the respective
distance to the vehicles or objects has become too short
=>
page 200 .
If the trunk lid is open, or if an electrical connection to the factory
installed trailer socket*, or one installed according to factory speci
fications, is established=>
page 201, the orientation lines and
marked surfaces are
not displayed.
In the MMI you can preset which system is to be shown on the MMI
display =>
page 203:
• Visual display ,
• Rear -view camera pic ture,
• An automatic switch between visual display and rear -view
camera, or
• No picture.
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& WARNING
Alwa ys make sure that the volu me and frequen cy of the ch ime s is
adjusted so that y ou can ea sily he ar the a coustic di stance signal
eve n if the r adi o i s pl aying , the air -condit io ne r blo wer i s on High o r
there i s a high level of outside noi se . Check the settings when ever
s omeon e el se ha s dri ven th e vehi cle before you .•
A pp lies to vehicles: w ith Adva nce d Par kin g S ystem with rear view camera
Switching the visual display /rear-view
camera on and off
The visual display and rear-view camera are preset in the
MM!.
Con tro ls and eq uip
ment
F ig . 2 2 2 MMI di splay:
Dis play A PS -su bmenu
Fig . 2 2 3 M MI di spl ay:
vi su al di splay o f
di sta nce to a detec te d
ob st ac le
Press the I CAR I function b utton.
Selec t Systems * in the
CAR menu .
Select Audi parking system .
Select Display APS
=> fig. 222 .
Select Graphic , Rear View , automati c or off.
The rear-view camera and the visual display can be used separately
or in combination for parking .
When you switch manually to the rear -view camera v ia the control
button with the
Rear V ie w function => fig. 223, the control button
with the
Graphic function => page 198, fig. 215 appears . You can
switch back and forth between the rear-view camera and visua l
parking assist at any
time via the disp layed control button function .
The presettings in the MMI are retained .
"Graphic " setting
If you have set the Graphi c function, the visual display will be
displayed in the MMI display by defau lt upon activation of the
parking assis t system => fig . 223 .
"Rear Vi evv " s ett ing
If you have set the R ear View function , the picture from the rear
v iew camera =>
page 196, fig. 213 will be displayed when driving
backward and forward whenever the parking assist system is acti
vated.
" Autom atic" sett in g
If you have set the automat ic function, the picture fro m the rear
view camera will automatically be displayed when reverse gear is engaged and the visual disp lay will be displayed on the MM I display
when you drive forward . .,.
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