Vehicle literature
In addition to this Owner's Manual, your Audi comes with the
• MMI Operating Instructions
• Warranty
& Maintenance booklet.
If you are missing one of these publications, or if you believe that
the informat ion is not comp lete, contact your authorized Audi
dea ler for assistance .
MMI Operating Instructions
contain detailed description of the Audi Multi Media Interface (MMD
including the navigation system, the sound system and the hand
held phone .
The Warranty & Maintenance booklet
explains how you can keep your Audi in top driving condition by
having it serviced regu lar ly and contains detailed information about
the warranties covering your Audi. Always have the booklet with you
when you take your vehicle to an authori zed Audi dea ler for service.
Your Audi Service Adviser will record each schedu led service and
can answer any ques tions y ou may have regarding how to maintain
your vehicle.
In Canada,
the vehicle literature is a lso avai lable in French. To obtain a copy,
co ntact your dealer or write to :
Au Canada, on peut se procurer un exemplaire en fran9ais de ce
document aupres du concessionna ire ou de:
Volkswagen Canada, Inc .
Cl ient Assistance
Assistance a la Clientele
777 Bay ly Street, West,
Ajax , Ontario L 1 S 7G7
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ment Safety first Vehicle operation
V
ehi cle litera tur e
If you sell your Audi
a ll l iterature should be left in the vehicle to make the Warranty terms
as well as all operating, safety and ma intenance information avail
able to the next owner .
If you change your address or if you bought this
Audi used
be sure to send in a "Notice of Address Change"/ "Notice of Used
Car Purchase" post card. This card can be found in the Warranty
&
Ma intenance booklet or obtained from your authorized Aud i dealer.
It i s in your own int ere st t hat we are able to contact you should the
need arise .•
Vehicle care Do-it-yourself service Technical data
Driver information display
Introduction
General notes
The driver information display inside the instrument
cluster provides you, the driver, with much useful infor
mation.
F ig. 8 Inst rume nt
c luster: ce nte r display
Information from the Driver Information System is shown in the
display in the center of the instrument cluster.
When you turn on the ignition and whi le you are driving, some func
tions and vehicle components are scanned for their operating status . Malfunctions or required service procedures are signa lled
audibly and shown by red and yellow lighted symbols and
reminders to the driver in the display .
The driver is also shown information about radio and CD operation and directions for the navigation system . You can find additional
information on these subjects in the MMI manual.
The Driver Information System provides the following functions:
Con tro ls and eq uip
ment
Dri ver inf orm atio n di spl ay
Sound system display ~ page26
Outside air temperature ~ page26
Digital speedometer ~ page27
Door open indicator ~ page27
Defective light bulb ~ page27
Service interval display ~ page28
Auto Check system ~ page30
Driver informat ion ~ page30
Speed limiter ~ page29
Trip computer ~ page40
Adaptive Air Suspension* ~ page209
Tire pressure monitoring ~ page42
Selector lever position
~ page 185
[ i ] Tip s
In the event of a malfunction either a red or yellow icon appears in
the display. Red symbols indicate
D ange r~ page 31. Ye llow
symbols indicate a
Warning~ page 35. •
Vehicle care I I irechnical data
Memories
The trip computer is equipped with two fully automatic
memones.
Fig . 23 Trip computer
display: memory level 1
You can switch between the trip computer 1 and 2 by pressing the
Reset button
@ ::::> fig. 24
You can tell which memory level is currently active by the number in the display ::::> fig. 23. The data from the single -trip memory
(memory level 1) is being displayed if a
1 appears in the display . If a
2 is shown, then the data from the total -trip memory is being
displayed (memory level 2).
Single-trip memory (Trip computer 1)
The single-trip memory stores the trip information from the time the
ignition is turned on until it is turned off. If the trip is continued
within 2 hours from the time the ignition was turned off, the new
data will be included in the calculation of the current trip informa
tion. If the trip is interrupted for
more than 2 hours the memory is
reset automatically .
Total-trip memory (Trip computer 2)
Unlike the single-trip memory, the total -trip memory is not reset
automatically . This permits you to evaluate your driving data for the
entire period between manual resets .•
Con tro ls and eq uip
ment
Driver information display
Operation
The trip computer is controlled by two switches on the
windshield wiper lever.
Fig. 24 Windshield
wiper lever : controls
for the trip computer
Push the function selector switch up or down @
~ fig. 24. This will cause the five distinct trip computer
functions to be displayed one after another.
The trip computer will not operate unless the ignition is on. When
you turn on the ignition, the function that was in use when you last
turned the ignition off will be displayed.
For example, in addition to the trip computer information, the direc
tion of the navigation system is also displayed. To switch the display
between the different information, tap the Reset button
@ briefly .
Setting values to zero
To delete one current value from the trip computer, select the
desired function and press the Reset button
@ for at least one
second. The following values can be set to zero
individually using
the Reset button :
• elapsed time
• average fuel mileage
• average speed
Vehicle care I I irechnical data
• ..__A_ d_a...: p:,..._ ti_v _ e_ C_ ru_ is_ e_ C_ o_n_ t_ r_ o _ l ___________________________________________ _
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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Fig . 227 D isp lay:
Ad apti ve Air Suspen
s io n
Repeated, brief tapping of the [R ESET] button on the windshield
wiper lever allows you to select whether information concerning the
trip computer, digital tachometer , navigation* or "Adaptive Air
Suspension" is to appear in the instrument c lu ste r disp lay.
Disp lay of the Adapt ive Air Suspension is automatic when the
off road or lift mode is sel ected, or when the v ehicle is automatically
lowered in lif t mode .
Raising and low ering
If arrow G) is solid red=> page 209, fig. 226 or white => fig. 227, the
vehic le is raised .
If ar row
0 is solid red or white, the vehicle is lowered .
The respective arrow stays on unti l the leve l change is complete.
The time required for a leve l change can vary, depend ing on the
current driv ing cond it ions .
Displ aying the vehicle level
The current vehicle level is shown with segments filled out in the
segment display@. If only the bottom segment is filled out, the
veh ic le is at highway level. If al l segments are filled out, the vehicle
is at high level 2 and has the grea test amount of ground c learance
possible .
Whi le the veh icle is being raised or lowered, the target level is indi
cated by an arrow© nex t to the co rresponding segment . The arrow
d isappears again when the vehic le is at the targe t level. •
Applies to vehi cle s: wi th A daptive Air S uspens ion
Jacking mode when changing a flat tire
T his mode must be activated before raising the vehicle
with a jack or on a vehicle lift.
Fig . 228 MMI Di splay:
A ctivat e jacking mod e
Switching jacking mode on and off
Press the (CAR ) funct ion b utton. The main me nu
Adaptive Air Suspension appears.
Press the (SETUP ) funct ion b utton. The main menu
Adaptive Air Suspension appea rs ~ fig . 228.
- Tur n the control k nob to
Vehicle jack mode and select on
or off as req uired.
The vehicle jack mode must be activated before changing a wheel
so that the au tomatic control processes for the air suspens ion do
not make lifting with the vehic le jack m ore diff icult .
The check lamp in the instrument c luster display illum inates in
vehic le jack mode.
[ i ] Tip s
The vehicl e jack mode is sw itched off automa tically at sp eeds above
9 mph ( 15 km/h). •
_________________________________________________ F_ u_ s_ e_s _ a_n _ d_ b_ u_lb _ s __ llll
No . Equipm ent Amps No. Equipm ent Amps
Fuse holder (brow n) 10 Trailer hitch (left side of vehicle) 20
1 Not used 11 Trailer hitch (right side of v ehicle) 20
2
Not used 12 Not used •
3 Not used
4 Not used Bulbs
5 K -box (MMll, antenna amplifier 5
Not used Replacing light bulbs
7 Navigation 5 For your safety, we recommend that you have your autho-
Digital Signal Processing (DSP)/ rized Audi dealer replace burned out bulbs for you .
8 BOSE amplifier 30
It is becoming increasingly more and more difficult to replace --
9 Digital Tuner 5 vehic le light bu lbs since in many cases, other parts of the car must
10 Bang & Olufsen amplifier 30 first be removed before you are able to get to the bulb. This applies
especially to the light bulbs in the front of your car which you can
11 Rear view camera 5 only reach through the engine compartment.
12 Not us ed
Sheet metal and bulb holders can have sharp edges that can cause
Fuse holde r (re d ) serious cuts, and parts must be correctly taken apart and then prop -
1 Not used erly put back together to he
lp prevent breakage of parts and long
term damage from water that can enter housings that have not
2 Not used been properly resealed.
3 Not used For your safety, we recommend that you have your authorized Audi
4 Not used dea
ler replace any bu lbs for you, since your dealer has the proper
tools, the correct bulbs and the expertise.
5 Not used Gas disch arge lamp s (Xeno n ligh ts)*:
6 Soft close 20 Due to the high electrica
l voltage, have the bulbs replaced by a qua I -
7 Power rear lid 30 ified technician. Headlights with Xenon light can be identified by the
8 Power rear lid 30 h igh voltage sticker . .,,,
9 Trailer hitch 15
• Do-it-yourself service
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Consumer Information
Warranty coverages
Y o ur A udi i s covere d by the f ollowi ng wa rrant ie s:
• New Vehicle Limited Warranty
• Limited Warranty Against Corrosion Perforation
• Emissions Control System Warranty
• Emissions Performance Warranty
• California Emissions Control Warranty (USA vehicles only)
• California Emissions Performance Warranty (USA vehicles only)
Detai led information regarding your warrant ies can be found in
your
Warr anty & M aintenan ce book let .•
Operating your vehicle outside the
U.S .A. or Canada
Government regulations in the United States and Canada require
t hat automobiles meet specific emission regulations and safety
standards . T herefore, vehicles built for the U.S .A . and Canada differ
from vehicles so ld in other countries .
If you plan to take your vehic le outside the continental limits of the
United States or Canada, there is the possibi lity that
• unleaded fue ls for vehicles w ith catalytic converter may not be
avai lable;
• fue l may have a considerably lower octane rat ing . Improper fuel
may cause engine damage;
• serv ice may be inadequate due to lack of proper service faci lities ,
tools or testing equipment;
• replacement parts may not be readily available .
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ment Safety first Vehicle operation
•
Navigation systems for vehicles built for the U.S.A . and Canada
wil l not necessarily work in Europe, and may not work in other coun
tries ou tside Nor th America.
0 Note
Audi cannot be responsible fo r mechanica l damage that could
resu lt from inadequate fuel, service or parts availability. •
Audi Service Repair Manuals and
literature
Audi Official Factory Service Manuals are published as soon as
poss ible after model introduction . Serv ice manuals are ava ilab le
from :
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Maintenance
Gen era l
Your vehicle has been designed to he lp keep maintenance require
ments to a minimum . However, a certain amount of regular mainte
nance is sti ll necessary to assure your veh ic le's safety, economy and .,
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