Vehicle literature
Vehicle literature
In addition to this Owner's Manual, your Audi comes with a Warranty
& Maintenance booklet.
Moreover, depending on the model and the equipm ent, there may be
additiona l instruction booklets delivered with your vehicle (for
example, Operating Instruct ions for you r Sound System, Navigation
System etc .).
If you are missing one of these publications or if you believe that the
information is not complete, contact your authorized Audi dealer for
assistance .
The Warranty & Maintenance booklet
explains how you can keep your Audi in top driving condition by having
it serviced regularly and contains detailed information about the
warranties covering your Audi . Always have the booklet with you
when you take your vehicle to an authorized Audi dealer for service .
Your Audi Service Adviser will record each scheduled service and can
answer any questions you may have regarding how to maintain your
vehicle.
In Canada,
the vehicle literature is also available in French . To obtain a copy,
contact your dealer or write to:
Au Canada, on peut se procurer un exemplaire en fran~ais de ce docu
ment aupres du concessionnaire ou de:
Volkswagen Canada, Inc.
Client Assistance
Assistance a la Clientele
777 Bayly Street, West,
Ajax, Ontario LIS 7G7
If you sell your Audi
all literature should be left in the vehicle to make the Warranty terms
as well as all operat ing, safety, and maintenance informat ion avai l
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
& Main
tenance booklet or obtained from your authorized Audi dealer.
It is in your own interest that we are able to contact you should the
need arise. •
& WARNING
• Nev er rely exclu sive ly on the out side temperature display to
determine if a r oad surface i s icy or not. Keep in mind that road
s urfaces, esp ecially bridg es and overpas ses, could be ice covered
and slippery even at an outside temperature above 41 °F (+5 °C) .
• Always remember, even if the "snowflake " symbol (ice
warning ) does not appear in the di splay , bla ck ice could be on the
road.
• Alway s redu ce your speed and drive with special care in cold
w eather conditions when the chance of encountering icy road
s urfaces increa se s.
[I] Tips
• If the vehicle is stat ionary, o r if you are driving at a very low speed,
the temperature shown in the display might be s light ly higher than
the act ual o utside temperat ure. Th is is caused by the heat being radi
ated fro m the eng ine.
• On vehicles with S t ronic, the reminde rs do not appear in the
display unt il you se lect a gea r.
• O n veh icles wi th Au di Navigat io n system *, the disp lays may d if f e r
from t heir normal appearance dur ing navigation .•
Controls and equip
ment Safety first
Driver information display
Applies
to vehicles : w ith gea rs hi ft indicator and man ual transm issio n
Gearshift recommendation
Th is indicator can help conserve fuel.
Fig . 8 Gear shift
recommendation
I n orde r to become familiar with the gears hift indicator, begin d riving
as usua l. If the c urrent gea r is not the best o ne fo r conserv ing fuel,
the indicato r will d isp lay the recommended gear. The disp lay shows
the cu rre nt g ear a nd the recommended gear:::::, fig . 8 .
• Upshifting: The d isp lay is to the r ight of the current gear if a
higher gear i s recomme nded.
• Downshifting : The display is to the left of the current gear if a
lower gear is recommende d.
Sometimes the indicator will recommend sk ipping a gear (3
IJIJ> 5).
0 Note
Thi s ind icator should help you co nse rve fuel. It is not des ig ned to
recommend the correct gear in a ll dr iving situations. Only the dr iver
can dec ide which gear is cor rect i n certain dr iv ing s ituatio ns s uc h as
when accelerating or driving on hills.
[I] Tips
• The disp lay switches off when the clutch pedal is pressed.
Vehicle care Technical data
