Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Why safety be lts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Safety belt pretens ioners . . . . . . . . . . 140
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Important things to know . . . . . . . . . . 142
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Mon itor ing the Advanced Airbag
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Knee ai rbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Side curta in a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Ch ild Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
I mpor tant things to know . . . . . . . . . . 166
C hil d safety seats. ..... ... .. .. .. .. 172
Install ing a child safety seat . . . . . . . . 176
L A T CH Lower ancho rages and tethe r
for children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Addit ional Information 184
Vehicle operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Intelligent technology . . . . . . . . 185
Not ice about data recorded by vehicle
control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
E lect ron ic Stabilization Control (ESC) . 185
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
E lect ro-me chanical power assist ,
dynam ic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
D riving w ith your quattro ® . . . . . . . . . 190
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Driving and environment . . . . . 193
The first 1,000 miles (1,500 km) and
afterwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . 193
Driving through water on roads . . . . . 193
Cataly tic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Operate your vehicle econom ically and
minim ize pollution ............... . 195
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Driving w ith a t ra iler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Trailer towing tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Table of contents 3
Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
200
Cleaning and protection . . . . . . 200
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Care of exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Care of interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Fuel supply and filling your
fuel tank ... .. .. .. . .............
211
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Fuel tank .. .. .. .. .. . .. .... ...... . 213
Checking and filling . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Engine hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Engine compartment .............. 218
E ngine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
En gine cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Br ake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Windshie ld/headlight* washer
container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Tires and wheels ... ..... ... .. .
Tires ... .. .. .. .... . ... ...... ... . 231
231
Tire pressure monitoring system 249
Do-it-yourself service . . . . . . . . . 252
What do I do now? . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2S2
Space-saving spare tire (compact
spare tir e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Chang ing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2S9
Fuses ... .. .. .. .. .. . .. .... ...... . 259
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . 263
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Starting by pushing or towing . . . . . . . 263
Star ting with jumpe r cables . . . . . . . . 263
U se of jumpe r cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
E mergency towing with commercia l
tow truck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Lifting vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
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Fuses and bulbs
Fuses
Replacing a fuse
Fuses that have blown will have metal strips
that have burned through.
Fig. 191 Left cockp it : fuse panel cover
The fuses are located at the front left and
r igh t of the cockpit and behi nd the trim on
the right side of the luggage compartment .
.. Turn off the ign it ion a nd the affected elec-
t rical consumers .
.. Check the following table to see which fuse
belongs to the consume r .
.. Remove the appropriate cover¢
fig. 191 or
¢page 215, fig. 165 .
.. To remove the purple plastic cl ip if necessa
ry
ll, hold onto it at the small s ide and pull
it out of the fuse panel¢
page 259,
fig. 192 .
.. Remove the clamp from the rear side of the
fuse cover ¢
fig. 191 .
.. Remove the fuse using the clamp and re
pla ce the blown fuse w ith an identical new
one.
& WARNING , -
Do not repair f uses and never replace a
blown fuse w ith one that has a higher amp
rating. This can cause damage to the e lec
trical system and a fire.
11 You can dis pos e of the plastic clip after removing it.
Fu se s and bulb s 259
(D Note
If a new fuse burns out again after short ly
have you have insta lled it, have the electri
ca l system checked by your authorized
A udi dealer .
{!) Tips
-The following table does not list fuse lo
cat ions that are not used .
- Some of the equipment items listed are
opt ional or only available on certa in
mode l configurations.
Left cockpit fuse assignment
Fi g. 192 Left cockpit: fuse panel wit h plastic clip
No. Consumer
Fu se panel @(black)
1 Dynamic steering
2 ESC control module
3
A/C system pressure sensor,
electromechanical parking
brake, Homelink, automatic
dimming interior rear view mir
r or, air quality/outside ai r sen
sor, ESC button
Amps
s
s
s
260 Fuses and bulb s
No.
5 Sound actuator/exhaust sound
tuning
6 Headlight range control sys
tem/cornering light
7
8
Headlight (corner ing light)
Control modules (electrome
chanical parking brake, shock
absorber, quattro sport, trailer
hitch), DCDC converter
9 Adaptive cruise contro l
10 Shift gate
1 1 Side ass ist
Headlight range control, park
ing system
13 Airbag
14 Rear wiper (allroad)
15 Auxiliary fuse (instrument pan
el)
1
16
Auxiliary fuse terminal 15 (en
gine area)
Fu se pane l @ (b row n)
2 Brake light sensor
5
6
7
Left seat heating with/w ithout
seat venti lation
ESC Horn
Front left door (window regula-
8 tor, central locking, mirror, switch, lighting)
9 Wiper motor
10 ESC Two-door models: rear left win
dow regulator, Fo ur-door mod-
11 els: rear left door (window regu lator, central locking, switch,
lighting)
12 Rain and light sensor
F u se p anel© (red )
3
4 Dynamic steer ing
Amps
5/15
5/7,5 7,5
5
5
5
5
5
5
15
10
40
5
25
15/30
5
15
30
30
25
30
-No . Consumer Amps
6
Windshield washer system,
35
headlight washer system
7
Vehicle e lectrical system control
20
module 1
8
Vehicle electrical system control
30
module 1
9 Sunroof 20
10 Vehicle electrical system control
30
module
1
11 Sun shade motor 20
-
12 Anti-theft alarm warning sys-
tern 5
Right cockpit fuse assignment
Fig.
193 Right cockpit : fuse panel wit h plastic cl ip
No. Consume r
Fuse pane l@ (black )
..
5 Steering column switch module
7
8
Terminal 15 diagnostic connec
tor
Gateway (Databus diagnostic interface)
9 supp lementary heater
Fuse pan el@ (bro wn)
1 CD/DVD player
Amp s
5
5
5
5
5
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-No. Consumer
2 Wi-Fi
3 MMI/Radio
4 Instrument cluster
Gateway (inst
rument cluster
5 control module)
6 Ignition lock
7 L ight switch
8 Climate control system blower
9 Steering col umn lock
10 Climate control system
11 T
ermina l 30 diagnostic connec-
tor
Steering column switch module
Right luggage compartment fuse
assignment Amps
5
5/20
5
5
5
5
40
5
10
10
5
Fig . 194 Right l uggage compart ment : fuse panel with
plastic d ip
No . Con sumer Amps
Fuse panel @ (black )
1 Luggage compar
tment lid con-
30
trol module (allroad)
2
Trailer control module or re-
15
tractable rear spoiler (RS 5)
3 Tra iler control module 20
Fu se s and bulb s 261
No. Consumer
4 Trailer control module
Electromechanical parking
5 5
brake
6 Electronic damping control
15
Electromechanical parking
7 30
brake
8 Rear exterior lighting 30
9 Quattro sport 35
10 Rear exterior lighting 30
11 Vehicle electrical system control
20
module
12 Te rm inal 30
s
Fuse panel © (brown)
1 L
uggage compartmen t lid con-
30
trol module (all ro ad)
2 12-volt socket, cigarette lighter
20
3 DCDC converte r pa th 1 40
4 DCDC converter path 2, DSP
30
amplifier, radio
7 E
lect romechanical parking
30
b rake
Right front door (window regu-
9 lator, cent ral locking, mir ro r, 30
switch, lighting)
Two-door models: rear right
window regu lator, Four-door
1 1 models : rea r right door (window
30
regulator, central locking,
sw itch, lighting)
Cell phone prep
5
Fu se panel © (black )
1 Right front seat heating
15
4 MMI 7,5
5 Radio
5
6 Rear view c amer a 5
7 Rear window heater (allroad)
30
8 Rear Seat Enter tainmen t 5
262 Fuses and bulb s
Bulbs
Replacing bulbs
For your safety, we recommend that you have
your authorized Audi dealer replace any bulbs
for you .
It is becoming increasingly more and more
difficult to replace vehicle light bulbs since in
many cases, other parts of the car must first
be removed before you are able to get to the
bu lb . Thi s appl ies especial ly to the light bulbs
in the front of your car which you can only
reach through the engine compartment .
Sheet metal and bulb holders can have sharp
edges that can cause ser ious cuts, parts must
be correctly taken apart and then properly p ut
back together to help prevent breakage of
parts and long term damage from water that
can enter housings that have not been proper
ly resealed.
F or your safety, we recommend that you have
your authorized Audi dealer replace any bulbs
for you, since your dealer has the proper tools,
the correct bu lbs and the expertise.
Gas di scharg e lamps (Xenon lights)*:
Due to the high electrical vo ltage, have the
bu lbs rep laced by a qualified technician.
H eadlights with Xenon light are identified by
the high voltage sticker.
A WARNING
Changing Xenon lamps without the neces
sary equipment can cause serious personal
injury.
- Bulb s are pressurized and can exp lode
when being changed . Potential risk of in
jury!
- On vehicles equipped with gas discharge
bulbs (Xenon light)* life-threatening in
jur ies can result from improper handling
of the high-voltage portions of such
lamps!
- Only your authorized Aud i dealer or a
qualified workshop shou ld change the
bulbs in gas d ischarge lamps. There are parts with sharp edges
on the openings
and on the bulb holders that can cause
serious cuts. If you are uncertain about
what to do, have the work performed by
an author ized Audi dealer or other quali
fied workshop . Ser ious personal injury
may resu lt from improperly performed
wo rk.
@ Tips
- If you st ill prefer to replace the light
bulbs yourself, be aware that the engine
compartment is a hazardous area to
work in
~ page 209, Engine compart
ment~ ,&..
-It is best to ask your authorized Audi
dealer whenever yo u want to change a
bulb .