2014 AUDI A6 manual transmission

2 Table of contents Vehicle literature .. .. .. .. .. ... .
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About this Owner's Manual . . . 6
Controls and equipment ..... .
Instruments and controls ... .
General illustration ......... .. ... .
Instruments and warning/
indicator lights ............... .
Instruments ............ ... .. ... .
Warning/indicator lights ..... ... .. .
Driver information display ... ... ... .
On-Board Diagnostic system (OBD) .. .
Opening and closing .. .. .... . .
Keys .......................... .
Power locking system ............ .
Rear lid ...................... .. .
Child safety lock for the rear doors .. .
Power windows ........... ... .. . .
Valet park ing ................... .
Sliding/tilting sun roof ............ .
Clear vision ................... .
Lights ......................... .
I nter ior lights ................... .
V1s 1on .......... ......... ... ... .
Wiper and washer system ... .... .. .
Mir rors .... .............. ... ... .
Seats and storage ......... ... .
General recommendations ... .... . .
Front seats ..................... .
Head restraints ................. .
Seat memory ................... .
Ashtray .. .. ... ... .... ......... . .
C igarette lighter .............. ... .
12-vo lt sockets .................. .
Storage ........ .............. .. .
Roof rack .... ................ .. .
L uggage compartment ...... ... .. .
Pass-through with ski sack ... .. ... . 8
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Warm and cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Climate controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Three-zone climate control . . . . . . . . . 68 Four-zone
automatic climate control
Steering wheel heating ........... . 70
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On the road
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Steer ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Starting and stopping the engine . . . . 74
E lectromechanical parking brake . . . . 77
Start-Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Audi adaptive cruise control
and braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . .
84
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Audi adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . 86
Audi braking gua rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . 93
Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Lane Change Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Driving settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Raising/lowering the vehicle . . . . . . . . 102
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Night vision assistant . . . . . . . . . 103
Night vision assistant with detected
pedes trian marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 107
multitronic, S tronic, tiptronic. . . . . . . 107
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Rearviewcamera ................. 116
Peripheral cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Adjusting the d isplay and the warning
tones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Automatic Transmission
multitronic, S tronic,
tiptronic
Introduction
App lies to vehicles: with multit ro nic/S tronic/t ipt ronic
The automat ic transm iss ion is controlled elec­
tronically . The transmiss ion ups hifts or down­
shifts automatically depend ing o n which drive
p rog ram is se lect ed.
When a
moderate driving style is used, the
tra nsmission selects the most econom ica l
d riving mode .
It will then change up early and
de lay the downshifts to g ive bette r fu el econ­
omy.
The transmission switches to a sporty mode after a k ick- down or when the drive r uses a
sporty driving style ch aracte rized by quick ac­
celerator peda l movements, heavy ac celera­
tion, frequent ch anges in speed and traveling
at the maximum spee d.
I f desired, the drive r can a lso se lect the gears
manually ( tiptronic mode ) ¢ page 111.
Various automat ic transm issions may be in ­
stalled, depend ing o n the mode l:
multitronic transmi ssion
The mult itron ic transm ission is a continuously
variable transmission. Power is transferred us­ i n g a mu ltidisk clutch . In contrast to conven­
tional automat ic transm iss ions using shift ing
ope rations, the transmiss ion ratio in the con­
tinuously va riab le transm iss io n is changed
con tinuously. Th is op timi zes the com fort level
a nd co nserves fuel.
S tronic transmission
The S tronic is a dual -clutch transmission .
P owe r is transfe rred using two clutches that
wo rk ind ependen tly from one a nother. They
r e pl ace the tor qu e conve rter u sed in co nven­
tional a utoma tic transm iss io ns an d allow t he
ve hicl e to accelerate without a no ticeable in ­
ter ruption in traction.
Automatic Transmission 107
tiptronic transmission
In the tipt ronic t ra nsm issio n, p ower is trans ­
f erred by a to rque converter .
Selector lever positions
Applies to vehicles: wit h mult itronic/5 tro nic/tiptro nic
Fig . 1 12 Disp lay in th e inst rume nt cluster: selector
l ever pos itio n
The selector leve r pos ition engaged appears
next to the se lector lever as well as in the in­
strument cluster d isp lay.
P -Park
In this se lector lever posi tion the transm is­
s io n is mechanica lly locked. Engage P on ly
whe n the vehicle is
completely stopped¢&.
in Driving the automatic transmission on
page 110.
T o sh ift i n or out of posit io n P, you must first
press and ho ld the brake pedal and then press
the re lease b utton in the selector lever hand le
whi le moving the selector lever to or from P .
You can shift out of th is position only with the
ignition o n.
R -Reverse
Se lect R on ly when the vehicle is at a full stop
and the engine is running at idle speed¢ A in
Driving the automatic transmission on
page 110 .
Before you move the se lector lever to R, press
both the button in the hand le o f the selecto r
lever
and the brake pedal at the same t ime .
When the ignition is on, the backup lights illu­
m inate when the selecto r lever is moved into
R. .,.

The Automatic Shift Lock only functions when
the vehicle is stationary or at speeds below
1 mph (2 km/h).
At speeds above about 1 mph (2 km/h) the
Automatic Shift Lock is automatically deacti­
vated in the N position.
A time delay element prevents the se lector
l eve r from locking when it is moved thro ugh
the N position (going from R to 0/5). The lock­
ing e lement will lock the selector lever if the
lever is left in N (Neutral) for more than ap­
prox imately 2 second, without the brake ped­
al being pressed.
R elease button
The release button on the selector lever pre ­
vents the lever from being accidenta lly shifted
into certain positions. Depending on the direc­
tion of the shift, the selector lever locks at d if­
ferent positions. The positions are h ighlighted
in the illustration
¢ fig . 113 .
Driving the automatic transmission
Applies to vehicles: with multitronic/S tronic/t iptronic
Fig . 114 Sh ift gate on the center conso le: selector lev ­
er w ith release button
Starting the engine
.., The selector lever must be in P or N .
Starting off
.., Press and ho ld the brake pedal.
.., Press and hold the release button in these ­
lector lever handle, se lect the desired selec­
tor lever pos ition such as D/S and release
the button .
.., Wa it br iefly until the transmission has sh ift­
ed (you will feel a slight movement).
Automatic Tra nsmi ssi on 109
.., Remove your foot from the brake pedal and
accelerate.
Stopping t emporarily
.., Keep the veh icle stationa ry using the brak ­
ing pedal , for example at traffic lights.
.., Do not press the accelerator peda l w hen do­
ing this .
.., To prevent the vehicle from ro lling when you
start dr iving, set the parking brake when
stopping on steep inclines¢.&_ .
.., The parking brake will release automat ically
and the vehicle will start mov ing once you
press the accelerator pedal.
Stopping /parking
If the selector lever is not in the P position
when you open the driver's door, the vehicle
could roll. The message
Transm ission: Car
may roll! Shift to park !
appears.
.., Press and hold the brake peda l until the ve-
hicle has come to a complete stop .
.., Apply the parking brake¢
page 78, Parking.
.., Select the P selector lever posit ion c::> ,&. .
Stopping on a n incline
.., Always press the brake pedal to ho ld the ve­
hicle in place and prevent it from "rolling
back"
c::> .&_ . Do not try to prevent the veh i­
cle from "rolling back" when a gear is en­
gaged by increas ing the engine speed
c:::, (D ,
Sta rting on an incline
.., Activate the parking brake .
.., With the driving gear selected, press the ac­
celerator peda l carefully. The parking brake
w ill release automatically if your seat belt is
fastened .
Under certain circumstances, such as driving
in the mounta ins, it may be useful to switch
temporarily to the manual shift program in or ­
der to ad just the gears to the driv ing cond i­
tions by han d
¢page 111.
On s lopes, activate the parking brake first and
then move the selector lever to the P position .
This prevents too much stress from being placed on the locking mechanism. .,.

and technical limitations. If may still be necessary to adjust the speed with the brakes.
H ill descent control switches off once the de­
cline levels out or you press the accelerator
pedal.
On vehicles w ith the c ruise control system*
c::> page 82, hill descent con trol is also activat­
ed when the speed is set.
A WARNING
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Hil l descent control cannot overcome
physical limitations, so it may not be able
to maintain a constant speed under all
conditions. Always be ready to app ly the
brakes.
Manual shift program
App lies to vehicles: with multitron ic/S tronic/t iptronic
Using the manual shift program you can
manually select gears.
Fig . 115 Center co nsole: sh ift ing the gears manually
Fig . 116 Steering wheel: S hift b uttons*
Gear selection with selector lever
The tiptron ic mode can be selected either with
the vehicle stationary or on the move .
.,. Push the selector lever to the right from D/
5. An M appears in the instrument cluster
Automatic Transmission 111
display as soon as the transmission has
shifted.
.,. To upshift, push the selector lever forward
to the plus position
0 c::> fig. 115 .
.,. To downshift, push the lever to the minus
position
0 .
Gear selection with paddle levers*
The shift buttons are activated when the se­
lector lever is in D/S or the tiptronic manual
shift program.
.,. To upshift, touch the button on the right
0
c::>fig. 116.
.,. To downshift, touch the button on the left
0 .
.,. If you do not press a shift button within a
short time while in the D/S posit ion, the
transmission will return to automatic mode.
To keep shifting using the shift buttons,
move the selector lever to the r ight out of
the D/S position.
The transm iss ion automatically sh ifts up or
down before cr itical engine speed is reached.
The transmission only allows manual shifting
when the engine speed is with in the permit­
ted range .
(D Tips
-When you shift into the next lower gear,
the transmission will downshift only
when the re is no possibility of over-rev­
ving the engine.
- When the kick-down comes on, the
transmission will shift down to a lower
gear, depending on vehicle and engine
speeds.
- T iptron ic is inoperative when the trans­
mission is in the fail-safe mode.

298 Index
Steering
Electrically adjustable steering whee l 73
Manually ad justab le steer ing whee l .. . . 73
also refer to E lectro-mechanical power
assis t ... .... ............. .. .... . 198
Steering whee l
Easy entry feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Steer ing whee l heating .... .. .. .. .. . . 72
S teer ing whee l co lumn
Adjusting e lectr ica lly . .... ... .. .. ... . 73
Adjusting manually .. ... .. .. .... .. . . 73
Steer ing whee l w ith t ipt ronic . .. .. .. .. . 111
Steps for determining correct load lim it . 249
Stopping the engine ..... ... .. .. .... .. 75
Storage ... .. ... ... ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 59
S tronic transmission Launch Contro l Program ... .. .. .. .. . 112
S t ron ic (automatic t ransm ission) . .... . 107
Sunroof ... .. ................ ... ... . 41
Sun shade Rear window ............... .. .... .. 4 7
Side doors ............... .. .. .... .. 47
Sun visors ... ... ... ...... .... ..... .. 47
Symbols
refer to Warning/ind icator lights .. .... 12
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 24
Tail lights Clean ing ... .. ... ..... ... .. .. .. .. . 211
TD ! clean d iese l
refer to Ad Blue ........... .. .. .. .. . 220
Technical data ................ ... ... 280
Tec hnical modifications ... .. .. .. .... . 286
Temperatu re d isplay ........ .. .. .. .. .. 24
Tether anchors ............ .. .. .. .. . 190
Tether strap .. .... ..... ... .. .. .... . 190
Textiles Cleaning . .. ... .......... .. .. .. .. . 213
The first 1,000 miles (1,500 km) and after-
wards . .. .. .. ............... .. .... . 201
Three-zone climate control . ... .. .. ... . 68
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 , 135
Tips for the env ironment
Saving fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 t
iptron ic (automatic t ransmission) 107, 111
Tire pressure ...... ................ . 246
Tire pressure monitoring system ... .. .. 258
Loss of air pressure ............ .... 259
Malfunction . .. .. .. .. ...... ... .. .. 259
Resetting t ire pressures .... ...... ... 260
Tires .. ... .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. 240
Service life .... .. ............. .... 250
Speed rating let ter code ...... .. .. .. 252
Tire manufacturing date ........ .. .. 252
Tire specif ications .......... ...... . 252
Tread depth . .. .. .......... ...... . 250
Un iform tire quality grading ..... .. .. 254
Winter tires . .. .. .. ........... .. .. 255
Tires and veh icle load limits ....... .. .. 248
Tires and wheels Checking tire pressure .. ... ... .. .. .. 246
Co ld tire inflation pressure ...... .... 244
Dimens ions .... .. ............. .... 251
General notes .. .. ............. .... 240
G lossary of tire and loading terminolo -
gy . .. ... ... .. .. .. ... ... ... .. .. .. 241
Low aspect ratio tires .. ...... ... .. .. 257
New t ires and whee ls ............. .. 251
Replac ing . .. .. .. ... .......... .... 252
Snow cha ins ... .. .. .... .... ... .. .. 256
Tires and vehicle load limits ... ... . .. 248
Whee l bolts ..... .. ... ..... ... .. .. 257
Winte r tires ... .. ............. .... 255
T ire service life .. .. ............. .... 250
Too ls .. ..... ... .. ..... ........... . 262
T orn or frayed safety belts ... ... .. .. .. 141
T owing
T ow t ruck p rocedu res ........... .... 276
TPMS Tire pressure monitoring system ..... 259
Trai ler towing ..... ... .. ..... .... . .. 206
Operating instr uctions ........ .. .. .. 206
Parking system . .. ... .......... .. .. 125
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . 206, 207
Tra iler tow ing tips .......... ...... . 208
T rai n (transporting your vehicle) ... .. .. 278
T ransmission .. .. .. ... .......... .... 10 7
Transmission malfunction ( indicator
li ght) .. ... ... .. .. ... .. .. ... ..... ..
112
Transpo rt Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
T ranspo rting your vehicle ....... .. .. .. 278