
Index
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A/C (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 69
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Active lane assist
Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Active ro llover protection system . . . . . . . . 121
Retracting rollover protection . . . . . . . . . . 122
Adapt ive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Clean ing the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . . 95
Setting the driving program . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Adapt ive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Adapt ive Light (defective) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Adding Engine coolant .. .......... .... ... .. .
Engine oil .. ... ............... ... .. .
W indshield washer fluid ....... .. .. .. .
Additional accessories
Additives Engine oil ...... .............. ... .. .
Adjustable steer ing column ...... .. .. .. . .
Adjusting 202
199
208
250
199 73
Air distribu tion (automa tic climate control) 70
Instrument illum inat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Steer ing column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Temperature (automatic climate control) . 70
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Advanced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 138
Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Fr ont airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136, 13 7
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 140
How many airbags does my vehicle have? 138
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Important inform ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
252
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Knee airbags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
PASSENGER AIR BAG O FF light . . . . . . . . . 142
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Side a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Weight-sensing mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
When must the system be inspected? . . . 142
all-wheel drive .......... .......... ... 174
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Alternator
refer to Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti -freeze
refer to Engine coolant system . . . . . . . . . 200
Anti- lock braking system
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 19
Anti- Lock Braking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Anti-slip regulation Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Ant i-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Anti -theft systems
Electronic immob ilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Audi braking guard
refer to braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Descrip tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Dynam ic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Setting the driving mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Sport d ifferential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Audi Service Repai r Manuals and Lite ratu re 248
AUTO Automatic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Automat ic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Automatic climate control Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Automatic power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Automat ic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

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Generator Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Glossary of tire and load ing termino logy .. 211
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
GPS controlled clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 245
H
Head lights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Headlights Cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
L eft hand drive, right hand drive . . . . . . . . . 52
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Headlight washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Adjusting .. ................ ... .. 62, 116
H eated
exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
windshie ld washer spray nozzles . . . . . . . . 55
H eating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 126
H igh beam. .. ................. .. .... .. 51
High voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
H omelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 38
Hood Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
H ow are child restra int system anchors relat-
ed to chi ld safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 138
How safety belt pretensioners work . . . . . . 130
I
Ignition
switching on/off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Ignition key Emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Ind ex
Ignition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Important things to do before driving . . . . 113
Improperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Dynamicsteering ................. ... 174
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
also refer to Warning/ind icator lights . . . . 13
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Instruments and controls General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Interior lights Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Inte rmittent (w indshield w ipers) . . . . . . . . . 55
J
Jump-starting 240
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
K
Key........ .. .. .. .. ................ .. 30
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Check light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 74
Ignition/engine on/off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Mechanical key ................... . 30, 31
removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
unlocking/lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 , 34
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 148
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Oil
refer to Engine oil ............ .. . 197, 199
O il consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
On-Boa rd Diagnostic Sys tem (OBD)
Data L ink Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 28
Open door or front lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Opening. .. .. .... .. . .... ...... .. .. .... 29
Opening/closing at the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
by remote contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 33
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Other equipment (efficiency program) . . . . . 26
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Owner's Literature
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Paint damage
Paint No.
5
186
245
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Park ing aid
C leaning sensors/camera lenses . . . . . . . . 185
Pa rking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
also refer to Elec tromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Pa rking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Parking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Pa rking sys tem (rear)
Adjusting the warning tones . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Parking system (rear, with rear view camera)
Parking mod e 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Pa rkingmode2 . .. . .... .. .. .. .. .. .. . 111
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Swi tching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Sw itch ing rear view camera on/off . . . . . . 112
Parts rep lacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 142
Ped als . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 125
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Pollutant filter (automatic A/C system) . . . . 68
Index
Power
seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Windows ... .. .. ................... . 37
Power locking system
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Se lectiv e unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power steering
refer to Electro-mechanical power assist . 17 4
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
G ene ral info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Open ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Var iable power top storage bay . . . . . . . . . . 44
Wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Power window Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power windows
Malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Pregnant women
Special considerations when wear ing a safe -
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 114
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Proper sea ting position
Front pa ssenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Occupants. ...... ................ ... 114
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Q
Quartz clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
quattro
refer to all-wheel d rive ..... .... .. .. .. 174
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? . . 125
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