Checking and Filling
compartment. Wait until no steam or cool
ant can be seen or heard before carefully
opening the hood.
- Keep children away from the engine com
partment.
- Never spill fluids on hot engine compo
nents. They can cause a fire.
- Never touch the radiator fan. The auxiliary
electric fan is temperature controlled and
can switch on suddenly.
- Never open the coolant reservoir cap when
the engine is still warm . The coolant system
is pressurized and hot coolant could spray
out .
- Protect your face, hands and arm from
steam or hot engine coolant by placing a
thick rag over the cap when you open the coolant reservoir .
- Do not remove the engine cover under any
circumstances . This increases the risk of
burns .
- If work on the fuel system or the electrical
system is necessary :
= Always disconnect the battery.
- Never smoke or work near heaters or open
flames. Fluids in the engine compartment
could start a fire.
- Keep an approved fire extinguisher imme
diately available.
- To avoid electrical shock and personal injury
while the engine is running or being started,
never touch:
- Ignition cables
- Other components of the high voltage
electronic ignition system.
- If you must perform a check or repair with
the engine running:
- First, fully apply the parking brake, move
selector lever of automatic transmission
to "P" (Park) .
- Always use extreme caution to prevent
clothing, jewelry, or long hair from getting
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caught in the radiator fan, V-belts or other
moving parts, or from contacting hot
parts. Tie back hair before starting, and do
not wear clothing that will hang or droop
into the engine.
- Minimize exposure to emission and chemi
cal hazards
¢ A .
A WARNING
California Proposition 65 Warning:
- Engine exhaust, some of its constituents,
and certain vehicle components contain or
emit chemicals known to the State of Cali
fornia to cause cancer and birth defects and
reproductive harm. In addition, certain flu
ids contained in vehicles and certain prod
ucts of component wear contain or emit
chemicals known to the State of California
to cause cancer and birth defects or other
reproductive harm.
- Battery posts, terminals and related acces
sories contain lead and lead compounds,
chemicals known to the State of California
to cause cancer and reproductive harms.
Wash hands after handling.
([) Note
When adding fluids, always make sure that
they are poured into the proper container or
filler opening, otherwise serious damage to
vehicle systems will occur.
@ For the sake of the environment
To detect leaks in time, inspect the vehicle
floor pan from underneath regularly. If you
see spots from oil or other vehicle fluids, have
your vehicle inspected by an authorized Audi dealer .
M N
ci u.. co
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Removal lock (ignition key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Selector lev er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Automatic wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S5
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Battery location inside the luggage compart-
ment .... .. ................. .. ..... 205
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Important warnings when working on the
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Working on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Belt positioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Belt tension ers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Bio -ethanol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Blower (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . 70
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
B rake fluid
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 203
Brake system
Anti-lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brake fluid spec ifications for refill and re
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Brake light defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Brake power assist unit ............... 172
Brakes... .. ................. .. .... . 172
Ceramic brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Elect romech anical parking brake . . . . . . . . 77
; Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
~ Worn brake pads symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 ,....,
Index
Braking
Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Emergency brak ing funct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
braking gua rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Break-in period Brak e pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
New tires 216
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
C
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 196
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cargo area
refer to Luggag e compartment ...... 65, 118
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Cerami c brake rotors
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Changi ng engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Checking Engin e coolant level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Child restraints Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Where can I get additional informat ion
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 168
Child restraint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 16S
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1S2
Important sa fety instructions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Installing a c hild restraint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
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