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Tires with unidirectional tread design
Tires with unidirectional tread design must be
mounted with their tread pattern pointed in the
right dir ection .
Using a spare tire with a tread pattern
intended for use in a specific direction
When us ing a spa re tire w ith a t read pa tte rn in­
t e nded fo r use in a specific d ir e ct ion, p lease no te
the following:
- The direction of rotation is marked by an
arrow
on the side of the tire .
-If the spare t ire has to be installed in the incor­
rect direction, use the spare tire only tempora­
rily since the tire will not be able to achieve i ts
o ptimum performanc e character istics wit h re­
gard to aquaplaning, noise and wea r.
- We recommend that you pay pa rticular atten­
t io n t o this fact du ring wet weat he r and t hat
yo u adju st yo ur sp eed to match road condi­
t ions.
- Re place the fla t tire w ith a new one and have i t
i nsta lled on yo ur vehicle as s oon as po ssible to
re store the han dling a dvan tages o f a un idirec­
t io na l tire.
Notes on wheel changing
P lease read the information ¢ page 212, New
tires or wheels
i f you are going to use a spare tire
which is different from the tires on your ve hicle.
Afte r you change a tire:
- Check the tire pressure on the spare immedi­
ately after installation.
- Have the wheel bolt tightening torque
checked with a torque wrench as soon as po s­
sible by your authorized Audi dealer or quali­
fied workshop .
- With steel and alloy wheel rims , the wheel
bolts are correctly tightened at a torque of 90
ft lbs. (120 Nm ).
- If you notice th at the wheel bolt s are corroded
and difficult to turn while changing a tire ,
they should be replaced before you check the
tightening torque .
Emergency assistance
-Replace the flat tire with a new one and have
it installed on your vehicle as soon as possi­
ble. Remount the wheel cover .
Until then , drive with extra care and at reduced
speed s.
_& WARNING
- If you are going to e quip your ve hicl e wit h
tires o r rims which differ from those which
were factory installed, then be sure to read
the information ¢
page 212, New tires or
wheels.
- Always make sure the damaged wheel o r
even a flat tire a nd the jack a nd too l kit a re
p roperly secu red in the luggage compart­
men t and are not loos e in t he passeng er
compa rt m ent.
- In an acci dent or sudde n man euver they
could fly forwa rd, inj uring a nyone in t he ve­
h icle.
- Always s to re damag ed wh eel , jack and tools
s ecure ly in the luggage co mpart ment. Ot h­
e rwi se, in an accident o r sud den man euver
they co uld fly forward, causing injury to pas­
sen gers in t he ve hicle.
(D Note
D o not use co mmercially ava ilab le tire seal­
a nts. O therwise, the e le ct ric al c ompone nts of
the tire pre ssure monit oring sys tem * w ill no
l on ger wor k properly and t he sensor for the
tire pressu re monito ring system * wi ll have to
b e replaced by qu alified workshop.
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No. Consumer
1 Dynamic steering
2 Electron ic Stabilization Control (module)
A/C system pressure sensor, electrome-
chanical parking brake, HomeLink, auto-
3 mat
ic dimming interior rear view mirror,
air quality/outside air sensor, Electron ic
Stabilization Control (button)
s Sound actuator
6 Headlight range control/headl
ight (corner-
ing light)
7 Headlight (cornering light)
Control modu les (electromechanical park-
8 ing brake, shock absorber, q uattro sport),
DCDC converte r
9 Adaptive
cruise control
10 Shift gate/clutch sensor
11 Side assist
1 2 Headlight range cont ro l, parking system
13 Airbag
14 Rear
wiper (a llroad)
15 Auxiliary fuse (instrument panel)
16 Auxiliary
fuse termina l 15 (engine area)
Fuse p anel @ (brown )
No. C onsumer
2 Brake light sensor
3 Fuel pump
4 Clutch sensor
5
Left seat heating with/without seat venti-
lation
6 Electronic Stabilization Control (electric)
7 Ho rn
8
Front left door (window regulator, central
locking, mirror, switch, lighting)
9 Windshield wiper motor
10 Electronic Stabilization Control (valves) Fu
ses a nd bulb s
No. Consumer
Two-door mode ls: rear left window regula-
11 tor; Four-door
models: rear left door (win-
dow regulator, central locking, switch,
light ing)
12 Rain and l
ight sensor
Fuse panel © (r e d )
No . Con sumer
3 Lumbar support
4 Dynamic steering
5 Inter
ior l ight ing (Cabriolet)
6 Windshie
ld washer system, headlight
washer system
7 Vehicle electrica l system control module 1
8 Vehicle electr ica l system control module 1
9 Left rear
window regulator motor (Ca brio-
let)/su nroof
10 Vehicle electr ica l system co ntrol module 1
11 Right rear
window regulator (Cabriolet)/
sun shade motor
12 Anti-theft
alarm warning system
Right cockpit fuse assignment
Fig. 184 Right cockpit: fu se panel with plastic cl ip
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Index
Launch Contro l Progr am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Left hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
L ift in g jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Light adapt ive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Com ing/ Leaving home .......... .. . . . . . 45
D aytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 45
E xte rior l ighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
F og lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Interior/reading lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Low beam . ..... ... .. ..... ... .. .. .... 44
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Light/rain sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 50
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Lighting Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Lights Eme rgency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
H igh beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
T urn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Locking Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Locking/unlocking at t he lock cylinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
by remote contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
w ith the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 35
w ith the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
L ower anchorage locator button
L uggage compa rtment 165
Ca rgo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
E nlarg ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
L oading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Pass -t h ro ugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Tie-downs .. .. ............... .. .. 65, 119
Va let park ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
L umba r su pport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
254
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Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Malfunction Ind icator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . 20 , 29
Manua l transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Mechan ica l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 , 33
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Mileage Ave rage ... .. .... .. .. .. . ... .. ... .. .. . 24
Instantaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Mirro rs
Adjusting the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
dimming . ... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. . 48
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Moni toring the Advanced Ai rb ag System . . 139
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Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
NHTSA Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Number of seats ..... .. .. .. .... ... .. .. 121
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Occu pan t se ating positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Octane rat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
OFF (automatic climate con trol) . . . . . . . . . . 69
Oil
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193, 195
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
On-Boa rd D iagnost ic System (OBD)
Data Link Conne ctor ( DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
El ec tronic speed limi ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Malfunc tion Ind icator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 29
Open door o r front lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Su n shades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Opening/closing at the lock cyli nder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 35
with th e conven ience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Other equipment (efficiency program) . . . . . 27
Outs ide temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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Owner's Literature
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Paint No .
Pano rama roof
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Panoramic til ting sunroof
5
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40
Conveni enc e op ening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sun blind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Tilting and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Parce l shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Park ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Valet park ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Park ing brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
also refer to Electromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Parking system 105
Park ing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Park ing system (rear)
Adjusting the warning tones . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Pa rking system (rear, with rear view camera)
Park ing mode l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Park ing mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Sw itching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Sw itching rear view camera on/off . . . . . . 1 11
Pa rts rep lacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
P ass-thro ugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 139
Peda ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Phys ica l pr inc iples of a frontal coll is io n 122
Pollutant filter (automatic A/C system) . . . . 68
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Windows .. .... ......... .... .. .. .. .. 38
Powe r locking system
E mergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Panoramic tilting s unroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Selective unlock feature
. .. .. .. .. .. .... 36
Se ttings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power steering
refer to Electro-mechanical power assist . 17 4
Ind ex
Power w indow
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power w indows
Malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Pregnant women Spec ial considerations when wear ing a safe -
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Pressure (ti res) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Proper occ upant seating positions . . . . . . . 113
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Proper seating position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Occ upants. .. .. .. ... ...... .... .... .. 113
Rear passengers ... .............. .. . . llS
Q
Quartz clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
qua tt ro
refer to all-whee l drive
174
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? 122
R
Radiator fan 199
Rain/light sensor Head lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Intermittent (w indshield w ipers) . . . . . . . . SO
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 40
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rear fog lights
Rea r lid 44
E scape handle ... .. .... .... ... .. .. ... 38
Opening and closing
Rea r light
Defective
. .... .. ............. .... .. .
Rear parking system ............. .... . .
Rear parking sys tem w ith rearv iew camera .
Rear view camera Pa rking mode 1
Pa rking mode 2
Rear view m irror
. .. ............. .. .. .. .
37
21
lOS
106
109
110 48
Rea r window heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Rea r window sun shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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Selective unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
E mergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Selector lever emergency release . . . . . . . . . 88
Service and disposal Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Service position
refer to Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 51
SE T button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Shift indicator (efficiency program) . . . . . . . . 27
Shutting down vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Side airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
side assist Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Side assist Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44
Ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Sound system display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Sources of information about child restraints
and the ir use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Speed warn ing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Sport differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
START ENGINE STOP button (convenience
key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
START ENGINE STOP button (Convenience key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Starting from rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting off with a trai ler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
~ Start ing the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72, 75
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Index
Steering
Locking the steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
also refer to Electro-mechan ical power as-
sist .. .... .... .. ............. .... .. 174
Steering wheel Adjusting steering column . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Indicator light ... ................ 18, 174
Steps for determin ing correct load limit . . . 219
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74, 76
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61, 66
S tronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
S tronic transmission
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Launch Control Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Sunroof
refer to Panoramic tilting sunroof . . . . . . . 40
Sun shades
Emergency closing (roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Symbols
refer to Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . 13
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
T echnical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Tie-downs ...... .. ............. ... 65, 119
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Tires ........ ... .. .. ................. 205
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Replac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Service life . ... .. .. .............. ... 213
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215, 224
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . 222, 223
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
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