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A/C (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Active lane assist
Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Adapt ive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
C leaning the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . 112
Setting the distance....... .. .. .. .. .. . 111
Setting the driving program . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Adapt ive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
AdBlue .... .. ................. .. .... . 218
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Opening the tank door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Refilling . .. .. ........... .. .. .. .... . 219
Adding Engine coolant ........... .... .. .... .
Engine oil ............ ...... .... ... .
Windshield washer fluid ... .. .. .. .. .. .
Additional accessories
Addit ives 228
225
234
283
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Adjusting Air distribution (climate control) . . . . . . . . 81
Instrument illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Steer ing column manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Temperatu re (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 81
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Advanced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 158
Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Child restraints ... .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. . 174
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1S6, 157
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 160
How many airbags does my vehicle have? 158
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Index
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
PASS ENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 162
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16S
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
S ide airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Warning/ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
We ight-sensing mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
When must the system be inspected? . . . 162
Air transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
All-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Se lective wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . 191
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Alternator Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Anti-freeze
refer to Engine coolant system . . . . . . . . . 227
Anti- lock brake system
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 17
Anti-Lock Braking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Anti-slip regu lation
W arning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Anti-Slip Regu lation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Anti-theft alarm warning system . . . . . . . . . . 38
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
App roach/departure angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Audi braking guard
refer to Braking guard 113
Audi drive select Indicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
also refer to Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Audi parking system plus with rearview cam- era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Adjusting the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Adjusting the warning tones . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Rearview camera -parking mode 1 . . . . . . 132
Rearview camera -parking mode 2 . . . . . . 133
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
T ra iler hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 281
Auto-Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Auto locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7
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Electronic Stabilization Control . . . . . . . . . . 191
Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC)
H ill descent assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
193
Offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Warn ing/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Emergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
E mergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Starting engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Emergency locking of the doors . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Emergency operation
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45
Emergency release
Selector lever ...................... .
E t . mergency s artmg ........... .... ... .
Emergency unlocking
128
271
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Engine
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
223
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
H ood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84, 87, 99
Startingwithjumpercab les . ... .. .. ... 271
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 88, 99
E . ngine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Working the engine compartment ... .. . 221
E . l ngine coo ant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Checking coolant leve l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Engine coolant temperature
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
Engine hood
Closing .. .. .. .... ...... ... .. .. .. .. .
How to release the hood ...... .. .... . .
Engine oil Adding
Additives . .. ................. .. .... .
Changing .. ................. .. .... .
Check oil level .............. .... ... .
221
221
223
225 225
226 225
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Index
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Pressure malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Engine speed limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Environment
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
198
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Disposing of your vehicle battery . . . . . . . 233
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Fuel...... .... .. .. .............. ... 216
Leaks under your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up . . . 200
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 230
Proper disposal of drained engine coolant 228
Proper disposal of drained engine oil 225, 226
Recycling used engine oil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Unleaded fuel.. .. ... .......... .. .. ..
213
What shou ld I do with an old battery? . . . 233
EPC
refer to Electronic power control . . . . . . . . 15
ESC
refer to Electronic Stabilization
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15
Ethyl alcohol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Explanation of some technical terms . . . . . 202
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
59
D . . ,mmmg ...... .. ............. .... .. . 60
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Eyeglasses compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
F
Fall line
Fan Radiator
Fastening 202
229
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 178
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Flexib le fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
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Panoramic sliding sunroof
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Parking aid
C leaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
also refer to Elec tromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Parking system
refer to Audi parking system plus with rear
view camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Particle filter
refer to Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . 34
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 162
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Physical princ iples of a frontal collision . . . 145
Polishing .... .. .............. ... .... . 210
Pollen filter
refer to Pollutant filter (cl imate control) . . 80
Pollutant filter (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 80
Power Windows .. .. .............. ... .... .. 46
Power locking system Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
L ocking and unlocking the vehicle from in-
side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rear lid/trunk lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Selective unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Switch. .. .. .... ... .. ... ... .. .. .. .... 42
Unlocking and locking vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Power locks
Windows open and closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7
Power meter (hybrid dr ive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Power steering
refer to Electromechanical power assist . . 195
Power window regulators
Conven ience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Pregnant women
Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Index
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Proper seating position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Protective tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Q
quattro
refer to All-wheel drive
Question Wha t happens to unbelted occupants?
R
195
145
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Rear lid
Automatic operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Open ing and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear light
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Rear seats
Adjusting seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Rearview camera Parking mode 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Parking mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Rear view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Rear window heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Recirculation mode (climate control) . . . . . . 81
Red symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Refill engine oi l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Refill ing AdBlue
With bottle .. .. .. ..... ........... ... 219
With canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Refuelling .. .... .. ............. .... .. 216
Gasoline inhibitor flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Release lever for hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Remote control Garage door opener ( Home Link) . . . . . . . . . 48
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