
Index
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
High beam warn ing/ indicator light. . . . . . . 17
Interior/reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Sensor ....... .. ................ ... .. 52
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Turn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Lighting
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
52
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . 140
Locking
Power locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42
Rear lid/trunk lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Luggage compartment
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
72
Cover...... ......................... 71
Expanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 70
Storage hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Storing cargo correct ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Tie-down rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
70
also refer to Loading the luggage compart -
ment .. .. .. .. ............... .. .. ... 140
L uggage compartment lid
Emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL)
Master key 17,26
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Check light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37
Memory for driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Recall ing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Storing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
292
Mileage
Average...... ... .. .. ................ 22
Instantaneous ... .. .. .............. .. 22
Mirrors Activating the digital compass . . . . . . . . . .
61
Adjusting the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . 59
dimming ... ..... .. .. .............. .. 60
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 162
N
Natural leather care/cleaning
NHTSA 211
Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
N itrogen oxide (NOx) catalyt ic converter
refer to Ad Blue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
0
Occupant seating posi tions 136
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
OFF (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Oil
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223, 225
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD)
Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 26
Onboard tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Open door or rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Opening..... ..... .. .................. 36
Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Other equipment (efficiency program) . . . . . 25
Outside mirrors
refer to Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Owner's Literature 5
p
Paint damage 210
Paint No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
277

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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
293

Index
Remote control key
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Remote rear lid release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Repairs Airbag system 165
Replacing Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 142, 143
Reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Retracto r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Right hand d rive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Rims ...... ... .. ................ ... . 249
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Attachment points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Insta lling the attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Installing the roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Rule of behavior offroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
s
Safe dr iving habits
Safety 135
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Ca rgo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Cor rect sea ting posit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
P eda l area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Safety belt he ight ad justment . . . . . . . . . 149
Safety belts worn by p regna nt women . . . 1 49
Safety belt pretens ioner
Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144, 147
Cleaning . .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. . 210
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
sa fety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
H eight adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
I mp rope rly wor n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Not wo rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Safety belt posi tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Safety ins tructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 46
Securing chi ld safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 1
294
Special considerations for pregnant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
U nfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 144
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Safety compliance stic ker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Safety equ ipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Safety features fo r occ upant restraint and
protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Safety gu idelines
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Safety instr uctions
E ngine compartment ............. .. .. 2 21
for s ide cu rtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
for using child safety sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
for using sa fety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Monito ring the Advanced Airbag System . 164
Safety sys tems
Warning/indic ator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Seat Heating ......... ... ............. .... 82
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Front passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Head restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Safety gu idelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Seat belts
refer to Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Seating capac ity
Seating position 144
D rive r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Fron t passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
How to ad just the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 137
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Sea transpor t
Seats 106
Cleaning ...... .. .................. . 211
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Se lective cata lytic reduct ion
refer to Ad Blue. .. .. .. ........... .. .. 218
Se lective unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Selective wheel torque control (all-wheel
drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191