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Performing the repair
Applies to vehicles: with tire repair kit
Fig. 215 Perfo rm ing the repa ir
Prep arati ons
"' Park the vehicle as far as possib le from moving
traff ic in the event of a flat tire.
"' Set the
parki ng brak e to prevent the vehicle
from roll ing unintentionally.
"' Shift the
sele ctor lever into th e P po sition .
"'Determ ine whethe r a repair w ith the t ire repair
k it is possib le or not
c::> page 258.
"' Let all of the passengers ex it the vehicle and
move a safe d istance away
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• Take the se alant bottle and the compre ssor out
of the luggage compartment
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fig. 115 .
"'Affix the label "max. 50 mph (80 km/h)", found
on the sealant bottle, to the instrument cluster
where it can be seen by the dr iver.
F illing a tire
"'Shake the bottle thoroughly before fi lling.
"' Screw the accompanying filling hose complete-
ly onto the bottle. This breaks throug h the foil
seal automatically at the connection .
"' Remove the valve cap from the tire va lve and
unscrew the valve insert us ing the accompany
ing valve insert tool~
fig. 215.
"'Lay the valve inse rt o n a clean s urface.
"' Remove the sealing plug from the filling hose
and connect the hose to the tire valve.
"' Hold the bottle with the bottom facing upward
and empty the ent ire contents into the tire.
"' Then pull out the hose and screw the valve in
sert tightly back into the t ire va lve.
Em erg en cy ass is tan ce
Inflating a tire
"'Screw the fill ing hose for the compressor onto
the t ire va lve and insert the connector into the
cigarette lighter.
• Inflate the tire to between 29 PSI (200 kPA)
and 36 PSI (250 kPA) and read the pressure on
the gauge.
"' If this tire pressure is not reached, dr ive your
veh icle app rox imately 33 ft (10 meters) for
ward or backward so that the sealant can be re distr ibuted ins ide the tire . If at th is time the re
qui red a ir pressure st ill canno t be reached, the
t ire is too badly damaged and cannot be re
pa ired with the tire sealant.
Final inspection
"' Stop the vehicle after driving for about 10 mi
nutes and che ck the t ire p ress ure .
"'I f the tire pressure is lower than 19 PSI
( 1 30 kPA), then the tire is too seve rely dam
aged. Do not continue driving . Please seek pro
fessiona l assistance .
A WARNING
-
- Turn on the emergency flashers if you have a
flat tire while in moving traffic. This is for
your protection and the for the safety of
other drivers .
- Take care to move all of the passengers to a
safe place (behind a guard rail for examp le).
- Read and follow the manufacturer's safety
precautions on the compressor and in the instructions on the bottle of sealant!
- If a tire pressure of 29 PSI (200 kPA) cannot
reached after inflating for 12 minutes, then
the t ire is too severely damaged . Do not
continue dr iv ing .
- Obta in qualified help if it is not possible to
perform t he repair w ith the t ire sea lant.
- If the tire pressure is less than 19 PSI
(130 kPA) after 10 minutes of drivi ng, then
the t ire is too severe ly damaged . Do not
continue dr iv ing. See k professiona l assis
tance .
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Fuses and bulbs
Right cockpit fuse assignment
Fig . 225 Right s ide of the cockpit: fuse panel wit h plastic
clip
Fuse panel @ (black)
No. Equipment
5 Steering column sw
itch module
7 Terminal 15 diagnostic connector
8 Gateway (Oatabus diagnostic interface)
9 Auxiliary heater
Fuse panel@ (brown)
No. Equipment
1 CD /DVD player
2 Wi-Fi
3 MM I/Radio
4 Instrument cluster
5
Gateway (instrument cluster control mod-
ule)
6 Ignition lock
7 Light dial
8 Climate control system blower
9 Steering column lock
10 Climate control system
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No. Equipment
11 D
iagnost ic data link connecto r, terminal
30
12 Steering column switch module
Right luggage compartment fuse
assignment
Fig. 226 Righ t side of the lu ggage compartment: fuse pan
e l w ith plastic clip
Fuse panel @ (black)
No. Equipment
1 Luggag e compartm ent lid control module
2 Trailer contro
l module
3 Trailer con trol module
4 Trailer control module
s Elec trom echanica l parking brake
6 E lectronic damping control
7 Electromechanical parking brake
8 Tail lights
9 quattro Sport
10 Tail lights
11 Central locking
system
12 Termina l 30

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Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Homelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 48
Hood Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
H ow are child restraint system anchors relat-
ed to chi ld safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 158
How safety belt pretensioners work . . . . . . 150
H ybrid drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
12 volt batter ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Consumption display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Efficient drive mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Energy flow display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
EV mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
High voltage battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98, 105
High voltage system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Operating modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Power meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
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Ignition
Sw itch ing on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Ignition key Emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
I gnition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 34
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Important things to do before driving . . . . 135
I mp roperly worn safety be lts. . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 100
A irbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Inflatable spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Inflating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Install ing the upper tether strap on the an
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
I nstrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
I nstrument illum inat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Index
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Instruments and controls General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Interior lights
Front. .. .. .. .. .. .... .... .... ... .. .. . 55
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Interval wiping .... ................ ... . 57
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Jump starting 105
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Key.............. .. ................ .. 36
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Check light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Ignition/eng ine on/off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Master key with remote control . . . . . . . . . 36
Mechan ical key.................. .. . .. 37
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Kick-down tiptron ic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
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Lane Change Assistant
refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
LATCH ......... .. .. .............. ... 184
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Installing a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Latera l ang le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Leather care/cleaning................ .. 211
Left hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Light Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Driving light contro l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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