Consumer information
today's automobiles, have steadily reduced the
scope of maintenance and repairs which can be
carried out by vehicle owners.
Also, safety and
environmental
concerns place very strict limits
on the nature of repairs and adjustments to en
gine and transmission parts which an owner can perform .
Maintenance, adjustments and repairs usually re
quire special tools , testing devices and other
equipment available to specially trained work
shop personnel in order to assure proper per
formance, reliability and safety of the vehicle and its many systems.
Improper maintenance, adjustments and repairs
can impair the operation and reliability of your
vehicle and even
void your vehicle warranty .
Therefore, proof of servicing in accordance with
the maintenance schedule may be a condition for
upholding a possible warranty claim made within
the warranty period .
Above all, operational safety can be adversely af
fected, creating unnecessary risks for you and
your passengers.
If in doubt about any servicing, have it done by
your authorized Audi dealer or any other properly equipped and qualified workshop. We strongly
urge you to give your authorized Audi dealer the
opportunity to perform all scheduled mainte nance and necessary repairs. Your dealer has the
facilities, original parts and trained specialists to keep your vehicle running properly.
Performing limited maintenance yourself
The following pages describe a limited number of
procedures which can be performed on your vehi
cle with ordinary tools, should the need arise and
trained personnel be unavailable. Before per
forming any of these procedures, always thor
oughly read all of the applicable text and carefully follow the instructions given . Always rigorously
observe the
WARNINGS provided.
Before you check anything in the engine com
partment, always read and heed all WARNINGS
c::> & and c::> & in Working in the engine compart
ment on page 221 .
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A WARNING
-
-Serious personal injury may occur as a result
of improperly performed maintenance, ad
justments or repairs.
- Always be extremely careful when working
on the vehicle . Always follow commonly ac
cepted safety pract ices and general com
mon sense. Never risk personal injury.
- Do not attempt any of the maintenance,
checks or repairs described on the following
pages if you are not fully familiar with these
or other procedures with respect to the vehi
cle, or are uncertain how to proceed.
- Do not do any work without the proper tools
and equipment. Have the necessary work
done by your authorized Audi dealer or an
other properly equipped and qualified work
shop.
- The engine compartment of any motor vehi cle is a potentially hazardous area. Never
reach into the area around or touch the radi
ator fan. It is temperature controlled and
can switch on suddenly - even when the en
gine is off and the ignition key has been re
moved. The radiator fan switches on auto
mat ically when the coolant reaches a certain
temperature and will continue to run until
the coolant temperature drops.
- Always remove the ignition key before any
one gets under the vehicle.
-Always support your vehicle with safety
stands if it is necessary to work underneath
the vehicle. The jack* supplied with the vehi
cle is not adequate for this purpose and
could collapse causing serious personal in
jury.
- If you must work underneath the vehicle
with the wheels on the ground, always make
sure the vehicle is on level ground, that the
wheels are always securely blocked and that
the engine cannot be started.
- Always make sure the transmission selector
lever (automatic transmission) is in P (Park
position) and the park brake is applied.
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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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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
J
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Jump starting 105
K
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
L
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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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
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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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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
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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
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Selector lever 123
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Service and disposal
Safety belt pretens ioner
Service interval display ....... . .. ... ... . .
Service position
lSl
22
refer to
Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 58
SE T button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Shift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Ship transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Side airbags
D .. escnpt 1on . ............. .... .. .. .. .
H ow they work ........... .. .. .. .. .. .
Side assis t
Activating and deactivating ........ ... .
Adjusting the brightness .......... ... .
C leaning the sensors ...... .. .. .. .. .. .
D .. escnpt 1on . ............. .... .. .. .. .
166
167
118
118
209
116
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Howtheywork .. .. ...... ... .. ... ... . 170
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Index
Steering
Electromechanical power assist ... ...
195, 0
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
195
Locking the steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 34
Manually adjusting the steering wheel . . . . 84
also refer to
Electromechanical power as-
s ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
195
Steering wheel column
Adjusting manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
84
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 249
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 88
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
(upholder door pockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
G love compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Sun shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Supplementary (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 83
Switches
Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
54
Symbols
Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
28
Yellow .... .... .. ............. .... .. . 31
Socket .. ... ... .............. ... ... ... 77 T
Sound system display
Driver information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20
Sources of informat ion about ch ild restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
189
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Start-Stop-System
Engine does not switched off . . . . . . . . . . .
93
Engine starts automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Starting/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Switching off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
START ENGINE STOP button (Conven ience
key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
87, 88
Star ting from rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Startingoffwithatrai ler ....... ... .. .... 91
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84, 87
Starting (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Ta il lights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
209
TDI clean diesel
refer to Ad Blue. .. ................ ... 218
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
T ie-down rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70, 141
tiptronic
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . .
124
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Manua l shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
tip tron ic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . 123
Tire Mobility System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
295
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Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
148
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 145
What impairs driving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
235
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Glossary of tir e and load ing termino logy .
237
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 247
When must a safety belt be rep laced? . . . . 146
When must the airbag system be inspected?
l62
Where are lower anchorages located? . . . . . 185
W indow regulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
Power locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
W indows
Cleaning/remov ing ice................
210
Defrosti ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Windshield
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
82
Windshield washer fluid
Low level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
33
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
C leaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Faulty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Folding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Replacing the rear wiper blade . . . . . . . . . . 59
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . .
58
Washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Winter driving
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
250
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
W inter operation
Batt ery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
230
Coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Winter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Winter use
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
208
Removing ice from windows .. .. .. .. ... 210
Index
Wiper b lades
refer to Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
X
Xenon-Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 269
y
Yellow symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
297