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(!) Memory buttons (driver's seat)
@ Door handle
@ Power locking switch ........ .. .
© Side assist button ............ .
® Air outlets ............ .. .. .. .
@ Turn signal and high beam ..... .
(j) Multifunction steering wheel with:
- Horn
- Driver's airbag ........ .. .. .. .
- Audio/video, telephone, naviga-
tion and voice recognition but
tons
- Rocker switches for tiptron ic op-
eration ... ........... .. .. .. .
@ ISETI button ............... .. .
® Instrument cluster ............ .
@ Reset button for trip odometer .. .
@ Switches for:
- Windshield wiper/washer ..... .
- Trip computer .............. .
@ Ignition lock ........... .. .. .. .
@ Adjustable steering column
~ Control lever for: 64
42
116
81
55
156
127
11
10
13
57
22
84
84
- Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
- Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . 107
@ Data Link Connector for On Board
Diagnostics (OBD II) . . . . . . . . . . . 26
@ Release lever for the engine hood . 221
@ Instrument illumination . . . . . . . . 56
@ Light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
@ Switch for unlocking the trunk lid . 43
@ Adjuster control for outside mirrors . . 59
@ Power window switches . . . . . . . . . 46
@ Radio system or Audi multimedia
(see separate manual)
@ Radio or MMI display (see separate
manual)
@ Button/Indicator light for:
- Emergency flasher .......... .
- PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
@ Glove compartment (lockable) .. .
@ Front passenger's airbag ....... .
@ Depending on options:
- Audi drive select button ...... .
- Start-Stop-System button or .. .
- Id'! button (hybrid drive) .... . .
- Parking system button ....... .
- Electron ic Stabilization Control
(ESC) button ............... .
- Hill descent assist button ..... .
@ Climate control ............. . .
@ Shift lever for automatic transmis-
sion ........................ .
@ Ashtray with cigarette lighter
@ Coin storage
@ Depending on options:
- MMI control console or
- Parking system button ....... .
- Electron ic Stabilization Control
(ESC) button ............... .
Cockpit
54
78
156
120 91
101
129
191
193
80
123
76, 76
129
191
- Hill descent assist button . . . . . . 193
-Audi drive select button . . . . . . . 120
- Start-Stop-System button . . . . . 91
@ I START ENGINE STOPI button . . . 87
@> Electromechanical parking brake 89
(D Tips
Some of the equipment or features shown in
the general illustration may be standard
equipment on your vehicle or may be optional
equipment depending on your model. Always
ask your authorized Audi dealer if you have a
question about your vehicle.
9
Instruments and indicator Lights
Instruments and indicator Lights
Instruments
Instrument cluster and controls
The instrument cluster is your central source of information.
Fig. 3 Overv iew of t he inst rument cluste r
Hybrid drive*: the instrument cluster varies
c::> page99.
CD Coolant temperature gauge
@
®
©
®
Tachome ter .............. ... .
War ning/ indicato r lights .. .. ... .
ISETlbutton .... .. .. ... ... ... .
Di sp lay
- Driver information system . ... .
- T ime and date d isp lay . .. .. ... .
- Odome ter .... ......... .... .
® Reset b utton for t rip odometer . ..
(J) Speedometer
® Fue l gauge
(D Tips
T he illum ina tion fo r the instr ument clus ter
lights up whenever yo u sw itch on the ig nit io n
w it h t he
vehicle headlight s off. As the day
light fades, the instr ument clus ter ill umi na
tion likew ise dims a utomatica lly and will go
out comp lete ly when the outs ide light is very
low. This feature is meant to remind you to
sw itch on the head lights when outside light
condi tions become poor .
10
10
1 1
14
11
20
1 2
1 3
1 3
1 2
Engine coolant temperature gauge
The engine coolant gauge ¢ page 10, fig. 3 CD
on ly works when t he ignition is on. To prevent
damage to your engine, please note the follow
ing important points :
Engine cold
If the needle is at or close to the bottom o f the
gauge, the engine has not yet reached its operat
i ng temperature. Avo id high engine speeds,
heavy engine loads, and heavy thrott le applica
tions .
Normal temperature
When the engine has reached its operating tem
perature, the needle will move to the middle of
the ga uge and rema in there. I f the engine is
working hard at hig h outs ide temperatures, t he
needle may move higher on the gauge. This is not
a cause for concern as long as the. warning
li ght i n the inst ru m en t cluste r display does not il-
l u m inat e. .,,.
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Odometer
The odometer indicates the distance driven.
Fig. 6 I nstrument cluster: odometer
Fig . 7 Instrument cluster: reset button
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The display of distance driven is shown in kilome
ters "km" or in "miles" .
- USA models -Miles
- Canada models -Kilometers
You can switch from kilometers to miles or vise
versa in the radio or in the MMI*. You can learn
Instrument s and indi cator ligh ts
more about this in the MMI manual or in the ra
dio user's manual.
Odometer /trip odometer
T he odometer shows the total number of kilome
ters o r miles that have been dr iven on the vehi
cle .
The trip odometer shows the distance driven s ince it was last reset. It can be used to measu re
short distances. The last digit shows distances of
100 meters or 1/10 of a mile.
The trip odometer can be reset to zero by press
ing the reset butto n
10.01 ¢ fig. 7.
Ma lfunct ion me ssage
If there is a malfunct ion somewhere in the in
strument cluster,
dEF will appear in the tripod
ometer and w ill stay on . Contact your author ized
Audi dealer to have the problem corrected .
(D Tips
- When you switch off the ignition or open
the driver door, the t ime, date, odometer
and temperat ure are displayed for an addi
tional 30 seconds.
- You can also call up the display with the
!SET ! button¢ page 11 wh ile the ignition is
switched off.
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Driver information system
Driver information
system
Introduction
General notes
The driver information display inside the instru
ment cluster provides you, the driver, with much
useful information .
Fig. 9 Instrument cluster: center display
Information from the driver information system
is shown in the display in the center of the instru
ment cluster .
When you turn on the ignition and while you are driving, some functions and vehicle components
are scanned for their operating status. Malfunc
tions or required service procedures are s ignaled
aud ibly and shown by red and yellow lighted sym
bols and reminders to the driver in the display.
The driver is also shown information about radio
and CD operation and directions for the nav iga
tion system* . You can find additional informat ion
on these subjects in the radio or
MMI" manual.
The illustrations in the instrument panel display
differ in some of the vehicles.
The driver information system provides the fol
lowing functions :
Sound system disp lay ¢
page20
Outside air temperature ¢page 21
Digital speedometer ¢
page 21
Open door- and luggage com- ¢page 21
partment warning
Service interval display ¢page22
Auto Check system ¢page27
20
Driver information ¢
page 27
Speed warn ing ¢
page94
Trip computer ¢page22
Tire pressure monitoring system* ¢page
252
Digital clock with date display ¢page 12
Odometer and trip odometer ¢
page 13
Selector lever position r::>page 123
Cruise control ¢
page95
Adapt ive cruise control* ¢page 107
Energy flow disp lay* r::>
page 104
@ Tips
In the event of a malfunction either a red or
ye llow icon appears in the display. Red sym
bols indicate
Danger¢ page 28. Yellow
symbols ind icate a
Warning r::>page 31.
Sound system display
Fig. 10 D isplay: sou nd system
If priority 1 or priority 2 faults are not shown by
the Auto Check Contro l, the name of the radio
station you are tuned to or the frequency and the
reception range are shown in the upper area of
the d isplay .
When the CD is in use, the tit le of the track being
played is shown. The CO changer d isplays the
number of the current CO (CDl to CD6).
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
Index
Tire Mobility System (tire repair set)
258
Tire pressure monitoring system Loss of air pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Low aspect ratio t i res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105, 258
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Service life 243
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . 252, 2S3
T ire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Treadwear ind icators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Unidi rectiona l.... .. ..... ... .. .. .. ... 237
Uniform tire quality grading .... .. .. ... 251
T ires and whee ls
Glossary of t ire and load ing terminology . 23 7
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . 16
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2S5
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Torn or frayed sa fety be lts 1
46
Tow ing
Fr ont eyelet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Rear eye let . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Tow tr ucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Towing a tra iler
P ark ing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
TPMS (tire pressure monitor ing system) . . . 253
T railer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Trailer towing Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Techn ica l req uirements . . . . . . . . . . . 204, 205
Tong ue load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Trailer turn signa l assemb ly
Warn ing/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Transm ission
Malfunct ion (ind icator light) . . . . . . . . . . .
127
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Trip computer Fue l consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
M ileage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Sing le- trip memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Total -trip memo ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
296
Trunk
refer to Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Turn signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Wa rning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
u
ULSD No. 2 (Diese l fue l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Unfastening safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Unif orm tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
U nlocking
Power locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rea r lid/trun k lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Remote contro l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
U si ng the mec hanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Use of jumper cab les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
V
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Vehicle identification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . 277
Vehicle jac k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255, 262
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Ventilat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
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Warning/ind icator lights
A irbag sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
An ti- lock b rake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Cruise cont ro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
E lectromechanica l parking brake . . . . . . . . 18
E lectronic power control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Electronic Stabilization Contro l (ESC) . . . . . 15
G low p lug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Hig h beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Malfunction Ind icator Lamp (M IL) . . . . . . . 17
Safety be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
T ire pressure mo nitoring system . . . . . . . . 16
T rai ler turn signal assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16