...
would then be underinflated a nd
could fail suddenly .
M ainta ining proper tire pressure
is one of the most important
things you can do to he lp avoid
s u dden tire fai lure . Under inflated
tires are a major cause of sudden
tire fa ilure . Keeping tires at the
r ight pressure is also important
for safe and responsive vehic le
handling, traction, braking and
load carrying.
Tire pressures are
particularly important when the
vehicle is be ing dr iven at higher
speeds, and then especially when
heavily loaded even within the
permissib le load-carrying capaci
ties approved for your vehicle .
The recommended tire pressures
for your Audi depend on the kind of tires on your vehicle and the
number of passengers and/or
amount of luggage you will be
transport ing .
The tire pressure label is located
on the driver's side 8-pillar . The
tire pressure label lists the recom mended cold tire inflation pres
s u res for the vehicle at its maxi
mum capacity weight and tires
~ that were on your vehicle at the
": ;;; time it was manufactured. "? N
"' ....
Tir es a nd whe els
If you wish to improve comfort
when operating the vehicle at
normal load (up to 2 occupants ),
you can adjust tire pressu res to
those specified for normal vehi
cle load . Before operating the ve
hicle at ma ximum load, you
must increa se the ti re pressures
to those specified for maximum
vehic le load
c:::> .&. .
Bear in mind that the tire pres
sure monitoring system can only monitor the tire pressures that
are stored. The system does not recognize the load condition of
your vehicle .
See the illustration
c:::> fig. 147 for
the location of the labe l on driv
er's side 8-pillar (color of the ac
tual label and exact location on
the vehicle will vary slightly).
Note that the following table is
accurate a t the time of going to
press and is subject to change . In
the event of discrepancies, the
tire pressure label on driver's side 8-pillar always takes precedence.
The table below lists the recom
mended cold tire inflation pres
sures for the Audi model covered by your Owner 's Literature at the
vehicle's capac ity weight and the .,.
177
Index
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4
Safety compliance sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Safety fea tures for occup ant res tra in t and
protec tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Safety guideli nes
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Safety instructions
For using child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
For using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Mon itor ing t he Advanced Airbag System 114
Seat adjustment Driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Front passenger 's seat.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
H ead r estr aints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
P owe r seats .................. ... .. .. 57
Safety guideli nes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Seat covers
Clea ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Seating capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Fr ont p assenge r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 8
I ncorrect seat posit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Seats Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9S
Selector lever (S tronic)
Pos1t1ons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5
Service and disposal Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1
Service inte rval d isp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4
Service pos ition for w indshield wipers . . . . . 53
Se t menu. ..... .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. .... 23
Se tt ing the time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Shift paddles (S tronic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Shutt ing down vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Side airbags
Descript io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
H ow they work .. .............. .... .. 119
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Snow ch ains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
So und system display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Sources of info rmat ion about c hild restra ints
a nd the ir use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
226
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Speed rat ing letter code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Spoi le r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Sport function (S tronic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Start ing o n hill s
Hill ho ld assis t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Start ing the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 67
What should I do if t he engine does not
start? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Steering co lumn
Adjust ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Locking the steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Steering wheel Shift padd les (5 tronic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Steps for determin ing corre ct load limit . . . 184
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
5 tronic (Automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 75
Automat ic shift ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Ki ck-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
La un ch con trol prog ram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Manua l shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Pa rking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Sport fu nction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Steering wheel with shift paddles . . . . . . . . 78
Su n visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Symbols
refer to War ning/Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . 11
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Tail lights Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Tank flap Unl ocking the fuel fill erflapby hand .. .. 15 4
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Tempe rat ure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Textiles Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Tighte ning whee l bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Tire mob ility system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179