Fuel supply and filling your fuel tank
fill up at busy gas stations where the seasonal
adjustment is more like ly to be made in time.
0 Note
- Methanol fuels which do not meet these re
quirements may cause corrosion and dam
age to plastic and rubber components in the
fuel system.
- Do not use fuels that fail to meet the spec i
fied criteria in this chapter.
- If you are unable to determine whether or
not a particular fuel blend meets the speci
fications, ask your service station or its fuel
supplier.
- Do not use fuel for which the contents can
not be identified.
- Fuel system damage and performance prob
l ems resulting from the use of fuels differ
ent from those specified are not the respon
sibility of Audi and are not covered under
the New Vehicle or the Emission Control
System Warranties.
- If you experience a loss of fuel economy or
driveability and performance problems due
to the use of one of these fuel blends, we
recommend that you switch to unb lended
fuel.
Gasoline additives
A major concern among many auto manufactur
ers is carbon deposit build-up caused by the type
of gasoline you use.
A lthough gasol ine grades differ from one manu
facturer to another, they have certain things in
common. All gaso line grades contain substances
that can cause deposits to collect on vita l engine
parts, such as fuel injectors and intake valves. A l
though most gasoline brands include additives to
keep engine and fuel systems clean, they are not
equally effect ive .
Audi recommends using TOP TIER Detergent Gas
oline. For more information on TOP TIER Deter
gent Gasoline, please go to the official website (www.toptiergas .com).
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After an extended period of using inadequate
fuels, built-up carbon deposits can rob your en gine of peak performance .
([) Note
Damage or malfunction due to poor fuel qual
ity is not covered by the Audi New Vehicle
Limited Warranty.
Fuel tank
· Fuel filler neck
The fuel filler neck is located on the right rear
s id e panel behind the fuel filler flap.
If the unlocking system should fail, you can still
open the flap manually -for detailed instructions
see
~page 154.
You can find the fuel tank capacity of your vehicle
i n
Technical Data .
The label on the inside of the fuel filler flap tells
you the correct fuel for your vehicle. For more in
formation about fuel specifications, see
~ page 151 .
Your vehicle fue l tank has an on-board refueling
vapor recovery system. This feature helps to pre
vent fuel vapors from escap ing from the tank and
polluting the environment while you refuel your
vehicle. In order to fill the tank properly while
protecting the environment, please follow this
refueling procedure carefully.
& WARNING
-Under normal operating conditions, never car
ry additional fuel containe rs in your car . Gas
canisters and other containers used to trans port f uel can be dangerous. Such containers,
full or empty, may leak and could cause a fire
in a collision. If you must transport fuel to
use for your lawn mower, snow blower, etc., be very careful and always observe local and
state laws regarding the use, transpo rtation
and storage of such fuel containers. Make cer
tain the container meets indus try s tandar ds
(ANSI/ASTM F8S2 -86).
Gross Axle We ight Rating
The G ross Axle Weight Rating is the maximum
l oad that can be applied at each axle of the vehi
cle ~.& .
Vehicle capacity weight
The vehicle capac ity we ight (max. load) is listed
e ither on the driver's side B-pillar or inside the
f u el filler flap.
& WARNING
-The actual Gross Axle Weight Rating at the
front and rear ax les should not exceed the
permissible weights, and their combination
must not exceed the Gross Vehicle Weight
Rating.
Dimensions
Length
Width (across mirrors)
He ight (unloaded) al
Technical Data
- Exceeding permissible weight ratings can
result in veh icle damage, acc idents and per
sonal injury.
(D Note
-The vehicle capacity weight figures apply
when the load is distributed evenly in the
vehicle (passenger and luggage). When
transport ing a heavy load in the luggage
compartment, carry the load as near to the
rear axle as possible so that the vehicle 's
handling is not impaired .
- Do not exceed the maximum permissible
axle loads or the maximum gross veh icle
we ight. Always remember that the vehicle 's
handling will be affected by the extra load.
Th erefore, adjust your speed accordingly.
- Always observe local regulations .
in (mm) 174.6 (4435)
in (mm) 80.0 (2029)
in (mm) 49 (1252)
al The heigh t of th e ve hicle depe nds on th e tir es and the s usp en sion .
When driving up steep ramps, on rough roads,
over curbs, etc. i t is important to remember that
some parts of your vehicle, such as spoilers or ex -
Capacities
Fuel tank: total capacity
Windsh ield and headlight* washer fluid conta iner haust system components, may be close to the
ground. Be careful not to damage them.
gal (liters) approx. 21.1 (80.0)
quarts (liters) approx. 4 .2 (4 .0)
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Gasoline addit iv e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Octane rat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Recommendation............ ... .. .. . 151
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Unlocking the fuel filler flap by hand . . . . 154
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fu ses
Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
210
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
G
Garage door opener (HomeLink) . . . . . . . . . . 35
Gearshift lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Gearshift lever (5 tronic) Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5
Generator (warn ing/indicator lights) . . . . . .
14
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . . 171
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 212
H
Headlight
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17
H eadlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 89
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
H eated
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Heated washer jets
Wiper and washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
51
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
H igh beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 47
High voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . .
212
Hill hold assist
Starting on hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
69
H omeLink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 35
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . .
108
How often should I check my t ire pressures? l81
How safety belt pretensioners work . . . . . . 100
Index
Hydrop laning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
I
Ign it ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Important things to do before driving . . . . . 86
Improperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Indicato r light
Airbag sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
112
Audi magnetic r ide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Convertible top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Indicato r lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
also refer to Warning/indicator ligh ts . . . . 11
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Installing child safety seats
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
130
Instrumen t clus ter and controls . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Instrument panel illumination . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Instruments and controls
General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Interior lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
48
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
J
Jump -starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
K
Key............ .. .. ................. . 27
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Eme rgency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Master key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Valet key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Kick -down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Knee air bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
116
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 118
L
Lap timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Launch Control Program Manual transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
223
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