30 Driver in formation sy ste m
other equipment inf luencing consumpt ion
c::> page 30 . Fuel economy messages
c::> page 30 provide tips for efficient driving .
The effic iency program receives data about
the dis tance and fuel consumption from the
on-board computer
1. If the data in the effi
ciency program is de leted
c::> page 29, the val
ues in the on-board computer 1 are also reset .
Other equipment
Applies to vehicles: with driver informatio n system
Fig. 14 Instrument cluster : other equ ipment (exam·
ple}
.,. Turn the menu thumbwheel@r:::> page 28,
fig. 10 while in the efficiency program until
the other eq uipment affect ing consumption
appea rs.
Other equipment that is currently affecting
fuel consumption is listed in the efficiency
program. The display shows up to three other
items of equipment @. The equipment us ing
the most f uel is listed fi rs t . If more than th ree
items using fue l are switched on, the equ ip
ment that is currently using the most fuel is
d isplayed.
A scale @ also shows the cu rrent total con
sumpt ion of all other equ ipment.
Fuel economy messages
Applies to vehicles: wit h drive r info rmation system
Fig. 15 Inst rume nt clus ter: economy tip (exa mple)
Fuel economy messages are displayed when
fuel consumpt ion is increased by certain con
ditions. If you follow these fuel economy mes
sages, you can reduce your ve hicle's consump
tio n of fuel. The messages appea r automat i
c a lly and are only d isplayed in the efficiency
program. The fue l economy messages turn off
automa tica lly after a certain per iod of t ime.
.,. To tu rn an eco nomy message off immed iate
ly after it appears, press any button on the
mu ltifu nction steering wheel.
(D Tips
- Once yo u have turned a fuel economy
message off, it wi ll o nly appear again af
ter yo u turn the ign ition on again.
- T he fue l economy messages are not d is
played in every in sta nce, but ra ther i n in ·
tervals over a period of time.
On-Board Diagnostic
system (OBD)
System indicator light {MIL)
T he system indicator l ight ( MIL) ¢4 in the in
strument cl uster is part of the On Board Diag
nostic System (OBD II) .
T he warn ing/ind icator light turns on when the
ignition is sw itche d on and tu rns off once the
engine is sta rted and is runn ing in idle at a
stab le speed . This indicates that the MI L is
funct ioning correct ly .
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- How far (if at all) the driver was depress ing
the accelerator and/or brake pedal; and,
- How fast the vehicle was traveling.
These data can he lp provide a better under
stand ing of the circumstances in which crash
es and injuries occur. NOTE: EDR data are re
corded by your vehicle only if a non-trivial
crash situation occ urs; no data are recorded by
the EDR under normal driving conditions and
no personal data (e.g., name, gender, age,
and crash location) are recorded. However,
other parties, such as law enforcement, could
comb ine the EDR data with the type of per
sonally identify ing data routine ly acquired
du ring a crash invest igation.
To read data recorded by an EDR, special
equipment is required, and access to the veh i
cle or the EDR is needed . In add ition to the ve
hicle manufactu rer, othe r parties, such as law
enforcement, that have the special equip
men t, can read the information if they have
access to the vehicle or the EDR.
Some state laws restrict the retrieval or down
loading of data stored by EDRs installed in a
vehicle for the express purpose of retrieving
data after an accident or crash event without
the owner's consent.
Aud i will not access the EDR and/or similar
data or give it to others -
- unless the veh icle owner (or lessee if the ve
hicle has been leased) ag rees; or
- upon th e official request by the police; or
- upon the order of a court of law or a govern-
ment agency; or
- for the defense of a lawsuit through the ju
dicial discovery process.
- Audi may also use the data for research
about veh icle operation and safety perform
ance or provide the data to a third party for
research purposes without identifying the
spec ific vehicle or information about the
identity of its owner or lessee and o nly after
the recorded vehicle data has been ac
cessed.
Vehicle control modules
Your vehicle is also equipped with a number of
electronic control modules for various vehicle
systems, such as engine management, emis
sion control, airbags, and safety belts.
T hese electronic control mod ules record data
during norma l vehicle operation that may be
needed by trained technicians for diagnostic
and repair purposes. The recording capability
of these modu les is limited to data (no sound
is recorded). Only a small amount of data is
actually recorded over a very limited period of
t ime, or stored when a system fault is detect
ed by a contro l module . Some of the data
stored may relate to vehicle speed, direction,
or braking, as well as restraint system use and
performance in the event of a crash. Stored
data can also on ly be read and down loaded
with special eq uipment that is directly con
nected to the vehicle .
(D Tips
Your vehicle may be equipped with Audi
connect. Your use of certain A udi connect
features requires wireless services that are
provided by a third party wire less telecom
munications provider. For details regard
in g how information obtained through
Audi connect is collected, processed,
transmitted, used, and shared, please see
your contract with the wireless telecom
munications provider and the" About Audi
connect" tab in your vehicle's
MMI: I MENU I
button > Audi connect > About Audi con
nect.
