2015 AUDI TT ROADSTER ignition

80 On the road
chimes can be adjusted through the menu dis­
p lay
~ page 24 .
The range at which the sensors start to meas­
ure is
a b ou t:
To the side 2 feet (0.60 m)
Center rea r 5 feet (1.60 m)
Activation
The parking assist
is activated when r ev erse
ge ar is engaged . A b rief tone confi rms that
the system is activated .
Backing up
Distance warning when back ing up starts
when an obstacle is detected in the range of
the park assist system . As the d istance de­
creases, the time i nterva l between the audible
tones becomes shorter.
When the d istance is less than 1 foot (0.30
m), the tone becomes cont inuous . At this
poi nt you should stop backing up.
Please note that low objects already signalled
by a warning can disappear from the system 's
detection range and w ill not continue to be
signalled.
Potenti al malfunction s
If a warning buz zer sounds for a few seconds
when the ignition is sw itched on, there is a
system malfunction w ith the acoustic park as­
sist . If the malfunction persists unti l the igni­
tion is switched off , there will be no acoustic
warn ing at the next attempt to activate the
system . Have the problem corrected.
There is no confirmation tone when reverse
gear is engaged if there is a system ma lfunc­
tion .
For the park ing ass ist to operate, the sensors
must be kept clean and free of ice.
_& WARNING
- Sensors have blind spots in which objects
cannot be detected . Pay special attention
to sma ll children and animals. They can- not a
lways be detected by the sensors -
danger of an accident!
- The parking assist cannot rep lace the
driver's attention. The driver alone is re­
sponsible for parking and similar driving maneuvers. Always watch where you are
driving.
(D Note
Low obstacles already signa lled by a warn­
i ng can d isappear from the system's detec­
tion range as they are approached and w ill
not continue to be signalled. Objects such
as barrier chains, trailer draw bars, th in
painted vertical poles, o r fences may not
be detected by the system - risk of dam­
age .
@ Tips
For the parking assist to operate, the sen­
sors must be kept clean and free of snow
and ice.

Transmission S tronic transmission
Introduction
Your vehicle is equipped with a S tronic trans­ miss ion, also called a double-clutch system/
transmission.
Power is transferred between the engine and
the transmission by means of two i ndepend­
ent clutches. They replace the to rque convert­
e r of conventional automat ic transm iss ions
and a llow the vehicle to acce lerate without a
noticeable break in the power flow .
W ith the aid
of tiptr oni c, the gea rs can op ­
tionally be sh ifted
manually¢ page 84.
Selector lever positions
All the selector lever positions are explained
in this section.
F ig . 89 Display: Selector lever position
The instrument cluster display shows these ­
l ector lever position.
P -Park loc k
In th is position the gea rs are mechan ically
l ocked .
The park lock must on ly be engaged with the
ve hicle
stationary¢ /1. .
To engage P and to remove the lever from th is
position, you must depress the release button
(button in the selector lever handle)
and si­
multaneously you must step on the brake
pedal.
Tran sm iss ion 8 1
R -re ver se
In this position, reverse is engaged.
Reverse gear must only be engaged w ith the
vehicle
stationary and the engine ru nning at
idle speed ¢
/1..
To engage R, you have to depress the release
button
and simultaneously step on the brake
pedal. I n the R pos ition, the bac k-up lights il­
luminate w ith the ignition on.
N -Neutral
The transm iss ion is in neutral in this pos ition.
D -Normal po sition fo r dri ving fo rward
In this position, the forward gears are auto­
matically shifted up and down, depending on
engine load and vehicle speed.
T o engage D from
N, the brake pedal must be
depressed at speeds below 3 mph (5 km/h) or
when the vehicle is stationary¢&. .
In certa in circ umstances (driving in the moun­
tains for examp le) it can be beneficia l to
switch temporari ly to the man ual shift pro­
gram ¢
page 84 in order to adjust the gear
ratios to driving conditions
manually .
S -Sport setting
The S set ting should be se lected for sporty
driving. The power reserves of the engine can
be fully exploited through later upshifts.
T o e ngage 5 from N, the b rake peda l must be
depressed at speeds below 3 mph (5 km/h) or
when the vehicle is stationary¢&. .
A WARNING
-Never p lace the selector lever i n the R or
P posit ion while the veh icle is moving -
risk of an accident!
- With the engine r unning, it is necessary
to hold the vehicle with the foot brake in
all se lector lever positions (except P and
N), because even at idle speed the trans­
fe r of power is never completely inter­
r u pted -the vehicle "creeps". If t he vehi­
cle is stat io nary and the transm ission is

82 Transmi ssion
engag ed, the engine shou ld neve r be
spe eded up unintentionally (e.g. manual­
ly from under the hood). Otherwise the
vehicle will immediately start to move -
sometimes even if the parking brake is
firmly applied -risk of an accident!
- Before you or other persons open the
hood and work on a running eng ine, the
selector lever must be move d to P and
t h e parking bra ke applied fi rm ly -ris k of
an a ccident! Fo ll ow the warning stickers .
a) Tips
If you have inadvertently s hifted into N
while the veh icle is moving, you should r e­
move your foo t from the accelerato r and
wait until the eng ine speed h as droppe d to
id le before shifting back to Dor S.
Selector lever lock
The selec tor Lever Lo ck prevents a gear from
being engaged occidentally and unintention­
ally setting the vehicle in motion .
Fig. 90 Selecto r lever lo cks
The selector lever lock is released as follows:
.. Switch the ign ition on .
.. Step on the brake pedal
and simultaneous ly
hold down the release button .
Automatic selector lever lock
The selector lever is locked in the P and N po­
sitions when the ignition is on. To move the
leve r from t hese positions the d river m ust de­
press the brake pedal. As a reminder to the
driver, the fo llowing warning appears in the
inst rument cluster d isp lay when the selector
is in P and N :
To start engine or select gear apply foot
brake when stationar y
The selec tor leve r lock is effec tive on ly w hen
t h e veh icle is stationary and a t speeds below
3 m ph (5 km/h). At higher speeds, the lock in
t h e N position is automatica lly switched off .
T he selec tor leve r is not locked whe n rap id
shifts are made through the N posi tion (e.g.
from R to D). This a llows you to "rock" the ve­
hicle if it becomes stuck. If the lever is in the
N position for more than 1 second with the
brake pedal not depre ssed, the selector lock
engages au tomatically.
Release button
T he re lease bu tton in the selector lever han ­
dle prevents accidenta l shifts into certain se­
lector leve r positions. When you press the re ­
lease button, the selector lever lock is cancel­
led. In the illustration, the posit ions i n which
the re lease button has to be p res sed are high ­
lighted in color ~
fig. 90 .
Ignition key remo val lock
The ign it ion key can only be removed after the
ignition is sw itched off if the selector lever is
in P . As long as the igni tion key is removed ,
the selector lever is locked in P.
(D Tips
If the se lector lever does not engage,
the re is a malfunction. The engine is disa­
bled to prevent t he veh icle from drivi ng off
unintentionally . To allow the selector lever
to engage aga in, p roceed as follows: Press
an d release the bra ke peda l.

Phase 1:
p rogramming th e overh ead keypad
1. Make sure yo ur vehicle is wit hin ope rating
range of the remote contro lled garage
door opener .
2. Set the parking brake
q A in General in­
formation on page 88 .
3. Tur n the ignition on . Do not sta rt the en­
g ine!
4. P ress and hold the two o utside Home Link
b uttons
(D and @for app rox ima tely 20
seconds until indicator light @
q fig . 97
begins to flash. Then release both but­
tons . Do not hold the buttons for longer
than 30 seconds.
.,. This procedure only needs to be performed
once . It erases the factory-set defau lt codes
and does not have to be repeated to pro ­
gram add it ional remote controls .
S. Pr ess and hold t he Home link button (D ,
® or@ unt il the indicato r ligh t@
starts flashing
slowly . Release the bu tton.
.,. The system will remain in programming
mode for 5 minutes . Co to the front of the
vehicle and proceed with phase 2 .
Phase 2:
programming the bumper mounted trans
mitter
6. Hold the original remote control at a dis­
tance between 0 -6 in . (0 -15 cm) from the
bumper below the appropriate head light
for your vehicle
q fig . 98 (use th e sho rtest
d istance possible) .
7. A im t he remote con trol jus t be low the
driver side head ligh t.
8 . Pr ess and hold the activa tion button on
the remote cont ro l.
.,. May be different in Canada.
If so, press and
re -press (cycle) the act ivat ion button on your
remote control every two seconds.
9 . The emergency flashers will flash
three
time s
(after about 15 -60 seconds) when
the prog ramm ing is successful. Release
the butto n on the re m ote control.
.,. To program more devi ces, repeat steps 4 to
9.
Homelink 89
10. Press and ho ld the t rained Home link b ut­
ton and observe t he indicator light @
qfig. 97.
.,. If the ind icator light is solid/contin uous,
programm ing is comp lete and your device
should activate w hen you press and release
t he t ra ined Homel ink button .
.,. If the ind icator light blinks rapidly fo r 2 sec­
onds and is t hen a so lid/continuous light,
p roceed w it h phase 3 to progr am a roll ing
code device.
Phase 3: rolling code programming
.,. A second pe rson o n a ladde r who can safely
reach th e garage door opene r motor is rec­
ommended .
11. Loc ate t he "lea rn" bu tton on t he g arage
doo r opener motor ( re fer to the operating
inst ruct ions for the opener, as t he loca­
t ion of t his button may va ry by man ufac ­
turer) .
12 . Press and release the learn b utton on the
garage door opener motor .
.,. Note : once the b utton is p ressed, there are
30 seconds in w hich to initiate the next
step.
13 . On t he Home link keypad ins ide t he ve hi­
cl e, firmly press and hold t he Home link
bu tton prev iously progr ammed in phases
1 and 2 fo r two seconds and release . R e­
peat this seque nce
twice.
.,. Some vehicles may require the press/ho ld/
re lease sequence up to three t imes to com­
plete t he trai ning process .
.,. Homelink should now activate your rolling
code equipped device .
If the S minute time limit is exceeded , the
emergency flashers will flash one time to in ­
dicate that the p rocess has been te rm ina ted .
In this case, repeat steps 4 t hrough 9.
If the emergency flashers do not flash
three
times (afte r about lS -60 seconds) , program­
ming was not successful. In this case, repeat
steps 4 through 9 .
Remote contro l units for garage door openers
in Canada are set to stop transmitting radio
fr eque ncy signa ls afte r two seconds . This t ime
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110 Airbag sys te m
Safety Standard 208 as applicable at the time
your vehicle was manufactured.
The Standard requires the front a irbag on t he
passenger side to be turned off ("sup­
pressed") if a child up to about one year of
age restrained in one of the rear-facing or for­
ward -facing infant restra ints listed in Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208 with which
the Advanced A irbag System in your vehicle
was certified has been installed on the front passenger seat . For a listing of the child re­
straints that were used to certify compliance
with the US Safety Standard¢
page 131.
The PASSENG ER AIR BAG OFF light in the in­
strument panel tells you when the front Ad­
vanced A irbag on the passenger side has been
turned off by the e lectronic control unit.
Each t ime you turn on the ignition, the
PAS ­
SENGER AIR BA G OFF
light w ill come on for a
few seconds and:
- will stay on if the front passenger seat is not
occupied,
- will stay on if there is a small child or child
restraint on the front passenger seat,
- wi ll go off if the front passenger seat is oc­
cupied by an adult as registered by the
weight-sensing mat
¢ page 118, Monitor ­
ing the Advanced Airbag System .
The PASSEN GER AIR BAG OFF light comes on
when the control un it detects a total weight
on the front passenger seat that requires the
front airbag to be turned off .
If the tota l weight on the front passenger
seat is more than that of a typical 1 year-old
child but less than the weight of a small
adult, t he front airbag on the passenger s ide
can dep loy (the
PAS SENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come o n). If the PASSENGER
AIR BAG OFF
l igh t does not come on , the
front airbag on the passenger side has not
been turned off by the electronic control unit
and can dep loy if the control unit senses an
impact that meets the conditions stored in its
memory .
For example , the airb ag ma y depl oy if :
- a small ch ild tha t is heav ier than a typical 1
year-old chi ld is on the front passenger seat
(regard less of whether the child is in one of
the child safety seats listed
¢ page 131), or
- a child who has outgrown child restraints is
on the front passenger seat.
If the front passenger airbag is turned off, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light comes on in
t h e instr ument pane l and stays on.
T he front airbag on the passenge r side may
not dep loy (the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
li ght does not illum inate and stay lit) even if a
small adult or teenager, or a passenger who is
not sitt ing upright w ith their back against a
non-recl ined backrest w it h their feet on the
vehicle floor in front of the seat is on the front
passenger seat¢
page 92, Proper seating po ­
sition for the driver .
If the front passenger airbag deploys, the
Federal Standard requ ires the airbag to meet
the "low risk" deployment cr iteria to reduce
the risk of injury th rough interact ion w ith the
airbag. "Low risk" deployment occurs in those
crashes that ta ke pla ce at lower dece le rat io ns
as de fined in t he electronic control uni t
¢ page 119, PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light.
Always remember, a child safety seat or infant
ca rrier in stalled on the fron t seat may be
stru ck and knoc ked out of posit ion by the rap­
idly in flat ing passenger 's airbag in a fronta l
collision. The a irbag co uld great ly red uce the
effectiveness of the ch ild restraint and even
seriously in jure the chi ld during inflation .
A WARNING
-
A child in a rearward-fac ing ch ild safety
seat installed on the front passenger seat
will be serious ly injured and can be killed if
the front airbag inflates -even with an Ad­
van ced A irbag System.
- The inflating airbag will h it the ch ild
safety seat or infant carrie r with great
for ce and will smash the child safety seat
a nd child ag ai nst t he backrest, door or
roof.

-Never install a rearward facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat
unless the
PAS SEN GER AIR BAG OFF
light comes on and stays on. If the PA S­
SEN GER AIR BA G OFF
light does not
com e on an d stay on th e inflating airbag
will hit the child safety seat or inf ant ca r­
rier with great force and will smash the
child safety seat and child against the
backrest, door or roof . Have the airbag
system inspected immediately by your
authorized Audi dealer .
- Forward-facing chi ld safety seats instal­
led on the front passenger's seat may in­
terfere with the deployment of the air­ bag and cause serious personal injury to
the ch ild.
A WARNING
If, in exceptional c ircumstances, you must
install a forward-facing child restra int on
the front passenger's seat:
- Always make sure the forward-fac ing
seat has been des igned and certified by
its manufacturer for use on a front seat
with a passenger front and side airbag.
- Never put the forward-facing child re­
straint up aga inst or very near the instru­
ment pane l.
- Always move the passenger seat into its
rearmost position in the seat's fore and
aft adjus tment range, as far away from
the a irbag as poss ible be fore installing
the forward -facing child restraint. The
backrest m ust be adjusted to an upright
posit ion.
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light comes on and stays on all the
t ime whenever the ignition is switched
on.
A WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious injury, make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light will be d isplayed whenever a ch ild re­
st raint is installed on the front passenger
seat and the ig nit io n is switched on.
A irbag system 11 1
-If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OF F light
does not stay on, perform the checks de­
scribed
c> page 118, Monitoring the Ad­
vanced Airbag System .
-Have the airbag system inspected by
your Aud i dea ler immediately.
-Always carefully follow instructions from
child restraint manufacturers when in­
stalling ch ild restra ints .
A WARNING
--=
If, in except ional circumstances, you must
install a forward o r rearward-facing child
restra int on the front passenger's seat:
- Improper installation of ch ild restraints
can reduce their effectiveness or even prevent them from providing any protec­
tion.
- An improperly installed ch ild restra int
can interfere with the airbag as it de­
ploys and seriously inj ure o r even kill the
child -even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- Always carefu lly follow the manu fact ur­
er 's ins truc tions p rov ided with the chi ld
safety seat or carrier .
- Never p lace ad dition al items on the seat
that can increase the total weight reg is ­
tered by the weight-sensing mat and can cause injury in a crash.
•
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114 Airbag sys te m
- a small adu lt or teenager is on the front pas­
senger seat
- a passenger who is not sitting upright with
their back against a non-reclined backrest
with their feet on the vehicle floor in front
of the seat is on the front passenger seat.
I f the front passenger airbag deploys, the
Federal Standard requires the airbag to meet
the " low risk" deployment criteria to help re­
duce the risk of in jury through interaction
with the airbag . "Low risk" deployment occurs
in those cr ashes that take place at lower de­
celerations as defined in the electronic control un it
Q page 118 .
Always rem ember : Please be sure to read the
impor tant informa tion in the sections tha t
follow and be sure to heed all of the WARN ­
INGS .
A WARNING
To reduce the r isk of injury when an airbag
inf lates , a lways wear safety belts prope rly.
- If you are unrestrained, lean ing forward,
sitting sideways or out of position in any
way, your risk of in jury is much higher.
- You w ill also receive serious inju ries and
cou ld even be killed if you are up against
the a irbag or too close to it whe n it in­
flates - even with an Advanced Airbag
Q page 108.
A WARNING
-
A child in a rearward-facing child safety
seat insta lled on the front passenger seat
w ill be seriously injured and can be k illed if
the front a irbag inflates - even with an Ad­
vanced Airbag System .
- Although the Advanced A irbag System in
your vehicle is designed to turn off the
front a irbag when a rearward -fac ing
child restraint has been installed on the
front passenger seat, nobody can abso­ l u te ly guarantee that deployment is im ­
poss ible in a ll conce ivable situations th at
may happen d uring the useful life of your
vehicle. -
The inflating airbag will h it the ch ild
safety seat or infant carrier with great
force and will smash the child safety seat and child aga inst the backrest, door, or
roof.
- If you must install a rearward fac ing
child safety seat on the front passenger
seat because of exceptiona l circumstan­
ces and t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on and s tay on have
the airbag system inspecte d by your Audi
dealer.
A WARNING
--=
If, in exceptiona l circumstances, you m ust
i nstall a forward -facing child restraint on
the front passenger's seat:
- Always make sure the forward- facing
seat has been designed and certified by
its manufacturer for use on a front seat
wit h a passenger front and s ide a irbag.
- Never p ut the fo rward-facing chi ld re ­
straint up against or very near the instru­
ment panel.
- Always move the passenger seat into its
rea rmost pos ition in the seat's fore and
aft ad justment range, as far away from
the airbag as possible, before install ing
the forward-fac ing ch ild restra int . The
backrest must be ad justed to an up right
position.
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
li ght comes on a nd stays o n all the
time wheneve r the ignit ion is switched
on .
Advanced Airbag System components
The front passenge r seat in yo ur vehicle has a
lot of very important parts of the Advanced
Airbag System in it . These parts i nclude the
weight-sensing mat, sensors, wiring, brack­ ets, and more. The funct ion of the system in
the front passenger seat is checked by the electron ic control unit when the ignition is on .
The cont rol unit monito rs the Advanced A ir­
bag System and turns the airbag indicato r
li ght on w hen a malfun ct io n in t he system

More important things to know about
front a irbags
F ig. 112 Inflated front airba gs
Safety belts are important to help keep front
seat occupants in the proper seated pos it ion
so that airbags can u nfold prope rly and pro­
v ide supp lemental protection in a fronta l co l­
lision .
The front a irbags are designed to provide ad­
d itiona l protect io n for the chest and face of
the dr iver and the fron t seat passenger whe n:
- safety belts are wor n prope rly,
- the seats have been posit ioned so tha t the
occupant is proper ly seated as far as possi­
ble from the a irbag,
- and the head restraints have been properly
adjusted .
Because airbags inflate in the blink of an eye
with great force, things you have on your lap or have placed on the seat could become dan­
gerous projectiles, and be pushed into you if
the airbag inflates .
When an a irbag deploys, fine dust is released.
This is normal and is not caused by a fire in
the vehicle . This dust is made up most ly of a
powder used to lubr icate the airbags as they
deploy. It cou ld i rritate s kin .
It is important to remember that while the
supp lemental airbag system is designed to re ­
duce the likelihood of serious i njuries, other
inj uries, fo r example swell ing, bru isi ng a nd
minor abrasions, ca n also happen when air­
bags inflate. Airbags do not protect the a rms
or the lower pa rts of the body. Front airbags
only s upplement the t hree point safety be lts
in some frontal collisions in which the vehicle
A irba g sy stem 11 7
deceleration is high eno ugh to deploy the air­
bags .
Front airbags will not deploy :
-if t he ignition is sw itched off when a crash
occu rs,
- in side co llisions,
- in rear-end co llis ions,
- in rollovers,
- when the crash dece leration measured by
the airbag system is less than the minimum
threshold needed for a irbag deployment as
reg istered by the electronic con tro l unit .
The front pa ssenger airbag will also not
deploy:
- when the front passenge r seat is not occu­
pied,
- when the weight on the front passenger
seat as sensed by the Advanced Airbag Sys ­
tem ind icates that the front a irbag on the
passenger side has to be tu rned off by th e
elec tronic con trol un it (the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
li ght comes on and st ays o n).
&_ WARNING ~
Si tti ng in the wrong pos ition can inc rease
the r isk of se rious in ju ry in crashes.
- To reduce t he ris k of injury when the air­
ba gs inflate, the drive r and passenge rs
must always s it in an upr ight position,
m ust not lean against or place any part
of their body too close to the area whe re
the airbags a re located.
- Occupants who are unbe lted, out of posi­
tion or too close to the airbag can be se­ rious ly injured by an airbag as it unfolds
with g reat force in the blink of an eye
~page 109 .
&_ WARNING
-
A child in a rearwar d-fac ing ch ild safety
seat installed on th e front passe nger seat
will be ser ious ly injured a nd ca n be killed if
the front ai rb ag inflate s - even wi th an Ad-
vanced Ai rbag Sys tem.
Ill-