2016 AUDI A4 Owners Manual

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0 ::..:: co ..... ..... Height adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Not wo rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Secur ing ch ild safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Special co nsiderations for pregnant wom-
e n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Unfaste ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Wa rni ng/i ndi cator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Safety belt warn ing light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Safety compliance st icker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
S afety equipmen t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Safety features for occupant restraint and p rotection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Safety guide lines
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Safety ins truc tions
E ngine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
for side curtain ai rbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
for using chi ld safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
for using safety bel ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Mon itoring the Advanced Airbag System 150
Seat adjustment Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
S eat belts
refer to Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Seating capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Fr on t pa ssenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
H ow to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 123
Inco rrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Seats Ad justing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
F ront passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Safety guideli nes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Secur ing attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Index
Selective unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Se lector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
E mergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Se lector lever emergency release . . . . . . . . . 97
Service and disposal Safety be lt pretens ioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Se rvice interva l display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Se rvice pos ition
refer to Replac ing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 56
S ET button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
S hi ft i ndicator (efficiency program) . . . . . . . 27
Sh utting down vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
S ide airbags
Desc ription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
s ide ass ist
Adjus ting the b rightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
S enso r range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
S ide ass ist
Activat ing and deactivat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Cleaning the senso rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Des cription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 7
S ide curta in a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Safety instructions .. ................. 157
S ide marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Ski sac k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Slid ing/tilting sunroof
Convenience open ing/clos ing . . . . . . . . . . . 42
E mergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Snow cha ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Socke t
12 -volt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Sound system display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Sources of information abo ut child restra ints
and their use .... .. .. ............... .. 175
Spare t ire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Spo rt d ifferent ial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
In dicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
STAR T EN GINE S TOP button (conve nience
key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
S TAR T E NGINE STOP button (Convenience
key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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Index
Starting from rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Starting off with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80, 83
Steer ing
L ocking the steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
also refer to Electro-mechanical power as-
sist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Steering wheel
Adjusting steering column . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 181
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 231
St . th ·
opping e engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82, 84
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 75
S tronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
S tronic transmission
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
La unch Control Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
also refer to Sliding/tilting sunroof 42, 43
Sun shades Rear doors 53,54
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Symbo ls
refer to Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . 13
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Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Tether strap ..... ................ .... 173
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72, 128
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Tires .. ...... .. .. .................... 217
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
272
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227, 236
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 235
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22S
Unidirectional .. ... ... ..... .......... 219
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 219
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Towing Front eyelet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Rear eyelet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) . . . 235
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Trailer towing Operating instructions. ..... ....... ... 190
Technical requirements ........... 190, 191
Transmission 6-speed manual transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Transmission ma lfunction (indicator light) . . 96
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Tr ip computer
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Mileage...... ... .. .. ................ 24
s· 1 t · 1ng e-rip memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Total-trip memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Tr ip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Trunk
refer to Luggage compartment . . . . . . 69, 126
Trunk escape handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Trunk lid
refer to Rear lid .. .. .... ........... 37 ,38
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
u
Unfastening safety belts
13S
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Unlocking Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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0 ::..:: co ..... ..... Unlocking/locking at the lock cylinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 35
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Use of jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
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Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Vehicle
Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
193
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Veh icle control modules......... .. .. .. . 176
Vehicle electrical system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Vehicle identification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Veh icle Identification Number (V IN) . . . . . . 255
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Vehicle shut-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
Vent ilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
76
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
A irbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Anti-lock braking system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 16
Electronic power control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Electronic Stabilization Control ( ESC) . . . . . 18
Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 20
Safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Turn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Warning/Indicator lights
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
148
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
We ights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
134
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 131
Index
What impairs driving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Wheels .... .. .. .. .. ............... .. 217
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 219
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 229
When must a safety belt be replaced? . . . . 132
When must the a irbag system be inspected? .148
Window regulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41
Power locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Windows
Cleaning/removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
195
defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Windshield
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
54
defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Windsh ield washer fluid
Low leve l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Windshield wipers
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
55
Folding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . 56
Switching on/off ... ...... ....... .. .. . 54
216
Washer reservoir
Winter driving Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
233
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Winter operation
Coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
208
Defrosting windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Winter tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Winter use
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
193
Removing ice from windows 195
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Xenon head lights .. ............. 48, 50, 249
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