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Door handle
Memo ry buttons (driver's seat)
Power locking sw itch
Button for side assist
A ir outlets
L ight switch
Control lever for:
- T urn signal and high beam
® Multifunction steering wheel with:
- Horn
- Driver's airbag ............. .
- Audio/video, telephone, naviga-
tion and voice recognition but
tons
- Rocker switches for tiptron ic op-
eration ................... .
® ISETI button ................. .
@ Instrument cluster .......... . .
@ Reset button for tr ip odometer
@ Switches for:
@
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-Windshield wiper/washer
- Trip computer .............. .
Ignition lock . ............. .. .
Adjustable steer ing column
Contro l lever for:
- Cruise control .............. .
- adaptive cruise control
I nstrument lighting .......... .
Release lever for the engine hood
Data Link Connector for On Board
Diagnostics (OBD II) .......... .
Switch for unlocking the trunk lid
Adjuster control for outside
mirrors ................ ..... .
Power window switches ..... .. .
Radio-Display
1> or MMI-Display
63
35
107
48
49
142
94
11
10
12
54
24
80
80
88
98
51
203
29
37
51
41
ll The image in t he d isplay will appear either in mu ltiple col
ors or in a single colo r, depending on the vehicle equip
m ent. The mult i colo r im age will be used in th is Owner's
Manual because both multi co lor and single color versions
are almos t id entical.
Cockpit
Depending on options:
- Radio system
- CD changer
Emergency flasher
Glove compartment ( lockable) .. .
Front passenger's airbag ...... .
Depend ing on options, switches
for :
- drive select ................ .
- Electronic Stabilization Control .
- Rear window sun shade ...... .
@ Deluxe automatic climate control
@ Depending on options, se lector lev
er or shift lever for :
@
@
- Manual transmission ........ .
- Automatic transmission
Ashtray with cigarette lighter Depend ing on options:
- MMI control console or
- drive select . ... ............ .
- Elect ronic Stabilization Control
so
66
142
111
177
54
76
90
90
64
111
button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
- Power switch for rear window sun
shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
@ I START ENGINE STOP! button . . . 83
@) Electromechanical parking brake 85
(D Tips
- Some of the equipment or features shown
in the general illustration may be standard
equipment on your veh icle or may be op
tional equipment depending on your model.
Always ask your authorized Audi dealer if
you have a question about your vehicle.
- Operation of the Multi Media Interface
(MMI) is described in a separate manual.
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Instruments and indicator lights
Instruments and indicator Lights
Instruments
Instrument cluster and controls
The instrument cluster is your central source of information.
Fig. 3 Overview of the instr ume nt cluste r
(D Coolant temperature gauge .. .. .
@ Tachometer .... .. .. ..... .... .
@ Warning/indicator lights ...... .
@ ISETI button ....... ...... .... ·
® Display
- Driver information system .... .
- Time and date display ........ .
- Odometer .... ............ . .
® Reset button for trip odometer
10
11
13
11
23
12
12
12
12
-When switching the ignition on, the needles
in the instrument cluster swing upward
briefly.
- The illumination for the instrument cluster
lights up whenever you switch on the igni
tion with the
vehicle headlights off. As the
daylight fades, the instrument cluster illu
mination likewise dims automatically and
will go out completely when the outside
light is very low . This feature is meant to re
mind you to switch on the headlights when
outside light conditions become poor.
10
Engine coolant temperature gauge
The engine coolant gauge¢ page 10, fig. 3@
only works when the ignition is on. To prevent
damage to your engine, please note the follow ing important points:
Engine cold
If the needle is at or close to the bottom of the
gauge, the engine has not yet reached its operat
ing temperature. Avoid high engine speeds,
heavy engine loads, and heavy throttle applica
tions .
Normal temperature
When the engine has reached its operating tem
perature, the needle will move to the middle of
the gauge and remain there. If the engine is
working hard at high outside temperatures, the
needle may move higher on the gauge . This is not
a cause for concern as long as the . warning
li ght i n the inst rument cluster display does not il
luminate . If the . warning light in the instru
ment cluster display flashes, this can mean one
of two things : either the coolant
temperature is
too high, or the coolant
level is too low
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A WARNING
-Always observe the warning in ¢ page 203,
before opening t he hood and checking the
engine coolant level.
- Never open the engine hood if you see or
hear steam, or if you see engine coolant
dr ipping from the engine compartment. You
cou ld burn yourself. Let the engine cool off
firstsothatyoucannothearo rseeany
steam or engine coo lant.
0 Note
- Mounting additional lights or accessories in
front of the air inlets reduces the cooling ef
fect of the radiator. At h igh outside temper
atu res or high engine load, the engine could
overheat.
- The front spoiler has been designed to prop
erly distribute the cooling air when the vehi
cle is moving. If the spoiler is damaged, this
could reduce the cooling effect and the en
gine could then overheat. Ask your author
ized Audi dealer for assistance.
Tachometer (engine rev counter )
The tachometer indicates the engine RPM (revo
lutions per minutes).
If engine RPM drops below 1,500, you should
downshift to the next lower gear. The red area at
the end of the scale indicates maximum permis
sible eng ine RPM after the break-in period. Be
fore reaching this area, move the selector lever
to position D/5 or ease your foot off the accelera
tor pedal.
(D Note
The tachometer needle@¢ page 10, fig. 3
should only briefly be in the red zone: you
could damage your eng ine! The beginning of
the red zone varies depending on the engine.
@ For the sake of the environment
Upshifting early saves fuel and reduces en
gine noise.
Instruments and indicator lights
~button
Fig. 4 SET button in the instrument cluster
The !SET I button performs the following func
tions:
Switching on time, date, temperature
display and odometer
The display appears for approximately 30 sec
onds when you press the
ISETI button¢ fig . 4
with the ignition off.
Starting the Auto-Check sequence
The Auto-Check system constantly monitors cer
tain indiv idual functions and components of the
vehicle when the ignition is turned on and when
the vehicle is moving.
With the ignition turned on, you can start the
"Auto-Check sequence" by pressing the
! SETI but
ton. You can perform an Auto-Check sequence
when the vehicle is stat ionary and the ignition is
turned on or when the vehicle is moving slower
than 3 mph (5 km/h).
In addition, the number of keys initialised for
your vehicle is displayed.
L2 3/3 means that
th ree keys have been initialised. This feature e na
bles used car buye rs to make su re they have re
ceived all of the keys.
If you are given only two keys, for instance, you
should take the veh icle and the existing keys to
an authorized Audi dealer to have the missing key
disabled. It is also important to notify your insur
ance company about the loss.
Setting the speed warning
By pressing the ISETI button briefly, you can set
threshold 1 of the speed warning wh ile you are
driv ing
¢page 88. By ma intaining pressure on
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Instrumen ts and ind icator ligh ts
the I SET! button, you de lete the warning thresh
old.
Digital clock with date display and
Odometer
F ig . 5 Ins trum en t cluster: odo meter
Fig . 6 Instrument cluster: reset bu tton
Digi tal clock/GP S controll ed cl ock*
Depending on the vehicle equipment level, you
may choose between the quartz clock or the
GPS
controlled clock* l!j in the radio or in the MMI *.
You can learn more about this in the MMI manual
or in the rad io user 's manual.
Odometer /t ri p odomete r
The display of distance driven is shown in kilome
ters "km" or in miles "mi".
- USA mode ls - Miles
- Canada models - Kilometers
The units of measure (kilometers/miles) can be changed in the radio or MMI* . You can learn
mo re about this in the MMI manual or in the ra
d io user's manual.
The odometer @ shows the total number of kilo
meters or miles that have been driven on the ve
h icle .
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The trip odometer @ shows the distance driven
since it was last reset.
It can be used to measure
short distances. The last digit shows distances of
100 meters or 1/10 of a mile .
The trip odometer can be reset to zero by press
ing the reset button
!O.O I ¢ fig. 6.
Malfunction message
If there is a malfunction somewhe re in the in
strume nt cluster,
DEF w ill appear in the tr ipod
ometer and w ill stay on. Contact yo ur authorized
Aud i dealer to have the prob lem corrected.
Immobilizer
When the ignition is switched on, the data on the
i gnition key are scan ned automat ica lly .
If an unauthor ized key was used,
SAFE is d is·
played permanently in the odomete r display
field . The vehicle cannot be operated
¢ page 32 .
{i) Tips
-When you switch off the ignition or open
the driver door, the time, date, odometer
and tempe rature are displayed for an addi
tional
30 seconds.
- You can also call up the display with the
!SE T! button¢ page 11 while the ignition is
switched off .
Fuel gauge
The fuel gauge works only when the ignition is
on.
When the needle re aches the red area, the warn
i ng l ight
li'J in the instrument cluster wi ll illumi
nate ¢
page 20. Time to refuel!
The tota l tank capacity of your ve hicle is listed in
¢ page 256.
(D Note
Neve r run the tan k comp letely dry! An ir regu
l a r supply of fuel can cause eng ine misfiring
and fuel could enter in to the exhaust system .
The cata lytic conver ter cou ld the n overheat
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Automatic S hift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Manual s hift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
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Natura l leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . 196
N et . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
NHTSA Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
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Occupant seating posit ions 122
Octane rat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Offro ad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
OFF (automatic cl imate control) . . . . . . . . . . 77
O il
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205, 207
O il cons umption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
On -Board D iagnostic System (OBD)
Data L ink Con nector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
E lect ronic speed limiter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
M alf unctio n I ndica to r L amp (MIL) . . . . . . . 29
Open door or front lid warni ng . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Opening ... .. .. .. ... . .... ... .. .. .... .. 31
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 40
Sun shades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 54
Opening/clos ing
at the lock cylinde r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
with the centra l locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . 35
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Othe r equipmen t (efficiency prog ram) . . . . . 27
Outside temperature d isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Owner's Literat ure
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Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Pa int No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Pa reel shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5
Index
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Parking a id
Cleaning sensors/ came ra lenses . . . . . . . . 194
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
also refer to Electromechanical
par king b rake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Parking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Parking system (rear) Adjust ing the war ning tones . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Parking system (rear, with rear v iew camera)
Parki ng mode 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Parking mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Switch ing on/off .................... 117
Swi tching rea r view came ra o n/off . . . . . . 1 20
Partition net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70, 71
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
PASSENG ER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 148
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 25
Physical princip les of a frontal collision . . . 131
Polish ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Po llutant filte r (automat ic A/C sys tem) . . . . 76
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Windows ....... .. .................. 41
Power locking system Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Selective unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
S lid ing/ti lting sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power steer ing
refer to Electro-mechan ica l power assist . 181
Power window Convenience open ing/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 42
P ower windows
Child safety locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
M alfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Pregnant women Spec ial considerat ions when wea ring a safe-
ty be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
269
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
T
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