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Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Fr ont airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Monito ring the Advanced Airbag System . 148
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1S2
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lSS
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1S8
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Securing child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
LATCH system (Lower anchorages and
tethers for children) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Addit ional information 175
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Intelligent Technology . . . . . . . . . . 176
Notice about data recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and vehicle control
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
E lectronic Stabilization Control ( ESC) . . . . 177
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Electro-mechanical power assist, dynamic
steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Driving with your quattro . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Driving and the environment . . . . 185
Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Driving through water on roads . . . . . . . . 185
Cata lytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Shutting down vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Economical and environmentally-friendly
driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
allroad: D riving offroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Driving with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Trailer mode notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Operating instructions ...... .. .. .
Care and cleaning ........... .. .. .
General information ..... ... .. .. .. .. . 193
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~ Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 ..... v:, .....
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Cleaning and care information . . . . . . . . . 194
Placing your v ehicle out of service . . . . . . 197
Fuel and Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20S
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Brake fluid .. .. .. .. ... ........... ... 2 11
Battery ......... .. ................. 212
Windsh ield/headlight* washer conta iner. 216
Wheels ...... .. .. ................. 217
Wheels and Tires ... ...... ....... .. .. 217
Tire pressure monitoring system 235
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
Space-saving spare tire (compact spare
tire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Inflatable spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Inflating inflatable spare tire . . . . . . . . . . 239
Replacing wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Fuses..... .... .. ......... .... .... .. 246
Bulbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Starting by pushing or towing . . . . . . . . . . 250
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Useofjumpercables ................. 251
Towing with a tow truck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Vehicle identification ......... ...... . .
Weights ... ... .. .. ................ .
Dimensions .. .. . ... ................ . 255
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