2016 AUDI A6 ESP

Opening and closing
Opening and closing
Keys
Key set
Fig. 17 Key set
@ Remote control key with mechanical key
You can centrally lock and unlock your vehicle
and start the engine w ith the master key with re­
mote control. A mechanical key is integrated in
the remote control key¢
page 30.
@ Emergency key
The emergency key is not intended for constant
use. It shou ld only be used in an emergency.
Keep it in a safe place and do not carry it on your
key ring.
Key replacement
If you lose a key , contact your authorized Audi
dealer immediately to have the
lost key disab led .
Be sure to bring all your keys with you.
Personal comfort settings
If two people use one vehicle, it is recommended
that each person always uses "their own" master
key. When the ignition is switched off or when
the vehicle is locked, personal convenience set­
tings for the following systems are stored and as­
signed to the remote master key .
- Automatic climate contro l
- Central locking system
- Amb ience lighting*
- Seat memory*
- Parking system*
- Adaptive cruise control*
- Audi active lane assist*
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-Audi side assist*
- Audi drive select
- Night vision assistant*
- Heated steering wheel*
The stored settings are automatically recalled
when you unlock the vehicle, when you open the
doors or when you switch the ignition on.
A WARNING
-
-Do not leave your vehicle unattended. Al­
ways take your ignition key with you and
loc k your vehicle . Entr y by unautho rized per­
sons could endanger yo u or result in theft or
damage the vehicle.
- Do not leave children unattended in the ve­
hicle, especially with access to vehicle keys.
Unguarded access to the keys provides chil­
dren the opport unity to start the engine
and/or activate vehicle systems s uch as the
power windows, etc. Unsupervised opera­
tion of any vehicle system by ch ildren can
result in serious injury .
(D Tips
-The operation of the remote control key can
be temporarily disrupted by interference
from transmitters in the v icinity of the vehi­
cle working in the same frequency range
(e.g . a cell phone, radio equipment).
- For security reasons, replacement keys are
only ava ilable from Audi dealers .
- For Declaration of Compliance to United
States FCC and Industry Canada regulations
~page 276.
Removing the mechanical key
Fig. 18 Remote contro l maste r key : removing the mecha ni-
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Opening and closing
-Remote master key¢ page 33,
-Door handles with convenience key*
¢page 34,
- Lock cylinder at the driver's door¢ page 35,
or
- Power locking switch inside¢
page 35.
Selective unlocking
When you lock the vehicle, the power locking sys­
tem will lock the doors and the rear lid . When
unlocking, you can set in the MMI whether only
the driver's door or the entire vehicle should be unlocked
¢ page 33.
Automatic locking
The automatic locking feature locks all the vehi­
cle doors and the rear lid when you drive faster
than 9 mph (15 km/h) .
The car is unlocked again, when the opening
function in the power locking system switch or at
one of the door levers is actuated.
Anti-theft alarm warning system
If the anti-theft alarm warning system detects a break-in into the vehicle, acoustic and visual
warning signals are triggered.
The anti-theft warning system is activated auto­ matically when you lock the vehicle. It is deacti­
vated when unlocking using the remote key, with
the mechanical key, and when you switch the ig­ nition on.
The alarm also turns off when the alarm cycle has
expired.
Turn signals
When you unlock the vehicle , the turn signals
flash twice. When you lock the vehicle the turn
signals flash once. If they do not flash, one of the
doors, the rear lid or the hood is not locked.
Unintentionally locking yourself out
In the following cases there safeguards to pre­
vent you locking your remote master key in the
vehicle:
- The vehicle does not lock with the central lock­
ing switch ¢
page 35 if the driver's door is
open.
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- On vehicles with convenience key*, if the most
recently used master key is in the luggage com­
partment, the rear lid is automatically unlocked
again after it is closed .
Do not lock your vehicle with the
remote master
key or convenience key*
until all doors and the
rear lid are closed. In this way you avoid locking
yourself out accidentally.
Power side door closer*
The vehicle doors are equipped with a power side door closer. When closing a door, you only have
to let it fall lightly into the latch. The door will
then automatically close by itself¢&..
A WARNING
-
-When you lock your vehicle from outside,
nobody - especially children - should remain
inside the vehicle . Remember , when you
lock the vehicle from the outside the win­
dows cannot be opened from the inside.
- When you leave the vehicle, always take the ignition key with you. This will prevent pas­
sengers (children, for example) from acci­
dentally being locked in the vehicle should
they accidentally press the power locking
switch in the doors.
- Do not leave children inside the vehicle un­
supervised. In an emergency it would be im­
possible to open the doors from the outside
without the key.
- Applies to vehicles with power side door
closer*:
- When closing a door, make sure nothing
can interfere with the door. This could
cause serious personal injury .
- You can stop the door from closing at any
time by pulling on the inside or outside
door handle.
(D Tips
- In the event of a crash with airbag deploy­
ment all locked doors will be automatically
unlocked to give access to the vehicle occu­
pants from the outside.

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Operating locks with the key
In the event of a failure of the power locking sys­tem, the driver's door can be locked and un­
locked at the lock cylinder.
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Fig . 22 Key turns fo r open ing a nd clos ing.
• Remove the mechanica l key c::> page 30.
• Turn the mechanical key to position @
<=>fig . 22 to unlock the driver's door .
• Turn the key to position ® to lock the driver's
door
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A WARNING
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Read and follow all WARNINGS c::> .&. in Gener­
al description on page 32.
Locking and unlocking the vehicle from
inside
Fig. 23 Driver's doo r: powe r locking sw itc h
Open ing and closing
Fig. 24 Rear powe r lock ing switc h
• Press the button @l to lock the vehicle c::> ,&.
• Press the button @I to unlock the vehicle.
If you lock the veh icle using the power locking
switch, p lease note the follow ing:
- You cannot open the doors or the rear lid from
the
outside (increased security, for example
when you are stopped at a red light).
- The diodes in the power locking switches illumi­
nate when all the doors are closed and locked .
- Front doors: you can unlock and open the doors
from the ins ide by pulling on the door handle.
- Rear doors: pull the door handle
once to re­
lease the lock. Pull the handle
again to open
the door .
- If you have a crash and the airbag is activated,
the doors automatically unlock .
A WARNING
-- The power locking switch works with the ig-
nition off and automatically locks the entire
veh icle when it is actuated.
- On a vehicle locked from the outs ide the
power locking system switch is inoperative.
- Locked doors make it more difficult for emergency workers to get into the vehicle,
which puts lives at ris k . Do not leave anyone
behind in the vehi cle, especially children.
(0 Tips
Your vehicle is locked automatically at a
speed of 9 mph (15 km/h)
~ page 31. You can
unlock the vehicle aga in usi ng the opening
function in the power locking system switch.
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Opening and clo sin g
Emergency locking
Each door must be locked separately if the pow­
er locking system fails.
Fig . 25 Door: Emergency lock ing
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0 9 Cl An emergency lock is located on the front end of
the passenger's door and the rear doors (only
visib le when door is open).
.. Remove the mechan ica l key¢
page 30.
.. Pull the cover cap out of the opening¢ fig. 25.
.. Insert the key in the inside slot and turn it a ll
the way to the right (right door) or left (left
door).
Once the door has been closed, it can no longer
be opened from the outside. The door can be
opened from the inside by pulling the door han­
d le. If the child safety tock in a rear door is acti­
vated, you must first pull the door handle on the
inside . Then you can open the door from the out­
side.
Luggage compartment
Lid
Opening and closing rear lid
F ig . 26 Dr ive r's door: re m ote rea r lid re lease
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F ig. 27 Posit ion of hand le in the rear lid
Opening the rear lid
.. Press the middle button lasl on the remote con­
trol master key for at least one second, or
.. Pull the release button
las l in the drive r's door
¢ fig. 26, or
.. Press the hand le on the rear lid ¢
fig. 2 7.
Closing the rear lid
.. Pull the rear lid down at the gr ip on the inside
and allow it to drop gently to close it ¢ &. -
The sett ings in the MMI determine if the rear lid
can be opened us ing the handle ¢
page 33.
A WARNING
-After closing the rear lid, always pull up on
it to make sure that it is p roperly closed.
Otherwise it could open suddenly when the
veh icle is moving.
- To help prevent po isonous exhaust gas from
be ing drawn into the vehicle , always keep
the rear lid closed while driving . Never
transpo rt objects la rger than those which fit
comp letely into the luggage area, because
then the rear lid cannot be fully closed.
- Never leave your vehicle unattended espe­
cially with the rear lid left open. A child
could crawl into the car through the luggage
compartment and pull the lid shut, becom­ ing trapped and unable to get out. To re­
duce the risk of personal i njury, never let
children play in or around your vehicle . Al­
ways keep the rea r lid as we ll as the vehicle
doors closed when not in use.
- Always ensure that no one is within range of
the rea r lid when i t is moving, in part icu lar
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Opening and clo sin g
_& WARNING
Read and follow all WARNINGS¢ page 31,
General description.
- After closing the rear lid, always pull up on
it to make sure that it is properly closed.
Otherwise it could open suddenly when the
vehicle is mov ing.
- To help prevent poisonous exhaust gas from
being drawn into the veh icle, always keep
the rear lid closed while driving. Never
transport objects larger than those which fit
comple tely into the luggage area, because
then the rear lid cannot be fully closed.
- Never leave yo ur vehicle unattended espe­
c ially w ith the rea r lid left open. A child
could crawl into the car through the luggage
compartment and pull the lid shut, becom­
ing trapped and unable to get out. To re­
duce the r isk of personal injury, never let
children play in or around your vehicle. Al­
ways keep the rear lid as well as the vehicle doo rs closed when not in use.
- Never close the rear lid inattentively or with­
out checking first. Although the closing
force of the rear lid is lim ited, you can still
seriously injure yourse lf or others.
-Always ensure that no one is within range of the rear lid when it is moving, in particular
close to the h inges and the upper and lowe r
edges -fingers or han ds can be pinched.
- Never try to interfere w ith the rear lid or
help it when it is being opened or closed a u­
tomat ica lly.
(D Tips
- The setti ngs i n the Infota inment system de­
termine if the l uggage compartment lid can
be opened using t he handle
Q page 33.
-When the vehicle is locked, the luggage
compartmen t lid can be unlocked separately
by p ressing the b utton
l= I on the remote
contro l key. W hen the luggage compart­
ment lid is closed aga in, it locks a utomati ­
ca lly.
- You can close the luggage compartment lid
us ing the maste r key (veh icles with conven -
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ience key*) up to a distance of approximate ­
ly 9
ft (3 m).
- Th e luggage compartment lid can be oper­
ated by hand if the vehicle battery is low . It
is necessa ry to use more force w hen doing
this. Move the lid s low ly to reduce the
amount of force needed.
Luggage compartment with movement­
activated opening
Applies to vehicles : wit h convenience key and sensor -control­
led luggage comp artm en t lid
F ig . 30 Rear of the vehicle: foot movemen t
Requirements: You m ust be carrying your vehicle
key with you . You must be standing at the center
behind the luggage compartment lid. The dis­
tance to the rear of the vehicle should be approx­
i mately 8 inches (20 cm) . The ignition must be
switched off . Make sure you have firm foot ing .
.. Swing your foot back and forth below the
bumper¢
fig. 30. Do not touch the bumper.
O nce the system recognizes the movement, the
luggage compartment lid will open .
The luggage compartment lid will only open if
you make the movement as descr ibed . This pre­
vents the luggage compartment lid from opening
due to s imilar movements such as when you walk
be tween the rea r of the v eh icle and yo ur garage
doo r.
General information
In some situat ions, the funct ion is limited or
temporarily unavailable . Th is may happen if :
- the luggage compartment lid was closed be­
forehand.

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- you park close to a hedge and the branches move back and forth under the vehicle for a
long period of time.
- yo u clean yo ur vehicle, for example with a pres­
sure washer or in a car wash.
- there is heavy rain.
- the bumper is very dirty, for example afte r driv-
ing on salt-covered roads.
- there is interfe rence to the radio signal from
the veh icle key, s uch as from cell phones or re­
mote controls.
Luggage compartment lid emergency
release
The luggage compartment lid can be released in
an emergency from inside the luggage compart­
ment.
F ig. 31 Ins ide of the luggage compartme nt: access to the
emergency re lease
"' Pry the cover out using a screwdriver or the
emergency key
¢ fig. 31.
"'Press the lever in the direction of the arrow to
release the luggage compartment lid.
Open ing and closing
Child safety lock
The child safety lock prevents the rear door from
being opened from the inside and the rear win­
dows from be operated.
Fig. 32 Sectio n of the driver's door: Ch ild sa fety lock but­
to ns
• To activate the child safety lock for the respec­
tive rear door, press the left/right button
1±1 in
the dr iver's door¢
fig. 32 . The LED in the but­
ton turns on .
"' To deactivate the child safety lock fo r the re­
spective rear door, press the left/right button
1±1 in the driver's door. The LE D in the button
turns off.
The following features a re switched off:
- Interior door handle in the respective rear door,
- Power window switch in the respective rear
door.
T o activate the chi ld safety lock on both sides,
you must press the
[ii buttons one after the oth­
er.
A WARNING
-Always take the vehicle key with you when leaving the vehicle, even for a short period of
time. This applies particularly when ch ildren
remain in the vehicle. Otherwise they could
start the engine or operate electrical equip­
ment such as power windows .
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Lights and Vision
Lights and Vision
Exterior lighting
Switching the lights on and off
Fig. 38 Instrument panel : lig ht sw it c h with all we ath er
li gh ts
Light switch ·t:/.. ·
Tu rn the switch to the corresponding posi tion .
When the lights are sw itched on, the
:o o:c symbo l
turns on .
O - The lights are off or the daytime running lights are on :
-USA mode ls: The daytime running lig hts will
come on automatically when the ignition is on
and the light switch¢
fig. 38 is in the O posi­
t ion or the
AUTO position (only in day light con­
ditions). The
D aytime running light s function
can be turned o n and off in the MM I
¢ page 46, ¢ &.
- Canada mo del s: T he d aytime runn ing lights
will come on automati cally when the ignit io n is
on and the ligh t swi tch ¢
fig. 38 is in the O po­
sition, the
; oo :c position or th e AUTO position
(on ly in daylight conditions) ¢
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AUTO - Automatic hea dlights sw itch on and off
depending on br igh tness, for example i n tw ilig ht,
du ring rain or in tunne ls.
;oo :c -Parking light
io -Low beam headlight
~ - All weather lights
@TI -Rear fog lights
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All-weather lights
The front lights a re adjusted au toma tically so
that there is less g lare fo r the d river from his o r
her ow n lights , fo r example when roads are wet .
Automatic dynamic headlight range control
system
Your vehicle is equ ipped with a headlight range
contro l system so tha t the head lights do not
blind oncoming t raff ic if the vehicle load
changes. The head light range also adjusts auto­
matically when brak ing and acce lerating .
Static cornering light*
The static co rnering light depends on equipmen t
and only wo rks when the light sw itch is in the AU­
T O positio n. The corn ering light switches on au­
tomatically at speeds up to app roximately
44 mph (70 km) when the steer ing wheel is at a
ce rtain angle. The area to the side of the vehicle
i s illum inated better when t urn ing .
,&. WARNING
-Automatic headlights are only intended to
assis t the driver. They do not relieve t he
driver of respons ibility to check the he ad­
lights and to t urn them on manu ally a ccord­
ing to the current light and visibility co ndi ­
tions. For exam ple, fog cannot be detected
by the light sensors. So always sw itch on the
low beam under these weather cond itions
and when dr iv ing in the dark
io.
-The rear fog lights shou ld only be turned on
in acco rdance with traffic regulations, to
p revent glare for traffic behind your vehicle .
- Please observe lega l reg ulations when using
the lighting systems described .
@ Tips
-Th e light sensor for the a utomat ic head­
lights is in the rearview m irror mo unt.
Therefore, do not p lace any st ickers in this
area on the winds hield.
- Some funct ions of t he exterior lighting can
be adjusted ¢ page
46 .
-If you t urn of f the ignit ion while the e xte rior
lights are on a nd open the door, yo u will
hear a warning tone .

Lights and Vi sion
"'T o activ ate t he h igh beam assist, tap the lever
forward
(D . The ii indicator light appears in
the instr ument cluster d isp lay an d the high
beam assist is switched on/off automatically.
The
Bl indicator lig ht also turns on if the h igh
beams are switched on .
Switching the high beam s on /off manually
If the high beams did not sw itch on/off a utomat ­
ically as expected, you may sw itch them on or off
manually instead:
"'T o swi tc h the high beams on manually, tap the
l ever forward
(D . The Bl indicator lig ht t urns
on.
"' To switc h the high beams off manually, p ull the
lever back@. The h igh beam assist is deact i­
vated .
Operating the headlight flasher
"'To ope rate the headlight flasher w hen the h igh
beam assist is act ivated and high beams are
switched off, p ull the leve r back @. The high
beam assist rema ins ac tive .
Me ssages in the instrument cluster display
ml Audi adaptive light: system fault!
Headlight a ssist: System fault
Dr ive to an a uthorized Aud i dea ler or a uth orized
Aud i Serv ice Fac ility immediately to have t he
malfunct io n co rrected. You can still switc h the
h igh beams on or off ma nually.
Headlight assist: Unavailable No camera view
The camera v iew is b locked, fo r example by a
sticke r or debr is.
The senso r is locate d between the interior rear­
view m ir ror and the windshield. Therefore, do not
p lace any st ic kers in this area on the windshie ld.
A WARNING
-
H igh beam assist is only intended to assist
the drive r. The dr iver is still responsible for
cont rolli ng the headligh ts a nd switch ing
t hem ma nually de pendi ng on light and vis ibil­
i t y conditions.
It ma y be ne cess ary to operate
t he m man ually i n situ at io ns such as:
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- In adverse weat her condi tions such as fog,
heavy rain, blowing snow or spray ing water.
- On roads where oncoming traffic may be
pa rtially obscure d, such as expressways.
- When the re are roa d users that do not have
suff icient lighting, such as bicyclers or
veh icles with dirty tail lamps.
- In tig ht curves an d on stee p slopes.
- In poorly lit a re a s.
- W it h st ro ng refle cto rs, such a s signs .
-If th e ar ea of the wi ndshi eld n ear the s ensor
i s f ogged over, dirty, icy or covered with a
s tick er.
Adjusting the exterior lighting
The settings are adjusted in the MMI.
"'Select: !C A R! function button> (Car) * systems
cont rol button > Vehicle settings > Exterior
lighting .
Automatic headlights
You can adjust the following sett ings in the Au­
tomatic headl ights
menu:
Headlights activation time -You can adjust if the
h eadlights switch o n
Early, Med . or Late accord­
i ng to the sens itiv ity o f the lig ht sensor .
Audi adaptive light* -You can sw itch ad aptive
li ght
On an d Off .
Automatic high beams*
Y ou can switch the hig h beam assist on an d off .
Daytime running lights
USA models:
You can switch the daytime runn ing
li gh ts
on and off .
Canada models:
The function cannot be turned
off. It is act ivated a utomatically each time the ig­
nit ion is switched on. This menu item is shown
"g reye d out" .
Coming home, Leaving home
The coming home function ill uminates the a rea
outside the vehicle when you switch the ign ition
off and open the driver's door. To turn the func-
tion on , se lect
Lights when leav ing car > On . .,._