2016 AUDI A6 climate settings

Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5
E ng ine compartment ......... .. .. .... . 218
C losing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Opening the hood ................... 216
Safety instructions .................. . 216
Working in the engine compartment .... 216
Index
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Dimming ... ... .. .. ................ .. 49
Heating.... ... .. .. ................. . 48
Exterior temperature d isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
E ng ine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
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Checking the engine coolant level. . . . . . . 222
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Malfunction symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Engine oil ... .. ................ ..... . 218
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
O il consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Pressure malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Specification and viscos ity.... .. .. .. .. . 218
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Engine speed limitation (indicator light) 21
E ng ine Start-Stop mode
refer to Start-Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Engine warm-up request Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Environment Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Disposing of your vehicle battery . . . . . . . 229
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Fue l .. ... ... ...... ............. ... . 210
L eaks under your veh icle ....... .. .. .. . 216
L ett ing the veh icle stand and wa rm up . . . 197
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 225
Proper disposal of drained engine coolant 223
Proper disposal of drained engine oi l 220,221
Recycling used engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
What should I do with an old battery? . . . 229
ESC Automatic post-collision braking system . 188 Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 S
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 173
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
For the sake of the env ironment
Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . 196
Gasoline fumes and the env ironment .. .. 210
Reducing engine noise by early upshifting . 10
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Saving fuel by early upshifting . . . . . . . . . . 10
Warming up the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Four-zone automatic climate control
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Residual heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Synchronizing .. .. .. .................. 71
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 135
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 143
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Fuel gauge .. .. .. ............... .. 10 , 11
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Sport differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Star button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Start-Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Engine does not switched off . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Engine starts automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Starting/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Switching off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
START ENGINE STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Starting from a stop
H ill start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting to drive W ith a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74, 79
Steering Electrically adjustable steering wheel . . . . 73
Electromechanical steering .......... 190, 0
Indicator light ................ ... 17, 190
Manually adjustable steering wheel . . . . . . 73
also refer to Electromechanical steering . 190
Steer ing wheel
Buttons....................... .... .. 24
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Steering wheel heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Steering wheel column
Adj usting electr ically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Adjusting manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Steering wheel with tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 245
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
S tronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 106
L aunch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Sun shade Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Side doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
~ Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
~ Symbols ....
~ refer to Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . 11
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Index
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Tachomete r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 , 11, 23
Tail lights Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
TOI clean diesel
refer to Ad Blue. .... ............... .. 212
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
T emperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Three-zone climate control Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 132
T ime ...... .... .. .. ............... .. . 26
Tips for the environmen t
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
tiptronic (automatic transmission) ... 106, 110
T ires....... .. .. .. .. ............... .. 231
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241, 250
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 249
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
T readwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Unidirectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 233
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Towing Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Towing loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) . . . 249
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
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