2016 AUDI A6 climate control

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
F
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
281

Index
Octane rating Recomm endation ................ ... .
Refuelling .. .. .. ................ ... .
Saving fuel . .. ...... .. ... .... .... .. . 208
208
210 196
T ank cap acit y . .... ...... ..... .... .. . 271
F ueling
Fuel filler door emergency release . . . . . . 212
Fue l gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fuses Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
G
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . . 42
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Gauges Engine coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Generator (warning/indicator lights) . . . . . . 16
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . . 233
Glove compartment (cooled) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Glow plug system Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 270
H
Head-up display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Headlight Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . . 44
Headlights Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . 44
Washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Heated Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rear window (four-zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
282
Rear window (three-zone climate control) . 69
Seats (four-zone automatic climate control) .7.1
Seats(three-zone climate control) . . . . . . . 69
Washe r no zzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 1 36
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
High voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Hill de scent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Homelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 42
Hood (release lever) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How are child restraint system anchors relat-
ed to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 149
How safety belt pr ete nsioners work . . . . . . 140
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Ignition
Indicator light ... .. .. ................ 17
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Important things to do before driving . . . . 125
Improperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Indic ator lights .. .. .. .. .... .. .. ....... . 11
also refer to Warning/indicator lights . . . . 11
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Inflation pressure (t ires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Inspection interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Installing child safety seats
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Installing the upper tether strap on the an­
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Indicato r lights .. .. .. ............. .. . 11
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Instruments and controls
General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Interior lighting Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Front and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Inte rmittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . . 51

Index
Mirrors dimming ... .... ................ ..... 49
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Mon itor ing the Advanced Airbag System . . 153
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
N
Natural leather care/cleaning
NHTSA 206
Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Night vision assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Cleaning the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Nitrogen oxide (NOx) catalytic converter
refer to AdBlue .... .................. 212
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
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Occupant seating positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
OFF (four-zone automat ic cl imate control) . . 70
OFF (three- zone climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 68
Oil
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Oil change interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD)
Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 28
Open door/hood/rear lid warn ing . . . . . . . . . 23
Opening..... .. .. ..................... 30
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sunroof .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. .. 41
W indows .. .. .... ............. ...... 40
Other consumers (efficiency program) . . . . . 25
Outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Owner 's Literature
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Paint damage 205
Paint No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
284
Parking
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Parking aid Cleaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Start ing from a stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Start ing to drive w ith a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . 78
also refer to Electromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Parking system Adjusting the display/warning tone . . . . . 123 Cleaning the rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . 115
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Peripheral cameras . .. ............. .. 118
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Trailer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
also refer to Parking systems . . . . . . 114, 115
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Rearv iewcamera ..... ............... 115
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Pass-through with ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 154
Passenger protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Pedestrian detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Peripheral display. ... ................. 114
Physical principles of a frontal co llision . . . 135
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Po llen filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Power Windows . .... .. .. .. ............. ... 40
Power locking system Locking/unlocking the vehicle from inside . 35
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Unlocking and locking vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Power windows Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Pregnant women
Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Pre sense .. .. .. .. ........... .. .. .... .
Pressure (tires)
Pretensioners 184
249
Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Preventative passenger protection . . . . . . . 184
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 126
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Proper seating position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Q
quattro (all wheel drive).......... ..... . 191
Quest ion
What happens to unbelted occupants? 135
R
Radiator fan 224
Rain/light sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 51
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Range (fuel level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Rear lid Escape hand le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Opening and clos ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Rear light Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . 114, 115
Rear view m irror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Rear window defogger (four-zone automatic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Rear window defogger (three-zone climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Index
Recirculation mode (four-zone automatic cli­
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Recirculation mode (three-zone climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Refilling AdBlue With bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
With canister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Remote control Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . 42
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Remote control key LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Remote rear lid release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Replacing Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . . 52
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 132, 133
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Residual heat (four-zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Rims ..... ... .. .. .. ... ....... ... .. .. 246
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Roof weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
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Safe driving habits
Safety 12S
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Safety belt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Safety belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 139
Safety be lts worn by pregnant women . . . 139
Safety belt pretens ioner
Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
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Index
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134, 13 7
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Fasten ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
He ight adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13S
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Special considerations for pregnant wom -
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Safety belt tensioner
drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Safety belt warn ing light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Safety compliance st icker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Safety features for occupant restraint and
protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Safety guidelines Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Safety instructions
Eng ine compartment .............. ... 216
for side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
for using child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
for using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 156
Safety systems Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Saving fuel Cylinder on demand System . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S4
Driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Fr ont passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Seat heating (four-zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Seat heating (three -zone climate control) . . 69
286
Seating position
Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 127
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Seats Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Convenience side view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Correct seat ing position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Seats (number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Seat ventilation (four-zone automat ic cl imate
contro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Se lective catalytic reduction
refer to Ad Blue ... ... ............. ... 212
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Selector lever (automatic transmission)
Eme rgency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Service and disposal Safety be lt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Sh ift paddles.. .. .. .. .. ... ............ 110
Ship (transporting your vehicle) . . . . . . . . . 267
Side airbags Desc ription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
s ide ass ist
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Side curta in a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Space-saving spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Spare t ire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

....
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
M v:, ....
Index
T
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
287

Index
Trailer towing Op erating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
199
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 199, 200
Train (transporting your vehicle) . . . . . . . . . 267
Transmission malfunction (indicator light) .
111
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Transporting your vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Trunk
refer to Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 64
Trunk escape handle............... .... 251
Trunk lid
refer to Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
u
ULSD No. 2 (Diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Unfastening safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Uniform tire quality grad ing . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Unlocking
Power locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
V
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Vehicle
Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
203
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Vehicle control modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Veh icle electrical system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Vehicle identification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . .
270
Veh icle jack .. .. .. ............. ... 251,255
Vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
w
Warning/ind icator lights
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Anti-lock braking system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
288
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 15
Electronic power control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
G low plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 20
Safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Warning/Indicator lights
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
153, 154
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Washer fluid level (indicator light) ....... . 21
Washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Weights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
138
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 135
What impairs driving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 233
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 243
When must a safety belt be replaced? . . . . 136
When must the airbag system be inspected? .153
Where are lower anchorages located? . . . .
180
Wild anima l recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Window regulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Windows
Cleaning/removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
205
Defrosting (four -zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
71
Defrosting (three-zone climate control) . . . 68
Windshield
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
51
Defrosting (four -zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
71
Defrosting (three-zone climate control) . . . 68
also refer to Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Windshie ld wipers
Cleaning wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
52
Folding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Replacing windshield wiper b lades . . . . . . . 52
Sw itching on and
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1
W inte r driv ing
Snow chai ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Tires .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ... .. .. .... . 246
W inte r operation
B attery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 2
D efrost ing windows (four- zone automat ic
climate cont rol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Defrosting windows (three-zone climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Seat heating ( four-zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Seat heating (three-zone climate control) . 69
S teer ing whee l heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
W inte r ti res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
W inte r use
C ar washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Removing ice from w indows 205
X
Xenon -Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Index
289