2016 AUDI A6 engine coolant

@ For the sake of the environment
-Changing the engine settings will adversely
affect emission levels. This is detrimental to
the environment and increases fuel con­
sumption.
- Always observe environmental regulations
when disposing of old engine oil, used brake
fluid, dirty engine coolant, spent batteries
or worn out tires .
- Undeployed airbag modules and pretension­
ers might be classified as Perchlorate Mate­
rial -special handling may apply, see
www .dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlo­
rate . When the vehicle or parts of the re­
straint system including airbag modules
safety belts with pretensioners are scrap­
ped, all applicable laws and regulations
must be observed. Your authorized Audi
dealer is familiar with these requirements
and we recommend that you have your deal­ er perform this service for you.
Accessories and
technical changes
Additional accessories and parts replacement
Always consult an authori zed Audi dealer before
purchasing accessories.
Your vehicle incorporates the latest safety design
features ensuring a high standard of active and passive safety.
Th is safety could be compromised by non-ap­
proved changes to the vehicle. For this reason, if
parts have to be replaced, please observe the fol­
lowing points when installing additional accesso­
ries :
Approved Audi accessories and genuine Audi parts are available from authorized Audi dealers.
These dealers also have the necessary facilities, tools and trained specialists to install the parts
,...., and accessories properly .
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0 <.J 'SI: ,...., M Consumer information
A WARNING
Using the wrong spare parts or using non-ap­
proved accessories can cause damage to the
vehicle and serious personal injury.
- Use only accessories expressly approved by
Audi and genuine Audi spare parts
- These parts and accessories have been spe­
cially designed to be used on your vehicle.
- Never install accessories such as telephone
cradles or beverage holders on airbag covers
or within the airbag deployment zones . Do ­
ing so will increase the risk of injury if air­
bags are triggered in an accident!
- Before you check anything in the engine
compartment, always read and heed all
WARNINGS 9page 216.
(D Note
-If items other than genuine Audi spare
parts, add-on equipment and accessory
items are used or if repair work is not per­
formed according to specified methods, this
can result in severe damage to your vehi­
cle's engine and body (such as corrosion)
and adversely affect your vehicle's warranty.
- If emergency repairs must be performed
elsewhere, have the vehicle examined by an
authorized Audi dealer as soon as possible.
- The manufacturer cannot be held liable for
damage which occurs due to failure to com­
ply with these stipulations.
Technical Modifications
Our guid elines must be complied with when t ech­
nical modifications are made.
Always consult an authorized Audi dealer
before
starting work on any modifications.
This will help ensure that vehicle function, per­
formance and safety are not impaired
9 ,& .
Attempting to work on electronic components
and the software used with them can cause mal­
functions. Because of the way electronic compo­
nents are interconnected with each other, such
malfunctions can also have an adverse affect on
other systems that are not directly involved. This .,._
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A
A/C (fo ur-z one automatic clim ate control) . . 7 0
A/C (three -zone climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 68
Accessories .. .. .. .... .... ..... .. .. 60, 275
Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Ad justing the vibration warn ing . . . . . . . . . 95
C leaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Adapt ive a ir s uspension/sport . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Adapt ive cruise control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
C leaning the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
M essages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1
Request for driver i nterven tion . . . . . . . . . . 89
S top-and -go traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Adapt ive Lig ht (defective) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
AdBlue .. .. .. .. .... .. .... ... .. .. .... . 212
Messages .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. . 213
Opening the tank door ................ 213
Refilling . .. .. ................. .... . 213
Adding Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
E ng ine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
W indshield washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Addit ives
E ngine oi l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Adjusting Fr ont seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Steer ing colum n electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
S teer ing colum n manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Adjusting a ir distribution (four-zone automat -
i c climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Ad justing air distribution (three- zone climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Ad justing the temperature (four-zone auto -
matic climate contro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Ad justi ng the tempe rature (three-zone cli-
mate con trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Ai rbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
A irbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Advanced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Advanced A irbag Sys tem components . . . 149
Ca re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 7
Index
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Danger of fitting a child seat on the front
passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1S7
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 46, 147
How do the front a irbags wor k? . . . . . . . . 151
How many a irbags does my vehicle have? 149
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work togethe r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Important in formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Knee airbags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
PASSE NGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 154
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
S ide a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
S ide curta in a irb ags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
War ning/ indicator ligh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Warn ing/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
When must t he system be inspected? 153
Aircraft Transporting your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 7
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
All weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
All wheel d rive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 91
Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Amb ient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7
Anti-freeze
refer to Eng ine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Anti- lock braking system
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
War ning/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Anti- Lock Bra king System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Anti-slip regulat io n
I n dicator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Anti-Slip Regu lation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Anti -theft systems
E lectronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Asht ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Audi drive select
refer to Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Audi Se rvice Repair Manuals and Literature 273
277

Checking Engine coolant leve l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
222
Chi ld rest raints
Danger of usin g c hild rest raints in the front
se at. .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. .... .
143
Where can I ge t addi tional in fo rmat ion
a bout child restraints and their use? . . . .
183
Chi ld rest raint system ancho rs . . . . . . . . . . 179
Ch ild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Important safety instructions for using chi ld
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
169
Important things to know when driv ing with
ch ild ren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
166
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2
Tether st raps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2
Chi ld safety lock
Rear doo rs, windows in the rea r . . . . . . . . .
39
Ch ild safety seats
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17 5
Convertible c hild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
173
Convertible locking retractor . . . . . . . . . . 178
H ow do I properly i nstall a child safety seat
. h' l 7 169 in myve 1c e ......... .............. .
Inf ant sea ts . ................. ... .. . 17 2
Ins tall ing a chi ld restra in t usi ng the LA TC H
sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
181
LATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Lowe r ancho rages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
181
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Unused safety belts on the rear seat . . . . 171
C hil d seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Secur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
C igarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
C lea ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
C leaning/ removing ice from wi ndows . . . . . 205
Clea ning Alcanta ra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Cleaning artificia l leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Clea ning ca rbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 5, 206
C lea ning contro ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
C leaning decorative parts and trim . . . 20 4, 205
Cle anin g displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
C lea ning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
C lea ning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Clea ning rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
C lean ing textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Index
Climate contro l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7
Closing
Sunr oof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41
W indows . .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. . 40
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Compact spare t ire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
C ons umer i nfor mat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 73
Cons umer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Cons umption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Contac ting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Start ing the engine (S TART ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74
Stopping the eng ine (STAR T ENG INE S TO P
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
75
Swi tc hi ng the igni tion on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
U nlocking an d loc king vehi cle . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Convenie nce open ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Convertib le child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 1 73
C onvertib le loc kin g re trac to r
A ct ivat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
178
D ea ct ivat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
U sing to secu re a chi ld safety seat . . . . . . 178
C oo la nt
refer to Eng ine coolan t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 22
Cooling mode (four-zone automat ic climate
contro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
70
Cooling mode (three -zone climate control) . 68
Crossing water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 4
Cruise control
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
83
War ning/ indica tor lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Cruise cont rol system
Changi ng speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
82
Prese lecting speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
(u pholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Curve light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Cylinder management
refer to Cylinder on demand System . . . . . 24
Cylinder on demand System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
D
D at a reco rder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 6
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Index
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Declaration of compliance Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
276
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Cell phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Electronic immob ilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Garage door opener (HomeLink) . . . . . . . . 276
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Defective light bulb warning
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21
Defrosting (windows)
Four- zone automatic climate control . . . . .
71
Three-zone climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
DEF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Determining correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 245
Diesel Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
209
Diesel particu late filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Dimensions .. .. ............... .... ... 271
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Door/rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Doors Ch ild safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
CD/radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Door/rear lid warn ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
E ff iciency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25
E xterior temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . 23
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
Driver seating posit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
drive select
adaptive air suspension/sport . . . . . . . . . .
100
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Curve light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Safety belt tensione r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Sport differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Driving economically
Driving safely .. .. ... .......... .. .. .. .
Driving through water .......... .. .. .. .
280
196
125
194
Driving time
Duplicate key ...
... .. .. ................ 24
30
Dust filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Dynamic steering
Indicator light
E
190
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Economy tips (efficiency program) . . . . . . . . 25
Eff · 1c1ency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Electromechanical parking brake
Operat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Releasing and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Electronic differential lock
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Electronic differential lock (EDL)
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19
Electronic immobili zer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
E lectronic power control (EPC)
warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Electronic stabilization control
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
E lectronic Stabilization Control . . . . . . . . . . 187
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Emergency actuation
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Emergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
22
Emergency operation
Emergency braking function (parking brake) .7.8
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
212
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
112
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
264
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Engine
Compartment. ... .. .. ... ..... ..... ..
218
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

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
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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
I
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

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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
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
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