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
0
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
5
p
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
s
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
285
....
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