2016 AUDI A6 alternator

Instruments and indicator lights
& WARNING
-If your veh icle should break down for me­
chanical or other reasons, park at a safe dis­
tance from moving traffic, turn off the en­ gine and turn on the hazard warn ing lights
¢ page 47, Emergen cy flasher.
- Never open the hood if you see or hea r
steam o r coolant escap ing from the eng ine
compartmen t -yo u risk be ing sc alded. Wa it
u nti l you can no longer see or hear s team or
coolant escaping.
- T he eng ine compartment of any vehicle is a
dange rous a rea. Befo re yo u perform any
work in the engine compartment, turn of
the engine and allow it to coo l. Follow the
warning stickers
¢ page 216.
@ Note
Do not contin ue driving if the . symbo l ill u­
m ina tes . There is a mal function in the eng ine
coo ling system -you could damage your en­
gine.
0 Battery
This warning/indicator light detects a malfunc­
tion in the generator or in the vehicle's electrical
system.
The . warning/indicator light ill uminates when
you switch on the ignition and must go out after
the engine has started.
• Alternator fault: Batte ry is not being charg­
ed
If t h e indicator lig ht t urns on and the message
appears, there is a malfunc tion in the gene rator
or veh icle ele ctrical system .
Dr ive to you r autho rized Aud i dea le r or q ual ified
wo rkshop immedia tely. Because the vehi cle bat­
tery is discharging, tu rn off a ll unnecessary e lec­
tr ica l equipment s uch as the radio. Seek profes ­
sional assistance if the ba ttery charge level is too
low.
(•) Low b att ery : battery will be charged whi le
dri ving
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If the indica tor light turns on and the message
appears, there may be limited sta rting ability .
If this message t urns off after a little whi le, t he
batte ry c harged enough while dr iv ing .
If the message does not tu rn off, have you r au­
t h orized Audi dea le r or qual ified wor ks hop co r­
r ect the ma lf u nction.
~ Engine stop while driving
• Engine stopped : No power steering and
brake support.
There is a ma lf u nction in the engine o r in t he f uel
s u pply sys tem.
Mo re force is needed to steer a nd b rake the mov­
i ng vehicle when the engi ne is stopped . If the ve­
hicle is rolling, t ry to stop i t carefully on the s ide
of the road away from moving traffic. See an au ­
thorized Audi dea le r or a uthorized Audi Service
Facil ity for assistance.
& WARNING
I f t he engine stops w hile d riving, you will
need to use more force to brake the vehicle.
This increases the risk of an acc ident. There
will still be power steering if the ignition is
swi tched on while the vehicle is ro lling and
there is suff ic ient battery charge . Otherwise ,
you must use greater force w hen stee ring.
4'-Safety belts
This warning/indicator light reminds you to put
on your safety belt.
The . warn ing/ indicator light illum inates when
the ignit ion is switched on to remind the driver
and any front passenger to pu t on the safety belt.
Additionally , a n acoust ic wa rn ing (go ng) w ill also
sou nd.
For more Information
¢ page 134 , 4'-Safety belt
warning light .

(D Tips
If the capacitive passenger detection system
determines that the front passenger seat is
empty, the frontal airbag on the passenger
side will be turned off, and the
PA SSENGER
A IR BAG OFF
light will stay on.
Repair , care and disposal of the airbags
Parts of the a irbag system are installed at many
d ifferent p laces on your Aud i. Installing, remov­
ing, servic ing o r repa iring a part in an area of the
vehicle can damage a part of an airbag system
and p revent that system from working properly
in a co llision.
There are some important things you have to
know to make su re t hat the effectiveness of the
system w ill not be impaired and that discarded
components do not cause injury or pollute the
environment .
A WARNING
Improper care, serv icing and repa ir proce­
dures can increase the r isk of personal injury
and death by preventing an airbag from de­
ploying when needed or deploying an airbag
unexpectedly:
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- Never cover, obstruct, or change the steer­ ing wheel horn pad or a irbag cover or the in­
strument panel or mod ify them in any way.
- Never attach any objects such as cup holders or te lephone mountings to the su rfaces cov­
er ing the airbag units.
- For cleaning the ho rn pad or instrument
pane l, use on ly a soft, dry cloth or one mois­
tened with plain water. Solvents or cleaners cou ld damage the a irbag cover or change
the stiffness or strength of the mater ial so
that the airbag cannot dep loy and protect
properly.
- Never repair, adjust, or change any parts of
the airbag system.
- All work on the steering wheel, instr ument
pane l, front seats or electrical system (in ­
cluding the installation of audio equipment,
cellu lar telephones and CB rad ios, etc.)
must be performed by a qualified technician
Airb ag sys tem
who has the t raining and spec ial equ ipment
necessary.
- For any wo rk on the airbag system, we
strong ly recommend that you see yo ur au­
thorized Audi dealer or qualified workshop.
- Never modify the front b umper or parts of
the vehicle body.
- Always make sure that the side a irbag can
inflate w ithout interference:
- Never ins tall seat covers or replacement
u pholste ry ove r the front seatbacks that
have not been specifica lly approved by
Audi.
- Never use addi tional seat cushions that
cove r the areas where the side airbags in­
flate.
- Damage to the orig inal se at cove rs or to
the se am in the area of the s ide airbag
module must a lways be repaired immedi­
ate ly by an authorize d Aud i dealer.
- The airb ag system can deploy on ly on ce. Af­
ter an airbag has been deployed, it must be
replaced with new replacement parts de­
signed and approve d espec ially for your
Aud i model version. Replacement of com­
p lete airbag systems or airbag components
m ust be performed by qualified workshops
only . Make sure that any airbag service ac­
tion is entered in you r A udi Warranty
&
Maintenance boo klet under AIRBAG R E­
PLAC EM ENT R ECORD.
- For safety reasons in severe accidents, the
alternator and starte r are separated from
the vehicle ba tte ry with a pyro te chnic cir cui t
interrupter.
- Work on the pyrotechnic c ircuit interrupt­
er must on ly be performed by a qualif ied
technic ians who have the exper ience, in­
format ion and specia l tools necessa ry to
perfo rm the wor k safely.
- If the vehicle or the circuit interr upte r is
scrapped, all applicable safety p recautions
must be followed.
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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
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