Index
Pregnant women
Specia l consid erations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Pressure (t ires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Pretensioners Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Preven tat ive passenger protect ion . . . . . . . 185
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Prope r occupant seating posit ions . . . . . . . 12 7
Prope r safety belt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Proper seat ing pos ition
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Occupa nts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Protect ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? 136
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Rad iator fan 226
Rain/light sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Intermittent (winds hield wipers) . . . . . . . . 49
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Range (fuel leve l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear light Indicator l ight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Rear she lf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Rearview camera
refer to Pa rking systems .......... 115,116
Rear view mir ror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rear w indow defogger (four- zone a utomat ic
clim ate cont ro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2
Rear window defogger (three -zone climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Recirculation mode (fo ur-zone automatic cli
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
286
Recircu lation mode (th ree-zone climate con -
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Recupe rat io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Ref illing Ad B lue
With bottle .. .. .. .. .... .. .... ... .. .. 216
With can ister .. .. ..... ........... ... 216
Ref uel ling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Remote cont ro l
Ga rage door opener ( HomeLink) . . . . . . . . . 41
Unl ocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Remote cont rol key
L E D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Rep lac ing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Repair manuals .... .. ............... .. 274
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Rep laci ng windsh ie ld w iper b lades . . . . . . . . 50
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 133, 134
Reset bu tton (trip odome ter) . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Residua l heat (four-zone a utomatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rims ... ... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .... ... .. 248
Roof rac k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Lo ad ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Roof weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
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Safe d rivi ng habits
Safety 1
26
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Correc t seating posi tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7
Pedal area . .. .... .. .. .. ......... .. .. 131
Safety be lt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Safety belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 140
Safety be lts wo rn by preg nant women 140
Safety be lt pretensioner
Serv ice and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 5, 138
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
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Fastening . ... .............. ... .... .
H eight adjustment .............. .. .. .
Improperly worn ............ ... .. .. .
Not worn .. ...... ........... .. .... .
Safety belt posi tion ....... .. .. .. .. .. .
Safety instructions ................. . .
Securing child safety seats . .. .. .. .. .. .
Special considerations for pregnant wom-
en .. .. .. .. .......... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 138
140
141
136
139
13 7
177
140
Unfasten ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Warning/indicator light.......... .. .. . 135
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Safety belt tensioner
drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Safety compliance sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 71
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Safety features for occupan t restraint and
protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Safety guidelines Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Safety instructions
Engine compartment ...... .. .. .. .. .. .
for side curtain airbags .... .. .. .. .. .. .
for using child safety seats ......... .. .
for using safety be lts ......... ... .. .. .
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System .
Safety systems
218
166
170
137
157
Warn ing/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Saving fuel Cylinder on demand System . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
E fficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Se at adjus tmen t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Driver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Front passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
H ead restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Se at heating (four-zone au tom atic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Seat heating (thr ee-zone climate control) . . 70
Seating position
Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Fr ont passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 128
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Index
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Rear pass engers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Seats Cleaning .. .. .. .. ....... ..... ... .. . . 208
Convenience side view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Seats (number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Seat ventilation (four- zone automa tic cl imate
con trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Se lective catalytic reduction
ref er to Ad Blue ... ................ ... 214
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Selector lever (autom atic transmission)
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Service and disposa l
Saf ety belt pr ete nsioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Serv ice interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Shift paddles .. .. .. ... .. .... .... .. .. ..
111
Ship (transporting your vehicle) . . . . . . . . . . 268
Side a irbags
Description .. .. .. ...... ....... .... . .
How they work . .. ....... ..... ... .. . .
side assist 161
163
Sensor range
.. ....... ........... .... 98
Sid e assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Sid e curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
also r efer to Trunk pass-through . . . . . . . . 66
Snow cha ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Space-saving spare tire ..... ..... ..... . .
Spare tire ... .. .. .. ........ .... ..... . . 254
254
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Spoi ler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
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