
Care and cleaning
avoid scratches, move the scraper on ly in
one direction and not back and forth.
- Never remove snow or ice from door win
dows and mirrors using warm or hot water
because this could cause cracks to form .
- To avoid damage to the rear w indow de
fogger, do not apply any stickers on the
heating wires on the inside of the window .
- Decorati ve parts /trim
- Never use chrome care or cleaning prod-
ucts.
- Paint
- To red uce the risk of scratches, the vehicle
must be free of dirt and dust before pol
ishing or waxing .
- T o prevent pa int damage, do not polish or
wax the veh icle in direct sunlight.
- To red uce the risk of pa int damage, do not
polish away rust spots.
- Remove cosmetics and sunscreen immedi
ately -these could damage the paint.
- Di spla ys
- To avoid scratches, do not use dry cleaning
methods on displays .
-Controls
- Make sure that no fluids enter the con-
trols, because this could cause damage.
- Safety belts
- Do not remove the safety belts to clean
them.
- Never clean safety belts o r th eir compo
nents chemically or with cor rosive fl uids
or so lvents and neve r al low sha rp objects
t o come into con ta ct w ith the safe ty belts.
T his could cause damage to the belt web
bing .
-If there is damage to the webbing, the
connections, the retractors or the buckles,
have them replaced by an author ized Audi
dealer or authorized Audi Service Facility.
- Textiles /art ificial leather/ Alcantara
- Never treat artificia l leather/ Alcantara
w ith leather care products, so lvents, floor
polish, shoe polish, spot remove or similar
prod uct s.
- Have a specialist remove st ubborn stains
to prevent damage.
172
- Never use steam cleaners, brushes, hard
sponges, etc . when cleaning .
- D o not turn on the seat heating* to dry the
seat.
- Objects w ith sharp edges s uch as zippe rs,
rivets on clothing or be lts can cause dam
age to the surface .
- Open hook and loop fasteners, fo r exam
p le on clothing, can damage seat covers.
Make sure hook and loop fastene rs are
closed.
- Natu ral leathe r
- Never treat leather with solvents, floor
polish, shoe polish, spot remover or sim i
lar p roducts .
- Objects w ith sharp edges such as zippe rs,
rivets on clothing or belts can cause dam
age to the surface.
- Never use steam cleaners, brushes, hard
sponges, etc. when cleaning.
- Do not turn on the seat heating * to dry the
seat.
- To he lp prevent the leather from fad ing,
do not leave the vehicle in d irect sunlight
for long periods of time . If leav ing the ve
h icl e parked fo r long pe riods of time, you
should cove r the leathe r to pro te ct it from
d irec t sunlight.
{D Tips
- Insects are easier to remove from paint that
has been freshly waxed.
- Regular waxing can prevent rust spots from
forming.

Fuses and bulbs
(D Tips
- The following table does not list fuse loca
tions that are not used.
- Some of the equipment listed in the follow
ing tables applies only to certain model ver
sions or certain optional equipment.
Cockpit fuse assignment
The fuse number is stamped into the plastic be
low or above each fuse.
No. Equipment
1 LED headlight (left)
2 LED headlight ( right)
5 LED headlight (left)
6 LED headlight (right)
7 Steering lock
8 Convenience access
9
Airbag control module, AIRBAG OFF indi-
cator light
12 Transmission control module
Air quality sensor for climate contro l sys-
tern, heated w indow washer nozzles,~
button, reverse light button<®>, oil level
13 sensor, climate control system, seat occu-
pant detection system, seat heating , but-
tons in the center console, automatic dim-
ming mirror
Engine control module, transmission con-
trol module, quattro control module,
14
brake lights, electromechanica l steering,
Gateway cont rol module, trailer hitch con-
trol module, ESC contro l module, light
switch, damping control module
Headlight range control module, instru-
ment illuminat ion, headl ights (left, right),
15 diagnostic connector, headlight range con-
trol module, crankcase housing heater, air
flow sensor, socket relay, DC/DC converter
16 Park ing system
17 Parking system rearview camera
18 TV tuner
19 E ngine starter control, DC/DC converter
220
No . Equipment
20
ESC contro l module, climate/heating con-
tro l, special functions interface
21 Selecto r mechanism power supply
22 Interior monitoring
© button, front interior lighting buttons,
23 diagnostic connector, light switch, light/
rain sensor, humidity sensor
25 Headlight power supply
26 Rear window wiper
27 Starter system
28 Infotainment
29
Supply for the park ing system rearv iew
camera and TV tuner
30 Infotainment
31 Infotainment
32 Instrument cluster
33 A utomat ic dimming rearview mirror
36
Cigarette lighter, cockpit/ luggage com-
partment socket
37 Cockpit/rear socket
38 Transmission control module
40 Trailer hitch control module
41 Trailer hitch control module
42 Trailer hitch control module
44 Rear window defogger
45
Electromechanical parking brake control
module
46 Trailer hitch control module
47 quattro control module
48 Aut omat ic lu ggage compartment lid con-
tro l module
so Fan
51
Electromechanical parking brake control
module
52 BCM
53 Fr ont seat heating
54 Panorama roof
55 Sun shade on the panorama roof
56 Adaptive dampers control module

Index
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Unused safety belts on t he rear seat . . . . 13 7
Ch ild se ats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Secur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
C igarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
C lea ning/ remov ing ice from wi ndows . . . . . 170
Clean ing Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Clea ning artificia l leather ..... ... .. .. ... 171
Clea ning ca rbon parts ............. 170, 17 1
Clean ing contro ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Clea ning deco rative p arts and t rim ... 169, 170
Clea ning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
C leaning exha ust ta il pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
C lea ning plast ic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Clean ing textiles...................... 171
C lean ing the rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Climate con trol system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Climate control system (automatic)
Ad justing the temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Air distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
AUTO (automatic mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
B lower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Changi ng the tempe rat ure unit . . . . . . . . . 66
D efrost ing the w indshie ld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Rea r window de fogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 6 6
Recirc ulation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Climate con trol system (manual)
Ad justi ng the tempera ture . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Ai r dist ribution, air ven ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Blower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Defrosting the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Recirc ulation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Closing Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Closing/opening by remo te con trol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
with the cen tra l locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . 31
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
W ith the doo r lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Cockpit (ove rview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
238
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 56
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
C ompliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Cons umer i nformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Cons umer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cons umption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Convenience key Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Switc hing the ignit ion on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Convenience opening/clos ing
Convertible child safety seats
Convertible locking retracto r .
..... ... .. . 37
138
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Deact ivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
U sing to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 143
Coo lant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Cooling mo de ( au tomat ic cli ma te co ntrol sys-
te m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Cooling mode (manual climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Cooling system
Coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cooling System Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Co rnering lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Crossing water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Cruise cont ro l sys tem
Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Desc ription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Preselecting speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Switc hing off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
C u p ho lders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 55
C u rrent consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Date disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Dayt ime run ning ligh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Index
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Working the engine compartment . . . . . . 177
Engine coolant system ................ .
Adding coolant .................. ... .
Checking coolant level ............ ... .
Checking the engine coolant level .. .. .. .
Radiator fan .. .. ................... .
Engine hood 183
184
183
183 18S
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Addit ives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Checking the oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Dipstick. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Oil grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Pressure malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Specif ication and viscos ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Engine speed limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Environment Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Disposing of your vehicle battery . . . . . . . 190
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Fuel . .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ..... .. .. . 175
Leaks under your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up . . . 161
Proper disposal of drained brake flu id . . . 186
Proper disposal of drained engine coolant 184
Proper disposal of drained engine o il 181, 182
Recycling used engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
What should I do with an old battery? 190
EPC
refer to Electronic power control . . . . . . . . 17
ESC Automatic post-collision braking system . 152
ESC offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
240
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Exterior mirrors Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
F
Fan
Radiator 185
Fastening Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 138
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Fold ing chocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Folding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
For the sake of the env ironment
Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . 160
Gasoline fumes and the env ironment . . . . 175
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 105
Front seats Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 113
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Fuel Additives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Filler neck..... .. .. ............... .. 174
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 11
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Gasoline add it ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Low fuel level symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Tank system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fuel economy messages (efficiency program)
24

Fueling
Fuel filler door em ergency rel ease . . . . . . 176
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fuses Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
G
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Gas discharge lamps......... ...... ... . 221
Generator Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Glossary of tire and load ing terminology . . 193
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Cooling box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Gross Vehicle W eight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 229
Ground clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
H
Headlight
Headlight assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . . 39
H eadlights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Headlight range cont rol system . . . . . . . . . 39
Head restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
removing and installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Heated Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 66
Wash er no zzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
H eavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 106
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
High voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Hill descent assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Hill descent cont rol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
H ill holdH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How are child restraint syst em anchors relat -
ed to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Index
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 118
How safety belt pretensioners work . . . . . . 110
I
Ignition
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Switching on and off (convenience key) . . . 69
Switching on and off (ignit ion lock) . . . . . . 67
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Important things to do before driving . . . . . 95
Improperly worn safety belts ........... 110
Indicato r lights .. .. ...... ..... ...... .. . 11
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
PASSENGER AIR BAG O FF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
I nspe ction interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Installing child safety seats
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Installing the upper tether strap on the an-
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Inst rument clus te r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Indi cato r lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting the lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Interior l ighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Front and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . . 45
J
Ja ck 216
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
K
Key ..... .... ... .. .. ... ........... ... . 28
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 30
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Kick -down
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
241

Index
L
LA TCH
144
Descript ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Insta lling a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
L eather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
L eaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Light Adjusting exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Com ing/Leav ing home .............. ... 41
Daytime runni ng lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Eme rgency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
H eadlig ht assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
I n ter ior/reading lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Light/ rain sensor
H eadlig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
I n termittent (windshield wipe rs) . . . . . . . . 4 5
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8
Lighting Exterio r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
I n ter ior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Lights Headlig ht range control system . . . . . . . . . 39
Hi gh beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
T ur n signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . 100
L oc king/un locking
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
with the centra l locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 31
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Lower uni versal anchorages (Canada) . . . . . 144
L uggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Ca rgo floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Ca rgo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Increas ing the size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Ski bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
S to ring cargo co rrec tly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
242
Tie -downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
also refer to Loading the luggage compart -
ment.. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. . ... .... ... .. 100
Luggage compartmen t lid
Clos ing b utton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Emer gency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Opening/closing . ... .. ... . .. .... ... 33, 34
Lumbar suppo rt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Malfunc tion Ind icator Lamp (M IL) . . . . . 1 7, 25
Mirror Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Vanity mir ror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Mirror compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Mir rors
Exte rior m irro rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 122
Multifunct io n steering whee l... .... ... .. . 21
N
Natural leather care/clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
NHTSA Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
0
Occupan t sea ting positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Octanerat ing . .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. 173
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Oil
refer to E ng ine oi l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Oil change interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
On -board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
On-Board Diagnost ic System (080)
Data Link Connector (D LC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
El ectron ic speed lim iter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Malfunc tio n Ind ic a tor Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 25
Open ing .. ..... ... .. .. ... ..... ..... ... 27
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Opening/closing by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
On the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
with the central locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . 31
with the convenience key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Othe r equipmen t (efficiency program) . . . . . 24
Ove rview (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Owner 's l iterature
5
p
P a int damage . .... .. ..... ... .. .. .... . 170
P a int No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Panorama roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Convenience opening/clos ing . . . . . . . . . . . 37
E mergency clos ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Parking aid Cleaning the sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . 169
Par king bra ke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
E mergency b rak ing func tion . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
P a rking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Re leasing/setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Starting from a stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Starting to drive with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . 73
also refer to Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
P a rking ligh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
P arking system
Ad justi ng the disp lay/wa rning tone . . . . . . 93
C le a ning the rearview came ra . . . . . . . . . . . 90
M alf unct io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
P a rking system pl us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Trai ler hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
also ref er to Pa rking systems . . . . . . . . 89, 90
Par king systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
P e riphe ral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Rear par king sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
P a rking (automat ic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 83
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
P ass -through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
PASSENG ER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 122
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
P e riphe ral d isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
P hys ica l pr inc iples of a frontal collision . . . 105
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
P ollen filter
refer to Pollutant filte r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2
Index
Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Power seat ad justment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Windows . .. .. .. ............... .. .. . 36
Power locking system
Selective unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Powe r windows
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Pregnant women Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Proper safety be lt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Proper seating position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Occ upants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
P ro tecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
P rotect ive line r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Q
quattro (all whee l drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Question What happens to unbe lted occupants? 105
R
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5
Rain/light se nsor
Head lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
I n termitten t (windsh ie ld wipers) . . . . . . . . 45
Senso r defec tive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Range (fuel level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Readi ng lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rear lid
refer to luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . 33
Rear light
D efective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Rearv iew camera
refer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 89, 90
Rearview mirror Dimming ............................ 44
243

Index
Tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Tire pressure . .. ................ 201,210
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . 208, 209
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Tread wear ind icators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Unid irectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 207
T ires and wheels
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 193
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Towing Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Towing loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225, 226
TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) . . . 209
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Trailer towing
Operating in structions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 164, 165
Tongue load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Trailer turn signal assembly Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Transmission malfunction (indicator light) . . 86
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Trunk
refer to Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . 58
Turn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
u
Unfasten ing safety belts
Uniform tire quality grading
Unlocking/locking 109
207
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
On the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 31
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
With the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Use of jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
246
V
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Vehicle electr ica l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Vehicle identification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . 229
Vehicle jack ..... .. .. .. ... ........ 211,216
Vehicle shut-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
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Warning/indicator lights
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 14
Electronic power control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . . . . . 16
Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 17
Safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Trailer turn signal assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
What happens if you wear your safety belt too loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 105
What impairs driving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Wheel bolt caps Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Loosening . .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. 215
Tightening ...... .. .. .. ........... .. 215
Wheel covers, removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 193
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 203