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Heated and cooled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5
D
Data recorder
Date display 189
12
Daytim e running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Declaration of compliance
Adapt ive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Cell phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
E lectronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Homelink unive rsal remote control . . . . . 283
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Defective light bulb warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Defrosting (windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Determining correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 248
Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 198
Digital clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Digital speedometer............ .. .. .. .. 21
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Doors Child sa fety locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Emergen cy locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Defective light bulb warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Digita l speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Driver information messages . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Open door or rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Outside temperature display.. .. .. .. .. .. 21
Sound system display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Driver sea t
refer to Seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Driv er's seat memory
Activating remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Adapt ive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Dynamic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Setting the driving mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Driving economically 198
Index
Driving lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Driving messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Driving offroad Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Rules of behav ior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Sand and mud 202
Snow-covered ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Unpaved roads ... .. ............... .. 202
Driving sa fely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Driving time
Duplicate key
Dust filter .
. .. .. .. .................. 22
36
refer to Pollutant filter (climate control) . . 80
Dynamic steering .. .. ............. 119, 190
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
E
E85 (Fuel) 213
Effici ency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Fuel economy messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Memory levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
E lectrica l accessories
ref er to Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Electrical seat adjustment
refer to Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Electromechanical parking brake Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Releasing and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Starting assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Starting from rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Starting off with a trai ler............ .. . 90
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Electromechanical power assist . . . . . . . . . . 194
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Electronic differentia l lock (EDL)
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 17
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Electronic power control
(EPC) warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . 15
287
Index
Electronic Stabilization Control . . . . . . . . . . 190
Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC)
Hill descent assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
192
Offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Emergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Starting engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Emergency locking of the doors . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Emergency operation
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45
Emergency release
Selecto r lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
127
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Emergency unlocking
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Engine
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
222
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
H ood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Starting ... .... ............... 84, 87, 98
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 88, 98
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Working the engine compartment . . . . . . 220
Engine coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Checking coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Engine coolant temperature
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
Engine hood
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
220
How to release the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Adding .. .. .. .. ............. .... .. . 224
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Check oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
288 Oil consumption .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
223
Pressure malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Engine speed limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Env ironment
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
197
Diesel particulate fi lter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Dispos ing of your veh icle battery . . . . . . . 232
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Fuel......... ... .. .. ............... 215
Leaks under your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up... 199
Proper disposa l of drained brake fluid . . . 229
Proper disposal of drained engine coolant 227
Proper disposal of drained engine oil 224, 225
Recycling used engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Unleaded fuel.. .. .. .. ... .......... ..
212
What shou ld I do with an old battery? 232
EPC
refer to Electronic power control
ESC
refer to E lectronic Stabilization
15
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Ethyl alcohol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Explanation of some technical terms . . . . . 201
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
59
D . . 1mming ...... .. .. .. ............. ... 60
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Eyeglasses compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
F
Fall line
Fan
Radiator
Fastening 201
228
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 177
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Flexible fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Index
Panoramic sliding sunroof Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Parking aid
Clean ing sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
also refer to Electromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Parking system
refer to Audi parking system plus with rear
view camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Particle filter
refer to Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . 34
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 161
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 144
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Pollen filter
refer to Pollutant filter (climate control) . . 80
Pollutant filter (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 80
Power Windows . ..... ................ ..... 46
Power locking system
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
L ocking and unlocking the vehicle from in-
side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rear lid/trunk lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Selective unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Switch... .. .. ... ... .... ..... .... .. .. 42
Unlocking and locking vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Power locks Windows open and closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Power meter (hybrid drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Power steering
refer to Electromechanical power assist . . 194
Power window regulators
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Pregnant women
Special cons iderations when wear ing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
292
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Proper seating position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Protective tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Q
quattro
refer to All-wheel drive
Question What happens to unbelted occupants?
R
194
144
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Rear lid Automatic operation
Opening and closing
Rear light .
. ................ 44
43
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Rear seats Adjusting seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Rearv iew camera
Parking mode 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Parking mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Rear view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Rear window heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Recirculation mode (climate control) . . . . . . 81
Red symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Refill engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Refilling AdBlue With bottle ...... ... ...... ....... ... 218
With can ister .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. 219
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Gasoline inhibitor flap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Release lever for hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Remote control Garage door opener (Home link) . . . . . . . . . 48
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Tire pressure monitoring system
L f . oss o a,r pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Tires.. .. .. .... ............. .. .. ..... 234
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104, 257
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
r ,re pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Tire pressure monitoring system .. . 251,252
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Tread wear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Unidirectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Uniform tire quality grading .... .. .. .. . 251
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and loading termino logy . 236
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . 16
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Torn or frayed safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Towing Front eyelet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 72
Rear eyelet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Towing a trailer Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
T PMS (tire pressure monitoring system) . . . 252
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Trailer towing Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 203 , 204
Tongue load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
T railer turn signal assembly
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
T ransmission
Malfunction (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S4
Trip computer Fue l consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Mileage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Single-trip memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Total-trip memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Index
Trunk
refer to Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
T . l urn s1gna s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
u
ULSD No . 2 (Diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Unfastening safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Unlocking Power locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rear lid/trunk lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Remote contro l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Use of jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
V
V ·t . ani y mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Vehicle identification label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . 276
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254, 261
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
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Warning/ indicator l ights
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti- lock brake system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 18
Electronic power control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lS
Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . . . . . lS
Glow plug system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Malfunction Ind icator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 17
Safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . . 16
Trailer turn signa l assemb ly . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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