
Index
A
A/C (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Active lane assist
Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Adapt ive cruise control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cleaning the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Requestfordriverintervention ........ . 111
Setting the distance............... ... 110
Setting the driving program . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Adaptive dampers..................... 119
Adapt ive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
AdBlue .... .. .. .... ........... ....... 217
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Opening the tank door ... ...... .. .. .. . 218
Refilling . .. .. .... ........... .... ... 218
Adding Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Engine oil .. .. .. .. ... ........... ... .
Windshield washer fluid . ...... .. .. .. .
Additional accessories
Addit ives
Engine oil .... .. .. .............. ... .
Adjusting 224
233
282
224
Air distribution (climate control) . . . . . . . . 81
I nstrument illum inat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Steering column manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Temperature (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 81
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Advanced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 157
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Fr ont airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155, 156
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 159
How many airbags does my vehicle have? 157
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
284
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 161
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Weight-sensing mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
When must the system be inspected? . . . 161
Air transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
All-wheel drive .. .... .. ............... 194
Se lective wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . 190
All season tires
Alternator 249
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Anti-freeze
refer to E ngine coolant system . . . . . . . . . 226
Anti-lock brake system
Warning/indicator lights ............ 15, 17
Anti-Lock Braking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Anti-slip regulation
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Anti-theft alarm warning system . . . . . . . . . 38
Electronic immobilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Approach/departure angle ............ .. 201
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Audi braking guard
refer to Braking guard 112
Audi drive select Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
also refer to Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Audi parking system plus with rearview cam-
era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Adjusting the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Adjusting the warning tones . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Rearview camera -parking mode 1 . . . . . . 131
Rearview camera -parking mode 2 . . . . . . 132
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Trailer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 280
Auto -Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Auto locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

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