Hybrid
Hybrid functions and operating modes
Applies to veh icles: w ith hyb rid drive
Fig. 111 Center console: a• butto n
"'To turn on EV mode, press the 1.,,.,, 1 button. The
indicator light in the button will turn on. The
• indicator light also turns on in the instru
ment cluster disp lay.
The functions and operating modes described be low are selected automat ically by the vehicle con
trol system, depending on the vehicle operating
status. This ensu res that the vehicle is always in
the correct operating mode. One exception is the
enhanced elect ric driving mode
(EV mode), wh ich
is activated by the driver ¢
page 100.
Driving with the combustion engine
The vehicle is powered by the combustion eng ine.
The high voltage battery is charged simultane
ously, if needed .
Full acceleration (boost)
In full acceleration, the vehicle is powered by both the combustion eng ine and the electric mo
tor . This operating mode is called
Boost and is
only available for a short amount of time because
it uses so much energy. Ava ilability depends on
the high voltage battery charge level.
The boost operating mode is act ivated by press
ing the accelerator pedal all the way down.
Electric driving
The vehicle can be driven completely electrically
depending on the high voltage battery charge
level and the driving resistance. The combust io n
engine tu rns off at that time.
100
The combustion engine starts when accelerating
or when the high voltage battery charge level
drops below a certain threshold. The vehicle re
sumes electric driving once the acceleration and
the high voltage battery charge leve l permit .
Enhanced electric driving mode (EV mode)
Pressing the
i"*'I button ¢ fig. 111 can extend the
usual limits on e lectric driving so that you can a l
ways dr ive in electric mode, if the condition of
the electrical system permits. The operating mode is then set to maximum electr ic drive @,
@ ¢page 98, fig. 110. It can be driven com
pletely electrically for up to 1.8 miles (3 km) at a
constant
37 mph (60 km/h).
The following conditions must be met to activate
the enhanced electric drive:
- The high voltage battery must be sufficiently
charged.
- Th e temperature of the
12 volt batteries and
the high voltage battery must be sufficient.
- The vehicle speed must not be higher than
62 mph (100 km/h).
- The transmission must not be in tiptronic
mode .
- Offroad mode and hi ll descent assist must not
be turned on
r::!> page 191.
The combustion engine turns on and interrupts
the enhanced elect ric drive mode when the vehi
cle is acce lerated. The gray indicator light
II al
so turns on in the disp lay. The enhanced electric
drive mode resumes automatically once acce lera
tion stops.
The enhanced electric drive mode is deactivated
if at least one of the following conditions is met:
- Th e ig nition is turned off.
- T he
l~ ·I button is pressed again .
- The high voltage battery charge level is low .
- The vehicle speed is higher than approximately
62 mph (100 km/h).
- The
S selector lever position or tiptronic mode
is selected.
- Offroad mode or hill descent assist is switched
on.
The
i oa!• I button must be pressed to reactivate it. ..,.
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Introduction
Applies to vehicles: with Audi drive select
Drive select provides the possibility to experience
d iff erent types of vehicle settings in one veh icle.
F or instance, using the three
Comfort, Auto and
Dynamic modes, the driver can switch from a
sporty to a comfortab le driving mode with the
press of a button.
Addit ionally, in vehicles with MM I*, the vehicle
setup for
Individual* mode can be customized by
you. This makes it possible to combine settings
such as a sporty engine tuning with comfortable
steering.
A WARNING
-
Improper use of the drive select can cause
collisions, other accidents and serious person
al injury.
Description
App lies to vehicles: with Audi drive select
The vehicle setup in each mode depends on the
veh icle's features . However, the engine, auto
matic transmission and steering are always in
volved.
Engine and automatic transmission
Depending on the mode, the engine and the au
tomatic transm ission respond quicker or in a
more balanced manner to accelerator pedal
movements . In the sporty dynam ic mode, the au
tomatic transmission shifts at higher RPMs .
Steering
The steering adapts in terms of steering effort
and steering ratios . Indirect steer ing that moves
eas ily, like the steering in comfort mode, is best
suited to long drives on a highway. In contrast,
dynamic mode provides sporty, direct steering.
The follow ing applies to vehicles with dynam ic
steering*: the steering rat io changes based on
vehicle speed in order to ma inta in optim um
steering effort for the driver at all times. This
Audi drive select
sets the steering to be less sensitive at higher
speeds in order to provide improved vehicle con
tro l. At reduced speeds, however, steering is
more direct in order to keep the steering effort as
minimal as possible when the driver is maneuver
ing the vehicle. At low and average speeds, dy
nam ic steering additionally prov ides more re
sponsive steering performance .
Adaptive dampers*
The adaptive dampers* use sensors to record in
formation regarding steering movements, brak ing and acceleration operations by the driver,
road surface, driving speed, and load . This makes
it possible to adapt damping to the driving situa
t ion virtua lly in real time. Drive select also makes
it possible to sat isfy the desire for sporty suspen
sion (Dynamic) and comfortable suspension
(Comfort) without giving up balanced tuning (Au
to).
Engine sound*
T he sound of the eng ine is adapted to the select
ed mode and ranges from subtle to spo rty.
Adaptive cruise control*
The behavior when accelerating can be adjusted
from comfortable to sporty, depending on the drive select mode. Adaptive cruise control also
responds to the driv ing behavior of the vehicle
ahead in a more conservative or sporty manner.
(D Tips
- In some models, the maximum vehicle
speed can only be reached in the
Auto and
Dynamic modes.
- Selecting the
Dynamic mode results in spo r
ty shift ing characteristics. The S gear posi
tion engages automatically.
- In vehicles that have dynamic steering*, op
erating noise is heard when starting or stop
ping the engine . This does not indicate a
prob lem.
119
Automatic transmissio n
(N eu tra l) for more than approx imately 1 second,
w ithout th e brake peda l being pressed.
Release button
The release button on the se lec to r lever preven ts
the lever from being accidentally sh ifted into cer
tain posit ions . Press ing t his but ton deactivates
the selector lever lock . Depending on the direc
tion of the shift, the selector lever locks at differ
ent positions. The positions are high lighted in
the illustrat ion ¢
fig. 135 .
Ignition key safety int erlock
The key cannot be removed from the igni tion un
less the selector lever is in the P park pos ition .
When the ignition key is removed, the selector lever will be locked in the P pos ition.
Driving the automatic transmission
F ig. 1 36 Shi ft gat e on t he c en te r co nsole : se lecto r lev er
w ith release b utto n
Starting the engine
~ The selector lever must be in P or N.
Starting off
~ Press and hold the brake pedal.
~ Press and hold the release button in the selec
tor lever handle, se lect the des ired selector lev
er posit ion such as D/S and release the button.
~ Wait briefly until the transmission has shifted
(you w ill feel a slight movement) .
~ Remove your foot from the brake pedal and ac
cele rate .
Stopp ing temporarily
~ Keep the veh icle stationary us ing the braking
pedal, for example at traffic lights .
124
~ Do not press the acce lerato r pedal when doing
this.
~ To prevent the veh icle from ro lling when you
start driving, set the parking brake when stop
ping on steep incl ines¢ &_.
The parking brake wi ll re lease automatically and
the ve hicle w ill start moving once you press the
acce lerator pedal.
Stopping /par king
If the se lector lever is not in the P position whe n
you open the driver's door, the vehicle cou ld roll.
The message
Tr ansmis sion: Car may roll! Shift
to park!
appears.
~ Press and hold the brake peda l un til the vehicle
has come to a comp lete stop .
~ Apply the parking brake¢ page 90, Parking .
~ Select the P selector lever posit ion ¢ &_ .
Stopping on an incline
~ Always press the brake pedal to ho ld the vehi
cle in p lace and prevent it from "rolling back"
¢ &_ . D o
not try to prevent the vehicle from
"rolling back" when a gear is engaged by in
creas ing the engine speed ¢(D .
Starting on an incline
~ Ac tivate the pa rk ing br ake.
~ With the d riving gear selected, press the accel
erator pedal carefully. The parking brake will
release a utomatica lly if your seat belt is fas
tened.
Under certain circumstances, such as driving in
the mounta ins, it may be useful to switch tempo
rarily to the manual sh ift program in order to ad
j ust the gears to the dr iv ing cond it ions by hand
¢ page 126.
On slopes, activate the parking b rake first and
then move the selector lever to the P position.
This prevents too m uch stress from being placed
on the locking mechanism.
A WARNING
- Unintended vehicle movement can cause se
rious injury .
Parking system
Parallel Parking
Applies to veh icles: w ith Aud i park ing system p lus w ith rear
view ca mera
Use parking mode 2 to help you parallel park
along the side of a street.
Fig. 1 49 MMI d isp lay: blue su rface in the pa rking spot
F ig. 150 MMI d isp lay: Blue curve on the cu rb
The fo llowing steps apply only when there is no
obstacle such as a wall near the parking spot .
Otherw ise, please read the information provided
in the "Pa rking Next to Obstacles " section .
.,. Activate the turn signal.
.,. Pos ition your vehicle parallel to the edge of the
street, approx imately 3 ft (1 meter) from a
parked veh icle .
.,. Swi tch the MMI on and se lect reverse gear. The
parking aid turns on and park ing mode 1 ap
pears on the d isplay .
... Press the control button©¢
fig. 149 on the
MMI control console. Parking mode 2 appears.
... Back up and align your vehicle so the blue area
@ borders on the rear end of the vehicle or on
the parking spot line. The b lue area represents
an extension of the veh icle's outline by approx i
mately 16 ft (S meters) to the rear . The long
s ide of the blue area should be on the c urb . T he
entire blue area m ust fit into the parking spot.
132
.,. With the vehicle stopped, t urn the steering
wheel to the right as far as it will go.
... Back into the parking spot until the blue curve
to uches the curb¢
fig. 150. Stop the vehicle.
.,. With the vehicle stopped, turn the steering
wheel to the left as far as it will go .
.,. Continue to back into the parki ng spot unt il the
veh icle is parked paralle l to the curb .@ marks
the rea r bumpe r. Stop the veh icle when the red
orientat ion line @ borders an object¢ & .
Keep an eye on the front of you r vehicle while
doing this ¢(D .
Parking next to obstacles
When there is an obstacle (such as a wall) next to
the pa rking spot, choose a spot with mo re space
o n the s ides. Position the long side of t he b lue
area so that there is sufficient spa ce from the
curb . The area must not be on the curb. You wi ll
also need to start turning the steering wheel
much earlier . There should be a sufficient
amount of space between the curb and the blue
curve, and the blue curve¢ fig. 150 must not
touch the curb.
&_ WARNING
-The rearview camera does not show the en
tire area behind the vehicle ¢
page 128,
fig . 143.
Watch o ut especially fo r small chi l
dren and animals. The re a rv iew came ra can
no t always detect them, posing risk of an
accident!
- P lease note that objects not touching the
gro und can appear to be further away than
they really are (for examp le, the bumpe r of
a parked vehicle, a trailer hitch, or the rear
of a truck). In this case, you shou ld not use
the help lines to help with parking, which poses danger of an accident!
(D Note
In the M MI d isplay, the direction of travel of
the veh icle rear is represented depend ing on
the steer ing whee l ang le. The veh icle front
swings o ut more tha n the vehicle rear. Main
tai n plenty of distance so that yo ur outside
Index
Child restraints
Danger of using chi ld restraints in the front
seat ... .. .. .. .. ... ... .... ... .. .. .. . 152
System anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Where can I get additional informat ion
about ch ild restrai nts and their use? . . . . 188
Ch ild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Important safety instructions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Installing a child restraint using the LATC H
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18S
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Tether st raps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Ch ild safety locks
Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Ch ild safety seats
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Convertible child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Da nger of us ing child restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
H ow do I properly install a child safety seat
. h' l ? in myve 1c e .... .. . .......... .. .. ... 174
I nfa nt seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
L A TCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
L ower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Unused safety belts on the rear seat . . . . 176
Ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Secur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Clea ning/ remov ing ice from windows . . . . . 209
C lean ing Alcantara ............. .... .. . 210
Clean ing artificia l leather ..... ... .. .. ... 210
C lea ning ca rbon parts .... ...... ... 209,210
Clean ing contro ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Clea ning deco rative p arts and trim . . . . . . . 209
Clea ning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Cleaning exhaust tai l pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Clean ing plast ic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Clean ing textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Clean ing the rims
Climate control 208
Ai r vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Automatic recircu lation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2
286
Operat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Supplementary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Sync hroni zing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Cli mat e co ntro l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Cl imatized cupholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Closi ng
Panorami c slid ing su nroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Coat hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Compass mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Cons umer info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Cons umer Informa tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Convenience Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Locking and unloc king vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Start ing engine (START ENGINE STOP but-
ton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Stopp ing the eng ine (START ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Switc hing on ignit io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 177
C onvertib le locking ret racto r
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Deact ivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
U sing to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 182
Coo la nt system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Coo led cupholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Cooling box in glove compartmen t . . . . . . . . 78
Cooling mode (climate cont rol) . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Cooling System Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Co rne ring light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
C ruise cont rol
Changi ng speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Preselec t speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Swi tc hin g off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Switc hing on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Warn ing/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
C ruisi ng range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Index
Selector lever 122
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Service and disposal
Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lSO
Service interval display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
22
Service position
refer to Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 58
SET button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Shift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Ship transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Side airbags
D . t· escnp 10n . .. ... ............ .... .. .
H ow they work .... ........... .... .. .
Side assist Activating and deactivating ........ ... .
Adjusting the brightness .......... ... .
Cleaning the sensors .......... .. .. .. .
D . t· escnp 10n . .. .. .. . .......... .... .. .
165
166
117
117
208 115
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
D . t' escnp 10n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
249
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Sound system display
Driver information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
188
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Start-Stop-System
Engine does not switched off . . . . . . . . . . .
92
Engine starts automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Starting/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Switching off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
91
START ENGINE STOP button (Conven ience
key) ...... .. .. ............... .. .. .
87,88
Starting from rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Starting off with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84, 87
Starting (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
294
Steering Electromechanical power assist ......
194, O
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
194
Locking the steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 34
Manually adjusting the steering wheel . . . . 84
also refer to
Electromechanical power as-
sist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
194
Steering wheel column
Adjusting manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
84
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 248
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 88
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
(upholder door pockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Sun shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Supplementary (climate control) . . . . . . . . . 83
Switches Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
54
Symbols
Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
28
Yellow .... .... .. .. .. ............. ... 31
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Tail lights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
208
TOI clean diesel
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Tie -down rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70, 140
tiptronic
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . .
123
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Manua l shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . 122
Tire Mobility System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104