Instruments and indicator lights
The number of keys programmed to the vehicle is
also displayed. The display
L2 3/3 in dicates that
three keys have been programmed. This a llows
you to make sure you have received all of the keys
when you purchase a used vehicle.
For examp le, if you on ly receive two keys, you
should take those keys to your authorized Audi
dealer to have the missing key deactivated so it
cannot be used. You should also report the miss
ing key to your insurance company .
Calling up the driver information
A yellow or red symbol appears in the instrument
cluster display, usually with a driver message.
The driver message display disappears after
about 5 seconds. The dr iver message can be dis
played again by briefly pressing the
ISETI button.
Setting the speed warning
By pressing the !SET ! button briefly, you can set
thresho ld 1 of the speed warning while you are
driving
c::;, page 95. By maintaining pressure on
the
! SET I button, you delete the warning thresh
old.
Digital clock with date display
F ig. 5 Instrument cluster: time and date
Depending on the vehicle equipment level, you
may choose between the quartz clock or the GPS
controlled clock*
l!j in the radio or in the MMI*.
You can learn more about th is in the MMI manual
or in the radio user's manual.
@ Tips
- When you switch off the ignition or open
the driver door, the time, date, odometer
12
and temperature are displayed for an addi
tional 30 seconds.
- You can also call up the display with the
!SET ! button c::;, page 11 while the ignition is
switched
off.
Fuel gauge
The fuel gauge works only when the ignition is on.
When the needle reaches the reserve mark, the
c::;, page 33 Ji] symbol appears in the instru
ment cluster display as well as the message
Please refuel. This message is meant to remind
you to
refuel.
The total tank capacity of your veh icle is listed in
c::;, page 2 77.
(D Note
Never run the tank comp letely dry! An irregu
l ar supply of fuel can cause eng ine misfiring
and fuel could enter into the exhaust system.
The catalytic converter cou ld then overheat
and be damaged .
Hybrid
@ Tips
The Energy flow display will not shown in the MMI display when the reverse gear is engag-
ed, due to safety reasons.
Consumption display
App lies to veh icles: w ith hybrid drive
Fig. 114 MMI disp lay : co nsum ption display
The consumption display shows the average en
ergy consumption and the recuperation quantity
in 5 minute intervals .
Calling up the consumption display
• Select : I MENU I function button> Hybrid control
button .
• Turn the control knob counter -clockwise.
Resetting the consumption display
• Select : I MENU I function button > Hybrid control
button.
• Turn the control knob to
Reset consumption
statistics.
The orange bars show the average consumption
and the green bars show the recuperation quanti
ty . Each bar represents a measured 5 minute in
terval. The display covers a
60 minute time peri
od .
The bar with the white border on the outer right shows the current average consumption or the
current recuperation quantity. After 5 minutes,
this bar travels a step to the left and a new bar
appears in the outer right.
The filled bars show the values for the current
drive cycle. Once the ignition is switched off and
on again, all of the previous bars are displayed as
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not filled and new filled bars appear on the right.
This is so that the values from the previous trips
and the current trip can be compared visually .
Vehicle tool kit and tire repair set
Applies to vehicles: with hybrid drive
Fig. 115 Luggage compartmen t: v ehicle tool bag and tir e
repair set
The vehicle tool kit is found under a cover in the
cargo floor~
fig. 115 @. The tire repair set (Tire
Mobility System) is found in the storage com
partment in the right side trim panel @.
Additional information about the vehicle tool kit
may be found under~
page 254 and about the
tire repair set under
~page 257 .
@ Tips
The right storage compartment in the lug
gage compartment and its contents must al
ways be kept in the vehicle. The vehicle must
not be operated without the tire repair set .
Charging the batteries
Applies to vehicles: with hybrid drive
The vehicle is equipped with two 12 volt batteries
and a high voltage battery.
If the 12 volt batteries are dead , they may be
charged with a charger or the vehicle may be
jump started with assistance from another vehi
cle in the same way as a conventional vehicle.
The same applies to the high voltage battery if it
is discharged. However, in this case, the charging
process is accompanied with messages in the in
strument cluster display. The ignition must be
switched on and all unnecessary electric compo- nents must be turned off. ..,.
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
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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
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