2016 AUDI RS7 SPORTBACK lock

(D Note
Im pro per hook-u p of jum per cables can ru in
the gene ra tor.
- Always connect P OSITI VE( +) to POS ITI VE
( + ), and NEGATIVE( -) to NEGATIVE( -)
ground post of t he battery manager contro l
u nit .
- Check that a ll sc rew p lugs on the battery
ce lls a re sc rewed in firmly . If not, t igh ten
pl ugs p rio r to connecting clamp on negative
batte ry te rminal.
- Please note t hat the procedure fo r con nect­
i ng a jumper cab le as desc ribe d above ap­
p lies specifica lly to the case of yo ur vehicle
being jump s tarte d. W hen you are giv ing a
ju mp s ta rt to an othe r vehicl e, do
not con­
n ect t he nega tive (- ) ca b le t o t he nega tive
(-) t ermin al on the di scharged battery @
c::> fig . 2 13 . Instead, securely connec t the
negative (-) cable to either a solid metal
com ponent that is f irm ly bolted t o the e n­
gine block o r to t he engine bloc k itsel f. If
the battery that is be ing c ha rge d d oes not
vent to the outs ide, escap ing batte ry gas
could ignite and e xplode!
Towing with a tow truck
General hints
Your Audi require s speci al handling f or towing.
Th e follow ing informat ion is to be used by com­
mercia l tow tr uck o pera tors who know how to op­
e rat e the ir equip men t sa fely.
- Never tow your Audi. Towing will cause dam­
age to the engine and transmission .
- Never wrap the safety chains or winch cables
around the brake lines.
- To prevent unnecessary damage, your Audi
must be transported with a flat bed truck.
- To load the vehicle on to the flat bed, use the
towing loop found in the vehicle tools and at­
tach to the front or rear anchorage
c::> page 255 and c::> pag e 256 .
Emergency situations
A WARNING
-A vehicle being towe d is not safe for passen-
ge rs. Neve r allow a nyo ne to ride in a vehicle
b eing towed, for any reason.
Front towing loop
Fi g. 214 Fron t bumper: cover
Fig. 215 Fron t bumper: installing the tow ing loop
The threaded opening for the towing loop is lo­
cated behind a cover on the rig ht side of the front
bumper .
.,. Remove the towing loop from the vehicle too l
kit<=>
page 239.
.,. Press the cap inward with brief, forceful pres­
sure <=>
fig. 214 . The cap will loosen from the
bumper.
.,. Tigh ten t he towing loop in the threaded o pen­
ing until it sto ps
c::> fig. 215 and t hen tig hten it
w it h a wheel wre nc h .
.,. After usi ng, p lace the tow ing loop ba ck in t he
ve hicle tool kit.
A WARNING
--
If t he tow ing loop is not tig htened until it
stops when installing, t he threads may be
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Raising the vehicle
Lifting with workshop hoist and with floor
jack
The vehicle may only b e li~ ed at the lifting
points illustra ted.
F ig. 219 Front lift ing po int
F ig. 220 Rea r lift ing po int
.,. Read and heed WARNING c:> &_ .
.. Activate the vehicle jack mode* in the MMI:
I CAR I funct ion button> (Car) * systems contro l
button >
Servicing & checks > Air susp.: jack
mode > On .
.. Loca te lift ing po ints c:> fig . 219 and c:> fig . 22 0 .
.. Adju st lifting arms of wo rkshop ho ist o r floo r
j ac k t o ma tch vehicl e lifting poin ts.
.. In se rt a rub ber pa d between the f loor jack/
wor kshop hoist a nd the lifting points .
T he vehicle ja ck mode* mus t be activa ted so th at
the au tomatic a djustment of the Adaptive Air
Suspension * does not make it more d ifficult to
raise the ve hicle w it h the floo r jack.
If you must lift your vehicle with a floor jack to
work underneath , be sure the vehicle is safely
supported on stands intended for this purpose .
Emergency situations
Front lifting point
The li fting poin t is lo cate d on the floor p an rein ­
f orceme nt ab out at the same level as the ja ck
mounting point
c:> fig . 219 . Do not lift the vehi­
cle at the vertical sill reinforcement.
Rear lifting point
T he lifting point is lo cated on the ver tic al rein ­
f orcement o f the lower s ill for the on- bo ar d jac k
<=> fig. 220.
Lifting with vehicle jack
Refer to c:> page 245 .
A WARNING
- To reduce the r is k of se rious inju ry and vehi ­
cle damag e.
- Always lift the vehicle on ly at the special
workshop h oist a nd floor jack lift points
il ­
lustrated c:> fig. 219 and c:> fig. 220.
- Failure to lift t he veh icle at these points
could cause t he veh icle to tilt o r fall from
a lift i f th ere is a change in vehicle weight
dist ribution and balance . This might hap­
pen, fo r example, when heavy compo­
n en ts such as the eng ine block o r tran s­
mis sio n a re re moved .
- Whe n re mov ing heavy co m ponents like
these, an ch or vehicle t o hois t or ad d co rre­
spon ding weig hts t o m aintai n the cen ter of
g ravi ty . Ot herw ise, the vehicle mig ht tilt or
slip off t he hoist, caus ing se rious pe rsonal
i njur y .
(D Note
-Be aw are of the fo llow ing points b efor e lift­
ing the vehicle:
-The vehicle should never be lifted or
jacked up from underneath the engine oil
pan, the transmission housing, the front
or rear axle or the body side members.
This could lead to serious damage .
- To avoid damage to the underbody or
chassis frame, a rubber pad must be in­
serted between the floor jack and the lift
points . .,.
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scope of maintenance and repairs which can be
carried out by vehicle owners.
Also, safet y and
en vir onm enta l
concerns place very strict limits
on the nature of repairs and adjustments to en ­
g ine and transm ission parts wh ich an owner c an
perform .
Maintenance, adjustments and repairs usually re ­
qu ire special tools, test ing devices and other
equ ipment available to specially trained work­
shop perso nnel i n order to assure proper per ­
forma nce, re liability and safety of the ve hicle and
i ts many systems.
Improper maintenance, adjustments and repairs
can impair the operation and reliability of your
vehicle and even void your veh icle warranty.
Therefore, proof of se rvicing in accordance with
the ma intenance sc hedule may be a condition for
upho ld ing a possib le wa rranty claim made wi thin
the warranty pe riod.
Above all , operational safety can be adversely af­
fected, creating unnecessa ry risks fo r you and
your p assengers.
If in doubt about any se rvicing, have it done by
your author ized Audi dealer or any other properly
eq uipped and qua lified workshop. We strongly
urge yo u to g ive your author ized Audi dealer the
opport unity to perform a ll scheduled ma inte­
nance and necessary repairs . Your dealer has the
facilities, origina l parts and trained specialists to
keep your veh icle running properly .
Performing limited maintenance yourself
The follow ing pages des cribe a lim ited number of
p rocedures w hich can be per formed o n your veh i­
cle with ordinary tools, should the need arise and
trained personnel be unavailable . Before per­
forming any of these procedures, always thor­
ough ly read a ll of the app licab le text and carefu l­
ly follow the instructions g iven . Always rigorously
observe the
WARNING S provided .
Before you check anything in the engine com ·
partment , always read and heed all WARNINGS
c:> &. and c:> &. in Working in the engine compart­
ment on page 203.
Con sumer inf ormation
A WARNING
- Ser ious personal in jury may occur as a result
of improperly performed maintenance, ad ­
justments or re pairs .
- Always be extremely careful when work ing
on the vehicle. Always follow commonly ac ­
cepted safety practices and general com­ mo n sense. Never risk pe rsonal injury.
- Do not attempt any of the mai ntenance,
checks or repairs described on t he following
pages if you are not fu lly familiar wi th these
or other proce dures with respect to the ve­
h icle, o r are uncerta in how to pro ceed.
- Do not do a ny work withou t the prope r tools
a nd eq uipment. H ave the necessary wo rk
done by your au thorized Audi dealer or an­
other proper ly equipped and qualified work ­
shop.
- The engine compa rtment of any motor ve hi­
cle is a potent ially hazardous area . Never
reach into the area around or touch the radi­
ator fan.
It is temperature controlled and
can switch o n suddenly - even when the en­
g ine is off . The radiato r fan switches on au ­
tomatically when the coolan t reaches a cer­
tain tempe ra ture and w ill cont inue to run
until the coolant temperature d rops.
- Always sw itch off the ignition before anyone
gets under the vehicle .
- Always support your veh icle with safety
s tands if it is necessary to work underneat h
the vehicle . The jack supp lied with t he veh i­
cle is no t adequ ate for t his pu rpose and
could collapse ca us ing serious personal in­
jury.
- If you m ust wor k unde rne ath the vehicle
with the wheels on the ground, always make
sure the vehicle is on level ground, that the
wheels a re always sec urely blocked and that
the engine cannot be started.
- Always make sure the transmission se lector
lever (automatic t ransmiss ion) is in P (Park
position) and the pa rk brake is applied .
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Index
Numbers and
Symbols
-zone deluxe automatic climate control
Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
4-zone deluxe automatic climate control Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Residual heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
A
A/C (4-zone deluxe automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 264
Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Adjusting the vibrat ion warn ing . . . . . . . . . 90
Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Adapt ive air suspension/sport . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Cleaning the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . . 84
Stop-and-go traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Adaptive dampers Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Adaptive Light (defective) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Adding Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Additives Engine oil 207
Adjusting Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Steering column electrically . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Steer ing column manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Adjusting a ir distribution (4-zone deluxe auto­
matic climate contro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Adjusting the temperature (4-zone deluxe au­
tomatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
266
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Advanced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 142
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Danger of fitting a child seat on the front
passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139, 140
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 144
How many air bags does my vehicle have? 142
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Knee airbags. .. .. .. .. ............. .. 151
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
PASSENGER AIR BAG O FF light . . . . . . . . . 147
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Side curta in airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Warning/indicator lights............... 17
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
When must the system be inspected? 146
Aircraft Transporting your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Alignment pin (changing the wheel) . . . . . . 239
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
All weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Anti-freeze Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
also refer to Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Anti- lock braking system
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Anti -Lock Braking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Anti-slip regulation Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Anti-theft systems Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Audi drive select
refer to Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 262
AUTO 4-z one deluxe automatic climate control . . 68
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Auto Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Automatic post-collision brak ing system . . 181
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
E mergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Average consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Charg ing ... .. ............... .. .... . 214
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
I mportant warn ings .......... .. .. .. . 213
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Working on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Blower (4-zone deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Boost display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Boost pressure indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Index
Brake fluid
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 211
Brakes Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Brake system Anti-lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Brake fluid specifications for refill and re­
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Brake power assist unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Brakes..... ... .. .. ................ . 182
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 7 4
Fluid reservoir . .. .. ............... .. 211
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Worn brake pads symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Braking Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Break-in period
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
T ires ......... .... ................ .
Breaking in
New tires
C
188
188
225
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 204
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Car carrier Transporting your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Cargo area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Center armrest Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
267

Index
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Changing eng ine o il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Checking Eng ine coolant level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
C hil d rest raints
D anger of using ch ild restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Where can I get additional informat ion
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 176
Ch ild rest raint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 172
C hi ld safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 9
I mportant safety inst ructions for using chi ld
safety sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
I mportant things to know w hen driv ing wi th
children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Tether straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
C hil d safety lock
Rea r doo rs , windows in the rea r . . . . . . . . . 39
Ch ild safety seats
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Conve rt ible ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Conve rt ible locking retra ctor . . . . . . . . . . 17 1
H ow do I proper ly install a child safe ty seat
in my ve hicle? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
I nfant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Insta lling a child restraint using the LA TCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
LATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Safety inst ructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Unused safety bel ts on t he rear seat . . . . 164
Ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Secur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Clean ing/remov ing ice from windows . . . . . 195
Clean ing Alcant ara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Clea ning artificial leather............... 196
Clean ing carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195, 196
Clea ning contro ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Clea ning decorative parts and trim . . . . . . . 195
Clea ning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Clea ning exha ust ta il pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Clean ing plast ic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
268
Cleaning r ims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Cleaning textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Closing Su nroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Windows ........................... 39
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Cons umer in fo rma tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Cons umer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Cons umption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Start ing the engine (START ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Stopp ing the eng ine (START ENGINE S TO P
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Swi tc hin g the igni tion on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
U nlocking and locking vehi cle . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4
Convenience open ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Convertible locking ret rac to r
Activ ati ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Deact ivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
U sing to secure a chi ld safety seat . . . . . . 171
Coo lant
refer to E ng ine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Cooling mode (4-zone deluxe automatic cli-
mate contro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Cooling system Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
C rossing water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Cruise control
Swi tching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
War ning/ indica to r li ghts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Cruise contro l system
Changi ng speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Preselecting speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
(upholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Curren t consumpt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Curve light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Cylinder management
refer to Cyli nder on demand system . . . . . . 23
Cyl inder on demand system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Declaration of compliance
Adapt ive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Cell phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Electronic immobilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . 265
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 265
Defective light bulb warning Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Defrosting (windows)
Deluxe automatic climate control . . . . . . . .
69
DEF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Determining correct load limit ... .. .. .. . 231
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . .
48
Distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Door/rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Doors Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
CD/radio display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Door/rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Engine oil temperature display . . . . . . . . . . 26
Exterior temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . 22
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Shifting indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Driver seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
119
drive select
adaptive air suspension/sport . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Curve light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Safety belt tensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Sport differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
190
Driving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Index
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Duplicate key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Dust filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Dynam ic steering
Indicator light
E
184
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Economy tips (efficiency program) . . . . . . . . 24
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Electromechanical parking brake Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74
Releasing and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Electronic differential lock
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Electronic differential lock (EDL)
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Electronic power control (EPC)
warning/ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19
Electronic stabili zation control
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Electronic Stabilization Contro l . . . . . . . . . . 180
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Emergency actuation
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Emergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Emergency operation Emergency braking function (parking brake) .7.6
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
201
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41
Emergency release
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
186
Engine
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
269

Index
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Master key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
M echanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Replac ing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Kick-down tiptron ic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 1
D escr ipt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
H ow t hey wo rk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2
I mport ant safety ins truc tions . . . . . . . . . . 15 3
L
Lane assist
refer to A ct ive lane assis t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Lap t imer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
E valuating t imes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
P aus ing timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
LATCH .............................. 172
Descr ipt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Installing a child restraint ............ . 174
L ocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
M ount ing and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
L eaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 5
Light Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Com ing/Leav ing home ... ... ... .. .. .. .. 45
Daytime runni ng lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
E me rgency flashe rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
H eadlig ht assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
H igh beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
I n terior/reading lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Turn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44
Light/ rain sensor
Headlig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Intermittent (w indshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 49
Lighting Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
I nterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
272
Lights
Head light range cont rol system . . . . . . . . .
43
Load ing the roof rac k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Locking
Power lock ing switc h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
U sing the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Low beam Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Lowe r universal anchorages (Canada) . . . . . 172
Luggage compartment 12 Vo lt socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Cover ..... ... ... ... ...... ....... .. .. 63
E nla rgi ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Load ing ...... ... .... ..... ...........
62
Revers ib le mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Ski sa ck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Storing c argo cor rec tly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Stowing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Tr unk pass-throug h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
66
Luggage compartmen t lid
Closi ng b utton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
movement-activated opening . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Lumbar sup port
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Malfunc tion Ind icator Lamp (M IL) . . . . . 19, 28
Manua l shift p rogram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Massage function Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Mech anica l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Memory f unct io n
56
Mirror Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Mir rors
dimming . ... .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. . 48
Exterior mi rro rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Monito ring the Advanced Airbag System . . 146