Care and cleaning
Component Situation Solution
Te xtil es
Deposits adhering to Vacuum cleaner
a rt ifici al le ather , the surface
Alcant ara Water-based deposits Absorben
t cloth and mild soap solutiona>
such as coffee, tea,
blood, etc.
O il-based deposits Apply a m ild soap solution a), blot away the dissolved oil or
such as oil, make-up, dye, treat afterward with water, if necessary
etc.
Special deposits such Special stain remover, b lot with absorbent material, treat
as ink, na il polish, la- afterward with mild soap solution, if necessary a)
tex paint, shoe pol-
ish, etc.
Natural leather Fresh stains Wool cloth with a mild soap so
lutiona)
Water-based deposits fresh sta ins: absorbent cloth
such as coffee, tea, Dried sta ins: stain remover suitable fo r leather
blood, etc.
Oil-based deposits Fresh staiins: absorbent cloth and stain remover suitable
such as oil, make-up, for leather
etc. Dried sta ins : grease dissolv ing spray
Special deposits such Spot remover suitab le for leather
as ink, nai l polish, la -
tex paint, shoe pol-
ish, etc.
Ca re Regularly apply cond ition ing cream that protects from
light and penet rates into the materia l. Use specia lly-co l-
ored conditioning cream, if necessary.
Carbon parts Deposits clean the same way as plastic parts
a) Mild soap solution: maximum two tablespoons of neutral soap in 1 quart (l liter) of water
_& WARNING
The windshie ld may not be trea ted with wa
ter-repelling windshield coating agents. Un
favorable conditions s uch as wetness, dark
ness, or low sun can result in increased glare .
Wiper blade chatter is also possible.
(D Note
- Headlights/tail light s
-Never clean headlights or tail lights with a
dry cloth or sponge.
- Do not use any cleaning product that con
tains alcohol, because they could cause
cracks to form.
- Wheels
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-
- Never use any paint polish or other abra
sive materials.
- Damage to the protect ive layer on the
rims such as stone chips or scratches must
be repaired immediately.
- Sensors /camera lenses
- Neve r use wa rm or ho t wa ter to remove
snow or ice from the camera lens . This
could cause the lens to crack .
- N eve r use ab rasive cleaning materials or
a lcohol to clea n the camera lens . This
could cause scratches and cracks .
-Doo r window s
-Remove snow and ice on windows and ex-
terior mirrors with a plast ic scraper. To
avoid scratches, move the scraper only in
one direction and not back and forth.
- Never remove snow or ice from door win
dows and mirrors using warm or hot water
because this could cause cracks to form.
- To avoid damage to the rear window de
fogger , do not apply any stickers on the
heating wires on the inside of the window.
- Decorative parts/trim
- Never use chrome care or cleaning prod-
ucts .
-Paint
- To reduce the risk of scratches, the vehicle
must be free of dirt and dust before pol
ishing or waxing .
- To prevent paint damage, do not polish or
wax the vehicle in direct sunlight .
- To reduce the risk of paint damage, do not
polish away rust spots .
- Remove cosmetics and sunscreen immedi
ately- these could damage the paint.
-Displays
-To avoid scratches, do not use dry cleaning
methods on displays.
- Controls
- Make sure that no fluids enter the con-
trols, because this could cause damage.
- Safety belts
- Do not remove the safety belts to clean
them.
- Never clean safety belts or their compo
nents chemically or with corrosive fluids
or solvents and never allow sharp objects
to come into contact with the safety belts.
This could cause damage to the belt web
bing .
-If there is damage to the webbing, the
connections, the retractors or the buckles,
have them replaced by an authorized Audi
dealer or authorized Audi Service Facility.
- Textiles/artificial leather/ Alcantara
- Never treat artificial leather/ Alcantara
with leather care products, solvents, floor
polish, shoe polish, spot remove or similar
products .
Care and cleaning
- Have an authorized Audi dealer or author
ized Audi Service Facility remove stubborn
stains to prevent damage.
- Never use steam cleaners, brushes , hard
sponges, etc. when cleaning.
- Do not turn on the seat heating* to dry the
seat.
- Objects with sharp edges such as zippers,
rivets on clothing or belts can cause dam
age to the surface.
- Open hook and loop fasteners, for exam ple on clothing, can damage seat covers.
Make sure hook and loop fasteners are
closed .
-Natural leather
- Never treat leather with solvents, floor
polish, shoe polish, spot remover or simi
lar products.
- Objects with sharp edges such as zippers,
rivets on clothing or belts can cause dam
age to the surface.
- Never use steam cleaners, brushes, hard
sponges, etc. when cleaning.
- Do not turn on the seat heating* to dry the
seat.
- To help prevent the leather from fading, do not leave the vehicle in direct sunlight
for long periods of time.
If leaving the ve
hicle parked for long periods of time, you
should cover the leather to protect it from
direct sunlight.
(D Tips
-Insects are easier to remove from paint that
has been freshly waxed.
- Regular waxing can prevent rust spots from
forming.
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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
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Working in the engine compartment . . . . 203
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Adding coolant .. ............. .... .. . 210
Checking the engine coolant level. . . . . . . 209
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Radiator fan .... ................ .... 211
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Pressure malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Temperature ind icator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Eng ine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Engine speed limitation (indicator light) 20
Engine warm-up request
I ndicator l ight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20
Environment
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
189
Disposing of your vehicle battery . . . . . . . 215
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Fuel. .... .. .. .. ... .......... .. .. .. . 200
Leaks under your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up. .. 191
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 212
Proper disposal of drained engine coolant 210
Proper disposal of drained engine oil 207, 208
Recycling used engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
What should I do with an old battery? . . . 215
ESC
Automatic post-co llision braking system .
181
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
E . k xpans1on tan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
270
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
D' .
1mming ............................
48
Heating... .. .. .. .. .. ............. ... 47
Exterior temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . .
22
F
Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
168
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 166
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
For the sake of the environment
Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . .
190
Gasoline fumes and the environment . . . . 200
Reducing eng ine noise by early upsh ifting . 10
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Saving fuel by early upshifting . . . . . . . . . . 10
w . th .
arming up e engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Front airbags
D . t· escnp 10n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 128
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 136
Fuel
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
198
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Current consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199, 200
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 11
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Recommendation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
T k . an capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Fueling
Fuel filler door emergency release . . . . . .
201
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fuses
Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Replac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
G
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . . 41
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Gauges Engine coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Generator (warning/indicator lights) . . . . . . 15
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . . 220
Glove compartment (cooled) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 259
H
Head-up display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
H eadlight
Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
H eadlight range control system . . . . . . . . . . 43
Headlights Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . 43
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Head restraints. .. .... ......... .. .. .. . 121
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Heated Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rear window (4- zone deluxe automatic cli
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Seats (4-zone deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 129
Hex socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
High voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Homelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 41
H ood (release lever) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Index
Hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How a re child restraint system anchors relat -
ed to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 142
How safety belt pretensioners work . . . . . . 133
I
Ignition
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Importantthingstodobeforedriving .. .. 118
Improperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
also refer to Warning/indicator lights . . . . 11
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Inspection interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Installing child safety seats Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Installing the upper tether strap on the an
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
Adjusting illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Inst ruments and cont rols
General illustrat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Interior l ighting
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Front and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . . 49
]
Jump-starting 253
Jump er cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
K
Key............ .... ................ .. 30
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
271
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
Index
Proper seating position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Occupants .. .. .. ................ ... . 119
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Protecting 195
Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? 128
R
Radiator fan
211
Ra in/light sensor
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 49
Ra is ing the veh icle .. ........... .... ... 257
Range (fuel level)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear light
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . 108, 109
Rear view mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rear window defogger (4-zone deluxe auto
mat ic cl imate contro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Recirculation mode (4-zone deluxe automatic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Remote control Garage door opener (Home link) . . . . . . . . . 41
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Remote control key
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . . 50
Repo rting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 125, 126
274
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Residual heat (4-zone deluxe automatic cli-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rims ......... ... .. .. ............... 232
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Load ing... .... .. .. .. ............. ... 62
Roof weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
s
Safe driving habits
Safety 118
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Correct seating pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Safety be lt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 132
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 132
Safety belt pretensioner
Service and disposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Safety belts ...................... 127, 130
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Safety belt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Special considerations for pregnant wom- en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Safety belt tensioner drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Safety compliance sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Index
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sto rage hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Eme rgency closi ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Sun shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9
Sun viso rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Symbo ls
refer to Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . 11
T
Tachometer .. .. ................. 10, 11, 22
T ail lights
C lea ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
T empe rature disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Coolan t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Temperature ind icator
E ng ine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
T ether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 125
Time ... .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. .... 25
T ips fo r the e nvir onment
Saving fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2
tiptron ic (automatic transmission) . . . 101, 105
Tire Mobility System (tire repair set) . . . . . . 239
T ires ....... ... .. ............ .... ... . 218
All whee l drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
L ow aspec t rat io tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Repair se t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
R ep lac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 3
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
T ire press ure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Tire pressu re monitor ing system . . . . . . . 235
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Unid irectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Uniform t ire quality g rad ing . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and load ing terminology . 220
Tires and vehicle load lim its . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
T o rn o r frayed safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
276
Towing
Tow t rucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tow ing loop
TPMS 2
55, 256
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Tra in (transporting your veh icle) . . . . . . . . . 256
Transmission ma lfunction (indicator light) . 105
Transpo rt Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Tr anspo rting yo ur vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Trunk
refer to L uggage compa rtment . . . . . . . . . . 62
Trunk pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Warn ing/ indica tor lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
u
Un fastening safety belts
Un iform tire qua lity grading
Un locking 132
234
Power locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Remote contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
U sing the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
V
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Vehicle e lectr ica l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Vehicle iden tifica tion labe l . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . 259
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239, 245
Vehicle tool ki t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Ven tilat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7
w
Warning/ indica to r li ghts
A irbag sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
An ti-lock b raking system (A BS) . . . . . . . . . . 18
B rake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cruise cont rol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
E lectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 14
E lectronic power contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19