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vehicle, particularly the engine, and main
taining its value. Even if the mileage driven
is low, the maximum period of one year
from one service to the next must not be ex
ceeded.
@ Tips
The informat ion in the Service Rem inder re
mains stored even when the vehicle battery is
disconnected.
On Board Diagnostic
System (OBD)
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL)
The Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) ¢..ift in the
instrument cluster is part of the On-Board Diag
nostic (OBD II) system .
The warning/indicator light illuminates when the
ignition is switched on and goes out after the en
gine starts and the idle has stabilized. This indi
cates that the MIL is working properly .
If the light does not go out after the engine is
started, or illuminates while you are driving, a malfunction may exist in the engine system.
If
the light illuminates, the catalytic converter
could be damaged.
Continue driving
with reduced power (avoiding
sustained high speeds and/or rapid accelera
tions) and have the condition corrected. Contact
your authorized Audi dealer.
If the light illuminates, the electronic speed limiter may also be malfunctioning. For more infor
mation
¢ page 29, Electronic speed limiter.
An improperly closed fuel filler cap may also
cause the MIL light to illuminate ¢
page 188.
Driver in forma tion system
On-Board Diagnostics
Fig. 17 Loca tion of Data Link Connector (DLC)
On-Board Diagnostics monitors the components
of your emission control system. Each monitored
component in your engine system has been as
s igned a code. In case of a malfunction, the com
ponent will be identified and the fault stored as a
code in the control module memory.
The MIL light may also illuminate if there is a
leak in the on-board fuel vapor recovery system.
If the light illuminates after a refueling, stop the
vehicle and make sure the fuel f iller cap is prop
erly closed
¢ page 188.
In order to make an accurate diagnosis, the stor
ed data can only be displayed using special diag
nostic equipment (gener ic scan tool for OBD).
In order to connect the special d iagnost ic equip
ment, push the p lug into the Data L ink Connector
(DLC). The DLC is located to the right of the hood
release
¢ fig. 17.
Your authorized Audi dealer or qualified work
shop can interpret the code and perform the nec
essary repair.
.&, WARNING
Do not use the diagnostic connector for per
sonal use. Incorrect usage can cause malfunc
tions, which can increase the risk of a co lli
sion!
Electronic speed limiter
Your vehicle may be factory equipped with tires
that are rated for a maximum speed of 130 mph (210 km/h). This is may be less than the maxi
mum speed of your vehicle . To reduce the risk of .,.
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er flap is automatically unlocked or locked. Re
fue l the vehicle with the ignit ion turned
off.
T a king the fuel cap off
.,. Turn off the ignition.
.,. Press the left side of the fue l filler flap to open
it
c:> fig . 154 -arrow -.
.,. Unscrew fue l cap counter -clockwise and hang it
on the fue l filler flap
c:> fig. 155.
Refuelling proc edure
.,. Inse rt the fue l nozzle from the gasoline pump
into the fuel filler neck as far as it will go .
.,. Se lect a medium refuelling rate so that the
nozzle switches off automatically when the
tank is full.
Putting the fuel cap back on
.,. After filling yo ur tank, tw ist the f uel cap clock-
wise as far as it wi ll go .
.,. Close the fuel filler flap.
To avoid fuel spill ing o r evaporating from the f uel
tank always close fuel cap proper ly and com
pletely.
A WARNING
Improper refueling or handling of fuel can
cause fire, explosion and severe b urns.
-
- Fuel is highly flammable an d can cause se
vere burns and other injur ies .
- Failure to shut the engine off wh ile refuel
ing and/or to insert the pump nozz le fully
into the fuel filler neck could ca use fue l to
spray out of filler neck or to ove rflow. Fuel
spray and overflowing fue l can cause a fire.
- Never use a cellular telephone wh ile refuel
ing. The electromagnetic radiation can
cause spa rks that can ignite f uel vapors and
cause a fire.
- Never get back into your vehicle while refu
eling. If in except ional circumstances you
must get back in your vehicle while refuel
ing, make certain that you close the door
and touch meta l to discha rge static ele ctric
ity befo re touching the filler noz zle ag ain.
Fuel and R efueling
Stat ic elect ricity can cause sparks that can
ignite fue l vapors released during refueling.
- Never smo ke or have an open flame any
where in or near your vehicle when ref ueling
or filling a portable fuel container .
- For your safety, we strongly recommend
that you do not trave l with a po rtable fuel
container in your veh icle. The container, fu ll
or empty may leak and co uld cause a fire,
especially in a crash.
- If, under except ional circumstances, you
m ust transport a portable fuel container,
p lease observe the following:
- Never fill a portab le fue l conta iner while it
is anywhere in or on the vehicle (for exam
ple, in the l uggage compa rtment, o r on
the trunk). Static electricity can build up
while filling and can ignite fuel vapors caus ing a f ire .
-Always place a portab le fue l conta iner on
the ground before fi lling .
-A lways keep the f iller nozzle comp lete ly
inside the portable container before and
during f il li ng.
- If filling a portable co nta iner made of
metal, the filler nozz le must always be in
contact with the container . This will he lp
prevent stat ic elec trici ty from discharging
and ca use a fire.
- Never spill fue l inside the vehicle o r lug
gage compartment. F uel vapors a re highly
flammable.
- Always observe loca l and state/prov incial
l aws rega rding the use, storage a nd trans
po rtation of fuel contai ners.
- Make ce rtain the f uel con tainer mee ts i n
dust ry sta ndards (A NSI/ AS TM F852 -86).
(D Note
If any fuel has sp illed onto the car, it should
be removed immed iately to p revent damage
to the pa int.
@) For the sake of the environment
As soon as the correctly operated nozzle
switches off automatically for the first time,
189
Fuel and Refueling
the tank is full . Do not try to add more fuel
because fuel may spill out. In addition, the
expansion space in the fuel tank will be filled -
causing the fuel to overflow when it becomes
warm and pollute the environment.
(D Tips
- Running your engine while refuelling may
cause vapors to escape or even cause fuel to
sp ill out of the tank. This would then shut
off the fuel nozzle before the tank is full.
- Do not refuel your vehicle with the ignition
turned on. The fuel gauge may otherwise
not indicate the correct fuel level after refu
elling .
- The fuel filler flap of your vehicle is not
l ocked when you lock the veh icle from the
inside .
Unlocking the fuel filler flap by hand
You con open the fuel filler flop by hand if the
power locking system should fail.
F ig. 156 luggage compartment: opening the side trim
F ig. 157 luggag e compartment: Emergency opening of
fuel filler flap
The emergency opening mechanism is located
behind the right side trim panel in the luggage
compa rtment.
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Opening the side trim
.,. Insert a tool such as a screwdriver¢ page 225
or the eme rgency key into the right side of the
upper gap¢
fig. 156.
.,. Pry upward to release the trim.
Fuel filler door emergency release
.,. Loosen the st rap from its bracket and pull on it
¢
fig. 157. You can now open the fue l filler f lap
as usual
¢page 188.
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Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Kick -down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Removal lock (igni tion key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Automatic wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Battery location inside the luggage compart-
ment .. .. .. .. .... . .......... .. .. .. . 201
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Energy manag ement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Important w arnings when working on the
batte ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Work ing on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Befo re driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Bio -ethanol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Blower (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . 70
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Brake fluid
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Checking the brak e fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 199
Brake system
Anti-lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brake fluid specifications for refill and re
p lacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Brake light defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
B rake power assist unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2
Br akes. .. .. .. .... ........... .. .. .. . 172
Ceramic brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
E lectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 77
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Worn brake pads symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Braking
"' Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
0
~ Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 ....
braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Break-in period
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
T ires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
New t ires . .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. 212
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
C
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 192
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cargo a rea
refer to Luggage compartment ...... 64, 118
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7
C entral locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Convenien ce key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Ceramic brake rotors New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Checking Engine coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Child restra ints
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat.. .... .. .. .. .. ............... .. 130
Where can I get additional information
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 168
Child restra int system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 164
Child safety . .. .. .. .. ...... ......... .. 151
I mpor tan t safety ins truc tions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Installing a child restraint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Mounting and releas ing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Tether straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
249
Index
Rear view camera Parking mode
1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Parking mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 10
Rea r view m irro r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8
Rear window heat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
R ear window sun shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Recircu lat ion mode (automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Refuell ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
188
Release lever for hood ....... ... .. .. ... 19 1
Remote cont rol
Garage doo r opener (Home link) . . . . . . . . .
41
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Personalizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
u nl ock ing/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Remote rear lid re lease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Repair man uals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24 4
Repairs
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
142
Rep lacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Rep lac ing b ulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Replacing wiper b lades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Repo rting Sa fety Defects ..... ... .. . 119, 120
Reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
R ight hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6
Rims . .... .. .. ... ............ .... .. . 219
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Roof weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
s
SAFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
Safe dr iving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 12
Safe lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Safety
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
129
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Ca rgo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12 5
Safety belts worn by p regnant women . . . 126
Safety belt pretensioner
Service and d isposa l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7
256
Safety belts ... .. .. .. .. ... . .. .... . 121, 124
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
122
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Not wor n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Safety be lt pos it ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Safety i nstr uctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Secu ring child safe ty seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Spe cial considera tions for pregn ant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
126
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Warning/ indicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Warn ing light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Safety be lt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Safety compliance sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Safety featu res fo r occupa nt restra int and
pro te ct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
112
Safety gu idelines
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
54
Safety instr uctions
Engine compartment .. ............. .. 191
for s ide curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
150
for using child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
fo r using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Monito ring the Advanced Airbag System 141
Seat adjustment
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . llS
Seat belts
refer to Safety belts ... ... .. ..... ... .. 121
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Seating capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
121
Seating position
Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
113
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
How to ad just the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 114
Incorrect seat pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Occupants..... .. .. .. ............. ..
113
Rear passe ngers .. ... ...... ....... .. . llS
Seats Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
55
Adjust ing in the M MI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Convenience side view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Correct seat ing pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
D river 's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54