
Checking and F ill in g
Battery
General information
Under no rmal operating conditions, the battery
in your Audi does not need any ma intenance.
W ith
high outside temperatu res or long daily
d rives we recommend that you have the electro
lyte level checked by a service facility . The elec
trolyte level should a lso be checked each time
the battery is charged ¢
page 230.
Have the bat tery checked when you take yo ur ve
hicle in for service . You are we ll advised to re
p lace a battery that is o lder than 5 years .
W ith certa in types of airbag deploymen t, the bat
tery is disconnected from the vehicle electrica l
system for safety reasons ¢
.&. in Repair, core
and disposal of the airbags on page 158.
Disconn ecting the battery t erminal s
Some veh icle funct ions (power window regula
tors, for examp le) are lost if the battery termi
na ls are disconnected. These functions have to be
re learned after the battery terminals are con
nected aga in. To prevent this, the battery shou ld
only be disconnected from the vehicle electrical
system when absolutely necessary for repairs.
Vehicl es not driven fo r long period s
If you do not drive your vehicle over a period of
several days or weeks, e lectrica l components are
gradually cut back or switched off. This reduces
energy consumption and maintains starting ca pability over a longer period¢
page 194. Some
of the convenience funct ions may not operate,
such as the inter ior lights or power seat adjust
ment. The convenience functions will be ava ilab le
again whe n you swit ch on the igni tion and sta rt
the engine.
Winte r operation
During the winter months, battery capacity tends
to decrease as temperatures drop . This is because
mo re power is also consumed w hile starting, and
the head lights, rear w indow defogger, etc ., are
used more often.
Avoid unnecessary power consumption, part icu
larly in city traffic or when traveling only short
228
distances. Let your authorized Audi dealer check
the capacity of the vehicle battery before winter
sets in
¢ page 230 . A well charged battery will
not only prevent starting problems when the
weather is cold, but will also last longer.
(D Tips
If your vehicle is left standing for several
weeks at extremely low temperatures, the ve
hicle battery should be removed and stored
where it will not freeze . This will prevent it
from being damaged and having to be re
placed.
Working on the battery
Be especially careful when working on or near
the battery.
The battery is located in the luggage compart
ment under the floor . Before you check anything
i n the luggage compartment,
re ad and he ed all
WARNINGS ¢&, .
Always heed the safety warning s, when working
o n the vehicle battery or the vehicle e lectr ical
system to prevent injury .
The following WARNING S are very important
when working on the battery :
Alw ay s heed the following WARNING SYM ·
BOL S and safety p recaut ions when wo rking on
the batter y.
®
Alw ay s w ear e ye protection .
~
Battery acid contains sulfuric acid . Al -
way s wear gloves and ey e protection .
@
No
· spark s
· flames
· sm oking.
~
When a battery is charged , it p roduce s
h yd rogen gas which is e xplosi ve and
'
could cause per sonal injury .
®
Always keep the battery well out of
r ea ch of ch ild ren.
...

Index
l
Jac k 253
265
266
J
ump-starting .. .. ... .... .... .. ... ... .
J umper cables .. .. ............. .. .. .. .
K
Key ... .. .. .. .... ... . ...... ... .. .. .... 30
Eme rgency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Key not recogni zed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
K ey replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Maste r key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
M echanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
R eplacing th e batte ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1
Kick-down (a utomat ic transm ission) . . . . . . 111
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 59
D escript ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
H ow they wo rk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 161
L
Lane assist
refer to Act ive lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
L A T CH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
D escr ip ti on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 1
I nstal ling a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2
L ocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
M ounting and re leasing the ancho rage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
L aunch cont ro l program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
L eaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Light Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Com ing/Leavi ng home. ..... ... .. .. .. .. 45
Daytime r unning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
E me rg ency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
H eadlig ht ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
H igh beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
I nter ior/ readi ng lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
T u rn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
284
Light/ rain senso r
Hea dlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Intermittent (w indshie ld wipers) . . . . . . . . 49
L ight ing
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Interio r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
L ights
Head light r ange control system . . . . . . . . . 43
Load ing the roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Locking Power locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Remote contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
U sing the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Low beam In dicator light ..... .. ... . .... ... .. .. . 21
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Lower universa l anchorages (Canada) . . . . . 180
Luggage compar tment
12 Volt so cket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Cove r.. ... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .... ... .. . 63
E nlarging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Load ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Reve rsible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Stor ing cargo co rrectly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Stow ing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
T ie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
T ru nk p ass- through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Luggage compartment l id
Clos ing button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Emergency re lease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
movement -act ivated opening . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Open ing/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Lumbar suppor t
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
M
Maintenance .. .. .. ... ............. ... 274
Maintenance interva ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Malfunction Ind icator Lamp (M IL) . . . . . 20 , 28
Manual shift program. ............... ..
111
M assage func tion
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Mechan ica l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Index
Pregnant women
Specia l consid erations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Pressure (t ires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Pretensioners Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Preven tat ive passenger protect ion . . . . . . . 185
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Prope r occupant seating posit ions . . . . . . . 12 7
Prope r safety belt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Proper seat ing pos ition
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Occupa nts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Protect ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? 136
R
Rad iator fan 226
Rain/light sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Intermittent (winds hield wipers) . . . . . . . . 49
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Range (fuel leve l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear light Indicator l ight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Rear she lf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Rearview camera
refer to Pa rking systems .......... 115,116
Rear view mir ror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rear w indow defogger (four- zone a utomat ic
clim ate cont ro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2
Rear window defogger (three -zone climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Recirculation mode (fo ur-zone automatic cli
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
286
Recircu lation mode (th ree-zone climate con -
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Recupe rat io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Ref illing Ad B lue
With bottle .. .. .. .. .... .. .... ... .. .. 216
With can ister .. .. ..... ........... ... 216
Ref uel ling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Remote cont ro l
Ga rage door opener ( HomeLink) . . . . . . . . . 41
Unl ocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Remote cont rol key
L E D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Rep lac ing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Repair manuals .... .. ............... .. 274
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Rep laci ng windsh ie ld w iper b lades . . . . . . . . 50
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 133, 134
Reset bu tton (trip odome ter) . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Residua l heat (four-zone a utomatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rims ... ... .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .... ... .. 248
Roof rac k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Lo ad ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Roof weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
s
Safe d rivi ng habits
Safety 1
26
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Correc t seating posi tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7
Pedal area . .. .... .. .. .. ......... .. .. 131
Safety be lt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Safety belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 140
Safety be lts wo rn by preg nant women 140
Safety be lt pretensioner
Serv ice and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 5, 138
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136