
Technical data
Gross Axle Weight Rating
The Gross Axle Weight Rating is the maximum
load that can be applied at each axle of the vehi
cle ¢& .
Vehicle capacity weight
The vehicle capacity we ight (max. load) is listed
eithe r on the driver's side B-pillar or inside the
fue l filler f lap.
A WARNING
- The actual Gross Axle Weight Rating at the
front and rear axles should not exceed the
permissible weights, and their combination
must not exceed the Gross Vehicle Weight
Rating .
Dimensions
Length i
n (mm)
Width in
(mm)
Width (across mirrors) in (mm)
Height (unloaded)al in
(mm) -
Exceeding permissible weight ratings can
result in veh icle damage, acc idents and per
sonal injury.
(D Note
-The vehicle capacity weight figures apply
when the load is distributed evenly in the
vehicle (passengers and luggage). When
transporting a heavy load in the luggage
compartment, carry the load as near to the
rear axle as possible so that the vehicle's
hand ling is not impaired.
- Do not exceed the maximum permissible
axle loads or the maximum gross veh icle
we ight. Always remember that the vehicle's
hand ling will be affected by the extra load.
T herefore, adjust your speed accordingly.
- Always observe local regulations.
A7 S7
196.2 (4984) 196 .3 (4985)
75.2 (1911) 75 .2 (1911)
84.2 (2139) 84.2 (2139)
55.9 (1420) 55 .0 (1398)
al Th e he igh t of th e vehicl e de pe nd s on th e tires a nd the su sp ension .
When driving up steep ramps, on rough roads,
over curbs, etc. it is important to remember that
some parts of your vehicle, such as spo ilers or ex-
Capacities
Fuel tank: tota l capacity
- gasoline engine
- diesel engine
Windsh ield f lu id container
Windshield and headlight washer fluid container*
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haust system components, may be close to the
ground. Be careful not to damage them.
gal (liters) approx. 19.8 (75.0)
gal (liters) approx. 19.3 (73.0)
quarts (liters) approx. 3.7 (3.5)
quarts (liters) approx. 5.2 (4.9)

Consumer informat ion
@ For the sake of the environment
- Changing the engine settings wi ll adversely
affect emission levels . This is detrimental to
the env ironment and increases fuel con
sumption.
- A lways observe environmental regulations
when disposing of o ld engine o il, used brake
flu id, d irty engine coo lant, spent batteries
or worn out tires .
- Undeployed airbag modules and pretension
ers might be classified as Perchlorate Mate
rial -specia l ha ndl ing may apply, see
www .dtsc .ca .gov/ha zardouswaste/perchlo
r ate. When t he vehicle or p arts of the re
strai nt system incl uding airbag modules
s a fe ty be lts wi th pre tensioners are s crap
ped, a ll applicab le laws and regulations
must be observed. Your author ized A udi
dealer is familiar with these req uirements
and we recommend that you have your deal
er perform this serv ice for you .
Accessories and
technical changes
Additional accessories and parts
replacement
Always consult an authori zed Audi dealer before
purcha sing accessories.
Your vehicle incorporates t he latest safety design
features ensuring a high st anda rd of active and
passive safety.
This safety could be compromised by non-a p
proved changes to the ve hicle . For this reason, if
parts have to be replaced, p lease observe the fo l
lowing points when insta lling addit ional accesso
ries:
Approved A udi accessories and genuine Audi
parts are ava ilab le from a uthori zed Audi dea lers.
T hese dealers also have the necessary fac ilities ,
too ls and trained specialists to insta ll th e parts
a nd accessories properly .
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A WARNING
-
Using the wrong spare parts or usi ng non-ap-
proved accessories can ca use damage to the
vehicle and serio us pe rsonal i njury .
- Use o nly accessories express ly approved by
Aud i and genuine Audi spare parts
- These parts and accessories have been spe
cially designed to be used on your vehicle.
- Never install accessor ies such as telephone
crad les or beverage ho lde rs on airbag covers
or w ith in the airbag deployment zones . Do
ing so will increase the r is k of injury if a ir
bags are triggered in an acc ident!
- Before you check anything in the engine
compa rtment, always read an d heed a ll
WAR NINGS <:::>
page 218 .
(D Note
-If items other than genu ine A udi spare
parts, add-on equipmen t and accessory
i t ems are used o r if repair wo rk is not pe r
formed a ccor ding to spe cifie d met hods, t his
c an re su lt in severe d amage to yo ur vehicle's
eng ine and bo dy (su ch as corrosion) an d ad
verse ly a ffec t your veh icle's war ranty .
- I f emergency repa irs mus t be perfo rme d
elsewhere, have the vehicle examine d by an
autho rized A udi dealer as soon as possib le .
- T he manufac turer cannot be held liable fo r
damage wh ich occu rs d ue to fail ure to com
ply with these stipulations .
Technical Modifications '
Our guidelin es must be complied with when tech
nical modifications are made .
Always consult an author ized A udi dealer before
st arti ng wor k on any modific ations.
This w ill help ensure t hat veh icle function , pe r
fo rmance and safety a re not impa ired <:::>&, .
Attempting to work on e lectronic components
and t he software used with them can cause mal
funct ions. Beca use of the way e lectronic compo
nents are inte rconnected wi th each other, su ch
malfunctions ca n also have an a dverse a ffect on
othe r systems tha t are not direc tly invo lve d. This ..,_

Index
A
A/C (four -zone automat ic climate control) . . 7 1
A/C (three-zone climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 69
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 276
Active lane ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Ad justing the vibration warning . . . . . . . . . 96
C leaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
sw itching on and
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Adapt ive a ir s uspension/spo rt . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Adapt ive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Clean ing the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Request fo r driver intervention . . . . . . . . . . 90
S top-and-go traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Adapt ive Light (defective) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
AdB lue. ... . ... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... 214
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Opening the tank door......... .. .. .. . 215
Refilling . .. .. ................. .. ... 215
Adding Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
E ng ine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
W indshield washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Addit ives
E ngine oi l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Ad justing
Fr ont seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Steer ing colum n elec trically . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
S teer ing column manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Adjusti ng a ir distribution (fou r- zone automat -
ic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Ad justing a ir distribution (three-zone climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Adj usting the temperat ure (fou r-zone au to-
matic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Ad justing the tempe ratu re (three-zone cl i-
ma te con trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Ai rbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Advanced A irbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Advanced Airbag Sys tem components . . . 1 50
Ca re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
278
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Components (front a irbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Danger of fitting a ch ild seat on the front
passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
D isposa l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Front a irbags .. .. .. .. ..... ...... 147, 148
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 152
How many a irbags does my vehicle have? 150
How the Adv anced Airbag System compo-
nen ts work togethe r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Knee a irbags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
PASSE NGER AIR BAG O FF light . . . . . . . . . 155
Repa irs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Safety i nstructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 7
S ide a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
S ide curta in a irbag s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
When must the system be inspected? 154
A ircraft
T ra nspo rting yo ur vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
A ll weat her lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
All w heel d rive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 92
Alternator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Ant i-freeze
refer to Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Ant i- lock brak ing system
Ind icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Warning/ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Anti -Lock Braking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Ant i-slip regu lation
Ind icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Ant i-S lip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Anti -theft systems
E lectronic immob ilizer .... ..... ... .. .. . 31
Asht ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Audi drive select
refer to Drive se lect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Audi Se rvice Repair Manuals and Literature 274

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AUTO Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Four -zone automatic climate control . . . . . 71
Three- zone climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Auto Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Automatic post-collision braking system . . 189
Automatic t ransmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
M anual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Selector lever emergency release . . . . . . . 113
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Auxiliary heater (four- zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Auxiliary heater (three-zone climate control) 70
Average consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Ave rage speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Important warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Win ter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Working on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Blower (four-zone automatic climate control) .7.2
Blower (three-zone climate control) . . . . . . . 69
Booster seats
Brake fluid 1
7 6
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 227
Brakes Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Index
Brake system
Anti- lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Br ake fluid specifications for refill and re
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 7
Brake power ass ist unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 78
Fluid reservo ir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Worn brake pads symbo l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Braking Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Emergency braking funct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8S
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Break-in pe riod
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Tires
Breaking in New tires
C
196
196
240
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 219
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
AdBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Engine oil 220
Car carrier Transporting your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Care
... .... .. .. .. ............. .... .. 205
Cargo area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Center armrest Cockpit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Sunroof... .. .. .. .. ........... .... .. . 40
Cer tifica tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
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Octane rating ....................... 210
Recommendation ............ ... .. ... 210
Refuelling . ... .............. ... .. .. . 212
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
F ueling
Fuel filler door emergency release . . . . . . 214
Fue l gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fu ses
Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
G
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . . 41
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Gauges Engine coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Generator (warning/indicator lights) . . . . . . 16
Glossary of ti re and loading terminology .. 235
Glove compartment (cooled) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Glow plug system
Indica tor light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 271
H
H ead -up display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Headlight Assistt. .. ... ...... ............. ... .. 44
Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . . 43
H eadlights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . 43
Washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
H ead restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
H eated
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rear window (four-zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Rear window (three-zone climate control) . 70
Index
Seats (four-zone automatic climate control) .7.2
Seats(three-zone climate control) . . . . . . . 70
Washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 137
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
High voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Homelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 41
Hood (release lever) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How are child restraint system anchors relat-
ed to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 150
How safety belt pretens ioners work 141
I
Ignition
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7S
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Important things to do before driving . . . . 126
Improperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Ind icator lights .. .. ............. .. .... . 11
also refer to Warning/ind icator lights . . . . 11
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Inspection interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Installing child safety seats Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Installing the upper tether strap on the an
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjust ing illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Instruments and controls General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Interior lighting
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Front and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Intermittent (w indshield w ipers) . . . . . . . . . 49
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Index
Sport differentia l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Star button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Start-Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Eng ine does not switched off . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Eng ine starts automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Indicato r lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
M essages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2
Starti ng/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Sw itchi ng off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
START E NGINE STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Starting from a stop Hill start assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
S tarti ng to d rive
W ith a t ra iler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Starti ng (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 , 80
Steering Electrically ad justab le steering whee l . . . . 74
Electromechan ical stee ring ..... .. .. . 192, 0
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 192
Manually adjustable steer ing whee l . . . . . . 74
also refer to Elect romechan ica l stee ring . 192
Steer ing whee l
Buttons.... .. .. ............. .. .. .. .. 24
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Steer ing whee l heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Steering whee l co lumn
Ad justing e lectr ically. ......... .. .. .. .. 74
Ad justing manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
S teer ing whee l with tip troni c... .. .. .... . 11 1
Steps fo r determ ining correct load lim it . . . 24 7
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
S topping (e ngine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Sto rage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Sto rage hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
S tron ic (aut omatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 107
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0
Conven ience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Eme rgency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Sun shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Symbo ls
refer to Warn ing/indicator lights . . . . . . . . 11
288
T
Tachometer ... .... .. .. ... . .. .... 1 0, 11, 23
Tail lights Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
TOI clean diesel
refer to Ad Blue... .. ............... .. 214
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
T emperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Te ther anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Three-zone climate cont ro l
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Bas ic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Operati ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 133
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Tips for the environment Sav ing fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
tiptronic (automatic transmission) ... 1 07,
111
Tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
A ll wheel d rive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Low aspect ra tio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 49
Rep lacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Tire pressure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243, 252
Tire pressure mo nitoring system . . . . . . . 251
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Uni directional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Uni form tire quality g radi ng . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 235
Tires and veh icle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Too ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
To rn o r frayed safety belts 137
Towing Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Towing loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
TPMS (tire pressu re mon itoring system) . . . 251
Trai ler mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Notes .... .. .... .. .. .. ........... .. 203

M N <( (.J
'SI: ,...., \!) 1.1'1
N \!) ,....,
Trailer towing Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
201
Park ing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Tec hnical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 201, 202
Train (tr anspo rting your veh icle) . . . . . . . . . 268
Transm iss ion ma lfunct ion (ind icator light) .
112
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Transport ing you r vehi cle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
T runk
refer to Luggage compartme nt . . . . . . . . . . 63
Trun k pass-th ro ugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Tu rn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 4
War ning/ indica to r li ghts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
u
ULSD No . 2 (Diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 11
Unfasten ing safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Uniform t ire q ual ity g rading
Unlock ing 2 50
Powe r locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Remot e control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
V
Vanity m ir ror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9
Vehicle Care/clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Out of serv ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
198
Vehicle contro l mo dul es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 7
Vehicle e lectr ica l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Vehicle identificat ion labe l... .. .. .. .. ... 271
Ve hicle Identi fica tion N umber (VI N) . . . . . . 27 1
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253, 257
Vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Ven tilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
68
w
Warn ing/ indicato r lights
A irbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Anti-lo ck bra kin g sys tem (A BS) . . . . . . . . . . 1 9
B ra ke system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
C ruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
Elect romechanica l par king brake . . . . . . . . 15
Elect ronic power co ntro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Gene rator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16
Index
G low p lug sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 20
Safety be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Wa rning/Indi cato r lights
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 54, 155
PASSENGER AIR BAG OF F . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 53
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Washer fl uid leve l (ind icator light) . . . . . . . . 2 1
Washe r reservo ir .. .. ... ....... ... .. .. 231
Wash ing matte f inish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
We igh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 71
Wha t happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
139
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 136
W ha t impa irs d riving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Whee ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 33
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
G lossary of tire and loading terminology .
235
Replac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 245
When must a safety be lt be replaced? . . . . 13 7
When must t he a irbag system be inspected? 1.54
Where are lower anchorages located? . . . . .
181
Wild anim al recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Window regulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Windows
Cleaning/removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
207
Defrost ing (fo ur-zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
72
Defrost ing (three-zone climate contro l) . . . 69
Windshie ld
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Defrost ing (fo ur-zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
72
Defrost ing (three-zone climate contro l) . . . 69
also refer to Windsh ield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Washe r reservo ir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Windsh ie ld wipers
Cleaning w iper b lades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
F olding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21
Rep lac ing windsh ield wiper blades . . . . . . . SO
Switching on and
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
289

Index
Winter driving
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Tires ... ... .. .. ................ .... 248
W inter operation
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Defrosting windows (four-zone automatic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Defrosting windows (three-zone climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Seat heating (four-zone automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Seat heating (three-zone climate control) . 70
Steer ing whee l heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Winter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Winter use
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Removing ice from windows . . . . . . . . . . . 207
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