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carried
out by vehicle owners. Also, safety and
e n viro n
mental concerns place very strict limits
on the nature of repairs and adjustments to en
gine and transmission parts which an owner can
perform.
Maintenance,
adjustments and repairs usually re
quire special tools, testing devices and other
equipment available to specially trained work
shop personnel in order to assure proper per
formance, reliability and safety of the vehicle and
its many systems.
Improper maintenance, adjustments and repairs
can impair the operation and reliability of your
vehicle and even void your vehicle warranty.
Therefore, proof of servicing in accordance w ith
the maintenance schedule may be a condition for
upholding a possible
warranty claim made within
the warranty period.
Above all,
operational safety can be adversely af
fected, creating unnecessary risks for you and
your passengers.
If in doubt about any ser vicing, have it done by
your authorized Audi dealer or any other properly
equipped and qualified workshop. We strongly
urge you to give your authorized Audi dealer the
opportunity to perform all scheduled main te
nance
and necessary repairs. Your dealer has the
facilities, original parts and trained specialists to
keep your vehicle running properly.
Performing limited maintenance yourself
The follow ing pages describe a limited number of
procedures which can be performed on your vehi
cle with ordinary
tools, should the need arise and
trained personnel be unavailable. Before per
forming any of these procedures, always thor
oughly read all of the applicable text and careful
ly follow the instructions given. Always rigorously
observe the WARNINGS provided .
Before you check anything in the e ngine com
partment , always read and heed all WARNINGS
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Consumer information
A WARNING
-Serious personal injury may occur as a result
of improperly performed maintenance, ad
justments or repairs.
-Always be extremely careful when working
on
the vehicle. Always follow commonly ac
cepted safety practices and general com
mon sense. Never risk personal injury.
-
Do not attempt any of the maintenance,
checks or repairs described on the following
pages if you are not fully familiar with these
or other procedures with respect to the ve
hicle,
or are uncertain how to proceed.
-
Do not do any wor k without the proper tools
and equipment. H ave the necessary work
done by your authorized Audi dealer or an
other properly equipped and qualified work
shop.
-The engine compartment of any motor vehi
cle is a
potentially hazardous area. Never
reach into the area around or touch the radi
ator fan. It is temperature controlled and
can switch on suddenly -even when the en
gine is off. The
radiator fan switches on au
tomatically when th e coolant reaches a cer
tain temperature and will continue to run
until the coolant temperature drops.
- Always switch off the ignition before anyone
gets under the vehicle.
- Always
support your vehicle with safety
stands if it is necessary to work underneath
the vehicle. The jack supplied with the vehi
cle is
not adequate for this purpose and
could collapse causing serious personal in
jury.
-
If you must work underneath the vehicle
with
the wheels on the ground, always make
sure the vehicle is on level ground, that the
wheels are always securely blocked and that
the engine cannot be started.
-Always make sure the transmission selector
lever (automatic transmission) is in P (Park
position) and the pa rk brake is applied. .,..
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Emergency release
Selector
Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
288
E nergy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Engine
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 60
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Engine compartment
Closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Opening the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Engine control (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Engine coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
E ngine
oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Checking
the oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Oil consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Specification and viscos ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Engine speed limitation (indicator light) . . . 15
Entering a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Geocoordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
135
Last destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Stopover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Entering destination
Point
of interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Entering letters (speller) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Entering numbers/symbols (speller) . . . . . . . 99
Entertainment volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Environment
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
235
Disposing of your vehicle battery . . . . . . . 248
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 244
Proper disposal of drained engine oil . . . . 241
Unleaded gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
What should I do with an old battery? . . . 248
Exporting/importing (contacts)..... .. .. . 118
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
306
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39
Dimming ........ .. .................. 40
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Exterior temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
External speech dialog system . . . . . . . . . . 109
F
Facebook (Audi connect) 124
Factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Fader (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . .
219
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Fast forwarding/rewinding (audio/video
file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Fast forwarding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . 159
Fast route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Favorite
Editing
Storing
Favorites
137
137
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Telephone......... ................. 114
File formats (med ia drives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Flight information (Audi connect) . . . . . . . . 123
Floormats ........ .. ................. 175
Fog lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Folding
the rear seats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Footwell lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
For
the sake of the environment
Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . . 57
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Leaks......... .. .. .. .. ............. 237
Roof rack ....... .. .. ................ 49
Free text search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Directory...... .. .. ................. 117
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
132
Frequency band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145, 146
Front airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
192
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

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Proper seating position
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Occupants .. .. ..
................. .. . 172
Rear passengers..................... 174
Protecting 272
Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Question
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . 182
R
Radiator fan 243
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Additional station information . . . . . . . . . 146
Free text search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Frequency band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Menu...... .. ...................... 146
MMI control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
147
Program guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Radio text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Station list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Updating stations (station list) . . . . . . . . . 145
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Radio setti ngs
Additional station information . . . . . . . . . 147
Rain/light sensor
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 41
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Range (fuel level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Reading aloud
Possible commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
105
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Rear lid
refer to Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . 30
Rear spoiler .. .. .. ............... .. .. .. 91
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 83, 84
Rearview mirror dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Recirculation mode (climate control system) 53
312
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
119
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 2S
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Personaliz ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7
unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
294
Repairs
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
202
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Replacing windshield
wiper blades . . . . . . . . 42
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Rerouting ...... .. .. .. ........... 137, 142
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Resetting
the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Reset (restart) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
170
Restart (reset) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Retract
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
89
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Reverse (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 64
Rewinding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Right control button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Rims
.......... .. .. ................. 264
Ringtone settings ................. 119, 169
Road noise compensation (SDVC) . . . . . . . . 169
Roaming
refer to Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Route criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Route guidance
refer to Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Route information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Route
list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
s
Safe driving ......... ................. 171
Safe driving habits ... .. .. .
............ 171