2017 AUDI A4 turn signal

Airbag syste m
seat. Please be sure to read the important infor­
mation in the sections that follow and be sure to
heed all of the WARNINGS.
A WARNING
To reduce the risk of injury when an airbag in­
flates, always wear safety belts properly.
- If you are unrestrained, leaning forward, sit­ ting s ideways or out of position in any way,
your risk of injury is much h igher.
- You will also receive serious injuries and could even be killed if you are up aga inst the
airbag or too close to it when it inflates -
even with an Advanced Airbag
r:::;, page 253 .
A WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing chi ld safety seat
installed on the front passenge r seat w ill be
ser iously injured and can be killed i f the front
airbag inflates -even w ith an Advanced Ai rbag
System.
- Although the Advanced A irbag System in
yo ur vehicle is designed to tu rn off the front
airbag when a rearwa rd -facing child re ­
straint has been insta lled on the front pas­
senger seat, nobody can absolutely guaran­
tee that deployment is impossible in all con­
ceivable s ituations that may happen during
the useful life of your vehicle .
- The inflating a irbag w ill hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the chi ld safety seat and child
against the backrest, center armrest , door,
o r roof .
- Always install rearward -facing ch ild re ­
straints on the rear seat .
- If you must install a rearward fac ing ch ild
safety seat on the front passenger seat be­
cause of exceptiona l circumstances and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; light does not
c ome on and stay on, immed iate ly install
the rear-fac ing ch ild safety seat in a rear
seating position and have the airbag system
inspected by your authorized Audi dea ler.
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A WARNING ,_
If, in exceptional circumstances, you must in­
stall a forward-facing child restraint on the
front passenger's seat:
- Always make sure the forward-facing seat
has been des igned and certified by its man­
ufacturer for use on a front seat with a pas­
senger front and side airbag.
- Never put the forwa rd-facing child restraint
up against or very nea r the instrument pan­
el.
- Always move the front passenge r seat to
the highest posit ion in the up and down ad­
justmen t range and move it back to the
rearmost posit io n in the seat's fo re and aft
adjustment range, as far away from the a ir ­
bag as poss ible, before install ing the for­
ward-facing chi ld restraint.
- Always make sure that the safety be lt upper
anchorage is behind the chi ld rest raint and
not next to o r in front of the c hild restraint
so that the safety be lt will be p roper ly posi­
tioned.
- Always make sure that there is noth ing on
the front passenger seat that will cause the
capacitive passenger detection system in
the seat to signal to the Airbag System that
the seat is occup ied by a person when it is
no t, or to signal that it is occupied by some­
one who is heavier than the person ac tually
si tting on the sea t. T he presence of addi­
tional objects could cause the passenger
front airbag to be turned on when it should
be
off, or could cause the airbag to work in a
way that is d ifferent from the way it wou ld
have worked without the object on the seat.
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF ~;
light comes on and stays on all the
time whenever the ign it ion is switched on.
Advanced Airbag System components
T he front passenger seat in your veh icle has a lot
of ve ry important parts of the Advanced A irbag
System i n it. These parts incl ude the capacitive
passenger detection system, wir ing , b rackets,
and more. The control uni t moni tors the system
on the front passenge r seat when t he ignit ion is ..,.

Airbag system
A WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing child safety seat
installed on the front passenger seat will be
seriously injured and can be killed if the front
airbag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child against the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof.
- Always install rear-facing child safety seats
on the rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward -facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat be­ cause of exceptional circumstances and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF,;, light does not
come on and stay on, immediately install
the rear-facing child safety seat in a rear
seating position and have the airbag system inspected by your authorized Audi dealer .
A WARNING
Objects between you and the airbag will in­
crease the risk of injury in a crash by interfer ­
ing with the way the airbag unfolds or by be­
ing pushed into you as the airbag inflates.
- Never hold things in your hands or on your
lap when the vehicle is in use .
- Never transport items on or in the area of
the front passenger seat . Objects could
move into the area of the front airbags dur­
ing braking or other sudden maneuvers and
become dangerous projectiles that can
cause serious personal injury if the airbags
inflate.
- Never place or attach accessories or other
objects (such as cupholders, telephone
brackets, large, heavy or bulky objects) on
the doors, over or near the area marked
"AIRBAG" on the steering wheel, instru­
ment panel, seat backrests or between
those areas and yourself . These objects
could cause injury in a crash, especially
when the airbags inflate .
- Never recline the front passenger's seat to
transport objects. Items can also move into
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the area of the side airbag or the front air­
bag during braking or in a sudden maneu­
ver. Objects near the airbags can become projectiles and cause injury, particularly
when the seat is reclined .
- Never place or transport objects on the
front passenger seat. Objects on the front
passenger seat could cause the capacitive
sensor in the seat to signal to airbag system
that the seat is occupied by a person when it
in fact is not, or that the person on the seat
is heavier than he or she actually is. The
change in electric capacitance because of
such objects can cause the passenger front
airbag to be turned on when it should be
off, or can cause the airbag to work in a way
that is different from the way it would have
worked without objects on the seat .
- Always make sure that there is nothing on
the front passenger seat that will cause the
capacitive passenger detection system in
the seat to signal to the Airbag System that the seat is occupied by a person when it is
not , or to signal that it is occupied by some ­
one who is heavier than the person actually
sitting on the seat. The presence of an ob­
ject could cause the passenger front airbag
to be turned on when it should be off, or
could cause the airbag to work in a way that is different from the way it would have
worked without the object on the seat .
A WARNING
The fine dust created when airbags deploy can
cause breathing problems for people with a
history of asthma or other breathing condi­
tions .
- To reduce the risk of breathing problems,
those with asthma or other respiratory con­
ditions should get fresh air right away by
getting out of the vehicle or opening win­
dows or doors.
- If you are in a collision in which airbags de­
ploy , wash your hands and face with mild
soap and water before eating.
- Be careful not to get the dust into your eyes,
or into any cuts or scratches. ..,_

-If the residue should get into your eyes,
flush them with water.
Monitoring the
Advanced Airbag System
Airbag monitoring indicator light
Two separate indicators monitor the function of
the Advanced Airbag System: the
E,I light and
the
PA SSEN GER AIR BAG OFF ~; ON @ light.
The Advanced Airbag System as we ll as the side
a irbags and side curtain airbags with eject io n
mitigation feat ures (incl uding the e lectronic con­
trol unit, sensors and system wiring) are all
monitored continuously to ma ke sure that they
are functioning properly whenever the ign ition is
on . Every t ime you turn on the ign ition, the air­
bag system indi cator light
m will come on for a
few seconds (function check) .
The s yste m must b e in spect ed wh en th e
indicato r light
El:
- does no t come on when the igni tion is sw itched
on
- doe s not go out a few seconds after you have
switched on the ign ition, or
- comes on while driving
I f an airbag system malfunction is detected , the
indicator light wi ll come o n to serve as a constant
reminder to have the system inspected immedi­
ately .
I f a malfunction occurs that turns the front air­
bag on the pass enger side off, the
PA SSENGER
AIR BAG OFF~;
light will come on and stay on
whenever the ignition is on.
A WARNING
An airbag system that is not funct ioning prop­
erly cannot provide supplemental protection
in a frontal crash .
-If the airbag indicato r light c> page 33
comes when the vehicle is be ing used , have
t he system inspected immed iate ly by yo ur
authori zed Audi dealer.
It is possible that
the a irbag will inf late when it is not s up­
posed to, or will not infla te whe n it shou ld .
Airb ag sys tem
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF '1; ON @ light
Fig. 222 Sect io n fro m th e he adliner : PASS ENGER AIR BAG
O FF ~; ON
@ lig ht
T he PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; ON @ light is
located in t he headliner
c> fig . 222.
T he PASS ENGER AIR BAG OFF~; light will come
o n and stay on to tell you when the fron t Ad­
vanced Airbag on the passenger s ide has been
turned off by t he e lectron ic control unit . If the
bulb for the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; ON @
light b urns out, the a irbag ind icator light m w ill
come on to signal a malfunction in the Advanced
Airbag System. Although the burned-out bu lb
will not change the way the front pa ssenger's
frontal a irbag works , it w ill no longer be possible
to use the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; ON @
ligh t to make su re that the airbag on/off status is
correct fo r the oc cupan t on the front passenge r
seat. Have the airbag system inspected immedi­
ately by your authorized Audi dealer.
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; ON @ light
will blink for about
S s econd s when :
- the capacit ive passenger detection system,
which switc hes the front seat passenger's fron­
tal Advanced Airbag o n and off, detects a
change in the status of the front passe nger
seat.
As soon as the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; ON
@ light s tops blin king, always make sure that the
airbag status (on or off) as shown by the ligh t is
proper fo r the age, size and e lec trica l ca pa citance
of the person occ upying the front passenger
seat . Always make su re that the safety be lt for
th e front passenger seat is prop erly fast ened .
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~;/ PASSENGER
AIR BAG ON
@ light will show the st atu s of the ..,.
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significantly under-inflated tire causes the tire to
overheat and can lead to tire failure. Under-infla­
tion also reduces fue l eff ic iency and tire tread
life, and may affect the vehicle's hand ling and
stopping ab ility.
Please note that the TPMS is not a substitute for
proper tire ma intenance, and it is the driver's re­
sponsib ility to ma intain correct tire pressure,
even if under-inflation has not reached the leve l
to tr igger illum inat io n of the TPMS low tire p res­
sure telltale .
Your veh icle has also been equ ipped w ith a TPMS
malfunct ion indicator to indicate when the sys­
tem is not operat ing properly. The TPMS mal­
function ind icator is combined w ith the low tire
p ressure tellta le. Whe n the system detects a
malfunct ion, the te lltale will flash fo r approxi­
mate ly one m inute and then remain cont inuo usly
illum inated. This sequence will continue upon
subseq uent ve hicle start -ups as long as the ma l­
function exists.
When t he mal funct io n ind icator is ill umin ated,
the system may not be ab le to detec t or signal
l ow tire pressure as intended. TPMS ma lfunctions
may occur for a variety of reasons, incl uding the
installation of replacement or alternate t ires or
wheels on the vehicle that prevent the TPMS from functioning properly. Always check the
TPMS malfunction telltale after rep lacing one or
more t ires or whee ls on your ve hicle to ensu re
that the replacement or alte rnate ti res and
wheels a llow the TPMS to con tinue to func tion
p roperly.
If the Tire Pressure Monitoring System
indicator appears
The tire pressure indicator in the instrument
cluster informs you if the tire pressure is too low
or if there is a system mo/function.
Using the ABS sensors, the tire pressure mo nitor ­
ing system compa res the tire tread circ umfe r­
ence an d vib ration cha racteristics of the individ u­
a l tires. If the pressure changes in one or more
tires, this is ind icated in the instrument cluster
d isp lay with an
RE indicator light and a message.
Wh eel s
If only one tire is affected, the location of that
t ir e will be indicated.
T he tire press ures mus t be store d in the Infot ain­
ment system again each t ime the pressures
change (switching between partia l and full load
pressure) or after changing or replacing a tire on
yo ur vehicle ¢
page 336 . The tire p ressure mon i­
toring indicator only monitors the t ire press ure
you have sto red. Refer to the tire pressure labe l
for the recommended tire press ure for your vehi­
cle
¢page 327, fig. 256 .
Tire tread circumference and vibration cha racter ­
istics can change and cause a tire pressu re warn­
i ng if:
- the t ire pressure in one or more tires is too low.
- the ti res have structure damage .
- t he t ire w as rep lace d or the t ire pressu re
changed and it was no t store d aga in
¢page 336.
-only partially used tires a re rep laced w it h new
tires .
Indicator lights
RE-Loss of pressu re in at leas t one tire¢ &.
Check the tires and repla ce or repair if necessary.
C heck/co rrect the pressures on all fou r tires and
store the pressure again in the Infotainment sys­
tem ¢
page 336 .
m (T ire Pressure Moni tor ing Sys tem) Tire
pres sure: malfunction! See owner' s manual.
If
m appea rs a fter swi tching the ignition on or
whi le driving and the
RE indicator light in the in ­
strument cl uster b links for app roximately one
minute and then stays on, the re is system ma l­
funct ion. Try to store the correct tire pressu res
¢
page 336. In some cases, yo u m ust dr ive fo r
severa l m inu tes after s toring the pressu res unt il
the indicator lig ht turns off . If the indica tor light
does not turn off or turns on agai n afte r a short
per io d of t ime, dr ive to a n author ized Audi dealer
o r auth o rized Aud i Serv ice F acili ty immedia tely to
have the mal func tion cor rected.
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Index
Tires.... .. .... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... 317
All whee l drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
L ow aspect rat io tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Replac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
T ire pressu re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Tire pressu re monitoring system . . . . . . . 334
Tire Pressu re Monito ring System . . . . . . . 335
Ti re press ure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Tire press ure (t railer towing) . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
unidirectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Unid irectional . ................... ... 319
Uniform t ire quality grad ing . . . . . . . . . . . 333
T ires and w heels
Glossary of tire and loading termi nology . 319
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 329
T MC
refer to T raff ic informa tion . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1
Tone (sound)
refer to Adjus ting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
T o rn o r frayed s afety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 47
touch
refer to MMI touch
Towing Tow trucks
T owing loo p
TPMS 144
358
3S8,3 59
Tire Pressu re Monitoring System . . . . . . . 335
Traffic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1, 202
T raff ic messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Traffic sign recognit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
T railer mode (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Trai ler tow ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
I nformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1
P a rk ing syste m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
T echnical requi rements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Towing capaci ty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
T ransmiss ion malfunction (i ndicator light) . . 87
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Tr ave l guide
referto Travel(travelg uide) . ... .. .. ... 175
Trave l (travel guide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Treb le (so und) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
380
Trunk lid
Tr unk escape latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Turn assist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Turn signal Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
u
UL SD No. 2 (Diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 7
Un fastening safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
U niform tire qua lity grading . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Unl ocking/locking
On t he loc k cylinde r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Wi th the cen tra l locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . 41
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
With the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
U pdat ing statio ns ( rad io) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
USB stick
refer to Aud i m usic interface.. ....... .. 21S
V
Va let park ing funct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Vani ty m irro r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Vehicle Care/cleaning .. .. .. .. ........ ..... .. 337
Dime nsions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Ident ific at ion number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
L ift ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 7
Ou t of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 42
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Vehicle identification labe l . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Vehicle con trol modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Lifting po ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Vehicle sta tus report
A udi con nect vehicle co ntro l . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Vehicle too l kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Vent ilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Version informa tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
VIEW button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
VI N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 61
Vo ice guidance
refer to Mul tifunction
stee ring wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 , 14 , 15