2017 AUDI A4 octane

Check ing and F illing
Checking and Filling
Gasoline
Fuel supply
Applies to: vehicles with gaso line engine
Using the right fuel helps keep the environment
clean and prevents engine damage.
F u el r eco mmend ati on
The fuel recommended for your vehicle is unle ad­
e d pr em ium
grade gasoline . Audi recommends
using TOP TIER Detergent Gasoline with a mini­
mum octane rating of 91 AKI (95 RON). For more
information on TOP TIER Detergent Gasoline,
p lease go to the offic ial website
(www.toptiergas .com).
The recommended gasoline octane rating for
your engine can also be found on a label located on the ins ide of the fuel filler flap . This rating
may be specified as AK I or RON .
Your veh icle may also be operated using unlead­
ed regular gasoline with a minimum octane rat ­
ing of 87 AKl/91 RON. However, using 87 AKI/91
RON octane fuel w il l slightly reduce engine pe r­
forma nce.
Us e un leade d gaso lin e onl y. Unleaded gasoline
is availab le throughout the USA , Canada, and in
most European countries . We recommend that
you do not ta ke your vehicle to areas or co unt ries
where un leaded gaso line may not be availab le.
For more information on refueling your vehicle,
see
¢ page 298 .
Octane rating
Octane rating indicates a gasoline's ability to re­
sist engine damaging "knock" caused by prema­
ture ignit ion and detonation . Therefore, buy ing
the correct grade of gasoline is very important to
he lp prevent poss ible engine damage and a loss
of eng ine performance.
Gasoline most commonly used in the Un ited
States and Canada has the following octane rat­
i n gs that ca n usually be found on the filler pump:
- Premium Grade: 91 - 96 AKI
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- Regu la r Grade: 87 - 90 AK I
Explanation of the abbreviations:
AKI = Anti Knock Index = (R +M)/2 = (RON +MON)/
2
RON = Research Octane Number
MON = Motor Octane Number.
{[) Note
-Do not use a ny fue l w ith o ctane ratings low­
er than 87 AKI or 91 RON othe rw ise expen­
sive engine damage wi ll occur .
- Do
not use leaded gasoline. The use of lead­
ed gasoline will severely damage your vehi­
cle's catalyt ic converter and its ability to
control exhaust emissions .
Blended gasoline
Applies to: vehicles with gasoline engine
Use of gaso lin e conta ining alcoho l or MTBE
(meth yl tertia ry butyl ether )
You may use unleaded gasoline blended with al­
cohol or MTB E (commonly referred to as oxygen ­
ates) if the blended m ixture meets the follow ing
criteria:
Blend of g asoline methanol (wood alcohol o r
m eth yl alcoho l)
-Anti -knock index must be 87 AKI or h igher.
- Blend must contain no more than 3% metha-
nol.
- Blend must contain more than 2% co -solvents.
Blend of ga soline and ethanol (grain alcohol or
ethyl alc ohol )
- Anti-knock index must be 87 AKI or h igher .
- Blend must not conta in more than 15% etha-
nol.
Blend of gas oline and M TBE
- Anti-knock index must be 87 AK I or h igher .
- Blend must contain not mo re than 1S% MTB E.
S easonall y adjusted gasoline
Many gasoline grades are blended to perform es­
pecially well for winter or summer dr iv ing . Dur-
i ng seasonal change-over, we suggest that you .,..

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Consumer information
Warranty coverages
Y our Audi is co vered b y the foll owing war ran­
tie s:
- New Vehicle Limited Warranty
- Limited Warranty Against Corrosion Perfora-
tion
- Emissions Control System Warranty
- Emissions Performance Warranty
- California Emissions Control Warranty (USA
vehicles only)
- California Emissions Performance Warranty
(USA vehicles only)
Detailed information regard ing your warranties
can be found in yo ur
W arranty & M ainten ance
bookl et.
Operating your vehicle
outside the U.S.A. or
Canada
Government reg ulations in the Un ited States and
Canada require that automobiles meet specific
emission regulations and safety standards.
Therefore, vehicles built for the U .S.A. and Cana­
da differ from vehicles sold in other countries.
I f you p lan to take your vehicle outside the conti­
nenta l limits of the United States or Canada,
there is the poss ibility that:
- u nleaded fue ls for vehicles with cata lytic con­
verter may not be available;
- fuel may have a considerably lower octane rat­
i ng. Imprope r fuel may ca use engine damage;
- service may be inadequate due to lack of p roper
service facilities, tools or testing eq uipment;
- r eplacement parts may not be readily ava ilable.
- Navigation systems for veh icles built for the
U .S .A . and Canada will not necessa rily work in
E urope, and may not wo rk in other countries
outside of North Amer ica.
Con sumer inf ormation
(D Note
Audi cannot be respons ible for mechanical
damage that could resu lt from inadequate
fuel, service or parts ava ilability.
Audi Service Repair
Manuals and Literature
Audi Official Factory Service Manuals and L itera­
ture are published as soon as poss ible after mod­
el introduction. Service Ma nua ls and literature
are avai lab le to order from the Audi Tec hni cal Lit ­
erature Ordering Center at:
www .audi .t e chlit eratur e.com
Maintenance
General
Your vehicle has been designed to he lp keep
maintenance requirements to a min imum. How­
ever, a certain amount of regular maintenance is
still necessary to assure your veh icle's safety,
economy and reliab ility . For detailed vehicle
maintenance consult your Wa rranty
& Mainte­
nance book let .
Und er diff icult op erating condition s, for exam­
ple at extremely low outside temperatures, in
very dusty regions, when towing a trai le r very fre­
quently, etc., some service work shou ld be per­
fo rmed between the in terv als specified. This ap ­
plies particularly to:
- oil changes, and
- cleaning or replacing the a ir filter .
(® For the sake of the environment
By regularly maintain ing your vehicle, you
help make sure that emiss ion standards are
maintai ned, thus min imizing adverse effects
on the environment .
Important considerations for you and your
vehicle
The increasing use of electronics, sophisticated
fuel injection and emission control systems, and
the generally increas ing technica l complexity of ""'
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Index
F
Factory defa ult settings
Mul ti Med ia Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
230
Fader (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Fasten ing
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
287
Convertible ch ild safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 285
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Fast forward ing/ rew inding (aud io/video
fi le) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
217
Fa stforward ing (a udio/video fi le) ........ 2 17
Fast route 194
Favorites
M edia . .. .. .. ................... ...
220
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Fil e formats (media drives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
For the sake of the enviro nment
E nvironmenta lly -fr iendly driv ing . . . . . . . .
73
Leaks. ... .... .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. ... 305
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
67
Warm ing up the eng ine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Fr ee text sea rch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Radio . .. .. .. ................... ... 205
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Fr eeze protection
Coolant. ... .... ... . ...... ... .. .. ...
310
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 16
Fr eque ncy ba nd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Front airbags
Descr ipt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
257
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Fronta l collisions and the laws of phys ics . . 246
Fr ont se ats
Ad justing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
23 8
Child rest raints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 254
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1
Fue l
Addit ives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
296
B lended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 6
Curre nt cons umption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6
372
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Fuel fi ller neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 12
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Gasoline addit ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Octane rat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Re commendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 96
Sav ing fuel .. .. .. .. .. ............ 73, 121
Fueling
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12
Fuses
Ass ignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
352
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
G
GALA
refer to Speed-dependent vol ume adjust-
ment ......... .. .. .. ............. ..
233
Garage door opene r (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . . 48
Ga rment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Gener ator (ind icator light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
G lossary of t ire and loading terminology .. 319
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Va let parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
G ross Vehi cle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 361
H
Handsfree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Head-up Disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
He adli ght range co ntrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Headlight range control sys tem
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35
Head lights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
338
Head light range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 239
Removing and installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Heated
Outs ide mir rors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
54
Rear w indow ... .. .. ... .. .. ..... ... .. . 70
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Washer nozz les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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MP3
refer to Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Multifunction steering wheel
Operating .. .. .. ........... .. .. ... 12, 15
Sw itching displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Switching tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 15
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Music collec tion
referto)ukebox ... .. .. ....... .. .. .. . 211
Mute
r e fer to Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Muting .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. .. . 233
myAudi . .. .. .. ............... .. . 173,191
Logging in inside the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 173
PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
N
Natural leather care and cleaning . . . . . . . . 340
NAV/MAP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
also refer to Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Navigation (instrument cluster) .... 19, 20, 21
Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Network connection (W i-F i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
NHTSA Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Nitrogen oxide (NOx) catalytic converter
re fer to Ad Blu e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
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Occupant protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Occupant seating positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
OFF (climate control syst em) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
O il
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD)
Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
E lectronic speed limiter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Index
On/Off knob (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
On Board Diagnostic System (OBD) Malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . . 25
Online Audi Service enquiry Audi connect emergency call and service 186
Online destinations
refer to Point of interest search . . . . . . . . 190
Online map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Online map upd ate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Online media. ..... .. ................ . 214
Online roads ide assistance
Audi connect emergency call and service 185
Online services
refer to Audi connec t (Info tainment) . . . . 172
Opening..... ..... .. ................ .. 37
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Operat ing
Mult ifunct ion steering wheel . . . . . . . . 12, 15
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Options menu ..... .. .......... 13, 143, 147
Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Outs ide mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Overvi ew (cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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Paint damage
Paint number
Parental control 339
361
DVD .. .... .. .. .. .. ............... .. 220
Parking aid
Cleaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Releasing/setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Starting from a stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Starting to drive w ith a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . 82
also refer to Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Parking location Audi connect vehicle control . . . . . . . . . . . 182
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