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@ Tips
-The oil pre ssure w arning display. i s not
an indicator of the oil level. Do not rel y on
it. Instead , check the oil level in your en­
gine at regular inte rval s, preferably each
t ime you refuel , and alway s befo re going
on a long trip.
- If you have the impression your engine con­
sumes excessive amounts of oil, we recom­
mend that you cons ult an autho rized Aud i
dealer to have the cause of your concern properly d iagnosed. Keep in mind that the
accurate measurement of oil consump tion
requi res great care and may take some
time. An a uthorized Audi dea ler has instruc ­
tions about how to measure oil consump ­
tion accurately.
Checking the engine oil level
Fig. 172 MM I D isp lay: O il leve l in dicator
Read oil level
.. Park yo ur vehicle so that it is hor izontally level.
.. Shu t the engine off w hen it is at operat ing tem-
perature.
.. Switch only the ignition back on.
.. Wait approx . two mi nutes .
.. Se lect : Function button
~IC~A~R~I > Oil le vel. Or
.. Select : Funct ion button
ICARI > C ar sy stems *
contro l button > S ervici ng & checks > Oil leve l.
.. Read the oil level in the MMI* Display
¢fig . 172. Add engine o il if the bar of the oil
level indicator is near "min"
r::;, page 197
Depending on the way the vehicle is driven and
the operating cond itions, o il cons umption can be
up to a 1/2 quart per 600 m iles (0.5 liter per
Checking and Filling
1,000 km) . Consumptio n may be higher w ithin
the first 3,000 mi les (5,000 km).
(D Tips
The oil leve l indicato r in the M MI * Display is
on ly an information display. If the oi l level is
too low, a minimum oil warning appears in
the instr ument cluster . Add oil¢
page 197 .
If the hood has been opened, the current oil
l evel is shown in the instrument cluster the
next time the ignit ion is switched on.
"l=:7: Adding engine oil
Fig. 173 En g in e compartment: Cover on the oil filler nec k
.. Before you check anything in the eng ine com­
partment,
a lwa ys read and heed all WARN ­
INGS
r::;, .&. in Working in the engine compart­
ment on page 193 .
.. Shu t the eng ine off .
.. Uns crew the cap
't=;,: to the engine oil filling
hole
r::;, fig. 173, r::;,page 195, fig. 171 .
.. Carefully top o ff wi th 0.5 quarts (0.5 liters) of
the appropriate oil
r::;, page 195 .
.. Check the oil level again after two minutes
r::;, page 197, Checking the engine oil level.
.. Top off the o il again, if necessary .
.. Screw the cap back on the filling hole .
A WARNING
-- Wh ile topping off, the o il must not come in
con tact w ith ho t engine parts - fi re hazard!
- The oil filler cap must be p roper ly secured
to p revent o il from being sprayed on t he ho t
engine and exhaust system when the engine
is running - fi re ha zard!
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Battery charging
Starting the engine requires a well charged bat­tery .
Fig. 1 76 Engine co mpartment: Co nnectors for charger and
j u mpe r cab les
A lways read and h eed all WARNINGS be low
¢ &. and
¢&. in Working on the battery on
page 204 .
•Turnoff the ignition and all electr ica l consum­
ers .
• Make sure the area is well vent ilated when you
charge the battery .
• Open the engi ne hood ~
page 193.
• Open the cover on the posit ive pole ¢ fig . 176.
• Connec t the charger connecto rs accord ing to
the instructions to the
jump start bolts . (Bolts
under the cover= "positive", Bo lts with hex
head = "negat ive").
• Only now plug the mains lead for the charging
equipment into the wall outlet and turn it on
c> &, .
• Make sure the charging rate is not ov er
30 amps /14 .8 Volt .
• When the ba tte ry is fu lly charged : Tur n the
charg ing equipmen t off and remove the mains
l ead from the wall outlet.
• Now remove the clamps fo r the cha rging equ ip-
ment.
• Close the cover on the posit ive pole.
• Close the hood ¢
page 193 .
A discharged battery can freeze at temperatures
of only 32 °F (0 °C). A llow a frozen battery to
thaw comp lete ly before attempting to charge it
¢
& . However , we recommend not us ing a
thawed battery again because the battery cas ing
Checking and Filling
can be cracked due to ice forma tion and can leak
battery acid.
Battery charging (Maximum charging rate of
30 amps /14.8 Volt)
When charging at low voltages (e .g . with a trick­
le charger ),
the battery cables do not have to be
disconnected f irst . T he battery caps should
not
be opened when charging a battery .
It is not necessary to remove the battery from
the luggage compartment .
Fast charging the battery (charging rate
above 14 .8 Volts)
F or techn ical reasons do not use a battery cha rg­
er that uses vo ltage greater than 14.8 Vo lts to
charge your vehicle 's battery .
_8 WARNING ~
Charging a battery can be dangerous.
- Always follow the operating instructions
provided by the battery charger manufactur­
er when charging your battery.
- Never charge a froze n battery . It may ex ­
p lode because of gas trapped in the ice. Al·
low a froze n battery to thaw out first.
- Do not reuse batter ies which were frozen.
The battery hous ing may have cracked and
weakened when the battery froze .
- Charge the battery in a well ventilated area.
Keep away from open flame or electrical
spark . Do not smoke . Hydrogen gas generat­
ed by the battery is explos ive.
- To reduce the danger of explosion , never
connect or d isconnect charger cables while
the charge r is operating .
- Fast charg ing a battery is dange rous and
should only be attempted by a competent
technician w ith the proper equipment.
- Battery acid that may spill during charging
should be washed off w ith a so lution of
warm wa ter and baking soda to neutra lize
the acid .
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Determin ing correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 22 1
Dig ita l clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Dig ita l compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Di mensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Doors emergency lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
D river information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
Open doo r o r fron t lid wa rn ing . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
Outside temperature d isp lay. ... .. .... .. 21
Sound system display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Dri ver seat
refer to Seat ing pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Driving safe ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
D riving through wate r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Driving t ime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
D us t filte r
refer to Pollutant filte r (au toma tic A/C sys -
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Dynamic stee ring ............. 101, 167 , 17 1
E
E85 (Fue l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Easy entry function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
E ff iciency p rogr am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Fu el economy messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
M emory levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
E lect ro-mechan ica l powe r ass ist . . . . . . . . . 17 1
Electromechanica l parking brake
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Re leas ing and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
St arting assis t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
S tarting from res t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Starting off w ith a t railer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
E lect ronic d ifferen tial lock
Wa rn in g/i nd ic ator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
E lect ronic diffe ren tial lock ( EDL)
Wa rning/indicator lights.. ... .. .. .... .. 1 7
E lect ronic immob ilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 33
Index
El ectron ic powe r contro l
(EPC) warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . 18
El ectron ic spee d lim ite r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
E lectron ic stabilization control
Spo rt mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
E lectron ic Stab ilization Contro l . . . . . . . . . . 167
El ectron ic Stab ilization Contro l (E SC)
War ning/ indica to r li ghts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Emergency actuation
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Ign it io n key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
E mergency f lasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
War ning/ in d ica to r li ghts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Start ing engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Emergency operation
Emergency braking function (parking brake) .7.7
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
En ergy manage men t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
B attery power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
D rive r notific ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
E ngine
Compartment .. .. .. ................. 195
Coo lant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 99
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Start ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71, 73
Starting wi th ju mpe r cab les . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Stopping . ... .. . ... .... . ..... ... .. 7 3, 74
E ngine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 95
S afe ty in str uctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Working the engi ne compa rtment . . . . . . 193
Engine coolant Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Engine coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Checking coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Checking the engine coo lant level . . . . . . . 199
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Engine coolant temperature
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
E ngine hoo d
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
How to release the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
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Generator Wa rni ng/indicator lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4
Glossa ry of tire and load ing term inology .. 209
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
G PS controlled clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
Gross Vehicle Weight Rat ing (GVWR) . . . . . 24 3
H
Head lights
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Headlights Cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
H eadlig ht range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
L eft hand dr ive, right hand dr ive . . . . . . . . . 50
T rave l mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Headlight washe r reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
H ea d restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Ad justing .. .. .. ... . .... ... .. .. .. 60, 1 14
H eated
exte rior m irro rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1
rear w indow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
se ats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
windshie ld washer spray noz zles . . . . . . . . 53
H eating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 124
H igh be am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
H igh voltage war ning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
H ill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
H omelink (garage door ope ne r) . . . . . . . . . . 36
Hood Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Re lease lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
H orn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
H ow are child res tra int sys tem anchors re lat -
ed to ch ild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
H ow many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 136
H ow safety belt pretensioners work
128
I
Ignition
switch ing on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
I gnition key
E me rgency un loc king. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Index
Ig nition loc k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
I n dicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Imbalance (whee ls) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Immobilize r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Importantth ingstodobefo redriv ing . ... 111
Imprope rly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Dynam ic steeri ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
PASS ENG ER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
also refer to War ning/ indicato r lights . . . . 11
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Inf lation press ure (t i res) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Adjust ing the light ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Instruments and contro ls
Genera l illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Inte rior ligh ts
F ront ... .. .. .. .. ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. . 51
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Inte rmit ten t (windsh ie ld w ipers) 53
]
Jump-starting 238
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
K
Key... ... .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. . 28
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Check lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 72
Ig nit ion/eng ine on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Mecha nica l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29
r emov ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
u nlocking/lo cking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0, 32
K ick-dow n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Knee a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Desc ription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Important safety instr uctions . . . . . . . . . . 146
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Index
R
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Ra in/lig ht senso r
H eadlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
I n termittent (w indshield wipe rs) . . . . . . . . 53
Sensor defect ive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Ra is ing the veh icle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Rea r fog lights . .. .. . .......... .. .. .... 48
Rea r lid
Escape hand le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Opening and clos ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Rear light Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Rea r par kin g sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Rear parking system w ith rearview camera . 105
Rear view came ra
Pa rking mode 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Parking mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Re ar view m irro r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Rear window heat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Recirc ulat ion mode (automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Ref uell ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Re lease lever for hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Pe rsonalizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
un locking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Remote con trol ope ra tion
Garage doo r opener (Home link) . . . . . . . . . 36
Remote rear lid release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Repair man uals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Repairs Ai rbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 43
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacing b ulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Replac ing wiper b lades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Reporting Safety Defects ........... 118, 119
Reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Right hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
R ims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 1
Rollbar
refer to Act ive ro llover p rotection system 119
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SA FE
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Safe d rivi ng habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Safelock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
S afety
A irbag sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Co rrect seat ing pos it ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Pedal area ..... .. .. .. ............... 116
S afety be lt pos it ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 27
Safety be lts worn by pregnant women . . . 127
Safety be lt prete nsione r
Se rvice and disposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122, 125
Be lt pos itioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Fas tening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
I m prope rly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 28
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Safety be lt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7
Safety instr uctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Spec ial considerat ions for pregnant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Un fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
War ning/ indicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
War ning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Wo rn prope rly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4
Safety be lt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Safety compliance sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Safety eq uipme nt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Safety features fo r occupant restraint and
protect ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Safety gu idelines
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Safe ty instr uctions
En gine compartmen t.. ............. .. 193
for using ch ild s afety sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
for using sa fety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Monito ring the Advanced Airbag System 142
Seat adjustment Hea d rest raints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4
Seat belts
refer to Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122