2017 AUDI A6 door lock

Fuses
Front passenger side
cockpit fuse assignment
Fig. 206 Front passenger side cockpit: fuse panel wit h
plastic bracket
Fuse panel @ (red)
No. Equipm ent
1 Infotainment, CD changer
2 Inf
ota inment (display)
3 Emergency call
Fuse panel @ (brown)
No. Equipment
1 Climate control system
2 Climate control
system (blower)
3 Diagnostic interface
4 Electrical ignit ion lock
5 Electronic steering column lock
6 Steering column switch module
7 Power steering column adjustment
8 Light switch
9 Head-up display
10 Instrument cl uster
11 Infotainment, DVD
changer
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Luggage compartment
fuse assignment
Fig. 207 Luggage compa rtme nt: fuse panel with plast ic
bracket
Fuse panel @ (black)
No . Equipment
1 Tra
iler hitch/220 volt socket
2 Trailer hitch/climatized cup holder
3
Trailer hitch/adjusting front passenger's
seat from the rear
4 El ec trom echan ical parking brake
5 Electromechanical parking brake
6 Front door (front passenger's side)
7 Rear exterior lighting
8 Central locking, closing aid
9 Seat heating (fro nt)
11 Seat heating
(rear), climate control system
12 Trailer hitch
Fuse panel @ (red)
No. Equipment
1 L
eft safety belt tensioner
2 Right safety belt tensioner
3 Ad Blue tank (diesel engine)/fuel pump
4 Ad Blue tank (diesel engine)/engi ne mount
(gaso lin e eng ine)
5
Se nsor-controlled luggage compartment
lid
6 Air suspension, adaptive dampers
7 Rear door (front passenger's side)
8 Tail lights
9 Luggage compartment lid

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Symbols
4-zone deluxe automatic climate control 60
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Key recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Res idual heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
A
A/C (4-zone deluxe automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
A/C (deluxe automatic climate control) 61
ABS
refer to Anti-Lock Braking System . . . . . . 120
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 261
Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Adjusting the vibration warning . . . . . . . . . 98
Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Adaptive air suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Cleaning the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . . 93
Stop -and -go traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
AdBlue. ... .. .. ................ ..... . 194
Me ssages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Opening the tank door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Refilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Adjusting air distribution (4-zone deluxe auto­
matic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Adjusting a ir distribution (deluxe automatic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Adjusting the temperature (4-zone deluxe au ­
tomatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Adjusting the temperature (deluxe automatic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Index
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Advanced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 154
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Danger of fitting a child seat on the front
passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Front airbags .... .. ............. 151, 152
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 157
How many airbags does my vehicle have? 154
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Impo rtant safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Knee airbags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
PASSENGER A IR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 159
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
S ide curta in airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
When must the system be inspected? 159
Air pressure (tire pressure monitoring
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Air suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Alignment pin (tire changing) . . . . . . . . . . . 236
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
All weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Alternator
refer to A lternator (indicator light) . . . . . . 14
Alternator (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Amb ient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Anti-freeze Windsh ield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Anti -lock braking system
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti-Lock Braking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Anti-s lip regulat ion
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
263

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" N .... 0 0 <..:l ' Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Ceram ic brake rotors
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Child restraints Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat. .. .. .. .. ............... .. .. .. . 148
Where can I get additional information
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 189
Ch ild restraint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 185
Child safety .. .. ............... .. .... . 171
Important safety instructions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Important things to know when driv ing with
children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Tether straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Child safety lock Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Child safety seats
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Convertible child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Convertible locking retractor . . . . . . . . . . 184
H ow do I properly install a child safety seat
in my vehicle? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
I nfant seats .. .. ............. .. .. .. . 177
I nstall ing a chi ld restraint using the LA TC H
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
LATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Unused safety belts on the rear seat . . . . 177
Child seats .. .. ................ ..... . 177
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
C igarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Cleaning/removing ice from windows . . . . . 233
C leaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Cleaning artificial leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
C leaning carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233, 234
Cleaning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Cleaning decorative parts/trim . . . . . . . . . . 233
Index
Cleaning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Cleaning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Cleaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Cleaning rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Cleaning textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Climate contro l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Automatic auxiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Automatic recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Closing Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Windows . .. .. . ... ............... .. . 37
Closing/opening By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
With the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . 31
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Closing aid (doors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Closing and opening With the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Clutch (manual transmission) Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Cockpit (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Color code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Consumption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Convenience key Start ing the eng ine (START ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Stopping the eng ine (STAR T ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Switching the ignition on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Convertible locking retractor
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 184
Cooling down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
265

Index
Cooling mode (4-zone deluxe automatic cli-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Cooling mode (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Cooling system Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Coolant level checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Coolant temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . . 9
I ndicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 04
Crossing water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Cruise control system Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Preselecting speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Switching
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Cylinder management
refer to Cylinder on demand system . . . . . . 22
Cylinder on demand system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 26
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Declaration of compliance Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Ce ll phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Electronic immob ilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Garage door opener (Horne link) . . . . . . . . 262
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
DEF
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Defective light bulb warning Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Defrosting (windows) 4-zone d eluxe automatic climate control . . 63
Deluxe automatic climate cont rol . . . . . . . . 61
DEF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Deluxe automatic climate control Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Determining correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 224
266
Diesel
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
D iesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF)
refer to Ad Blue. .. .. .. ............. .. 194
D iesel fuel ........ ... ............. ... 191
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
D imensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Dimming the rearview mirro r . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Door/rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Doors Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Closing aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
CD/radio display .. .. .. ............. ... 21
Door/rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Exterior tern perature dis play . . . . . . . . . . . 21
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Service interva l display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Driver se ating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Driving econom ically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Driving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Dust filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Dynam ic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
E
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Economy tips (efficiency program) . . . . . . . . 23
EDL
refer to Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . 120
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
E lectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . . 75
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Electronic differential lock
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
E lectronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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" N .... 0 0 <..:l ' Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Electronic stabilization control
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16
Elec tronic Stabili zation Control . . . . . . . . . . 120
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . .
75
Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Emergency locking the front passenger door 32
Emergency operat ion
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
82
Sunroof .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. .. .. 38
Emergency release
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
194
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Engine
Coolant
... ' .................. ... ' . . 204
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Starting with jumper cab les . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Stopp ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Warming up/cooling down . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
E ng ine compartment
Opening/closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . .
200
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Eng ine control ( indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Checking the eng ine o il level . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 S
O il consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
202
Specif ication and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Engine speed limitation (indicator light) 18
Eng ine Start/Stop mode
refer to Sta rt/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Engine warm-up request
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Index
Environment
Catalytic conv erter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
197
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Proper disposal of drained engine oil . . . . 204
Unleaded fuel.... .. ............... .. 190
EPC (engine contro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
ESC
Automatic post-collision braking system .
120
also refer to Electronic stabilization con-
trol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
120
ESP
refer to Electronic stabilization control . . 120
Event Data Recorder ( EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
D' . 1mming ........ .. .................. 45
Heating... .... .. .. ............... .. . 45
Ex terior temperature display.......... .. .
21
F
Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
181
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 179
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Folding the rear seats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
For the sake of the environment
Environmentally-friend ly driving . . . . . . . . 67
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
192
Leaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Warming up the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Freeze protection
Coolant additive
Front airbags
. . .. ................ . 204
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 140
Front seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
130
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 148
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
267

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" N .... 0 0 <..:l - Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Adjusting i llumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44
Inter ior lighting
Ambie nt l igh ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44
Fr ont and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Intermittent (w indshield wipers) . . . . . . . . . 47
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Jump-starting 249
J umpe r cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
K
Key... .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. .. 28
Indicator ligh t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
72
K ey replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
M echanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29
Replac ing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Unlock ing/ locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Unlock ing and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32
Key recognition (climate control system) . . . 60
Kick-down (automat ic transmission) . . . . . . . 8 1
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Descr ipt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
163
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 165
L
Lane assist
refer to Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
L ATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Descr ipt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Install ing a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Locat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
M ou nting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Launch contro l program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
L eather care/clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Light
Ambie nt ligh ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Coming/Leav ing home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
D aytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Headlig ht flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Index
Head lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
High beam assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
L ight/rain senso r
Head lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19
Intermittent (windshie ld wipers) . . . . . . . . 47
Li ght ing
E xterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44
Li ghts
Head light range cont ro l sys tem . . . . . . . . . 41
Interio r/ re a d ing l ig ht s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Locking/unlocki ng
By remo te control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Wi th the cen tra l locking switch . . . . . . . . .
31
Wi th the conven ien ce key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Locking and unlock ing
On the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32
Low beam
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Lower universal anchorages (Canada) . . . . . 185
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
12 Vo lt socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Increasing the size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Luggage compartment net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Ski bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Stor ing ca rgo cor rectly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
134
Stow ing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
T ie -downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Valet Par king fun ct io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Clos ing b utton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
move men t-a ctivated openi ng . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Open ing/clos ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 34
Open ing from the inside in an eme rgency . 36
olso refer to Luggage compartment lid . . . 33
Luggage rack .. .. .... .. ... ..... ... .... . 57
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
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Index
Maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . . 25
Massage function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Mirror Dimming ... .. .. ................ ... .. 45
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Mirrors Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 159
Multifunction steering wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
N
Natural leather care/cleaning
NHTSA
Contacting . ..................... .. .
Night vision assist ............. ...... .
Cleaning the camera ................ .
Nitrogen oxide (NOx) catalytic converter
refer to Ad Blue .. ............. .... .. .
Number of seats ..................... .
0
Occupant seating positions 234
135
101
232 194
139
129
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
OFF (4-zone deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
OFF (deluxe automatic climate control) 61
O il
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
also refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Oil change interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD)
Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 25
Opening..... ......................... 27
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Hood ........ .. ................ .... 200
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Sunroof. ..... .................. ..... 38
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
270
Opening/closing
With the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . 31
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Opening and closing
On the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Other consumers (efficiency program) . . . . . 23
Overview (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
p
Paint damage
Paint number
Parking aid 233
255
Cleaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Parking brake
refer to Electromechanical parking brake . 75
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Parking system Adjusting the display/warning tone
... .. 118
Cleaning the rearview camera . ....... ..
110
Malfunction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 118
Parking system plus ................. . 109
Periphera l cameras
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 113
Per ipheral display
.... ............. .. 109
T railer hitch
... .. .... ............. .. 118
also refer to Parking systems . . . . . . 109, 110
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Rearv iew camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Parking (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 79
Parking (Valet Parking function) . . . . . . . . . . 39
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
PASS ENGER A IR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 159
Passenger protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Pedestrian detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Physical p rinciples of a frontal collision . . . 140
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Pollen filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Power Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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Child saf ety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Pregnant women
Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Pre sense .. .. .. .... . .......... .. .. .. . 137
Pretensione rs
Pre sense .. .. .... .. .. ....... .. .. .. . 137
Preventative passenger protection . . . . . . . 13 7
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 129
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Proper seating position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Protec ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Q
quatt ro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Sele ctive wheel torque contr ol . . . . . . . . . 120
Question
What happens to unbelted occupants? 140
R
Ra il carrier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Rain/light sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 47
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Range (fuel level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Rear light
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems ....... .. . 109 , 110
Re arview mirror dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Rear window defogger (4-zone deluxe auto-
matic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Rear window defogger (deluxe automatic cli­
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Index
Rear window shade .................. 46 , 47
Recirculation mode (4-zone deluxe automatic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Recirculation mode (deluxe automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Fuel filler door emergency release 194
Remo te control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Personalizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Remote control operation Garage door op ener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . 39
Removing the side trim panel in the luggage
compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacing Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
R eplacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . . 48
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 135, 136
Reset but ton (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Residual heat (4-zone deluxe automatic cli-
mate contro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Reverse gear (automatic transmission) . . . . . 77
Rims .. ... ... .. .. .. ...... ....... .. .. 225
Road carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
s
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
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