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\.J ' seats support the baby's back, neck and head in a
crash
¢ fig. 166.
The a irbag on the passenger side makes the front
seat a potentia lly dangerous p lace for a child to
ride . The front seat is not the safest place for a
child in a forward-facing chi ld seat. It is a very
dangerous place for an infant or a larger child in
a rearward-facing seat .
A WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, using the wrong
child safety seat or improperly installing a
child restra int increases the r isk of serious
personal injury and death in a crash .
- Never install rear -facing child safety seats
or infant carriers on the front passenger
seat -even with an Advanced Airbag System.
A ch ild will be seriously injured and can be
killed when the inflating airbag hits the
child safety seat or infant carrier with great
force and smashes the child safety seat and
child against the backrest, center armrest
'
door or roof c> page 149, Child restraints on
the front seat -some important things to
know .
-Always install rear-facing child safety seats
or infant carriers on the rear seat.
- Never install a rear-facing child restraint in the forward-facing direction. Such restraints
are designed for the spec ial needs of infants
and very small children and cannot protect
them properly if the seat is forward-facing .
- If you must install a rearward facing ch ild
safety seat on the front passenger seat be­
cause of exceptiona l circumstances and the
PAS SENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay on, immed iate ly install
the rear-facing child safety seat in a rear
seating position and have the airbag system
inspected by your Audi dealer .
- Never place or use any electrical device (such as a laptop, CD player, electronic
games dev ice, power inverter or seat heater
for child seats) on the front passenger seat
if the device is connected to the 12-volt
socket or the cigarette lighter socket .
Child safety
-If a seat heater has been retrofitted or oth­
erwise added to the front passenger seat,
never install any child restra int system on
this seat .
- Make sure that there are no wet objects
(such as a wet towel) and no water or other
liquids on the front passenger seat cush ion.
- Never place objects on the seat (such as a
laptop, CD p layer, electronic games device,
power inverter o r seat heater for ch ild
seats) . These may influence the electrical
capacitance measu red by the capacitive pas­
senger detect ion system and can also fly
aro und in an accident and cause serious per­
sonal injury .
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when­
ever us ing a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used
¢ page 140, Safety belts,
¢ poge 148, Airbag system and
¢ page 172, Important information.
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\.J ' -For adjustable head restraints : adjust or re­
move the rear seat head restraint if it is dif­
ficult to install the child seat with the head restraint in place¢
page 50 . Install the
head restraint again immediately once the
child seat is removed. Driving w ithout head
restra ints or w ith head rest raints that are
not properly adjusted increases the risk of
serious o r fatal neck injury dramatically.
- Always read and heed all WARN INGS when­
ever using a child res trained in a veh icle is
being used
¢ page 140, Safety belts,
¢ page 148, Airbag system and
¢ page 172, Important information.
&_ WARNING
If exceptional circumstances require the use
of a forward-facing child restraint on the
front passenger's seat, the child's safety and
well-being require that the follow ing spec ial
precaut ions be taken:
- Make sure the forward-facing seat has been
designed and certified by its manufacturer
for use on a front seat with a passenger
front and side airbag .
-Always follow the manufacturer 's instruc­
t ions prov ided with the ch ild safety seat or
infant carrier.
- Always move the front passenger seat to
the highest position in the up and down ad­
justment range and move it back to the
rearmost position in the se at's fore and aft
adjustment range, as far away from the air­
bag as possib le, before insta lling the for ­
ward-facing child restra int .
- Always make sure that the safety belt upper
anchorage is behind the child restraint and
not next to or in front of the chi ld restraint
so that the safety belt will be properly pos i­
t ioned.
- Always make sure that nothing prevents the
front passenger's seat from being moved to
the rearmost position in its fore and aft ad­
justment range.
- Always make sure the backrest is in an up­
right position.
Ch ild safety
-Never p lace or use any e lectrica l device
(such as a laptop, CD player, e lectron ic
games device, power inverter or seat heater
for child seats) on the front passenger seat if the device is connected to the 12-volt
socket or the cigarette lighte r socket.
- If a seat heater has been retrofitted or oth­
erwise added to the front passe nger seat,
never install any child restra int system on
this seat.
- Make sure that the re are no wet objects
(such as a wet towel) and no wate r o r other
liqui ds on t he front passenger seat cush ion.
- Never p lace objects on the seat (such as a
laptop, C D playe r, electro nic games device,
power inverter o r seat heater fo r ch ild
seats). These may influence the electri cal
capacitance measu red by the capacitive pas­
senger detect ion system and can also fly
aro und in an accident and cause serious per­
sonal injury.
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
li ght comes on and stays on all the time
whenever the ignit ion is switched on.
- If the
PASSENGER A IR BAG OFF li ght does
not come on and stay on, immediately in­
stall the forward-fac ing ch ild seat at a seat­
ing position on the rea r seat and have the
ai rbag system inspected by your authorized
Aud i deale r.
- Take the child restra int off the front passen­
ge r seat and install it prope rly at one of the
rear seat positions if the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
light does no t stay on whenever
the igni tion is switched on.
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® Mud and snow capability
"M/5" or "M+S" indicates the tire
is suitable for driving on mud and
snow. £ indicates a winter tire.
@Composition of the tire cord
and materials
The number of plies indicates the
number of rubberized fabric lay­
ers in the tire . In general: the
more layers, the more weight a
tire can carry. Tire manufacturers
must also specify the materials
used in the ti re . These inc lude
stee l, nylon, polyester and other
materials.
@ Maximum permitted load
This number indicates the maxi­
mum load in kilograms and
pounds that the tire can carry.
@ Un iform tire quality grade
standards for treadwear,
traction and temperature resistance
Tread wear, traction and temper­
ature ranges¢
page 229 .
@ Running direction
The arrows indicate the running
direction of unidirectional tires.
You must always follow the speci­
fied running direction
¢page 248 .
~ Maximum permitted
inflation pressure
Wheels
T his number indicates the maxi­
mum pressure to which a tire can
be inflated under normal operat ­
ing conditions .
Glossary of tire and loading
terminology
Accessory weight
means the combined weight (in
excess of those standard items
which may be replaced) of auto­ matic t ransmission, power steer ­
ing, power brakes, power win­
dows , powe r seats, radio, and
heater, to the extent tha t these
items are avai lab le as factory- in­
stalled equipment (whether in­
s t alled or not).
Aspect ratio
means the ratio of the height to
the w idth of the tire in percent.
Numbers of 55 or lower indicate a
low sidewall for improved steer­
ing response and better overall
handling on dry pavement .
Bead
means the part of the tire that is
made of steel wires, wrapped or
reinfo rced by ply cords and that is
shaped to fit the rim. ...
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\.J ' Fuse panel @ (red)
10 Rea r seat enterta inment
12 Rear spo ile r (Sportbac k), s unroof
Fuse panel © (brown)
No . Equipment
1 Infotainment system
2 I nfot ainme nt sys tem
3
Infotainment, automatic d imm ing interior
rearview mirror
4 Rearview camer a/peripheral cameras
5 TV tuner
6 Tank leak detect io n system
7 Sockets
8 Pa rk ing heater
1 0 Lumba r su pport (fro nt passenger 's seat)
1 2 Infotainment system
Fuse panel @ (black)
No. Equipment
Ai r suspe nsion , adaptive d ampe rs , sport
1 d ifferent ia l, elec tromec hanical p arking
b rake
2 Clutch pedal
position sensor/a utomat ic
t ra nsmission
3 Seats
4 Re ar wipe r (Avan t)
5 Side assist
6 Eng ine sound
7 Infotainment/so und amplif ier
8 G ateway
9 Sport diffe rential
1 0 Climate con trol sys te m
1 1 T
ire pressure m onito ring system, park ing
heater
12 Start/S top sys tem
Fuse panel ® (black)
No . Equipment
1 Special purpose vehicles/ rear seats
Fuses
Fuse panel ® (black)
No . Equipment
1 Rear w indow defogge r
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' Armrest... .. .. .... .. .... ... .. .. .... .. 49
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
ASR
refer to Anti-S lip Regu lation . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Aud i braking guard
refer to Braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Aud i d rive select
refer to Dr ive selec t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Aud i Service Repair Manuals and Literature 264
AUTO 4-zone deluxe automatic climate control . . 62
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0
De luxe a utomatic climate control . . . . . . . . 60
Auto Lock (centra l loc king) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Automatic auxiliary heater (climate control
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Autom atic clima te con trol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
K ey recogn ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Automatic key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Automatic post-co llision brak ing system . . 120
Automatic t ransm iss ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
E me rgency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Hill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Overboost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Selector leve r emergency re lease . . . . . . . . 81
Selecto r lever pos it ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Shifti ng manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
S teer ing whee l w ith shift paddles . . . . . . . . 79
tiptro nic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Ave rage consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Ave rage speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
B
Batte ry
Ju mp starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
also refer to Ve hicl e battery . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Belt tensione r
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
B el t tensione rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Index
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
B lower (4-zone de luxe a utomat ic clima te con-
t ro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
B lower (deluxe automatic climate control) . . 60
Boos t disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Boos ter sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Boost p ressure indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Br akes
Br ake fl uid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 7
El ectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 7 4
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Br aking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 22
B rake ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 20
Br ake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 22
Ceramic br ake ro to rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Br eak-in per iod
T ires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Breaking in
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
New t ires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
C
Cali for nia Propos ition 65 Wa rning . . . . . . . 200
Battery spec ific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Capacities AdBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Washer flu id reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Cargo area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Catalytic co nverter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Cen tra l locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
C en tra l locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
269

Index
Remote con trol key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Sunroof. ... .. .. ... ... .... ... .. .. .. .. 37
Ce ramic brake rotors
N ew b rake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Cert ification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Ch ild rest raints
D anger o f using ch ild rest raints in the front
seat ... .. .... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. .. . 14 9
Where can I get additional information
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 190
Ch ild rest raint system a nchors . . . . . . . . . . 186
Ch ild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Important safety instructions for using child
safety sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
I mportant things to know when driving with
chi ldren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Tether straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Ch ild safety lock
P owe r wi ndows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Rea r doo rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Ch ild safety seats
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Convertible ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Conve rtible locking retractor . . . . . . . . . . 185
H ow do I properly install a child safety seat
i n myve hicle? . .. ............. .... .. . 176
I nfan t sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
I nsta lling a child restraint using the LA TCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
L ATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Unused safety belts on the rear seat . . . . 178
Ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Secur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Cigaret te lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S2
Clea ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Cleaning/remov ing ice from windows . . . . . 237
C le ani ng Alcanta ra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Clean ing artificia l leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Cleaning carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237, 238
C lea ning contro ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
270
Cleaning decorative pa rts/trim . . . . . . . . . . 237
Cleaning disp lays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
Cleaning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
C leaning plas tic pa rts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
Cleaning r ims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Cleaning textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Cl imate contro l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S9
A utomat ic au xiliary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
A utomat ic rec irculat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Bas ic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Drive select. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lOS
Closi ng
Hood .............................. 201
Su nroo f... .... .. .. .. ... .......... .. . 37
Windows ... .. .. .. .. .. . ... .... ... .. . 36
Closi ng/ope ning
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
With the centr al locki ng sw itch . . . . . . . . . 31
Wi th the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Closing aid (doors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Closing and opening With the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Cockpit (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Co lor code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
C ons umer in formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 64
Cons umer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Cons umption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 6
Convenience key
Start ing the engine (START ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Stopp ing the eng ine (STAR T ENGIN E ST O P
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Swi tc hi ng the igni tion on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Unl ocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Convertib le locki ng ret racto r
Activ ati ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18S
Deact ivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
U sing to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 185
Cooling down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6S