2017 AUDI A7 mirror

Weights
Gross Vehi cle We ight Rating
The G ross Veh icle Weight Rating (GVWR), and
the Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR) for front
and rear are listed on a sticker on the door jamb
on the driver's side.
The G ross Veh icle Weight Rating includes the
weight of the basic vehicle p lus full fuel tank, oi l
and coolant, p lus maximum load, which includes
passenger weight (150 lbs/68 kg per designated
seating position) and luggage we ight
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Gross Axle Weight Rating
The Gross Axle We ight Rating is the max imum
l oad that can be applied at each axle of the vehi ­
cle
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Vehicle capacity weight
The vehicle capac ity we ight (max . load) is listed
e ithe r o n the dr iver's side 8-pilla r or inside the
fuel filler f lap .
A WARNING
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-The actual Gross Ax le Weight Rating at the
front and rear axles sho uld not exceed the
permissible weights, and their comb inat ion
must not exceed the Gross Vehicle We ight
Rating.
- Exceeding perm iss ible weight ratings can
result in vehicle damage, acc idents and per­
sonal inj ury .
Dimensions
Techn ical data
(D Note
- The vehicle capacity weig ht figures apply
when the load is d istributed evenly in the
vehicle (passengers and luggage). When
transport ing a heavy load in the luggage
compartment, carry the load as near to the
rear axle as possible so that the vehicle's
hand ling is no t impa ired .
- Do not exceed the maximum perm iss ible
ax le loads or the maximum gross vehicle
we igh t. A lways remember that the vehi cle's
hand ling will be affected by the extra load.
T he refore, adjust your speed acco rd ingly.
- Always observe lo cal regulations.
Length (in (mm)) Width (in (mm ))
Width across the Height at curb
A7 Sportback 196.2 (4,984)
RS 7 Sportback 197
.3 (5,012)
S7 Spo rtback 196.3 (4,985)
W hen driving on poor roads, by curbs and on
steep ramps, make sure that low-hang ing com­
ponents such as the spo ile r and exhaust system
mirrors (in (mm)) weight (in (mm))
75 .2 ( 1,911) 84.2 (2,139) 55 .9 ( 1,420)
75 .2 (1,911) 84 .2 ( 2,139) 55 .9 ( 1,419)
75 .2 ( 1,911) 84.2 (2,139) 55.0 ( 1,398)
be damaged . This especially applies to vehicles
that are eq uipped w ith adapt ive a ir suspension*
and when the vehicle is at full load .
co ~ do not come into contact with these o r they could
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\.J - Cooling mode (4-zone deluxe automatic cli-
mat e control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Cooling mode (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Cooling system Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Coolant level checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Coolant temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Crossing water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Cruise control system Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Preselecting speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Cylinder management
refer to Cylinder on demand system . . . . . . 22
Cylinder on demand system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Declar ation of compliance
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Aud i side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Ce ll phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Electronic immobilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . 267
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Tire pr essure monitoring system . . . . . . . 267
DEF
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Defective light bulb warning Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Defrosting (windows) Deluxe automati c climate control . . . . . 60, 62
DEF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Deluxe automatic climate control Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Dete rmining correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 226
Index
Diesel
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF)
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Di esel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Door/rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Doo rs
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Closing aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
CD/radio display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Door/rear lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Engine oil temperature d isplay . . . . . . . . . . 87
Exterior temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . 21
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Shifting indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Driver seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Driving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Dust filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Dynamic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
E
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Economy tips (efficiency program) . . . . . . . . 23
ED L
refer to Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . 120
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
I ndicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
271

Index
Electronic differential lock
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Electronic D ifferent ial Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Electronic stabilization control Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Electronic Stabilization Control . . . . . . . . . . 120
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
E mergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Emergency locking the front passenger door 32
E mergency operation
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3S
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Emergency release
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Emergency starting 254
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
I ndicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Engi ne
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Warming up/cooling down . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Engine compartment
Opening/closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Engine control (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Checking the engine oil level . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Fue l consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
O il consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Engine speed limitat ion (indicator light) . . . 18
272
Engine Start/Stop mode
refer to Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Engine warm-up request
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Environment Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Proper d isposa l of drained engine oil . . . . 205
Unleaded fuel.. .. .. .. .. ........... .. 191
EPC (engine contro l).. .. ............. ... 17
ESC Automatic post-collision braking system .
also refer to Electroni c stabilization con­
trol
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ESP
refer to Electronic stabilization control ..
Event Data Recorder (EDR) ............ . 120
120
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127
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
D ' . 1mming ........ .. .. ................ 44
Heating...... ... .. .. ................ 44
Exterior temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
F
Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 180
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Folding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
For the sake of the environment
E nvironmentally -friendly driving . . . . . . . . 66
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Leaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Roof rack . .. .. .. .. .. ... .......... ... 55
Warming up the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Freeze protection
Coolant additive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 141

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\.J ' Front seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Ch ild restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 149
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Fu el
Additives ... .. ................ ..... . 191
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Octane rat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 105
Fue ling
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Opening the fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Fuses Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Replac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
G
Garage door opener (Home Link) . . . . . . . . . . 38
Garment hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Glasses holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Glossary of tire and loading terminology .. 213
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
cooled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Gross Vehicle Weight Rat ing (GVWR) . . . . . 261
H
Head-up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Headlight range control
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . . 40
H eadlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Headlight range contro l system . . . . . . . . . 40
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
He ad restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Adjusting ................ .... 49, 50, 132
Removing and installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Index
Heated
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Rear w indow (4-zone deluxe automat ic cli­
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear window (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Seats (4-zone deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Seats (deluxe automatic climate control) . . 61
Washer nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Heavy clothing and safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . 142
High beams
Ass istant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
High voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Hill hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7S
also refer to Hill hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Hold assist (hill) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Homelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 38
Hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
How are child restraint system anchors relat-
ed to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . lSS
How safety belt pretensioners work . . . . . . 146
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Ignition
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lS
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 28
Important things to do before driving . . . . 129
Improperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Inspection interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Installing child safety seats
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Installing the upper tether strap on the an ­
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . . 25
Massage function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29
M emory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Mirror Dimming ... ............... .. .. .. .... 44
Van ity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Mirrors Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Monito ring the Advanced Airbag System . . 160
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
N
Natural leather care/cleaning
NHTSA 238
Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
N ig ht vision assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
C leaning the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Nitrogen oxide (NOx) catalytic converter
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
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Occupant seating positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
OFF (4-zone deluxe automatic climate con -
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
OFF (deluxe automatic climate control) 60
Oil Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
also refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Oi l change interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
" ~ Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 0
~ Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 ' Index
Sunroof... .. .. .. .................. .. 37
Windows ....... .. ................. . 36
Open ing/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
Overboost (automat ic transmission) . . . . . . . 80
Overview (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Paint number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Parking aid Cleaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Parking brake
refer to Electromechanical parking brake . 74
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Parking system Adjusting the d isplay/warning tone . . . . . 118
Cleaning the rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . 110
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Peripheral cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Periphera l display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Trailer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
also refer to Parking systems ...... 109, 110
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Parking (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 78
Parts repla cement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 160
Passenger protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Pedestrian detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Periphera l display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 141
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Pollen fi lter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S9
Power Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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Index
Power windows Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Pregnant women
Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Pretensioners Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Preventative passenger protection . . . . . . . 138
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 130
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Proper seating position Front passenger. ................ ... . 131
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Selective wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . 120
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? 141
R
Rail carrier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Rain/light sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
I ntermittent (w indshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 46
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Range (fuel level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Rear light
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Rear spoi ler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems .......... 109, 110
Rearview mirror dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Rear window defogger (4 -zone deluxe auto­
matic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
276
Rear window defogger (deluxe automatic cli ­
mate contro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Recirculation mode (4 -zone deluxe automatic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Recirculation mode (deluxe automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Fuel filler door emergency release 195
Remote 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 opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . 38
Removing the side trim panel in the luggage
compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . . 47
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 136, 137
Reset button (tr ip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Residual heat (4-zone deluxe automatic cli -
mate contro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Reverse gear (automatic transmission) . . . . . 76
Rims ......... ... .. .. ............... 226
Road carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
s
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Correct seat ing position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Parking system ............... .. .... . 118
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82, 83
Transmission malfunction (indicator light) . . 81
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
T urn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
u
ULSD No . 2 (Diesel fuel) ............... .
Unfasten ing safety belts ...... .. .. .. .. .
Uniform tire quality grading
Unlocking/ locking 192
145
229
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
With the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . 31
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Unlocking and locking On the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
V
Van ity mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2S9
Vehicle identification labe l . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 , 208
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Veh icle control modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240, 245
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
VIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
~ w .... N ~ Warming up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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Warning/Indicator lights
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Washer fluid level (indicator l ight) . . . . . . . . 18
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Weights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
What happens if you wear your safety belt too loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Wha t happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 141
What impairs driving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 213
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Tire pressure monitoring system ... 230,231
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Wheel wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
When must a safety be lt be replaced? . . . . 142
When must the airbag system be inspected? .160
Wher e are lower anchorages located? . . . . 187
Wild animal detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Window regulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Windows Cleaning/removing ice............... . 237
Defrosting (4-zon e deluxe automatic cli-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Defrosting (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Windshie ld
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Defrosting (4-zone deluxe automatic cli-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Defrosting (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
also refer to Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . 46, 209 Reservoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Windshield wipers Cleaning wiper b lades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Folding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
I ndicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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