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You can call up the following information in the
on-board computer:
- Date
- Driving time from the short-term memory
- Average consumpt ion from the short-term
memory
- Average speed from the short-term memory
- Distance driven from the short-term memory
- Current fuel consumption
- Short-term memory overview
- Long-term memory overview
The short-term memory co llects driving informa­
tion from the t ime the ignition is switched on un­
til it is switched off.
If you continue driv ing with­
in two hours af ter switching the ignition off, the
new values are included when calculat ing the cur­
rent trip information .
Unlike the short-term memory, the long-term
memory is not erased automat ically. Yo u can se­
l ect the time period for evaluating trip informa­
tion yourself.
F or some veh icle functions, you can access the
driving info rmation from the short-term memory
in the
line @c:>page21, fig. 5.
Fuel consumption
The current fue l consumption can be shown us­
ing a bar g raph c:>
fig. 8. The average consump­
tion stored in the short-term memory is also dis­
p la yed. If the bar is green, your vehicle is saving
fuel through one of the following functions:
-Re cuperation : electrical ene rgy can be stored in
the vehicle battery when the vehicle is coasting or driving downhill. The bar will move toward
0.
-Cylinder on demand system*: the engine auto­
matically switches four cylinders off when low­
er power output is required and other condi­
tions are met . This change is not noticeable to
the passengers.
@ Tips
The date, time of day and time and date for­
mat can be set in the Infotainment system
qpage24 .
Driver in forma tion system
Efficiency program
Applies to: vehicles with efficiency prog ram
Fi g. 9 Instrument cluster: other equ ipment
Fig. 10 Instrument cluster: economy t ip
T he eff iciency program can help you to use less
fuel.
It shows other consumers that are using
f uel and economy tips give advice on how to dr ive
efficiently. The efficiency program receives dis­
tance and consumption data from the on-board
computer.
T o display the efficien cy program, open the
Vehi­
cle functions
menu and select the Efficiency pro·
gram
menu item.
Other consumers
T he Energy consumers view lists other equip­
ment that is currently affecting fuel cons ump­
tion. The display shows up to three o ther equ ip­
ment items @c:>
fig. 9. The equipment using the
most power is listed first. If more than three
items using power are switched on, the equip­
ment that is current ly using the most power is
displayed.
A gauge @also shows the current tota l con­
sumption of all other consumers.
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Parking systems
Parking systems
General information
Applies to: vehicles with parking system plus/rearview cam­
era/peripheral camera
Depending on your vehicle's equipment , various
parking aids will help you when parking and ma­
neuvering.
The
parking system plus assists you when park­
ing by audibly and visually indicating objects de­
tected
in front of and behind the vehicle
¢page 109.
The
rearview camera shows the area behind the
vehicle in the Infotainment system display. This
display assists you when you are cross or parallel parking
¢ page 110. The parking system plus
functions are also available
¢ page 109.
The
peripheral cameras assist you with parking
and maneuvering. You are aided by various cam­
eras depending on the vehicle equipment level
¢ page 113. The parking system plus functions
are also available
¢ page 109.
A WARNING
-Always look for traffic and check the area
around your vehicle by looking at it directly
as well. The parking system cannot replace
the driver's attention. The driver is always responsible when entering or leaving a park­
ing space and during similar maneuvers.
- Please note that some surfaces, such as
clothing, are not detected by the system .
-
-Sensors and cameras have blind spots in
which people and objects cannot be detect­ ed . Be especially cautious of small children
and animals.
- The sensors can be displaced by impacts or
damage to the radiator grille, bumper,
wheel housing and the underbody . The park­
ing system may be impaired as a result.
Have an authorized Audi dealer or author­
ized Audi Service Facility check their func­
tion .
- Make sure the sensors are not obstructed by stickers, deposits or other materials. If they
are, the sensor function could be impaired.
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For additional information on cleaning, see
¢page 235.
(D Note
-Some objects are not detected or displayed
by the system under certain circumstances:
- Objects such as barrier chains, trailer draw
bars, vertical poles or fences
- Objects above the sensors such as wall ex­
tensions
- Objects with certain surfaces or structures
such as chain link fences or powder snow
- If you continue driving closer to a low ob­
ject, it may disappear from the sensor range. Note that you will no longer be
warned about th is obstacle .
- Keep enough distance from the curb to re­
duce the risk of damage to the rims .
(D Tips
-The system may provide a warning even
though there are no obstacles in the cover­
age area in some situations, such as :
- certa in road surfaces or when there is tall
grass.
- external ultrasonic sources such as from
cleaning vehicles .
- in heavy rain, snow, or thick vehicle ex­
haust.
- We recommend that you practice parking in
a traffic-free location or parking lot to be­
come familiar with the system . When doing
this, there should be good light and weath­
er conditions.
- You can change the volume and pitch of the
signals as well as the display
¢ page 118.
- Please refer to the instructions for towing a
trailer located in
¢page 118.
- What appears in the infotainment d isplay is
somewhat time-delayed.
- Th e sensors must be kept clean and free of
snow and ice for park aid to operate .

Child safety
-Always make sure the seat backrest to which
the child restraint is installed is in an up­
right position and securely latched into
place and cannot fold forward. Otherwise,
the seatback with the child safety seat at­
tached to it could fly forward in the event of
an accident or other emergency situation.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when­
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used
¢ page 172 . Special precautions
apply when installing a child safety seat on
the front passenger seat¢
page 149, Child
restraints on the front seat -some impor­
tant things to know.
Deactivating the convertible locking
retractor
The convertible Locking retractor for child re­
straints will be deactivated automatically when
the belt is wound all the way bock into the re­
tractor .
~ Press the red button on the safety belt buckle .
Th@ belt tongue will pop out of the buckle.
~ Guide the safety belt all the way back into its
stowed position .
Always let the safety belt retract completely into
its stowed position . The safety belt can now be
used as an ordinary safety belt without the con­
vertible locking retractor for child restraints .
If the convertible locking retractor should be ac­
tivated inadvertently, the safety belt must be un­
fastened and guided completely back into its
stowed position to deactivate this feature. If the
convertible lock ing retractor is not deactivated,
the safety belt will gradually become tighter and
uncomfortable to wear.
A WARNING
-
Improperly installed child safety seats in­
crease the risk of serious personal injury and
death in a collision.
- Never unfasten the safety belt to deactivate
the convertible locking retractor for child re­ straints while the vehicle is moving . You
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would not be restrained and could be seri­
ously injured in an accident.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when­
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used
¢page 172. Special precautions
apply when installing a child safety seat on
the front passenger seat¢
page 149, Child
restraints on the front seat -some impor­
tant things to know.
LATCH system (lower
anchorages and tethers
for children)
' Child Restraint System anchors and how
are they related to child safety
To provide a simpler and more practicable way to
attach the child restraint on the vehicle seat, Federal regulations require special lower ancho­
rages in vehicles and devices on new child re­
straints to attach to the vehicle anchorages .
In the United States, the combination of the
tether anchorages and the lower anchorages is
now generally called the LATCH system for
"Lower Anchorages and Tethers for Children" . In
Canada, the terms "top tether" with "lower uni­
versal anchorages" (or "lower universal anchor­
age bars") are used to describe the system .
In other countries the term "ISOFIX" is used to
describe the lower anchorages .
Forward-facing child restraints manufactured af­
ter September 1, 1999, are required by U.S. fed­
eral regulations to comply with new child head
movement performance requirements . These
new performance requirements make a tether
necessary on most new child seats.
Installing a child restraint that requires a top
tether without one can seriously impair the per­
formance of the child restraint and its ab ility to
protect the child in a collision. Installing a child
restraint that requires a top tether without the
top tether may be a violation of state law.
Child restraint manufacturers offer LATCH lower
anchorages on their child seats with hook-on or ...

Index
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Ad justing i llumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
I nter ior light ing
Ambien t ligh ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Fr ont and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . . 46
J
Jump-starting 254
J umpe r ca bles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
K
Key... .. .. .. .. .. .. . .......... .... .. .. 28
I ndicato r ligh t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
K ey not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
K ey rep lacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29
Replac ing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Unlocking/ locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Unlock ing and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Key recognition (climate control system) . . . 59
Kick-down (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . 80
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Descr ipt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 166
L
Lane assist
refer to Act ive lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Lap timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
E valuating times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Stopping timi ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
also refer to Lap t imer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
L A TCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Descr ipt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Install ing a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Mounti ng and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Launch contro l program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
L ea ther care/clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
274
Light
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Coming/Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Dayt ime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Head light flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Head lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Hig h beam ass istant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Parking lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Rear fog ligh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Light/ra in sensor
Head lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Inter mittent (windsh ie ld w ipers) . . . . . . . . 46
Light ing
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Interio r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Lights Head light range contro l system . . . . . . . . . 40
Interio r/read ing lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Locking/ unlocking
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
With the centra l loc king sw itch . . . . . . . . . 31
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Lock ing and unloc king
On t he door lo ck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Low beam Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Lower universal an chorages ( Canad a) . . . . . 186
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
12 Volt socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Cove r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7
Increasing the s ize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Luggage compartmen t net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Pass -thro ugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
S ki bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Stor ing cargo cor rectly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Stowing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Luggage compartmen t lid
Closing button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
movement-activated opening . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Open ing/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Luggage r ack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48