2017 AUDI A8 airbag

Consumer inf orm ation
@ For the sake of the env ironment
- Changing the engine settings wi ll adversely
affect emission levels. Th is is detrimental to
the environment and increases fuel con­
sumption.
- Always observe environmental regu lations
when disposing of old engine o il, used brake
flu id, d irty engine coolant, spent batteries
or worn out tires.
- Undeployed airbag modules and pretension­
ers might be classified as Perchlorate Mate­
rial -special handl ing may apply, see
www.dtsc .ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlo­
r ate. When the vehicle or parts of the re­
straint system including airbag modu les
safety be lts wi th pretensioners are scrap­
ped, all applicab le laws and regulations
must be observed. Your authorized Audi
dealer is familiar with these requirements
and we recommend that you have your deal­ er perform this service for you.
Accessories and technical changes
Additional accessories and parts replacement
Always consult on authorized Audi dealer before
purchasing accessories.
Your vehicle incorporates the latest safety design
features ensuring a high standard of active and passive safety.
This safety could be comp romised by non-ap­
proved changes to the vehicle. For this reason, if
parts have to be replaced, please observe the fo l­
lowing points when insta lling addit ional accesso­
ries:
Approved Audi accessories and genuine Audi parts are available from author ized Audi dealers.
These dealers also have the necessary facilities,
too ls and trained specialists to install the parts
and accessories properly.
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A WARNING
-
Using the wrong spare parts or using non-ap-
proved accessories can cause damage to the
vehicle and serious personal i njury.
- Use on ly accessories expressly approved by
Aud i and genuine Audi spare parts
- These parts and accessor ies have been spe­
cially designed to be used on your vehicle.
- Do not use license plate brackets in the
front area that are d ifferent from the one
installed at the fac tory, or add additional li­
cense plate brackets.
- Never install accessor ies such as telephone
cradles or beverage holders on airbag covers
or w it hi n the airbag deployment zones. Do­
ing so will i ncrease t he risk of injury if a ir­
bags are triggered in an accident!
- Before you check anything in the eng ine
compa rtment, always read and heed all
WARN INGS ¢page 271.
(D Note
-If items other than genu ine A udi spa re
parts, add-on equipment and accessory
i t ems are used or if repair wor k is not per­
formed according to specified me thods, this
can resul t in severe damage to your vehi ­
cle's eng ine and body (such as corrosion)
and adve rsely affect your vehicle's warranty.
- The innovative aluminium concep t of your
Audi AB means that all servicing, repairs or
other work on the veh icle body must be car­
ried out exclus ively by an Audi workshop.
- If emergency repairs must be performed
elsewhere, have the vehicle exam ined by an
authorized Audi dealer as soon as possible.
- The manufacture r cannot be held liable for
damage which occurs d ue to failure to com­
ply with these stipulations.
Technical Modifications
Our guidelines must be complied with when tech­
nical modifications ore mode.
Always consult an authorized Audi dealer
befo re
starting work on any modifications .

Index
A
A/C (a utomat ic cl imate contro l) . . . . . . . . . . 70
Accessories .. .. .. .. . .. .... .. .. .. .. 60 ,338
Active lane assist ( lane depa rture ass ist) . . 102
Clean ing the camera a rea . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Mes sages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Adapter cable (A udi music inter face) . . . . . 185
Adapt ive a ir suspension/sport . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Adapt ive c ru ise control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Clean ing the senso rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Adj usting the so und . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Ad justing the so und (tone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Adj usting the tempe rature (automatic climate
control system ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Ad justing the vol ume
R SE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
A irbag .. .. .. .. .. ............. .... .. . 226
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234, 244
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Ch ildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Ch ild rest raints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Compo nen ts (front a irbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 232
D anger of fitting a child seat on the fron t
p a ssenger sea t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 7
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
F ront airbags ..... . .. ..... ... .. . 230,23 1
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Mon ito ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
PASS ENG ER AIR BAG O FF light . . . . . . . . . 237
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Safety ins tructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 3 Ant
i-free ze
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Ant i- L oc k Bra king System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . 126
Ant i-Slip Regu lation (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Audi connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Data p rotection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Se rvices (ove rview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Audi music inte rface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Adapter cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Connec ting and dis connect ing . . . . . . . . . 185
Screen settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Audio player
refer to Blue tooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Audio trac k (DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
A udi Se rvice Repair Manuals and Literatu re 33 6
A UTO
Automat ic climate control system . . . . . . . 70
Automat ic head ligh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Auto Lock (central locking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7
A utoma tic belt re trac tor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Automat ic climate contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Automat ic traffic rerouting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Automat ic transmission (tiptron ic) . . . . . . . . 83
E mergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Hill descent co ntrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Overboost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Parking lock emergency release . . . . . . . . . 88
Automat ic w ipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Auto Safety Hot line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Average economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 5
We igh t-sens ing ma t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
B
Aircraft
Tra nsport ing you r vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Air distribution (a utom atic cl imate cont ro l) . 71
Ai r pressure (T ire Pressu re Moni to ring Sys -
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
A ir suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Alignment pin (changing the whe el) . . . . . . 312
All seaso n tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Alter nat ive route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
340
BACK butto n 134
Ba lance (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 05
Be lt tens ioners . ... .. .. .... .... ... 216,224
B lended gaso line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
B lowe r (a utoma tic climate contro l) . . . . . . . . 71
B luetoot h
Audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Connect ing a cell phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

0 co .... N ,..... N .... 0 0 :c ' Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . . . . . 126
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Em ergency flashe rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Emergency locking the front passenger 's door .3.2
Emergency operation
Front passenger's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sliding/tilt ing sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sun shade (roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Emergency release
Parking lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
88
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Emissions data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Energy consumers (efficiency program) . . . . 13
En ergy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Engine
Start/Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
78
Starting/stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Engine compartment ......... .. .. .... . 271
Opening/closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Engine oil
Changing 274
277
Specification and viscosity...... .. .... . 274
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Entering a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165, 169
Entering an address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
From the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
La st destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Starting point (presentation mode) . . . . . 172
Entering letters (speller) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Entering numbers/symbols (speller) ..... . 137
Entry assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 76
Environment
Catalytic converter . ... .. .... .. .. .. ...
271
Envi ronmenta Uy-friendly/ economical driv-
ing ...... ... ............. ...... ... .. 74
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Proper disposal of drained engine oil . . . . 277
Unleaded f uel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
EPC (engine control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
ESN
refer to Serial number (radio) . . . . . . . . . . 178
Index
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7
F
Factory default settings
Multi Media Interface
................
RSE ...... .. .. .. .. ............... ..
Fader (sound)
Fastening Booster seats
.. .. .. ... ........... ...
Convertib le child safety seats ...... .. . .
Infant seats
... .. .. ............... ..
Fast forwarding/rewinding (audio/video
file)
......... ' . .. .. ................ .
206
196
205
256
255
254
190
Fast forwarding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . 190
Favorite (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168, 172
File format (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Floor mats.. .... .. .................. . 212
Folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Free text search
T elephone. .... ................... ..
151
Freeze protection
Coo lant add itive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
277
Front airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
230
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 219
Front passenger seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . 58
Front seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
209
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 227
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Fuel
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
267
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Current economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Gasoline additives 268
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Saving fuel .... .. ................ 74, 110
343

0 co .... N ,..._
N .... 0 0 :c ' Lifting jack .... ................ .. 315,316
Light
Coming/Leav ing home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Headlight range contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Low beam .. .. ................ ..... .. 43
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Light/rain sensor
H eadlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Intermittent mode (windshie ld wipers) . . . 50
Lighting
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Inter ior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Lights
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Interior/reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Listening to music
refer to Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180, 189
Listening to the radio
MMI control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
177
RSE .......................... .... . 201
Lock ing/unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
L uggage compartment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
65
12
volt socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Storing cargo correctly ......... ..... . 213
Stowing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Valet parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 36
Opening from the inside in an emergency . 36
Luggage rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Making emergency call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . . 25
Map
Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
171
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Massage function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 55
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29
Mechanical key (replacement key) . . . . . . . . . 28
Index
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Audi music interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Bluetooth aud io player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Drives (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Restrict ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
RSE .. ..... ... .. .. .......... ....... 202
Supported formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Wi-Fi media p layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Media drives
RSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
200
Memory capacity
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
153, 154
Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Memory card
SD card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
181
Memory funct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
MENU button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Menu language
refer to Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . 205
Mirror compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
MM I
refer to Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . 134
MMI control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Model plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 236
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Mute (muting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134, 194
Muting (mute) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134, 194
myAudi
Finding a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
167
N
Name tag 154
Navigating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
MMI control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
RSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Nav igation
Address input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
165
Map display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Online destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Route plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
345

0 co .... N ,..._
N .... 0 0 :c ' Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Selective wheel torque control 126
R
Radio clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Rain/light sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Intermittent mode (windshield w ipers) . . . SO
Range (tank level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear lid
refer to Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . 33
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) . . . . . . . . . . 193
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems ..... .. .. . 115, 116
Rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Rear window sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Recirculation mode (automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Refrigerator Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Remote control operation
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . 41
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacing Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Reporting Safety Defects ......... .. 214,215
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Reset (restart) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Residual heat (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Restart (reset) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Index
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Reverse gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Rewinding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Rims ...... .... .. .. ............... .. 298
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Road noise compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Route
refer to Route plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Route criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Route guidance
refer to Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Route list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Route plan Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Route list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Storing 169
s
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Safety belts . .... .. ............... 218,221
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Safety features for occupant restraint and
protect ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Safety instructions for side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
for using child safety seats ............ 251
for using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 238
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
SD card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Seat adjustment Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
347

Index
Seat heating/ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Seating position Driver · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·.... ....... 208
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
I ncorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Seats Adjusting the front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Adjusting the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S5
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Convenience side view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Massage function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Seats (number) ... ................ .... 218
Selecting a source MMI control panel
Selector lever 189
Selector lever position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Serial number (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Service and disposa l
Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Settings
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Media .............................
190
System (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Setting the frequency band . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Shades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 49
Shift padd les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Ship (transport ing your vehicle) . . . . . . . . . 330
Shuff le (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Side airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SIM card reader .. ... .......... .... .. . 157
Sirius (satellite radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
348
Ski bag........ ... .. .. ................ 66
Sliding/tilting sunroof Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Socket 115 volt .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
12 volt . · · · · .. .. .. .. ............. ... 60
Software update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
also refer to System update (MMI) . . . . . . 205
Software version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Software (MMI) Update ..... .. .. .. .. ............. .. 206
Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Solar operation (automatic climate control
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use .. .. .. .. .. .. ........... . .
Spare tires .... .. .. .. . .
. ..............
Spare tire (compact spare tire) ......... .
Speed-dependent volume increase ...... .
Speed warning system .. ............... .
Speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . ............ . .
Sport differential ... ' .. ..... ......... .
266
319
319
204
92
137
110
Start/Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Switching off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Station list
Steering 177
129
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Shift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Steering wheel heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
also refer to Multifunction steering whee l. 11
Steps for determining correct load l imit . . . 297
Stopover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Subwoofer (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Sunroof · .. · · ... .. .. ............... ... 38
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sun shade Emergency operation (panoramic sunroof) 40
Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sunshade Rear window, rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Index
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Ve hicle too l kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Veh icle transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Ve nti la tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Version informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196, 206
Video image settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Video playback combinations (RS E) . . . . . . . 202
VIN ................................ 333
Voice guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20S
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Input level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
w
Warning/Indicator lights
Airbag system ............... ... 236,237
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Warning lig hts
refer to Indicator lights ..... ... .. .. .... 1 7
Wa rni ng tr iangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Was hing mat te finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
We igh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Wheel bolts Replac ing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Wheels ... .. .. .. ............. .... ... 283
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Glossa ry of tire and loading terminology . 285
Rep lac ing .. .. .... ........... .... ... 313
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 295
W heel wrenc h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
W i- F i ...... ... .. ................ .... 160
Media player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
W indow reg ulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
W indows
Clean ing/ remov ing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
D efrost ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
W indshield
Clea ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
D efrost ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
also refer to Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
W indshield washe r system . . . . . . . . . . 50, 281
Rese rvoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
W indshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
350
Win ter driving
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Win ter operat ion
Cooli ng sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Defrosting the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Steering wheel heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Win ter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Winter use Car was hes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Removing ice from windows . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Wiper b lades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Wire less headphones (RS E) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
X
Xenon -L igh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 26
Xenon plus headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
z
Zoom (map) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172