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Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Trai ler hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
also refer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . 86, 87
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Rear parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Parking (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 69
Parts replaceme nt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 128
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 110
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Poll en filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Pollutant filter .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 53
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Windows .. .. .... ........ .... ... .. .. 32
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Child safety lock.............. .. .. .. .. 31
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Pr egnant women
Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . .. .. .. ............... .. ..... 114
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Proper seating position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Prot ecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Protective liner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Question What happens to unbelt ed occupants? . . 110
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Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Index
Rain/light sensor
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 40
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Range (fuel level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Rear lid
refer to Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . 28
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 87
Rearv iew mirror dimm ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 57
Recirculation mode automatic control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 54
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Replacing Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . . 41
Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Reporting Safety Defects ........... 107, 108
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Retract New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Reversible mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rims ....... ... . ... ................. 185
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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Index
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
191
Dimensions ... .. ................ ... . 216
Identification number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Vehicle identification label . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 169
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Vehicle control modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Vehicle jack .. .. .. .. . .......... ... 197,200
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
VIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
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Warning/indicator lights
Trailer turn signal assembly . . . . . . . . . . . .
17
Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Warranty coverages .............. ..... 218
Washer fluid level (indicator light) . . . . . . . . 16
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
We ights..... .. ................. ..... 215
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
113
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 110
What impairs dr iving safety? ..... .... .. . 101
Wheel bolt caps
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
199
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Loosening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Tightening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Wheel covers, removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Wheels ..... .. .. .. ..... ...... .. .. .. . 171
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 173
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 183
When must a safety belt be replaced? . . . . 111
When must the airbag system be inspected? 1 .27
Where are lower anchorages located? . . . .
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232
Window regulators
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32
Windows
Cleaning/removing ice. .. ........... ..
193
Defrosting (manual climate control system) .SS
Window wipers
Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42
Windshie ld
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40
Defrosting (automatic climate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
57
Defrosting (manual climate control system) SS
also refer to Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . 40, 169
Reservoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Windshield wipers
Cleaning wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41
Fo lding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . 41
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Winter driving
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
186
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Winter operat ion
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
166
Defrosting the windshield (automatic cli-
mate control system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
57
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Winter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Winter use
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
191
Removing ice from windows 193
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Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207