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Th e fr ont a irbags are designed to provide addi
tional protection for the chest and face of the
driver and the front seat passenger when:
- sa fety belts are worn prope rly,
- the seats have been positioned so that the oc-
c u pan t is prope rly sea ted as far as possible
from the airbag,
- and the head restra ints have been p roperly ad-
j u ste d.
Because airbags inflate in the blink of a n eye w ith
g reat fo rce, th ings you have on your lap or have
p laced on the seat cou ld become dangerous pro
jectiles , a nd be p ushed in to you if the ai rbag in
flates.
When an a irbag deploys, fine dust is re leased.
This is normal and is not caused by a fire in the
ve hicl e. Thi s dust is made up mostly of a powder
used to lubricate the airbags as they deploy. It
could irritate skin.
It is important to remember that whi le the s up
p lemental airbag system is des igned to reduce
the likel ihood of ser ious injuries, o ther i njur ies,
for example swelling, bruising and minor abra
sions, can a lso happen when airbags in flate . Ai r
bags do not protect the arms or the lower parts
of the body. Front airbags only supplement the
three po int safety belts in some frontal co llisions
in which the ve hicle decelerat io n is high enough
to deploy the airbags .
F ront airbag s will not deploy:
- if the ignit ion is switched off when a crash oc-
curs,
- in s ide collisions,
- in rear-end collisions,
- in rollove rs,
- when the crash decelerat io n meas ured by the
airbag system is less than the minimum thresh
o ld needed for airbag deployment as registered
by the e lectronic contro l unit.
The front passenger airbag will also not d eploy:
- when the front passenger seat is not o ccu pied,
- when the we igh t on the fron t passenge r seat as
sensed by t he Advanced A irbag Sys tem indi-
Airb ag sys tem
cates that the front a irbag on the passenger
side has to be t urned off by the e lectronic con
trol unit (the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light
comes on and stays on).
A WARNING
Sitting in the wrong position can increase the r isk of ser ious injury in crashes .
- To reduce the r isk of injury when the airbags
inflate, the drive r and passenge rs must al
ways sit in an up right posit ion, m ust not
lean aga inst or place any part of their body
too close to the area where the airbags are
lo cated.
- Occupants who are unbelted, out of posit ion
or too close to the airbag can be serio usly
in jur ed by an air bag as it unfolds with g reat
for ce in the blink ofan eye
r=>page 149.
A WARNING
-A child in a rearward-fa cing child safety se at
i nsta lled on the front passenger seat will be
se riously inju red and can be k illed if the front
airbag inflates -even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- The inflating airbag will h it the ch ild safety
seat or in fant ca rr ier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child aga inst the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof.
- Always install rear-fac ing child safety seats
on the rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat be
cause of excep tional circumstances and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay on, immedia tely insta ll
the rea r-facing child safe ty se at in a rear
seating posi tion and have the airbag system
inspecte d by your au thorized Audi dealer.
A WARNING
= -
Objects between you and the air bag will in -
crease the risk of injury in a crash by interfer
i ng with the way the airbag unfolds or by be
i ng p ushed into you as the airbag inflates.
157
Index
Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) Hill descent assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
188
Offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Emergency flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 1
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Starting engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Emergency locking of the doors. . . . . . . . . . . 39
Emergency operation
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42
Emergency release
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
99
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Emergency unlocking
Ignition key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Engine
Compartment ................... ... .
219
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Hood ...... .. ................... ... 217
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Starting ... .. ................ 81, 84 , 101
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . .
266
Stopping ... .. .. ... .... ...... . 83, 85, 101
Engine compartment ........... .... .. . 219
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Working the engine compartment ...... 217
Engine coolant system
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
Engine coolant temperature
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Engine hood
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
217
H ow to release the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Engine oil . .. .. ................... ... 219
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Additives. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ..... .. .. . 221
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Check oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
O il consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Pressure malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Specification and viscosity......... ... . 219
284
Engine speed limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Environment
Catalyt ic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
194
Diesel particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Dispos ing of your veh icle battery . . . . . . . 228
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Fuel......... ... .. .. ............... 212
Leaks under your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Letting the vehicle stand and warm up. . . 196
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid 224
Proper disposal of drained engine oil 221,222
Recycling used engine o il . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
What shou ld I do with an old battery? 228
EPC
refer to Electronic power control . . . . . . . . 12
ESC
refer to Electronic Stabilization
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13
Ethyl alcohol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Explanation of some technical terms . . . . . 198
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Exterior mirrors Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
56
D ' . rmmrng ...... .. ... .... ....... .... .. 57
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Eyeglasses compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
F
Fall line 198
Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
176
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 175
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Flexib le fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Folding chocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Folding the rear seat forward . . . . . . . . . 66, 67
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
135
For the sake of the environment
Environmentally -friendly driving . . . . . . .
195
Gasoline fumes and the environment .. .. 212
Letting the engine warm up . . . . . . . . . 81 , 84