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Parallel Parking
Applies to: vehicles with Aud i parking system plus with rear
view camera
Use parking mode 2 to help you porollel pork
along the side of a street.
Fig. 148 MMI display: blue surface in the parking spot
Fig. 1 49 MMI display : Blue curve on the curb
The following steps apply only when there is no
obstacle such as a wall near the parking spot.
Otherwise, please read the information prov ided
in the "Parking Next to Obstacles" sect ion.
.,. Activate the turn signal.
.,. Pos ition your vehicle paralle l to the edge of the
street, approx imately 3 ft (1 meter) from a
parked veh icle.
.,. Swi tch the M MI on and se lect reverse gear. The
park ing a id turns on and park ing mode 1 ap
pears on the d isplay .
.,. Press the control button
(D ¢ fig. 148 on the
MMI control console. Parking mode 2 appears.
.,. Back up and align yo ur vehicle so the b lue area
@ borders on the rear end of the vehicle or on
the parking spot line. The blue area represents
an extension of the vehicle's outline by approxi
mately 16 ft (S meters) to the rear. The long
s ide of the blue area should be on the curb. The
en tire blue area must fit into the parki ng spot.
P ark ing aid
.,. With the vehicle stopped, turn the steering
wheel to the right as far as it will go.
.,. Back into the parking spot until the b lue curve
touches the curb¢
fig. 149. Stop the vehicle.
.,. With the vehicle stopped, turn the steering
wheel to the left as far as it will go .
.,. Continue to back into the parki ng spot unt il the
veh icle is parked parallel to the c urb. @ marks
the rear bumpe r. Stop the ve hicle when the red
orientat ion line @ borders an object¢
&
Keep an eye on the front of yo ur vehicle while
doing this ¢(D.
Parking next to obstacles
When there is an obstacle (such as a wall) next to
th e parking spot, choose a spot with mo re space
o n t he sides. Pos ition the long side of the b lue
area so that there is sufficient space from the
curb. The area must not be on the curb. You wi ll
also need to start turning the steering wheel
much earlier. There should be a sufficient
amount of space between the curb and the blue
curve, and the blue curve¢
fig. 149 must not
touch the curb.
A WARNING
-The rearview camera does not show the en
tire area behind the vehicle¢
page 125 ,
fig. 142.
Watch o ut especially fo r small ch il
d ren and animals. The rearview came ra can
not a lways detect them, posing risk of an
accide nt!
- P lease note that o bjects no t touching the
g ro und can appear to be further away tha n
they rea lly are (for e xamp le, the bumper of
a parked vehicle, a trailer h itch, or the rear
of a truck). In this case, you shou ld not use
the help lines to help with parking, which poses danger of an accident!
(D Note
In the M Ml d is play, the direction o f travel of
the veh icle rear is represented depend ing on
the steer ing whee l ang le. The ve hicle front
swings o ut more tha n the vehicle rea r. Main
ta in plenty of distance so that your o utside
129
Index
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Important safety instructions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
171
Installing a child restraint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
182
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook
. ... .. .. .. ... ... ... .... .. .. .. . 182
Tether anchors .. ................ ... . 183
Tether straps ... .... ......... .... .. . 183
Child safety locks
Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Child safety seats
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
176
Convertible child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat ..... .. .... .......... ...... ... .
149
How do I properly install a child safety seat
. h' l ? in myve 1c e .... ................ ... . 171
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
L ATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
182
Lower anchorages ............ .... .. .
Safety instructions .................. .
Unused safety belts on the rear seat ... .
Ch ild seats 182
171
173
174
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Cleaning/removing ice from windows . . . . .
206
Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Clean ing artificial leather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Cleaning carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206, 207
Cleaning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Clean ing decorative parts/trim . . . . . . . . . . 206
Cleaning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Cleaning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Cleaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Cleaning rims 205
Clean ing textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Climate control
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
79
Automatic recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Supplementary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Climatized cupholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
72
282
Clock 10
Closing
Panoramic sliding sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Coat hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
76
Compass mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Convenience
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
85
Locking and unlocking vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Starting engine (START ENGINE STOP but-
ton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
84
Stopping the engine (START ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
85
Switching on ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Convertible locking retractor
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
180
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 180
Cooled cupholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Cooling box in glove compartment . . . . . . . . 75
Cooling mode (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Cooling system
Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
223
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Coolant level checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Cruise control
Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
93
Preselect speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cruising range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
(upholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71, 73
Heated and cooled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
D
Data recorder
Date display 188
10
Index
Side airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Side assist Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Sound system display Driver information display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Start-Stop-System Engine does not switched off . . . . . . . . . . .
89
Engine starts automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Starting/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Sw itching off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
START ENGINE STOP button (Convenience key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84, 85
Starting from rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Starting off with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81, 84
Starting (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Steering Electromechanical power assist ..... . 191, 0
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Locking the steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1
Malfunction .. .. ................ .. 27, 3 1
Manually adjusting the steering wheel . . . . 81
also refer to Electromechanical power as-
sist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Steering wheel column Adjusting manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 244
290
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83, 8S
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
(upholder door pockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Sun shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Supplementary (climate control) 80
Switches Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Symbols Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Yellow.... .. .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. . 28
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Tail lights
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
TOI clean diesel
refer to Ad Blue ... .. .. ............... 214
Technica l data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Tie-down rings . ... .. .. ............ 67, 137
tiptronic Automat ic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 94
Tire Mobility System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Tire Mobility System (tire repair set) . . . . . . 253
Tire pressure mon itoring system
Loss of air pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Tires .... ... .. .. .. .. .. ........ ..... .. 230
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107, 253
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Tire pressure monitoring system ... 247, 248
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241