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today's automobiles, have steadily reduced the
scope of maintenance and repairs which can be
carried out by vehicle owners.
Also, safety and
environmental
concerns place very strict limits
on the nature of repairs and adjustments to en
gine and transmission parts which an owner can perform .
Maintenance, adjustments and repairs usually re
quire special tools, testing devices and other
equipment available to specially trained work
shop personnel in order to assure proper per
formance, reliability and safety of the vehicle and
its many systems.
Improper maintenance, adjustments and repairs
can impair the operation and reliability of your
vehicle and even void your vehicle warranty .
Therefore, proof of servicing in accordance with
the maintenance schedule may be a condition for upholding a possible warranty claim made within
the warranty period.
Above all , operational safety can be adversely af
fected, creating unnecessary risks for you and
your passengers.
If in doubt about any servicing, have it done by
your authorized Audi dealer or any other properly equipped and qualified workshop. We strongly urge you to give your authorized Audi dealer the
opportunity to perform all scheduled mainte nance and necessary repairs. Your dealer has the
facilities, original parts and trained specialists to keep your vehicle running properly .
Performing limited maintenance yourself
The following pages describe a limited number of
procedures which can be performed on your vehi
cle with ordinary tools, should the need arise and
trained personnel be unavailable. Before per
forming any of these procedures, always thor
oughly read all of the applicable text and careful ly follow the instructions given . Always rigorously
observe the
WARNINGS provided .
Before you check anything in the engine com
partment, always read and heed all WARNINGS
c::> .&. and c::> .&. in Working in the engine compart
ment on page 217 .
Consumer information
A WARNING
-Serious personal injury may occur as a result
of improperly performed maintenance, ad
justments or repairs .
- Always be extremely careful when working
on the vehicle. Always follow commonly ac
cepted safety practices and general com
mon sense. Never risk personal injury.
- Do not attempt any of the maintenance,
checks or repairs described on the following pages if you are not fully familiar with these
or other procedures with respect to the ve hicle, or are uncertain how to proceed.
- Do not do any work without the proper tools
and equipment. Have the necessary work
done by your authorized Audi dealer or an
other properly equipped and qualified work
shop.
- The engine compartment of any motor vehi cle is a potentially hazardous area. Never
reach into the area around or touch the radi
ator fan.
It is temperature controlled and
can switch on suddenly - even when the en
gine is off and the ignition key has been re
moved . The radiator fan switches on auto
matically when the coolant reaches a certain
temperature and will continue to run until
the coolant temperature drops.
- Always remove the ignition key before any
one gets under the vehicle.
- Always support your vehicle with safety
stands if it is necessary to work underneath
the vehicle . The jack* supplied with the vehi
cle is not adequate for this purpose and
could collapse causing serious personal in
jury.
- If you must work underneath the vehicle
with the wheels on the ground, always make
sure the vehicle is on level ground, that the
wheels are always securely blocked and that the engine cannot be started.
- Always make sure the transmission selector
lever (automatic transmission) is in P (Park
position) and the park brake is applied.
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Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
H ill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Removal lock (ignit ion key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Shift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
AUTO (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
B
Bass box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Battery location inside the luggage compart
ment .. .. .. .. ...... ......... .. .. .. . 225
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Charging . .. .. ............... .. . 107,227
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Impor tant warnings when working on the
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Working on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Bio-ethanol (Fuel)....... ..... ... ... .. . 210
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Blower (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
B ra ke fluid
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Checking the brake fluid l evel . . . . . . . . . . 224
Brake system
Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
~ Brak e booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 ....
~ Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
8 Brake fluid specifications for refill and re-
~ placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 00
Index
Brake light defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 86
Fluid reservo ir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Worn brake pads symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Braking Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Braking guard . .. . ... ............. 109, 115
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Break -in per iod
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Ti res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Breakover angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
C
Californ ia Proposition 65 Warning 218
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
AdBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Engine oil ....... .. ................. 219
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Cargo area
refer to Loading the luggage compart-
ment...... ... . ... ................. 136
Cargo floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Cente r armrest
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Centra l locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Changing Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Child restraints
Danger of using child restra ints in the front
seat...... .... .. .. ............... .. 149
System anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Where can I get additional information
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 185
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Lighting Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Inter ior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Lights Interior/reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . .
136
Locking
Power locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39
Rear lid/trunk lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Using the mechan ical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38
Low beams
Defective . . .. ................ ..... .. 49
29
L uggage compartment
Cargo net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
69
Cover. ... .. .. ................ ..... .. 68
Expanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 67
Storage hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Tie-down rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
also refer to Loading the luggage compart -
ment .. .. .. .. ........ ..... ... ... .. .
136
Luggage compartment lid
Em
l k' ergency un oc ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Lumbar s upport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
M
M . t ain enance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . 14, 23
Master key
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
34
Check light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Mechanical key . ............... .. ...... 34
Memory for driver's seat ........ .. ..... . 62
Recalling settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Storing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Memory function
Mileage 62
Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19
Instantaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Mirrors
Activating the digital compass . . . . . . . . . .
58
Adjusting the exte rior mirrors. . . . . . . . . . . 56
d' ' 1mm 1ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . .
158
Index
N
Natural leather care/cleaning
NHTSA 207
Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Nitrogen oxide (NOx) cata lytic converter
refer to Ad Blue. ................... .. 214
Number of seats ... .. ............... ..
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Occupant seating positions
Octane rating ... .. .. ...... ....... .. . .
140
132
209
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
OFF (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Oil
refer to Engine oil ............... 219, 221
Oil consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD)
Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
23
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Malfunction Ind icator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 23
Onboard tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Open door or rear lid warn ing . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
Opening.... .... .. ................. .. . 33
Panoramic sliding sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44
Other equipment (efficiency program) . . . . . 22
Outs ide mirrors
refer to E xterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
p
Paint damage
Paint No .
Panoramic sliding sunroof 206
272
Convenience opening/closing
. . . . . . . . . . . 44
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Parking aid
Cleaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
86
also refer to Electromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
86
287
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