Driving and th e en vironm ent
Driving and the
environment
Breaking in
New engine
The engine needs to be run-in during the first
1,000 miles (1,500 km).
For the first 600 miles (1 ,000 kilometer s):
.,. Do not use full throttle .
.,. Do not drive at engine speeds that are more
than 2/3 of the max imum permitted RPM .
From 600 to 1,000 miles (1 ,000 to 1 ,500
kilometers ):
.,. Speeds ca n gradually be increased to the maxi
mum perm iss ib le road or eng ine speed .
During and after break-in pe riod
.,. Do not rev the engine up to high speeds when it
is cold. This applies whether the transmission is
in N (Neutral) or in gear .
After the break- in period
.,. Do not exceed maximum engine speed under
any circumstances.
.,. Upshift into the next higher gear
before reach
ing t he red area at the end of the tachometer
sca le
¢page 8.
During the first few hours of driving, the eng ine's
internal friction is higher than later whe n all the
mov ing parts have been broken in. How well this
break- in process is done depends to a considera
b le exte nt on the way the vehicle is d rive n during
the firs t 1,000 miles (1,500 kilometers).
{[) Note
Extremely high eng ine speeds a re au tomati
cally reduced . However, these rpm lim its are
progr ammed for an e ng ine well run -in, not a
new engine.
@ For the sake of the environment
Do not dr ive with u nne cessarily high eng ine
spee ds -upshi fting ea rly saves fuel, reduces
noise and protec ts the enviro nment .
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· New tires
If your veh icle is runni ng on new tires, d rive very
c ar efu lly fo r the fi rs t 350 miles (500 kilometers)
a fter fi tting.
_& WARNING
New tires tend to be slippe ry and must a lso
be "broken-in". Be sure to remember this dur
ing the first 350 m iles (500 kilometers) .
Brake gent ly. Avoid following closely behind
other ve hicles or ot her situations that might
require sudden, hard braking.
Catalytic converter
App lies to : vehicles wi th gaso line e ngi ne
-
It is very important that your emission control
system (catalytic converter) is functioning prop
erly to ensure that your vehicle is running in an
environmen tally sound manner .
.,. Always use lead-free gasoline¢ page 209,
Gasoline .
.,. Never r un the tank down all the w ay to emp ty.
.,. Never put too much mo to r o il in yo ur engi ne
¢ page 221, Adding engine oil 9::r..
.,. Never try to push- or tow-start your vehicle .
The cata lyt ic converter is an efficie nt "clea n-up"
device b uilt into the exhaus t sys tem o f the ve hi
cle . Th e catalytic converter b urns many of the
po llutants in the exhaust gas before they are re
l eased into the atmosphere.
The exclusive use of un le ad ed fuel is critically im
portan t fo r the life o f the cataly tic converte r and
proper functio ning of the engine .
A WARNING
The temperature o f the exhaust system is
h igh, both when driv ing and after stopp ing
the eng ine.
-
- Never touch the exhaust tail pipes once they
have become hot. This could resu lt in burns.
- Do not park or operate the vehicle in a reas
where the hot exhaust system may come in
contact with dry grass, b rush, fuel sp ill or
other mate rial which can cause a fire.
Checking and Filling
-Always let the engine cool down. Hot com
ponents will burn skin on contact .
- To reduce the risk of being burned, never
open the hood if you see or hear steam or
coolant escaping from the engine compart
ment. Wait until no steam or coolant can be
seen or heard before carefully opening the
hood.
- Keep children away from the engine com
partment.
- Never spill fluids on hot engine compo
nents . They can cause a fire.
- Never touch the radiator fan. The auxiliary
electric fan is temperature controlled and
can switch on suddenly.
- Never open the coolant reservoir cap when
the engine is still warm. The coolant system
is pressurized and hot coolant could spray
out .
- Protect your face, hands and arm from steam or hot engine coolant by placing a
thick rag over the cap when you open the coolant reservoir.
- Do not remove the engine cover under any
circumstances . This increases the risk of
burns.
- If work on the fuel system or the electrical
system is necessary:
- Always disconnect the battery.
- Never smoke or work near heaters or open flames. Fluids in the engine compartment
could start a fire.
- Keep an approved fire extinguisher imme
diately available.
- To avoid electrical shock and personal injury
while the engine is running or being started, never touch:
- Ignition cables
- Other components of the high voltage
electronic ignition system .
- If you must perform a check or repair with
the engine running:
- First, fully apply the parking brake, move
selector lever of automatic transmission
to P (Park).
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- Always use extreme caution to prevent
clothing, jewelry, or long hair from get
ting caught in the radiator fan, V-belts or
other moving parts, or from contacting hot parts . Tie back hair before starting,
and do not wear clothing that will hang or
droop into the engine.
- Minimize exposure to emission and chemi
cal hazards
~ &.
&, WARNING
California Proposition 65 Warning:
- Engine exhaust, some of its constituents,
and certain vehicle components contain or
emit chemicals known to the State of Cali
fornia to cause cancer and birth defects and
reproductive harm. In addition, certain flu
ids contained in vehicles and certain prod
ucts of component wear contain or em it
chemicals known to the State of California
to cause cancer and birth defects or other
reproductive harm .
- Battery posts, terminals and related acces sories contain lead and lead compounds,
chemicals known to the State of California
to cause cancer and reproductive harms .
Wash hands after handling.
('.!) Note
When adding fluids, always make sure that
they are poured into the proper container or
filler opening, otherwise serious damage to
vehicle systems will occur.
@ For the sake of the environment
To detect leaks in time, inspect the vehicle
floor pan from underneath regularly . If you
see spots from oil or other vehicle fluids, have
your vehicle inspected by an authorized Audi dealer.
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(D Note
Driving with an insufficient oil leve l is likely to
cause severe damage to the engine .
@ Tips
-The oil pressure warning display. is not
an indicator of the oil level. Do not rely on
it. Instead , check the oil level in your en
gine at regular intervals, preferably each
time you refuel, and always before going
on a long trip.
- If yo u have the impression your engine con
sumes excessive amounts of oil, we recom
men d that you cons ult an autho riz ed Au di
dealer to hav e the ca use of your conce rn
properly diagnosed. Keep in mind that the
a ccu ra te measurement of oil consump tion
r equi re s gre at care and m ay ta ke some
time. An a uthorized Audi de aler has instr uc
tions about how to measure oil consump
tion acc urately.
Checking the engine oil level
Read oil level
"' Park your vehicle so that it is hor izonta lly level.
"' Shu t the engine off when it is at operat ing tem-
perature.
"' Switch only the ignition back on .
"' Wai t approx. two mi nutes .
"' Se lect:
I CARI funct ion button > Oil lev el. Or
"' Se le ct:
ICARI f u n ct ion butto n> Car sy stem s*
contro l button > Servicing & checks > Oil level.
"' Read the oil level in the r adio or M MI* Disp lay.
Add engine oil if the ba r of the o il level indica
tor is near "Min"
¢ page 221.
The o il level needs to be c heck ed at reg ular i nter
va ls. The bes t times to do this are w henever you
refuel and pr io r to long trips .
D epending on t he way t he ve hicle is dr iven and
the operat ing cond itions, o il cons umption can be
up to a 1 /2 q uart per 600 m iles ( O.S li ter per
1,000 km) . Cons umption may be hig he r within
the first 3,000 miles (5,000 km).
Checking and Filling
{!) Tips
The oil leve l indicator in t he radio o r MMI*
D isp lay is only an i nfo rmation disp lay. If the
oi l level is too low, a minimum o il wa rning ap
pears in the instrument cl uster. Add oil
¢ page 221. If the hood has been o pened ,
t he cur rent oi l level is show n in the inst ru
ment clust er the n ext time t he igni tion is
swi tched o n.
Adding engine oil~
Fig. 197 En gin e co mpa rt m ent: cove r o n th e eng ine o il fill
e r neck
Befo re yo u check any thing in the engine compa rt
ment,
always read and heed all WARNINGS
¢ A in Working in the engine compartment on
page 217.
"' Shu t the eng ine off .
"' Unscrew the cap
9=;1: to the engine oil f illing
hole
¢ fig.197, ¢page 219, fig.196 .
"'Carefully top off with 0.5 quarts (0. 5 liters) of
the appropriate oil¢
page 219.
"' Check the oil level again after two minutes
~ page 221, Checking the engine oil level .
"'Top off th e oil, if nec essary.
"' Scr ew the cap ba ck on the fi lling hole.
_&. WARNING
- Whi le toppin g off , the o il mus t no t come in
con tact w ith ho t en gine parts -fir e hazard !
- Th e oi l filler c ap must b e pr oper ly sec ure d
t o p reve nt o il from being spraye d on t he ho t
e ngine an d exha ust system whe n the engi ne
-
is run ning -fi re hazard ! Ill>-
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Index
A
A/C (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Active lane assist
Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Adaptive cruise control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Cleaning the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
M essages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . 114
Setting the distance............... ... 113
Setting the driving program . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Adaptive light .. .. ............. .... .. .. 51
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
AdBlue .... .. .. .... ........... ....... 214
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Opening the tank door ............... . 215
Refilling . .. .. .... ........... .... ... 215
Adding Engine oil .......................... 221
Windshield washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Additional accessories
Additives 278
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Adjusting Air distribution (climate control) . . . . . . . . 78
Instrument illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Steering column manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Temperature (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 78
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Advanced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 154
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152, 153
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 156
How many airbags does my vehicle have? 154
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
280
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 159
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Weight-sensing mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
When must the system be inspected? . . . 158
Air transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
All-wheel drive ....................... 192
Selective wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . 186
All season tires
Alternator 245
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Anti-lock brake system Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 14
Anti-Lock Braking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Anti-slip regulation Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Anti-theft alarm warning system . . . . . . . . . 35
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Approach/departure angle....... ..... .. 198
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Audi braking guard
refer to Braking guard 115
Audi drive select Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
also refer to Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Audi parking system plus with rearview cam-
era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Adjusting the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Adjusting the warning tones . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Rearview camera -parking mode 1 . . . . . . 128
Rearview camera -parking mode 2 . . . . . . 129
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Trailer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 276
Auto-Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Auto locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Automatic driving light control . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
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