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situations, such as an a irbag dep loyment or hit
ting a road obstacle, data that wi ll assist in un
derstanding how a vehicle 's systems performed.
The EDR is designed to record da ta rela ted to ve
hicle dynamics and safety systems for a short pe
riod of time, typically 30 seconds or less . The
E DR in th is veh icle is des igned to record such da
ta as:
- How various systems in your vehicle were oper
at ing;
- Whether o r not the driver and passenger safety
belts were buckled/fastened;
- How far ( if at all) the dr iver was depressing the
acce lerator and/or brake peda l; and,
- How fast the vehicle was trave ling.
These da ta ca n he lp provide a better understand
ing of the ci rcumstances in which crashes and in
juries occur. NO TE: EDR data are reco rded by your
vehicle only if a non-triv ia l crash situation occurs ;
no data are recorded by the EDR under normal
driving conditions and no personal data (e.g., name, gender, age, and crash location) are re
corded . H owever, other parties, such as law en
forcement, could combine the EDR data w ith the
type of personally identify ing dat a routine ly ac
q uir ed dur ing a crash invest iga tion.
To read data reco rded by an EDR, specia l equip
ment is req uired, a nd access to t he veh icle or the
E DR is needed. I n add it io n t o the veh icle ma nu
facture r, ot he r p arties, s uch as law enfor cement,
that have the specia l equipment, can read the in
formation if they have access to the vehicle or the
EDR.
Some state l aws restrict the retr ieval or down
loading of data stored by EDRs insta lled in a vehi
cle for the express purpose of retrieving data af
ter an accident or crash event without the own
er's consent.
Aud i will not access the EDR and/or s imilar data
or give it to others -
- u nless the veh icle owner (or lessee if t he vehi
cl e h as bee n leased) agrees; or
- u pon the officia l request by the po lice; o r
- upon the order of a court of law or a govern-
ment agency; o r
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- for the defense of a lawsuit thro ugh the jud ic ia l
discovery process.
- Aud i may a lso use the data for resea rch about
vehicle operation and safety performance or
provide the data to a third party for research
purposes witho ut identify ing the specif ic veh i
cle or information about the ident ity of its own
er or lessee and only after the recorded veh icle
data has been accessed .
Vehicle control modules
You r vehicle is also eq uipped w ith a number of
electronic control modules for various vehicle
systems, such as engine management, emiss ion
contro l, airbags, and safety be lts .
These elect ronic contro l modu les record data
during norma l vehicle operation that may be
needed by trained techn ic ians for diagnostic and
repa ir purposes . The recording capab ility of these
modules is lim ited to data (no sound is record
ed) . Only a sma ll amount of data is actua lly re
corded over a very lim ited period of time, or stor
ed whe n a system fault is de tected by a contro l
module . Some of the da ta s tored may rela te to
vehicle speed, direction, or braking, as well as re
straint system use and performance in the event
of a crash . Stored data can also only be read and
downloaded wit h specia l equipment that is di
rectly connected to the vehicle.
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nect. Your use of certain Aud i connect fea
tures requires wire less serv ices that are pro
v ided by a third party wireless telecommuni
cations provider . Fo r details regarding how in
fo rmation ob tained throug h Au di connec t is
colle cted, p ro cessed, tra nsmitted, used, and
s hare d, ple ase see yo ur contra ct with t he
wireless tele commun ications provider and the
"About A udi connect" tab in your vehicle's
MMI:
I MENU ! button > Audi connect > About
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