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Fuel and Refueling
Fuel
Gasoline
Applies to: vehicles with gaso line engine
Using the right fuel helps keep the environment
clean and prevents engine damage .
Fuel re co mm endati on
The fuel recommended for your vehicle is unlead
ed pr em ium
grade gasoline. Audi recommends
using TOP TIER Detergent Gasoline with a mini
mum octane rat ing of 91 AKI (95 RON). For more
information on TOP TIER Detergent Gasoline,
p lease go to the official website
(www.toptiergas .com) .
The recommended gasoline octane rating for
your engine can also be found on a label located
on the inside of the fuel filler flap . Th is rating
may be spec ified as AK I or RON.
Your veh icle may also be operated using unlead
ed regular gasoline with a min imum octane rat
ing of
87 AKl/9 1 RON . However, using 87 AKl/91
RON octane f uel w ill slightly reduce engine pe r
fo rmance.
Us e un lead ed g asolin e onl y. Unleaded gasoline
is available throughout t he USA, Canada, and in
most Eu ropean count ries . We recommend that
you do not ta ke your vehicle to areas or countries
where u nleaded gasol ine may not be availab le.
For more information on refueling your vehicle,
see
~ page 211.
Octane r ating
Octane rating indicates a gasoline's ability to re
sist engine damaging "knock" caused by prema
ture ignit ion a nd detonation . Therefore , buy ing
the co rrect grade of gasoline is very important to
h e lp p revent poss ible engine damage and a loss
of eng ine performance.
Gasoline most commonly used in the Un ited
States and Canada has the following octane rat
ings that can usually be fo und on the filler pump:
- Premium Grade: 91 -96 AKI
Fuel and R efueling
- Reg ular G rade: 87 -90 AK I
E xplanation of the abb reviations:
AK I=
Anti Knock Index = (R +M)/2 = (RON +MON)/
2
RON = Research Octane Number
MON = Motor Octane Number .
(D Note
-Do not use a ny fue l w it h octane ratings low
er than 8 7 AKI or 91 RON ot herwise expen
sive engine damage w ill occur .
- Do
not use leaded gasoli ne. The use of lead
ed gasoline will severe ly damage your vehi
cle's catalyt ic converter and its ability to
cont rol exhaust emissions .
Blended gasoline
Applies to: vehicles with gasoline engine
Use of gasoline containing alcohol or MTBE
(methyl tertiary butyl ether )
You may use unleaded gasoline blended with al
cohol or MTB E (commonly referred to as oxygen
ates) if the blended m ixture meets the follow ing
c riteria:
Blend o f gasoline methanol ( wood alcohol or
methyl alcoho l)
-Anti -knock index must be 87 AKI or h igher.
- Blend must contain no more than 3% metha-
nol.
- Blend must contain more than 2% co -solvents.
Blend of gasoline and ethanol (grain alcoh ol or
ethyl alcohol)
- Anti-knock index must be 87 AKI or higher .
- Blend must not conta in more than 15% etha-
nol.
- Veh icles with flex ible fue l* engine: blend must
not contain more tha n 85% ethanol.
Blend of gasoline and MTBE
- Anti-knoc k index mus t be 87 A KI or h igher.
- Blend must contain no t mo re than 15% MTBE.
S easonally adjusted ga soline .,,.
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Consumer information
Consumer information
Warranty coverages
Your Audi is covered by the following warran
ties:
- New Vehicle Limited Warranty
- Limited Warranty Against Corrosion Perfora-
tion
- Emissions Control System Warranty
- Emissions Performance Warranty
- California Emissions Control Warranty (USA
vehicles only)
- California Emissions Performance Warranty
(USA vehicles only)
Detailed information regarding your warranties
can be found in your
Warranty & Maintenance
booklet .
Operating your vehicle
outside the U.S.A. or
Canada
Government regulati ons in the United States and
Canada require that automobi les meet specific
emission regulations and safety standards.
Therefore, vehicles built for the U.S.A. and Cana
da differ from vehicles sold in other countries.
If you plan to take your vehicle outside the conti
nenta l limits of the United States or Canada,
there is the poss ibility that:
- un leaded fue ls for vehicles with catalytic con
verter may not be available;
- fuel may have a considerably lower octane rat
ing . Improper fuel may cause engine damage;
- service may be inadequate due to lack of proper
service facilities, tools or testing equipment;
- r eplacement parts may not be readily available.
- Nav igation systems for veh icles built for the
U.S .A . and Canada will not necessarily work in
Europe, and may not work in other countries
outside of North America.
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(D Note
Audi cannot be responsib le for mechanical
damage that could result from inadequate
fuel, service or parts ava ilability.
Audi Service Repair
Manuals and Literature
Audi Official Factory Service Manuals and Litera
ture are published as soon as poss ible after mod
el introduction . Service Manuals and literature
are available to order from the Audi Technical Lit
erature Ordering Center at :
www.audi.techliterature .com
Maintenance
General '
Your vehicle has been designed to help keep
maintenance requirements to a minimum. How
ever, a certain amount of regular maintenance is
still necessary to assure your vehicle's safety,
economy and reliability . For detailed vehicle
maintenance consult your Warranty & Mainte
nance booklet .
Under difficult operating conditions, for exam
ple at extremely low outside temperatures, in
very dusty regions, when towing a trailer very fre
quently, etc., some service work should be per
formed between the intervals specified. This ap
plies particularly to:
- oil changes, and
- cleaning or replac ing the a ir filter .
'
@) For the sake of the environment
By regularly maintain ing your vehicle, you
help make sure that em iss ion standards are
maintained, thus minimizing adverse effects
on the environment .
Important considerations for you and your
vehicle
The increasing use of electronics, sophisticated
fuel injection and emission control systems, and
the generally increas ing technica l complexity of ..,_

Reducing engine noise by early upshifting . . 9
Refueling .. .. ............... .. .... . 212
Saving fuel by early upshift ing . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Freeze protection
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Howtheywork .... . .......... .. .. .. . 156
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 141
Fr ont ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Front seats Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Ch ild restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 149
Fuel Additives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Fu el gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
T ank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Unlocking the fuel filler flap by hand . . . . 213
Fuel economy messages (efficiency prog ram) .22
Fuel filler flap
Un lock ingthefuelfillerflapbyhand . .. . 213
Fuel supply too low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
F uses
Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
G
Garage door op ener (Home link) . . . . . . . . . . 45
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Gauges Engine coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
General illustration
~ Instruments and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
....
~ General rules and driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . 198
N 8 Befor e driving offroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
~ Driving off road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 00
Index
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . . 232
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Coo ling box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Glow plug system Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
GPS controlled clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Gradient ang le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 272
Ground clearance 198
H
Headlights
Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 1
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Headlight range control def ective . . . . . . . 31
Left hand drive, right hand drive.... .. .. . 51
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Front se ats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Heated (upholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Rear window. .. .. .. ............. .. .. . 79
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Washer fluid nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 142
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
High voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Hill descent assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Homelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 45
Hood Open ing .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. 217
Release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
How are chi ld restraint system anchors relat-
e d to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 154
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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 ... .. ............... ..
0
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
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