
Emerg enc y s it uati ons
9. In the ve hicle that is being jump started,
switch the heater fan and rear window de
froster on to reduce any voltage peaks that
may occur when disconnecting the jumper
cables. The headlights must be switched off.
10. With the engines running, remove the cables
i n
reverse order of the way they were instal
l ed. Make sure the cables do not get caught
in mov ing engine components.
11. Sw itch the heater fan and rear w indow de-
froster off.
12. C lose the battery cover .
The battery is vented to the outside so that gases
do not enter the passenger compartment. Make
sure that the connected positive termina l clamps
on the jump start cab le have sufficient contact
with metal.
A WARNING
Follow the warnings and instructions from
the jump start cab le manufacturer to reduce
the risk of ser ious injuries and vehicle dam
age. If you are unsure about anything, call
roads ide ass istance.
- The jump start cables must be long enough
so that the veh icles do not touch.
-
- Route the jump start cables so they cannot
get caught in the moving parts in the engine
compartment.
- Always read and follow the warnings before check ing anything in the engine compart
ment
~page 316.
(D Note
Connecting jump start cables incorrectly can
damage the alternator .
- Always connect the positive terminal(+) to
the positive term inal(+) and the negative
term inal(-) to the negat ive terminal(-) on
the body ground po int, but not the negative
terminal on the battery.
- Make su re the screw plugs on the battery
cells are installed securely. If not, tighten
the plugs before connecting the clamps to
the negat ive termina l on the b attery.
- Please note t hat the connecting p rocess de
scribed below for the jump sta rt cab les is
in-
370 tended for when your vehicle is being jump
started. If you are jump starting another ve
hicle, do not connect the negat ive cab le to
the negative term inal (-) on the dra ined
battery, but rather connect it to a large
metal component that is bolted secure ly to
the engine block, or to the engine block it
self.
If the battery in the vehicle being jump
sta rted is not vented to the outside, there is
a risk of explosion due to hyd rogen gas.
- Make sure that the connected pos itive ter
minal clamps have suff icient contact with
metal.
- Do not use the battery negative terminal fo r
jump starting or a ma lfunction co uld occ ur
in the vehicle electrical system.
Towing with a tow truck
General tips
Your Audi requires special handling for towing.
The following information is to be used by com mercia l tow truck operators who know how to op
erate their equipment safely.
-Never tow your Audi. Towing will cau se dam
age to the engine and t ran smi ssi on.
- Nev er wrap the safet y ch ains or winch cables
aroun d the br ake lines .
- To pr event unne ce ssa ry damag e, your Audi
must be tran sported with a flat be d tru ck .
- To load th e vehicle on to the flat bed , use th e
towing l oop found in the vehicl e tool s and at
t a ch to the front or rear an chorage
.=;,page 371 and ~page 371.
A WARNING
A veh icle being towed is not safe for passen
gers. Never allow anyone to ride in a vehicle
being towed, fo r any reason.

Index
A
A/C (automatic climate control system) . . . . 71
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 380
Active lane assist
refer to Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . . 136
Active rollover protection system . . . . . . . . 256
Retracting rollover protection.......... 257
Adaptive cruise control
refer to Audi adaptive cruise control . . . . 126
Adaptive light
refer to Audi adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Adjusting the air distribution Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 72
Adjusting the air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 72
Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Airbag .... .. .. ............... .... ... 267
Airbag system .. .... .............. 267,287
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 274
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Ch ildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Ch ild restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 277
How many airbags does my vehicle have? 274
How the Advanced Airbag System compo -
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 279
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
When must the system be inspected? . . . 279
Air pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336, 345
A lignment pin (tire change) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
All-weather lights..... ......... .... .. .. 51
382
All season tires
All wheel drive 342
refer to quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . .
. . 154
AMI
refer to Audi music interface . . . . . . . 228, 229
Android Auto
refer to Audi smartphone interface . . . . . 239
Ant i-freeze
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Anti -Lock Braking System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . 151
Anti-Slip Regulation (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Apple CarP lay
refer to Aud i smartphone interface . . . . . 239
Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Messages . .. .. .. ... .... ....... .... .
Audi adaptive cruise control ........... . .
Cleaning the sensor . .. .. ........... . . 138
126
348
Distance display, distance warning ..... . 132
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Audi adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 143
Audi connect e-tron services . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Doors and lights .. .. .. .. ........... .. 198
Audi connect (Infotainment) ........ 190,195
Data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Services overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Start ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Audi magnetic ride
refer to Suspension control . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Audi music interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Audi music stream
refer to Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Audio files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Audio player Bluetooth audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Wi-Fi audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Audio track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Audi pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133, 136
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 378
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Messages . ....... ... ..... .........
.
Rear cross-traffic assist ... ........... . 143
142

CXl CXl .... N ,.__
N .... 0 N > 00
Audi smartphone interface . . . . . . . . . 239, 243
Audi virtual cockpit
refer to Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
AUTO Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 71
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Auto Lock (central locking system) . . . . . . . . 34
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Automatic climate control system
refer to Climate control system
(automatic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70, 71
Automatic power top
refer to Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Automatic transm iss ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Manual shifting (tiptronic mode) . . . . . . . . 90
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Selector lever emergency release . . . . . . . . 92
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Selector lever posit ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Shift padd les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Auxiliary climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
AUX input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Average consumption ............ .... 17, 18
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 18
B
BACK button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Bag hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 67
Balance (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Bass (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Battery In the key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
also refer to High-voltage battery . . . . . . . 94
also refer to Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Index
Blower
Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 72
Bluetooth Audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Connecting a ce ll phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Boost pressure ind icator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 83
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Braking Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Breaking in New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Browser
refer to Media center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Buttons Control panel (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Multifunct ion steer ing wheel . . . . . . . . 13, 16
Programming (multifunction steering
wheel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
C
Cable (USB adapter/AUX connector cable) 228
California Proposition 65 Warning ... .. .. 317
Battery specifi c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Call list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Call options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Capacities Fuel tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
also refer to Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Car Finder Audi connect e -tron services . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Cargo area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Caring for and cleaning leather . . . . . . . . . . 350
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
CD drive (media drives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
383

Index
Cell phone
refer to Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Ce ntral lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
C hanging eng ine o il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Changing the scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3
Charge level
Inst rument cluste r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
97
C harg in g clip. .. .... ........... .... ... 110
C harg ing the battery (mob ile dev ices) . . . . 229
Cha rgi ng (p lug-i n hybrid drive) . . . . . . . . . . 106
Ch ild rest raints
D anger o f using ch ild rest raints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
268
Where can I get additional information
about child rest raints and their use? . . . .
3 11
Ch ild rest raint system a nchors . . . . . . . . . . 306
Ch ild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Important safety instructions for using child
safety sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
296
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Tether st raps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Ch ild safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
C hil d safety sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 8
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Conve rtible chi ld safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 300
Conve rtible locking retractor . . . . . . . . . . 305
H ow do I p roperly install a child safety seat
. h' l 7 296 in myve 1c e . ..... ........ ......... .
Infant sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
298
Insta lling a child restrain t using the LA TC H
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
308
LA TCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Lower ancho rages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 7
M ounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . ... .... .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. ...
308
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Secur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Unused safety belts on the rear seat . . . . 298
Classic v iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5
C lea ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 7
Clean ing/remov ing ice from windows . . . . . 349
Clea ning Alc ant ara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 50
Clea ning artificial leather..... ... ... ... . 350
Cleaning ca rbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349, 350
Clea ning contro ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Clean ing deco rative parts/trim . . . . . . . . . . 349
384
Cleaning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Cleaning plas tic pa rts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Cleaning textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
C leaning the charg ing clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Cleaning the charg ing dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Cleaning the tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Cleaning the windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7
Climate control system (automat ic) . . . . . . . 70
Adjusting t he air vents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
A UTO (climate control system) . . . . . . . . . . 71
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
D rive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Key re cognit io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Operat io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Presetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Sync hroniz ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Closing
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Windows ....... ..... ........... .... 41
also refer to U nlocking/locking . . . . . . . 36 , 37
Closing/ open ing
refer to Unlock ing/ locking . . . . . . . . . . 36, 37
Cockpit (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Coming home/Leaving home
refer to E ntry/ex it lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Command (voice recognition system) . . . . . 170
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Compass in t he m irro r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Connec tion manage r 242
Connect ions
refer to Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222, 230
Cons umer info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Cons umer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 55
Consumption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 18
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Additional d irecto ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Impo rting/export ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 7
Memo ry c apac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Storing as destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 7
Cont rol buttons (opera ting the MMI) . . . . . 160
Control knob with joystick funct ion (MMI op
eration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
163

CXl CXl .... N r--N .... 0 N > 00
Convenience key Em ergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Starting/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Convertible locking retracto r
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Deactiva ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 305
Cooling mode Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 71
Cooling system Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Coolant level checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Coolant temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . 11
Corner ing light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 18
D
Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196, 222
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Date .. .. .. .. .. ............... .. .. .. . 241
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Declaration of compliance Audi adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Cell phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Electronic immobilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
H omelink universal remote control . . . . . 381
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Defrosting (windows) Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 72
DEF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Deluxe automatic climate control
refer to Climate control system
(automatic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70, 71
Demo mode
refer to Presentation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Determining correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 341
Index
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Digital Rights Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Dimming the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Directory
refer to Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Infotainment system display . . . . . . 159, 242
Instrument cluster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Distance ... ....................... 17,18
Doors Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Door contact switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
also refer to Unlocking/locking ....... 36, 37
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Changing views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Economy tips (analog instrument cluster) . 19
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Energy consumers (Audi virtual cockp it) . . 18
Outs ide temperature display. . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Trip computer (analog instrument cluster . 18
Trip computer (Audi virtual cockpit) . . . . . . 17
View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Driver seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Drives
refer to Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222, 230
Drive select
refer to Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Driving econom ically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Driving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 18
Dust filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
DVD drive (media drives)
223
Dynamic volume
refer to System volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
E
E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
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Index
Free text search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 H
Media ... .. .. ............... .. .... . 232
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Radio ... ................... ....... 218
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Fr eeze protection
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Frequency band ............... .. . 217,220
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Howtheywork .................. ... . 277
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 259
Front center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Front passenger's door emergency release . . 38
Fr ont seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 268
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Addit ives. .. .. ............... .. ..... 312
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Current consumption ............... 17, 18
Ethanol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 12
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Fueling Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fuel tank capacity ................. .. 375
Opening the fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Fuel shut-off during deceleration . . . . . . . . . 74
Fu ses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
G
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Handsfree .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 250
Removing and installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Heated Ext erior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Rear window (automatic climate control sys -
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Seats (automatic climate control system) . 72
Washer fluid nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Heating/ventilation system Adjusting the air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Heavy cloth ing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 261
Hex socket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
High-voltage battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
High beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
High beam assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Highway lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Hill desc ent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Hill hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
also refer to Hill hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Hold assist (hill) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Home address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 207
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How are child restraint system anchors relat-
ed to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
How many a irbags does my vehicle have? . . 274
How safety belt pretensioners work . . . . . . 265
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
I
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Octane rating ................. ..... . 312
Recommendation.............. ..... . 312
Glossary of tire and load ing terminology . . 330
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 374 Ig
nitio n
Establishing drive ready mode (plug-in hy-
brid drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Switching on/off (plug-in hybrid drive) . . . 96
Switching on/off (using the button) . . . . . . 78
Switching on/off (using the key) . . . . . . . . . 77
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
387

Index
Immobilizer
refer to Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . 35
I mportant things to do before driving . . . . 247
Importing and exporting (contacts) . . . . . . 187
I mproperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Indica tor lights (plug-in hybrid drive) . . . . . . 98
I nfant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Input Using the MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Using the speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Inpu t level (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Inspection interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Installing the upper tether strap on the an
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Plug-in hybrid drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Instruments Adjusting illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
I nterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Internet
refer to Audi connect (Infotainment) . . . . 190
Internet radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
I nterval mode (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 57
iPod
refer to Audi music interface . . . . . . . 228, 229
iTunes tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
]
Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Jump start cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104, 368
K
Key...... ... .... ................ ..... 35
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Key recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Kick -down (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . 90
388
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 28S
L
Lane assist
refer to Audi active lane assist
136
Lap timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
LA TCH ........ ... ... ............. ... 306
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Installing a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook ....... .. .. .. .. ... .......... .. 308
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Left control button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
L icense agreement (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Light/rain sensor Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Switching the rain sensor on/off. . . . . . . . . 57
Light ing
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Interior/read ing lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Listening to music
refer to Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222, 230
Locking/unlocking
refer to Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . 36 , 37
Low beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Lowering the cargo floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Socket....... ... .. .. ................ 64
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Stowing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Luggage rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
M
Magnetic ride
refer to Suspension control . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Maintenance interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Index
Opening/closing
re fer to Unlocking/locking
36,37
Operating Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 13, 16
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Options menu .. .. ............. 14, 160, 164
Outside temperatu re display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Overview (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
p
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Paint number .. ...... .... ..... .... ... 374
Panorama glass roof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
also refer to Convenience opening/closing 42
Parental control
DVD ... .. .. .. ... ..... ....... .... .. . 233
Parking aid Cleaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Parking brake
r e fer to Electromechanical parking brake . 83
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
p k" ar ing systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Malfunct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Parking (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 88
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Pass -through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 279
Paths (Owner's Manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Pause (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Personal route assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Phonebook
refer to Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 259
Picture format (v ideo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Playback (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Plug-in hybrid drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
12 Volt battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Auxiliary climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Charging clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
390
Charging dock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Charging system PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Charging the high-voltage battery . . . . . . 108
Charging time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Cleaning the charging system . . . . . . . . . . 119
Climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Coasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
E-max (power availability) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Efficient driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Ending drive ready mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Energy flow disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
E stablishing drive ready mode . . . . . . . . . . 96
EV mode .... .. .. .. .. ............. .. 100
High-voltage battery .. ......... 94 , 95, 117
High -voltage system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Power meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Range and statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Range display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Setting the modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Sta tus dis plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Switching the ignition on/off . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
T ire mobility kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Vehicle sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Point of interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Point of interest search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
also refer to Point of interest . . . . . . . . . . 203
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Pollen filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Power meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42