2017 AUDI S3 SEDAN lights

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