Check ing and F illing
right brake fluid and the know -how to do this for
you.
A WARNING
- Brake fluid is poisonous. It must be stored
only in the closed orig inal container out of
the reach of chi ldren!
- B rake failure can resu lt from old or inappro
pr iate brake flu id. Observe these precau
t ions:
- Use on ly brake fluid that mee ts SA E speci
fi cation) 17 0 3 and confo rms to Fede ral
Motor Ve hicle Standard 116. Always check
wit h your authorized Audi dealer to make
sure you are using the correct brake fluid.
The cor rect type o f brake fluid is a lso indi
cated on the brake fluid reservoir.
- The brake fluid must be new. Heavy use of
the brakes can cause a vapor lock if the
brake flu id is left in the system too long.
This ca n ser iously affect t he efficiency of
the bra kes as well as your safety. This
could result in an acc ident.
{U) Note
Brake fluid w ill damage the pa int of yo ur vehi
cle.
@ For the sake of the environment
Because of the prob lem of proper disposal of
brake flu id as we ll as the special tools re
quired and the necessary expertise, we rec
ommend tha t you have the brake fluid
changed by your author ized Audi d ealer.
Battery
General information
Unde r normal operating conditions, the battery
i n your Audi does not need any maintenance.
W ith
high outs ide temperat ures o r long da ily
d rives we recommend that you have the electro
lyte leve l checked by an a uth orized Audi dea le r or
qua lified wor kshop. The e lectroly te leve l should
a lso be checked each time the batte ry is ch a rged
¢ page 314.
312
Have t he battery chec ke d when yo u take yo ur ve
hicle in for service . You are we ll advised to re
place a battery that is o lder than 5 yea rs .
With ce rta in types o f airbag deployment, t he
b atte ry is disconnected from the veh icle elect ri
ca l system for safety reasons ¢.&
in Repair, care
and disposal of the airbags on page 268.
Disconnecting the battery terminals
Some ve hicl e fu nctions (power window regula
tors, for examp le) are lost if the batte ry te rm i
nals a re disconnected . These f unc tions have to be
relearned after the battery term inals are con
nected again . To p revent this, the battery should
o nl y be disconnected from the vehicle electrical
system when absolute ly necessary for repairs.
Vehicles not driven for long periods
If you do not d rive yo ur vehicle ove r a period of
severa l days o r weeks, electr ica l components are
grad ua lly cut back or switched of f. T his reduces
energy consumpt ion and maintains start ing ca
pability over a longer period ¢
page 138.
Some of the convenience functions may not oper
ate, such as the inter ior lights or the power seat
adjustment . The convenience functions will be
available again w hen you turn on the ignit io n and
start the eng ine .
Winter operation
Dur ing the winte r months, battery capacity tends
to decrease as tempe ratures drop. This is be
ca use more power is also consumed while start
i ng, and t he headlights, rear w indow defogger,
etc ., are used more often.
Avo id unnecessary powe r consumption, partic u
l a rly in city traffic or when traveling o nly short
distances . Let your author ized Audi dealer check
the capacity of the vehicle battery before win ter
sets in ¢
page 314 . A well charged battery will
n ot only p reve nt sta rting prob lems when the
we ather is co ld , but will also last longer.
@ Tips
I f yo ur vehicle is left sta nding for several
weeks at extreme ly low te mpera tures, th e ve-
h icl e b att ery should be re mo ved and store d
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Fuse panel @ (brown)
No . Equipment
2 Mass airflow sensor, camshaft adjustment
3 Exhaust doors, fuel in jectors, radiator inlet
4 Vacuum pump, hot water pump, particu -
late senso r, biodiesel sensor
5 Brake light sensor
6 Engine va lves
7
Heated oxygen sensor, mass airflow sen-
sor
8
Water pump, high pressure pump, high
pressure regulator va lve
9 Hot water pump
10
Oil pressure sensor, oi l temperature sen-
sor
11 Clutch pedal position sensor
12 Engine valves
13 Radiator fan
14 Fuel injectors
15 I gnition coils
16 Fuel pump
Fuse panel @ (red)
No . Equipment
1 Anti-theft alarm system
2 Engine control module
3 Lumbar support
4
Automatic transmission selector mecha-
nism
5 Horn
6 Electromechan ical park ing brake
7 Gateway control module
8 I nterior headl iner lights
10 Airbag control module
11 Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC)
12 Diagnostic connector, light/rain sensor
13 Climate control system
14 Right front door control module
15 A/C compressor
Fuses and bulbs
Fuse panel © (black)
No . Equipment
1 Front seat heating
2 Windshield w ipers
3 L eft head light electronics
4
Panorama glass roof/ sliding/t ilting sun-
roof
5 L eft front door control module
6 Sockets
7 Right rear door control module
9 Right headlight electronics
10
Windshield washer system/headlight
washer system
1 1 Left rear door control module
Fuse panel @ (black)
No . Equipment
1
Seat ventilation, rearv iew mirror, rear cl i-
mate control system controls
2 Gateway , climate control system
3 Sound actuator/exhaust sound tuning
4 Clutch pedal pos ition sensor
s Engine start
8 Homelink
9 Adaptive cruise control
11 Video camera
12 Matrix LED headlight/right LED headlight
13 Matrix LED headlight/left LED headlight
14 Rear window wiper
Fuse panel © (red)
No . Equipment
l Ignition coi ls
2 Natural gas tank valves
5 Engine mount
6 Automat ic transmission
7 Instrument panel
8 Cli mate control system (blower)
10 Dynamic steering
11 Engine start
353
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Rear lid
Escape latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
also refer to Luggage compartment lid . . . 43
Rear Seat Entertainment preparation
refer to Audi Entertainment mobile
Rear seats 217
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . 125, 126
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Reception area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Recirculation mode (climate control system) 70
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Fuel filler door emergency release . . . . . . 300
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Opening the fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Remote control Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . 48
also refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . 38
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Personali zation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Remote locking/unlocking
Audi connect Vehicle control . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Removing the caps (wheel bolts) . . . . . . . . . 346
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Replacing Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 243, 244
Reset
refer to Restart (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Res idual heat (climate control system) . . . . . 71
Restart
(MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Reverse gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Rewinding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Right control button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Index
Rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Ringtone settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Road noise compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Roaming
refer to Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Roof Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Route criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Route guidance
refer to Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Running direction (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
s
Safe driving habits
Safety 236
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Cargo .... .. .. .. .. ............... .. 242
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Safety be lt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Safety belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 250
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 250
Safety belt pretensioner Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245, 248
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Safety belt pos it ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Special considerations for pregnant wom- en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
377
Index
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Safety features for occupant restraint and protection . .. .. .... ............... .. .
Safety instructions
f " d t . . b or s1 e cur ain air ags . ....... .. .. .. .
for using child safety seats ........ ... .
for using safety belts ................ .
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System .
Safety systems (indicator light) ... .... .. . .
Saving fuel 236
276
281 247
267
33
Energy consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Scan (rad io) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20S
Screen refer to Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 15
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
SD card reader (MMI) ........... .. .. ... 210
Search area (point of interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Search function refer to Free text search
Seat adjustment 149,219
H ead restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Seat belts refer to Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Seat heating/ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Seating capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
H ow to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 238
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Occupants .. .. .. ............. .... ... 237
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Seats
d " f a JUS ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
F olding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Security Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Selecting a source (media) ........... ... 217
Select ion menu . ... ............ 13, 143, 147
Selective catalytic reduction refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Selective wheel torque contro l . . . . . . . . . . 134
378
Selector lever
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Se lf-learning nav igat ion
refer to Personal route assistance . . . . . . 193
Service and disposal Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Service interval display. ................ 316
Set Rear (climate control system) . . . . . . . . . 71
Settings Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Map. ..... .. .. .. .. .. ........ ..... .. 198
Media ....... ... ... ............. .. . 220
N . t· av 1ga 10n .. .. .. .. .. ... .......... . .
Radio .... .. .. .. .. .. ............. . .
System (MMI) . ... .. .. .............. . 195
207
229
T elephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Shift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Shortcut keys ..... .. .. ........... 141,147
S ide airbags
Description .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ... . .
How they work . .. .. .. ............. . .
Side assist .. .. .. .. .. .. ............. . .
Adjusting the brightness ............. .
Cleaning the sensors .. ........ ..... . .
E ·t . x1 warning system . .. ... .. ..... ... . .
Rear cross -traff ic assist ............. . .
Sensor range .. .. .. .. ... .......... . .
Switching on and off . ............... .
also refer to Side assist .............. .
Side curtain airbags .... .............. .
Description .. .. .. .. .. ............. . .
How they work . .. .. .. .. ........... . . 271
273
115
118
338 118
119
116
117
115
274
274
275
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
SiriusXM alert notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Slid ing/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Sun shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Snow cha ins 332
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Software update refer to Map update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
refer to System update (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . 232
Software (MMI) License agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
ers1on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
V .