
Care and cleaning
Component Situation Solution
Te xtil es
Deposits adhering to the Vacuum cleaner
artificial le ather, surface
A lcan tara Water-based deposits such Absorbent cloth and mild soap solution3>
as coffee, tea, blood, etc.
Oil-based depos its such as Apply a mild soap solution a>, blot away the dis-
oil, make-up, etc. sol.ved oil or dye, treat afterward with water, if nee-
essary
Special deposits such as ink, Special stain remover, blot with absorbent materi- nai l polish, latex paint, shoe al, treat afterward with mild soap solution, if neces-
polish, etc. sary
a)
Natural le ather Fr esh sta ins Wool cloth w
ith a mi ld soap solutiona l
Water-based deposits such Fresh stains: absorbent cloth
as coffee, tea, blood, etc . dried stains: stain remover suitable for leather
Oi l-based deposits s uch as Fresh stains: absorbent cloth and stain remover
oil, make-up , etc. suitable for leather
dried stains: oil cleaning spray
Special deposits such as ink, Spot remover suitable for leather
na il polish, latex pain t, shoe
polish, etc.
Care Regularly apply conditioning cream that protects
from light and penetrates into the material. Use
specially-colored conditioning cream, if necessa ry .
Carbon parts Deposits clean the same way as plastic parts
al M ild soap sol ution: maxim um two tablesp oons of neutral s oap in 1 quar t (1 liter) of wate r
A WARNING
The windshie ld may not be treated with wa
ter-repell ing windshield coating agents . Un
favorable cond itions s uch as wetness, dark
ness, or low sun can result i n increased glare.
Wipe r blade chatter is also possible.
([) Note
-Headlights /tail lights
- N ever clean headlights or ta il lights with a
dry cloth or sponge .
- Do not use any cleaning p rodu ct that con
tains alcohol, because they co uld cause
cracks to form .
-Wheels
-Never use any paint po lish or other abra-
sive mater ials.
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- Damage to the protective laye r on the
rims such as stone chips or sc ratches must
be repaired immediately.
- Sensors/camera lenses
- Never use warm or hot water to remove
snow or ice from the camera lens . This
could cause the lens to cra ck.
- Never use abrasive cleaning materials or
a lcohol to clean the camera lens. This
could cause s cratches and cracks.
- Door w indow s
- Remove snow and ice on windows and ex -
terior mirrors with a plastic sc rape r. To
avoid scratches, move the scraper only in
one direct ion and not back and forth.
- Neve r remove snow or ice from door win
dows and mirrors us ing warm or hot water
because this could cause cracks to form . ..,.

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Left engine compartment fuse assignment
Fig. 216 Engine compartment: fuse ass ignment
No. Equipment
Fl ESC control module
F2 ESC control module
F3 Engine control module
Engine cooling, engine components, auxili -
F4 ary heater coil re lay ( 1+2), secondary air
injection pump relay
FS E
ngine components, tank system
F6 Brake light sensor
F7 Engine components
F8 Oxygen sensor
F9 Engine components, exhaust door, glow
time control module
FlO Fuel injectors, fuel control module
Fll Auxiliary heater heating element 2
F 12 Auxiliary heater heating e
lement 3
F13 Automatic transmission cont rol module
FlS Horn
F16 Ignition coil
F17 ESC control module
, engine control mod-
ule
F18 Term inal 30 (reference voltage)
Fuses and bulbs
No . Equipment
Fl9 Windshield wipers
F20 Horn
F22 Terminal SO diagnos
is
F23 Starter
F24 Auxiliary heater heating element 1
F3 2 LED headlights
Bulbs
Message
Your vehicle is equ ipped with maintenance-free
headlights and tail lights . However, if a light bulb
needs to be replaced, p lease contact yo ur author
ized Audi dea ler or authorized Audi Service Facili
ty.
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Index
AUTO Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 52
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Auto Lock (centra l locking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Automatic climate control system
refer to Climate control system (automatic) .5.2
Automatic key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Hill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
La unch Control-Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Selector leve r eme rgency release . . . . . . . . 69
Selector leve r lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Shifting manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Steering wheel with shift paddles. . . . . . . . 66
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Automatic wipe/wash system
Automatic zoom (navigation) .......... .
Auto Safety Hotline ............ .... .. .
41
145
187
AUX input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Average fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
B
BACK button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Balance (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Bass (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Battery Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Better route (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Blower (climate control system) . . . . . . . . . . 52
Bluetooth Aud io player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Connecting a cell phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Boost pressure indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
306
Brake fluid
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 251
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Brake ass ist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
B rake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Brake fluid ... ... .. .. ............... 251
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 60
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
B raking
Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Break-in secu rity feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Breaking in
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Browser
refer to Media center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Bu lb fai lure (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Buttons Control panel (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 20, 22
C
Cable (USB adapter/AUX connector cable) 161
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 244
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Call list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Call options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Capacities Fuel tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Cargo area
refer to Luggage compartment. . . . . . . . . 185
CD drive (med ia drives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Cell phone Playing music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
olso refer to Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Centra l locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Installing the upper tether strap on the an -
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
238
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Adjusting the lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . . 41
Internet
refer to Audi connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Internet radio .. ................ ..... . 160
iPod
refer to Audi music interface ...... .. .. .
iTunes tagging . .. ............. .. .. .. . 161
150
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Joystick function (MMI)
Jukebox 101
157
292
Jump-starting
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
293
K
Key... .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. .. .... .. 25
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Key tag with PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 26
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
58
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 28
Unlocking and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Key recognition (climate control system) 51
Kick-down
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
67
Knee airbags . .. ................ .... .. 213
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
I mportant safety instructions . . . . . . . . . .
215
L
Lane assist
refer to Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Lap timer .. .. .. ............... .. .... .. 74
Evaluating recorded times . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
76
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5
Index
LATCH
Description .. .. .. .. ................ .
Installing a ch ild restraint ............ .
Location
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook
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235
236
237
236
237
Launch Control-Program (automatic transmis-
sion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
67
Leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
License agreement (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Lifting points (vehicle jack) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Light
Coming/Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38
Headlight flasher . .. .................. 37
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Low beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Switching daytime running lights on and off 37
Light/rain sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 41
Lighting
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Lights
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36
Fog lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . 36
Interior/reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Listening to music
refer to Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155, 163
Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . 185
Locking/unlocking
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
27
With the centra l locking switch . . . . . . . . . 29
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Locking and unlocking
On the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
30
Low beam headlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Lower universal anchorages (Canada) . . . . . 235
Luggage compartment
Cover..... .. .. . .................. .. . 49
Increasing the s ize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
185
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Index
Windshield
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Defrost ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
also refer to Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
W indshield w asher system . . . . . . . . . . 41, 2 53
W indshield wipers
C lea ning wipe r blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
F oldi ng up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
I ndicator l igh t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Re plac ing windsh ield wiper b lades . . . . . . . 42
Sw itchi ng on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
W inte r driv ing
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
W inter operation
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
D efrost ing the w indows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Veh icle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
W indshield w ashe r system . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
W inter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Winter use
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Removing ice from w indows . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
X
Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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Zoom ing (map) ... ... .. ..... ... 20, 137, 1 43
318