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brake rotors and pads by caref ull y applying
the brakes several t imes .
-If the front spoiler is damaged or you install
another spoiler, make sure the front wheel
brakes are vent ilated properly. Otherwise,
the brake system could overheat, wh ich re
duces the ir effectiveness .
- Failure of a brake circuit impairs b raking
performance , which increases brak ing dis
tance. Avoid driving the vehicle and have it
towed it to the nearest author ized Audi
dealer or author ized A udi Se rvice Facility.
- Never let the vehicle roll while t he engine is
stopped because this increases the risk of a n
acc iden t.
- If the bra ke booste r is not working, you will
have to press m uch ha rder on the bra ke
ped al to compensate for the lac k of th e
booster.
- Never let the brakes "rub " by pressing the
pedal light ly when bra king is no t actually
ne cessary . T his cause s the brakes to over
hea t and i ncre ases br aking di stance and
ca uses wear.
- B efo re driv ing downh ill a long dis tance on a
steep h ill, decrease your speed and se lec t a
l ower gear . This makes use of the engine
braking effect and relieves the brakes . If
you need to b rake additionally, brake in in
tervals and not continuously.
@ Tips
- If the brake booste r is not working, you
must press the brake pedal with much more
fo rce than normal.
- If you retrofit yo ur vehicle with a front spoil
er, whee l
covers or similar items, make sure
that the air flow to the front whee ls is not
i nterr upted . Otherw ise the brake system
ca n become too hot .
Intelligent Technology
Electromechanical
steering
The electromechanical steering supports the
driver 's steering movements .
Power steering adap ts elec tronically based on
the ve hicle speed.
Indicator light s and message s
• Steering: malfun ction! Please stop vehicle
If this indica to r li ght tur ns on and st ays on and
t hi s message appea rs, the powe r steering may
have failed.
Stop t he vehi cle in a safe location as soon as pos
s ible. Do
not cont inue drivi ng. See an autho riz ed
Audi dealer or authorized A udi Service Fac ility for
assistance .
l;r- ij S teering : malfun ction! You may continue
driving
If the indicator light turns on, the steering wheel
may be more d ifficult to
move or more sensit ive
t h an usua l. Th e steer ing whee l may a lso be at an
angle when d riving s trai ght.
D rive slowly to an a uthorized Audi dea ler or au
t h orized Audi Serv ice Facility to have the mal
funct ion corre cted.
(D Tips
If the . or l;r, ij ind icator light only s tays on
fo r a short time, you may continue d riving.
All wheel drive (quattro)
In all wheel drive, all four wheels are powered.
General information
In all whee l dr ive, the dr iv ing power is divided be
tween all four wheels . This happens automatical
ly depending on you r dr iv ing behav ior as we ll as
t h e cur rent road condi tions. A lso see ~
page 88,
Elec tronic stabilization con trol ( ESC).
T he all whee l dr ive concept is des igned for high
engine power . You r vehicle is except ionally pow
erfu l and has excellent driv ing cha racteristics
bot h unde r normal d rivi ng conditions and o n
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control unit "decides" whether to fire the front
airbags based on the information received from
the crash sensors. The control unit also "de
cides" whether the safety be lt pretensioners
shou ld be activated.
- An Advanced Airbag with gas generator for the
driver inside the steering wheel hub.
- An Advanced Airbag with gas generator inside
the instrument panel for the front passenger.
- A capacitive passenger detection system under
neath the front passenger seat cover. This sys
tem measures the electrical capacitance of the
person in the seat. The information registered
is sent continuously to the electronic control
unit to regulate deployment of the front Ad
vanced Airbag on the passenger side.
- An airbag monitoring system and indicator
light
El in the instrument cluster.
- A sensor in each front seat registers the dis
tance between the respective seat and the
steering wheel or instrument panel. The infor
mation registered is sent continuously to the
electronic control unit to regulate deployment
of the front Adv a need Airbags.
- The
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; light comes
on and stays on in the headliner¢
page 209,
fig. 163 and tells you when the front Advanced
Airbag on the passenger side has been turned
off.
-A sensor in the safety belt latch for the driver
and for the front seat passenger that senses
whether that safety belt is latched or not and
transm its this information to the electronic
contro l unit.
A WARNING
Damage to the front passenger seat can pre
vent the front airbag from working properly.
- Improper repair or disassembly of the front
passenger and driver seat will prevent the
Advanced Airbag System from functioning properly.
- Repairs to the front passenger seat must be
performed by qualified and properly trained
workshop personnel.
- Never remove the front passenger or driver
seat from the vehicle.
Airbag system
-Never remove the upholstery from the front
passenger seat.
- Never disassemble or remove parts from the
seat or disconnect wires from it.
- Never carry sharp objects in your pockets or
put them on the seat. The capacitive pas
senger detection mat in the front passenger
seat will not function properly if it is punc
tured.
- Never carry things on your lap or carry ob
jects on the front passenger seat. Such ob
jects can influence the capacitance regis
tered by the capacitive passenger detection
system, so that incorrect information is pro
vided to the airbag control unit.
- Never store items under the front passenger
seat. Parts of the Advanced Airbag System
under the passenger seat could be dam
aged , preventing them and the airbag sys
tem from working properly.
- Never place seat covers or replacement up
holstery that have not been specifically ap
proved by Audi on the front seats.
- Seat covers can prevent the Advanced Air
bag System from recognizing child re
straints or occupants on the front passenger
seat and prevent the side airbag in the seat
backrest from deploying properly.
- If a seat heater has been retrofitted or oth
erwise added to the front passenger seat,
never install any child restraint system on
this seat.
- Never use cushions, pillows, blankets, or
similar items on the front passenger seat.
The additional layers prevent the capacitive
passenger detection system from accurately
measuring the capacitance of the child safe
ty seat and/or the person on the seat and
thus keep the Advanced Airbag System from
working properly.
- Never place or use any electrical device
(such as a laptop, CD player, electronic
games device, power inverter or seat heater
for child seats) on the front passenger seat
if the device is connected to the 12-volt
socket or the cigarette lighter socket. Such
devices can influence the capacitance regis
tered by the capacitive passenger detection
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Fuses and bulbs
Interior fuse assignment
Fig. 215 Vehicle inter ior: fuse assignme nt
No. Equipment
Fl Power top control modu
le (Roadster)
F2 Power top control module (Roadster)
F3 ESC control module
F4 Central computer processor (MIB-2)
FS Gateway
F6 Anti-theft alarm system Climate control system, selector lever (au-
F7 tomatic transmission), parking heater,
rear window heater relay coil
Diagnos is, electrical parking brake switch,
F8 light swi tch, rain/light sensor, interior
lighting
F9 Steering column switch module
Fl0 Display
F ll Haldex clutch
F12 MMI area
F 13 Adaptive dampers control module
F14 Climate control system blower
FlS Electronic steering co lumn lock
F16 MMI components, safety be
lt microphone
(Roadster)
290
No . Equipment
F17 Instrument cluster
F18 Rearview camera
F19 Convenience key system control module
F20 Power lumbar support adjustment
F22 Front passenger's side neck heating (Road-
ster)
F23 R
ig ht exterior lighting, on-board compute r
(right)
F 25 Driver's s
ide door (for example power win-
dows)
F26 Seat heating
F28 AMI H igh med ia port
F29 On-board computer
F31 Left on-board computer
F32 Driver assistance systems
F33 Airbag
Socket relay, interior sound, back-up light
F34 switch, temperature sensor, oil level sen-
sor
Diagnosis, headlight range control system,
F35 air quality sensor, automatic dimming
rearview mirror
F36 Right cornering light/ r ight LED-h eadlight
F37 Left cornering light/ left LED-headlight
F38 E
ng ine control module, ESC control mod-
ul e
F39 Front passenger's side door (for example
power windows)
F40 Cigarette lighter, sockets
F41 SCR relay and delivery unit
F42 Central locking area
F43 On-board computer
F45 Power adjustable driver's side seat
F46 Driver's side neck heat ing (Roadster)
F49 Starter, clutch sensor
FS0 ESC valves
F53 Rear window defogger
The power seats* are protected v ia
circuit break
ers
that automatically switch on after a few sec
onds after the overload has been reduced .
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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Online map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Online media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Online services
refer to Audi connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Opening Fu el filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Hood .. .. .. .. ................ ..... . 245
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Opening/closing With the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . 29
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Opening and closing On the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Operating Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 20, 22
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Options menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101, 102
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Overview (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
p
Paint damage
Paint number
277
298
Parental control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Parking brake Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
also refer to Electromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Parking light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Parking system
Adjusting the display/warning tone . . . . . . 86
C leaning sensors/the camera . . . . . . . . . . 276
C leaning the rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
also refer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . 83, 84
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Rear parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Parking (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 64
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
PASSENGER AIR BAG light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Paths (Owner's Manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Pause (audio/video file) ....... .. .. .. 21, 163
Index
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Phone book
refer to Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 190
Playback (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Play li st . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Point of interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Po int of interest search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Pollen filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Power windows
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Pregnant women Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Presets list
refer to Favorites . .. ............... . .
Presets (radio) .... .................. .
Pressure (tires)
Program guide 152
152
273
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Programming (steering wheel button) . . . . . 21
Prompt
refer to Command (voice recognition sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 181
Proper safety be lt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Proper seating position
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? . . 191
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