Child safety
-The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
against the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof .
- Always install rear-facing child safety seats
or infant carriers on the rear seat .
- Make sure there is enough space in front of
the child in the child seat . If necessary, ad
just the angle and position of the seat in front of the child seat.
- Forward -facing child safety seats installed
on the front passenger's seat can interfere
with the airbag when it inflates and cause serious injury to the child . Always install for
ward-facing child safety seats on the rear
seat.
- If exceptional circumstances require the use
of a forward-facing child restraint on the
front passenger's seat, the child's safety and well-being require that the following
special precautions be taken:
- Make sure the forward-facing seat has
been designed and certified by its manu
facturer for use on a front seat with a pas senger front and side airbag .
- Always carefully follow the manufacturer's
instructions provided with the child safety
seat or carrier .
- Always move the front passenger seat into
the rearmost position of the passenger
seat's fore and aft adjustment range, and
as far away from the airbag as possible be
fore installing the child restraint.
- Always make sure that nothing prevents
the front passenger's seat from being
moved to the rearmost position in its fore
and aft adjustment range .
- Always make sure that the backrest is in
the upright position .
- Never place or use any electrical device
(such as a laptop, CD player, electronic
games device, power inverter or seat heat
er for child seats) on the front passenger
seat if the device is connected to the 12-
volt socket or the cigarette lighter socket.
- If a seat heater has been retrofitted or
otherwise added to the front passenger
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seat, never install any child restraint sys
tem on this seat.
- Make sure that there are no wet objects
(such as a wet towel) and no water or oth
er liquids on the front passenger seat
cushion.
- Never place objects on the seat (such as a
laptop, CD player, electronic games de
vice, power inverter or seat heater for
child seats) . These may influence the elec
trical capacitance measured by the capaci
tive passenger detection system and can
also fly around in an accident and cause
serious personal injury.
- Always buckle the child safety seat firmly in
place even if a child is not sitting in it. A
loose child safety seat can fly around during
a sudden stop or in a collision .
-Always read and heed all WARNINGS when
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used
c::!;> page 189, Safety belts,
c::!;> page 197, Airbag system and
c::!;> page 221, Child safety .
A WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious injury, make sure
that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF '-i; light
comes on and stays on whenever a child re
straint is installed on the front passenger seat
and the ignition is switched on.
-Take the child restraint off the front passen
ger seat and install it properly at one of the
rear seat positions if the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
'-i; light does not stay on .
- Have the airbag system inspected by your
authorized Audi dealer immediately.
Child safety
_& WARNING
Not using a child safety seat, using the wrong
child safety seat or improperly install ing a
child restra int increases the risk of serious
personal injury and death in a crash.
- Never install rear-facing child safety seats or infant carr iers on the front passenger
seat -
even with an Advanced Airbag System.
A chi ld will be seriously injured and can be
k illed when the inflating airbag hits the
child safety seat or infant carrier with great
force and smashes the child safety seat and
child against the backrest, center armrest,
door or roof
c::> page 198, Child restraints on
the front seat -some important things to
know.
- Always install rear-facing child safety seats
or infant carr iers on the rear seat.
- Never install a rear-facing child restraint in
the forward-facing direction. Such restraints
are designed for the spec ial needs of infants
and
very small children and cannot protect
them properly if the seat is forward-facing.
- If you must install a rearward fac ing ch ild
safety seat on the front passenger seat be
cause of exceptional circumstances and the
PAS SENGER AIR BAG OFF~; light does not
come on and stay on, immed iate ly install
the rear-facing child safety seat in a rear
seat ing position and have the airbag system
inspected by your Audi dealer.
- 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.
- If a seat heater has been retrofitted or oth
erwise added to the front passenger seat,
never install any ch ild restraint system on
th is seat.
- Make sure that there are no wet objects
(such as a wet towel) and no water or other
liquids on the front passenger seat cushion.
- Never place objects on the seat (such as a
laptop, CD player, electronic games dev ice,
power inverter or seat heater for child
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seats). These may inf luence the electrical
capacitance measured by the capacitive pas
senger detect ion system and can also fly
around in an accident and cause serious per
sonal injury.
-Always read and heed all WARNINGS when
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
be ing used
c::> page 189, Safety belts,
c::>page 197, Airbag syste,n
and
c::>page 221, Important information.
Convertible child safety seats
Properly used convertible child safety seats can
help protect toddlers and children over age one who weigh between 20 and 40 lbs (9 and 18 kg)
in a crash.
Fig . 172 Schematic overview: installat ion of the attach
me nts applicable to a LATCH seat
Fig. 173 Schemat ic overv iew: installation of the seat using
the vehicle's safety belt system
.,. When using the vehicle safety belt to install a
child safety seat, you must first activate the
convertible locking retractor on the safety belt
to prevent the child safety seat from moving
c::>page 232 or install the seat using the LATCH
attachments.
.,. Push the child safety seat down wi th yo ur full
weight to get the safety belt rea lly tight so that
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the seat cannot move forward or sideways more than 1 in (2.5 cm)
¢ page 232.
~ If the child safety seat is equ ipped with a tether
strap, attach it to the tether anchors
¢ page 238.
~ Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
¢page 227 .
A toddler or child is usually too large for an in
fant restraint if it is more than one year old and
weighs more than 20 lbs (9 kg) .
T oddlers and children who are o lder than one
year up to about 4 years old and weigh more than 20 lbs (9 kg) up to 40 lbs (18 kg) must always be
properly restrained in a ch ild safety seat cert ified
for the ir s ize and weight ¢
fig. 172 and
¢ fig. 173 .
The airbag on the passenger side makes the front
seat a potentially dangerous place for a child to
ride . The front seat is not the safest place for a
chi ld in a fo rward-facing chi ld safety seat. It is a
ve ry dangero us p lace for an infant or a la rger
ch ild in a rearward -facing seat.
_.6 WARNING
-Not using a ch ild safety seat, using the wrong
child safety seat or improper ly installing a
child restraint increases the risk of serious
personal injury and death in a collis ion or oth
er emergency situation.
- Children on the front seat of any car, even
with Advanced Airbags, can be seriously in
jured or even killed when an a irbag inflates.
A ch ild in a rearward-facing child safety seat
installed on the front passenger seat will be
seriously injured and can be killed if the
front airbag inflates - even with an Ad
vanced Airbag System.
- T he inflating a irbag w ill hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the ch ild safety seat and chi ld
against the backrest, center arm rest, door
or roof.
- Always install rear-facing child safety seats
on the rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward facing ch ild
safety seat on the front passenger seat be -
Child safety
cause of exceptional circumstances and the
PASS ENGER AIR BAG OFF~; light does not
come on and stay on, immediately install
the rear-facing child safety seat in a rear
seating position and have the a irbag system
inspected by your Audi dealer.
- The rear side of the ch ild safety seat should
be positioned as close as possible to the
backrest on the veh icle seat.
-Always read and heed all WARNINGS when eve r us ing a child restrained in a vehicle is
be ing used <>
page 189, Safety belts,
<> page 197, Airbag sys tem and
<> page 221, Important information.
_& WARNING
If exceptional c ircumstances req uire the use
of a forward -facing chi ld restraint on the
front passenger's seat, the child's safety and
well-being req uire that the following special
precautions be taken:
- Make sure the forward-fac ing seat has been
des igned and certified by its manufacturer
for use on a front seat with a passenger
front and side airbag.
-Always follow the manufacturer's instruc tions provided with the child safety seat or infant carrier .
- Always move the front passenger seat into
the rearmost pos ition of the passenger
seat's fore and aft adjustment range, and as
far away from the airbag as possible before installing the ch ild rest raint .
- Always make sure that nothing prevents the
front passenger's seat from being moved to
the rea rmost pos ition in its fore and aft ad
justment range.
- Always make sure the backrest is in an up
right position.
- Never p lace or use any electr ica l device
(such as a laptop, CD player, e lectron ic
games device, power inve rter or sea t hea ter
for child seats) on the front passenger seat
if the device is connected to the 12-volt
socket or the cigarette lighter socket. .,,.
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Child safet y
use the available th ree -point lap and shoulder
safety belts .
A WARNING
-The rear seat area is too small to safe ly
transport passengers taller than 4 ft 9 in
(57 in/1.45 m).
-
- Persons taller than 4 ft 9 in (57 in/1.45 m) as well as children in booster seats who are
too close to the rear window and roof can
suffer severe head and neck injur ies when
the rear lid is closed o r in a crash.
- The m inimum clearance betwee n the pas
sengers' heads and the rear window must
never - under any circumstances - be less
than 1 in ( 2.5 cm) whe n the passenge rs s its
f ully up right .
- Always make sure tha t the rear seat passen
gers canno t be str uck when the rear lid is
cl osed.
Booster seats on the front seat
Ch ild ren aged about 7 years and older and weigh
ing more than 55 lbs (25 kg) who are between
4 ft 3 in (5 1 in/1.30 m) and 4 ft 9 in (57 in/
1.45 m) tall may in exceptional circumstances
ride on the front passenger's seat. Children less
than 4 ft 9 in (57 in/1.45 m) tall must s it on a
certified booster seat and properly wear the vehi
cle 's three-poin t lap and shoulder safety be lt .
Always securely latch the passenger seat at t he
very rear of its fore and aft adjustment range.
The bac krest must be adjusted to an upr ight po
sition .
A WARNING
If you must insta ll a booster seat ch ild re
st raint o n the fro nt passenger sea t:
- Make s ure the booster seat has been de
s igned and certified by its manufa ctu rer for
use on a front seat wit h a pas senge r fr ont
and side air bag.
- Alw ays follow the m anuf act urer's instruc
ti on s prov ided with the boos ter sea t.
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- Always move the passenger seat to the very
rear o f its fore and aft adjustment range, as
far away from the airbag as possib le.
- Always make sure that the passenger seat is
secure ly latched in place before instal ling
the booster seat. The backrest must be ad
justed to an upr ight position .
- If the passenger seat cannot be secu rely
latched in the very rear of its fore and aft
ad justment range , then t he passenger front
airbag must be turned off with the ON / OFF
s w itch.
Securing child seats
Securing a child safety seat using a safety
belt
Safety belts for the rear seats and the front pas
senger can be locked with the convertible locking
retractor to properly secure child safety seats.
The safety belts emergency lock ing retractors for
the rear seats safety be lts and for the front pas
senger's seat safety be lt have a convert ible lock
i ng retractor for child restra ints. The safety belt
must be locked so t hat be lt webb ing ca nnot un
r eel. The retractor ca n be act ivated to lock the
safe ty belt and prevent the safety belt webbing
from loosening up dur ing no rm al driv ing. A chi ld
s a fe ty se at can on ly be prope rly insta lled when
the safety be lt is locked so that the ch ild and
c hi ld safety seat will stay in place .
Always remembe r: E ven thoug h your veh icle is
equipped wi th an Advan ced Airba g system, all
c hi ldren, especially those 12 yea rs and younger,
shou ld always ride in the back seat proper ly re
strained for their age and size .
A WARNING
Improperly installed child safety seats in
crease the r isk of serious personal injury and
death in a co llision .
-
-Always make sure that the safety be lt re
tractor is locked when installing a c hild
safety seat. An unlocked safety be lt retrac
to r cannot hold the ch ild safety seat in place
during normal d riving or in a c rash.
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-Always buckle the child safety seat firmly in
place even if a child is not sitting in it. A
loose child safety seat can fly around during
a sudden stop or in a collision.
- Always make sure that the rear seat back
rest is securely latched whenever the rear
safety belt is being used to secure a child re
straint .
- If the backrest is not securely latched, the
child and the child restraint will be thrown
forward together w ith the backrest and will
st rike parts of the vehicle interior. The ch ild
can be se riously inj ured or killed.
- Never install rear-facing chi ld safety seats
o r infant carriers on the front passenger
seat. A child will be serious ly inju red and
can be killed when the passenger airbag in
flates .
- The inflating a irbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the chi ld safety seat and chi ld
against the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof.
- Always install rear-facing child s;:ifety seats
or infant carriers on the rear seat.
- Forward-facing ch ild safety seats or infant
carriers installed on the front passenger's
seat may interfere with the deployment of
the a irbag and cause serious injury to the
child .
- It is safer to install a forward-fac ing ch ild
safety seat on the rear seat.
-Always read and heed all WARNINGS when ever using a child restrained in a veh icle is
being used
¢ page 221. Spec ial precaut ions
apply when installing a child safety seat on
the front passenger seat
¢ page 198, Child
restraints on the front seat -some impor
tant things to know .
A WARNING
Always take spec ial precaut ions if you must
install a forward or rearward-fac ing ch ild re
straint on the front passenger 's seat in excep
tional situations:
- Whenever a forward or rea rward-facing
child restraint is installed on the front pas-
-
Ch ild safety
senger seat, the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
,r; light must come on and stay on whenev
er the ign ition is switched on.
- If the
PASS ENGER AIR BAG OF F ,r; light
does not come on and stay on, perform the
checks described
¢ page 209, Monitoring
the Advanced Airbag System .
-Take the child restra int off the front passen
ger seat and install it properly at one of the
rear seat positions if the
PA SSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
,r; light does not stay on whenever
the ignition is switched on.
- Improper installat ion of child restraints can
reduce the ir effectiveness or even prevent
them from providing any protect ion.
- An improperly installed child restra int can
interfere with the airbag as it deploys and
serio usly injure or even kil l the chi ld.
- Always carefully follow the manufacturer's
instr uctions provided wi th the child safety
seat o r ca rr ie r.
- After checking to make su re that the ch ild
rest raint is properly ins talled , make cer tain
that the child restrain t is correctly recog
n ized by the capacitive passenger detection
system in the front passenger seat and that
the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ,r; li ght sig
na ls the correct front passenger fronta l air
bag status.
A WARNING
Forward-facing child restra ints:
- Always make sure the forward-facing seat
has been des igned and certified by its man
ufacturer for use on a front seat with a pas
senger front and side airbag .
- Never put the forward-facing child restraint
up, against or very near the instrument pan
el.
- Always move the passenger seat into its
rearmost posit ion in the seat's fore and aft
ad justment range, as far away from the a ir
bag as possible before installing the fo r
ward-facing ch ild restraint. The backrest
m ust be adjus ted to an upr igh t position .
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Child safety
-Make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF 11;; light comes on and stays on all the
time whenever the ignition is switched on.
_&. WARNING
Rearward-facing child restraints:
-A child in a rearward-facing child safety seat installed on the front passenger seat will be
seriously injured and can be killed if the
front airbag inflates - even with an Ad
vanced Airbag System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
against the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof.
-Always be especially careful if you must in
stall a rearward facing child safety seat on
the front passenger seat in exceptional cir
cumstances.
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF 11;; light comes on and stays on all the
time whenever the ignition is switched on.
-If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; light
does not come on and stay on, immediately
install the rear-facing child safety seat in a
rear seating position and have the airbag
system inspected by your Audi dealer.
Activating the convertible locking retractor
Use the convertible locking retractor to secure a
child restraint.
Always heed the child safety seat manufacturer's
instructions when installing a child restraint in
your vehicle. To activate the convertible locking
retractor:
.,. Place the child restraint on a seat, preferably
on the rear seat.
.,. Slowly pull the belt
all the way out.
.,. Route it around or through the child restraint
belt path
¢ _A .
.,. Push the child safety seat down with your full
weight to get the safety belt really tight .
.,. Insert the belt tongue into the buckle for that
seating position .
234
.,. Guide the safety belt back into the retractor un
til the belt lies flat and snug on the child safety
seat.
.,. You should hear a "clicking" noise as the belt
winds back into the inertia reel. Test the con
vertible locking retractor by pulling on the belt .
You should no longer be able to pull the belt
out of the retractor. The convertible locking re
tractor is now activated.
.,. Make sure that the red release button is facing
away from the child restraint so that it can be
unbuckled quickly.
.,. Pull on the belt to make sure the safety belt is
properly tight and fastened so that the seat
cannot move forward and sideways more than
1 in (2.5 cm).
_&. WARNING
Using the wrong child restraint or an improp
erly installed child restraint can cause serious
personal injury or death in a crash.
- Always make sure that the safety belt re
tractor is locked when installing a child
safety seat. An unlocked safety belt retrac
tor cannot hold the child safety seat in place
during normal driving or in a crash.
-Always buckle the child safety seat firmly in
place even if a child is not sitting in it. A
loose child safety seat can fly around during
a sudden stop or in a crash.
- Always make sure the seat backrest to which
the child restraint is installed is in an up
right position and securely latched into
place and cannot fold forward. Otherwise,
the seatback with the child safety seat at
tached to it could fly forward in the event of
an accident or other emergency situation .
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used
¢ page 221. Special precautions
apply when installing a child safety seat on
the front passenger seat
¢ page 198, Child
restraints on the front seat -some impor
tant things to know.
(c) Vehicle capacity weight, and
(d) Production options weight
Maximum (permissible)
inflation pressure
means the maximum cold infla
tion pressure to which a t ire may
be inflated. Also called "maxi
mum inflation pressure."
Normal occupant weight
means 150 lbs (68 kg) times the
number of occupants seated in
the vehicle up to the tota l seating
capacity of your vehicle.
Occupant distribution
means distribution of occupants
in a vehicle.
Outer diameter
means the overall diameter of an
inflated new tire .
Overall width
means the linear dis tance be
tween the exteriors of the side
walls of an inflated tire, including
elevations due to labeling, deco
rations, or protective bands or
ribs.
Ply
~ means a layer of rubber-coated ...
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Wheels
Production options weight
means the combined weight of
those installed regular production
options weighing over 5 lbs (2.3 kg) in excess of those standard
items wh ich they replace, not pre
viously considered in curb weight
or accessory weight, including
heavy duty brakes, ride levelers,
roof rack , heavy d uty ba tte ry , and
special trim .
Radial ply tire
means a pneumatic tire in which
the ply cords that extend to the
beads ar e laid at substantia lly
90
degrees to the centerline of the
tread.
Recommended inflation
pressure
see c:::> page 258, Cold tire infla
tion pressure .
Reinforced tire
means a tire designed to operate
at higher loads and at higher in
fl at ion pressures than the corre
sponding standard tire. Rein
forced tires may be iden tified as
"X L" "x l" "EXTRA L OA D" or "RF" I 1 I
on the sidewall. ..,
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Consumer information
scope of maintenance and repairs which can be
carried out by vehicle owners.
Also, safety and
environmental
concerns place very strict limits
on the nature of repairs and adjustments to en
gine and transmission parts which an owner can
perform .
Maintenance, adjustments and repairs usually re
quire special tools, testing devices and other
equipment available to specially trained work
shop personnel in order to assure proper per
formance, reliability and safety of the vehicle and
its many systems .
Improper maintenance, adjustments and repairs
can impair the operation and reliability of your
vehicle and even void your vehicle warranty.
Therefore, proof of servicing in accordance with
the maintenance schedule may be a condition for
upholding a possible warranty claim made within
the warranty period.
Above all, operational safety can be adversely af
fected, creating unnecessary risks for you and
your passengers.
If in doubt about any servicing, have it done by
your authorized Audi dealer or any other properly
equ ipped and qualified workshop. We strongly
urge you to give your authorized Audi dealer the
opportunity to perform all scheduled mainte
nance and necessary repairs. Your dealer has the
facilities, original parts and trained specialists to keep your vehicle running properly.
Performing limited maintenance yourself
The following pages describe a limited number of procedures which can be performed on your vehi
cle with ordinary tools, should the need arise and
trained personnel be unavailable. Before per
forming any of these procedures, always thor
oughly read all of the applicable text and careful
ly follow the instructions given. Always rigorously
observe the
WARNINGS provided.
Before you check anything in the engine com
partment, always read and heed all WARNINGS
c> & and c> & in Working in the engine compart
ment on page 244.
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A WARNING
-
- Serious personal injury may occur as a result
of improperly performed maintenance, ad
justments or repairs .
- Always be extremely careful when working
on the vehicle. Always follow commonly ac
cepted safety practices and general com
mon sense. Never risk personal injury.
- Do not attempt any of the maintenance,
checks or repairs described on the following pages if you are not fully familiar with these
or other procedures with respect to the ve hicle, or are uncertain how to proceed.
- Do not do any work without the proper tools
and equipment. Have the necessary work
done by your authorized Audi dealer or an
other properly equipped and qualified work
shop.
- The engine compartment of any motor vehi
cle is a potentially hazardous area. Never
reach into the area around or touch the radi
ator fan. It is temperature controlled and
can switch on suddenly - even when the en
gine is off. The radiator fan switches on au
tomatically when the coolant reaches a cer
tain temperature and will continue to run
until the coolant temperature drops.
- Always switch off the ignition before anyone
gets under the vehicle.
- Always support your vehicle with safety
stands if it is necessary to work underneath
the vehicle. The jack supplied with the vehi
cle is not adequate for this purpose and
could collapse causing serious personal in
Jury.
- If you must work underneath the vehicle
with the wheels on the ground, always make
sure the vehicle is on level ground, that the
wheels are always securely blocked and that
the engine cannot be started.
- Always make sure the transmission selector
lever (automatic transmission) is in P (Park
position) and the park brake is applied. ..,