Table of content s
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Safety belt tensione r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Airbag system ... . ...... ... .. .. ... 19 7
I mportant info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
F ront airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Mon itoring the Advanced Airbag System . 209
Knee airbags .. .. ................. ... 213
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Secur ing ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
L A TCH system (lowe r an chorages a nd
t e thers for chi ldren) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Addit ional info rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . 24 0
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
F ue l. .. .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. ... 24 0
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
E ng ine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Eng ine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Brake f luid . .. .. ..... ........... ... . 251
Batte ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
W indshield washe r system . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Service i nterval d isplay 254
Wheels ... .... .......... ...... ... . 255
Wheels a nd Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
T ire press ure monitor ing sys tem 272
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Gene ral information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
C ar washes . .. .. ............. .... .. . 275
Clean ing and care information . . . . . . . . . 276
P lacing your vehicle out of service . . . . . . 279
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 1
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Gene ral information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
E quipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Tire mob ility k it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Replac ing whee ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Spare ti re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
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Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
E lectrica l fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Bu lbs .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. . ... .... ... .. 291
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Genera l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Start ing by push ing or tow ing . . . . . . . . . . 292
Start ing with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Use o f jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
T owing with a tow truck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Accessories and technical data . . 298
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Vehicle spec ificat ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
D imens ions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Capaci ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Gasoline engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Consumer information and
technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
301
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . 301
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Operat ing your vehicle outside the U .S.A.
or Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Audi Se rvice Repair Manuals and
Lite rat ure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Maintenance. .. .. .. .. ... ... .... ... .. 301
Accessor ies a nd techn ica l changes . . . . . . 303
Index .......... ... ............. ... 305
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luggage compartment lid could open sud
denly when driving, which increases the risk
of an accident.
- Never drive with the luggage compartment
lid ajar or open, because poisonous gases
can enter the vehicle interior and create the
risk of asphyxiation.
- Never leave your vehicle unattended when
the luggage compartment lid is open. A
child could climb into the vehicle through
the luggage compartment. If the luggage
compartment lid was then closed, the child
would be trapped in the vehicle and unable
to escape. To reduce the risk of injury, do
not allow children to play in or around the
vehicle. Always keep the luggage compart
ment lid and the doors closed when the ve
hicle is not in use.
- Always make sure no one is in the luggage
compartment lid's range of motion when it
is closing, especially near the hinges. Fin
gers or hands could be pinched.
@ Tips
- When the vehicle is locked, the luggage
compartment lid can be unlocked separately
by pressing the~ button on the remote
control key. The luggage compartment lid
locks automatically when it is closed again.
- In case of an emergency or a faulty handle,
the luggage compartment lid can be opened
manually from the inside¢
page 31.
Opening and closing
Luggage compartment lid emergency
release
The luggage compartment lid can be released in
an emergency from the inside.
Fig. 24 The emergency release is accessed on the left side
of the luggage compartment underneath the rear window.
Fig. 25 Section: inside of luggage compartment: emergen
cy release
.. Tilt the left rear seat backrest forward.
• Pry out the cover¢
fig. 24 using the mechanical
key
9 page 26.
.. Pull the plastic cord in the direction of the ar
row¢
fig. 25.
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Sea ts and stor age
Seats and storage
General information
A WARNING
See c> page 180, Safe driving for important
information, tips, suggestions and warnings
that you should read and follow for your own
safety and the safety of yo ur passengers .
Front seats
Power seat adjustment
Appl ies to veh icles with power adjustable seats
Fig. 42 Front seat: power seat adjustment
@-lumbar s upport or mult ifunct ion but
ton* c>
page 44. To adjust the lumbar support,
press the button in the applicable location.
@ -Moving the seat up/down: press the button
upward/downwa rd . To adjust the front seat cush
ion, press the front button up/down. To adjust
the rear seat cushion, press the rear button up/
down.
@ -Moving the seat fo rwa rd/back: press the bu t
ton fo rward/b ack.
@ -Adjusting the backrest angle : press the but
ton fo rwa rd/back.
© -Lengthening/shortening the upper thigh sup
port* : lift the grip handle.
A WARNING
- Only adjust the front seat with when the ve
hicle is stat iona ry . Otherwise, this increases
the risk of an ac ciden t
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-The power front seats can also be adjusted
when the ignition is switched off. For this reason, children should never be left unat
tended i n the vehicle -they could be injured!
- Exercise caution when adjusting the seat
he ight. Unsupervised or careless seat ad
justment can pinch fingers or hands caus ing
injuries .
- The front seat backrests must not be re
clined too far back when d riving, because
this impa irs the effect iveness of the safety
be lts and airbag sys tem, which in creases
the risk of i njury.
- To m inimize the r isk of injury during s udden
braking or a collision, the dr iver and the
fron t passenger must no t drive or ride with
the backrest in the re clined position. The
safety belts and airbag system can on ly pro
vide the greatest protection possible w hen
the backrests are in the upright posit ion and
the safety belts are worn correctly. The
more a backrest is reclined, the greater the
ris k of injury due to an incorrect seating po
sition and safety belt posit ion .
Multifunction button
App lies to : vehicles with mult ifunct io n bu tto n
You can adjust the side bolsters using the multi
function button .
.,. If you t urn the mult ifunct ion b utton (D
c> page 44, fig. 42 to the left or right, the side
bolsters on the seat backrests will increase/de
crease the lateral support.
@ Tips
The air in the side bolsters* is released as
soon as the driver's door ope ns. Thi s makes is
possib le to enter and exit the veh icle more
comfo rtably. As soon as you start dr iving the
vehicle, the side bolsters fi ll.
Warm and cold
"'T o switch the seat heating off, press the~ but-
ton repeatedly unti l the LED turns off.
The seat heating sw itches automatically from
setting 3 to setting 2 after 10 minutes.
When seat h eat ing sh ould not be switched
on
Do n ot turn the seat heating on under the follow
ing circumstances:
- T he seat is unoccupied .
- The seat is covered with a seat cover .
- The seat is covered with a child seat.
- The seat is damp or wet.
A WARNING
Individuals with reduced sensitivity to pain or
temperature could develop burns when using
the seat heating function . To reduce the risk
of injury, these individuals should not use
seat heat ing .
(D Note
To avoid damage to the heat ing elements in
the seats, do not kneel on the seats or place
heavy loads on a small area of the seat .
(D Tips
-The setting for the seat heating on the driv
er's side is ass igned to the key that is in use .
- If the front passenger's seat heating is
turned on, it will not turn on again automat
i cally if more than 10 m inutes have passed
between sw itching the ignition off and
switching i t on again.
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Safe dri ving
Safe driving
Basics
Safe driving habits
Please remember -safe ty first!
This chapter contains important information,
tips, instructions and warnings that you need to
read and observe for your own safety, the safety
of your passengers and others. We have summar ized here what you need to know about safety
be lts, a irbags, child restra ints as well as child
safety. Your safety is for us
priority number 1 . Al
ways observe the info rmation and wa rn ings in
this section - for your own safety as well as that
of your passengers.
The information i n this section applies to all
model versions of yo ur vehicle . Some of the fea
tures descr ibed in t his sections may be s tanda rd
equipment on some models, or may be optional
equipment on others . If you are not sure, ask
your authorized Audi dealer.
A WARNING
- Always make sure that you follow the in
structions and heed the WARNINGS in th is
Manual.
It is in your interest and in the in
te rest of your passengers .
- Always keep the comp lete Owner's Litera
ture in your A udi when you lend or sell your
vehicle so that this important information
will always be available to the d river and
passenge rs.
- Always keep the Owner 's literature handy so
that you can find it easily if you have ques
t ions.
Safety equipment
The safety features are part of the occupant re
straint system and work together to help reduce
the risk of injury in a wide variety of occident si t
uations.
Your safety and the safety of your passenge rs
should not be left to chance. Advan ces i n tech
nology have made a var iety of features avai lab le
to help reduce the risk of injury in an accident .
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The following is a list of just a few of the safety
features in your Audi :
- sophis tica ted safety be lts fo r drive r and all pas-
senge r seat ing pos itions,
- safety belt p retensioners,
- safety belt force lim ite rs fo r th e front seats,
- front airbags,
- knee airbags fo r the front seats*
- side airbags in the front seats,
- side curtain airbags with eject ion m itigat ion
features,
- special LATCH anchorages for child restraints,
- adj ustab le steering col umn.
These ind iv idual safety features, can work to
gether as a system to he lp protect you and your
passengers i n a wide range of acc idents. These
fea tures canno t wo rk as a sys tem if they a re not
a lways correc tly adjusted and correct ly used.
Safety is everybody' s responsibilit y!
Important things to do before driving
Safety is everybody's job! Vehicle and occupant
safety always depends on the informed and care
ful driver .
For your safety and the safety of your passen
gers,
before driving alway s:
.. Make sure that all lights and signals are operat
ing correctly .
.. Make sure that the tire pressure is correct .
.. Make sure that all windows are clean and afford
good visibility to the outs ide .
.,. Sec ure all luggage and othe r items ca refully
Q page 185, ~page 47.
.,. Make sure that noth ing can inter fere wi th the
peda ls .
.. Ad just front seat and mirrors cor rectly for your
height.
.. Make sure to use the right child restraint cor
rectly to protect children
Q page 221, Child
safety .
.. Sit p roperly in your seat and make sure t hat
your passenge rs do the same
Q page 44, Seats
and storage.
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Safe driving
A WARNING
Drivers who are unbelted, out of position or
too close to the airbag can be seriously in
jured by an airbag as it unfolds . To help re
duce the risk of serious personal injury:
- Always adjust the driver's seat and the steering wheel so that there are at least 10 in (25 cm) between your breastbone and
the steering wheel.
- Always adjust the driver's seat and the
steering wheel so that there are at least 4 in
(10 cm) between the knees and the lower
part of the instrument panel.
- Always hold the steering wheel on the out
side of the steering wheel rim with your
hands at the 9 o'clock and 3 o'clock posi
tions to help reduce the risk of personal in
jury if the driver's airbag inflates.
- Never hold the steering wheel at the 12 o'clock position or with your hands at
other positions inside the steering wheel
rim or on the steering wheel hub. Holding
the steering wheel the wrong way can cause
serious injuries to the hands, arms and head if the driver's airbag inflates
- Pointing the steering wheel toward your
face decreases the ability of the supplemen
tal driver's airbag to protect you in a colli
sion.
- Always sit in an upright position and never
lean against or place any part of your body
too close to the area where the airbags are
located.
- Before driving, always adjust the front seats
properly and make sure that all passengers
are properly restrained.
- Never adjust the seats while the vehicle is
moving. Your seat may move unexpectedly
and you could lose control of the vehicle.
- Never drive with the backrest reclined or
tilted far back! The farther the backrests are
tilted back, the greater the risk of injury due
to incorrect positioning of the safety belt
and improper seating position.
- Children must always ride in child seats ¢
page 221. Special precautions apply
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when installing a child seat on the front passenger seat¢
page 197.
Proper seating position for the front
passenger
The proper fron t passenger sea ting posi tion is
impor tan t for safe , relaxed driving.
For your own safety and to reduce the risk of in
jury in the event of an accident, we recommend
that you adjust the seat for the front passenger
to the following position:
.,. Adjust the angle of the seatback so that it is in
an upright position and your back comes in full
contact with it whenever the vehicle is moving.
.,. Keep both feet flat on the floor in front of the
front passenger seat.
.,. Fasten and wear safety belts correctly
¢ page 193.
For detailed information on how to adjust the
front passenger's seat, see ¢
page 44.
.&, WARNING
Front seat passengers who are unbelted, out
of position or too close to the airbag can be
seriously injured or killed by the airbag as it
unfolds. To help reduce the risk of serious
personal injury:
- Passengers must always sit in an upright po
sition and never lean against or place any
part of their body too close to the area
where the airbags are located.
- Passengers who are unbelted, out of posi tion or too close to the airbag can be seri
ously injured by an airbag
as it unfolds with
great force in the blink of an eye.
- Always make sure that there are at least
10 in (25 cm) between the front passen
ger's breastbone and the instrument panel.
- Always make sure that there are at least 4 in
(10 cm) between the front passenger's
knees and the lower part of the instrument
panel.
- Each passenger must always sit on a seat of
their own and properly fasten and wear the safety belt belonging to that seat .
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-Before driving, always adjus t the front pas
senger seat properly.
- Always keep your feet on the floor in front
of the seat. Never rest them on the seat, in
strument panel, out of the window, etc. The
airbag system and safety belt will not be
able to protect you properly and can even in
crease the risk of injury in a crash .
- Never drive with the backrest reclined or
t ilted fa r back! The farther the backrests are
t il ted back, the greater the risk of in ju ry due
to incorrect positioning of the safety belt
and improper se ating position.
- Children must a lways ride in child seats
¢ page 221. Special precautions apply
when insta lling a child seat on the front
passenge r seat
¢ page 19 7.
Proper seating positions for passengers in
rear seats
Rear seat passengers must sit upright wi th both
feet on the floor consistent with their physical
size and be properly restrained whenever the ve
hicle is in use.
To reduce the risk o f injury caused by an incorrect
seating position in the event of a sudden braking
maneuver or an accident, yo ur passengers on the
rear bench seat must a lways observe the follow
ing:
• Make s ure that the seatback is sec urely latched
in the upright pos ition
¢ page 49.
• Keep both feet flat in the footwell in front of
the rear seat.
• Fasten and wear safety be lts properly
¢ page 193 .
• Make su re that children are always properly re
st rained in a ch ild res traint that is approp riate
for their size and age
¢ page 221 .
A WARNING
Passengers who are improperly seated on the
rear seat can be seriously injured in a crash .
- Each passenger m ust always sit on a seat of
their own and properly fasten and wear the
safety belt belonging to that seat .
Safe driv ing
- Safety belts only offer maxim um protection
when the seatback is securely latched in the
upright pos ition and the safety belts are
properly posit ioned on the body . By not sit
ting upright, a rear seat passenger increases
the risk of personal injury from improperly
positioned safety belts!
Examples of improper seating positions
The occupant restraint system can only reduce
the risk of injury if vehicle occupants are properly
seated .
Improper seat ing positions can cause ser ious in
jury or death . Safety belts ca n only work when
they a re properly positioned on the body. Im
prope r seat ing positions red uce the effectiveness
of safety be lts an d will even inc rease the risk of
injury and deat h by moving the safety belt to cr it
ical areas of the body. Improper seating posi tions
also increase the risk of se rious i njury and death
when an airbag dep loys and strikes an occ upant
who is not in the proper seating posit ion. A dr iver
is responsible for the safety of all veh icle occu
pants and espec ially for children . Therefore :
• Never allow anyone to assume an incorrect
seating position when the vehicle is being used
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The following bulletins list on ly some samp le po
s itions that will increase the r isk of serious injury
and death . Our hope is that these examples will
make yo u more aware of seating positions that
are dangerous .
Therefore, whenever the vehicle is mov ing :
-neve r stand up in the vehicle
- never stand on the seats
- neve r kneel on the seats
- neve r ride wit h the sea tback recl ined
- neve r lie down on the rear seat
- never lean up against the instrument panel
- never s it on the edge of the seat
- neve r sit sideways
- never lean out the window
- neve r put your feet o ut the wi ndow
- neve r put your feet on t he i nstr ument pane l
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- never rest your feet on the seat cushion or back
of the seat
- never ride in the footwell
- never ride in the cargo area
_& WARNING
Improper seating posit ions increase the r isk
of serious personal injury and death whenever
a vehicle is being used .
- Always make sure that all vehicle occupants
stay in a proper seating position and are
properly restrained whenever the vehicle is
being used.
Driver and passenger
side footwell
Important safety instructions
_& WARNING
Always make sure that the knee airbag can in
flate without interference . Objects between
yourself and the airbag can increase the risk
of injury in an acc ident by interfering with the
way the airbag deploys or by being pushed in
to you as the airbag deploys.
- No persons (children) or animals shou ld ride
in the footwell in front of the passenger
seat .
If the airbag dep loys, this can result in
serious or fatal injuries.
- No objects of any kind should be carried in
the footwell area in front of the driver's or
passenger 's seat. Bulky objects (shopping
bags, for example) can hamper or prevent
proper deployment of the airbag. Small ob
jects can be thrown through the vehicle if
the airbag deploys and injure you or your passengers .
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Pedal area
' Pedals
The pedals must always be free to move and
must never be interfered with by a floor mat or
any other object.
Make sure that all pedals move freely withou t in
terference and that nothing prevents them from
returning to their orig inal positions .
Only use floor mats that leave the pedal area free
and can be secured with floor mat fasteners .
If a brake circuit fails, increased brake pedal trav
el is required to bring the vehicle to a full stop.
_& WARNING
Pedals that cannot move freely can cause loss
of vehicle control and increase the risk of seri
ous injury.
- Never place any objects in the driver's foot
well. An object could get into the pedal area
and interfere with pedal function . In case of
sudden braking or an acc ident, you would
not be able to b rake or acce lerate!
-Always make sure that nothing can fall or
move into the driver's footwell.
Floor mats on the driver side
Always use floor mats that can be securely at tached to the floor mat fasteners and do not in
terfere with the free movement of the pedals.
.. Make sure that the floor mats are properly se
cured and cannot move and interfere with the
pedals
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Use only floor mats that leave the pedal area un
obstructed and that are firmly secured so that
they cannot slip out of position . You can obta in
su itable floor mats from your author ized Audi
Dealer.
Floor mat fasteners are installed in your Audi.
Floor mats used in your vehicle must be attached
to these fasteners . Properly securing the f loor
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