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.
Driving
Avoid full acc ele ra tion
You sho uld rare ly travel at the maximum vehicle
speed . High speeds cause a disp roportionately
high increase in fuel consumption, emissions and
traffic noise . Slower driving saves fuel.
Reduce idling time
It pays off to stop the engi ne, for examp le when
at rai lro ad crossings or tr affic lights with longer
red lights . Stopping the engine for 30 -40 sec
onds already saves more fuel than the amount of
extra fuel needed to resta rt the engine.
It t akes a very long time in idle to wa rm the en
g ine up to operating tempe ra ture . Wear and
emissions are especially high in the warm-up
p hase . Therefore, yo u should begin driving im
mediately after starting the engine. Avoid high
RPMs while do ing th is.
Have ma intenanc e performed r egularly
By having maintenance performed regular ly on
your vehicle, yo u can help to reduce f uel con
sumpt ion before you even start to dr ive. The
maintenance condition of your vehicle not only
affects traffic safety and long-term value but a l
so impacts
fuel consumpt ion .
A poorly maintained engine can lead to fuel con
sumpt ion that is 10% higher than normal.
A lso check the
oil le vel when refueling . The o il
consumption
depends large ly on the engine load
and speed. It is normal for the oil consumpt ion
of a new eng ine to reach its lowest point only af
ter a certain amount of use. Therefore, the oil
consumption can o nly be properly judged after
approx imately 3,000 m i (S,000 km) have been
d riven.
Avoid short trips
The engine and exhaust cleaning system must
reach the ir opt imal
operating temperature to ef
fectively red uce consumption and em iss ions.
A co ld engine uses a disproportionately h igh
amount of fuel. The engine reaches operating
temperature and consumpt io n normalizes only
afte r approximately
four kilometers.
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(D Note
Do not leave engine idling unattended after
starting. If warning lights sho uld come on to
i ndicate imprope r operation, they would go
unheeded. Extended idling also produces
h eat, which could result in overheating or
other damage to the vehicle o r other proper
ty.
(D Note
- Have your ve hicle ma intained properly and
in accordance with the service recommenda
t ions i n your Warranty
& M aintenance book
let. La ck of prope r mai nte na nce as we ll as
imp roper use o f the ve hicle will impa ir the
func tion of the emission cont ro l sys tem and
cou ld lead to damage.
- Do not alte r or remove any compone nt of
the Emission Contro l System unless ap
proved by the man ufacturer.
- Do not alte r or remove any dev ice, such as
heat shields, switches, ig nition w ires,
valves, which are designed to protect your
vehicle's Emission Contro l System and other
important veh icle components.
(D Tips
The cons umption estimates as publishe d by
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
(EPA) and Transport Canada may not corre
spond to your actual consumption on the r oad, which wi ll vary depending upon vehicle
l oad and speed, road a nd wea ther conditions,
tr ip length, etc.
Intelligent Technology
greater than the amount being generated in or
der to maintain an optimal vehicle battery charge
level.
(D Tips
- Energy management cannot overcome the laws of physics. Note that the charge level
and length of the vehicle battery life are
limited.
- When the starting ability is jeopardized, the
(•j indicator light turns on¢ page 13.
What you should know
Maintaining the starting ability is the highest
priority.
A lot of stress is placed on the vehicle battery
when driving short distances, during city driving,
and at cold times of the year. A lot of energy is
used but little is generated. It is also critical
when the engine is not running but electrical
equipment is switched on. In this case, energy is used but none is generated .
In situations like this, energy management will
actively regulate the distribution of energy.
Long periods without use
If you do not drive your vehicle for several days or
weeks, electrical equipment is gradually scaled
back or switched off. This reduces energy use and
ensures the vehicle will be able to start after long
periods of time. Some convenience functions
such as opening with the remote control key may not be available . These convenience functions
will be available again once you switch the igni tion on and start the engine.
With the engine switched off
The vehicle battery will drain if you use Infotain ment functions such as listening to the radio
while the engine is switched off .
If the vehicle's ability to start may be impaired by
the energy use, a message will appear in the In
fotainment system display. The message indi cates that the system will switch off automatically soon .
If you would like to continue using the
functions, you must start the engine.
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With the engine running
Although e lectrical energy is generated while
driving , the vehicle battery can drain . This can
happen if little energy is generated but much is
used, and the charge level of the vehicle battery
is not optimal.
To restore the balance of energy , components
that require large amounts of energy are tempo
rarily scaled back or switched off. Heating sys
tems in particular require a great deal of energy.
If you notice, for example, that the seat heating*
or rear window defroster is not working, then it has been temporarily reduced or switched off .
These systems are available again as soon as the energy supply has been restored.
In addition, you may notice that the idle speed
has slightly increased . That is normal and no
cause for concern . By increasing the idling speed ,
the additional required energy will be generated
and the vehicle battery will be charged.
Information about data
recorded by vehicle
control modules
Your vehicle is not equipped with a crash data re
corder . This device is installed by some vehicle
manufacturers to record data about crashes so
that it can be analyzed later. Crash data record
ers are also called "Event Data Recorders (EDR)".
In some legal jurisdictions, it is not permitted to
access or download data recorded by pre-instal
led crash data recorders in order to evaluate a
crash without clear consent of the vehicle owner.
Your vehicle is not equipped with a crash data re
corder. However it does contain a variety of elec
tronic control modules for various vehicle sys
tems such as engine function, exhaust treatment
or airbags and safety belts.
These electronic control modules record vehicle
data during normal driving for diagnosis and re
pair purposes. The recording capability of the
electronic control modules is limited to data only
- no sound is recorded. If the control module de
tects a system malfunction or other change in
status, a very limited amount of data is recorded .,,.
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@ Tips
-Distances to points of interest are shown as
a stra ight-line d istance from the veh icle po
s ition. The actual d istance from your current
location to the point of interest is updated
a utomat ically . The list of found points of in
terest is not reso rted when this happens .
- There may be entries in the list that cannot
be displayed completely due to their length.
If you se lect these list entries using the con
t ro l knob, detailed informa tion about t he
se lected list entry will be show n automati
c all y a fter several secon ds.
Point of interest on line search
App lies to: ve hicles with naviga tion system and Audi co nnect
You can search for points of interest on the In
ternet.
Requ irement: the requirements fo r Audi connect
services must be me t
r::) page 126 .
... Press the I NAV /MAPI button repeated ly until
the Enter destination menu is displayed
r::) page 135, fig . 118 .
... Se lect : left cont rol button > Online search . The
search area las t set is shown in the input field.
- Changing the search area : select and confirm
Search area > a search area from the list.
- Sear ch ing for online destination s in thes e
lected search area :
enter a new city if necessa
r y . E nte r a sea rch te rm such as restau rant. Se
l ect and co nfirm an on lin e destination. Select
and co nfirm
Start route guidance .
- Sear ching for an online de stination in a specif
ic category : select: Select category > desired
category,
s u ch as Hotel s.
Find which search areas a re available under
r::) page 138, Entering a point of interest.
You can search for online dest inat ions using the
voice recognition system¢
table on page 110 .
(D Tips
-Always read the chapter ¢page 132.
-Additional in format ion can be found under
www.audiusa.com /aud iconnect Na
vigation
Accessing destinations from your myAudi
account
Applies to: vehicles wi th naviga tion syste m and A udi connect
Import destinations from your myAudi account
into the MMI.
Requirement: you must have a reg iste red myAud i
account at
my.audiusa.com . You must have ave
hicle sto red in your myAud i accoun t and you
mus t have a destin ation stored .
... Press the
INAV /MAPI button repeatedly u ntil
the
Enter destination menu is displayed
r::) page 135, fig. 118 .
... Select: left control button > myAudi contacts .
.,. If necessa ry, en ter your myA udi user dat a or
your myAudi PIN. The co ntacts store d in myAu
di ar e disp layed.
- Select and confirm a cont act
> desired destina
tion.
- Select and confirm Start route guidance .
@ Tips
-You only nee d to enter the myA udi user da ta
one ti me.
- You can rece ive your myAudi PIN if yo u have
set up a myAud i accoun t. For addi tional i n
forma tio n, see
my .audiusa. com .
Entering a destination using geo
coordinates
Appl ies to : vehicles wi th nav igat io n syste m
... Pr ess the !NAV/MAP I button repeatedly until
the
Enter destination menu is displayed
¢page 135, fig. 118.
... Select: left control button > Geo coordinates .
-Select and confirm either Latitude or Longi
tude .
-Tur n the control knob to change the latit ude/
longitude.
- Press the contro l knob to confirm your input .
- Sele ct and confirm
Start r oute guidance.
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Navig ation
© Color-coded markings along the route indi -
cate the traffic flow@.
Traffic display
Gr een:
traffic is flowing freely
Red : congest ion
Orange : stop-and-go traffic
Shaded markings indicate the leng th of the area
with congestion .
Colored warning symbol s: there is a t raffic inci
dent immediate ly ahead on the route.
Gra yed o ut w arning symbols : traffic inc idents
that are not on yo ur route .
Red warning s ymbo ls : all warning symbols will
be red when route guidance is not active .
The display of colored markings, warning sym bols, etc. can be set in the
Map content menu
c::;,page 146
You can switch off the reception of on line traffic
information at any time
¢ page 147.
Sw itching the traff ic map display on
F or an optimum traffic information display:
I NAV/MAPI bu tton > right cont rol button> Map
se tting s > Map di spla y> Traffi c.
You can a lso display the onlin e traffi c informa
ti on
in the on line map view c::;, page 146 or i n the
s tanda rd map view
c::;, page 143, fig. 124.
(D Tips
- Online t raff ic information is not available in
Canada.
- Always read the chapter
c::;, page 132, About
Audi connect.
- Every vehicle with the On line traffic d ata
funct ion sw itched on has the most accu ra te
r eports of traffic s ituations as well as t raff ic
forecas ting . You r vehicle transmits and
processes its anonymous, encrypted posi
tion information at regular intervals to the
traffic data provider. If yo u do not want to
use this, you can switch
off the online traf
fic info rm ation
function at any time.
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The
online traffic information network is
currently not available in all countries, and
the coverage is not nationwide . Addit ional
information can be found under
www .audiusa.com /audiconnect .
· Traffic information (TMC)
App lies to: vehicles with navigat ion system
.., Press the I NAV /MAPI button repeatedly until
the map is displayed .
.., Select: left control b utton
> Traffic me ssages .
TMC traffic messages are switched on at the fac
tory.
Mult iple traffic messages are summari zed in the
overview under the correspond ing street names
or highway names .
-Displaying all traffi c me ssage s for a street/
highway :
select and conf irm the [ill symbol. A
list of all the traff ic messages for the selected
street/highway is disp layed .
-Opening the detailed vie w of a traff ic mes
s a ge :
if you select an entry from the list , the
traffic information w ill be shown as a map pre
view @
c::;, page 147, fig. 128. Select and con
firm a t raff ic message to d isplay the details fo r
tha t message.
- Displaying th e sele cted traffic message on the
map :
select and confi rm the right cont rol but
ton >
Show on map .
- Di spl aying th e next traffic mes sage on the
map :
press the con trol knob.
Traffic information display
C olor ed warn ing symbol s:
traffic incidents o n
your route are shown in the upper sect ion of the
li st and are sorted acco rding to d istance .
Warning symbols with ~: avo ided traffic inci
dents.
Grayed out warn ing symbol s: traffic incidents
that are not on your route. They are sorted ac cording to road type (expressway, highway, other
road), country and name .
Shaded markings indicate the length of the area
with congest ion. ...,
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Online settings*
- Data connection settings :
see Q pag e 131 ,
C on fig uri ng the d ata connection
- Data usage counter : the am oun t o f data pack
e ts th at ar e sent and r eceived throug h the M MI
is d is pl ayed. You can rese t the dat a usage infor
mation to zero using the
Reset data counter
opt ion.
- Network statu s: the mobile netwo rk provider
for data se rvice as well as t he netwo rk status
are displayed .
Wi-Fi settings*
See 9 p age 130, W i-F i ho tspo t.
SIM PIN settings*
- Automatic PIN entry:
when t his fu nction is
swi tched on@', the S IM PIN is automa tically
saved in t he MMI after it is e nte red for the firs t
t im e. The S IM PIN fo r f our di fferen t SIM car ds
c a n b e save d in t he MM I. W ith the func tion
swit ched o ff, the cu rrently store d SI M P IN i s
deleted from the MMI. When t he a utomat ic
PI N entry is switc hed on, there a re no SI M PIN
prompts.
- Disable PIN query : when switched on, the re are
no SIM PI N quer ies. The a utomat ic PIN entry is
not used in t his case.
- Change PIN : you can change t he PI N on your
SIM card . First enter the c urrent SI M PIN. The
SIM PIN may only contai n dig its 0-9. The new
SIM PIN must be ente red twice for secur ity and
then it w ill be saved to the SI M card.
Apple CarPlay sound settings/ Android Auto
sound settings
Applies to: vehicles with Audi smartphone interface
See Q page 178.
About Apple CarPlay/ About Android Auto
Applies to: vehicles with Audi smartphone interface
Here you will f in d l egal info rmat ion regar ding
the use of Ap ple Ca rPlay or Android Auto a nd in
formation about dev ice-specif ic data exchange.
System settings
Delete CarPlay device/Delete Android Auto
device
Applies to: vehicles with Aud i smartphone interface
Requirement: yo ur cell phone m ust not be con
nected to t he Aud i m usic inter face with a USB
adapter .
T o remove you r cell p hone from the list of a ll ce ll
p hones t hat are a lready paired, se lect and con
firm
Delete CarPlay device or Delete Android Au
to device .
{!) Tips
Some SIM ca rds do not a llow the SI M PIN
q ueries to be sw itche d off.
System update
.,. Select : !ME NUI button> Settings > left control
button >
System maintenance .
- System update :
slide the sto rage device w ith
the update data into t he a pprop riate drive
Q page 156. Se lect and confi rm the dr ive>
Start update . The length of the process de
pe nds on the s ize of the update .
-Reset driver installation : the selected media
driver package is reset to t he settings at the
time of delivery .
-Version information : information on the MMI
software version and the navigation database*
so ftware ve rsi on is d isplayed. The
Software in
formation
fu nction also prov ides info rmat io n
on t he softwa re co nta ined in th e MMI an d the
licensing ag ree ment.
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Wheels
-Have the wheels rebalanced if an imbalance is causing noticeable
vibration in the steering wheel.
If you do not, the tires and other
vehicle components could wear
more quickly.
Treadwear indicator
Original equipment tires contain
treadwear indicators in the tread
pattern, which are bars that are
1/16 in (1.6 mm) high and are
spaced evenly around the tire per pendicular to the running direc
tion¢
fig . 197 . The letters "TWI"
or triangles on the tire sidewall indicate the location of the tread
wear indicators.
The tires have reached the mini mum tread depth
l) when they
have worn down to the tread wear
indicators . Replace the tires with
new ones ¢A.
Tire rotation
Rotating the tires regularly is rec
ommended to ensure the tires
wear evenly. To rotate the tires,
install the t ires from the rear axle
on the front axle and vice versa .
This will allow the tires to have
1> Obey any applicable regulations in your
country.
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approximately the same length of
service life.
For unidirectional tires, make
sure the tires are installed accord
ing to the running direction indi
cated on the tire sidewall
¢page 286.
Hidden damage
Damage to tires and rims can of
ten occur in locations that are hidden. Unusual vibrations in the
vehicle or pulling to one side may indicate that there is tire damage.
Reduce your speed immediately.
Check the tires for damage . If no
damage is visible from the out
side, drive slowly and carefully to
the nearest authorized Audi deal er or authorized Audi Service Fa
cility to have the vehicle inspect
ed.
8_ WARNING
Tread that has worn too low or different tread depths on the
tires can reduce driving safety.
This can especially have a nega
tive effect on handling, on the risk aquaplaning when driving
through water, when driving ,..