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-Children on the front seat of any car, even
with Advanced Airbags, can be seriously in
jured or even killed when an airbag inflates.
- Never let a child stand or kneel on the seat .
- Never let a child ride in the cargo area of
your vehicle.
-Always remember that a child leaning for ward, sitting sideways or out of position in any way during an accident can be struck by
a deploying airbag. This will result in serious
personal injury or death.
- If you must install a booster seat on the
front passenger seat because of exceptional
c ircumstances the
PA SSENGER AIR BAG
OFF ~;
light must come on and stay on,
whenever the ignition is switched on.
- If the
PAS SENG ER AIR BAG OFF~; light
does not come on and stay on, perform the
checks described ¢
page 207, Monitoring
the Advanced Airbag System.
- If the PASSE NGE R AIR BAG OFF~; light
does not come on and stay on wheneve r the
ignition is switched on the infla ting airbag
will hit the child safety sea t or i nfant c arr ier
with great force and will smash the child safety seat and child against the backrest,
center armrest, door or roof . Have the air
bag system inspected immediately by your
Audi dealer.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when
ever using a child restrained in a veh icle is
being used¢
page 189, Safety belts,
¢ page 196, Airbag system
and
¢page 218, Important information .
Securing child seats
Securing a child safety seat using a safety
belt
Safety belts for the front passenger con be
locked with the convertible locking retractor to
properly secure child safety seats .
The safety belt emergency locking retractor for
the front passenger's seat safety belt have a con
vertible locking retractor for chi ld restraints . The
safety belt must be locked so that belt webbing
cannot unreel. The retractor can be activated to
Ch ild safety
lock the safety belt and prevent the safe ty be lt
webbing from loosening up during norma l driv
ing. A chi ld safety seat can only be properly in
stalled when the safety belt is locked so that the child and ch ild safety seat will stay in p lace.
Always remember : Even though your vehicle is
equipped with an Advanced Airbag system, a
child should always r ide in the seat properly re
strained for its age and s ize.
A WARNING .,.__
Improperly installed ch ild safety seats in
crease the risk of serious personal injury and
death in a co llision .
-
-Always make sure that the safety belt re
tractor is locked when installing a child
safety seat. An un locked safety be lt retrac
tor cannot hold the ch ild safety seat in place
du ring normal driving or in a c rash.
- Always buckle the child safety seat fi rm ly in
p lace even if a ch ild is not sitt ing in it. A
loose chi ld safety seat can fly around during
a sudden stop or in a co llision.
- If the backrest is not securely latched, the
child and the ch ild restraint will be thrown
forward together with the backrest and will strike parts of the vehicle interior. The child
can be seriously injured or killed.
- The inflating airbag will hit the ch ild safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child aga inst the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof.
- Forward-facing child safety seats or infant
carriers installed on the front passenger's
seat may interfere w ith the deployment of
the airbag and cause serious in ju ry to the
child.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when
eve r us ing a child restrained in a vehicle is
be ing used
¢ page 218. Special p recautions
apply when ins ta lli ng a child safety seat on
the front passenge r seat¢
page 197, Child
restraints on the front seat -some impor -
tant things to know . ..,
227

Child safet y
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 rearwa rd-facing
child restraint is insta lled on the front pas
senger seat, t he
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
~; light mus t come on and stay on whenev
e r t he ignition is sw itche d on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; light
does not come on and stay on, perform the
checks described~
page 207, Monitoring
the Advanced Airbag System.
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; light
does not come on and stay on whenever the
ignition is switched on the inflating air bag
will hit the c hild safety seat o r infant carrier
with great force and will smash the child
safety seat and child against the backrest, center armrest, door or roof. Have the air
bag system inspected immediately by your
Audi dealer.
- Improper installation of ch ild restraints can
red uce their effect iveness or even prevent
t h em from p roviding any p rotection .
-An improperly installed c hild rest raint can
interfere w ith the airbag as it deploys and
seriously injure or even kill the child.
- Always carefully follow the manufac turer 's
instructions p rovided w ith the ch ild safety
seat or car rier.
- After checking to ma ke sure that the child
restra int is prope rly installed, ma ke certai n
t h at the child res traint is co rrec tly recog
ni ze d by the c apac it ive passenger detec tion
system in the front passenger sea t and that
the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~. light sig
nals the correct front passenger frontal air
bag status.
A WARNING
Forward-fac ing ch ild rest raints:
- Always make sure the forward-facing seat
has been designed and cert ified by its man
ufact urer for use on a front seat with a pas
senger front and side a irbag .
228
-Never put the fo rwa rd-facing child restraint
up, against o r very near the instrument pan
el.
- Always move the passenge r seat into its
rearmost posit ion in the seat's fo re and aft
ad justment range , as far away from the a ir
bag as poss ible before installing the for
ward-facing chi ld restraint. The back res t
m ust be adjusted to an upr ight position.
- Ma ke sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF ~;
light comes on and stays on all the
time w heneve r the ig nition is switched o n.
A WARNING
R earward-faci ng chi ld restrain ts:
- A child in a rearward-fac ing ch ild safety seat
installed on the fron t passenger seat will be
serious ly injure d and can be killed if t he
front airbag infl ates -even with an Ad
vance d Ai rb ag System.
- The infl ating air bag will h it t he ch ild safety
sea t or i nfan t car rier with great force an d
w ill smash the child safety seat and child
aga inst the backrest, center a rm rest, door
or roof.
- Always be especially carefu l if yo u must in
stall a rea rward facing child safety seat on
the front passenge r seat in exceptiona l cir
cumstances.
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF ~;
light comes on and stays on all the
time wheneve r the ign it ion is switched on.
- If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; light
does not come on and stay on, have the air
bag system inspected by you r Audi dealer.
Activating the convertible locking retractor
Use the convertible locking retractor to secure a
child restraint.
A lways heed the chi ld safety seat manufacturer's
i nst ruct ions when insta lling a child restra int i n
yo ur vehicle. To activate the convertib le locking
r etractor:
.,. Place the chi ld restraint on a seat .
.,. Slowly p ull the belt
all the way out .

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~ Route it around or through the child restraint
belt path
¢ .&_.
~ Push the child safety seat down with your full
weight to get the safety be lt really tight.
~ I nsert the belt tongue into the buckle for that
seating position .
~ Guide the safety belt back into the retractor un
t il the belt lies flat and snug on t he chi ld safety
seat.
~ You should hear a "clicking" no ise as the belt
winds back into the inertia reel. Test the con
vertib le locking retractor by pu lling on the belt .
You should no longer be able to pu ll 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 qu ickly.
~ Pullon the belt to make sure the safety belt is
properly tig ht and fastened so that the seat
cannot move forward and s ideways more than
1 in (2 .5 cm) .
A 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 install ing a child
safety seat. An unlocked safety belt retrac
tor cannot hold the child safety seat in place
dur ing 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 ch ild restraint is installed is in an up
right position. Othe rw ise, the seatback with
the ch ild safety seat attached to it could fly
forward in the event of an accident o r other
emergency sit uation .
- Always read and heed all WARN INGS when
ever using a child res trained in a veh icle is
being used
¢ page 218. Spec ia l precautions
apply when installing a child safety seat on
the front passenger seat ¢
page 19 7, Child
Child safety
restraints on the front seat -some impor
tant things to know.
Deactivating the convertible locking
retractor
The convertible locking retractor for child re
straints will be deactivated automatically when
the belt is wound all the way back into the re
tractor .
~ Press the red button on the safety belt buckle.
The belt tongue will pop out of the buckle.
~ Guide the safety belt all the way back into its
stowed posit ion.
Always let the safety belt retract completely into its stowed posit ion. The safety belt can now be
u sed as an ord inary safety belt without the con
vertible locking retractor for c hild restraints .
If the convertible locking retractor should be ac
t ivated inadvertently, the safety belt must be un
fastened and guided complete ly back into its
stowed pos ition to deactivate th is feature. If the
conve rtible locking retractor is not deactivated,
the safety be lt will g radually become t igh ter and
u ncomfortab le to wear.
A WARNING ,...___ -
Improperly installed child safety seats in
crease the risk of serious personal injury and
death in a co llision.
- Never unfasten the safety belt to deactivate
the convertible locking retractor for child re
stra ints wh ile the vehicle is moving. You
would not be restrained and could be seri
ously injured in an accident .
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when
ever us ing a child restrained in a vehicle is
be ing used
¢ page 218. Special precautions
apply when instal ling a child safety seat on
the front passenge r seat¢
page 197, Child
restraints on the front seat -some impor
tant things to know.
229

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Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 6
Changing e ng ine o il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Changing light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
C harg ing the b attery (mob ile dev ices) . . . . 16 2
C hi ld restraint
Danger of us ing ch ild restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
C hi ld restraints
Where can I get additional informat io n
about ch ild restrai nts and their use? . . . . 230
Chi ld safety . ... .... .. .... ... .. .. .... . 2 18
Important safety instructions for using chi ld
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
C hi ld safety sea ts
Booste r seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Convertible c hild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
H ow do I proper ly install a child safety seat
. h' l ? inmyve ice ................. .. .. .. . 221
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
C hild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
C igare tte lighte r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
C lea ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
266
C lea ning/ removing ice from windows . . . . . 268
C lea ning Alcanta ra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
C leaning artificia l leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
C le anin g ca rbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268, 269
C lea ning contro ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
C leaning decorative parts and trim . . . . . . . 268
C lea ning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
C leaning exhaust tail p ipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
C lean ing plast ic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
C lea ning rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
C leaning seat covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
C le ani ng ta il lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
C lea ning text iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
C leaning the A udi virt ual cockpit . . . . . . . . . 268
C lea ning the instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . 268
C lean ing the wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
C lima te con trol system (automatic)
Ad justing ai r ven ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Ad justing the air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Ad justing the temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
A ir dist ribution, air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
AUTO (automatic mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Index
B lower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Cont rols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Defrosting the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Rear w indow defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Recirculation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
C limate contro l system (manua l)
Adjusting the a ir vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Clock .... .. .... .. .. ................. 175
Clos ing
Hood . ........ .. .. ................. 236
Windows ..... .. .. .................. 30
Closing/open ing
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
With the centra l locki ng switch . . . . . . . . . 28
With the conven ience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Closing a nd opening
With the door loc k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Coc kp it (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Command (vo ice recogn ition system) . . . . . 108
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
C ompliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 96
Conference call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Connect ion manager
176
Connections
refer to M edi a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156, 164
Connect ion settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Cons umer i nfo rmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Cons ume r Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 7
Consumption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 290
Contacting NH TSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Contacts Additional directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
I m po rting/expo rting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Memo ry c apacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 24
Sea rching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Showing details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Storing as destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Cont rol bu ttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Cont rol knob with joyst ick function . . . . . . . 101
Convenience key Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Stopping the eng ine (START ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
299

Index
Convenience opening/closing
Convert ible ch ild safety seats
Convertible locking ret ractor .
. . . . . . . . . . . 31
224
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 228
Cooling mode (climate contro l system) . . . . 53
Cooling system Add ing coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Coolant leve l checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Coolant temperature indicato r . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
C rank (power top emergency operation) . . . . 3 7
Crash data recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Cross hairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
C ru ise control system
Changing spee d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Pr esele ct ing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Sw itching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
sw itch ing on .... ... .. ..... ... .. .. ... .
72
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Current fuel consumption 23
D
Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
D ata protec tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4, 156
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Date. ... .. .. .... ... . ...... ... .. .. ... 175
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Decl arat ion o f compliance
Au di side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Ce ll phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Electronic immob ilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Garage door opener (Home link) . . . . . . . . 296
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
D efrost ing (windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
D EF ( inst rument cluste r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Deluxe automatic cl imate control
refer to Climate control system (automatic) .5.3
Determin ing cor rec t load limi t . . . . . . . . . . 259
D ig ita l compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Dimmi ng the rea rview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
300
D irec to ry
refer to Contacts
D isplay
refer to Aud i virt ual coc kp it (ins trumen t
122
cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 22
D istance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Driver informat io n system . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 , 22
Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Outs ide temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Se rvice interva l display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Drives
refer to Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156, 164
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Drivi ng econom ically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
D riving safe ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
D rivi ng thro ugh water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
D ust filter
refer to Pollutant fi lter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
DVD d rive (med ia d rives) 157
Dynam ic volume
refer to System volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
E
E-mail
120
Econom ica l rou te . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
E lectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . . 62
E lectromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
El ec tron ic diffe re ntia l lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
E lectronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
E lec tronic spee d limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
E lec tron ic stabilization control (ESC) . . . . . . 88
Ind icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Spo rt mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Emergency ass istance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Emergency f las her . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Emergency f ueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Emergen cy lo ck ing t he doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Emergency locking the front passenger door 29
Emergency ope ration
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Fuel f iller door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234