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the system, it warns you about vehicles that are
coming closer or that are traveling with you with
in sensor range(!)¢
fig. 81: if a lane change is
classified as critical, the display @ in the exter ior
mirror
¢ fig . 82 turns on.
The display in the left exterior mirror provides as
sistance when making a lane change to the left,
while the d isp lay in the right exterior mirror pro
vides assistance when mak ing a lane change to
the r ight.
Information stage
As long as you do not activate the turn signal,
side assist
informs you about vehicles that are
detected and classified as crit ical. The display in
the m irror turns on, but is dim.
The display remains dim in the information stage
so that your view toward the front is not distur
bed.
Warning stage
If you activate the turn signal, side assist warns
you about vehicles that are detected and classi
fied as critical. The display in the respective mir
ror blinks brightly . If this happens, check traffic
by glancing in the exterior mirrors and over your
shoulder¢ .&
in General information on
page 78.
@ Tips
You can adjust the brightness on of the dis
play on the rearview mirror ¢
page 79.
Assist
General information
Applies to : veh icles w it h Aud i s ide ass ist
Fig . 83 Driv ing s ituat ions
Fig. 84 Rear of t he ve hicle: positio n of the sensors (exam
ple)
S id e assist funct ions at speeds above approxi
mately 19 mph (30 km/h).
@ Approaching vehicles
In certain cases, a vehicle will be classified as
critical for a lane change even if it is still some
what far away. The faster a vehicle approaches,
the sooner the display in the exterior m irror will
turn on.
@ Vehicles traveling with you
Vehicles traveling with yo u are indicated in the
exterior mirror if they are classified as critica l for
a lane change. All vehicles detected by side assist
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Ass is t
are indicated by the time they enter your "blind
spot", at the latest .
@Vehicles you are passing
If you slowly pass a veh icle that side assist has
detected (the d ifference in speed be twee n the
veh icle and your veh icle is less t han 9 mph (15
km/h)), the d isplay in the exterior mirror turns
on as soon as the vehicle enters your blind spot .
The display will not tu rn o n if you quick ly pass a
veh icle tha t side assist has detected (the differ
ence in speed is greate r than 9 mph ( 15 km/h)).
Functional limitations
The rada r senso rs a re designed to detect the left
and right adjacen t lanes when the road lanes a re
the normal wid th . In some s ituat ions, the d isplay
in the exter ior mirror may tur n on even tho ugh
there is no vehicle located in the area that is criti
cal for a lane change. For example:
- If the lanes a re nar row o r if yo ur are dr iving on
the edge of your lane. If this is the case, the system may have detected the vehicle in anoth
er lane t hat is
not adjacent to your current lane.
- If you are dr iv ing t hrough a curve. Side assis t
may react to a vehicle that is one lane over
from the adjacent lane.
- If side assist reacts to other objects (such as high or displaced guard rails) .
- In poor weather condit ions . The side assis t
functions are limited.
Do not cove r the radar sensors¢
fig. 84 w ith
s tick ers, deposits, bicycle whee ls o r othe r ob
jects, beca use they w ill impa ir the f unction . For
information on cleaning, see¢
page 266.
A WARNING
-Always pay attention to traffic and to the
area aro und your vehicle. Side assist cannot
rep lace a dr iver's attention. The drive r alone
is a lways responsible for lane changes and
similar driving maneuvers.
- In some situat io ns, the system may not
function or its funct ion may be limited . For
example:
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- If vehicles are app roaching or being left
behind very q uickly. The disp lay may not
turn on in time.
- In poor weathe r cond it ions such as heavy
r ain, snow or heavy mist.
- On very wide lanes, in tight curves, or if
the re is a r ise in the road surface. Veh icles
i n the adjacent lane may not be detected
because they are outside of the sensor
r ange.
- Aud i side assist can not detect all ve hicles
under all conditions, which can inc rease the
r is k of acciden ts.
- Please note that s ide ass ist only d isp lays ap
proach ing vehicles or veh icles in your blind
spot if your veh icle is traveling a t least
19 mph (30 km/h).
- In ce rtain s ituations, t he sys tem may not
wo rk or its funct ion may be limited. For ex
ample:
- The disp lay may not turn on at the r ight
time if vehicles are approaching or pass ing
very quickly.
- In poor weathe r con ditions, such as heavy
r ain, snow or fog.
- In very wide lanes, in tight c urves o r whe n
the re are slopes in the roadway, vehicles
i n the ne ighboring lanes may not be de
tected because they a re outside of the
senso r range.
(D Note
The sensors can be d isplaced by impacts or
damage to the bumper, wheel housing and underbody. This can impair the system. Have
an authorized Audi dealer or author ized Audi
Service Fac ility check the ir f unct io n.
(D Tips
- If the w indow glass i n the dr iver's door or
front passenger's door has been tinted, the display in t he exterior mirro r may be inco r
rect.
- For an ex planat ion on co nfo rm ity w ith the
FCC reg ulations in the Un ited States and the
In dust ry Can ada regulat io ns, see
¢page 296.

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A/C (climate control system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Activating vibration warning . . . . . . . . . . . .
76
Adjusting steering time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Adapt ive light (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Additional phone ............ .. .. . 115, 176
Adjusting a ir distribution (Cl imate control sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
53
Adjusting the air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Adjusting the center console lighting . . . . . . 42
Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Adjusting the temperature (climate control
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
53
Advanced Airbag System
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Componen ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
203
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
How the components work together . . . . 204
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Advanced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
197
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
H ow do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 205
H ow many airbags does my vehicle have? 203
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system ................. ..... .
213
Knee airbags. ....................... 212
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
PASSENGER AIR BAG light . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Repairs ... . .. .. ............. .. .. .. . 210
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Index
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
When must the system be inspected? . . . 207
Alarm system
refer to Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . 24, 29
Alignment pin (changing the wheel) . . . . . . 272
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
All weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Alternative routes .. .. ................. 143
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
AMI
refer to Audi music interface . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Android Auto
refer to Audi smartphone interface
Announcements (settings)
refer to Voice guidance ........... .. . .
Anti-freeze
173
143
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Anti-lock braking system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Anti-s lip regulat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Apple CarPlay
refer to Audi smartphone interface . . . . . 173
Armrest .......... .. .................. 48
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Aspect rat io (video) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
167
Audi connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Services (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Audi magnetic ride
refer to Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Audi music interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Audi music stream
refer to W i- Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Audio files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Audio player
Bluetooth audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
159
Wi-Fi aud io player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Audio track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 293
Audi smartphone interface ......... 173, 177
Audi virtual cockpit (instrument cluster) . . . . 8
297

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Key... .. .. .. .. .... .. .... ... .. .. .... .. 24
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Key tag with PI N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 25
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Replac ing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Un lock ing/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 27
Un lock ing and locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Key recogn ition (cl imate control system) 52
Kick- down
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
69
Knee airbags . .. ................ .... .. 2 12
D .. escript 1o n ... ............... .. .. .. .
H ow they wo rk .. ........... .. .. .... . 212
213
I mportant safety ins tructions . . . . . . . . . . 213
L
Lane assist
refer to A ct ive lane assis t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Launch Cont rol -P rogram (automatic tra nsmis -
sion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Leather care/clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
269
Leavi ng home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
License agreeme nt (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Lifting points (vehicle jack) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Light
Com ing/Leav ing home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41
H eadlig ht flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0
H eadlig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Low beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sw itching daytime runn ing lights on and off .40
L ight/rai n sensor
H eadlig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39
Indicator ligh t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 43
Lighting
Exte rio r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39
In terior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1
Lights
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39
Fog lights/ rear fog li g ht(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 9
H eadlig ht range contro l system . . . . . . . . .
39
In terior/reading lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1
Par king ligh t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Index
Listening to music
refer to M edia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 56, 164
Load ing the luggage compartment . . . . . . . 185
Locking/unloc king
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26
With the centra l locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . 28
Wi th the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Locking and unlocking
On the doo r lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
29
Low beam headlig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Luggage compartment
Bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
50
Load ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Luggage compartment lid
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
30
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pening c osing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
M
Maintenance .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. 2 93
Maintenance i ntervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Making emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
M alfunction indica to r l amp (M IL) . . . . . . 15, 1 7
Map
Funct ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
145
Map contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
O perat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 6
Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Mechan ica l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 25
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 56, 164
Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Supported formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Media center .. .. .. ... .. .. ..... ... .. ..
Memory capac ity
D irecto ry .. .. .. .. ............... .. . .
Jukebo x ... .. .. . .................. . .
Memory card SD card reader . .. .. ................ .
Suppo rted types/formats .. ..... .. .. . .
165
1 2 3
158
M EN U button ... .. ................. .. .
157
169
96
Menu language
refer to Sett ing the lang uage ... ... .. . .
Menus/symbols 175
105
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
also refer to E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
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