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brake rotors and pads by caref ull y applying
the brakes several t imes .
-If the front spoiler is damaged or you install
another spoiler, make sure the front wheel
brakes are vent ilated properly. Otherwise,
the brake system could overheat, wh ich re
duces the ir effectiveness .
- Failure of a brake circuit impairs b raking
performance , which increases brak ing dis
tance. Avoid driving the vehicle and have it
towed it to the nearest author ized Audi
dealer or author ized A udi Se rvice Facility.
- Never let the vehicle roll while t he engine is
stopped because this increases the risk of a n
acc iden t.
- If the bra ke booste r is not working, you will
have to press m uch ha rder on the bra ke
ped al to compensate for the lac k of th e
booster.
- Never let the brakes "rub " by pressing the
pedal light ly when bra king is no t actually
ne cessary . T his cause s the brakes to over
hea t and i ncre ases br aking di stance and
ca uses wear.
- B efo re driv ing downh ill a long dis tance on a
steep h ill, decrease your speed and se lec t a
l ower gear . This makes use of the engine
braking effect and relieves the brakes . If
you need to b rake additionally, brake in in
tervals and not continuously.
@ Tips
- If the brake booste r is not working, you
must press the brake pedal with much more
fo rce than normal.
- If you retrofit yo ur vehicle with a front spoil
er, whee l
covers or similar items, make sure
that the air flow to the front whee ls is not
i nterr upted . Otherw ise the brake system
ca n become too hot .
Intelligent Technology
Electromechanical
steering
The electromechanical steering supports the
driver 's steering movements .
Power steering adap ts elec tronically based on
the ve hicle speed.
Indicator light s and message s
• Steering: malfun ction! Please stop vehicle
If this indica to r li ght tur ns on and st ays on and
t hi s message appea rs, the powe r steering may
have failed.
Stop t he vehi cle in a safe location as soon as pos
s ible. Do
not cont inue drivi ng. See an autho riz ed
Audi dealer or authorized A udi Service Fac ility for
assistance .
l;r- ij S teering : malfun ction! You may continue
driving
If the indicator light turns on, the steering wheel
may be more d ifficult to
move or more sensit ive
t h an usua l. Th e steer ing whee l may a lso be at an
angle when d riving s trai ght.
D rive slowly to an a uthorized Audi dea ler or au
t h orized Audi Serv ice Facility to have the mal
funct ion corre cted.
(D Tips
If the . or l;r, ij ind icator light only s tays on
fo r a short time, you may continue d riving.
All wheel drive (quattro)
In all wheel drive, all four wheels are powered.
General information
In all whee l dr ive, the dr iv ing power is divided be
tween all four wheels . This happens automatical
ly depending on you r dr iv ing behav ior as we ll as
t h e cur rent road condi tions. A lso see ~
page 88,
Elec tronic stabilization con trol ( ESC).
T he all whee l dr ive concept is des igned for high
engine power . You r vehicle is except ionally pow
erfu l and has excellent driv ing cha racteristics
bot h unde r normal d rivi ng conditions and o n
91

Fuses and bulbs
Interior fuse assignment
Fig. 208 Vehicle inter ior: fuse assignme nt
No. Equipment
Fl Power top control modu
le (Roadster)
F2 Power top control module (Roadster)
F3 ESC control module
F4 Central computer processor (MIB-2)
FS Gateway
F6 Anti-theft alarm system Climate control system, selector lever (au-
F7 tomatic transmission), parking heater,
rear window heater relay coil
Diagnos is, electrical parking brake switch,
F8 light swi tch, rain/light sensor, interior
lighting
F9 Steering column switch module
Fl0 Display
F ll Haldex clutch
F12 MMI area
F 13 Adaptive dampers control module
F14 Climate control system blower
FlS Electronic steering co lumn lock
F16 MMI components, safety be
lt microphone
(Roadster)
282
No . Equipment
F17 Instrument cluster
F18 Rearview camera
F19 Convenience key system control module
F20 Power lumbar support adjustment
F22 Front passenger's side neck heating (Road-
ster)
F23 R
ig ht exterior lighting, on-board compute r
(right)
F 25 Driver's s
ide door (for example power win-
dows)
F26 Seat heating
F28 AMI H igh med ia port
F29 On-board computer
F31 Left on-board computer
F32 Driver assistance systems
F33 Airbag
Socket relay, interior sound, back-up light
F34 switch, temperature sensor, oil level sen-
sor
Diagnosis, headlight range control system,
F35 air quality sensor, automatic dimming
rearview mirror
F36 Right cornering light/ r ight LED-h eadlight
F37 Left cornering light/ left LED-headlight
F38 E
ng ine control module, ESC control mod-
ul e
F39 Front passenger's side door (for example
power windows)
F40 Cigarette lighter, sockets
F41 SCR relay and delivery unit
F42 Central locking area
F43 On-board computer
F45 Power adjustable driver's side seat
F46 Driver's side neck heat ing (Roadster)
F49 Starter, clutch sensor
FS0 ESC valves
F53 Rear window defogger
The power seats* are protected v ia
circuit break
ers
that automatically switch on after a few sec
onds after the overload has been reduced.

Index
AUTO Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 53
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Auto Lock (central locking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Automatic climate control system
refer to Climate control system (automatic) .S3
Automatic key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Hill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
La unch Control-Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Selector lever emergency release . . . . . . . . 71
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Shifting manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Steering wheel with shift paddles. . . . . . . . 68
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Automatic zoom (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Brakes . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 62
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Braking Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Break-in security feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Breaking in New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Browser
refer to Media center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Bulb failure (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Buttons Control panel (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 20, 22
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 C
AUX input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Average fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
B
BACK button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Balance (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Bass (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Battery Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Better route (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Blower (climate control system) . . . . . . . . . . 53
Bluetooth Aud io player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Connecting a cell phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Brake fluid Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 242
298
Cable (USB adapter/AUX connector cable) 162
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 235
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Call list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Call options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Capacities Fuel tank ..... ... .. .. ............... 291
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Cargo area
refer to Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . 185
CD drive (media drives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Cell phone Playing music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
also refer to Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Centra l locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Power windows . ... .. ................ 31
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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

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Cleaning the rearview came ra . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
also refer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . 83, 84
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Rear parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Parking (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 66
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
PASSENGER AIR BAG light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Paths (Owner's Manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Pause (audio/video file) ............. 21, 164
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Phone book
refer to Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 190
Playback (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Point of interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Point of interest search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Pollen filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Pollutant filter .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 52
Power seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Emergency operation. ......... .. .. .. .. 37
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
M essages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power windows
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Pregnant women Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Index
Presets Li st
refer to Favorit es ... ................ .
Presets (radio) .. .................... .
Pressure (tires)
Program guide 153
153
264
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Programming (steering wheel button) . . . . . 21
Prompt
refer to Command (voice recognition sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 182
Proper safety be lt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Proper seating position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Protecting 268
Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? 190
R
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Radio text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Rain/light sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Intermittent (windshield w ipers) . . . . . . . . 43
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Random
refer to Shuffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Rear lid Escape latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
also refer to Luggage compartment lid . . . 29
Rear spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 83, 84
Rearv iew mirror d imm ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Recirculation mode (climate control system) 54
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
305