Consumer information
scope of maintenance and repairs which can be
carried out by vehicle owners.
Also, safety and
environmental
concerns place very strict limits
on the nature of repairs and adjustments to en
gine and transmission parts which an owner can
perform .
Maintenance, adjustments and repairs usually re
quire special tools, testing devices and other
equipment available to specially trained work
shop personnel in order to assure proper per
formance, reliability and safety of the vehicle and
its many systems .
Improper maintenance, adjustments and repairs
can impair the operation and reliability of your
vehicle and even void your vehicle warranty.
Therefore, proof of servicing in accordance with
the maintenance schedule may be a condition for
upholding a possible warranty claim made within
the warranty period.
Above all, operational safety can be adversely af
fected, creating unnecessary risks for you and
your passenger.
If in doubt about any servicing, have it done by
your authorized Audi dealer or any other properly
equ ipped and qualified workshop. We strongly
urge you to give your authorized Audi dealer the
opportunity to perform all scheduled mainte
nance and necessary repairs. Your dealer has the
facilities, original parts and trained specialists to keep your vehicle running properly.
Performing limited maintenance yourself
The following pages describe a limited number of procedures which can be performed on your vehi
cle with ordinary tools, should the need arise and
trained personnel be unavailable. Before per
forming any of these procedures, always thor
oughly read all of the applicable text and careful
ly follow the instructions given. Always rigorously
observe the
WARNINGS provided.
Before you check anything in the engine com
partment, always read and heed all WARNINGS
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A WARNING
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- Serious personal injury may occur as a result
of improperly performed maintenance, ad
justments or repairs .
- Always be extremely careful when working
on the vehicle. Always follow commonly ac
cepted safety practices and general com
mon sense. Never risk personal injury.
- Do not attempt any of the maintenance,
checks or repairs described on the following pages if you are not fully familiar with these
or other procedures with respect to the ve hicle, or are uncertain how to proceed.
- Do not do any work without the proper tools
and equipment. Have the necessary work
done by your authorized Audi dealer or an
other properly equipped and qualified work
shop.
- The engine compartment of any motor vehi
cle is a potentially hazardous area. Never
reach into the area around or touch the radi
ator fan. It is temperature controlled and
can switch on suddenly - even when the en
gine is off. The radiator fan switches on au
tomatically when the coolant reaches a cer
tain temperature and will continue to run
until the coolant temperature drops.
- Always switch off the ignition before anyone
gets under the vehicle.
- Always support your vehicle with safety
stands if it is necessary to work underneath
the vehicle. The jack supplied with the vehi
cle is not adequate for this purpose and
could collapse causing serious personal in
Jury.
- If you must work underneath the vehicle
with the wheels on the ground, always make
sure the vehicle is on level ground, that the
wheels are always securely blocked and that
the engine cannot be started.
- Always make sure the transmission selector
lever (automatic transmission) is in P (Park
position) and the park brake is applied. ..,
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@ For the sake of the environment
-Changing the engine settings will adversely
affect emission levels. This is detrimental to
the environment and increases fuel con
sumption.
-Always observe environmental regulations
when disposing of old engine oil, used brake
fluid, dirty engine coolant, spent batteries
or worn out tires.
- Undeployed airbag modules and pretension
ers might be classified as Perchlorate Mate
rial -special handling may apply, see
www .dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlo
rate . When the vehicle or parts of the re
straint system including airbag modules
safety belts with pretensioners are scrap
ped, all applicable laws and regulations
must be observed. Your authorized Audi
dealer is familiar with these requirements
and we recommend that you have your deal er perform this service for you.
Accessories and
technical changes
Additional accessories and parts replacement
Always consult on authorized Audi dealer before
purchasing accessories.
Your vehicle incorporates the latest safety design
features ensuring a high standard of active and passive safety.
This safety could be compromised by non-ap proved changes to the vehicle. For this reason, if
parts have to be replaced, please observe the fol
lowing points when installing additional accesso
ries:
Approved Audi accessories and genuine Audi parts are available from authorized Audi dealers.
These dealers also have the necessary facilities, tools and trained specialists to install the parts
and accessories properly .
Consumer information
A WARNING
Using the wrong spare parts or using non-ap
proved accessories can cause damage to the
vehicle and serious personal injury.
- Use only accessories expressly approved by
Audi and genuine Audi spare parts
- These parts and accessories have been spe
cially designed to be used on your vehicle.
- Do not use license plate brackets in the
front area that are different from the one
installed at the factory, or add additional li
cense plate brackets.
- Never install accessories such as telephone
cradles or beverage holders on airbag covers
or within the airbag deployment zones. Do
ing so will increase the risk of injury if air
bags are triggered in an accident!
- Before you check anything in the engine
compartment, always read and heed all
WARNINGS Qpoge 235.
(D Note
-If items other than genuine Audi spare
parts, add-on equipment and accessory
items are used or if repair work is not per
formed according to specified methods, this
can result in severe damage to your vehi
cle's engine and body (such as corrosion)
and adversely affect your vehicle's warranty.
- If emergency repairs must be performed
elsewhere, have the vehicle examined by an
authorized Audi dealer as soon as possible.
- The manufacturer cannot be held liable for
damage which occurs due to failure to com
ply with these stipulations.
Technical Modifications
Our guidelines must be complied with when tech
nical modifications ore mode.
Always consult an authorized Audi dealer
before
starting work on any modifications.
This will help ensure that vehicle function, per
formance and safety are not impaired
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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
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Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
E me rgency release
Selec to r l eve r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Emi ssions data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
E nergy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Eng ine
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59, 60
Starting w it h jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Eng ine compartment
Opening/closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Ove rview. ...................... ... . 237
Safety preca utions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Engine control (indicato r light) . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5
E ng ine oi l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Adding .. .. .. ............... .. ..... 239
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 0
Checking the oil leve l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Dipstick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
O il consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Specification and viscos ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7
Engine speed limitatio n (indicator light) . . . 15
E nter ing characters/numbers (speller) . . . . 102
Enter ing letters (speller) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
E nvironment
Proper disposal of d rained engine oil . . . . 24 0
Unleaded gaso line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
E xte rio r ligh ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Exterior mirrors
Adj ust ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
D immi ng . ..... ........... ...... ... .. 43
H eating .. .. .. ............... .. .... .. 42
External voice operat ion................ 113
F
Factory default settings (MMI)
176
F ader (so und) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Fasten ing
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Conve rtible c hild safety sea ts . . . . . . . . . . 224
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Index
Fast forwarding/rewind ing (a udio/video
file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
F ast forwarding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . 164
Fast route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
F avorites
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Nav igation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Telephone.......................... 119
F ile fo rmats (media d rives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18S
F og lights/rea r fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Foot peda ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Footwell lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
F or the sake o f the env ironmen t
Environmentally -friend ly driving . . . . . . . . 57
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Leaks. .... .... ................... .. 236
F ree text search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Medi a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
F ree ze p ro tection
Coo lant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 41
Freq uency band .... .............. 151, 153
F ront airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
F rontal collisions and the laws o f physics . . 190
Front seats Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Child restra ints in the fron t sea t . . . . . . . . 1 97
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
B lended gaso line ... .. ... ..... .... ... 231
Cons umption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
C urren t fu el consum ption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
E thano l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 31
F uel fi lle r nec k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Gasoline addit ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Sav ing fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 80
301