Airbag system
Important safety instructions on the side
airbag system
Airbags are only supplemental restraints. Always
properly wear safety belts and ride in a proper
seating position.
There is a lot that you and your passengers must
know and act accordingly to help the safety belts
and airbags do their job to provide supplemental protection .
A WARNING
An inflating side airbag can cause serious or
fatal injury. Improperly wearing safety belts
and improper seating positions increase the
risk of serious personal injury and death
whenever a vehicle is being used .
- In order to reduce the risk of injury when
the supplemental side airbag inflates:
-Always sit in an upright position and never
lean against the area where the supple-
mental side airbag is located.
- Never let a child or anyone else rest their
head against the side trim panel in the
area where the supplemental side airbag
inflates.
- Always make sure that safety belts are
worn correctly,
- Do not let anyone sitting in the front seat
put their hand or any other parts of their
body out of the window.
- Always make sure that the side airbag can
inflate without interference.
- Never install seat covers or replacement
upholstery over the front seatbacks that have not been specifically approved by
Audi .
- Never use additional seat cushions that cover the areas where the side airbags de
ploy .
- Damage to the original seat covers or to
the seam in the area of the side airbag
module must always be repaired immedi
ately by an authorized Audi dealer.
- Objects between you and the airbag can in
crease the risk of injury in an accident by in
terfering with the way the airbag unfolds or
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by being pushed into you as the airbag in
flates .
- Never place or attach accessories or other
objects (such as cup holders , telephone
brackets, or even large , bulky objects) on
the doors, over or near the area marked
"AIRBAG" on the seat backrests.
- Such objects and accessories can become
dangerous projectiles and cause injury
when the supplemental side airbag de ploys.
- Never carry any objects or pets in the de
ployment space between them and the
airbags or allow children or other passen
gers to travel in this position .
- Always prevent the side airbags from being
damaged by heavy objects knocking against
or hitting the sides of the seatbacks .
- The airbag system can only be triggered
once . If the airbag has been triggered, the
system must be replaced by an authorized
Audi dealership.
- Damage (cracks, deep scratches etc.) to the
original seat covers or to the seam in the
area of the side airbag module must always
be repaired immediately by an authorized
Audi dealer .
- If children are seated improperly, their risk
of injury increases in the case of an accident
~ page 218, Child safety .
-Never attempt to modify any components of
the airbag system in any way .
- In a side collision, side airbags will not func
tion properly if sensors cannot correctly
measure increasing air pressure inside the
doors when air escapes through larger, un
closed openings in the door panel.
- Never drive with interior door trim panels
removed.
- Never drive when parts have been re moved from the inside door panel and the
openings they leave have not been proper
ly closed.
- Never drive when loudspeakers in the
doors have been removed unless the speaker holes have been properly closed .
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)
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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.
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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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Consumer inf orm ation
Attempting to work on electronic components
and the software used with them can cause mal
functions. Because of the way e lectronic compo
nents are interconnected with each other, such
malfunct ions can also have an adverse affect on
other systems that are not directly involved. This
means that you risk both a substantial reduction
in the operationa l safety of your veh icle and an
i n creased wea r of ve hicle parts~ ,&..
Author ized Audi dealers w ill perform this work in
a profess io nal and competent manner or, in spe
cial cases, refer you to a p rofessional company
that spec ial izes in such modifications.
_8. WARNING
Improper repairs and modifica tions can
change the way vehicle system s work and
cause damage to the vehicle and serious per
sonal injury.
(J} Note
I f emergency repa irs mus t be pe rformed else
where, have the vehicle examined by an a u
thorized A udi dealer as soon as possib le .
Declaration of Compliance, Telecommuni
cation and Electronic Systems
Radio Frequency Devices and Radiocommunica
tion Equipment User Manual Notice.
The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio
or TV interference caused by unauthorized modi
fications to this eq uipment .
Devices
The fo llow ing devices each comp ly w ith FCC Part
15 .19, FCC 15.2 1 an d RSS -Gen Issue 1:
- Audi s ide ass ist*
- Cell phone package*
- Convenience key*
- Electronic immobilizer
- Ga rage door opener (Homelink)*
- Remo te contro l key
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FCC Part 15.19
This device complies wi th part 15 o f the FCC
Rules . Operation is subject to the fo llowing two
condit ions:
(1) This dev ice may not c ause ha rmf ul interfer
ence, and
(2) this dev ice must accept any inte rference re
ce ived, in cl ud ing interfe rence that may cause un
desire d ope ra tion.
FCC Part 15.21
CAUTION :
Changes or modifications not express ly approved
by the party responsible for compliance could
vo id the user's a uthority to operate the equ ip
ment .
RSS-Gen Is sue 1
Operat ion is s ubject to the following two cond i
tions:
(1) this dev ice may not cause inte rfe rence, and
(2) this dev ice must accept any inte rference, in
clud ing in te rfe rence that may cause undesi red
ope ration o f the dev ice.
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A
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
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
co
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.... N
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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
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