
Instrumen ts and ind icator ligh ts
Instruments and indicator Lights
Instruments
Audi virtual cockpit (instrument cluster)
The instrument cluster is the central information center for the driver.
Fig. 3 Instrume nt cluster overv iew
(D Eng ine coolant temperature 8
@ Driver information system . . . . . . 19
® Fuel level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
@ Trip odometer reset knob . . . . . . . 23
Coolant temperature indicator
The coolan t temperature display c:> page 8,
fig. 3
(D only functions when the ignition is
switched on. To prevent engine damage, p lease
observe the following notes about the tempera
ture ranges.
Cold rang e
If o nly the L EDs in the left area of the gauge turn
on, the engine has not reached operating tem
perature yet. Avoid high engine speeds, full ac
celerating and heavy engine loads .
Normal range
The engine has reached its operating tempera
ture once the LEDs up to the center of the gauge
turn on . If the . indicator light in the Infotain
ment system display turns on, the coolant tem
perature is too high
c:> page 12.
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(D Note
-Aux iliary head lights and other accessories in
front of the coo ling-a ir intake impa ir the
cooling effect o f the coolant. This increases
the risk of the engine overheating during high outside temperatures and heavy en
gine load.
- T he front spoiler a lso helps to distribute
cooling air correctly while driving . If the
spoiler is damaged, the cooling effect will
be impaired and the risk of the eng ine over
heating w ill increase. See an authorized
Audi dealer or author ized Audi Service Fa
cility for assistance .
Fuel level
The indicator @ only func tions when the ignition
i s sw itched on. If the fuel level drops below 1.9
gal (7
L), a red LED wi ll light up and the rD indi
cator light will turn on
c:> page 16 . The LED
blinks red when the fuel level is very low.
The fuel tank capacity of your veh icle is listed in
the
Techni cal Dat a sectio n c:> page 291. ..,_

Emergency situations
Raising the vehicle
Lifting with workshop hoist and with floor
jack
Th e vehicle may only b e lift ed at the lifting
poin ts illust rated.
F ig .. 217 F ro nt lift ing po int
F ig. 218 Rea r lifti ng po int
.,. Read and heed WARNING ¢ A-
.,. Locate lifti ng po ints ¢ fig. 217 and ¢ fig. 218 .
.,. Adjust lifting arms of wo rkshop hoist or floor
jack to match veh icle lifting points.
.,. In se rt a rubb er pad between t he floor jack/
wor kshop hoist a nd the lif ting poin ts .
The vehicle jack mode * must be activated so that
the au tomatic ad justment of the Adaptive Air
Suspens ion * d oes no t mak e it more difficult to
raise the ve hicl e with the floo r jack.
If you must lift your vehicle with a floor jack to
work underneath, be sure the vehicle is safely
supported on stands intended for this purpose .
F ront lifting point
The lift ing po int is located on the floor pan re in
forcement about at the same leve l as the jack
mo unt ing point ¢
fig. 217 . Do not lift the vehi
cle at the vertical sill reinforcement.
288
Rear lifting point
The li fting poin t is lo cated on the ve rtic al rein
f orcement o f th e lower s ill for the on -boar d ja ck
¢fig. 218 .
Lifting with vehicle jack
Refer to ¢ page 2 76.
Ln., WARNING
- To reduc e the r isk of s erious in ju ry and vehi
cle dam age.
- Always lift the vehicle on ly at the special
wor ksh op hoist an d flo or jack lift points il
l ustrated
¢ fig. 217 and ¢fig . 218.
- Failur e to lift t he ve hicle at these points
could cause th e veh icle to tilt o r fall from
a lift if t he re is a cha nge in vehi cle w eight
dist ribution and balanc e. This mi ght hap
p en, fo r exa mple , whe n he avy co mpo
n en ts s uch as the e ngine blo ck or t ra n s
mis sion a re removed .
- Wh en r em ov ing heavy com ponen ts like
t hese, an ch or veh icle t o hoi st or add corre
s p ond ing weights t o maintain the ce n ter of
gravi ty. Oth e rw ise, the vehicle mig ht til t o r
slip off t he hoist, causi ng serious pe rsona l
in jur y .
(D Note
- B e aw are of the fo llow ing poin ts bef ore lif t
ing the vehicle:
- The vehicle should never be lifted or
jacked up from underneath the engine oil
pan, the transmission housing, the front
or rear axle or the body side members .
This could lead to serious damage .
- To avoid damage to the underbody or
chassis frame, a rubber pad must be in
serted between the floor jack and the lift
points .
- Before driving over a workshop hoist ,
check that the vehicle weight does not
exceed the permissible lifting capacity of
the hoist. ..,.

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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