Emergency assistance
Loosening the wheel bolts
Fig. 199 Changing a tire: loosen the wheel bolts
• Slide the wheel wrench (from the vehicle tool
kit) all the way onto the wheel bolt.
• Turn the wheel bolt approximately one turn to
the left -arrow-. To reach the required torque,
hold the end of the wheel wrench. If the wheel
bolt will not loosen, press carefully on the
whee l wrench with your foot. Hold onto the ve
hicle securely while during this and make sure
your stance is stable .
A WARNING
To reduce the risk of an accident, only loosen
the wheel bolts gently (one turn) before rais
ing the vehicle with the veh icle jack*.
Raising the vehicle
Appl ies to: ve hicles w ith vehicle jack
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Fig. 200 Sill: markings (examp le)
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Fig. 201 Sill: positio ning the vehicle jack
• Place the veh icle jack* (vehicle tool kit) on a
firm s urface. Use a flat, stable support if neces
sary. On a slippery surface such as tile, you
should use a non-slip pad (such as a rubber
mat)
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• Find the marking on the sill that is closest to
the tire that will be changed
c:> fig. 200. Behind
the marking, there is a lifting point on the side
sill for the vehicle jack*.
• Tu rn the vehicle jack* located u nder the mount
ing point on the sill to raise the jack until its
arm
(D c:> fig. 201 i s located under the desig
nated mou nting point .
• Align the vehicle jack* so the arm @engages in
the designated mounting point in the side sill
and the base @lies flat on the ground. The
base @must be direct ly under the mounting
point @.
• Continue raising the vehicle jack* until the
wheel lifts off the ground slightly.
A WARNING
- Make sure the vehicle jack* is stable. There
is a risk of injury when the ground is slick or
soft, because the vehicle jack* could slide or
sink.
- Only raise your vehicle w ith the vehicle jack*
provided by the factory. If you use a vehicle
jack designed for another vehicle, your vehi
cle can slide and cause injury .
- Pos ition the vehicle jack* only at the desig
nated mounting points on the side sill and
align the jack . Otherwise, the vehicle jack*
co uld slip and cause an injury if it does not
have sufficient hold on the vehicle.
- To reduce the risk of an accident, never start
the engine when the vehicle is raised.
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-To reduce the risk of injury, support the ve
hicle securely with suitable stands if work is
to be performed underneath the vehicle.
- To help prevent injury to yourself and your
passengers:
- Do not raise the vehicle until you are sure
the jack is securely engaged .
- Passengers must not remain in the vehicle
when it is jacked up.
- Make sure that passengers wait in a safe
place away from the vehicle and well away
from the road and traffic.
- Make sure jack position is correct, adjust
as necessary and then continue to raise
the jack.
- If work has to be done under the vehicle,
ensure that it is safely supported on suita
ble stands -risk of injury!
- Never start the engine when the vehicle is
on the jack -risk of accident!
(D Note
Do not lift the vehicle by the sill . Position the
vehicle jack* only at the designated mounting points on the side sill. Otherwise, your vehicle
will be damaged.
Removing and mounting a wheel
Fig. 202 Wheel : internal hex socket to turn the wheel
bolts
Emergency assistance
Fig. 203 W hee l: alignment pin in the top ho le
Removing a wheel
.,. Remove the top wheel bolt completely using
the hex socket in the screwdriver handle (in the
vehicle tool kit)
c::> fig. 202 and place it on a
clean surface.
.,. Install the alignment pin (from the vehicle tool
kit) by hand into the empty hole
c::>fig. 203 .
.,. Remove the rest of the wheel bolts.
.,. Remove the wheel
c::>0. The alignment pin re-
mains in the hole while doing this.
Install a wheel
Read the directions on c::> page 2 78 when instal
ling unidirectional tires.
.,. Slide the wheel on over the alignment pin
c::>(D.
.,. Install the wheel bolts and tighten gently using
the hex socket.
.,. Remove the alignment pin and also tighten the
remai ning wheel bolt .
.,. Carefully lower the vehicle using the vehicle
jack* .
.,. Tighten the wheel bolts in a diagonal pattern
using the wheel wrench .
The wheel bolts must be clean and loosen/tight
en easily. Check the contact surfaces for the
wheel and hub . Contaminants on these surfaces
must be removed before installing the wheel.
A WARNING
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Never use the hex socket in the screwdriver
handle to tighten the wheel bolts . Using the
hex socket will not achieve the required tight
ening torque, which increases the risk of an
accident .
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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.
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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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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
303
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Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 3
also refer to Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Vehicl e jack .. .. ............... .. . 2 72 ,2 79
Lifting points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 76
Veh icle tool k it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Ve rsion informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
VIEW ..... ... ...... ....... ...... ... .. 22
VIEW b utton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
V IN .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. .... . 290
Voice guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
also refer to Mu ltifunction
steer ing wheel ............... ..
20, 2 1, 2 2
Voicema il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Voice recognition system ... ... .. .. .. 2 1, 108
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
External . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
Voice recognition system . ... .. .. .. 2 1, 108
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Warning/i ndicator lights
M alfunction indicator lamp ( MIL) . . . . . . . .
1 5
Wa rning/ Indica tor lights
A irbag sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
207
Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Wa rranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
293
Was her fluid level (i ndicator lig ht) . . . . . . . . 1 6
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 0
W hat happens if you wea r yo ur safety belt too
l oose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
193
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 190
What impairs dr iving sa fe ty ? . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Loosening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Removing t he cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Tighteni ng speci fication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Wheels . .. .. .. ............... .. ..... 246
C hanging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
C leaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Glossa ry of tire and load ing term inology . 248
Index
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Whee l wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
When must the a irbag system be inspected? 207
Why sa fety be lts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
190
Wi-Fi
Audi music stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
160
A udio p layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Ho tspot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Online media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
also refer to Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Wind deflecto r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Window regulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Windows
Cleaning/removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
268
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Window washer system
Reservoir capac ity
291
Windsh ield
cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
also refer to Windsh ie ld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Windsh ie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . 43, 244
Windshie ld wipers
Cleaning wi per b lades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44
Folding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Replacing w indshield wiper blades . . . . . . . 45
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Winter driving
Snow cha ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
261
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Win ter operat ion
Cooling sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
241
Defrosting the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Windsh ield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Win ter tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 60
Winter use
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
266
Removi ng ice fro m windows . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Seat he ating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4
X
Xenon head ligh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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