2018 AUDI A4 Owners Manual

Owner's Manual
2018 A4
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Foreword
Thank you for choosing an Audi -we value your trust in us
Your new Audi will allow you to experience the best in g roundbreaking technolo­
gy and p rem ium quality equipment a vehicle has to offer. We recommend that
you read your Owne r's Ma nual thorough ly so that you qu ickly become acquaint­
ed wi th your Audi and make use of all of i ts featu res.
In addition to explaining how the different features work, we p rovide many use­
f u l tips and informa tion concerning your safety, how to ca re for yo ur vehicle and
how to mainta in your veh icle's va lue. We also g ive you use ful tips and informa­
tion on how to dr ive your ve hicle more efficiently and in an e nvironmen tally
frie ndly manne r.
We hope you enjoy dr iv ing your A udi and we wish you safe and pleasan t motor­
ing .
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Table of contents
About this Owner's Manual . .. .. .
Cockpit ... .. ............... .... .. .
Cockpit overview ................ .
Controls at a glance ... .......... .. .. .
Instrument cluster .. .......... .. .. .. .
Multifunction steering wheel plus ... .. .
Multifunction steering wheel ......... .
Driver information system ...... .. .. .. .
H ead-up display .... .. .. ..... ... .. .. .
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) .. .. .
I ndicator lights .................... . 6
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13
16
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24
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Starting and driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Opening and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
L uggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Valet parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
51
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . 52
L ights and Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
V1s1on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Windshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Seats and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
H ead restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
67
Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Luggage compartment ........ .... .. .
Roof rack .. .. ... ............ .... .. .
Warm and cold ................ .. .
Climate control system .............. .
3 zone deluxe automatic climate control .
Steer ing wheel heating .. ........ .. .. .
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Driving ... .. .. .. .. .. ... .......... . .
General information . ... ........... . .
Steering .......... .. .. . .......... . .
Start ing and stopping the eng ine ..... . .
Start/Stop system .. .. ............. . .
E le ctromechanical parking brake ...... .
Start ing to drive .. .. .. ........ ..... . .
D rivi ng offroad . .. ... ...... ....... .. .
Automatic transmission
Trailer towing ..... .............. .
Driving with a trailer .. ............. . .
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T raile r towing information . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Driver assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Assistance systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Electronic speed limiter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Camera-based traffic sign recognition . . . 104
Lap timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Pred ictive efficiency assist. . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Audi adaptive cruise contro l . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Pred ictive control (eff ic ie ncy assist) . . . . . 115
Traffic jam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Distance indicat or and distance warnin g 118
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Audi pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Audi pre sense basic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Audi pre sense front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Audi pre sense rea r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Audi pre sense city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Settings in the Infotainment system . . . . 124
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Audi s ide assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Parking systems
General information .. ... .......... . .
Rear parking system .. .. ........... . .
Parking aid plus .. .. .. ............. . .
Rearview camera ... .. .. ........... . .
Periphera l cameras ... ... .......... . .
Adjusting th e parking aid . ........... .
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Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Trai ler hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Intelligent Technology . . . . . . . . . . 146
Elect ronic stabilization control (ESC) . . . . 14 6
Brakes ... .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. .... . 14 9
Electromechanica l steer ing, Dynamic
steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
All-wheel drive (quattro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Energy ma nagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Not ice about data reco rded by the Event
D ata Reco rde r and vehicle control
mod ules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Infotainment system . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Traffic safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
I n troduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
M MI On/Off knob with joystic k function . . 155
Infotainment system display . . . . . . . . . . 156
M MI operat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
MMI touc h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Contro l knob with joystick f unction . . . . . 160
Shortcut keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
L etter/numbe r speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Fr ee tex t sea rch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
M enus and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . 168
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Command overview inform ation . . . . . . . . 168
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
External vo ice operat ion 173
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
I ntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 S
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Using the te lephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Listening to voicema il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
D irectory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Addit ional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Tr oubleshoo ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Audi connect (Infotainment) . . . . 188
I ntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
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Configuration thro ugh myAudi . . . . . . . . . 188
Opening A udi connect (Infotainment) . . . 189
A udi connect Infotainment services . . . . . 189
Wi-Fi hotspot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Configuring the data connection........ 195
Audi connect (Infotainment) general
i nformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
T roub leshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Audi connect vehicle control . . . . 198
I n trod uction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Additional o ptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Remote locking and un lo cki ng . . . . . . . . . 199
Vehicle sta tus report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Parking location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Geofencing Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Speed Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Valet Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Stolen Vehicle Locator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Online Aud i serv ice reques t . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Eme rgency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
I n trod uction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
E mergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Online roads ide ass ista nce . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
N avigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Open ing navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
E nte ring a des tina tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Persona l rou te ass istance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Alte rnative rou tes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 11
Additional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Map. ... .. .. .. .. .. .... . ..... ... .. .. 214
Online map d isp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Map update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Traffic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
T roubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Radio ............................. 222
Open ing the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Radio funct ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Radio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 5
Addition al settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 5
T roub leshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
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Media ... . ... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ...
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Media drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Bluetooth audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
W i- F i aud io player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
O nline med ia and Internet radio . . . . . . . . 232
Mu ltimedia connect io ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
P lay ing media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Addit io nal sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Supporte d media and file formats . . . . . . 242
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Audi smartphone interface ...... 246
Se tup ... .. .... ... . ...... ... .. .. ... 246
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Troubleshoot ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 7
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Setting the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
MMI sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Connection manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
System update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Volume sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Restart ing the M MI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Sof twa re license i nfo rm at ion 253
Safety first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 54
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
B asics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Correct passenger se ating positions . . . . . 255
D river's and front passenger 's footwell . . 2S8
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Gene ral information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Why use safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Airbag system .................... 271
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 1
Front airbags ....................... 275
M on itor ing the Advan ced Airbag System . 283
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 7
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Side a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
LATCH system (lower anchorages and
tethers for c hildren) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Additional informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Maintenan ce and Care ........... 31S
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31S
Gasoline ........................... 315
D iesel fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 7
Se lective cata lytic red uction (AdBlue/
DE F) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 19
Emissions control systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Engine o il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Se rvice interva l display 333
Wheels ........ ................ ... 334
Whee ls and Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
T ire p ressure mo nitoring system 351
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Car w ash es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 4
Cleaning an d care information . . . . . . . . . 355
Placing your vehicle out of service . . . . . . 3 59
Do It Yourself ... .. .. ........... .. 3 60
Emergency as sistance . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Eq uipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Tire mobility kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Replacing a whee l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Space-sav ing spare t ire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Collaps ible spa re ti re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

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Fuses and bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
F uses .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ... .. .. .... . 369
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Emergency situations ... .. .. .... . 374
G ene ral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
St art ing by pu shing o r tow ing . . . . . . . . . . 374
S tar ting w it h jumpe r cables . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Usingthejumpst artcable . ........ ... 375
Towing w ith a tow tr uck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Ra is ing the veh icle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Accessories and Technical Data . 37 9
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Ve hicl e specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
N otes about tec hnica l data . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
We igh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Di mensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Capac it ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 1
Gasoline engin es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 1
Diese l eng ines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . 383
War ranty cove rages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Oper ating your veh icle outs ide the U .S.A.
o r Can ada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Aud i Service Repair Ma nuals and
Lit erature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
M ain tenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Accesso ries and te chnical changes . . . . . . 385
D eclarat ion of Compli ance,
T elecommun ications and Electronic
Syst ems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Index ..... .. .. ... ..... ... .. .. .... . 387
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About this Owner's Manual
This Owne r's Man ual applies to a ll versions of
this mode l.
It contains important information,
tips, suggestions and warn ings for using your ve­
h icle.
Keep this manual in your vehicle at all times . This
is especially important if you loan your vehicle to
others or sell it.
This owner's manua l describes the
equipment
range
specified for this mode l at the time of
printing. Individual equipment options described
may on ly be available at a later date or may only
be offered in certain countries .
Some sections in this manual do not apply to all
vehicles. When this is the case, the beginning of
the sect ion ind icates the
validity, for example
"Applies to vehicles : with cruise contro l system".
Optional or vehicle-specific equipment is also
ident ified with an asterisk
"*" .
The illustrations in this manual are a guide.
Some of the detai ls in your vehicle may differ
from the illustration .
All
directions , such as "left", "right", "front" and
"rear", are based on the vehicle's direct ion of
travel.
* Optional or vehicle
-specific equipment
.,._ The section continues on the next page .
c::> & Cross reference to a "WARNING" within a
section. If a page number is indicated, the
WARNING is located outs ide of the section.
&, WARNING
Text with this symbol contains information
about safety and how to reduce the risk of se­
rious personal injury or death.
(D Note
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about reducing the risk of damage to your ve­
hicle.
@ For the sake of the environment
Text with this symbol contains informat ion on
protecting the environment.
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(D Tips
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fu l information.