2018 AUDI A4 fuel

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Consumer Information
Warranty coverages
Y our Audi is co vered b y the following war ran­
tie s:
- New Vehicle Limited Warranty
- Limited Warranty Against Corrosion Perfora-
tion
- Emissions Control System Warranty
- Emissions Performance Warranty
- California Emissions Control Warranty (USA
vehicles only)
- California Emissions Performance Warranty
(USA vehicles only)
Detailed information regard ing your warranties
can be found in yo ur
W arranty & M ainten ance
bookl et.
Operating your vehicle
outside the U.S.A. or
Canada
Government reg ulations in the Un ited States and
Canada require that automobiles meet specific
emission regulations and safety standards.
Therefore, vehicles built for the U .S.A. and Cana­
da d iffer from vehicles sold in other countries.
I f you p lan to take your vehicle outside the conti­
nenta l limits of the United States or Canada,
there is the poss ibility that:
- u nleaded fue ls for vehicles with cata lytic con­
verter may not be available;
- fuel may have a considerably lower octane rat­
i ng . Imprope r fuel may ca use engine damage;
- service may be inadequate due to lack of p roper
service facilities, tools or testing eq uipment;
- r eplacement parts may not be readily ava ilable.
- Navigat ion systems for veh icles built for the
U .S .A . and Canada will not necessa rily work in
Eur ope, and may not wo rk in other countries
o utside of North Amer ica.
Consumer Inf ormation
(D Note
Audi cannot be respons ible for mechanical
damage that could resu lt from inadequate
fuel, service or parts ava ilability.
Audi Service Repair
Manuals and Literature
Audi Official Factory Service Manuals and L itera ­
ture are published as soon as poss ible after mod­
el i ntroduction. Service Ma nua ls and literature
are avai lab le to order from the Audi Tec hni cal Lit ­
erature Orde ring Center at :
www.audi.t e chlit eratur e.com
Maintenance
General
Your vehicle has been designed to he lp keep
maintenance requirements to a min imum. How­
ever, a certain amount of regular maintenance is
still necessary to assure your veh icle's safety,
economy and reliab ility . For detailed vehicle
maintenance consult your Wa rranty
& Mainte­
nance boo klet .
Und er diff icult op erating condition s, for exam­
ple at extremely low outside temperatures, in
very dusty regions, when towing a trai le r very fre­
quently, etc., some se rvice work shou ld be pe r­
fo rmed between the in terv als specified. This ap ­
plies particularly to:
- oil changes , and
- cleaning or replac ing the a ir filter .
(® For the sake of the environment
By regularly maintain ing your vehicle, you
help make sure that emiss ion standards are
maintai ned, thus min imizing adverse effects
on the environment .
Important considerations for you and your
vehicle
The increasing use of electronics, sophisticated
fuel injection and emission control systems, and
the genera lly increas ing techn ica l complexity of
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@ For the sake of the environment
-Changing the engine settings wi ll adversely
affect emission leve ls. Th is is detrimental to
the env ironment and increases fuel con­
sumption.
- Always observe environmental regu lations
when disposing of old engine o il, used brake
flu id, d irty engine coolant, spent batteries
or worn out tires .
- Undeployed airbag modules and pretension­
ers might be classified as Perchlorate Mate­
rial -spec ial handling may apply, see
www .dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlo­
rat e. When the vehicle or pa rts of the re­
straint system including airbag modules
safety be lts with pretens ioners are scrap­
ped, a ll applicab le laws and regulations
must be observed. Your a uthorized 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 authori zed Audi dealer before
purchasing accessories.
Audi vehicles that are constructed w ith advanced
materials like Steel/Aluminum (Hybrid construc­
tion), Aluminum (Audi Space Frame), and/or Alu­ minum/Carbon Fiber (Ultra Advanced Light
We ight Materials) are as unique as the ir drivers .
Therefore, the ava ilability of certain parts needed
for repair , restoration , or reconstruction wi ll be
restricted , or parts will be unava ilable, if the ve­
hicle is not repaired at an a uthorized Audi colli­
sion repair facility. This includes but is not limit­
ed to structura l parts which require specialized
training and equipment to restore their crash ­
worthiness back to the original NHTSA and IIHS performance.
Your vehicle incorporates the latest safety design
features ensuring a high standard of active and
passive safety.
Consumer Inf ormation
This safety could be compromised by non-ap ­
proved changes to the vehicle. For this reason, if
parts have to be rep laced, please observe the fol­
lowing points when install ing additional accesso­
ries:
Approved Audi accessories and genuine Audi parts are avai lab le from authorized Aud i dea lers.
T hese dea le rs also have the necessa ry facilities,
tools and trained specialists to install the parts
and accessories properly .
A WARNING
-Using the wrong spare parts or using non-ap-
proved accessories can cause damage to the
vehicle and serious personal injury.
- Use on ly accessories expressly approved by
Aud i and genuine Audi spare parts
- These parts and accessor ies 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 accessor ies such as telephone
cradles or beverage holders on airbag covers
or w ith in the airbag deployment zones . Do­
ing so will increase the risk of injury if a ir­
bags are triggered in an accident!
- Before you check anyth ing in the engine
compartment, always read and heed all
WARNINGS
9poge 323.
(D Note
- If items other than genu ine 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 seve re damage to your vehi­
cle's engine and body (such as corrosion)
and adversely affect your vehicle's warranty.
- If emergency repa irs must be performed
elsewhere, have the vehicle exam ined by an
authorized Audi dealer as soon as possib le .
- The manufacturer cannot be held liable for
damage which occurs due to failure to com­
ply with these stipulations .
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Index
Audi p re sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Aud i Serv ice Repair Ma nuals and Literature 383
Aud i side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Aud i smartphone interface . . . . . . . . . 246, 250
Aud i virt ua l cockp it
refer to Instr ume nt cl uster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
AUTO Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Auto Lock (centra l locki ng system) . . . . . . . . 37
Automatic belt ret ractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Automatic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Aud i drive select. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Automatic climate control system Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Automatic transm ission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1
E me rgency prog ram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Hill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Kick -down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Manual sh ift ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Parking lock emergency re lease . . . . . . . . . 97
Selector lever pos itions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 1
AUTO (button) Automatic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Auxiliary heater (automatic climate control) 79
AUX input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Average consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Ave rage spee d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
B
BACK button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Balance (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Bass (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Ba tte ry
J u mp starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
also refer to Veh icle bat tery . . . . . . . . . . . 33 1
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Belt tensione rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Blower (automatic cl imate control) . . . . . . . . 78
388
B luetoot h
Audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Connect ing a cell phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2SO
Boost...... .. .. .. .. .. ............. ... 11
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Boost pressure indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
B rake fl uid
Check ing the b rake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 330
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Brake ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
B rake fl uid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
El ec trome chanical parking b rake . . . . . . . . 88
E mergency b raking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Breaking in New bra ke pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
New t ires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 41
Browser
refer to M edia center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Bu lbs ............................... 373
Buttons Cont ro l panel (M MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Multifunctio n steering whee l . . . . . . . . 13, 16
P rogramming (multifunction steering
whee l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
C
Cable ( USB adapter/AUX connector cab le) 233
Californ ia Pr opos ition 65 Wa rning . . . . . . . 3 24
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Call list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Call options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Capacities AdBl ue ... .. .. .. .. .. ... .......... .. 319
Fuel t ank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Cargo area
refer to Loading the luggage compart-
ment .............................. 259
C atalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
CD d rive (med ia d rives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

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Cell phone refertoTe le phone ...................
175
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Certificat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Changing engine oi l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Changing the scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Charging the battery (mobile devices) . . . . 234
Child restraints
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
272
Where can I get additional information
about child restraints and their use? . . . .
314
Child restraint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 309
Chi ld safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Important safety instructions for using chi ld
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
299
Install ing a child restraint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
311
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . ... .. .. ................ ..... .
311
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Tether straps . .. ........... .. .. .. .. . 312
Child safety lock
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
48
Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Ch ild safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Convertible child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
272
How do I prope rly install a child safety seat
in my vehicle? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
299
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
LA TCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Unused safety belts on the rear seat 301
Child seats
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
310
C lassic view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Index
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Cleaning artificial leather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Cleaning carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356, 357
Cleaning decorative parts/trim . . . . . . . . . . 356
Cleaning decorative parts and trim . . . . . . . 356
Cleaning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Cleaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Cleaning textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Climate control system
refer to Automatic climate control . . . . . . . 76
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 248
Cockpit (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Collapsible spare tire Inflating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
367
Collapsible ti re
refer to Collapsible spa re tire . . . . . . . . . . 367
Command (voice recognition system) . . . . . 168
Compact spare t ire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Connection manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Connect ions
refer to Media .. ... ....... ... ... 227, 236
Con sumer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261, 383
Consumption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Addi tional directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Importing/exporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Memory capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Stor ing as destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Control buttons (operating the MMI) . . . . . 15 7
Control knob with joyst ick function (MMI op­
eration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
160
Convenience key
Switching the ignition on . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
83
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Convertib le child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Convertible locking retractor
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
308
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Using to secure a ch ild safety seat . . . . . . 308
Cooled glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
389

Index
Cooling mode (automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
77, 78
Cooling system
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
329
Coolant temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . 11
Crosshairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
D
Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196, 227
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Date ..... ..... .. ................ . 17,248
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Declaration of compliance
Audi adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . .
386
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Ce ll phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Electronic immobilizer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Garage door opener (Home Link) . . . . . . . .
386
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
D EF
refer to AdBlue ... ............ .... .. . 319
Defrosting (windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
DEF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Demo mode
refer to Presentation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Destination on the map
Using the MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
206
Determining correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 348
Diesel
Diese l particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
322
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF)
refer to AdBlue.. ................ .... 319
Diesel fuel ... .. .. ... .......... .. .. .. . 316
Digita l compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Digital Rights Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Dimming the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
390
Directory
refer to Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
D isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Infotainment system display . . . . . . 156, 249
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Versions (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
D istance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Doors
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Changing views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Energy consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Driver seat
refer to Seating position 255
Drives
refer to Media ... .. .. ........... 227, 236
Drive select
refer to Aud i drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
80
Driving offroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Driving safe ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
DVD drive (med ia drives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Dynam ic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Dynamic volume
refer to System volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
E
E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Economical rou te .. .. .. ............. .. 211
eco (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
EDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Electromechanical parking brak e . . . . . . . . . 88
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 SO
Electronic immobili zer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38
E lectronic stabilization control
refer to ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146, 147
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

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Emergency call f unction
Au di connect emergency ca ll and service . 202
E me rgency flashe rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
E m issions cont rol sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 2
E nergy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Eng ine
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Starting/stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Starting w it h jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Eng ine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Opening and clos ing the hood . . . . . . . . . . 324
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
E ng ine oi l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Adding . ... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. .... . 327
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Checking the oil leve l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Consumption . ............. .. .. .... .
D. t· k lpS IC .. ... ............. ...... ... .
327
327
O il consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Specification and viscos ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
T empe rature d isp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Eng ine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Eng ine Start/Stop mode
refer to Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
E nter ing cha racters/numbers (speller) . . . . 162
Enter ing letters (speller) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
E n terta inment s liding me nu . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
E ntry/ex it lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Environment Proper disposal of drained engine o il ... .
Unleaded fuel . .. ........... .. .. .... .
E S C
.. .. .. .. ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. .... .
Hill descent assist ... .... ... .. .. .... .
Offroad mode ... .. .. .... ... .. .. .... .
Sport mode 328
315
1 46
148
147
147
E v asive steering suppo rt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Expanded view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5
E xterio r ligh ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
E xternal voice operat ion.... ... .. .. .... . 173
Index
F
Factory default settings
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Fader (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Fastening Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Convertib le child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 303
I n fan t seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Fast forwarding/rewind ing (a udio/video
file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
F ast forwarding ( aud io/v ideo file) . . . . . . . . 236
Fast route
Favorites Media 211
239
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
F ile formats (media drives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Floor ma ts ..... ... .. ................ .
Foot peda ls . .... .. ................. . . 259
259
F o r the s ake o f th e e nv ironmen t
E nvironmenta lly-friend ly driving . . . . . . . . 80
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Leaks ... .. .... .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. 324
Warming up the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
F ree text search . .. .. .. .
............ ..
Media .. .. .... .. .. .... . ..... ... .. ..
Navigation .... .. ... .. .. ..... ... .. . .
Radio
. . .. .. ' . .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. . .
Telephone . .... .. ................. . .
F ree ze p ro tect ion 164
2 38
205
223 184
Coo lant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 9
Freq uency band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222, 225
Front airbags Desc ription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
F rontal collisions and the laws o f physics . . 264
Front passenger 's doo r eme rgency locking . . 42
Front seats Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Child restra ints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 272
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Fuel Additives
.. .... .. ................. .. 315
B lended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Current consumpt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17
D iesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
391

Index
Fue l filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
F ue l gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 12
Fue l tank capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Gasoline . .. .. ...... ......... .... ... 315
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Saving fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80, 134
Fueling Fue l gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fuel tank capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
O pening the fuel fille r door . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Fuses Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Replac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
G
Garage doo r opener
refer to Homelink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Garment hoo ks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Glossary of tire and loading terminology .. 336
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
V al et par kin g f unction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1
Gross Vehicle Weight Rat ing (GVWR) . . . . . 380
H
Handsfree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
H ead -up display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
H eadlight range control system . . . . . . . . . . 54
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
C lean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
H eadlight range control system . . . . . . . . . 54
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 25 7
Adj usti ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
H ea ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
H eavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 265
High beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Hi ll descent ass ist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 8
Hi ll descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
H ill hold ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
also refer to Hill hold ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
H ome address .. .. .. .............. 206, 2 12
392
Homelink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Hor n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How are child restraint system anchors relat-
ed to c hild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
How many a irbags does my vehicle have? . . 278
How safety belt pre tensioners work . . . . . . 269
I
Imbalance (whee ls) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Immobilize r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Important things to do before dr iv in g . . . . 254
Importing and expo rting (contacts) . . . . . . 185
I mprope rly wo rn safety bel ts . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
PASS ENG ER A IR BAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
I np ut
U sing the M MI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
U sing the speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
I np ut level (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Inspection interva l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Installing the upper te ther s trap on t he an ­
c h o rage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Instrument illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Internet
refer to Aud i connec t (Infotainmen t) . . . . 188
Internet radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Interval mode (wipers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
i Phone
refer to Aud i m usic interface . . . . . . . 233, 234
J
Jukebox 229
Jump-start ing . .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. 374
Jump start cable . .. .. .. .. ........... .. 375

Index
Menu language
refer to Setting the language 248
Menus/symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Mirrors Adjusting exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Compass ... .... ................ ..... 63
Dimming .................... ........ 59
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
MMI
refer to Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . 155
MMI search
refer to Free text search . . . . . . . . . . 164, 238
MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
MODE button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Monitor ing the Advanced Airbag System 283
MP3
refer to Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Multifunction steering wheel
Changing views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 16
Switching tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 16
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Music collection
refer to Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Mute
refer to Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Muting ... ..... .................. .... 252
myAudi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188, 208
Logging in in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
N
Natural leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . 357
NAV/MAP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Navigating (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . 21, 22
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Better route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
also refer to Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Navigation (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . 21
Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Network connection (W i-F i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
394
NH TSA
Contacting
N itrogen oxide (NOx) catalytic converter 261
refer to Ad
Blue. .. .. .. ............... 319
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
0
Occupant protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Occupant seating positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Octane rating ........................ 315
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Offroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
OFF (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Oil
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325, 327
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
E lectronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . . 24
On/Off knob (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Online destinations
refer to Point of interest search . . . . . . . . 208
Online map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Online map update . ................... 218
Online media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Online roadside assistance Audi connect emergency call and service 203
Online serv ices
refer to Aud i connect ( Infotainment) . . . . 188
Opening...... .... .... ..... .... ....... 37
Fuelfillerdoor ...................... 317
Operating Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 13, 16
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Voice recogn ition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Options menu ... .. .. .. ........ 14, 157, 161
Other consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Outside temperatu re display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Overv iew (Cockp it) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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Paint damage
Paint number 356
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