2018 AUDI A4 steering

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
8
8
8
10
13
16
17
24
24
25
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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70
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76
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79
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 .. ............. . .
8 0
80
82
83
85
88
89
90
91
99
99
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 . ........... .
136
136
137
137
138
140
143

a co .... N ,....
N .... 0 0
3 co
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
Table of contents
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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Multifunction steering
wheel plus
Operating
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel plus
You can use the multifunction steering wheel
plus to operate the driver information system
and the
MMI functions, adjust the volume and
switch the voice recognition system on and off.
Fig. 6 Dr iver information system d isplay
Fig. 7 Left s ide of multifunction steer ing wheel p lus
Requirement: the ignition must be switched on.
The driver information system contains multiple
tabs©¢ fig. 6 that display various information
@.
The following tabs are available , depending on
vehicle equipment:
First tab Vehicle (on-board computer)
¢ page 17
Second Messages
taba)
Cockpit overview
Third tab
Radio
Media
¢ page 18
Fourth tab Telephone* ¢
page 19
Fifth tab Nav igation* ¢ page 20
Map*¢page21
•> Thi s tab is only v is ible when t he re is at leas t one indicato r
light or message displayed .
@ Button l<1 t>I
- Switching tabs : press the l<1 t> I button repeated­
ly until the desired tab is shown (for example,
Radio).
@ !VIEWI button
Switching views or reduc ing the display
¢page 15.
® Button ~
Return to functions at higher levels
@ Control buttons Q] and Kl
Open/close the selection menu or options menu
¢page 14.
0 Left thumbwheel
- Selecting a function in a menu/list :
turn the
left thumbwheel to the desired function (for
example, selecting a frequency).
- Confirming a selection: press the left thumb­
wheel
(i) ¢ fig. 7.
- Zooming in/out on the map : when a map is
disp layed, turn the left thumbwheel to zoom in
and out on the map.
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Cockpit overview
Control buttons
Applies to: vehicles w ith mu ltifunct ion steering wheel p lus
I rM
' t M' ...
F ig . 8 Select ion menu an d opt io ns m en u
Left control button
- Opening/closing the selection menu :
press the
respective left control button on the steering
wheel¢ fig. 8. You can select and confirm a
function in the selection menu using the left
thumbwheel (for example , selecting a frequen ­
cy band).
Right control button
- Opening/closing the options menu :
press the
respective right control button on the steering
wheel¢ fig. 8. You can change any context-de­
pendent functions and settings using the left
thumbwheel (for example, additional station
in format ion).
(D Tips
The ava ilability of a se lection menu or options
menu depends on the function that is select­
ed.
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Switching views
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel plus
Applies
to: vehicles with Audi virtual cockpit
Fig. 9 Expanded view
Applies to: vehicles with Audi virtual cockpit
Fig. 10 Defau lt v iew : classic/spo rt•
Applies to: vehicles with Audi virtual cockpit
-Switching views: press the IVIEW ! button @
c:> page 13, fig . 7 to switch from the default
view~ fig. 10 to the expanded view ~ fig. 9. To
return to the default view, press the
! VIEWI
button again.
Applies to: vehicles with sport view
-Setting the default view: depending on the ve­
hicle equipment, you can choose between the
classic and sport v iew . Select on the multifunc­
tion steering wheel: left control button>
Lay­
out
> Sport layout o r Classic layout .
Applies to: vehicles with analog instrume nt cluster
-Reducing the display : press the IVIEWI button
to switch from the classic to reduced display.
Cockpit overview
To return to the classic view, press the IVIEWI
button again.
(D Tips
Applies to: vehicles with sport view
A lways set the desired default view before
driving, because the display functions will not
be available for several seconds.
Othe r function button s
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel plus
Fig. 11 Right side of multifunction steer ing wheel plus
(D button 0
-Accepting a call: press the [a button when
there is an incoming call.
- Ending a call: press the (a button during an ac­
tive phone call.
- Opening the call list: if no phone call is in prog­
ress and there are no incoming calls, press the
ra button.
@button ~
-Switching the voice recognition system on:
briefly press the~ butto n. Say the desired
command after the
Beep.
- Switching the voice recognition system off:
press and hold the ~ button . Or: say the com ­
mand
Cancel.
For more information about the voice recognition
system,
see~ page 168, Voice recognition sys­
tem
or~ page 248.
@ Right thumbwheel
You can adjust the volume of an audio source or a
system message (for example, from the voice
recognition system) when the sound is playing.
.,.
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Cockpit overview
-Increasing or decreasing the volume: tu rn the
r ig ht th umbwhee l up o r down.
-Muting or pausing : turn the right thumbw heel
down .
Or: press the rig ht t hu mbwhee l.
-Unmuting or resuming: tur n th e right t humb­
whee l up.
Or : press t he rig ht t humbwheel.
© Button lt1> 1!
-Selecting the previous/next track or station :
press th e l1<11>1 I butt on .
-Fast forwarding/rewinding audio files: press
and hold the
! 1l> 1! bu tton until the d esir e d
lo ca tion in the fi le i s r eache d.
® @button/ steering wheel heating* ~
-Steering wheel heating* : you can find addition­
al i nfo rmation in
¢ pag e 79.
-Programmable steering wheel button -open­
ing a function :
press the@butto n on the mul ­
tif unct ion s teer ing whee l.
-Programmable steering wheel button -re­
questing a function :
press and hol d the@ but ­
ton .
-Programmable steering wheel button - chang­
ing a function :
press and ho ld the @ button .
Se lect and confir m an entry .
Or
-Select in the Infotainment system: I M EN U I but­
ton
> Vehicle > left contro l bu tton > Vehicle
settings > Steering wheel button assignment.
® button 1~·" 1
-Repeating the last navigation prompt : press
the
I Q•« I button when route guida nce is act ive .
-Changing the voice guidance volume : when
route guidance is active, tu rn t he right thumb­
whee l upwar d or dow nward during a navigation
pro mpt.
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Multifunction steering
wheel
Operating
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel
With t he multif unct ion s teering wheel , you can
oper ate the driver info rm at ion system as well as
t he
MM I functions and y ou con al so a djus t the
volume.
Fig. 12 L ef t side of multifunction s tee rin g w heel
Fig. 13 R ig ht side of the mul tifu ncti on s tee rin g w hee l
Requirement : the igni tion must b e switch ed on .
@Operating the driver information system
The driver information system contains mu ltiple
tabs
(D ¢ page 13, fig. 6 that d isp lay various in ­
formatio n @ ¢ page 13, fig. 6.
The following tabs a re available, depen ding on
vehicle eq uipme nt:
Fi rst tab Ve hicle (on -boar d co mp ute r)
~ pag e 17
Second Messages
tab al

a co .... N ,....
N .... 0 0
3 co
Third tab Rad io ¢page 18
Media ¢ page 18
Fourth tab Telephone ¢
page 19
a) This tab is only v isible when there is at least one ind icato r
l ight or mess age disp layed.
- Switching tabs : press the !MODE ! button
<=> fig. 12 on the mult ifunction steering wheel
repeatedly unti l the des ired tab is d isp layed .
-Se lect ing a function in the m enu /list : turn the
left thumbwheel on the mult ifunct ion steer ing
whee l to the desired funct ion.
- Confirming a sel ection : press the left thumb­
wheel on the multifunction steer ing wheel to
confirm your se lec tion.
- Scrolling within th e lists: turn the left thumb­
wheel on the mult if u nction steer ing wheel
quick ly to scroll wi thin the lists.
@ button @;]
- Switching the voice recogn it ion sy stem on :
briefly press the 51 button¢ fig. 13 . Say the
desired command after the
B eep .
- Switching th e vo ice recogn ition sy stem off :
press and hold the 51 button. Or: say the com­
ma nd
Cancel.
For more information about the vo ice recognit ion
system, see
<=> page 168, Voice recognition sys­
tem
or ¢ page 248.
@ Right thumbwheel
The volume of an audio source or a system mes­
sage (such as traffic announcements) can be di­
rectly adjusted dur ing the aud io output.
- Inc rea sin g o r decrea sing the volume : turn the
rig ht thumbwhee l
¢ fig. 13 up or down.
- Muting or pausing : turn the right thumbwheel
down.
Or : press the right thumbwhee l.
-Unmuting or resuming : turn the right thumb­
whee l up.
Or : press the right thumbwhee l.
Cockpit o ve rv iew
Driver information
system
On-board computer
F ig. 14 Instrument cluster: fuel co nsumpt io n display
Resetting values to zero
Requirement: the Fue l consumption , Short -term
memory or Long-t erm mem ory
d isplay must be
selected.
.. To reset the value for the respective memory to
zero, press and hold the left thumbwheel
(i)
¢ page 13, fig. 7 or @ <=> page 16, fig. 12 on
the multifunction stee ring wheel for one sec­
ond. Or
.,. On the multifunction stee ring wheel, select:
the right control button>
Re set value s*.
Ad justing additional displays (Audi virtual
c ockpit)*
.,. On the multifunction stee ring wheel, select the
right control button >
Additional di splay .
.. Select the desired additional display .
In the first tab (on -board comp ute r), you can c all
u p the following disp lays one after the other by
turning the left thumbwheel on the multifunc­
tion steer ing wheel.
- Time and
da ter=> page 248
- Dig ita l speedomete r*
- Average consumption
- Remaining range*
- AdBlue range*
<=>page 319
- Short-term memory overview
- Long-term memory overview
- Energy consumers
r=> page 18
- Dr iver assistan ce* ¢ page 108
-Traff ic sign recog nition* ¢ page 104
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Cockpit over view
The short -term memory collects driving informa­
tion from the time the ignition is switched on un­
til it is switched off . If you cont inue driv ing with­
in two hours after switching the ignition off, the
new values are included when calculat ing the cur­
rent tr ip informat ion.
Unlike the short-term memory, the long-term
memory is not erased automat ically. You can se­
lect the time period for evaluat ing trip informa­
tion yourself .
Fuel con sumpti on
The current fue l consumption can be shown us­
ing a bar graph
cc> fig. 14. The average cons ump­
tion stored in the short-term memory is also dis­
played. If the bars are green or the gray tone on
the bars changes (depending on the equipment),
your veh icle is sav ing fuel by the following func­
tion:
- Recupe ration : electrical energy can be stored in
the ve hicle battery when the vehicle is coasting
o r driving downhi ll. The bar will move toward
0 /0.
(D Tips
The date, time of day and t ime and date for­
mat can be set in the Infotainment system
cc>page248 .
Energy consumers
Fig . 15 Inst rume nt cluste r: e nergy cons ume rs
In the En ergy con sumer s view, the othe r equip­
ment that is currently affecting fuel consumption
is listed in the first tab (on-board comp ute r) . The
d isp lay shows up to three ene rgy consumers @
cc> fig. 15. The eq uipme nt using the most powe r is
listed first. If more than three items using power
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are switched on, the eq uipment that is c urren tly
using the most power is disp layed .
A ga uge @ also shows the c urrent tota l con­
s u mption of a ll othe r consumers .
. Radio
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel
.,. Press the I MODE i button on the m ultif un ction
s teer ing whee l repeatedly u nti l the Radio/ Me­
dia tab is d isp layed.
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel plus
.,. Press the I <11>I button repeatedly until the Ra-
dio/Med ia tab is d isplayed.
.,. Press the left control b utton cc> page 14 .
Depending on veh icle equipment, the following
funct ions may be ava ilable i n the dr iver informa­
tion system .
-Select ing the frequen cy band : select and con ­
firm a freq uency band .
-Selecting a station from the station list : select
and confirm a radio station.
- Select ing a station from the preset s list : select
and confirm
Presets and then a radio station .
-Opening a media sou rce: se lect and confirm
Swit ch to media.
Additional settings
- Sele ct: r ight cont rol b utton> desired entry.
Depend ing on the function se lected, the follow­
i ng additional settings may be possible:
- "Now Playing" screen : see cc> page 226.
Media .
Requirement: a media drive must contain audio/
video files
cc> page 228 .
Applies to: vehicles with multifunction steering wheel
.,. Press the I MODE i button on the mu ltifunction
steer ing whee l repeatedly until the Radio/Me-
dia tab is d isplayed .
.,.