2018 AUDI A4 trunk

Opening and clo sin g
Applies to: all road
You can open and close the luggage compart­
ment lid with foot motion activation .
Requirements: you must be carrying your vehicle
key with you. You must be standing at the center
behind the luggage compartment lid. You shou ld
be approximately 8 in (20 cm) from the rea r of
the vehicle . The ign ition must be switched off.
Make sure you have firm footing.
- Move your foot back and forth be low the bump­
er ~ fig. 35 . Do not touch the bumper. The lug­
gage compartment lid will open/close once the
system detects the movement.
The luggage compartment lid will only open/ close if you perfo rm the movement as described.
This prevents the luggage compartment lid from
ope ning o r closing due to simi lar movements,
such as when you walk between the rear of the
vehicle and your garage door.
The closing of the luggage compartment lid is in­
d icated by a warning signal and can be cance led
by making the described movement again.
The foot movement does not loc k the vehicle.
General inform ation
In some situations, the function may be limited
or temporar ily unava ilable . This may happen if:
- the luggage compartment lid was closed imme­
diately before
- you park close to a hedge and the branches
move back and forth under the vehicle for a
long period of time
-you clean your vehicle, for example with a pres­ sure washer or in a car wash
- there is heavy rain
-the bumper is very dirty, for example after driv-
ing on salt-covered roads
-there is interfe rence to the radio signa l from
the vehicle key, such as from cell phones or re­
mote controls
A WARNING
-Pay careful attention when closing the lug­
gage compartment lid. Otherw ise, you could
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cause serious injury to yourse lf or others de­
spite the pinch protection.
- To reduce the risk of pinching injuries, a l­
ways make sure that no one is in the operat­
ing area of the luggage compartment lid; in­
cluding the hinge areas and the upper and
lower edge of the luggage compartment lid .
- Never drive with the luggage compartment
lid ajar or open, because poisono us gases
can enter the vehicle interior and create the
risk of asphyx iat ion.
- Ap plies to: allroa d: If there is a luggage rack
(such as a bicycle rack) on the luggage com­
partment lid, the luggage compar tment lid
may not open completely under certain cir­
cumstances, o r it co uld close by itself if
open due to the extra weight. To reduce t he
risk of injury, the open luggage compart­
ment lid must therefore have additional
support or the cargo must f irst be removed
from the rack.
Trunk escape latch
Appl ies to : vehicles with trunk escape latc h
In case of on emergency, the rear lid con be
opened from the inside using the trunk escape
latch.
Fig. 36 Luggage compartment: Trunk escape latc h
11> Push the latch in the di rect ion of the arrow un­
til the lock re leases.
The trunk escape latch inside the rear lid is made
of fluorescent material to glow in the dark.
A WARNING
The t runk escape latch is to be used only in an
emergency.

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Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and loading termino logy . 336
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 347
TMC
refer to T raffic information ... .. .. .... . 219
Tone (sound)
refer to Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . 252
T ool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
To rn or frayed safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
touch
refer to MMI touch
T owing
Tow trucks
Towing loop
TPMS 158
376
3 76,377
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 352
T raffic information ............. .. . 219, 220
Traff ic messages ............... .. .. .. . 215
T raffic sign recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Trailer mode (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Trai ler tow ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
I nformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Pa rking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
T rave l guide
refer to Travel (travel gu ide) . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Trave l (trave l guide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Treble (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Trunk lid Trunk escape latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
T ur n assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1
T urn signa l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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ULSD No. 2 (D iesel fue l) ......... .. .... . 316
Unfasten ing safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Uniform t ire quality grad ing ........ ... . 351
Unlock ing/ lock ing
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
W ith the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . 41
W ith the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
W ith the lock cyli nder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Updating stations (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
USB s tick
refer to Audi music in terface . . . . . . . 233, 234
Ind ex
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Valet parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Vanity mir ror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Dimens ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Out of serv ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Spec ificat ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Winter operat io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
V ehicl e control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
L ift ing po ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Vehicle status report Audi connect vehicle contro l . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Vehicle tool ki t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Ventilat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Version information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
VIEW button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
VIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Voice guidance
refer to M ultifunction
steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 , 15, 16
Vo ice mail
Vo ice recognit ion system ............. . .
Commands .. .. .. .. ... ... ... .. .. .. . .
External ........ .. ................ . 183
168
169
173
Mult ifunct ion steering whee l . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Operat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Vo lume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
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Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Washing matte finish pa int . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Web rad io . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
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