Consumer Info rmation
Technical Modifications
Our guidelines must be complied with when tech
nical modifications are made .
Always consult an authorized Audi dealer before
starting work on any modificat ions.
This will he lp ensure that vehicle function, per
formance and safety are not impaired
9 & .
Attempting to work on electronic components
and the software used with them can cause mal
functions. Because of the way electronic compo nents are interconnected with each other, such
malfunctions can also have an adverse affect on
other systems that are not directly involved. This
means that you risk both a substantial reduction
in the operational safety of your veh icle and an
i n creased wea r of ve hicle parts
9 ,&. .
Author ized Audi dealers w ill perform this work in
a profess ional and competent manner or, in spe
cial cases, refer you to a professional company
that spec ial izes in such modifications.
_& WARNING
Improper repairs and modifications can
change the way veh icle systems work and
cause damage to the veh icle and ser ious per
sonal injury.
([) Note
I f emergency repa irs mus t be pe rformed else
where, have the vehicle examined by an a u
t horized Audi dealer as soon as possib le .
Declaration of
Compliance, Telecom munications and
Electronic Systems
Radio Frequency Devices and Radiocommunica
tion Equipment User Manual Notice .
The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio
or TV interference caused by unauthorized modi
fications to this equipment .
392
Devices
The following devices each comply wi th FCC Part
15.19, FCC Part 15.21 and RSS-Gen Issue 1:
- Audi adapt ive cru ise cont rol*
- Audi side assist*
- Cell phone package*
- Conven ience key*
- Electronic immobilize r
- Garage door opener (Homelink)*
- Remote cont rol key
FCC Part 15.19
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC
R ules . Ope ration is subject to the follow ing two
cond it ions:
(1) T his dev ice may not cause harmful interfer
ence, and
(2) this device must accept any interference re
ce ived, includ ing interference that may cause un
desired operation.
FCC Part 15.21
CAUTION:
Changes or modificat io ns not express ly approved
by the pa rty responsible fo r compliance cou ld
vo id the user's a uthority to operate the equ ip
ment.
RSS-G en Issue 1
Operat ion is s ubject to the following two cond i
tions:
(1) this device may not cause interference, and
(2) this device must accept any interference, in
clud ing interference that may cause undesired
operation of the device.
Index
Cooling system Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
336
Coolant temperature indicato r . . . . . . . . . . 11
C ross ha irs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6
Curre nt cons umption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
D
Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Data protectio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199, 230
D ata recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Date ...... .. .. ................... 17,251
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 1
Daytime runni ng lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1
Declarat ion of compliance
Aud i adapt ive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . .
392
Aud i side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Ce ll phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Elect ronic immob ilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Garage doo r opener (Home link) . . . . . . . . 39 2
Rem ote con trol key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
D EF
refer to AdBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Defrosting (windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
DEF (inst rument cluste r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Demo mode
refer to Presentation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Destination on the map
Using the MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
209
Determin ing cor rec t load l imi t
Diese l 356
D iese l part iculate filte r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Prewa rm ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Diese l Exhaust Fl uid (DEF)
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Diese l fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Dig ita l compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Dig ita l Rights Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
D imensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 7
Dimming the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
D imming the rea rview mir ror . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
D ire ctory
refer to Con tacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
396
D isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Infotainment system d isp lay . . . . . . 159, 252
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Mult ifunct ion steer ing whee l . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Ve rsions (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Doors
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Driver informat ion system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17
Chang ing v iews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Ene rgy consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Outs ide temperat ure display. . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Se rvice in terv al displ ay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
V iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
D river seat
refer to Seating posi tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
D rives
refer to Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230, 239
Drive select
refer to Audi d rive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
D rivi ng econom ica lly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Driving safe ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
D riving through wa ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
86
D . .
t· 17 riving ,me
... ... .. .. ........ ..... .. .
DVD drive (med ia drives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
231
Dynam ic steeri ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Dynam ic volume
refer to System volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
E
E-mail 185
Econom ica l rou te . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 14
eco (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
82
EDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
El ec tromechanical parking b rake . . . . . . . . . 94
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
E lectronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38
El ectronic stabiliza tion control
referto ESC ..... .. .. ........... 151,152
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Emergency b raking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Emergency call funct io n
A udi con nect eme rgency call and service .
2 05
Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Index
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Recommendation.................... 322
Saving fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 139
Fueling Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
F uel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Opening the fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Fuses Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Replac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
G
Garage door opener
refer to Homel ink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . . 343
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Valet parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 387
H
Handsfree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Head-up display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . . 61
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . 61
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73, 261
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 271
High beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Hill hold ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
also refer to Hill hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Home address .... .. ........ ...... 209, 215
Homelink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How are child restraint system anchors relat-
ed to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 284
How safety belt pretens ioners work . . . . . . 275
398
I
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Important things to do before driving . . . . 258
Importing and exporting (contacts) . . . . . . 188
Improperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
PASSENGER AIR BAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Input Using the MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Using the speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Input level (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Inspection interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Installing the upper tether strap on the an -
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Instrument illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Internet
refer to Audi connect (Infotainment) . . . . 191
Internet radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Interval mode (wipers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
iPhone
refer to Audi music interface ....... 236, 237
J
Jukebox 232
Jump-start ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Jump start cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
K
Key.......... .. .. .. .. .. ........... ... 38
Key not recogni zed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 39
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 , 42
Vehicle code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Kick-down (automatic transmission) . . . . . . 100
Index
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Fuel filler door emergency release . . . . . . 326
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Remote control operation
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . 51
Remote lock ing and unlocking
Aud i connect vehicle control . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Removing the caps (wheel bolts) ........ . 371
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Repairs
A ' b tr ag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Replacing Light bulbs
380
Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 266, 267
Reset
refer to Restart (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Residual heat (automatic climate control) . . 84
Restart (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Reverse gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Rewinding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Right control button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rims ...... ... .. ................ ... . 357
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Ringtone settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Roaming
refer to Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Rollbar
refer to Active rollover protection system 265
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
also refer to Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Route criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Route guidance
refer to Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Running direction (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
s
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
402
Safety
Airbag system ... .. .. .............. .
Be lts
........ ... .. .. ...............
Cargo
Correct seating position ............ . .
Pedal area ........ ... .............. .
Telephone .... ... .. .. ........ ..... . .
Safety belt h eight adjustment .......... .
Safety belt microphone . .. ........... . .
Safety belt position .. .. ............. . .
Safety belt height adjustment ........ .
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . .
Safety be lt pretensioner 277
268
263
259
263
178
274
189
273
274
274
Service and disposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268, 272
Belt positioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Not worn .................. ........ 270
Safety be lt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Securing child safety seats ............ 313
Special considerations for pregnant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Safety instructions for side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
for us ing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
for using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System 291
Saving fuel Energy consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
R t· ecu per a ton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Scan (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Screen
refer to Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 16
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
SD card reader (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
sos
refer to Voice recognition system . . . . . . . 170
Search area (point of interest) . . . . . . . . . . . 210