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A WARNING
Child ren on the front seat of any car even w ith
Advanced Airbags can be seriously injured or
even killed when an airbag inflates. A child in
a rearward-facing child safety seat installed
on the front passenger seat will be seriously
injured and can be killed if the front airbag in
flates.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the ch ild safety seat and child
against the backrest, center armrest, or
door.
- Always install rear-facing child safety seats
on the rear seat.
- If you must install a rearward fac ing ch ild
safety seat on the front passenger seat in
exceptiona l circumstances and the
PA SSEN
GE R AIR BAG OFF
,;; light does not come
on and stay on, immediately install the rear
facing child safety seat in a rear seating po sition and have the airbag system inspected
immediately by your Audi dealer.
A WARNING
- Forward-facing chi ld seats installed on the
front passenger seat may interfere with the deployment of the a irbag and cause serious
personal injury to the child.
- If except ional circumstances require the use
of a forward-facing child restraint on the
front passenger's seat, the child's safety and well-being require the following special
precautions to be taken:
- Always make sure that the fo rward-facing
seat has been designed and certified by its manufacturer for use on a front passenger
seat with a front and s ide a irbag.
- Always carefully follow the manufacturer's instructions provided with the child seat
or infant carrier.
- Never install a chi ld restraint without a
properly attached top tether strap if the
child restraint manufacturer's instructions require the top tether strap to be used.
Ch ild safety
-Never put the forward-facing child re
straint up against or very near the instru
ment panel.
- Applies to: vehicles with safety be lt height
adjustment: Always set the safety belt up
per anchorage to the adjustment pos ition
that permits proper installation in accord
ance with the child restraint manufactur
er's instructions.
- Always move the front passenger seat to the h ighest position in the up and down
adjustment range and move it back to the
rearmos t position in the seat's fore and
a ft ad justment range, as far away from
the a irbag as poss ible, before installing
the forward-facing child restraint .
- Always make sure that the safety belt up
per anchorage is behind the chi ld restraint
and not next to or in front of the child re
straint so that the safety belt will be prop
erly pos it ioned.
- Always make sure that nothing prevents
the front passenger's seat from being
moved to the rearmost position in its fore
and aft adjustment range.
- Never place objects on the seat (such as a
laptop, CO player, electronic games de
vice, power inverter or seat heater fo r
ch ild seats) . These may influence the elec
trical capacitance measu red by the capac i
tive passenger detec tion system and can
also fly around in an acc iden t and c ause
serious personal injury .
- Never place or use any ele ct rical devi ce
(such as a laptop, CO player, electroni c
games device, powe r inverter or seat heat
er for child seats) on the front passenger
seat if the device is connected to the
12-
vo lt socket or the cigarette lighter socket.
- If a seat heater has been retrofitted or
otherw ise added to the front passenger
seat, never insta ll any child restraint sys
tem on this seat.
- Make su re that there are no wet objects
(such as a wet towe l) and no water or oth
er liquids on the front passenger seat
cush ion.
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-The child and the passenger can also in
jure each other in an accident.
- Never install rear-facing chi ld safety seats
or infant carriers on the front passenger
seat. A child will be serious ly injured and
can be killed when the passenger airbag in
flates - even with an Advanced Airbag Sys
tem.
- The inflating a irbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the ch ild safety seat and chi ld
against the backrest, center armrest, door
o r roof.
- Always install rear-facing child safety seats
o r infant carriers on the rear seat.
- Make sure there is enough space in front of
the ch ild in the child seat. If necessary, ad
just the ang le and posit ion of the seat in
front of the child sea t.
- Forward-fac ing ch ild safety seats installed
on the front passenger's seat can inte rfe re
with the airbag when it inflates and cause
serious injury to the child . Always insta ll for
ward-facing child safety seats on
the rear
seat.
- If exceptional circumstances require the use
of a forward-facing child restraint on the
front passenger's seat, the child's safety and well-being require that the following
special precautions be taken:
- Make sure the forward-fa cing seat h as
been designed and certif ied by its manu
facturer for use on a front seat with a pas
senger front and side airbag.
- Always care fully follow the manufacturer's
instr uctions provided with the child safety
seat or carrier.
- Always move the front passenger seat to the highest position in the up and down
ad justment range and move it back to the
rearmost posit ion in the seat's fore and
aft adjustment range, as far away from
the airbag as possible, before installing
the forward-fac ing ch ild restraint.
- Always make sure that the safety be lt up
per anchorage is behind the child restra int
and not next to or in front of the child
r e-
Ch ild safety
straint so that the safety belt wi ll be prop
erly pos it ioned.
- Always make sure that nothing prevents
the front passenger's seat from being moved to the rearmost position in its fore
and aft adjustment range.
- Always make sure that the backrest is in the upright posit ion.
- Never place or use any elect rical device
(such as a laptop, CD player, electronic
games device, power inverter or seat heat
er for child seats) on the front passenger
seat if the device is connected to the
12-
vo lt socket or the cigarette lighter soc ket.
- If a seat heater has been retrofitted or othe rw ise added to t he fron t passenger
seat, neve r insta ll any child rest raint sys
tem on this seat.
- Make su re that there a re no wet objects
(such as a wet towe l) and no water or oth
er liquids on the front passenger sea t
cush ion .
- Neve r place objects o n the sea t (such as a
laptop, CD player, e lect ronic games de
vice, power inverter or seat heater for
child seats). These may inf luence the elec
trical capacitance meas ured by t he capaci
tive passenger detection system and can also fly around in an acc ident and cause
serious personal injury.
- Always buckle the child safety seat firmly in
p lace even if a ch ild is not sitt ing in it. A
loose child safety seat can fly around dur ing
a sudde n stop or i n a co llision .
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when
ever us ing a child restrained in a vehicle is
be ing
u sed~ page 268, Safety belts,
<=> page 2 77, Airbag system and
<=> page 302, Child safe ty.
_&. WARNING
To reduce the risk of serious injury, ma ke sure
t hat the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF '1; light
comes on and stays on whenever a child re
straint is installed on the front passenger seat
and the ign it ion is switched on.
..,
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restraint in place ¢page 74. Install the
head restraint again immediately once the
child seat is removed. Driving without head
restraints or with head restraints that are
not properly adjusted increases the risk of
serious or fatal neck injury dramatically.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when ever using a child restrained in a veh icle is
being used
¢ page 268, Safety belts,
¢ page 2 77, Airbag system and
¢ page 302, Important information.
_& WARNING
If exceptional circ umstances require the use
o f a forwa rd-facing child restraint on the
front passenger's seat, the child's safety and
we ll-being require that the following special
precautions be taken:
- Make sure the forward-facing seat has been
designed and certified by its manufacturer
for use on a front seat with a passenger
front and side airbag.
- Always follow the manufacturer 's instruc
t ions prov ided with the ch ild safety seat or
infant carrier.
- Always move the front passenger seat to the highest position in the up and down ad
justment range and move it back to the
rearmost position in the seat's fore and aft
adjustment range, as far away from the air
bag as possib le, before insta lling the for
wa rd-facing child restraint.
- Always make sure that the safety belt upper
anchorage is beh ind the child restraint and
not next to or in front of the chi ld restraint
so that the safety belt will be properly posi
tioned.
- Always make sure that nothing prevents the
front passenger's seat from being moved to
the rearmost position in its fore and aft ad
justment range.
- Always make sure the backrest is in an up
right position.
- Never place or use any electrical device (such as a laptop, CD player, electronic
games device, power inverter or seat heater
for child seats) on the front passenger seat
Ch ild safety
if the device is connected to the 12-volt
socket or the cigarette lighter socket.
-If a seat heater has been ret rofitted or oth
erwise added to the front passenger seat, never install any child restra int system on
this seat.
- Make sure that there are no wet objects
(such as a wet towel) and no water or other
liquids on the front passenger seat cush ion.
- Never place objects on the seat (such as a
laptop, CD p layer, electronic games device,
power inverter or seat heater for ch ild
seats). These may influence the elect rical
capacitance measu red by the capacitive pas
senger detect ion system and can also fly
a ro und in an accident and cause serious per
sonal injury .
- Make sure that the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF ,;; light comes on and stays on all the
time wheneve r the ignit ion is switched on .
- If the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ,;; light
does not come on and stay on, immediately
install the forward -facing child seat at a
seating position on the rear seat
and have
the airbag system inspected by your author
ized Audi dealer.
- Take the child restra int off the front passen
ger seat and install it prope rly at one of the
rear seat positions if the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG
OFF ,;; light does not stay on whenever
the ignition is switched on.
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-Never put the forward-facing child restraint
up, against or very near the instrument pan
el.
-Always move the front passenger seat to
the highest position in the up and down
ad
justment range and move it back to the
rearmost position in the seat's fore and aft
adjustment range, as far away from the air
bag as possib le, before insta lling the
for
ward-facing child restra int.
- Always make sure that the safety belt upper
anchorage is beh ind the child restraint and
not next to or in front of the chi ld restraint
so that the safety belt will be properly pos i
tioned.
-Make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF ~; light comes on and stays on a ll the
time whenever the ignition is switched on.
,&. WARNING t-==
Rearward-facing child restraints:
-A ch ild in a rearward-facing child safety seat
installed on the front passenger seat wi ll be
seriously injured and can be killed if the
front airbag inflates
-even with an Ad
vanced Airbag System.
-The inflating airbag will hit the child safety
seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the chi ld safety seat and child
against the backrest, center armrest, door
or roof .
-Always be especially careful if you must in
stall a rearward facing child safety seat on
the front passenger seat in exceptional c ir
cumstances .
-Make sure that the PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF ~; light comes on and stays on a ll the
t ime whenever the ignition is switched on.
-If the PASSENGE R AIR BAG OFF ~; light
does not come on and stay on, immed iate ly
install the rea r-facing child safety seat in a
rea r seat ing pos ition and have the airbag
system inspected by your Aud i dealer.
Ch ild safety
Activating the convertible locking retractor
Use the convertible locking retractor to secure a
child restraint .
Always heed the child safety seat manufacturer's
instructions when installing a child restraint in
your vehicle. To activate the convertible locking retractor:
.. Place the child restraint on a seat, preferably
on the rear seat .
.. Slowly pull the belt all the w ay out .
.. Route it around or through the child restra int
be lt
path ¢&. -
.. Push the ch ild safety seat down with you r full
weight to get the safety belt really tight.
.. Insert the belt tongue into the buckle for that
seating position.
.. Guide the safety belt back into the retractor un
til the belt lies flat and snug on the child safety
seat .
.. You should hear a ''cl icking" noise as the belt
w inds back into the inertia reel. Test the con
vert ible lock ing retractor by pulling on the belt .
You shou ld no longer be able to pull the belt
out of the retractor. The convertib le loc king re
t ractor is now activated.
.. Make sure that the red release button is facing
away from the child restraint so that it can be
unbuckled quickly .
.. Pull on the belt to make sure the safety belt is
properly tight and fastened so that the seat
cannot move forward or sideways more than
one inch (2 .5 cm) .
,&. WARNING
Using the wrong ch ild rest raint or an improp
e rly installed child restra int can cause se rious
personal injury or death in a crash.
-Always make sure that the safety be lt re
tr actor is locked when installing a child
safety seat . An un locked safety be lt retrac
tor cannot hold the chi ld safety seat in p lace
during normal driving or in a crash.
-Always buckle the child safety seat firm ly in
p lace even if a child is not sitting in it. A
loose child safety seat can fly around during
a sudden stop or in a crash.
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Fuses a nd bul bs
Fuse panel @ (brown) Fuse panel© (blac k)
No. Equip ment No. Equipm ent
2
Mass airflow sensor, camshaft adjust-
ment, charge air cooler pump 1 F ront seat heating
2 Windshield wipers
3 Exhaust doors, fuel injectors, radiator inlet 3 Left head light electronics
4 Vacuum pump , hot water pump, particu-
late sensor, biodiesel sensor 4 Panorama glass roof
s Left front door contro l module
5 Brake light sensor 6 Sockets
6 Engine valves, camshaft adjustment 7 Right rear door control mod ule
7
Heated oxygen sensor, mass airflow sen-8 All wheel drive
sor
8
Water pump, high pressure pump, high
pressure regulator valve
9 Hot water pump
9 Right headlight electronics
10
Windshield washer system/headlight
washer system
11 L eft rear door control module
10
Oil pressure sensor, oil temperature sen-
sor
Fu se panel @ (blac k)
11 Clutch pedal position sensor No. Equipmen t
12 Engine valves
Seat ventilation, rearv iew mirror, climate
13 Rad iator fan control system, rear climate control sys-
14 Fuel injectors
15 Ignition
coils
16 Fuel pump
1 tern controls , windsh ie ld heat ing , neck
heating, front passenger 's airbag warning
light
2 Gateway, climate control system
Fuse panel@ (red ) 3 Sound actuator/exhaust sound tuning
No. Equ ip me nt 4 Clutch pedal posit ion sensor
1 Anti-theft alarm system 5 Engine start
2 Engine control module 7 Rear USB charg ing port
3 Lumbar support 8 Homelink
4 Automatic transmission selector mecha-
nism 9 Adaptive cruise contro l
11 Video camera
5 Horn 12 Matrix LED headlight/right L ED headlight
6 Electromechan ica l park ing brake 13 Matrix LED headlight/left LED headlight
7 Gateway control module
8 Interior headl iner lights
10 Airbag control module
11 Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC)
Fuse panel © (red )
N o. Equ ipmen t
1 Ign ition co ils
12 Diagnostic connector, light/rain sensor
13 Climate control system
14 Right front door control module
lS A/C compressor
5 Engine mount
6 Automatic transmission
7 Instrument panel
8 Climate control system (blower)
10 Dynamic steering
11 Engine start
378
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
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Search function
refer to Free text search
Seat adjustment
H ead restraints
Seat belts 167,241
261
refer to Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Seating capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Sea ting position
Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 260
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Seats Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
C leaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Seat ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Seconda ry phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180, 253
Select ing a source (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Selection menu ................ 14, 160, 164
Selectiv e catalytic r eduction
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Selective wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . . 151
Selector lever
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Self-l earning navigation
refer to Pe rsona l route assistance
213
Service and disposal Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Service interval display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Service position
refer to Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 68
SE T REAR (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Settings Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Map ... .. .. .. ............... .. .... . 218
Media ... .. .. ............. .. .. .. .. . 242
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
System (MMI) ................. ..... . 251
T ele phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Voice recognition system ...... .. .. .. . 251
Index
Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Shift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Shortcut keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158, 165
Shuffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
S ide assist
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Rea r cross-traffic assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
also refer to Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
D escription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
How they wo rk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
S afety ins tructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
SiriusXM alert notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Snow cha ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Software update
refer to Map update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19S
refer to System update (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . 254
Software (MMI) License agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Space -saving spare tire (compact spare tire) 3.75
Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Sp eed depend ent volume control
Speed limit info
refer to Traffic sign recognit ion
Speed limits 255
109
refer to Traffic sign recognit ion . . . . . . . . 109
Sp eedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Sport differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Sport view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Stabilization program
refer to ESC . ... . .. .... ...... ... 151, 152
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Switching off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
START ENGINE STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
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