
-For safety reasons in severe accidents, the
alternator and starter are separated from
the vehicle battery with a pyrotechn ic circuit
interrupter.
-Work on the pyrotechnic circ uit interrupt
er must only be performed by
a qualified
technicians who have the experience, in
formation and special tools necessary to
perform the work safely.
-I f the vehicle or the circuit interrupter is
scrapped, all app licab le safety precautions
must be followed .
@) For the sake of the environment
Undeployed airbag modu les a nd pretension
ers might be classified as Perch lorate Materi
al
-special handling may apply, see
www.dtsc .ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlo
rate. When the vehicle or parts of the re
straint system including airbag modules and
safety belts with pretensioners are scrapped,
all applicable laws and regulations must be
observed. Your authorized Audi dealer is fa
m iliar with these requi rements a nd we recom
mend t hat you have you r dealer perform this
service for you.
Other things that can affect Advanced
Airbag performance
Changing the vehicle's suspension system can
change the way that the Advanced Airbag System performs in a crash . For example, using tire-r im
comb inat ions not approved by Audi, lowering the
ve hicl e, chang ing the stiffness of the suspens io n,
in clud ing the spr ings, suspens ion str uts, shock
absorbers et c. can change the forces that are
measured by the airbag sensors and sent to the
e lectronic contro l unit. Some suspension changes
can, for example, increase the force levels meas
ured by the sensors and make the airbag system
deploy in crashes in wh ich it would not deploy if
the changes had not been made. Other ki nds of
changes may reduce the fo rce levels meas ured by
the sensors and prevent the airbag from deploy
in g when i t should .
Airbag sys tem
A WARNING
-Changing the vehicle's suspension including
use of unapproved tire-rim combinations can
change Advanced Airbag performance and in
crease the risk of serious persona l injury in a
crash.
- Never install suspension components that
do not have the same pe rformance charac
teristics as the components o rigina lly ins tal
led on your vehicle.
- Never use tire-rim combinations t hat have
not been approved by Audi.
Knee airbags
Description of knee airbags
The knee airbag system can provide supplemen
tal protection to prop erly restrained front sea t
occupants.
F ig. 2 49 Driver 's knee a irbag
The driver knee airbag is in the instrument panel
u nderneath the steering whee l
~fig. 249, the
airbag fo r the p asse nger is at about the same
height in the instr ument pane l underneath the
glove compa rtment.
T he knee airbag offers add itiona l protection to
the driver's and passenge r's knees and uppe r and
lower thigh areas and supp lements the protec
tion provided by the safety be lts .
If the front airbags deploy, the knee airbags a lso
deploy in fron tal coll is ions when the deploymen t
threshold stored in the cont rol un it is me t
~ page 287, More important things to know
about front airbags.
293

Index
Starting to drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9S
Starting (eng ine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89, 92
Steering Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
also refer to Electromechanical steering 154
Steering wheel Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Shift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Steering wheel heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
also refer to Multifunction
steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 15, 16
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 356
Stopover (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Streaming
refer to Online media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Street View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
S tronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 96
Subtitles (DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Subwoofer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Suspension control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Swap call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Sw itching tabs
refer to Multifunction
steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 15, 16
Switching the ignition on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
also refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SYNC (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
System settings (MMI) . ...... ... .... .. . 251
System update (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
System volume 256
T
Tachometer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 12
Tail lights Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
TOI clean diesel
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
404
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Connect ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Dialing a number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Options during a phone call . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Playing music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Temperature display Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Outs ide temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tether anchors .. .. ... ...... ........ .. 319
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Text messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79, 265
Tightening specification Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Tighten ing spec ification (wheel bolts) . . . . 374
Time ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. 251
Tire Mobility System (tire repair set) . . . . . . 369
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Low-profile tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
quattro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Repair set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . 359, 360
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Tire pressure (trailer towing mode) . . . . . 104 Unidirectional .... .. .. ........... 343,374
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 343
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 355
TMC
refer to Traffic information . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Tone (sound)
refer to Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
touch
refer to MMI touch
Towing Tow trucks
Towing loop
TPMS 161
383
383,384
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 360
Traffic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222, 223