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Adjusting the parking aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Trailer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Intelligent Technology . . . . . . . . . . 151
Electronic stabilization control (ESC) . . . . 151
Brakes. .. .. .. ............... .. .... . 153
Electromechanical steering, Dynamic
steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1S4
All -wheel drive (quattro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1S4
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lSS
Notice about data recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and vehicle control
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1S6
Infotainment system . . . . . . . . . . . . 1S8
Multi Med ia Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 1S8
Traffic safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
MMI On/Off knob with joystick function . . 158
Infotainment system display . . . . . . . . . . 159
MMI operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Control knob with joystick function . . . . . 163
Shortcut keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
L etter/number speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Free text search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Menus and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Voice recognition sys tem . . . . . . . . 171
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Command overview information . . . . . . . . 171
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
External voice operation 176
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Using the te lephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Listening to voicema il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Addit ional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Table of contents
Audi connect (Infotainment) . . . .
191
Introduction ... .. .. ................ . 191
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Configuration through myAudi . . . . . . . . . 191
Opening Audi connect (Infotainment) . . . 192
Audi connect Infotainment services . . . . . 192
Wi-Fi hotspot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Configuring the data connection . . . . . . . . 198
Audi connect (Infota inment) general
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
T roubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Audi connect vehicle control . . . . 201
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Additional options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Remote locking and unlocking . . . . . . . . . 202
Vehicle status report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Parking location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Geofencing Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Speed Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Valet Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Stolen Vehicle Locator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Online Audi serv ice request . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Online roadside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Navigation ..... ................. . .
Opening navigation ................. .
Entering a destination ............... .
Personal route assistance ............ .
Alternative routes ................. . .
Additional settings . ............. .. . .
Map .. .. .. .... .. .. ... ... .... ..... . .
Online map d isplay . ................ .
Map update . .. .. .. ................ . 207
207
208
213
214
21S
217
219
220
T raffic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Radio .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . ..... ... .. .. 225
Open ing the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Radio functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Radio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
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Table of contents
Additional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Media ... .. .... ... .......... .. .. ... 230
I ntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Notes ... .... .. .. . .......... .. .. ... 230
Media drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Bluetooth audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Wi-Fi audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
O nline media and Internet radio . . . . . . . . 235
Mult imedia connect ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Pla ying media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Additional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Supported media and file formats . . . . . . 245
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Audi smartphone interface . . . . . . 249
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
System settings ........... .. .. .. .
Sett ing the date and time ............ .
MMI settings ..... ........... ...... .
Connection manager .......... .... .. .
System update .. .. . .......... .. .. .. .
Sound settings .. ..... ........... ... .
Volume settings . ................ ... .
Restarting the MMI ... .... .... .. .. .. .
Software license i nfo rmat ion 25
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251
251
252
254 255
255
256
256
Safety first . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Bas ics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Correct passenger seating positions . . . . . 259
Driver's and front passenger's footwell . . 262
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Active rollover protection system . . . . . . . 265
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Safety belts ............... .... ... 268
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Why use safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Be lt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
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Airbag system ... .. ... .......... .. 277
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System 289
Knee a irbags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
S ide air bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
S ide curta in air bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Important informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
LATCH system (lower anchorages and
tethers for children) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 1
Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 22
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Diesel fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Se lective cata lytic reduction (Ad Blue/
DEF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Emiss ions control systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Engine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Eng ine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Se rvice interva l display
340
Wheels .......... .. ... .......... .. 3 41
Wheels and Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 359
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Cleaning and care information . . . . . . . . . 363
Plac ing your vehicle out of serv ice . . . . . . 367
Do It Yourself ... .. ............. .. 368
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 368
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
T ire mobility kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Malfunction indicator
If there is a malfunction in the instrument clus
ter,
DEF wi ll appear in the trip odometer display.
Have the malfunction corrected as soon as possi
b le.
@ Tips
The units of measurement can be set in the
I nfotainment system
Q page 251.
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 Driver informat ion system d isplay
Fig. 7 left s ide of multifunc tion stee ring wheel p lus
Requirement: the ign ition must be switched on.
The driver information system contains multiple
~ tabs©¢ fig. 6 that display various information
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Cockpit overview
The following tabs are available, depending on
vehicle equipment:
First tab Vehicle (on-board computer)
Q page 17
Second Messages
tabal
Third tab Radio
Media
¢ page 18
Fourth tab Telephone* ¢ page 19
Fift h tab Navigation* ¢ page
20
Map* ¢page21
a) Thi s ta b is on ly vis ib le when t here is at leas t one indicato r
li ght o r m essag e disp layed .
@ Button I <1 1> I
-Switching tabs: press the ~ button repeated
ly until the desired tab is shown (for example ,
Radio) .
@IVIEWI button
Switching views or reducing the display
Q page 15.
@ Button [2l
Return to functions at higher levels
@ Control buttons 12) and [g
Open/close the selection menu or options menu
Qpage 14.
(z) 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
(J) ¢ fig . 7.
- Zooming in/out on the map: when a map is
displayed, turn the left thumbwheel to zoom in
and out on the map.
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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> page 251 .
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 .
Depend ing 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 229.
Media .
Requirement: a media drive must contain audio/
video files
cc> page 231 .
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 .
.,.
Applies to: ve hicles with multifunction steering wheel plus
"Press th e l<1 1>I butto n repeated ly until the Ra -
dio/Media tab is disp layed .
" Press the left control button ¢ page 14 .
Depending on vehicle equipmen t, the following
functions may be availab le in the driver informa
tion system .
-Selecting a source : select and confi rm a source
s u ch as the SD card.
- Selecting a radio station from the source li st:
sele ct and confirm Switch to radio .
- Playing an audio /video file :
select and confi rm
a file.
- Pau sing/resuming playba ck : press the r ight
t hu mbwheel @
~page 15, fig. 11. To res ume
playb ack , p ress the r igh t thumbw heel again .
-Re starting playback of an audio file : select the
file that is curre ntly playing, if necessary. Press
the left th umbwheel.
- Opening additional track information: select:
r ig ht cont rol bu tton>
Show "Now Playing"
screen .
@ Tips
-The media drives do not play files that are
p ro te cte d by DRM and that a re identif ied
wi th the sym bol
1'.D.
- Please note t hat w ithin a media sou rce in
th e d river i nfo rm at ion s ystem, o nly pl aylis ts
tha t we re sele cted t hroug h the MMI cont rol
p anel c an be
playe d~ page 24 0.
- Pay attention to t he Infotai nmen t sys te m
dis play if ne cess ary. Depen din g on these
l ected function, it may
be necess ary to use
t h e MM I cont rol panel.
Cockpit overview
Telephone
Applies to: vehicles with te lephone
Fig . 1 6 Ex ampl e: telep hone functio ns in th e drive r info r
m ati on sys te m
Requireme nt: a ce ll phone must be connected to
the MMI
~ page 178.
Applies to: vehicles wit h mult ifunction stee ring wheel
" Press the IMODE ! button on the m ultifun ction
steer ing whee l re peat edly u ntil t he Telephone
t ab is d is pla yed .
Applies to: vehicles with mult ifunction steering wheel plus
" Press the l<1 1>I button repeatedly until the Tele-
p ho ne tab is d isplayed .
" Press the le ft con trol b utton ¢ page 14 .
Depending on veh icle equipment , the following
funct ions may be ava ilable i n the dr iver informa
t ion system .
-Accessing a contact : select and confirm Call
list / Favorites / Directory .
Select and confirm
a contact .
Directory contacts* : the driver info rmation sys
tem on ly disp lays directory contacts that have a
phone number stored .
If several phone numbers
are stored with a contact, the list of stored num
bers is d isplayed first when the entry is selected .
Recent calls*: the recent calls list contains all in
coming, o utgoing and missed ca lls.
Caller information *: the name, phone number or
Unknown ap pears in the drive r information sys
tem display depend ing on whether the ca ller has
been stored in the d irecto ry and if the phone
number has been transmitted.
Functions during an incoming call
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charge. Drive to an authorized Audi dealer or au
thorized Audi Service Facility immediate ly.
Do not stop the eng ine, or you will not be able to
start it aga in. If yo u can no longer sta rt the en
gine, see an authorized A udi dealer or authorized
Audi Service Facility for assistance .
(•) Elec trical system : malfunction! Plea se c on
tact Se rvic e
Drive to an authorized Aud i dea le r or authorized
Aud i Service Faci lity immediately . Because the ve
h icle battery is discharg ing , turn off all unneces
sary e lectr ica l equipment s uch as the radio . See
an authorized Audi dealer or authorized A udi
Service Facility if the battery charge level is too
l ow .
(•) Ele ctrical system : low battery charge . B at
tery w ill be charg ed while driv ing
The start ing ability may be impaired .
If th is message turns off after a little while, the
vehicle battery charged enough wh ile driving .
If the message does not turn off and stay off
when dr iving, have an authori zed Aud i dea ler or
author ized Audi Service Facility repair the mal
function.
~ Engine oil pressure
• T u rn off engine . O il pr essure too low
Stop the eng ine and do no t continue driving.
Check the engine oil
level ¢ page 334.
-If the engine oil level is too low, add engine oil
¢ page 334. Only cont inue driv ing once the in
dica tor light turns off.
- If the engine oil level is correct and the indica
tor light sti ll turns on, turn the engine off and
do not continue driving. See an authori zed Audi
dealer or au thor ized Audi Service Facility for as
s istance.
@ Tips
The oil pressure warning is not an o il level in
dicator. Always check the oil level regularly.
Coc kpit o ve rv iew
~ Engine oil level (MIN)
• Plea se add oil imm ediatel y.
Add engine oil immediately ¢ page 334.
Ill Please add ma x. x qt (l) oil. You can contin ·
ue d riv ing
Add the maximum amount o f oi l indicated in the
display as soon as possible
¢ page 334 .
@-Steering lock
• Steering: m alfunction! Ple ase stop vehicle
T he re is a ma lfunction in the e lectronic steering
l ock. You cannot turn the ignition on.
Do
not tow your vehicle because it cannot be
stee red. See an authorized Audi dea ler or author
ized Audi Se rvice Facili ty for assistance.
Em Ste ering lo ck : malfunct ion! Pl eas e contact
Ser vic e
There is a malfunction in the electron ic steering
lock.
Drive to an au thori zed Audi dealer or authori zed
Audi Service Facility immed iately to have the
malfunction corrected .
_& WARNING ,-
Do not tow your vehicle when there is a mal-
f u nction in the electro nic steer ing lock· t his
i n cr eases the risk of an a cc ident.
~ Engine start system
• Engine s tart sy stem: malfun ction! Ple ase
cont act S erv ice
Do not switch the ignition off because you may
not be able to switch it on again.
Drive to an authorized Audi dealer or authorized
Audi Se rvice Facility immed iately to have the
malfu nction corrected .
= Engine sta rt system: mal function! Ple ase
cont act S erv ice
-
There is a ma lf u nction in the engine starting sys-
tem.
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in the same frequency range (s uch as a ce ll
phone or radio equipment) . A lways check if
your vehicle is locked!
- For an explanation on conformity with t he
FCC regulations in the United States and the
Ind ustry Canada regu lations, see
<::> page 392 .
Removing the mechanical key
Fig. 24 Re mote control maste r key: remov ing t he mechani
ca l key
• Press the release buttons @¢ fig. 24 and re
move t he mechanical key from the remote co n
t ro l key .
Using the mecha nica l key, you can :
- Lock/un lock the glove compartment.
- Locking and unlock ing the lockable* rea r bench
seat <::>
page 78.
-Manua lly lock/ un lock the vehicle ¢ page 42.
- Emergency lock the doors ¢ page 4 2 .
- Swi tch the child safety locks on in t he rear
doo rs *
¢ page 48, fig. 41.
LED and battery in the remote control key
F ig. 25 Remote co ntro l key : rem ov ing the battery holder
Open ing and closing
F ig . 2 6 Re mote co ntrol key (rea r side) : re m ovi ng t he bat ·
te ry ho ld er
LED in the remote control key
" 0 0 0
i
~
T he L ED @ in forms you of the remote control key
funct ion .
• If you press a bu tto n briefly, the LE D blinks
once .
• If you press and hold a button (convenience
opening/closing), the LED b links severa l times .
• If the LED does not blink, the remote contro l
key battery is dead . The
1:1 ind icato r light turns
on and the message
Remote control key : re
place key battery
appears . Replace the battery
in the remote cont ro l key .
Replacing the remote control key battery
• Press the re lease buttons @¢ fig. 25 and re
move the mechanica l key .
• Press the re lease buttons ©¢ fig. 26 on the
battery holder while pulling the battery holder
ou t of the remote contro l key in the d irect io n of
t he arrow .
• Inse rt t he new b attery with the "+" sym bol fa c
ing down.
• Slide t he battery holde r car efully into the re
mote contro l key .
• Insert t he mechanical key .
® For the sake of the environment
Discha rged bat teries m ust be disposed o f us
in g methods that w ill not harm the env iron
ment. Do not d ispose o f them in ho useho ld
trash.
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Opening and clo sin g
Applies to: Spo rt b ack
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 on ce the
system detects the movement.
The luggage compartment lid w ill only open/
close if you perfo rm the movement as described.
This prevents the luggage compartmen t 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 compartmen t 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 happe n 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 signal 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.
- App lies to: Sp ortback: If there is a luggage
rac k (such as a bicycle rack) on the luggage
compa rtment lid, the luggage compartment
lid may no t open comp letely unde r certain
c ircumst ances, or i t could 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.