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.
Traffic messages..................... . 218
Traffic sign recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Trailer mode (navigation)........ .. .. .. . 216
Trailer tow ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Travel guide
refer to Travel (travel gu ide) . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Travel (travel guide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Treb le (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Trunk lid
Trunk escape latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Turn assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
u
U LSD No . 2 (Diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Unfastening safety belts ......... ..... . 274
Uniform t ire quality grad ing . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Unlocking/locking
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
With the central locking switch . . . . . . . . .
41
W ith the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
W ith the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Updating stations (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
USB stick
refer to Audi music interface ..... .. 236, 237
V
Valet parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Vehicle
Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
362
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
<( co Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 .... N ~ Vehicle control modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
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3 co
Index
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Lifting points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Vehicle status report
Audi connect vehicle control . . . . . . . . . . .
202
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Version information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
VIEW button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
VIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Voice guidance
refer to Multifunction
steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13, 15, 16
Voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Voice recognit ion system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
External . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Mult ifunct ion steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Volume ............................ 256
Volume 255
w
Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Washing matte finish pa int . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Web radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
273
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 270
What impairs driving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Glossary of tire and loading term inology . 343
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
T ire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 360
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Wheel wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
When must a safety belt be replaced? . . . . 271
When must the a irbag system be inspected? 289
Where are lower anchorages located? . . . .
317
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