2018 AUDI A6 Owners Manual

Owner's Manual
2018 A6
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" N .... 0 0 \.J ' Foreword
Thank you for choosing an Audi -we value your trust in us.
Your new Audi wi ll allow you to experience the bes t in groundbreaking techno lo­
gy and premium quality equipment a vehicle has to offer . We recommend that
you read your Owner's Manua l thoroug hly so that you quickly become acquaint­
ed with your A udi and make use of all of its features.
In addition to exp laining how the different fea tures work, we p rovide many use ­
f ul tips and information concerning yo ur safety, how to care for yo ur vehicle and
how to maintai n your ve hicle's va lue . We also give you useful tips and informa­
tion on how to drive your veh icle more efficiently and in an environmentally
friendly manner.
We hope you enjoy driving your Audi and we wish you safe and pleasant motor ­
ing.
AUDIAG

Table of contents
About this Owner's Manual . .. .. .
Cockpit ... .. ............... .... .. .
Cockpit overview .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
Controls at a glance . .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
Instruments and indicator lights
Instruments ....... .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
Indicato r lights .... .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
Driver information system ... .. .
Ove rview ....... ... .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
Operation . ........ .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
On-board computer ........... .... .. .
Eff iciency program ............ .... .. .
Odometer .. .. .. ................ ... .
T ime/date display ............... ... .
H ead-up display ................. ... .
Starting and driving ............ .
Opening and closing ............ .
Cent ral lock ing .. ............. .... .. .
L ugg age compa rtment lid ...... .. .. .. .
Ch ild safety lock . ............. .... .. .
P owe r windows .... .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
Sunroof . ....... ... .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
Va let par king function . ..... ... .. .. .. .
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36
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . 36
Lights and Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
E xterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41
V1s1on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
W indshield w ipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Seats and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
General informa tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
H ead restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
M emory fu nction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
51
Ciga rette lighte r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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Volt sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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Warm and cold .... ... .. ..... ... . .
Climate contro l system . .. .. ..... ... . .
Steering w heel heat ing . .. .. ..... ... . .
Driving . .. .. .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... . .
Genera l information . .... .. ..... ... . .
Steering .. .. .. .. .. .. ............. . .
Start ing and stopping the eng ine ..... . .
Start/Stop system .. .. ... .. ..... ... . .
E lectromechanical parking brake ...... .
Start ing to drive .. .. .. .............. .
A utomat ic transmission
Trailer towing ... .. .............. .
D riving with a tra ile r
Driver assi stance .. .............. .
Assistance systems ............. .
Speed warning system .............. . .
Cru ise cont ro l sys tem . ............. . .
Audi adaptive cruise contro l ...... ... . .
Audi pre sense ..... .. ... .. ..... ... . .
Audi active lane assist .... .. ..... ... . .
Audi s ide ass ist .. .. .. ............. . .
N ight vision assist w ith pedestrian and
wild animal detection . ............. . .
Audi drive select (drive settings) ....... .
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8 4
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104
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Rearv iew camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Per iphera l came ras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Adjus ting the d isplay and the wa rn ing
tones.. ... .. .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... ..
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Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Traile r hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Intelligent Technology . . . . . . . . . . 11 9
Electronic stabilization control (ESC) . . . . 119
B rakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
E lectromechanical steering, dynamic
steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
122
All wheel drive (quattro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Notice abo ut data recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and veh icle co ntro l
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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" N .... 0 0 \,;J ' Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Correct passenger seating positions . . . . . 126
Driver 's and front passenger's footwell . . 129
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Repo rt ing Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Gene ral informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Why use safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Safety bel ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Belt tens ione rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
I mportant info rm ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Fr on t ai rbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
M onitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 154
Knee airbags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
C hi ld safety seats............. .. .. .. . 172
Secur ing ch ild safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
L ATCH system (lowe r anchorages a nd
tethers for children) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Addit io n al i nfo rmat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Maint enance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Fu el . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Emissions control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
On Board Diagnostic System (OBD) . . . . . 189
E ng ine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Eng ine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
W indshield was her system . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Serv ice inte rval d isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
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Wheels .. .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... .. ..
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Whee ls and Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 218
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 21
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Cleaning and care informat ion . . . . . . . . . 222
Plac ing your vehicle out of serv ice . . . . . . 225
Do It Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 226
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Eq uipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Replacing w heels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Spa re t ire 232
Fuses ........ .. .. ................ . 234
Replacing fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Dr ive r side cockpit f use assignmen t
F ront passenge r side co ckpit fuse 2
35
assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 36
Luggage compartment fuse assignment 236
Bulbs .. .. .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. 23 8
Replacing light bu lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Genera l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Starting by p ush ing or towing . . . . . . . . . . 239
Start ing with jumper cab les . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Use of jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Tow ing with a tow truck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Accessories and Technical Data . 245
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Vehicle spec if icat io ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Notes about technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
D imens ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Capaci ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Weig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . 247
Warranty cove rages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 7
Operating your vehicle outside the U.S.A.
or Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
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Table of contents
Aud i Service Repair Man ua ls and
Lit eratur e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
M aintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Accessories and technical changes . . . . . . 249
Declar ation of compliance for
telecommunicat ions equ ipment and
e lectron ic systems
250
Index ... .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. .. . 251
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" N .... 0 0 \.J ' This Owner's Manual applies to all versions of
this model.
It contains important information,
tips, suggestions and warn ings for using your ve­
h icle.
Keep this manual in your vehicle at all times . This
is especially important if you loan your vehicle to
others or sell it.
This owner's manua l descr ibes the
equipment
range
specified for this mode l at the time of
printing . Individua l equipment options described
may on ly be availab le at a later date or may only
be offered in certain countries .
Some sections in this manua l do not apply to all
ve hicles. When this is the case, the beginning of
the sect ion ind icates the
validity, for example
"Applies to vehicles : with cruise contro l system".
Opt ional or vehicle-specific equipment is also
identified with an asterisk"*" .
T he
illustrations in this manual are a guide .
Some of the deta ils in your vehicle may differ
from the illustration.
All
directions , such as "left" , "right", "front" and
"rear", are based on the vehicle's direction of
travel.
* Optiona l or vehicle -specific equipment
liJ,,, The section continues on the next page.
ca:> & Cross reference to a "WARNING" w ith in a
section . If a page number is indicated , the
WARN ING is located outs ide of the section.
_& WARNING
Text with this symbol contains informat ion
about safety and how to reduce the risk of se­
rious personal injury or death.
(Ll) Note
Text with this symbol contains informat ion
about reduci ng the risk of damage to your ve­
hicle.
@) For the sake of the environment
Text with this symbol contains informat ion on
p rot ecting the enviro nment .
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About thi s Owner 's Manual
(D Tips
Text with this symbol contains additional use­
ful information.
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Cockpit overview
Cockpit overview
Controls at a glance
F ig. 1 Cockpit: left section
F ig. 2 Cockpit: r ig h t sect ion
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