2018 AUDI A6 key battery
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-Side assist is not active w hile you are mak
i ng the ad justment.
- Your settings are automatically stored and
ass igned to the remote control key being
used.
Messages
App lies to: ve hicles with Audi side assist
If side assist switches off by i tself, the LED in the
button turns off and a message will appear in the
i nstr ument cluster d isplay:
Audi side a ssist: Currently una vailable . N o
senso r vision
The radar sensor v is ion is impaired . Do not cover
the area in front of the sensors with bike wheels, stickers, dirt or other objects . Clean the area in
front of the senso rs , if
necessa ry ~ page 99 ,
fig . 106.
Audi side as sist: Currently un avail able
Side assist cannot be switched on at th is time be
cause there is a malfunction (for example , the
battery charge level may be too low) .
Audi side as sist : System fault!
The sys tem cannot guarantee that it will detect
veh icles correctly and it has switched off. The
sensors have been moved or are faulty . H ave the
system checked by an authorized Audi dealer or
author ized Audi Se rvice Facility soon .
Audi side assist: Unav ailable when towing
Side assist sw itches off automatically when a fac
tory-ins talled trailer hi tch is connected to the
e lectrical connector on the trailer . There is no
gua rantee the system will sw itch off when using
a retrofi tte d trai ler hitch. Do not use s ide ass ist
when towing a t railer.
A ssi st a nce systems
Night vision assist with
pedestrian and wild
animal detection
Description
Applies to : vehicles wit h night vision assist
The night vision assist con detect, highlight and,
if n ecessary, warn about p ed estrians and large
wild animals.
Night vision assist wit h pedest rian and wi ld ani
mal detection assists you at night by using an in
frared camera to monitor the a rea in front of
your vehicle, within the limits of the system. It can d isplay objects up to a distance of approxi
mately 1000 feet (300 m). The thermal image
detected by the camera is shown in the inst ru
ment cluster d isp lay. Wa rm areas appear lighter
and co ld areas appear da rker.
Highlighting detected pedestrians and wild
animals
Appl ies to: vehicles with night vision assist
Fig. 1 08 In strum ent cluster: ye llow highlig h ted pedes
tria ns
Fi g. 10 9 Ins trumen t cl uster : sy mb ol when t he in frar ed im
age is not v is ib le
Wi thin the limi ts of the sys tem, the night v is io n
ass ist can detec t pedestr ians and wild animals
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Index
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 24 7
AUTO 4-zone deluxe automatic climate cont rol . . 61
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
D eluxe automatic climate control . . . . . . . . 59
Auto Lock (central locking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Automatic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Key recogn ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Automatic key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Automatic post-collision braking system . . 119
Autom atic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Em ergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
H ill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Selector lever emergency re lease . . . . . . . . 80
Selector lever pos itions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5
Shifting manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Steer ing whee l with shift paddles . . . . . . . . 78
tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . .
44
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Average consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
B
Battery
Ju mp starting ...... .......... .. .. .. .
also refer to Vehicl e battery .......... .
Before driving
Belt tensioner 239
19 7
125
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Blower (4-zone deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Blower (deluxe automatic climate control) . . 59
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Brake assist .. .. ............. .... .. . 119
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Ceram ic brake rotors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
E lect romechan ical park ing brake . . . . . . . . 72
252
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 17
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Braking guard ..... .. .. ............. ... 91
93
Messages
Settings ............................ 93
Break-in security featu re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Breaking in New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
N . ew engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Bu lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
C
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 190
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Capacities Fuel tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Cargo area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Cata lytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
C . k onvernence ey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Mechanically locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Su nroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
C entra l locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Ceramic brake rotors
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 20
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Child res tra ints
Danger of using child res traints in the front
seat............................... 143
Where can I get additiona l information
abo ut child restraints and their use? . . . . 184
Child res traint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 180
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Index
Headlight range contro l system . . . . . . . . . . 38
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8
H eadlig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Clea ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
H eadlig ht range contro l system . . . . . . . . . 38
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
H ead restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Ad justi ng .. .. .. ............. . 48, 49 , 128
Removing and ins tall ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
H eated
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rea r window (4-zone deluxe automatic cli
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2
Rea r window (del uxe automat ic climate con
t rol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Seats (4 -zone deluxe automatic climate con -
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Seats (de luxe automatic climate contro l) . . 60
Washer no zzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
H ea ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
H eavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 1 36
High beams Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Hi ll
descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Hi ll hold ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
also refer to Hi ll hold ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Homelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 36
H oo ks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
H orn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
How are child restraint system anchors re lat-
ed to chi ld safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
H ow many airbags does my veh icle have? . . 149
H ow safety belt pretens ioners work . . . . . . 140
I
Ignition
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Sw itching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
I mba lance (wheels) .. .. ..... ... .. .. ... 210
Immob il izer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 25
Important things to do before driving . . . . 125
I mp roperly worn s afety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
I nspection inte rval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
256
Installing child safety seats
Safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Installing the upper tether st rap on t he a n
c h orage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Ind icator lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Adjusting illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Interior ligh ting
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Front and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Intermittent (windsh ie ld w ipers) . . . . . . . . . 44
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Jump-start ing 239
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
K
Key ..... ... .. .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... .. . 25
Indicator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Mechan ica l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 26
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Un locking/locking .. .. ............. 27, 29
Key recognit ion (climate control system) . . . 58
K ick -dow n (au tomatic transm ission) . . . . . . . 78
Knee a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Impo rtant safety instr uctions . . . . . . . . . . 160
L
Lane assist
refer to Active lane ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
LATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Installing a ch ild restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Mount ing and re leas ing the anchorage
hoo k ..... .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. 182
Launc h control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Leat her care/ cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Leav ing home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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Rear window defogger (4-zone deluxe auto
matic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Rear window defogger (deluxe automatic cli
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Rear window shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 44
Recirculation mode (4-zone deluxe automatic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Recirculation mode (deluxe automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Fuel filler door emergency release . . . . . . 188
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Personali zing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Remote control operation
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . 36
Removing the side tr im panel in the luggage
compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Replacing Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Replacing windshield wiper b lades . . . . . . . . 45
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 132 , 133
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Residual heat (4-zone deluxe automatic cli-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Reverse gear (automatic transmission) ..... 75
Rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Road carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S4, 246
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
also refer to Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Index
s
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12S
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Safety belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 139
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 139
Safety belt pretensioner Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Saf ety be lts ...................... 134, 137
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Indicator light (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13S
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Special considerations for pregnant wom- en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Safety be lt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Safety instructions
for side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
for using child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
for using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System 156
Saving fuel Cylinder on demand system . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Seat adjustment Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Seat heating (4-zone deluxe automatic cli-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Seat heating (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
259
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Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Technical modifica tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Temperature disp lay
Exterior temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Temperature ind icator
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
T ie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 , 132
T ime . .. .. .. .. ............... .. .. .. .. 22
tiptron ic mode (automatic transmission) . . . 78
tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 74
Tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
All whee l driv e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Low -profile ti res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Repl acing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Tire pressure monitoring system .. . 218 ,219
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Tire pressure (trailer towing) . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Unidirectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Uniform tire quality grading ..... ..... . 217
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 204
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Towing Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
T owing loop ... ................ .. 241 ,242
TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System) .. 219
Trailer tow ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Parking systems .............. .. .. .. . 117
Trailer load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Transmission malfunction (indicator light) . . 79
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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Unfastening safety belts 139
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Index
Unlocking/locking
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
With the centra l locking switch . . . . . . . . . 28
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
V
Valet parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Out of serv ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Spec ificat ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24S
T ransporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 198
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Winter operat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226, 229
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
VIN ........ ... .. .. ................ . 245
Warming up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Warning/Indicator lights Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Washer fluid level (indicator l ight) . . . . . . . . 17
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 1
Weights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Wha t happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 135
What impairs driving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Whee l bolts .. .. .. .. ................ . 216
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