2018 AUDI A6 lights

Safety belts
Safety belts
General information
Always wear safety belts!
Wearing safety belts correctly saves lives!
This chapter explains why safety be lts are neces­
sary, how they work and how to adjust and wear
them correctly.
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all of the instructions and WARNINGS.
A WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them im­
properly increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death.
- Safety belts are the single most effective
means available to reduce the risk of serious
injury and death in automob ile acc idents.
For your protection and that of your passen­
gers, always correctly wear safety belts
when the vehicle is moving.
- Pregnant women, injured, or physically im­
paired persons must also use safety belts.
Like all vehicle occupants, they are more
likely to be serious ly injured if th ey do not
wear safety belts. The best way to protect a
fetus is to protect the mother
-throughout
the entire pregnancy.
Number of seats
Your Audi has a total of five seating positions:
two in the front and three in the rear. Each seat­
ing position has a safety belt.
A WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them im­
properly increases the risk of serious personal
inju ry and death.
- Never strap more tha n one person, includ­
i ng small children, into any belt. It is espe­
cially dangerous to place a safety belt over a
child sitting on you r lap.
- Never let more people ride in the vehicle
than there are safety belts available.
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Be sure everyone riding in the vehicle is
proper ly restrained with a separate safety
belt or child restraint.
~ Safety belt warning light
Your vehicle has a warning system for the driver
and front seat passenger (on USA models only) to remind you about the importance of buckling­
up .
Fig. 140 Safety belt warn ing lig ht in the instrument clus ­
ter
-enlarged
Before driving off , always:
.,. Fasten your safety belt and make sure you are
wearing it properly .
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"' 9 N .,. Make sure that your passengers a lso buckle up
and properly wear their safety belts .
.,. Protect children with a ch ild restraint system
appropr iate for the size and age .
The warning light . in the instrument cluster
lights up when the ign it ion is on as a reminder to
fasten the safety belts . In addition , you will hear
a war ning tone for a certain period of time.
Fasten your safety belt and make sure that your
passengers also properly put on their safety
belts.
A WARNING
-
- Safety belts are the single most effective
means available to reduce the risk of serious
inj ury and death in automobile accidents.
Fo r your protection and that of your passen­
gers, a lways correct ly wear safety belts
when t he vehicle is moving .
- Fai lure to pay attention to the warning light
that come on, cou ld lead to personal injury.

Care and cl eaning
Component Situation Solution
Tex tile s
Deposits adhering to Vacuum cleaner
art ifici al l eat her, the surface
A lca ntara Water -based deposits Absorbent cloth and mild soap solut
iona>
such as coffee, tea,
blood, etc.
O il-based deposits Apply a m ild soap solution
a), blot away the dissolved oil or
such as oil , make-up, dye, treat afterward with water, if necessary
etc.
Special deposits such Special stain remover, blot with absorbent material, treat
as ink, na il polish, la- afterward with mild soap solution, if necessary a)
tex paint, shoe pol-
ish, etc.
Natural leathe r Fresh stains Cotton cloth
with a mild soap so lutiona >
Water-based deposits Fresh stairns : absorbent cloth
such as coffee, tea, Dried sta ins : stain remover suitable for leather
blood, etc.
Oil -based deposits Fresh stairns : absorbent cloth and stain remover suitable
such as oil, make-up, for leather
etc. Dried stains : grease dissolving spray
Special deposits such Spot remover suitab le for leather
as ink, nai l polish, la -
tex paint, shoe pol-
ish, etc.
Care Regula rly apply cond it ion ing cream that p rotects from
lig ht and penetrates into the material. Use specia lly-co l-
ored conditioning cream, if necessary .
Carbon part s Deposits clean the same way as plastic parts
al Mild soap solution: maximum two tablespoons of neutral soap in 1 quart (1 liter) of water
_& WARNING
The windsh ie ld may not be treated wi th wa­
ter-repelling windshield coating agents. Un ­
favorable conditions such as wetness, dark ­
ness, or low sun can result in increased glare.
Wiper blade chatter is also possible.
@ Note
-Headlight s/tail light s
-Never clean headlights or tail lights with a
dry cloth or sponge.
- Do not use any cleaning product that con­
tains alcohol, because they could cause
cracks to form .
-Wheel s
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- - Never use any paint polish or other abra­
sive materials.
- Damage to the protect ive layer on the
rims such as stone chips or scratches must
be repaired immediately.
- Cam era lens es
- Neve r use wa rm or hot water to remove
snow or ice from the came ra lens . This
could cause the lens to crack .
- Neve r use ab rasive cleaning m aterials or
a lcohol to clean the camera lens . This
could cause scratches and cracks .
-Door wind ow s
- Remove snow and ice on windows and ex-
terior mirrors with a plast ic scraper. To

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assignment
F ig. 202 Drive r side cockp it : fuse panel w it h plastic bracket
Fuse panel @ ( black)
No . Equipment
Electromechan ica l powe r stee ring, trailer
1 hitch, ionizer, switch st
rip, seat heating
(rear), electromechan ica l park ing brake
Ho rn, climate con trol system, Gateway,
2 au
tomati c dimm ing in ter ior rearv iew m ir-
ro r, On -Board Unit
4 Park ing aid, headlight range adjustment
5
Dynamic steering, electronic stabilization
control (ESC)
6 Headlights
7 Adapt ive cru ise control
8 Front passenger's seat senso rs, a irbag
9 Gateway
10 Engine sound, nig
ht vision ass ist, garage
door opene r (H ome link), parki ng aid
11 Video camera
image processi ng
12 Headlights
13 Steering column sw
itch module
Fuses
Fuse panel @ (black)
14 Termina l 15 (luggage compartment)
1 5 Starte r
Fuse panel @ (brown)
No . Equipment
1 Infotainment system
2 Infot ainment system
3 Front passenger's seat
5
A
ir bag, e lec tronic sta bi liz ation con trol
( E SC)
6 Ant
i- theft alarm system
7 E lectromec ha nical pa rking brake
8 Inter io r li ghts
9
Windshie ld video came ra heating, light/
r ain sensor
10 Lumbar support (dr iver's se at)
11 Driver
's seat
12 Electronic stab ilizati on con trol
13 Horn
1 4 Head lights
lS Front seat heating
16 Dynamic s tee ring
Fuse panel © (red)
No . Equipment
1 Clutch peda l
2 Fuel p ump
3 Brake
light sensor
4 Engine acoustics
5 Rear door
6 Fr
ont door
7 Elec tronic stab iliza tion control
8 Windshie ld wiper motor
9 H ead light washer system
10 Interio
r light ing, climate control system
1 1 Head lights
12 Sunroof
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Fuses
Front passenger side
cockpit fuse assignment
F ig . 203 Front passenger side cockpit: fuse pane l with
plastic bracket
Fuse panel @ (red )
No. Equipm ent
1 Infotainment, CD changer
2 I
nfotainment (display)
Fuse panel@ (brown)
No . Equipm ent
1 Climate control system
2 Climate
control sys tem (blowe r)
3 Diagnostic interface
4 Ele ct ric al ignit ion lock
5 Electronic steer ing column lock
6 Steering column sw itch module
7 Power stee ring co lumn adjustment
8 Light switch
9 Head-up display
10 I
nstrument cl uste r
11 Infota inment, DVD changer
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Luggage compartment
fuse assignment
F ig . 2 04 L uggage compartment: fuse panel with plast ic
b racket
Fuse panel @ (black)
No . Equipment
1 Tra
iler hitch/220 volt socket
2 Tra ile r hitc h/climatized cup holder
3
Trailer hitch/adjusting front passenger's
seat from the rear
4 E lec tromechani cal pa rking brake
5 Electromechanical parking brake
6 Fr on t door (front passenger's side)
7 Rear exterior lighting
8 Central locking, closing aid
9 Seat heating (fro nt)
11 Seat
heating (rear), climate control system
(rear)
12 Tra ile r hitch, gateway (e-tron)
Fuse panel @ (red)
No . Equipment
1 Left safety
belt tensioner
2 R ight safety be lt tens ioner
3 Fuel pump
4 Eng ine moun t
5
Sensor-controlled luggage compartment
l id
6 Air s uspension, adaptive dampers
7 Rear door (front passenger's side)
8 Tail lights
9 Luggage compartmen t lid

Bulbs
Bulbs
Replacing light bulbs
For your safety, we recommend that you have
your authori zed Audi dealer replace burned out
bulbs for you.
It is becoming increasingly more and more diffi ­
cult to replace vehicle light bulbs since in many
cases, other parts of the car must first be re­ moved before you are able to get to the bulb.
This applies espec ially to the light bulbs in the
front of your car wh ich you can only reach
through the eng ine compartment.
Sheet metal and bulb holders can have sharp
edges that can cause ser ious cuts, and parts
must be correctly taken apart and then properly
put back together to help prevent breakage of
parts and long term damage from water that ca n
ente r housings that have not been properly re­
sealed.
For your safety, we recommend that you have
your author ized Audi dealer replace any bulbs for
you, s ince your dealer has the proper tools, th e
correct bulbs and the expertise .
Gas discharge lamps (Xenon lights):
Due to the high electrical voltage, have the bulbs
replaced by a qualified technic ian . Headlights
with Xenon light can be identified by the high
voltage sticker.
LED headlights*
LED headlights require no maintenance. Please
contact your authorized Audi dealer if a bulb needs to be replaced.
A WARNING
Contact w ith high-voltage components of the
electrical system and improper replacement
of gas d ischarge (Xenon) headl ight bulbs can
cause se rious personal injury and death.
- Xenon bulbs are pressurized and can ex­
plode when be ing changed .
- Chang ing Xenon lamps requires the spec ial
train ing, instructions and equipment .
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-On ly an authorized Audi dealer or other
qualif ied workshop should change the bu lbs
in gas discharge lamps.
A WARNING
There are parts with sharp edges on the open­
ings and on the bulb holders that can cause
serious cuts .
- If you are uncertain about what to do, have
the work performed by an author ized Audi
dealer or other qualified workshop . Ser ious
pe rsonal injury may res ult from improperly
pe rformed wor k.
(D Tips
- If you still prefer to replace the light bulbs
yourself, be aware that the engine compart­
ment is a hazardous area to wo rk in
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-It is best to ask your authorized Audi dea ler
w henever you need to change a bulb.

Emergency situations
@ Tips
The discharged battery must be properly con­
nected to the vehicle's electrical system .
When jump starting or charging the battery,
never connect the negative ground cable to
the battery negative post because the battery
manager system must be able to detect the
battery's state of charge. Always connect the
negat ive g round cable to the negative ground
post of the battery manager control unit.
Use of jumper cables
Make sure to connect the jumper cable clamps in
exactly the order described below!
Fig . 205 Engine compartmen t: connecto rs for jump start
cables and charger
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F ig . 206 Jump starting w it h the battery of anot her vehicle :
@-booster battery, @- discha rged vehicle battery
The procedure described below for connecting
jumper cables is intended to provide a jump start
for your veh icle.
Vehicle with discharged battery:
• Turn off lights and accessories, move lever of
automatic transmission to N (Neutral) or P (Park) and set park ing brake.
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Connect POSITIVE(+) to POSITIVE(+) (red)
• Open the red cover on the positive terminal
i:!.> fig. 205.
1. Connect one end of the red positive cable on
the
jump start bolt ~ fig. 206@ (bolt under
the red cover= "positive") of the vehicle to be
started @.
2. Connect the other end to the positive termi-
nal @of the booster battery @.
Connect NEGATIVE(-) to NEGATIVE(-)
(black)
3. Connect one end of the black negative cable
to the negative terminal @ of the booster
battery @.
4. Connec t the other end to the
jump start pin
@ (bolts with hex head bolt= "negative") of
the vehicle to be started @.
Starting the engine
• Start the eng ine of the vehicle with the booster
battery @. Run the eng ine at a moderate
speed.
• Sta rt engine w ith discharged vehicle battery@
in the usual manner.
• If the engine fails to start, do not keep the
starter cranking for longer than 10 seconds.
Wait for about 30 seconds and then try again.
• With engine running, remove jumper cables
from both veh icles in the exact
reverse order.
• Close the red cover on the pos itive terminal.
The battery is vented to the outside to prevent
gases from entering the vehicle interior . Make
sure that the jumper clamps are well connected
with their metal parts in full contact w ith the
battery terminals.
A WARNING
To avoid serious personal injury and damage
to the vehicle, heed all warnings and instruc­
tions of the jumper cable manufacturer. If in
doubt, call for road service .
- Jumper cables must be long enough so that
the vehicles do not touch.
- When connecting jumper cables, make sur e
that they cannot get caug ht in any moving
pa rts in the engine compartment.
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Symbols
4-zone deluxe automatic climate control 58
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Key recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Residual heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
A
A/C (4-zone de luxe automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
A/C (deluxe automatic climate control) 59
ABS
refer to Anti-lock braking system . . . . . . . 119
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 249
Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Adjusting the vibration warning . . . . . . . . . 97
Clean ing the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Adapt ive a ir suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Braking guard ................. ..... .. 91
Cleaning the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . . 91
Stop -and-go traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Adjusting air distribution (4-zone de luxe auto­
matic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Adjusting air distribution (deluxe automatic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Adjust ing the temperature (4-zone deluxe au­
tomatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Adjusting the temperature (deluxe automat ic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Advanced Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 149
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Ch ild ren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Index
Child r estraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Danger of fitting a child seat on the front
passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146, 14 7
How do the front a irbags work? . . . . . . . . 152
How many a irbags does my vehicle have? 149
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work togethe r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 154
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
S ide a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
S ide curta in a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Warning/Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
When must the system be inspected? . . . 154
Air suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Alarm system
refer to Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . 30
Alignment pin (tire changing) . . . . . . . . . . . 226
All -weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
All season ti res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Alternator
refer to Alternator (indicator light) . . . . . . 14
Alternator (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Amb ient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Anti-freeze Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Anti- lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti-Slip Regu lation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti -theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
ASR
refer to Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Audi braking guard
refer to Braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Audi drive select
refer to Drive se lect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
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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
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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