Index
Oil
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
also refe r to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
O il change interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) . . . . . . . 193
Opening ..... .. .. ................ ... .. 26
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
L uggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Opening/closing Using the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
also refer to Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . 26
Other consumers (efficiency program) . . . . . 22
Overboost (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . 78
Overview (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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Paint damage
Paint number
Parking aid 230
253
Cleaning sensors/camera
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Parking brake
refer to Electromechanical parking brake . 72
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Parking system
refer to Parking systems .......... 109, 110
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Adjusting the display/warning tone . . . . . 118
C leaning the rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . 110
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Peripheral cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Re arview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
T railer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Parking (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 76
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 158
Passenger protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Pedestrian detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
266
Periphera l display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 139
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Pol len fi lter
refer to Pollutant filt er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Power Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Windows . .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. . 35
Power windows Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Pregnant women
Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Pressure Tire pressure monitoring system 223
Pretensioners Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Preventative passenger protection . . . . . . . . 95
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 130
Proper safety be lt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Proper seating position
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Selective wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . 120
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? 139
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Radio Standards Specification (RSS) . . . . . . 258
Rail carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Rain/light sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 45
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Range (fuel level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Index
Warning triangle 233
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Washer fluid level (indic ator light) . . . . . . . . 17
Was hing ma tte finish pain t . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
We ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
What happens if you wear your safety be lt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
W hat happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 139
What impairs dr iv ing safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Wheel bo lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Wheels ..... .. .. ................ ... . 205
C lea ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Glossa ry of tire and load ing termi nology . 208
Rep lac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Tire press ure monitoring system . . . 223, 224
Tires and vehicle load limits . ... .. .. ... 218
W heel wrenc h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
When must a safety belt be replaced? . . . . 140
When must the airbag system be inspected? 1.58
Whe re are lowe r ancho rages located? . . . . 185
W ild an imal detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
W indow reg ulators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
W indows
Clean ing/remov ing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
D efrost ing (4-zone deluxe automatic cl i-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1
D efrost ing (del uxe au toma tic clim ate con -
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
W indshield
C lea ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
D efrost ing (4-zone deluxe automatic cli-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1
D efrost ing ( del uxe au toma tic climate con -
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
also refer to Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
W indshield washe r system . . . . . . . . . . 45, 203
Rese rvoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
W indshield wipers
Clea ning wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Foldi ng up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
I ndicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Rep lac ing winds hield wiper b lades . . . . . . . 46
Sw itchi ng on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
W inter operation
Ca r washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
270
Defrosting w indows (4-zone de luxe a uto-
matic climate cont rol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Defrosting w indows (deluxe automatic cli-
mate contro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Removing ice from windows . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Seat heating (4 -zone deluxe automatic cli-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Seat heating (de luxe automat ic cl imate con-
t rol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
S now cha ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 1
Stee ring w heel heat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
T ires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Win ter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220