2018 AUDI A7 parking brake

Emergency assistance
-If the tire is too severely damaged, see an
authorized Aud i dealer or authorized Aud i
Service Facility for assistance.
@ For the sake of the environment
You can give the used tire sealant bottle to an
authorized Audi dealer or authorized Audi
Serv ice Facility for disposal.
(D Tips
Remember to obtain a new bottle of sealant
from an authorized Audi dealer or authorized
Audi Serv ice Facility after repairing a tire.
Replacing wheels
Before changing a wheel
Observe the following precautions for your own
and your passenger's safety when changing a
wheel.
.,. After you exper ience a tire fa ilure, pull the car
well away from moving traff ic and try to reach
level ground
before you stop ¢.&, .
.,. All passengers sho uld leave the car and move
to a safe location (for instance, be hind t he
guardrail) ¢.&, .
.. Engage the parking brake to prevent your vehi­
cle from rolling
unintentionally ¢.&, .
.. Move selector lever to position P ¢ A-
.. If you are towing a trailer, unhitch the trailer
from your veh icle .
.,. Take the jack and the spare tire* out of the lug­
gage compartment
ca> page 233 .
.8, WARNING
You or your passengers could be inju red w hile
chan gin g a wheel if you do not follow these
safety precautions:
- If you have a flat ti re, move a safe d ista nee
off th e road. Turn off the engine, turn the
emergency flashers on and use other warn ­
ing devices to alert other motorists .
- Make sur e that passengers wait in a safe
place away from the vehicle and we ll away
from the road and traffic.
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- To help prevent the vehicle from moving
suddenly and possibly s lipping off the jack,
always fully set the parking brake and block
the front and back of the wheel diagonally
opposite the wheel being changed. When
one front wheel is lifted off the ground,
p lacing the Automat ic Transmission in P
(Pa rk) w ill
not prevent the vehicle from
mov ing.
- Before you change a wheel, be sure the
ground is level and firm. If necessary, use a
sturdy board under the jack.
- Always store the vehicle tool kit, the jack
and the replaced tire in the lu ggage com ­
pa rtment
¢page 134 .
(D Tips
Before changing the wheel, you must activate
the jacking mode, so that the automatic con­
trols for the Adaptive Air Suspension* do not
make it more difficult to lift the vehicle with
the jack
ca> page 238 .
Changing a wheel
When you change a wheel, follow the sequence
described below step-by-step and in exactly that
order .
1. Act ivate the vehicle jack mode* ca> page 238 .
2. Remove the decorative wheel cover* or the
wheel bolt caps*. For more details see also
¢ page 23 7, Decorative wheel covers or
¢ page 237, Wheels with wheel bolt caps.
3. Loosen the wheel bolts ¢ page 238.
4. Locate the proper mounting point for the
jack and alig n the jack below that po int
¢ page 238 .
5. Raise the car with the jack ca> page 238.
6. Remove the wheel with the flat tire and then
install
the spare ca> page 240.
7. T ighten all whee l bolts lightly.
8 .
Lower the vehicle with the jack.
9. Use the wheel bolt wrench and
firmly tighten
all wheel
bolts ¢ page 238.
10. Replace the decorat ive wheel cover* or the
wheel bolt caps*.
11. Deact ivate the vehicle jack mode* in the
MM I:
ICARI function button > (Ca r)* systems .,.

Emergency assistance
The caps are to protect and keep the whee l bolts
clean.
Loosening and tightening the wheel bolts
Th e wheel bolts must be loosened b efore raising
the vehicle.
F ig . 2 00 Cha ngin g a w hee l: l oosening t he w heel bol ts
Loosening
.,. Slide the wheel wrench onto the wheel bolt as
far as it w ill go .
.,. Take t ight hold of the end of the wrench handle
and t urn the whee l bolts
counter -clockwise
about one single t ur n in t he d irec tion of ar row
¢ fig . 200.
Tightening
.,. Slide the wheel wrench onto the wheel bolt as
far as it w ill go .
.,. Take t igh t hold of the end of the wrench handle
and tu rn ea ch whee l bolt
clockwi se u ntil it is
sea ted.
_& WARNING
- Do not u se force or hurry when changing a
whee l
-you can ca use the vehicle to s lip off
th e jac k and cause serious pe rsonal injur ies .
-Do not loosen the whee l bolts more than
one turn
before you raise the vehicle with
t h e jac k.
-You risk an i njury.
(D Tips
- N ever use the he xag onal socket in the han­
dle of the screwd river to loosen o r tighten
the w heel bolts .
- If a whee l bolt is very tigh t, you m ay fi nd i t
eas ier to loosen by carefully pus hing down
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on the end of the whee l bolt wrench with
one foot only. As you do so, ho ld on to the
car to keep your balance and ta ke care not
to slip .
Raising the vehicle
The vehicle must be lifted with the jack first be­
fore the wheel can be removed.
Fig . 201 Sill pa nels: marki ngs
.,, ..,
0
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Fig. 20 2 S ill: p osit io nin g the ve hicle jack
.,. Ac tiva te the veh icle jack mo de* in the MMI:
!CAR I function button> (Car )* systems cont rol
but ton >
Servicing & che cks > Air su sp .: jack
mode > On .
.,. Engage the parking brake to prevent your veh i­
cle from rolling uninte ntionally .
.,. Move the selector lever to position P .
.,. Find the marking (imprint) on the sill that is
nea rest the w heel that will be changed
¢ fig. 201 . Behind the marking, there is a lift­
ing point
on t he sill fo r the ve hicle jack .
.,. Applies to: vehicles with a s ill: Remove the cov­
er fro m the sill before lifting the vehicle wi th a
veh icle
ja ck¢ page 239.
.,. Tur n the vehicle jack located un der the lifting
point o n the s ill to raise the jack unt il its
arm @
~ fig. 202 is locate d under the d esignated plas-
tic
mount ¢ .&,¢(D. II>

Fuses
Driver side cockpit fuse
assignment
Fig. 208 Driver side cockpit: fuse panel with plastic bracket
Fuse panel @ (black)
No. Equipment
Electromechanical power steering, trailer
1 hitch, ionizer, switch strip, seat heating
(rear), electromechanical parking brake
Horn, climate control system, Gateway,
2 automatic
dimming interior rearv iew mi r-
ror, On-Board Unit
4 Park ing aid, headlight range adjustment
5 Dynamic steering, electronic stabilization
control (E5C)
6 Headlights
7 Adaptive cruise control
8 Front passenger's seat sensors, airbag
9 Gateway
10 Engine sound, night vision
assist, garage
door opener (Home link), parking aid
11 Video
camera image processing
12 Headlights
13 Steering column switch module
244
Fuse panel
@ (black)
14 Terminal 15 (luggage compartment)
15 Starter
Fuse panel @ (brown)
N o. Equipment
1 Infotainment system
2 Infotainment system
3 F
ron t passenger's seat
5 Airbag, electronic stabilizat
ion control
(ESC)
6 Anti-theft alarm system
7 Electromechanical parking brake
8 Inter
ior lights
9
Windshield video camera heating, light/
rain sensor
10 Lumbar support (dr iver's seat)
11 Driver's
seat
12 Electronic stabilization control
13 Horn
14 Headlights
15 F
ront seat heating
16 Dynamic steering
Fuse panel © (red)
No . Equipment
1 Clutch pedal
2 Fuel pump
3 Brake light sensor
4 Engin e acoustics
5 Rear door
6 Front
door
7 Electronic stabilizat ion control
8 Windshield wiper motor
9 Headlight washer system
10 Inter
ior lighting, climate control system
11 Headlights
12 Sunroof

a co ,...,
N
" N ,...,
0 00 <.:l ' Front passenger side
cockpit fuse assignment
F ig. 2 09 Front passenger side cockpit: f use pane l w it h
p las tic bracket
Fuse panel @ (red )
No . Equipment
1 Infotainment, CD changer
2 I nfotainment (disp lay)
Fuse panel @ (brown )
No . Equipment
1 Climate control system
2 Climate con
trol sy stem (blowe r)
3 Diagnostic interface
4 Ele ctrical ignit ion lo ck
5 Electronic steer ing column lock
6 S teer ing col umn sw itch modu le
7 Power steering column adjustment
8 Light swi tch
9 Head-up display
1 0 I
nst rument cluste r
1 1 Infotainment, DVD changer
Fuses
Luggage compartment
fuse assignment
F ig . 2 10 L uggage compa rtment: fuse pane l with p last ic
b racket
Fuse panel @ (black )
No . Equipment
1 Tra
ile r hitc h/220 volt soc ket
2 Tra ile r hi tc h /climati ze d cup holder
3
Tra iler hitc h/ad justing front passenger's
seat from the rear
4 El ec trome chanic al pa rking brake
s Electromec hanical parking brake
6 F ront door (fron t passenger's si de)
7 Rear exterior lighting
8 Cen tral locking, closi ng aid
9 Seat heating (front)
1 1 Seat heating (rear), c
limate control system
12 Tra ile r hitch
Fuse panel @ (red)
No . Equipment
1 Left safety belt tensioner
2 R igh t safety be lt te nsion er
3 F u el pump
4 En gine moun t (gasoline e ngine)
s
Sensor-controlled l uggage compa rtment
lid
6 A ir su sp ension, ad ap tive d am pers
7 Rear door (front passenger's side)
8 Tail lights
9 Luggage compartment lid
10 Rear sea t ente rtainmen t
12 Rear spoiler (Spo rtback), sunroof
245

Fuses
Fuse panel© (brown)
No. Equipment
1 I nfota inment system
2 Infotainment system
3
Infota inment, automatic dimming inter ior
rearv iew mir ror
4 Rearview camera/per ipheral cameras
s TV tuner
6 Tank leak detect ion system
7 Sockets
8 Park ing heater
10 Lumbar support (front passenger's seat)
11 Emergency call
12 Infotainment system
Fuse panel @ (black)
No. Equipment
Air suspens ion, adapt ive dampers , sport
1 different ial, elect romechan ical pa rking
brake
2
Clutch pedal position sensor/automat ic
transmission
3 Seats
4 Rear wiper (Avant)
s Side assist
6 Engine sound
7 Infotainment/sound amplifier
8 Gateway
9 Sport differential
10 Climate control system
1 1
T ire pressure monitoring system, parking
heater
12 Sta rt/Stop system
Fuse panel ® (black)
No . Equipment
1 Special purpose vehicles/rear seats
Fuse panel ® (black)
No . Equipment
1 Rear window defogger
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Index
ASR
re fer to Anti-Slip Regu lation . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Aud i b raking guard
refer to B raking gua rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Aud i drive select
refer to Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 255
AUTO 4-zone deluxe automatic climate control . . 6 1
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
D eluxe automatic climate contro l . . . . . . . . 59
Auto Lock (centra l locki ng) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 41
Autom atic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Key recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Automatic key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Automatic post-co llision brak ing system . . 120
Automatic transm ission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Hill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Overboost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Selector lever emergency re lease . . . . . . . . 80
Selector lever pos itions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Shifti ng manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Steer ing whee l w ith shift padd les . . . . . . . . 78
tiptron ic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Ave rage consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
B
Battery
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
also refer to Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Belt tensioner Dr ive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Blower (4-zone deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Blower (de luxe automatic climate contro l) . . 59
Boost display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
260
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Boost p ressure ind icator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Brake ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Ceramic b rake roto rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
El ectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 72
E mergency b raking fu nction . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Ind icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 , 18
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
B raking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Set tings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Break -in security feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Breaking in New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
C
Californ ia Propos ition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 194
Battery specif ic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Capacities Fuel tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Cargo area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Cata lytic conve rter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Centra l locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Convenie nce key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Mechan ica lly locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Power w indows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Remo te control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Centra l locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Ceramic brake rotors New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Chang ing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Index
Cruise control system
Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Preselect ing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Sw itching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
sw itch ing on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Cylinder management
refer to Cylinder on demand system . . . . . . 21
Cylinder on demand system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Declarat ion of compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Defective light bulb warning Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Defrost ing (windows)
4-zone deluxe automatic climate control . . 61
De luxe a utomatic climate contro l . . . . . . . . 59
D EF ( inst rument cluste r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
De luxe automatic cl imate control
A ir vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Determining correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 219
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Distance dr iven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Door/rear l id war ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Doors Ch ild safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Closing aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Mechanically lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
CD/rad io disp lay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Door/rear lid war ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Eff iciency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
E ng ine oil tempera ture display . . . . . . . . . . 23
E xterio r temperatu re disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . 20
On-boa rd computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
Serv ice i nte rval d isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Shifti ng indic ator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Dr iver seating posit ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Drive se lect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Dr iving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
262
Driving safe ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
D rivi ng through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
D ust fil ter
refer to P ollutant fi lter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Dynam ic steeri ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Ind icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
E
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Economy tips (efficiency program) . . . . . . . . 22
EDL
refer to Elect ronic D ifferent ial Loc k . . . . . 120
Effic iency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
E lectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . . 72
El ec tromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 24
Ind icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4
E lectronic Differen tial Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
E lectronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
El ec tron ic stab ilizat ion control . . . . . . . . . . 120
In dic ator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Spo rt mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Emergency ass istance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
E mergency f las hers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Emergency operation Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Se lector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Su nroof... .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. . 37
Emergency release Fuel f iller door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
E miss ions control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Engine Coo lant ... .. .. ...... ... .. ..... ... .. 199
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Start ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Start ing with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Warming up/cooling dow n . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

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
p
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
R
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