2018 AUDI A7 belt

Care and cl eaning
avoid scratches, move the scraper on ly in
one direction and not back and forth.
- Never remove snow o r ice from door win­
dows and mirrors using warm or hot water
because this could cause cracks to form .
- To avoid damage to the rear w indow de­
fogger , do not apply any stickers on the
heating wires on the inside of the window .
-Deco rati ve parts /trim
- Never use chrome care or cleaning prod-
ucts .
-Paint
-To red uce the risk of scratches, the vehicle
must be free of dirt and dus t before pol­
ishing or waxing .
- To prevent pa int damage, do not pol ish or
w ax the veh icle in dire ct sunlight.
- To red uce the risk of pa int damage, do not
polish away rust spots .
- Remove cosmetics and sunscreen immedi­
a tely
-these could damage the p aint.
- Displays
- To avoid scratches, do not use dry cleaning
methods on displays .
-Controls
- Make sure that no fluids enter the con-
trols, because this could ca use damage.
- Safety belts
- Do not remove the safety belts to clean
them.
- Never clean safe ty belts o r their compo­
nents chemically or with corrosive fl uids
or so lvents and neve r al low sha rp o bje cts
t o come in to con ta ct w ith the sa fe ty belts .
Th is could cause damage to the belt web ­
bing .
- I f there is damage to the webbing, the
connections, the retractors or the b uckles,
have them replaced by an authorized Audi
dealer or author ized Audi Service Facility.
- Te xtiles /artificial leather/ Alcantara
- Never treat artificia l leather/ Alcantara
w ith leather care p roducts, solvents, floo r
polish, shoe polish, spot remove or similar
prod ucts.
- Have a specialis t remove st ubborn s tains
to prevent damage.
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- Neve r use steam cleaners, brushes, hard
sponges, etc . when cleaning .
- D o not turn on the seat heating* to dry the
seat.
- Ob jects w ith sharp edges, such as zippe rs
or rive ts on clothing or belts, can cause
damage to the surface .
- Open hook and loop fastene rs, for exam­
p le on clothing, can damage seat covers .
Make sure hook and loop fasteners a re
closed.
- Natural leather
- Never treat leather with solvents, floor
polish, shoe polish, spot remover or sim i­
lar p roducts.
- Objects w ith sharp edges, such as zippe rs
or rivets on clothing or belts, can cause
damage to the surface.
- Never use steam cleaners, brushes, hard
sponges, etc. when cleaning.
- Do not turn on the seat heating * to dry the
seat .
- To he lp prevent the leather from fad ing,
do not leave the vehicle in d irec t sun light
for long periods of time. If leav ing the ve­
h icl e parked fo r long pe riods of time, you
should cove r th e le athe r to pro te ct it from
dir ect sun light.
(D Tips
- I nsects are easier to remove from paint that
ha s bee n freshly waxe d.
- Regular waxing can prevent rust spots from
forming.
Placing your vehicle out
of service
I f you wo uld like to take your vehi cle out of serv ­
ice for a longer period of time, contact an author ­
i zed Audi dealer or author ized A udi Se rvice Facili ­
ty. They will adv ise you of important measures,
suc h as corrosion protect ion, serv ice and storage
procedures. A lso fo llow the information about
the ve hicle
battery ~ page 201.

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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
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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

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" N .... 0 00 \,;J ' Child restraints Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Where can I get additional information
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 188
Child restraint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 184
Ch ild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
I mportant safety instructions for using chi ld
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
I mportant things to know when driving with
children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
T eth er straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Ch ild safety lock
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Child safety seats .................. .. . 176
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Convertible ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Convertible locking retractor . . . . . . . . . . 183
H ow do I properly install a child safety seat
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7 174 in my ve ,c e . ................. ..... .
Infant seats . ................. ..... . 176
Installing a child restr aint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
LA TCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
h ook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Secur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Unused safety belts on the rear seat . . . . 176
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
C leaning/remov ing ice from windows . . . . . 230
Cleaning Alcantara ................. .. . 231
C leaning artificia l leather......... ..... . 231
C leaning carbon parts ........ .. .. . 230 ,231
Cleaning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
C leaning decorative parts/trim . . . . . . . . . . 230
Cleaning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Cleaning exhaust tail pip es . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
C leaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Cleaning rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
C leaning textiles ................ ..... . 231
Index
Climate contro l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Automatic recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Closing Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Closing/ opening
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Closing a id (doors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Cockpit (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136, 255
Consumption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Convenience key Start ing the engine (STAR T ENGINE S TOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Stopping the engine (STAR T ENG INE ST OP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Switching the ignition on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Convertible locking retractor
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 183
Cooling down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Cooling mode (4-zone deluxe automatic cli-
mate contro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Cooling mode (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Cooling system Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Coolant level checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Coolant temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . . 9
I ndicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4
Cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Crossing water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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Index
Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR)
Gross Vehicle Weight Rat ing (GVWR)
GVWR
refer to Gross Veh icle Weight
Rating (GVWR) .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
H
254
254
254
Head -up display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
H eadlight range con trol system . . . . . . . . . . 39
I ndicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
H eadlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
H eadlig ht range contro l system . . . . . . . . . 39
W asher system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
H ead restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Adjusting .. .. .. .............. 48, 49, 132
Removing and installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heated Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear window (4-zone deluxe automatic cli­
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Rea r window (deluxe automat ic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Sea ts (4 -zone deluxe automatic climate con -
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Seats (de luxe automatic climate contro l) . . 60
Was her nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
H ea ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
H eavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 140
H igh beams
Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Hi ll descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Hill hold ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
also refer to H ill hold ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Homelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
H ooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
H ow are child res tra int system an chors re lat-
ed to chi ld safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
H ow many airbags does my veh icle have? . . 153
How safety be lt pretens ioners work
144
I
I gnition
Indicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5
Sw itching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
264
Imbalance (whee ls) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 14
Immobilize r ... ... .. .. ............. 23, 27
Important things to do before driving . . . . 129
Imprope rly wo rn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4
Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Inspection interva l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Installing child safety seats Safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Installing the upper tether strap on the an ­
c h orage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Instrument clus ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Ind icator lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Adjust ing illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Interio r light ing
Amb ient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Front and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Intermittent (windshie ld wipers) . . . . . . . . . 45
J
Jump-sta rt ing 247
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
K
Key.......... .. .. .. .. ............. ... 27
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Mechan ica l key . .. .. .. ............. 2 7, 28
Replacing the batte ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Unl ocking/locking .... ... .. ..... ... 29, 31
Key recognit io n (climate control system) . . . 58
Kick -down (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . 78
K nee a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Desc rip tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Important safety instr uctions . . . . . . . . . . 164
L
Lane assis t
refer to Active lane ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

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

a co .... N
" N
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rear light
Indica tor light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Rear spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rearview camera
refer to Parking sys tems ....... .. . 109, 110
Rearview mirror dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear window defogger (4-zone deluxe auto ­
matic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Rear window defogger (deluxe automatic cli­
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Recirculation mode (4-zone deluxe automatic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Recirculation mode (de luxe automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Fu el filler door emergency release
192
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Personalizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Unlock ing/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Remote control operation Garage door opener (Home link) . . . . . . . . . 37
Removing the sid e trim pane l in the luggage
compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . . 46
Reporting Safety Defects ........ .. . 136, 137
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Residual heat (4 -zone deluxe automat ic cli-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Reverse gear (automatic transmission) . . . . . 75
Rims . .. .. .. .. ............... .. .. .. . 220
Road carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
.... 0 ~ Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 254
' Index
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
also refer to Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
s
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Correct seating pos it ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Safety be lt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Safety belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 143
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 143
Safety belt pretensioner Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Saf ety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138, 141
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Indicator light (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Securing child saf ety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Special considerations fo r pregnant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Safety be lt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Safety instructions for side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
for using child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
for using safety b elts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System 160
Sav ing fuel
Cylinder on demand system . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Seat adjustment Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
267

Index
Seat heating (4-zone deluxe automatic cli-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Seat heating (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60
Seating position
Driver
.. ... .. .. ................ ... .
Front passenger ................. ... .
H ow to adjust the front seats ... .. .. .. .
I ncorrect seat position ............ .. .
Occupants .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. . 130
13 1
131
133
130
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Seats Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Convenience s ide v iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
F olding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Massage function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Seats (number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Seat ventilation (4 -zone deluxe automatic cli ­
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Selective wheel torque contro l . . . . . . . . . . 120
Selector
lever (automat ic transmission)
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7 s
Service and disposal
Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Shifting indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Shift paddles (automatic transmission) . . . . 78
Ship carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Side airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Adjusting the br ightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Clean ing the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
D .. escnpt 1on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Ski bag ...... .. .. ................ ... .. 57
Secur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
268
Snow chains
Socket
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use .. .. .. .. .. ............. . . 221
52
188
Space-saving spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Sport differential Indicator light 105
18
Star button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Engine does not switch off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Engine starts automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Starting/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Switching off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
START ENGINE STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Starting to drive ..... .. ................ 74
Start ing (engine) 68, 70
Steering Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 124
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
also refer to Electromechanical steering . 124
Steering wheel Buttons ......... .. .. ................ 21
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Manua l adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Power adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Shift paddles (automatic transm iss ion) . . . 78
Steering wheel heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Steps for determining correct load limit ... 219
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 70
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Storage hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
S tronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 7
4
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44