2018 AUDI A8 child lock

any way during an accident can be struck by
a deploying air bag. This will result in ser ious
persona l injury or deat h.
- If you mus t install a boos ter seat on the
front passenger seat because of exceptional
c ircumstances the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
light must com e on and stay on, wh en­
e v er th e ignition is switch ed o n.
- If the
PA SSEN GER AIR BAG OFF light does
not com e on and stay on, perform t he
c hecks d escribed
¢ page 237, Monitoring
t he A dvanced Airbag Syste m.
-Take the ch ild restraint off the front passen­
ger seat and install it p roperly at one of the
rea r seat positions if the
PASSENGER AIR
BAG OFF
l ight does not stay on whenever
the ignition is switched on.
- Always read and heed all WARN INGS when­
ever using a child res trained in a veh icle is
being used ¢
page 219, Safety belts,
¢ page 22 7, Airbag system and
¢ page 249, Important information.
Securing child safety
seats
Securing a child safety seat using a safety
belt
Safety belts for the rear seats and the front pas­
senger can be locked with the convertible locking
retractor to properly secure child safety seats.
The safe ty be lts eme rgency locking ret racto rs fo r
the rear seats safety belts and for the front pas ­
senger's seat safety belt have a convertib le lock ­
ing retractor for child restraints. The safety belt
must be locked so that belt webbing cannot un­
reel. The retractor can be activated to lock the
safety belt and prevent the safety belt webbing
from loose ning up du ring normal driving . A child
safety seat can only be p roperly installed w hen
the safety belt is locked so that the child and
chi ld safety seat w ill stay in pla ce.
A lways remember: Even though yo ur vehicle is
~ equ ipped w it h an Advanced A irbag system, all
~ chi ld ren, espe cially those 12 years and younge r,
g should always r ide in t he back se at prope rly re -
~ stra ined fo r their age and size .
Child s af ety
_& WARNING
= -
Imp roperly installed child safety seats in-
crease the risk of serious personal injury and
death in a co llision .
- Always make sure that the safety be lt re­
tractor is locked when installing a child
safety seat. An un locked safety belt retrac­
tor cannot hold t he ch ild safety seat in p lace
du ring normal driving or in a crash.
- Always buckle the child safety seat fi rm ly in
p lace even if a ch ild is not si tting in it. A
loose child safety seat can fly a round dur ing
a sudden s top or in a co llision .
- Always make sure that the rear seat back­
rest to which the center rear safety belt is
at tached is securely lat ched whenever the
rear center safety belt is bein g used to se­
cure a child restra int .
- If the backrest is not securely latched, the
child and the ch ild restraint will be thrown
forward togethe r with the backrest and w ill
strike parts of the veh icle inter io r. The child
can be seriously injured or killed.
- Never install rear-facing child safety seats or infant car riers on the front passenger
seat . A child w ill be seriously injured and
can be killed when the passenger a irbag in­
flates .
- The inflating airbag will h it the ch ild safety
seat o r infant carr ier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child
aga inst the backrest, cente r arm res t, door
o r roof.
- Always install rear-fac ing child safety seats
or infant c arriers on t he rear se at.
- Forward-facing child safety seats o r infant
car riers installed on the front passenger's
se at m ay interfere w ith the deployment of
the airbag and ca use serio us in jury to the
child.
- I t is sa fer to install a forw ard- facing child
safety sea t on the rear seat.
- Always read and hee d all WARNINGS when­
eve r using a child restrained in a vehicle is
be ing used ¢
page 249 . Special p recautions
apply when install ing a child safety seat on
the front passenger seat ¢
page 228, Child ~
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" N .... 0 0 :c ' Activating the convertible locking retractor
Use the convertible locking retractor to secure a
child restraint.
Always heed the child safety seat manufacturer 's
instructions when installing a child restraint in
your veh icle . T o act ivate the convertible locking
retractor:
.,. Place the child restraint on a seat, preferab ly
on the rear seat.
.,. Slowly pull the belt all the wa y out .
.,. Route it around or through the ch ild restraint
belt path
~ ,&. .
.,. Push the child safety seat dow n with your fu ll
we ight to get the s afety be lt rea lly t ight.
.,. Inse rt the belt tongue into the buckle for t hat
seating position .
.,. Guide the safety be lt back into the retractor un ­
ti l the belt lies flat and snug on the chi ld safety
seat.
.,. You should hear a "clicking" no ise as the belt
winds back into the inert ia reel. Test the con ­
vertib le locking retracto r by pu lling on the belt .
You should no longer be ab le to p ull the belt
o ut of the ret ractor. The co nve rtible locking re ­
t racto r is now act ivated .
.,. Make s ure that the red release button is facing
away from the chi ld restraint so that it can be
unbuckled quick ly.
.,. Pull on the be lt to make sure the safety belt is
properly tig ht and fastened so that the se at
cannot move forward or sideways more than
one inch (2 .5 cm) .
A WARNING
Using the wrong child restra int or an improp­
erly installed ch ild rest raint can cause ser ious
personal inj ury o r dea th in a cr ash.
- Always ma ke sure that the safety belt re­
t rac to r i s loc ke d when ins tall ing a child
safety seat . An unlocked safety belt re trac­
tor cannot hold the child safety seat in place during norma l driving or in a crash.
- Always buckle the child safe ty seat firmly in
place even if a child is not sitting in it. A
loose child safety seat can fly around d uring
a sudden stop or in a crash.
Ch ild saf ety
- Always make sure the seat back rest to which
the child restraint is installed is in an up­
right position and securely latched into
place and cannot fold forward. Otherw ise,
the seatback with the child safety seat at­
tached to it could fly fo rwa rd in the event of
an accident o r othe r emergency s ituation.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when­
eve r us ing a child restrained in a vehicle is
be ing
u sed ~ page 249. Special p recautions
apply when ins tall ing a child safety seat on
the front passenger
seat ~ page 228, Child
restraints on the front seat
-some impor­
tant things to know .
Deactivating the convertible locking
retractor
The convertible locking retractor for child re­
straints will be dea ctivated automatically when
the belt is wound all the way back into the re­
tractor .
.,. Press the red button on the safety be lt buck le.
The belt tongue will pop out of the buck le.
.,. Guide the safety belt all the way back into its
stowed posit ion .
Always let the safety be lt retract completely into
its stowed posit ion. The safety be lt can now be
used as an ord inary safety belt without the con­
vertible locking retractor for ch ild restraints .
If the convertible locking retractor should be ac­
t ivated inadvertently, the safety belt must be un­
fastened and guided complete ly back into its
stowed pos ition to deactivate th is feature . If the
co nve rtible locking retractor is not deactivated,
t h e safety be lt will g radually become t ighter and
u ncomfortab le to wear.
A WARNING
Improperly installed child safety seats in­
crease the risk o f serious personal injury and
death in a co llision.
-
- Never unfasten the safety bel t to deactivate
the convertible locking retracto r for chil d re-
straints while the vehicle is moving. You
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"' .... 0 0 :c ' Mounting
.,. Make sure the seatback of the rear seat bench
is in the upright position and securely latched
in place .
... Attach both hook -on connectors with the spring
catch release on the child safety seat onto the
LATCH lower anchorage so that the connectors
lock into place
¢ fig. 249.
... Pull on the connector attachments to make
sure they are properly attached to the LA TC H
l ower anchorage.
.,. Pull straps tight fo llowing the child restra int
manufacturer's instructions.
Releasing
... Loosen the tension on the straps following the
child restraint manufacturer's instruct ions .
.,. Depress the spring cat ches to release the an­
chorage hooks from the lower anchorages.
Remember: Use tether straps to help keep the
chi ld restraint firm ly in place .
.&, WARNING
Improper use of the LATCH sys tem can in­
crease the risk of serious personal injury and
death in an acc ident .
- T hese anchors were deve loped only for child
safety seats using the "LATCH" system.
- Never attac h other child safety seats, belts
o r othe r ob jects to these anchors.
- Always ma ke sure that you hear a click when
latch ing the seat in place.
If you do not hear
a click the seat is not secure and could fly
f orward and hit the interior o f the vehicle,
or be ejected from the vehicle .
.&, WARNING
Improper installation of child restraints will
increase the r isk of injury in an acc ident.
- Always follow the child restra int system
man ufactu rer's instruct ions for proper in­
sta llation of the child restraint system and
proper use of tether straps as well as the
lower anchorages or safety be lts in your ve­
hicle .
- Always read and heed the important infor­
mation and WARNINGS about child safety
Ch ild s afe ty
and the installat ion of child restraint sys­
tems
¢ page 249, Child safety .
(D Note
On vehicles with power adjustable rear seats*
some criteria must be observed when attach­ ing the child restraint using the
LATCH sys­
tem:
- To attach the child restraint securely, the
seat must be moved to the farthest rear po­
sition, the seat height set to the lowest po­
sition and the head restraint must be ad­
justed to the vertical position.
- If a child safety seat is attached to one of
the rear seats, th is seat must not be adjust­
ed using the power controls under any c ir­
cumstances. The
Entry as sis tance for this
sea t must also be deactivated in the MM I
¢ page 58. The child safety seat as well as
the rear seat can be damaged by the adjust­ ment process.
Tether anchors and tether straps
F ig. 250 Tether ancho rs: recess flaps behin d the rear seat­
backs
The tether anchors for the two* /three rear seat­
ing pos it ions are located in recesses in the rear
window
shelf ¢ fig. 250. Vehicles with two rear
seating pos itions* are equipped with two tether
anchors .
A tether is a straight or V-shaped strap that at­
taches the top part of a ch ild restraint to special
anchorage points in the veh icle.
The purpose of the tether is to reduce the for­
ward movement of the chi ld restraint in a crash,
in order to help reduce the risk of head injury
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A
A/C (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 70
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 , 338
Active lane assist (lane departure assist) . . 103
Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Adapter cable (Audi music interface) . . . . . 186
Adaptive air suspension/sport . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Adaptive cruise control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Adjusting the sound (tone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Adjusting the temperature (automatic climate
control system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Adjusting the volume RSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235, 245
Care .. .. .. .. ............... .. .. .. . 240
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Components (front a irbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Danger of fitting a child seat on the front
passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
PASSENGER A IR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 237
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
We ight-sensing mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Sl
Aircraft Transporting your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Air distribution (automatic climate control) . 71
Air pressure (Tire Pressure Monitoring Sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Air pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Air suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
u. ~ Alignment pin (changing the wheel) . . . . . . 312
N ~ All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 ......
g Alternative route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
:c ' Index
Anti-freeze
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Anti- Lock Braking System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . 127
Anti-Slip Regulation (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Audi connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Services (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Audi music interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Adapter cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Connecting and disconnecting . . . . . . . . . 186
Screen settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Audio player
refer to Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Audio track (DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Audi Service R epair Manuals and Literature 336
AUTO Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 70
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Auto Lock (central locking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Automat ic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Automatic traffic rerouting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Automatic transmission (tiptronic) . . . . . . . . 83
Emerg ency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Overboost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Parking lock emergency release . . . . . . . . . 88
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Average consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
B
BACK button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Balance (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Belt tensioners . ..... ............. 217,225
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Blower (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . 71
Bluetooth Audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Connecting a cell phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 7
Brake fluid Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 279
341

Index
Brakes Brake assist
Brake fluid
129
127
279
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 81
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Braking g uard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95, 100
Messages 102
Brea k-in period
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
73
Break ing in
New b rake pads
129
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
New tires 290
Browsing through album covers . . . . . . . . . 191
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Bu ttons
Mul tifunction steeri ng wheel . . . . . . . . . . .
11
C
Cable (Aud i mus ic interface)
California Proposition
65 Warning .... .. .
Battery specific . ............. .... .. .
Ca ll
.. .. .. ...... ... .. ..... ... .. .. ...
Call l ist
186
273
280
150
149
Ca ll opt ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Ca pac it ies
F ue l tank
....... ... .. ..... ... .. .. ... 334
Washer fluid rese rvoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Ca r ca rr ie r
T ra nsport ing you r vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . .
330
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Ca rgo area
refer to L uggage compartment. ... .. ... 2 13
Cata lytic conve rte r
CD 27 2
refer to Med ia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181, 190
Ce ll phone
P laying music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
184
also refer to Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Ce nte r console ligh ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Central lock ing switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1
Conven ience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
E me rgency lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2
342
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Certification .. .. .. .. .. ............. ..
Ch . · ·1 anging engine 01 •• •• •.. .. ..... ... ..
Changing the battery ... ... .. ..... ... . .
Charg ing and chang ing the battery ...... .
Child restra ints .. .. .. .. ............. . .
Danger of using child restra ints in the front
339
277
199
199
267
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Child restraint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 262
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
G ui dance fixtures for lowe r ancho rages . . 2 63
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Child safety seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Convertib le child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Infa nt seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 55
Installing a c hild restraint using t he LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
264
LATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Mounting and re leas ing the anchorage
hook ..... .... .. .. .. ............. ..
264
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Securing
Cleaning 259
306
Cleaning/removing ice from w indows . . . . . 308
Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Cleaning artificia l leather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Cleaning carbo n pa rts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308, 309
Cleaning cont rols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Cleaning decorative p arts and trim . . . . . . . 308
Cleaning disp lays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Cleaning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Cleaning plastic pa rts . .. ............. . .
Cleaning tail lights . .. .. ............. . . 308
307
Cleaning textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Closing
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
273
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Su nroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Su nshade (panorama glass roof) . . . . . . . . 40
Sunshade (slid ing/t ilting sunroof) . . . . . . . 38
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7

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" N .... 0 0 :c ' Closing/opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Closing aid (doors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
27
Cockpit (overview) 7
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Conference call . ............... .. .. .. . 150
Connecting and disconnecting an MP3 play-
er
· · · ·.............................. 184
Connections
refer to Media 181,190
Consumer Inform ation .......... .. . 215,336
Consumption (fuel) ................... .
Contacting NHT5A .............. ... .. .
Contacts Importing/expo rting
Convenience key 12
215
152
154
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cooling mode (automatic climate control) . . 70
Cooling system Checking/adding coolant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Coolant temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Cover Flow
refer to Browsing through album covers . 191
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
63
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
D
Data encryption 197
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Date ...... .. .. ................ ... .. . 205
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 205
Daylight saving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Declaration of compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Defrosting (windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
D EF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Demo mode
refer to Presentation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3
Determining correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 297
Diesel Diesel particulate filter 27 2
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Digital Rights Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Index
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Directory
refer to Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Display Brightness .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... 197,207
Settings ...... .. .. ............. 191, 197
Distance
· · ·.......................... 12
Doors Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Closing aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
27
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Driver seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Drives
ref er to Media ..... ............. 181, 190
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Driving sa fely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12
DVD
Changer 183
Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Full screen display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
also refer to Media .. ............. 181, 190
DVD Parental control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 7
Dynamic steering .. .. ............. 111, 130
Dynamic volume
refer to System volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
E
Economy tips (efficiency program) . . . . . . . . 13
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . . 81
Electronic Differential Lock (EDL) . . . . . . . . 127
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
28
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . . . . . 127
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Emergency locking the front passenger's door 32
343

Index
Emergency operation
Fr ont passenger 's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Panoram a glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sunshade (roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
E mergency re lease
Parking lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Emissions control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Energy consumers (efficiency program) . . . . 13
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
E ngine
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting/stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 327
E ngine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Opening/closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Engine oil
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Con sumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Entering a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166, 170
Entering an address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
From the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
La st destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Starting point (presentation mode) . . . . . 173
Entering letters (speller) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
E ntering numbers/symbols (speller) . . . . . . 138
Entry assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 76
Environment Environmentally-friendly/ economical driv -
ing ..... ... .. .. ................ ... .. 74
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Proper disposal of drained engine o il . . . . 277
Unleaded fu el . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
EPC (engine control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
ESN
refer to Serial number (radio) ... .... .. .
Event Data Recorder (EDR) ........ .. .. .
E xterior lighting 179
133 43
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
344
F
Factory default settings
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
R5E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Fader(sound) ... .. .. .. ............. .. 206
Fastening Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 256
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Fast forwarding/rewinding (audio/video
file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Fast forwarding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . 191
Favorite (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169, 173
File format (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Floor mats.. .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. 213
Folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Free text search
T elephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Freeze protection Coolant additive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Front airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 220
Front center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Front passenger seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . 58
Front seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 228
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Fuel Additives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Current consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Saving fuel ...... .. .. ............ 74, 111
Fueling Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334