Index
A
A/C (automatic climate control system) 54
A/C (manual cl imate control system) . . . . . . 52
ABS
refer to Anti-lock braking system . . . . . . . . 89
Accessories .. .. .. ............. .... 44, 214
Adaptive dampers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
also refer to Audi adaptive light . . . . . . . . . 16
Addit ional accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Adjusting the air distribution Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 55
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . S2
Adjusting the air vents Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . S5
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 52
Adjusting the center console lighting . . . . . . 3S
Adjusting the temperature
H eating/ventilat ion system and manual cli-
mate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Advanced Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 120
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Front air bags . ............... .... .. . 118
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 122
H ow many airbags does my vehicle have? 120
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 125
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
216
Weight-sensing mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
When must the system be inspected? . . . 124
Air pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Air pressure (tire) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
All weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Ant i-freeze
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Anti -lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Armrest.... .... .. .. .. ............. ... 43
ASR
refer to Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Audi adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 212
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
AUTO Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 54
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Auto Lock (central locking system) . . . . . . . . 22
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Automatic climate control
refer to Climate control system
(automatic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 54
Automat ic climate control system
refer to Climate control system
(automatic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 54
Automat ic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Manua l shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Selector lever emergency release . . . . . . . . 72
Se lector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Steering wheel with shift paddles. . . . . . . . 70
tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Average consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Safety belt pretensioner Service and disposa l............ ..... . 113
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106, 109
C leaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
H eight adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Improperly worn ............. .. ..... 112
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Special considerations for pregnant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Safety instructions
for side curta in a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
for using ch ild safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
for using safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 126
Safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Seat Number of seats
Seat adjustment 106
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Seat belts
refer to Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Seat heating Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 55
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 53
Seating capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Fr ont passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
99
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
99
Seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
~ Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 ......
~ Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
N
8 Selective whee l torque contro l . . . . . . . . . . . 89
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Index
Se lector lever (automatic transmission)
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Service and disposal Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Service position
refer to Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 39
Setting the temperature
Automatic climate cont rol system . . . . . . . 54
Sh ift paddles (automatic transm iss ion) . . . . 70
Side airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Side assist
refer to Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
S ide curta in airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Ski bag. ........... .... ........... .... 48
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Space-saving spare tire (compact spare tire)
. 197
Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Stab ilization control
refer to E lectronic stabi lization control . . . 89
START ENGINE STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Starting (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 61
Steering Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Locking (convenience key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Locking (ignition lock) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
also refer to Electromechanical steering 93
Steering wheel Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Shift paddles (automatic transmiss ion) . . . 70
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 180
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60, 62
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Subwoofer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
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Index
Sunroof
refer to Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sunshade
Emergency closing (panorama glass roof) .
32
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Symbols
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
T
Tachometer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 9
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Temp erature display
Outside temper ature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Temperature indicator Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8
Temporary spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Tie-down rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Tie -downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Time . .... .. .. .. ............. .... .. ... 9
tiptronic mode (automat ic transmission) . . . 70
tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 66
Tires................................ 166
All
wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Low-profile tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Tir e pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 183
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Tire pressure (trailer towing) . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
175
Unidirectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Tires and wheels
Glossary of tire and loading terminology .
169
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 17 8
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 1
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Towing
Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
205
Towing loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205, 206
TPMS (Tire Press ure Monitoring System) . . 183
224
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
88
Trailer load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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Unfastening safety belts
Uniform tire quality grading
Unlocking/ locking 111
182
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
With the central locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . 25
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Use of jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
V
Vanity mirror.... .. .. .. ............. ... 37
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
185
D .
. 1mens1ons ...... .. .. .............. .
Out of service .. .. .. .. .. ........... . .
Specifications ..................... . . 210
190
209
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Charge leve l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 164
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Vehicle jack . ... ... .. .. ... ..... ... 191,194
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
VIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
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Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
110
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 107
What impairs driving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Wheel bolt caps
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
193