
Emergency situations
@ Tips
The discharged battery must be properly con
nected to the vehicle's electrical system .
When jump starting or charging the battery,
never connect the negative ground cable to
the battery negative post because the battery
manager system must be able to detect the
battery's state of charge . Always connect the
negat ive ground cable to the negative ground
pos t of the battery manager control unit.
Use of jumper cables
Make sure to connect the jumper cable clamps in
exactly the order described below!
Fig. 160 Engine compartmen t: Connectors fo r ju m pe r ca
bles and charger
Fig. 161 J u mp starting w ith the battery of another vehicle :
@ discha rged vehicle bat te ry, @ booste r battery
The procedure described below for connecting
jumper cables is intended to provide a jump start
for your veh icle.
Vehicle with discharged battery:
.. Turn off lights and accessories, move lever of
automatic transmission to
N (Neutral) or P
(Park) and set park ing brake .
204
Connect POSITIVE(+) to POSITIVE (+) (red)
.. To access the positive terminal, remove the
battery cover
r:!) fig. 160.
1. Connect one end of the red positive cable on
the
jump start bolt (D ~ fig. 161 (Bolt under
cover= "positive") of the vehicle to be start
ed @.
2. Connect the other end to the positive termi-
nal@ of the booster battery @.
Connect NEGATIVE(-) to NEGATIVE(-)
(black)
3. Connect one end of the black negative cable
to the negative terminal ® of the booster
battery @.
4. Connect the other end to the
jump start
bolt @
(Bolt with hex head = "negative") of
the vehicle to be started @.
Starting the engine
"'Start the eng ine of the vehicle with the booster
battery @. Run the eng ine at a moderate
speed .
.,. Start engine w ith discharged vehicle battery@
in the usual manner.
.. If the engine fails to start: do not keep the
starter cranking for longer than 10 seconds.
Wait for about 30 seconds and then try again .
.. With engine running, remove jumper cables
from both vehicles in the exact
reverse order.
"' Fit the cover back onto the battery .
The battery is vented to the outside to prevent gases from entering the vehicle interior . Make
sure that the jumper clamps are well connected
with their
metal parts in full contact with the
batte ry terminals.
A WARNING
To avoid serious personal inju ry and damage
to the veh icle, heed all warnings and instruc
tions of the jumper cable manufacturer.
If in
doubt, call for road service.
- Jumper cables must be long enough so that
the vehicles do not touch .
- When connecting jumper cables, make sur e
that they cannot get caug ht in any moving
pa rts in the engine compartment. ..,.

Index
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Adjusting the display/warning tone . . . . . . 87
Clean ing the rearv iew camera . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Cleaning the sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . 186
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Rear parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Trailer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Parking (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 69
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 125
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 107
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Pollen filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Pollutant filter . .... ........... .... .... 51
Power seat ad justment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Pregnant women Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Proper seating posit ion
Fr ont passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Protective liner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? . . 107
R
Radio Standards Specification (RSS)
215
Rain/light sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
I nterva l mode (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . 38
Ra ising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Range (fuel level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
222
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 , 84
Rear window defogger Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 55
Manual climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 53
Rear window wiper Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 40
Recirculation mode Automatic climate cont rol system . . . . . . . 55
Manua l climate control system . . . . . . . . . . 53
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
23
Replacing
Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 , 40
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Resett ing the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Rims ...... .. .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. 180
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
s
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Safety Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Correct seat ing pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Safety be lt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 111
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 111

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
u
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
w
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