Driving
Power steering wheel position adjustment
App lies to: vehicles with power stee ring whee l adjustme nt
The steering wheel position can be adjusted elec
trically up and down and forward and back.
F ig. 85 Steer ing co lu m n: sw itch for ad just ing the steering
whee l pos it io n
.. To adjust the height, press the switch up/down .
The steer ing column w ill cont inue moving as
long as you are pressing the switch .
"To move the steering whee l forward or back,
press the swi tc h forward/bac k. T he steer ing
column will continue moving as long as you a re
pressing the switch .
The steering wheel can also be adjusted when the ign it io n is swit ched off .
In vehicles with memory function*, the steering
col umn sett ings a re stored together wi th the
seat pos it ion.
Easy seat entry
Applies to : vehicles with power stee ring wheel adjustme nt
Easy seat entry makes it easier to enter and exit
the vehicle by adjusting the steering column au
tomatically.
" Se lect in the Infota inment system: IMENU I but
ton
> Vehicle > left contro l button > Vehicl e
setting s > Seats > Driver 's seat > Ea sy entry
fun ction .
When easy seat entry is swi tched o n, the stee ring
col umn goes bac k up into the par k posi tion whe n
the ign ition is switched off. After ente ring the ve
h icle, the steering co lumn re turns to the stored
position once the ignition is switched on.
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Starting and stopping
the engine
Starting the engine
The ! STAR T ENGINE ST OPI button switches the
ignition on and s tarts the engine.
Fig. 86 Coc kp it: S TART ENGINE STOP b utto n
Starting the engine
.. Press the brake pedal.
.. Press the I START ENGINE STOP ! button
¢fig. 86. The eng ine will start.
Switching the ignition on /off
If you would like to sw itch the ignition on w ith
out starting the engine, follow these steps:
" Press the I ST AR T ENGINE ST OP ! butto n w ith
out p ressing the brake ped al. Vehicles wi tho ut
the Start/Stop system* : the need le in the tach
ometer moves into the
READY posit ion .
.. To switch the ignition off, press the button
aga in. The needle in the tachometer moves into
the
OFF position.
Eq uipment that uses a lot of e lectricity is switch
ed off temporarily when you start the engine.
If the engine does not s tart immedia tely, the
starting procedure stops automatically after a
short time . Repeat the starting procedure .
Start/Stop system*
See the information in c::;, page 78, Start/Stop
sys tem .
& WARNING
To reduce the ris k of poisoning, never allow
the eng ine to run in confined spaces.
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Automatic saf ety belt retractor s
Every safety be lt is equ ipped with an automatic
be lt retractor on the shoulder belt. Th is feature
l ocks the belt when the belt is pull ed out fast,
during hard braking and in an accident. The be lt
may a lso lock when you drive up or down a steep
h ill or through a sharp curve. During normal driv
ing the belt lets you move freely .
Safety be lt pret en sioner s
Safety belts with pretensioners he lp to tighten
the safety belt and remove slack when the pre
tensioners are activated
c:> page 267. The func
tion of the pretensioner is monitored by a warn
i ng light
<=> page 26 .
Con vertible loc king retract or
Every safety belt except the one on the driver
seat is equipped with a convertible locking retrac
tor that
m ust be used when the safety belt is
used to attach a child safety seat. Be sure to read
the important information about this feature
<=>page 302 .
A WARNING
Improperly posit ioned safety be lts ca n cause
ser ious injury in an accident
c:> page 265,
Safety belt position.
-Safety belts offer optimum protection only
when the seatback is upright and belts are
prope rly pos itioned on the body.
-Always ma ke sure tha t the rear seat bac k
rest to wh ich the center rear safety be lt is
attached is secure ly latched whenever the
rear center safety belt is being used. If the
backrest is not securely latched, the passen
ger will move forward with the backrest dur
ing sudden braking, in a sudden maneuver
and especially in a cras h.
-Never attach the safety belt to the buckle
for another seat. Attaching the belt to the
wrong buckle w ill reduce safety belt effec
t iveness and can cause serious personal in
jury.
-A passenger who is not properly restrained can be seriously in jured by the safety be lt it
self when it moves from the stronger parts
Safet y bel ts
of the body into critical areas like the abdo
men .
-Always lock the convertible locking retractor
when you are securing a child safety seat in
the vehicle
c:> page 304.
Safety belt position
Correct belt position is the key to getting maxi
mum protection from safety belts.
Fig. 229 Safety belt pos it ion
Standard features on your vehicle help you adjust
the position of the safety belt to ma tch your body
s iz e.
-belt height adjustment for the front seats,
-height-adjustable front seats.
A WARNING
Improperly positioned safety belts can cause
se rious personal injury in an acc ident.
-The shou lder belt should lie as close to the
center of the collar bone as possib le and
should fit well on the body. Ho ld the belt
above the latch tongue and pull it evenly
across the chest so th at it sits as low as pos
sible on the pe lvis and there is no p ressure
on the abdomen . The belt should a lways fit
snug ly
c:> fig. 229. Pu ll on the belt to tighten
if necessary .
-The lap be lt portion of the sa fety belt must
be positioned as low as possible across pel
vis and never over the abdomen. Make sure
the belt lies flat and snug
c:> fig. 229. Pull on
the belt to tighten if necessary.
-A loose-fitting safety belt can cause serious
in juries by shifting its position on your body
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The shoulder belt should lie as close to the center
of the collar bone as possib le and should fit well
on the body
c> A in Safety belt position on
page 265.
~ Push the loop-around fittings up c> fig . 232 @,
or
~ squeeze together the @ button, and push the
loop-around fittings down@ .
~ Pull the belt to make sure that the upper at
tachment is properly engaged .
A WARNING
Always read and heed all WARNINGS and oth
er important informat ion
c> page 263.
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With the front seats, the height adjustment
of the seat can also be used to adjust the po
sition of the safety belts .
Improperly worn safety belts
Incorrectly positioned safety belts can cause se
vere injuries .
Wearing safety belts improperly can cause seri
ous injury or death . Safety belts can only work
when they are correctly pos itioned on the body .
Imp roper seating positions reduce the effect ive
n ess of safety be lts and will even inc rease the
ris k of injury and death by mov ing the safety belt
to cr it ic al areas of the body. Imp roper sea ting
positions also increase the risk of serious inj ury
and death when an airbag deploys and strikes an
occupant who is not in the co rrect seating posi
tion . A driver is respons ible for the safety of all
ve hicle occupants and espec ia lly for children.
Therefore:
~ Never permit anyone to assume an incorrect
s itting position in the veh icle wh ile traveling
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A WARNING
Improperly worn safety belts inc rease the risk
of serious personal injury and death wheneve r
a vehicle is be ing used.
Safet y be lts
- Always make sure that all veh icle occupants
are cor rectly restrained and stay in a correct
seating position whenever the vehicle is be ing used.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS and
other important informat ion
c> page 263.
Belt tensioners
How safety belt pretensioners work
Reversible safety belt pretensioners
T he following fu nctions a re availab le w hen safety
belts w it h reversib le safety bel t tensione rs ar e
fas tened:
- I n certa in driv ing s ituations, the safety belts
may tig hten w it h a reve rsib le tensioning func
t ion
c> page 112.
-The safety be lts may also t ighten with this re-
ve rs ible tens io ni ng f un ct io n in m ino r collisions.
Pyrotechnic safety belt pretensioners
Seat belts with pyrotechnic safety be lt preten
sioners are tensioned automatically i n severe col·
lis ions, depending on the circumstances . This
helps to reduce the fo rwa rd motion of the occu
pants.
A WARNING
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- I t is poss ible for the pretensioners to dep loy
incorrectly .
- Any wo rk on the tens ioner system or remov
al and installation o f system components
for other repairs must be performed by a
qualified wor kshop.
- The pyrotechnic system can only provide protection for one collision. If the pyrotech
n ic pretens ioners deploy, the pretensioning
system must be replaced.
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- A fine dust is re leased when the pyrotechnic
safety belt pretensioners dep loy. This is nor
ma l and is not caused by a f ire in the veh i-
cle.
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Booster seats and safety belts
Properly used booster seats can help protect
children weighing between about 40 lbs. and
80 lbs . (18 kg and 36 kg) who are less than 4
ft.
9 in. (57 inches/1.45 meters) tall.
Fig . 245 Rea r seat: chi ld p roper ly restrained in a booster
sea t
The vehicle's safety belts alone will not fit most
children until they are at least 4
ft. 9 in. (57 in
ches/1.45 meters) tall and weigh about 80 lbs.
(36 kg). Booster seats raise these children up so
that the safety belt will pass properly over the
stronger parts of their bodies and the safety belt
can help protect them in a crash.
.,. Do not use the convertible locking retractor
when using the vehicle's safety belt to restrain
a chi ld on a booster seat .
.. The shoulder belt must lie as close to the cen
ter of the child's collar bone as possib le and
must lie fla t and snug on the upper body. It
must never lie across the throat or neck. The
lap belt must lie across the pelvis and never
across the stomach or abdomen . Make sure the
belt lies flat and snug. Pull on the belt to tight
en if necessary .
.,. If you must transport an older child in a boos
ter seat on the front passenger seat, you can
use the safety belt height adjustment to help
adjust the shoulder portion properly .
.. Secure unused safety belts on the rear seat
¢page 297.
Children up to at least 8 years old (over 40 lbs. or
18 kg) are best protected in chi ld safety seats de-
~ signed for their age and we ight. Experts say that .....
~ the skeletal structure, particularly the pelvis , of N
~ these children is not fully developed, and they
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Child safety
must not use the vehicle safety belts without a
suitable child restraint .
It is usually best to put these children in appro
priate booster seats. Be sure the booster seat
meets all applicab le safety standards .
Booster seats raise the seating position of the
child and reposition both the lap and shoulder
parts of the safety belt so that they pass across
the chi ld's body in the right places. The routing of
the be lt over the chi ld's body is very important
for the ch ild's protection, whether or not a boos
ter seat is used. Children age 12 and under must
always ride in the rear seat.
Children who are at least 4
ft. 9 in. (57 inches/
1.45 meters) tall can generally use the vehicle 's
three point lap and shoulder belts. Never use the
lap belt portion of the vehicle 's safety belt alone
to restrain any ch ild, regard less of how big the
ch ild is. Always remember that child ren do not
have the pronounced pelvic structure required for
the proper function of lap belt portion of the ve
hicle's three point lap and shoulde r belts. The
child's safety absolutely requires that a lap belt
portion of the safety belt be fastened snugly and
as low as possible around the pe lvis . Never let
the lap belt portion of the safety belt pass over
the child 's stomach or abdomen .
In a crash, airbags must inflate within a blink of
an eye and with considerab le force. In order to do
its job, the airbag needs room to inflate so that it
will be there to protect the occupant as the occu pan t moves forward into the airbag .
A vehicle occ upant who is out of position and too
close to the a irbag gets in the way of an inf lating
airbag. When an occupant is too close , he or she
will be struck violent ly and w ill rece ive serious or
poss ibly even fata l injury .
In order for the airbag to offer protection, it is
important that all vehicle occupants, especially
any ch ildren, who must be in the front seat be
cause of exceptiona l circumstances, be properly
restrained and as far away from the airbag as
poss ible. By keeping room between the child's
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Index
Rear lid
refer to Luggage compartment lid . . . . 36, 37
Rea r lower ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Rear Seat Entertainment preparation
refer to Audi Entertainment mobile . . . . . 234
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems .... ... .. . 131,133
Rea r window defogge r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
Rear window washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
R EAR (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Recirculat ion mode (automatic climate con-
trol system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Ref ueling. ....... ... .. ..... ... .. .. ... 311
Remote control
refer to Remote contro l key . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Remote con trol ope ra tion
Garage door opener (Home link) . . . . . . . . . 43
Remote lock ing and unlocking
Aud i connect vehicle control . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Removing the caps (wheel bolts) . . . . . . . . . 353
Repair man uals ... ... .. ..... ... .. .. ... 371
Repa irs
A irbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Rep lacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Rep lac ing
Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Replac ing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Reset
refer to Restart ( MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2
Res id ual heat (automa tic climate cont rol) . . 7 2
Restart (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
R etractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Reve rse gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Rewinding (a udio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
R igh t cont rol b utton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Rims ....... .. .. ................ ... . 340
Clea ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Ringtone settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Road car rier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
384 Roaming
refer to Data connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Roof load ... .. .. .. .. .. ............ 67, 370
Roof rack ... .. .. .. .. .. ............. ... 67
also refer to Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Ro ute criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Ro ute guidance
refer to Navigation .. .. ............. . .
Running direct io n (tires)
s
Safe driving habits
S afety 2
03
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252
A irbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 69
Be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Correct seat ing pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Telephone . .... .. .. .. ............. .. 174
Safety be lt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Safety be lt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Safety be lt heig ht adjustme nt . . . . . . . . . 266
S afety be lts wor n by pregnant women . . . 266
Safety be lt pretensioner
Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261, 264
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Imprope rly wo rn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Not wor n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
S afety be lt pos it ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
S afety i nstr uctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Securing child sa fety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Specia l considerations for pregnant wom -
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Warn ing/ indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Safety be lt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Safety i nstr uctions
fo r side c urtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
fo r us ing ch ild safety se ats . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
f or using sa fe ty be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 283