Wheels
are listed on the safety compli
ance sticker label located on the
driver's side B-pillar.
A WARNING ,-= · -
Overloading a vehicle can cause
loss of vehicle control, a crash
or other accident, serious per
sonal injury, and even death .
-Carrying more weight than your vehicle was designed to carry will prevent the vehicle
from handling properly and i ncrease the risk of the loss of
vehicle control.
-The brakes on a veh icle that
has been overloaded may not
be able to stop the vehicle
within a safe distance.
-Tires on a vehicle that has been overloaded can fail sud
denly, including a b lowout and
sudden deflation, causing loss
of contro l and a crash.
-Always make sure that the to tal load being transported -i nc luding the weight of a tra il
er hitch and the tongue
weight of a loaded trailer
does not make the vehicle
h eavier than the vehicle's
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating.
3 44
Determining correct load
limit
Use the example below to calcu
late the tota l weight of the pas
sengers and luggage or other
things that you plan to transport
so that you can make sure that
your vehicle will not be over load
ed.
Steps for Determining Correct Load Limit
1 . Locate the statement " TH E
COMBIN ED WE IGH T OF OCC U
PANTS AND CARGO SHOU LD
NEVER EXCEED XXX KG OR XXX
LBS" on your vehic le's placard
(tire inflation pressure label)
¢ page 340, fig . 272 .
2. Determine the combined
weight of the drive r and pas
sengers that will be riding in
your vehicle.
3. Subtract the combined weight
of the driver and passengers
from
"XXX" kilograms or "XXX"
pounds shown on the stick
er ¢
page 340, fig. 272 .
4. The resu lting figure equa ls the
available amount of cargo and
luggage load capacity . For ex
ample, if the "XXX" amount
eq uals 1400 lbs. and there will~
Index
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Additional directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Importing/exporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Memory capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Storing as destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Control buttons (operating the MMI) . . . . . 152
Control knob with joystick function (MMI op
eration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Convenience key Switching the ignition on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Convertible locking retractor
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 304
Cooled glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Cooling mode (automatic climate
control) ........................ 67, 70, 71
Cooling system Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Coolant level checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Coolant temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . 11
Crosshairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Current consumption 16
D
Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7
Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 245
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Declaration of compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
DEF
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Defrosting (windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 71
DEF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Demo mode
refer to Presentation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 1
Destination on the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Determining correct load limit 344
384
Diesel
Diesel particulate filter
Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) 317
refertoAdBlue ... .. .. ............. .. 314
Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Digital Rights Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Dimming the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Directory
refer to Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Infotainment system display . . . . . . 150, 246
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Versions (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Doors Closing aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Mechanically locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Driver information system
Changing views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Energy consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
V iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Driver seat
refer to Seating position 253
Drives
refer to Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225, 234
Drive select
refer to Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Driving offroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Driving on hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Driving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
DVD drive (media drives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Dynamic volume
refer to System volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
E
E-mail
181
Index
Voice guidance
refer to Multifunction steering wheel . . 12, 15
Voicema il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
External . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Volume ... .. .. .. ............. .... .. . 249
w
Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 7
Was hing matte f inish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 1
Web radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
We igh ts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
265
W hat happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 262
W hat impairs dr iv ing safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 2
Wheel bo lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Wheels ... ...... ... .. ..... ... .. .. ... 330
C lean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Glossary of tire and load ing terminology . 333
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 348
Tires and veh icle load lim its . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Whe el wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
W hen must a safety belt be replaced? . . . . 264
When must the airbag system be inspected? 281
Where are lower anchorages located?
30 6
Wi-F i
Aud i mus ic st ream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
229
Aud io player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
On line media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
also refer to Wi -Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
W ild an imal recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
W indows
C hi ld safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38
Clean ing/remov ing ice ............ ... . 353
Defrost ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 7 1
Powe r w indows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
394
Windshie ld
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
68, 71
also refer to Windshie ld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Windsh ie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . .
5 0 , 3 28
Reservoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Windsh ield w ipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Winter operat ion
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
351
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Defrosting the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 71
Removing ice from windows . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 , 71
S now cha ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Stee ring w heel heat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
T ires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 7
Windshie ld washer syst em . . . . . . . . . . . .
328
Winter t ires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
X
Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
z
Zooming on the map
Mult ifunct ion steer ing wheel . . . . . . . . . . .
13
Zoom (map) . ... .... .. ... .. ..... . 205,213