
Index
A
A/C (climate control system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Activating vibration warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Adjusting steering time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Indicator l ight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Adaptive light (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Adjusting the air d istr ibut ion (climate control
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Adjusting the air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Adjusting the center console lighting . . . . . . 41
Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Adjusting the temperature (climate contro l
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Advanced Airbag System Children
....... .. .............. ....
Components ...... .............. ... .
Front airbags ..... .............. ... .
How the components work together ... .
Ai rba g .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. .
I ndicator light .... .............. .... .
Airbag system .. .. .. .............. ... .
Advanced Airbag System ....... .. .. .. .
Care
. . .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. .
Ch ild rest raints .............. .... .. .
Components (front airbags) .......... .
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat ................ .
Disposal ... .. .. ............. .... .. .
Front airbags ... ............. .... .. .
H ow do the front airbags work? . .. .. .. .
H ow many airbags does my vehicle have?
Important information .............. .
I mportant safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . .. ............. .. .. .. .
Knee airbags .. .. ............. .... .. .
Monitoring ....... .............. ... .
PASSENGER AIR BAG light ........... .
Repairs
Safety instructions ................ .. .
Side airbags .. .. ............. .... .. .
294
218
201
199
202
194 14
213 198
208
218
201
195
208 198
203 201
194
211
210
205
206 208
207
212 Warning/Indicator
lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
When must the system be inspected? . . . 205
Ala rm system
refer to Anti-theft ala rm system . . . . . . 22, 27
Alignment pin (tire change) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
All-weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Alte rnative routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
AMI
refer to Audi music interface . . . . . . . 160, 161
Android Auto
refer to Audi smartphone interface . . . . . 171
Announcements (sett ings)
refer to Voice guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Anti-freeze Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Anti- lock braking system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Ant i-slip regulat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Apple CarPlay
refer to Audi smartphone interface . . . . . 171
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Aspect ratio (video) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Audi connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Services (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Audi magnetic ride
refer to Suspension control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Audi music interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Audi music stream
refer to Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Audio files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Audio player
B luetooth audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Wi-Fi audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Audio track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 290
Audi smartphone interface ......... 171,175
Audi virtual cockpit (instrument cluster) . . . . 8

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AUTO Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 52
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Auto Lock (central locking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
190
Automatic climate control system
refer to Climate control system (automatic) .52
Automatic key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
La unch Control Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Selector lever emergency release . . . . . . . .
69
Selector lever lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Selector lever positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Shifting manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Steering wheel with shift paddles . . . . . . . . 67
tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Automatic zoom (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Index
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 61
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Break-in security feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 2 7
Breaking in New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
New tires 251
Browser
refer to Media center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Bulb failure (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Bulb replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Buttons Control panel (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
93
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 18, 20
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18S C
AUX input
Average fuel consumption ........... .. . . 161
21
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
B
BACK button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Balance (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Bass (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Battery Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Before driving .. ................ ... .. .
Better route (navigation) ........ .. .. .. .
Blended gasoline
179
147
229
Blower (climate control system) . . . . . . . . . . 52
Bluetooth Audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Connecting a cell phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Booster seats
Brake fluid 223
Checking the brake flu id leve l . . . . . . . . . .
241
Cable (USB adapter/AUX connector cable) 160
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 234
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Call list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Call options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Capacities Fuel tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Cargo area
refer to Luggage compartment. . . . . . . . . 183
Catalytic converter ... ................ . 233
CD drive (media drives) ............... . 156
Cell phone Pl
. · aying music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
also refer to Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Mechanically locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
295

Index
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . 19, 105
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Warning/Indicator lights
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Washer fluid level (indicator light) . . . . . . . . 15
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 188
What impairs driving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
L oosening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Tightening specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 246
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 262
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Wheel wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
When must the airbag system be inspected?
205
Why safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
W i-Fi
Aud i mus ic stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Hotspot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Online media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
also refer to Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Window regulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Windows Cleaning/removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
306
Windshield
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
also refer to Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . 42, 243
Reservoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Windshield wipers
Cleaning w iper blades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Folding up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . 44
Switching on and
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Winter operation
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Defrosting the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Removing ice from windows . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Winter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
X
Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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Zoom (map) .. .. .. .. .. ........ 18, 136, 142