
Consumer Information
Consumer Information
Warranty coverages
Your Audi is covered by the following warran
tie s:
- New Vehicle Limited Warranty
- Limited Warranty Against Corrosion Perfora-
tion
- Emissions Control System Warranty
- Emissions Performance Warranty
- California Emissions Con trol Warranty (USA
vehicles only)
- California Emissions Performance Warranty
(USA vehicles only)
Detailed information regarding your warranties
can be found in your
Warranty & Maintenance
booklet .
Operating your vehicle
outside the U.S.A. or
Canada
Government regulati ons in the United States and
Canada require that automobi les meet specific
emission regulations and safety standards.
Therefore, vehicles built for the U.S.A. and Cana
da differ from vehicles sold in other countries.
If you plan to take your vehicle outside the conti
nenta l limits of the United States or Canada,
there is the possibility that:
- un leaded fue ls for vehicles with catalytic con
verter may not be available;
- fuel may have a conside rably lower octane rat
ing . Improper fuel may cause engine damage;
- se rvice may be inadequate due to lack of proper
service facilities, tools or testing equipment;
- r eplacement parts may not be readily available.
- Nav igat ion systems for veh icles built for the
U .S .A . and Canada w ill not necessarily work in
Europe, and may not wo rk in other count ries
outside North America.
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@ Note
Audi cannot be responsib le for mechanical
damage that could resu lt from inadequate
fuel, service or parts ava ilability.
Audi Service Repair
Manuals and Literature
Audi Official Factory Service Manuals and Litera
ture are published as soon as poss ible after mod
el introduction. Se rvice manuals and literature
are available to order from the Audi Technical Lit
erature Ordering Center at:
www.audi.techliterature.com
Maintenance
General
Your vehicle has been designed to help keep
maintenance requirements to a minimum. How
ever, a certain amount of regular maintenance is
still necessary to assure your vehicle's safety,
economy and reliability . For detailed vehicle
maintenance consult your Warranty & Mainte
nance booklet .
Under difficult operating conditions, for exam
ple at extremely low outside temperatures, in
very dusty regions, etc., some service work shou ld be performed between the intervals speci
fied. This applies particularly to:
- oil changes , and
- cleaning or replac ing the a ir filter .
@) For the sake of the environment
By regularly maintaining your vehicle, you
help make sure that em iss ion standards are
maintained, thus min imizing adverse effects
on the environment .
Important considerations for you and your
vehicle
The increasing use of electronics, soph isticated
fuel injection and emission control systems, and
the genera lly increasing technica l complexity of
today's automobiles, have steadily reduced the
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Convertible locking retractor
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 226
Cooling mode (climate control system) . . . . 52
Cooling system Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Coolant level checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Coolant temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . . 8
I ndicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Crank (power top emergency operation) . . . . 36
Crash data recorder ( EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Crosshairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Cruise control system Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Preselecting speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Switching on.. ............. .. .. .. .. .. 71
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Current fuel consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
D
Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Date .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. .. . 173
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Declaration of compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Defrosting (windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
DEF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Deluxe automatic climate control
refer to Climate control system (automatic) .S2
Determining correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 257
Digital compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Digital Rights Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Directory
refer to Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Display
c refer to Audi virtua l cockpit (instrument 00
;::: cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 20 r--
~ Distance driven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 0 r--Vl 00
Index
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 , 20
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
On -board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Outside temperature display. . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Drives
refer to Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154, 162
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Driving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Dust filter
refer to Pollutant filter
DVD drive (media drives)
Dynamic volume 51
155
refer to System volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
E
E-mail
117
Economical route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . . 61
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Electronic differentia l lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Electronic immobili zer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Electronic stabilization control (ESC) . . . . . . 86
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Emergency fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Emergency operation Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Emergency release
Se lector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Emissions control system Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Energy managem ent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
297

Index
Pause (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 162
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Phon ebook
re fer to C ontacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Physical princ iples of a frontal collision . . . 188
P layback (med ia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Pla ylist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Point of interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Point of interest search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Pollen filter
refer to Pol lutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Power Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Power sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Po we r top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
M essages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Power windows Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Pregnant women Special cons iderations when wear ing a safe-
ty belt ..... .. .. ................ ... . 191
Presets (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Pressure Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 262
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Pressure (tire s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Program guide
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Programm ing (steering wheel button) . . . . . 19
Prompt
refer to Commands (vo ice recognit ion sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 180
302
Proper safety be lt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Proper seating position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Q
quattro (all whee l dr ive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Quest ion
What happens to unbe lted occ upants? . . 188
R
Racing bucket seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Radio text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Radio Standards Spec ificat ion (RSS) . . . . . . 293
Rain/light sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Indicator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Intermittent (windshie ld wipers) . . . . . . . . 42
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Random
refer to Shuffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Rear lid Escape latch ... .. .. .. ............. .. 272
also refer to Luggage compartment lid . . . 27
Rear spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Rearview camera
refer to Parkin g systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 81, 82
Rearv iew mirror dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Recirculation mode (climate control system) 53
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Personaliz ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Unlo cking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Removing the caps (whee l bo lts) . . . . . . . . . 275