
Airbag system
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; light in the
headliner tells you when the front Advanced Air
bag on the passenger side has been turned off by
the electronic control unit.
E ach time you turn on the ignition, the
PASSEN
GER AIR BAG OFF
"1; ON@ light will come on
for a few seconds and:
- PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ~; will come on if
the front passenger seat is not occupied,
-PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ~; will come on if
t h e e lectrica l capacitance measured by the ca
pacitive passenger detection system for the
front passenger seat equa ls the combined ca
pacitance of an infant up to about one year of
age and one of the rearward-facing or forward
facing child restraints listed in Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard 208 w ith which the Ad
vanced Airbag System in your vehicle was certi
fied. For a listing of the ch ild restraints that
were used to cert ify your vehicle 's compliance
with the U.S. Safety Standard
¢page 218.
- PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; will come on if
there is a small child or ch ild rest raint on the
front passenger seat,
-PASSENGER AIR BAG ON @w ill go off if the
front passenger seat is occupied by an adult as
registered by the capacitive passenger detec
tion system ¢
page 205, Monitoring the Ad
vanced Airbag System .
The PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; light comes on
when electrical capacitance registered on t he
front passenger seat is equa l to or less than the
combined capacitance of a typica l 1 year -o ld in
fant and one of the rearward-facing or forward
facing ch ild restraints listed in Federal Motor Ve
h icle Safety Standard 208 with wh ich the Ad
vanced A irbag System in your vehicle was cert i
f ie d.
If the tota l electrical capac itance registered on
the front passenger seat is more than that of a
typical 1 year-old child but less than the we ight
of a small adult, the front a irbag on the passen
ge r side ca n deploy (the
PASSENGER AIR BAG
OFF
"1; light does not come on).
If the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF "1; light does
not come on, the front a irbag on the passenger
196
side has not been turned off by the electronic
contro l unit and can deploy if the contro l unit
senses an impact that meets the conditions stor
ed in its memory.
For example , the airbag may deploy
if:
-a small c hild that is heav ier than a typica l 1
year-old child is on the front passenger seat
(regard less of whethe r the child is in one of the
child sa fety seats listed ¢
page 218), or
- a child who has outgrown child restraints is on
the front passenger seat.
If the front passenger a irbag is turned off, the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF~; light comes on in
the headliner and stays on.
If the front passenger airbag deploys, the Feder
al Standard requires the airbag to meet the "low
r isk" dep loyment cr iteria to reduce the r isk of in
jury through interaction w ith the airbag. "Low
risk" deployment occurs in those crashes that
take place at lower decelerations as defined in
the e lectronic contro l unit ¢
page 206, PASSEN
GER AIR BAG
OFF~; ON~ light.
A lways remember, a child seat or infant carrier
installed on the front seat may be struck and
knocked out of position by the rapidly inflating
passenger's airbag in a frontal col lision. The air
bag could great ly reduce the effectiveness of the
c hi ld restraint and even ser iously injure the child
during inflat io n.
A WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing child seat instal
led on the front passenger seat will be seri
ously injured and can be killed if the front air
bag inflates
-even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- The inflat ing airbag will hit the child seat or
infant carrier with great force and will
smash the child seat and child against the
backrest, center armrest, door or roof.
- Forward-facing child seats installed on the
front passenger's seat may interfere with
the deployment of the airbag and cause se
r ious personal injury to the ch ild.

Airbag syste m
airbag on the passenger side may or may not
deploy.
The
PAS SENGER AIR B AG OFF ~; light comes o n
when the e lectron ic control un it detects a total
e lectrica l capacitance on the front passenger seat
that requires the front airbag to be turned
off . If
the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF '1; light does not
come on, the front airbag on the passenger side has not been turned
off by the control unit and
can deploy if the control unit senses an impact
that meets the conditions stored in its memory .
If the tota l electrical capac itance registered on
the front passenger seat is more than that of a
typical 1 year -old, but less than the weight of a
small adult , the front airbag on the passenger
side may deploy (the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
~ ; light does not come on).
For exampl e, th e airbag may d eploy if:
- a small child that is heavier than a typical 1
year-old ch ild is on the front passenger seat
(regardless of whether the child is in one of the
ch ild seats listed
r=;,page 218),
- a chi ld who has outgrown child restraints is on
the front passenger seat .
If the front passenger airbag is turned off , the
P ASS ENGER AIR BA G OFF~; light in the head
liner will come on and stay on .
I f the front passenger airbag dep loys, the Feder
a l Standard requires the airbag to meet the "low
risk" deployment criteria to help reduce the risk
of injury through interaction with the airbag.
"Low risk" deployment occurs in those crashes
that take place at lower decelerations as def ined
i n the electronic control
un it ¢ page 205 .
Alw ays remember: Please be sure to read the im
portant information in the sections that follow
and be sure to heed all of the WARNINGS .
A WARNING
To red uce the risk of inju ry when an a irbag in
flates, a lways wear safety belts p roperly.
- If you are unrestrained, lean ing forward, s it
t ing s ideways or out of pos ition in any way,
yo ur r isk of i njur y is m uch higher.
200
-You will a lso receive serious injuries and
could even be killed if yo u are up against the
airbag or too close to it when it inflates -
eve n with a n Advanced
Airbag ¢ page 194.
A WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing child seat instal
led on t he front passenger seat will be seri
ously injured and ca n be killed if the front air
bag inflates -even with an Advanced Airbag
Sys tem.
- Altho ugh the Advanced Airbag System in
your veh icle is des igned to tur n
off the front
air bag w hen a rearward -fac ing c hild re
s traint has been installed on the front pas
senger seat, nobody can abso lute ly guaran
tee t hat dep loyment is impossib le in all con
ceivab le situat ions that may happen d uring
the useful life of your vehicle.
- The inflating airbag will h it the ch ild seat or
infant carrier with great force and will
smash the child seat and child against the backrest, center armrest, door, or roof .
- If you m ust install a rearward facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat be
cause of except ional circ umstances and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ~; light does not
come on and stay on have t he a irbag system
inspected by yo ur Audi dea ler.
A WARNING
I f, in exceptional c ircumstances , you must in
s tall a forward -fa cing ch ild res trai nt on the
front passenger's seat:
- Always make sure the forward -fa cing sea t
has bee n des igned and certified by its man
ufacturer for use on a front seat with a pas
senge r front and side airbag.
- Never put the fo rward -facing chi ld restrain t
up against o r very near the instr ument pan
el.
- Always move the front passenger seat to
the highest position in the up and down ad
justment range and move it bac k to the
rearmost posit io n in the seat's fo re and aft

Index
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Ce rt ificat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Changing eng ine o il . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Changing light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 2
Chargi ng the battery (mob ile dev ices) . . . . 161
Chi ld restraint
Danger of using ch ild rest raints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
195
Ch ild rest raints
Where can I get additional in format ion
about child restraints and their use? . . . .
228
C hil d safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 16
Important safety ins truc tions fo r us ing ch ild
safety sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 19
Ch ild safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 21
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Conve rt ible c hild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 2
How do I properly install a child safe ty seat
. h ' l 7 in myve 1c e .. .. ............. .... .. . 2 19
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 1
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 19
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
C iga rette lighte r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
C leaning/removing ice from windows . . . . . 26 8
Clea ning Alcanta ra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Clean ing artificia l leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
C le ani ng ca rbon p arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 68, 269
Clea ning contro ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
C leaning decorative parts and trim . . . . . . . 268
C lea ning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Clea ning exhaust ta il pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
C lean ing plast ic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 8
Clea ning rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Clean ing seat covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
C lea ning t ail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 7
Clea ning text iles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Cleaning the Audi virt ual cockpit . . . . . . . . . 269
C lean ing t he instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . 269
Clean ing the wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Clima te con trol system (automa tic)
Ad '
t' . JU S mg air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Ad justing the air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Ad justing the temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Air distribution, a ir vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
AUTO (automatic mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
296
B lower
Contro ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
52
Defrosting the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Rear w indow defogger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Rec irculat ion mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Cli mate contro l system (manua l)
Adjusting th e air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
53
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Closi ng
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
235
Windows ....... .. .. ................ 29
Closing/ open ing
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24
U sing the door lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7
Coc kpit (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Commands (voice recogn ition system) . . . . 105
Compa rtments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Compass in the m irror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Conferen ce ca ll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Connect ion manager 174
Connect ions
refer to M edia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154, 162
Connect io n sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Cons umer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185, 290
Cons umption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Contacts
Additional directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
175
Importing/export ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Memory capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Showing details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Stor ing as destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Control buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cont ro l buttons (opera ting t he M MI) . . . . . . 94
Control knob with joystick funct ion . . . . . . . . 98
Convenience key
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
59
Stopping the eng ine (START ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
59
Un locking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Convenience open ing/clos ing . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Convertib le child safe ty se ats . . . . . . . . . . . 2 22