2019 AUDI A4 Owners Manual

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Parkingaid

Switchingonautomatically
Thesystemswitchesonautomaticallywhenre-
versegearisengagedwhiletheengineisrun-
ning.Abrieftonewillsound.
Switchingoffautomatically
The
systemswitchesoffautomaticallywhendriv-
ingforwardfasterthan6mph(10 km/h).
Selectingthemode
>Turn thecontrolknobtothesymbolforthede-
siredmode(@)through©)©fig.137andpress
thecontrolknob.

Youmayselectfromthefollowingmodes:
Cornerview(front)>page135
Front>page135
Topview>page135
Rear>page136

E)-Cornerview(rear)>page135

precata
Fig.138Infotainmentsystem:Cornerview(front)
Werertener

Fig.139Infotainmentsystem:Cornerview(rear)
Thisviewcanassistyouforexample,whenyou
areexitingfromanareawithpoorvisibility.The
areaatthefrontandrearsidesofthevehiclesis
displayed.
>Toshowthesideviewtowardthefront,select
thesymbol@)©fig.138withthecontrolknob
andpressthecontrolknob.
>Toshowthesideviewtowardtherear,select
thesymbol€)>fig.139withthecontrolknob
and
pressthecontrolknob.

Appliesto:vehicleswithperipheralcameras


eect

Fig.140Infotainmentsystem:frontmode
Forexample,thisviewassistsyouinusingthe
fullmaneuveringrangeinfrontofthevehicle.
Theareainfront ofthevehicleisdisplayed.The
vehiclesurroundingsareshownintherightarea
ofthedisplay.Youcanswitchbetweentheopti-
caldisplayandcameraimage>page136.
>Selectthesymbol(8)withthecontrolknob.The
orangeorientationlinesmarktheexpected
pathofthevehicle.Stopthevehiclewhenthe
redorientationline*bordersanobject>A\in
Generalinformationonpage134.

Appliesto:vehicleswithperipheralcameras
Scara
Perea

Fig.141Infotainmentsystem:Surroundingsmode
Thisviewisidealformaneuvering.Thearea
aroundthevehicleisshownusingthecameraim-
ages.Thevehicleimageisshownby thesystem.>
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Parkingaid

> Selectthesymbol©withthecontrolknoband
pressthecontrolknob.
Appliesto:vehicleswithperipheralcameras

Peat
Fig.142Infotainmentsystem:rearmode
Forexample,thisviewassistsyouinusingthe
fullmaneuveringrangebehindthevehicle.The
areabehindthevehicleisdisplayed.Thevehicle
surroundingsareshownintherightareaofthe
display.Youcanswitchbetweentheopticaldis-
playandcameraimage>page136.
> Selectthesymbol@)withthecontrolknob.
Perpendicularparking
Appliesto:vehicleswithperipheralcameras
Thisviewmaybe usedwhenparkinginagarage
orinaparkingspace.
ae-
dd.Look!Safetomove?
Fig.144Infotainmentsystem:aligningthevehicle
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>Turn theInfotainmentsystemonandshiftinto
reversegear.
>Theorangeorientationlines@showthevehi-
cle'sdirectionoftravel.Turn thesteeringwheel
untiltheorangeorientationlinesalignwiththe
parkingspace>fig.143.Usethemarkings@)
tohelpyouestimatethedistancetoanobsta-
cle.Eachmarkingrepresentsapproximately3ft
(1m).Thebluearearepresentsanextensionof
thevehicle'soutlinebyapproximately16ft(5
meters)totherear.
>Whiledrivinginreversegear,adjustthesteer-
ing
wheelangletofittheparkingspaceusing
theorangeorientationlinesforassistance>A\
inGeneralinformationonpage134,>@)in
Generalinformationonpage134. Area@)rep-
resentstherearbumper.Youshouldstopre-
versingatthelatestwhenthered orientation
line@bordersanobject>AinGeneralinfor-
mationonpage132.
Adjustingtheparkingaid
Appliesto:vehicleswitharearparkingsystem/parkingsys-
templus/rearviewcamera/peripheralcameras
ThefunctionsareadjustedintheInfotainment
system.

>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Driveras-
sistance>Parkingaid.Or
>Whentheparkingaidisactive,selectintheIn-
fotainmentsystem:rightcontrolbutton*.

Endsystem*-stoptheparkingaid
Activateautomatically*-switchautomaticacti-
vationon/off
Frontvolume*-volumeforthefrontarea
Rearvolume-volumeforthereararea
Entertainmentfader-thevolumeoftheaudio/
videosourceisloweredwhentheparkingsystem
isturnedon.
View*-switchbetweenanopticaldisplay
(Graphic)andcameraimage(Camera)onthe
sideofthedisplay.
Automaticfront/rearcamerachanging”-the
viewbehindthevehicle(Rearmode)isdisplayed>

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Parkingaid

automaticallywhenyoushiftintoreversegear.
Theviewinfrontofthevehicle(Frontmode)is
displayedautomaticallywhenyoushiftintothe
forwardgears.Whenfirstactivatinginaforward
gearwiththePbutton,thefrontsideviewis
displayed(Cornerview(front)mode).
IfyoudonotsettheV,theviewbehindthevehi-
cle(Rearmode)isalwaysdisplayedanditdoes
notswitchtothe Frontmodewhenaforward
gearisselected.
@Tips
—Severalmenuscanbeaccessedwiththe
rightcontrolbuttononlywhentheparking
aidisactive.
—Certain settingsareautomaticallystored
andassignedtothevehiclekeybeingused.
— Thenewlevelisdemonstratedbriefly*when
thevolumeisadjusted.
Errormessages
Appliesto:vehicleswitharearparkingsystem/parkingsys-
templus/rearviewcamera/peripheralcameras
wmRearparkingaid:malfunction!Obstacles
cannotbedetected
wmFrontparkingaid:malfunction!Obstacles
cannotbedetected
wmParkingaid:malfunction!Obstaclescannot
bedetected
Whenoneofthesemessagesappears,thereisa
systemmalfunction.TheLEDintheP4buttonal-
soblinkswhenswitchingiton.Therelevantmes-
sageonlyappearsagainwhenyoumanuallyacti-
vatetheparkingaidwiththebutton.
Rearparkingaid:obstacledetectionrestrict-
ed
Therearcross-trafficassist*>page125,Rear
cross-trafficassistisnotavailable.EithertheESC
isswitchedoff,ortheradarsensorsmaybecov-
ered byabikerack,stickers,leaves,snoworother
objects.SwitchtheESCon,orcleantheareain
frontofthesensorsifnecessary>page122,
fig.122.Ifthismessagecontinuestobedis-
played,driveimmediatelytoanauthorizedAudi
dealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilitytohave
themalfunctionrepaired.
Parkingsystemplus*
If asensororspeakerisfaulty,theP4symbol
willappearinfrontof/behindthevehicleinthe
Infotainmentsystemdisplay.If arearsensoris
faulty,onlyobstaclesthatareinareas(@)and
areshown>page130,fig.128.Ifafrontsensor
isfaulty,onlyobstaclesthatareinareas©and
©areshown.
Peripheralcameras*
Thereisasystemmalfunctionifthe#«symbol
appearsandthecorrespondingareaofthedis-
playisshowninblack.Thecameraisnotworking
inthisarea.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
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ElectronicStabilization
Control(ESC)
ElectronicStabilizationControl(ESC)supports
driversafety.Itreducestheriskofslippingand
improvesdrivingstability.ESCdetectscriticalsit-
uations,suchasifthevehicleisoversteeringor
understeering,orifthewheelsare spinning.The
brakesareappliedortheenginetorqueisre-
ducedinordertostabilizethevehicle.Whenthe
ESCengages,theBindicatorlightflashesinthe
instrumentcluster.
ThefollowingsystemsareintegratedintheESC:
Anti-lockbrakingsystem(ABS)
ABSpreventsthewheelsfromlockingwhenbrak-
ing.Thevehiclecanstillbesteeredevenduring
hardbraking.Applysteadypressuretothebrake
pedal.Donotpumpthepedal.Apulsinginthe
brakepedalindicatesthatthesystemisacting to
stabilizethevehicle.
Brakeassistsystem
Thebrakeassistsystemcandecreasebrakingdis-
tance.Itincreasesbrakingpowerwhenthe driver
pressesthebrakepedalquicklyinemergencysit-
uations.Youmustpressandholdthebrakepedal
untilthedangeroussituationisover.Invehicles
withadaptivecruisecontrol*,thebrakeassist
systemismoresensitiveifthedistancedetected
tothevehicledrivingaheadistoosmall.
Anti-SlipRegulation(ASR)
ASRreducesenginepowerwhenthedrivewheels
beginspinningandadaptstheforcetotheroad
conditions.Thismakesiteasiertostart,acceler-
ateanddriveuphills.
ElectronicDifferentialLock(EDL)
TheEDLappliesthe brakestowheelsthatare
slippingandtransfersthedrivepowertotheoth-
erwheels.Thisfunctionisnotavailableathigher
speeds.
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Inextremecases,EDLautomaticallyswitchesoff
tokeepthebrakeonthebrakedwheelfromover-
heating.Thevehicleisstillfunctioningcorrectly.
EDLwillswitchonagainautomaticallywhencon-
ditionshavereturnedtonormal.
Powersteering
The ESCcanalsosupportvehiclestability
throughsteering.
Selectivewheeltorquecontrol
Selectivewheeltorquecontrolisusedwhendriv-
ingoncurves.Brakingistargetedtowardthe
wheelsontheinsideofthecurveasneeded.This
allowsmoreprecisedrivingincurves.
Automaticpost-collisionbrakingsystem
The“automaticpost-collisionbrakingsystem”
canhelptoreducetheriskofslidingandofaddi-
tionalcollisionsafteranaccident.Iftheairbag
controlmoduledetectsacollision,thevehicleis
braked bytheESC.
Thevehicledoesnotbrakeautomaticallyifoneof
thefollowingoccurs:
—Thedriverpressestheacceleratorpedal
—TheESC,thebrakesystem,orthevehicleelec-
tricalsystemisnotfunctioning

ZAWARNING
— The ESCanditsintegratedsystemscannot
overcomethelimitsimposedbynatural
physicallaws.Thisisespeciallyimportanton
slipperyorwetroads.Ifthesystemsbegin
actingtostabilizeyourvehicle,youshould
immediatelyalteryourspeedtomatchthe
roadandtrafficconditions.Donotletthein-
creasedsafetyprovidedtemptyouintotak-
ingrisks.Thiscouldincreaseyourriskofa
collision.
—Pleasenotetheriskofacollisionincreases
whendrivingfast,especiallythroughcurves
andonslipperyorwetroads,andwhendriv-
ingtooclosetoobjectsahead.The ESC and
itsintegratedsystemscannotalwayspre-
ventcollisions-thereisstillariskofacci-
dents!

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—Presstheacceleratorpedalcarefullywhen
acceleratingonsmooth,slipperysurfaces
suchasiceandsnow.Thedrivewheelscan
spinevenwhenthesecontrolsystemsarein-
stalledandthiscanaffectdrivingstability
andincreasetheriskofacollision.

@)Tips
— TheABSandASRonlyfunctioncorrectly
whenallfourwheelshaveasimilarwear
condition.Differenttiresizescanleadtoa
reductioninenginepower.
—Youmayhearnoiseswhenthesystemsde-
scribedareworking.
Switchingon/off
ESCturnsonautomaticallywhenyoustarttheengine.
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Fig.145CenterconsolewithbuttonRor
TheESCisdesignedtofunctioninlevels.Depend-
ingonthelevelthatisselected,thestabilization
functionoftheESCwillbelimitedorswitched
off.Theamountofstabilizationcontrolwilldiffer
dependingonthelevel.
Thefollowingsituationsareexceptionswhereit
maybeuseful toswitchonsportmode(sedan)or
offroadmode(allroad)toallowthewheelsto
spin:
—Rocking thevehicletofreeitwhenitisstuck
—Drivingindeepsnoworonlooseground
—Drivingwithsnowchains
—Appliesto:allroad:drivingonroughterrain
whenmuchofthecar'sweightisliftedoffthe
wheels(axlearticulation)
—Appliesto:allroad:drivingdownhillwhilebrak-
ingonlooseground
Foryoursafety,switchthesportmode/offroad
modeoffinadvance.






ESClevels
Appliesto:sedan
SportmodeonESC/ASRoffSportmodeoffor
ESC/ASRon
BehaviorThe ESC andASRstabiliza-|Thestabilizationfunctionis|Thefullstabilizationfunc-
tionfunctionsarelimitednotavailable>A\.ESCand_|tionoftheESC andASRis
oA.ASRareswitchedoff.availableagain.
OperatingPressthe[2OFF]buttonPressandholdthe|&OFFPressthe[2OFF]button
briefly.buttonlongerthan3sec-again.
onds.
IndicatorBiturnson.BancRdturnon.BaiturnsofforEJand
lightsaaturnoff.
MessagesStabilizationcontrol(ESC):|Stabilizationcontrol(ESC):|Stabilizationcontrol
sport.Warning!Restricted|off.Warning!Restricted(ESC):on
stability stability

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Youshouldonlyswitchsportmode/offroad
modeonorswitchESC/ASRoffifyourdriving
abilitiesandroadconditionspermit.
—Thestabilizationfunctionislimitedwhen
sportmode/offroadmodeisswitchedon.
Thedrivingwheelscouldspinandthevehi-
clecouldswerve,especiallyonslickorslip-
peryroadsurfaces.
—Thereisnovehiclestabilizationwhen
ESC/ASRareswitchedoff.
Hilldescentassist
Appliesto:allroad

Hilldescentassistmakesitpossibletodrive
downahillataconstantspeed.
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Fig.146Centerconsole:hilldescentassistbutton

>Toswitchhilldescentassiston,presstheL@
button.TheLEDinthebuttonwillturnon.
>»Pressthebuttonagaintoswitchitoff.The LED
inthe buttonturnsoff.

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OffroadmodeonESC/ASRoffOffroadmodeoffor
ESC/ASRon
BehaviorThe ESC andASRstabiliza-|Thestabilizationfunctionis|Thefullstabilizationfunc-
tionfunctionsarelimitednotavailable>A\.ESCand__|tionoftheESCandASRis
DSA.ASRareswitchedoff.available again.
Operating|Pressthe|#°*]buttonbriefly.|Pressandholdthe||but-|Pressthe|#°"|buttonagain.
tonlongerthanthreesec-
onds.
IndicatorEgiturnson.ElandSaturnon.Eaiturnsoffor[gjand
lightsEaturnoff.
Messages|Stabilizationcontrol(ESC):|Stabilizationcontrol(ESC):|Stabilizationcontrol(ESC):
offroad.Warning!Reduced|off.Warning!Restrictedon
stability stability
AWARNINGHilldescentassistbrakesallfourwheelsauto-
maticallyinordertolimitspeedwhendrivingei-
therforwardorreverseonhillswithagradefrom
approximately6to60%.Thewheelswillnotlock
upbecausetheABSremainsactivated.Invehi-
cleswithamanualtransmission,thehillholdas-
sistadjuststothespecifiedspeedso thattheen-
gineisnot brakedbelowitsidlespeed.
Whenhilldescentassistison,thespeedyourve-
hiclewastravelingwhenitentered thehillis
maintained.Itisonlypossible toswitchonthe
assistwhendrivingslowerthan37mph(60
km/h).Theassistbeginsshortlyafteryoustart
drivingandcontinuesuptoapproximately
19mph(30km/h).Invehicleswithamanual
transmission,regulationbelowapproximately6
mph(9km/h)isonlypossibleiftheclutchpedal
ispressedorifthegearshiftisintheneutralposi-
tion.Iftheclutchpedalisreleasedwhenagearis
engagedbelowapproximately6mph(9km/h),
the regulatedspeedwillincrease.Thedrivercan
increaseordecreasethevehiclespeedwithin
theselimitsbypressingtheacceleratororbrake
pedal.
However,theremustbeenoughtraction.Hillde-
scentassistcannotfunctionasexpected,iffor
examplethehillisicyorifthesurfaceisloose
SA.
Activeregulationofaspeeduptoapproximately
19mph(30km/h)issignaledintheinstrument
clusterby anindicatorlightZBTheindicator
lightturnsoninthereadymode.

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Thesystemdoesnotworkatspeedsbetweenap-
proximately19 and37mph(30and60km/h).
Thesystemistheninready-mode.Thisisindicat-
edbytheLEDinthe buttonturningon.Thesys-
temautomaticallyswitchedoffwhenyoudrive
fasterthan37mph(60km/h).TheLEDwillalso
turnoffinthisscenario.
Hilldescentassistisautomaticallyactivatedun-
derthefollowingconditions:
—theLEDinthebuttonturnson
—thevehiclespeedislowerthan19mph(30
km/h)
—thehillangleisatleastapproximately6%

ZAWARNING
—Bereadytoapply thebrakesatalltimes
whenusingthehillholdassist.
—Alwaysadjustthespeedto thevisibility,
weather,road,andtrafficconditions.The
systemcannotreplacethedriver'satten-
tion.
— Thesystemcannotmaintainaconstantvehi-
clespeedinallsituations,forexamplewhen
onsmoothorslipperyground.Thiscanin-
creasetheriskofanaccident.

Brakes
Newbrakepads
Newbrakepadsdonotachievetheirfullbraking
effectduringthefirst250mi(400km).They
mustbe“brokenin”first.However,youcancom-
pensatefortheslightlyreducedbrakingforceby
pressingfirmlyonthebrakepedal.Avoidheavy
brakingduringthebreak-inperiod.
Brakepadweardependslargelyonthewaythe
vehicleisdrivenandonoperatingconditions.
Brakepadwearincreaseswhendrivingfrequently
inthecityorshortdistancesorwhenusingavery
sportydrivingstyle.
Operatingnoise
Noisesmayoccurwhenbrakingdependingonthe
speed,
brakingforce,andoutsideconditionssuch
astemperatureandhumidity.
Wetconditionsorroadsalt
Incertainsituations,forexampleafterdriving
throughwater,inheavyrain,orafterwashing
yourcar,thebrakingeffectmaybereduceddue
tomoistureoriceonthebrakerotorsandbrake
pads.Thebrakesmustbe“dried”firstwithafew
carefulbrakeapplications.
Whendrivingathigherspeedswhilethewind-
shieldwipersareswitchedon,thebrakepadsare
brieflypressedagainstthebrakerotors.Thisac-
tion,whichisnotfeltbythedriver,happensat
regularintervalsandensuresabetterreaction
timeforthe brakesinwetweather.
Thebrakingeffectcanalsobereducedifyouare
drivingonsaltedroadsandyoudonot applythe
brakesforlongperiodsoftime.Thelayerofsalt
onthebrakerotorsandpadsmustbewornoff
firstwhenthebrakesareapplied.
Corrosion
Leavingthevehicleparkedforlongperiodsof
time,lowmileageonthevehicle,andavoiding
heavybrakingcancontributetocorrosiononthe
brakerotorsandtodirtybrakepads.
Ifyouusuallyavoidheavybrakingorifthereis
corrosionpresent,occasionalheavybrakingat
highspeedsisrecommendedtocleanthebrake
rotorsandpads>A\.
Brakesystemmalfunction
Ifyounoticethatthebrakepedalsuddenlygoes
downfarthertowardthefloorwhenyoupressit,
thenabrakecircuitinthedual-circuitbrakesys-
temmayhavemalfunctioned.Drivetoanauthor-
izedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacili-
tyimmediatelytohavetheproblemcorrected.
Onthewaythere,drivewithreducedspeedand
keepinmindthatyouwillneedalongerdistance
tostopandyouwillneedtopressthebrake pedal
harder.
Lowbrakefluidlevel
Whenthebrakefluidlevelislow,malfunctionsin
thebrakesystemmayoccur.Thebrakefluidlevel
iselectronicallymonitored.
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Brakebooster
Thebrakeboosteramplifiesthepressureyouap-
plytothebrakepedal.

ZAWARNING
—Onlyapplythebrakesforthepurposeof
cleaningthebrakesystemwhenroadand
trafficconditionspermit.Youmustnoten-
danger
otherroadusersandincreasethe
riskofanaccident.
—Duetotheriskofinjury,onlyhave anau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilityworkonthebrakesystem.
Incorrectrepairscouldimpair thefunction.
—Neverletthevehiclerollwhiletheengineis
stoppedbecausethisincreasestheriskofan
accident.

@)Note
—Neverletthe brakes“rub”bypressingthe
pedallightlywhenbrakingisnotactually
necessary.Thiscauses thebrakestoover-
heatandincreasesbrakingdistanceand
causeswear.
—Beforedrivingdownhillalongdistanceona
steephill,decreaseyourspeedandselecta
lowergear.Thismakesuseoftheengine
brakingeffectandreducestheloadplaced
onthebrakes.Ifyouneedtobrakeaddition-
ally,brakeinintervalsandnotcontinuously.
@Tips
—Ifthebrakeboosterisnotworking,you
mustpressthebrake pedalwithmuchmore
forcethannormal.
—Ifyouretrofityourvehiclewithafrontspoil-
er,wheelcoversorsimilaritems,makesure
thattheairflowtothefrontwheelsisnot
obstructed.Otherwisethebrakesystemcan
overheat.
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Electromechanical
steering,Dynamic
steering
Theelectromechanicalsteeringsupportsthe
driver'ssteeringmovements.
Powersteeringadaptselectronicallybasedon
thevehiclespeed.
Indicatorlightsandmessages
aSteering:malfunction!Pleasestopvehicle
Ifthisindicatorlightturnsonandstaysonand
thismessageappears,thepowersteeringmay
havefailed.
Stopthevehicleinasafelocationassoonaspos-
sible.Donotcontinuedriving.Seeanauthorized
AudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityfor
assistance.
aSteering:malfunction!Youcancontinue
driving
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonandthismessage
appears,thesteeringwheelmaybemoredifficult
tomoveormoresensitivethanusual.Thesteer-
ingwheelmayalsobeturnedtothesidewhen
drivingstraight.
DriveslowlytoanauthorizedAudidealerorau-
thorizedAudiServiceFacilitytohavethe mal-
functioncorrected.
Dynamicsteering:correctingsteeringwheel
position
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonandthismessage
appears,thedynamicsteering”isreinitializing.
Thesteeringwheelwillbeeasytomoveafter
startingtheengine.Reinitializationmightbe
necessaryifthesteeringwheelwasmovedwhile
theenginewasswitchedoff.Thedisplayturnsoff
iftheinitializationwassuccessful.
(i)Tips
—Iftheaorlindicatorlightonlystayson
forashorttime,youmaycontinuedriving.
— Thedynamicsteeringstabilitysystems
=>page138arenotavailableintheeventof
asystemmalfunction.