2019 AUDI A4 ECO mode

Parkingaid

Generalinformation
Appliesto:vehicleswithperipheralcameras

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Fig.136Locationofperipheralcameras
Thefourperipheralcamerasarelocatedinthera-
diatorgrille,intheluggagecompartmentlidand
onbothexteriormirrors>fig.136.Makesure
thatthelensesarenotcoveredbydepositsorany
otherobstructionsasthismayimpairthesystem.
Forinformationoncleaning,see>page342.
Blackcornersareshowninthevehiclesilhouette
wheninSurroundingsmode.Objectsinthese
areasareoutsideofthecamera'sfieldofview
andarenotdetected.

ZA\WARNING
—Alwaysreadandfollowtheapplicablewarn-
ings>A\inGeneralinformationon
page129.
—Ifthepositionortheinstallationangleofa
camerawaschanged,forexampleaftera
collision,donotcontinuetousethesystem
forsafetyreasons.Haveitcheckedbyanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacility.
—Keepinmindthattheimageinthedisplayis
incorrectiftheexteriormirrorhousinghas
beenmovedoutofplace.
—Onlyuse theimagesprovidedby thecamera
ontherearofthevehiclewhentheluggage
compartmentlidiscompletelyclosed.Make
sureanyobjectsyoumayhavemountedon
theluggagecompartmentliddonotblock
therearviewcamera.
— Theareaaroundthevehicleisshownusing
thecameraimages.Thevehicleimageis
shownbythesystem.Objectsandobstacles
abovethecameraarenotdisplayed.

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—Cameralensesenlargeanddistortthefield
ofvision.Theobjectsappearbothaltered
andinaccurateonthescreen.
@)Note
—Alwaysreadandfollowtheapplicablewarn-
ings>@inGeneralinformationon
page129.
— TheInfotainmentdisplayshowsthedirec-
tioninwhichtherearofthevehicleistravel-
ing
basedonthesteeringwheelangle.The
frontofthevehicleswingsoutmorethan
therearofthevehicle.Maintainplentyof
distanceso thatanexteriormirrororacor-
nerofthevehicledoesnotcollidewithany
obstacles.
@Tips
Ifthe2/&9/ playandtherespectivedisplayareaisgrayed
out,thenthepowerexteriormirrorswere
foldedinorthedriver'sdoor/frontpasseng-
er'sdoor/luggagecompartmentlid was
opened.
Switchingonandoff
Appliesto:vehicleswithperipheralcameras


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Fig.137Infotainmentsystem:selectthemode
Switchingonandoff
Requirement:thevehiclespeedmustbeunder
approximately6mph(10km/h).
>PresstheP”buttoninthecenterconsole
=>page131,fig.130.Ashortconfirmation
tonesoundsandtheLEDinthebuttonturns
on.

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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


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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
136

>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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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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—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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—Foradditionalinformationondynamic
steering,see>page126.
Allwheeldrive(quattro)
Appliesto:vehicleswithallwheeldrive
Theall-wheeldrivesystemdistributesthedriving
powervariablytothefrontandrear axle toim-
provethedrivingcharacteristics.Itworkstogeth-
erwithselectivewheeltorquecontrol,whichcan
activatewhendrivingthroughcurves
=>page138.
Appliesto:vehicleswithquattroultra:Ifthedriv-
ingsituationdoesnotrequireallwheeldrive,
thentherearsectionofthedrivetrainwilldecou-
pletosavefuel.Thesystemconstantlydeter-
minesandanticipatesifallwheeldriveisneeded.
Thisallowsthereardrivetraintorecoupleshortly
beforeitisneeded.
Theallwheeldriveconceptisdesignedforhigh
enginepower.Yourvehicleisexceptionallypow-
erfulandhasexcellentdrivingcharacteristics
bothundernormaldrivingconditionsandon
snowandice.Alwaysreadandfollowsafetypre-
cautions>A\.

ZAWARNING
—Eveninvehicleswithallwheeldrive,you
shouldadaptyourdrivingstyletothecur-
rentroadandtrafficconditionstoreduce
theriskofanaccident.
— Thebrakingabilityofyourvehicleislimited
tothetractionofthewheels.Inthisway,it
isnotdifferentfromatwowheeldrivevehi-
cle.Donotdrivetoofastbecausethisin-
creasestheriskofanaccident.
—Notethatonwetstreets,thefrontwheels
can“hydroplane’”ifdrivingatspeedsthat
aretoohigh.Unlikefrontwheeldrivevehi-
cles,theengineRPMdoesnotincreasesud-
denlywhenthevehiclebeginshydroplaning.
Adaptyourspeedtotheroadconditionsto
reducetheriskofanaccident.

Sportdifferential
Appliesto:vehicleswithsportdifferential
Thesportdifferentialdistributesthedrivepower
totherearaxlebasedonthesituation.Thegoal
isahighlevelofagilityandabilitytoaccelerate
oncurves.Thevehicleisveryresponsivetosteer-
ing.ThesettingsdependontheselectedAudi
driveselect*mode.
Energymanagement
Yourvehicleisequippedwithanintelligentener-
gymanagementsystemfordistributingelectrici-
ty.Thissignificantlyimprovesthestartingability
andincreasesthevehiclebatterylife.
@)Tips
—Ifyoudriveshortdistancesfrequently,the
vehiclebatterymaynotchargeenough
whiledriving.Asaresult,conveniencefunc-
tionsforelectricalequipmentmaybetem-
porarilyunavailable.
—Thevehiclebatterywillgraduallydrainif
the
vehicleisnotdrivenforlongperiodsof
time,orifelectricalequipmentisused
whentheengineisnotrunning.Toensure
thatthevehiclecanstillbestarted,the
electricalequipmentwillbelimitedor
switchedoff.
Noticeaboutdata
recordedbytheEvent
DataRecorderand
vehiclecontrolmodules
EventDataRecorder
Thisvehicleisequippedwithan Event DataRe-
corder(EDR).ThemainpurposeofanEDRisto
record,incertaincrashornearcrash-likesitua-
tions,suchasanairbagdeploymentorhittinga
roadobstacle,datathatwillassistinunderstand-
inghowavehicle'ssystemsperformed.TheEDR
isdesignedto recorddatarelatedtovehicledy-
namics andsafetysystemsforashortperiodof
time,typically30secondsorless.TheEDRinthis
vehicleisdesignedtorecordsuchdataas:>
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