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MMIdisplayautomaticallyswitchestothe
2Dmaptypewhendrivingthroughtunnels.
—Also readtheinformationinthechapter
=>page186,Audiconnect.
—Foradditionalinformation,visitwww.
audiusa.com.
Mapupdate
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem
Therearemultipleoptionsavailableforupdating
yourmapmaterial:
—Mapupdatesthroughthe onlinemapupdate*
>page211.
—ImportmapupdatesfromtheSDcard*toyour
MMI.Youcanfindadditionalinformationon-
lineatwww.audiusa.com/myaudi.
—MapupdateatanauthorizedAudidealeror au-
thorizedAudiServiceFacility.Thiscanresultin
additionalcosts.
Onlinemapupdate
Appliesto:vehicleswithanavigationsystem andAudicon-
nectInfotainment
Usingtheonlinemapupdate,youcanupdate
themapmaterialinyournavigationsystemdi-
rectlyfromyourvehicle.
Recommendedregions>Confirmation
RAH-8624]Doyouwanttoinstalltheselected regions?
Neencaseseentcai)
CreanRel
BateCele)
Fig.193Example:displayofanewonlinemapupdate
OncmeetcEte)
Recommendedregions:(2)
any
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PeeteBectaetry
Allregions

Fig.194Example:selectionofacountrypackage
Requirement:therequirementsforAudiconnect
Infotainmentservicesmustbemet>page186.
YoumusthaveamyAudiaccountandhaveas-
signedyourvehicletoit.
Usingyourvehicleposition,theMMIidentifies
regionswhichyouarefrequentlyin.Basedon
this,theMMIsuggestsupdatepackagesfor
theseregions,iftheyareavailable.
>Selectandconfirm@Startdownload
=>fig.193ifthemessageforanewmapupdate
appearsintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay.Or:
>Select[MENU]button>Settings>leftcontrol
button>Systemmaintenance>Systemup-
date>Onlineupdate.


Aselectionwiththeavailableupdatepackages
appearsintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay
>fig.194.
Selectingtheonlinemapupdate
—
Selectanupdatepackagefromthelist(M%)@
>fig.194.
—Confirmyourselectionwiththe[BACK]button
and gobacktotheselection.
—Thenumberandamountofdatafortheselect-
edupdatepackagearenowdisplayedintheIn-
fotainmentsystem.


Startingthedownload
—SelectandconfirmStartdownload.
—ConfirmthesecuritypromptbyselectingStart
downloadagain.
Theupdatepackagesbegintodownloadandthe
statusofthedownloadprogressisshowninthe
Infotainmentsystemdisplay.
Installationofonlinemapupdates
Thedownloadedmapmaterialinstallsafteryou
stopyourvehicle.Thenewupdatepackagesin-
stallonlyafteryouswitchofftheignition.After
restartingtheMMI,theInfotainmentsystemdis-
playindicatesiftheupdatesinstalledsuccessful-
ly.
—ConfirmthesuccessfulupdatewithOK.
Thenewmapmaterialcannowbeusedfornavi-
gation.>
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Media

—Thestatusofthedeletingprocessisshownin
theMMI.Jukeboxplaybackstopsduringthede-
letingprocessandstartsagainautomatically
oncethedeletioniscomplete.
@)Note
Donotimportaudio/videofileswhentheen-
gineisturnedoffbecausethiswilldrainthe
vehiclebattery.
@)Tips
—TracksfromaudioCDscannotbeimported
totheJukeboxforlegalreasons.
—Filesthathavealreadybeenimportedare
automaticallyrecognizedandcannotbe
copiedtotheJukeboxagain.
—Itisnotpossibletoplay audio/video*files
intheCD/DVD*drivewhileimportingthem.
— TheJukeboxdoesnotprovideanexport
functionduetolegalreasons.
—Filesortrackswithoutadditionalstoredin-
formationarelistedasUnknown.Audirec-
ommendsaddingadditionalinformation
(such asID3tags)toaudiofiles.
—ResettheJukeboxtothefactorydefaultset-
tingswhensellingyourvehicle>page241.
Bluetoothaudioplayer
Appliesto:vehicleswithBluetoothaudioplayer
WiththeBluetoothaudioplayer,youcanplay
musicwirelesslyfromyourBluetooth-capable
device(suchasacellphone)throughtheMMI.
Requirement:thevehiclemustbestationaryand
theignitionmustbe switchedon.TheBluetooth
settingswillopenonyourmobiledeviceduring
theconnectionsetup.TheBluetoothfunctionand
visibilityoftheMMI>page243andmobilede-
vicemustbe switchedon.TheBluetoothaudio
player>page243mustbe switchedoninthe
MMI.
—ConnectingaBluetoothplayer:pressthe
MEDIA]button.Presstheleftcontrolbutton
untilthesourcesoverviewisdisplayed.Select
andconfirmBluetoothaudioplayer©)
>page229,fig.207.


—Ifnecessary,selectandconfirm:Notconnected
>ConnectBluetoothaudioplayer.TheBlue-
toothdevicesearchstarts.Followtheinstruc-
tionsintheMMI.
—
SelectandconfirmthedesiredBluetoothdevice
fromthelist.TheMMIgeneratesaPINforthe
connection.
—SelectandconfirmYes.
—EnterthePINforconnectingonyourBluetooth
device.Or:ifthePINisalreadydisplayedon
yourBluetoothdevice,confirmitintheBlue-
toothdeviceandintheMMI.Thetimeallowed
forenteringthePINislimitedtoapproximately
30seconds.
Themediaisstartedandoperatedthroughthe
mobiledeviceortheMMI,dependingonthede-
vicebeingused.
Gi)Tips
—Checkforanyconnectionrequestsonyour
Bluetoothdevice.
—MultipleBluetooth audioplayerscan be
connectedtotheMMI,butonlyonemobile
devicecanbeactive.
—BluetoothprotocolsAVRCP(1.0/1.3/1.4)
andA2DParesupported.
—NotethevolumesettingonyourBluetooth
device.Audirecommendssettingyourmo-
biledevicetothemaximumvolumewhen
usingitasaBluetooth audioplayer.
—Thesupportedmediafunctions(such as
shuffle)dependontheBluetoothdevicebe-
ingused.
—Formoreinformationonsupporteddevices,
visitwww.audiusa.com/bluetoothorcon-
tactanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacility.
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Fuelfillerdooremergencyrelease
Ifthecentrallockingsystemmalfunctions,the
fuelfillerdoorcanbe unlockedmanually.

Fig.251Rightsidetrimpanelintheluggagecompart-
ment:openingthetrimpanel


Fig.252Luggagecompartment:fuelfillerdooremergency
release
Theemergencyopeningmechanismislocated
behindtherightsidetrimpanelintheluggage
compartment.
>Openthecoverinthesidepanel>fig.251.
>Tounlockthefuelfillerdoor,loosen theloop
fromtheretainerandthenpullontheloop
carefully>fig.252>@.
>Pressontheleftsideofthefuelfillerdoorto
openit>page306,fig.249.
®Note
Onlypullontheloopuntilyoufeelresistance.
Youwillnothearitrelease.Ifyoucontinueto
pull,youcoulddamagetheemergencyre-
leasemechanism.
308

Catalyticconverter
Thevehiclemayonlybedrivenwithunleaded
gasoline,orthecatalyticconverterwillbede-
stroyed.
Neverdriveuntilthetankiscompletelyempty.
Theirregularsupplyoffuelthatresultsfromthat
cancauseenginemisfires.Uncombustedfuel
couldentertheexhaustsystem,whichcould
causeoverheatinganddamagetothecatalytic
converter.

ZAWARNING
Thetemperatureoftheexhaustsystemis
high,bothwhendrivingandafterstopping
the
engine.
—Nevertouchtheexhausttailpipesoncethey
havebecomehot. Thiscouldresultinburns.
—Donotparkyourvehicleoverflammable
materialssuchasgrassorleavesbecause
thehightemperatureoftheemissionssys-
temcouldstartafire.
—Donotapplyunderbodyprotectantinthe
exhaustsystemarea,becausethisincreases
theriskoffire.

OnBoardDiagnostic
System(OBD)
TheOnBoardDiagnosticSystemmonitorsthe
engineandtransmissioncomponentsthatinflu-
enceemissions.

Fig.253Footwellonleftside ofthevehicle:connection
portfortheOnBoardDiagnosticSystem(OBD)

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>Pressthelever>fig.255inthedirectionofthe
arrow.Thisreleasesthehooks.
>Openthehood.
Closingthehood
>Pushthehooddownuntilyouoverridethe
forceofthestruts.
>»Letthehoodfalllightlyintothelatch.Donot
pressitin.>/\.

ZAWARNING
—Neveropenthehoodwhenthereissteamor
coolantescapingfromtheenginecompart-
ment,becausethereisariskthatyoucould
beburned.Waituntilnosteamorcoolantis
escaping.


Enginecompartmentove
—Forsafetyreasons,thehoodmustalwaysbe
closedsecurelywhiledriving.Becauseof
this,alwayscheckthehoodafterclosingit
tomakesureitislatchedcorrectly.Thehood
islatchedifthefrontcornerscannotbelift-
ed.
—Ifyounoticethatthehoodisnotlatched
whileyouaredriving,stopimmediatelyand
closeit,becausedrivingwhenthehoodis
notlatchedincreasestheriskofanaccident.
—Ifthehoodisnotlatchedcompletely,it
couldflyupwhileyouaredrivingandob-
structyourvision.

Themostimportantcheckpoints.

aimN
Fig.256Typicallocationof thereservoirandtheengineoilfilleropening
Followthesafetyprecautions>page309.
@Washerfluidreservoir(S)>page320

@Jumpstartpoints:(+)underacover,(-)with
hexheadscrew>page319>page362
)Engineoil filleropening(7) >page313
311
>

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Addingengineoil

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Fig.257Enginecompartment:engineoilfilleropening
cover
Observethesafetyprecautions>A\inWorking
intheenginecompartmentonpage309.
>Turn theengineoff.
>Openthehood>page310.
>Unscrewthecap%~fortheengineoilfiller
opening>fig.257.
>Carefullyadd0.5quart(0.5liter)ofthecorrect
oil>page312.
>Closetheengineoilfilleropeningcap.
>Closethehood>page310.
>Restarttheignitionaftertwominutesandread
thecurrentoillevelintheInfotainmentsystem
=>page313,Checkingtheengineoillevel.
>Addmoreoilifnecessary.

ZXWARNING
—Whenaddingoil,donotletoildripontohot
enginecomponents.Thisincreasestherisk
ofafire.
—Youmustsealthecapontheoilfilleropen-
ingcorrectlyso thatoildoesnotleakouton-
tothe hotengineandexhaustsystemwhen
theengineisrunning,becausethisisa fire
hazard.
—Alwayscleanskinthoroughlyifitcomesinto
contactwithengineoil.
—Engineoilispoisonousandmustbekeptout
ofreachofchildren.
—Storetheengineoilsecurelyintheoriginal
container.


@)Note
— TheNewVehicleLimitedWarrantydoesnot
coverdamageormalfunctionsiftherecom-
314
mendedintendeduseofthevehicleand
maintenance
measureslistedinthe Audi
Owner'sManualandtheWarranty&Main-
tenanceBookletwerenotfollowed.
—Onlyusehigh-gradeengineoilthatexplicit-
lymeetsthe Audioilqualitystandardfor
yourvehicle.Usinganotheroilmaycause
severevehicledamage.
—Donotmixanyadditionallubricantsinto
theengineoil.Damagecausedbysuchaddi-
tivesisnotcoveredbythewarranty.
(@)Forthesakeoftheenvironment
—Oilshouldnever enterthesewersystemor
come
intocontactwiththeground.
—Followthelegalregulationsinthecountry
whereyouarelocatedwhendisposingof
emptyoilcontainers.
Changingengineoil
Werecommendhavingtheoilchangedatanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facility.
Followthesafetyprecautions>page309,Work-
ingintheenginecompartment.
Theengineoilmustbechangedattheintervals
specifiedintheWarranty&MaintenanceBook-
let.Thisisveryimportantbecausethelubrication
functionoftheoilgraduallydeclinesduringregu-
larvehicleoperation.
Theengineoilshouldbechangedmorefrequent-
lyundercertaincircumstances.Havetheoil
changedmorefrequentlyifyouoftendriveshort
distances,yourvehicleispredominantlyinstop-
and-gotrafficsituations,isinverydustyenviron-
ments,orisoperatedforlongperiodsoftimein
temperaturesbelowzero.
Cleansingadditivesintheoilmakefreshoilap-
peardarkeraftertheenginehasrunbriefly.This
isnormalandnoreasontochangetheengineoil
morefrequentlythanrecommended.
Becausecorrectlydisposingofengineoilisdiffi-
cultandspecialtoolsandtechnicalknowledge
areneededforanoilchange,havingyourengine

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Brakefluid
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Fig.259Enginecompartment:caponbrakefluidreservoir
Observethesafetyprecautions>A\inWorking
intheenginecompartmentonpage309.
Checkingthebrakefluidlevel
>Readthebrakefluidlevelonthebrakefluidres-
ervoir>page311,fig.256.Thebrakefluidlev-
elmustbebetweentheMINandMAXmarkings
>A.
Thebrakefluidlevelismonitoredautomatically.
Changingthebrakefluid
Brakefluidshouldbechangedatregularinter-
vals.Havethebrakefluidchangedby anauthor-
izedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacili-
ty.TheauthorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilitywillinformyouofthereplace-
mentintervals.

ZAWARNING
—IfthebrakefluidlevelisbelowtheMIN
marking,itcanimpair thebrakingeffectand
drivingsafety,whichincreasetheriskofan
accident.Donotcontinuedriving.Seeanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilityforassistance.
—Ifthebrakefluidisold,bubblesmayformin
thebrakesystemduringheavybraking.This
couldimpairbrakingperformanceanddriv-
ingsafety,whichincreasestheriskofanac-
cident.
— Thebrakefluidinyourvehiclemustmeet
thestandardVW50114andisavailableat
anauthorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAu-
diServiceFacility.Ifthisbrakefluidisnot
available,anotherhigh-gradebrakefluidof


equivalentqualitymaybeused,anditmust
meettheU.S.FederalMotorVehicleStand-
ard(FMVSS)116DOT4,Class6.
Q)Note
—IfthebrakefluidlevelisabovetheMAX
marking,brakefluidmayleakoutoverthe
edgeofthereservoirandresultindamage
tothevehicle.
—Donotallowanybrakefluidto comeinto
contactwiththevehiclepaint,becauseit
willcorrodethepaint.

Electricalsystem
Ifthe=orflindicatorlightturnson,thereisa
malfunctioninthegenerator,thebattery, orthe
vehicleelectricalsystem.
=Electricalsystem:malfunction!Safelystop
vehicle
Donotcontinuedrivingandswitchtheengineoff
=>AX.SeeanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityforassistance.
[HlElectricalsystem:malfunction!Restartnot
possible.PleasecontactService
Itwillnot bepossibletorestarttheengineonce
youturnitoff.Vehiclefunctions/drivingstability
maybelimited.DrivetoanauthorizedAudideal-
erorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityimmediate-
ly.
z=Electricalsystem:malfunction!Pleasecon-
tactService
Switchoffallelectricalequipmentthatisnot
needed.Vehiclefunctions/drivingstabilitymay
belimited.DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealeror
authorizedAudiServiceFacilityimmediately.
z=Electricalsystem:lowbatterycharge.Bat-
tery
willbechargedwhiledriving
Thestartingabilitymaybeimpaired.
Ifthismessageturnsoffafteralittlewhile,the
vehiclebatteryhaschargedenoughwhiledriving.>
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Ifthismessagedoesnotturnoff,driveimmedi-
atelytoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacility.

ZA\WARNING
Whenthereisanelectricalsystemmalfunc-
tion,vehiclefunctionsmaynotworkanddriv-
ingstabilitymaybelimited,whichincreases
theriskofanaccident.Stopdrivingand
switchtheengineoff.SeeanauthorizedAudi
dealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityfor
assistance.

Battery
Prlaameeeelec)
Becauseofthecomplexpowersupply,allworkon
batteriessuchasdisconnecting,replacing,etc.,
should only beperformedby anauthorizedAudi
dealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacility>A\.
Multiplebatterieswithdifferenttechnologies
maybeinstalledinyourvehicle:
—Vehiclebattery(forexample,forstartingthe
engine,basicpowersupply)>page319,Lead
batteryor>page319,Otherbatterytypes
—Auxiliarybattery(forexample,forrecuperation
oroptionalequipment)>page319,Otherbat-
terytypes
Notrunningthevehicleforlongperiodsof
time
Thebatterywillgraduallydrainifthevehicle
doesnotrunforlongperiodsoftime.Toensure
thatthevehiclecanstillbestarted,theelectrical
equipmentwillbereducedorswitchedoff
=>page143.Someconveniencefunctions,such
asinteriorlightingorpowerseatadjustment,
maynotbeavailableundercertaincircumstan-
ces.Theseconveniencefunctionswillbeavailable
againonceyouswitchtheignitiononandstart
theengine.
Evenwhenelectricalequipmentisswitchedoff,
theequipmentcanstilldrainthebatteryifthe
vehicleisnotdrivenforlongperiodsoftime.
Deepdrainingresultsinachemicalreactionthat
destroys
theinsideofthebattery.Thebattery
318
mustbechargedeverymonthtopreventthis
=page319.Contact anauthorizedAudidealeror
authorizedAudiServiceFacilityformoreinfor-
mation.
Winteroperation
Coldweatherplaceshigherdemandsonthebat-
tery.Thisresultsinreducedstartingability.Have
thebatterycheckedbyanauthorizedAudidealer
orauthorizedAudiServiceFacilitybeforecold
weatherbegins.

Z\WARNING
—Allworkonthebatteryorelectricalsystem
inyourvehiclecanresultininjuries,chemi-
calburns,accidents,or burns.Becauseof
this,allworkmustbeperformedonlybyan
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacility.
—Neverconnectthechargingcableorjump
startcabledirectlytoyourvehiclebattery.
Onlyusethe connectionsintheenginecom-
partment>page319.

ZAWARNING
CaliforniaProposition65Warning:
—Batteryposts,terminalsandrelatedacces-
soriescontainleadandleadcompounds,
chemicalsknowntotheStateofCalifornia
tocausecancerandreproductiveproblems.
Washhandsafterhandling.
()Note
—Ifthevehiclewillbe parkedforlongperiods
oftime,protectthebatteryagainstthecold
so thatitwillnot be destroyed by“freezing”
=page319,Chargingthebattery.
—Thereareelectricalcomponentsunderthe
cargofloorbehindatrimpanelthatwarm
upduringoperation.To reducetheriskof
thecomponentsoverheating, donotstore
objectssuchasblanketsunderthecargo
floor.Ifthecomponentsoverheat,theywill
switchofftemporarily.Thiswillbeindicated
byamessagethatwillbedisplayedinthe
instrumentclusteruntilthetemperaturere-
turnstonormal.

Wheels

thevehicleplacardortireinflationpressurela-
bel,youshoulddeterminethepropertireinfla-
tionpressureforthosetires).
Asanaddedsafetyfeature,yourvehiclehasbeen
equippedwithatirepressuremonitoringsystem
(TPMS)thatilluminatesalowtirepressuretell-
talewhenoneormoreofyourtiresissignificant-
lyunder-inflated.Accordingly,whenthelowtire
pressuretelltaleilluminates,youshouldstopand
checkyourtiresassoonaspossible,andinflate
themtotheproperpressure.Drivingonasignifi-
cantlyunder-inflatedtirecausesthetiretoover-
heatandcanleadtotirefailure.Under-inflation
alsoreducesfuelefficiencyandtiretreadlife,
andmayaffectthevehicle'shandlingandstop-
pingability.
PleasenotethattheTPMSisnotasubstitutefor
propertiremaintenance,anditisthedriver'sre-
sponsibilitytomaintaincorrecttirepressure,
evenifunder-inflationhasnot reachedthelevel
totriggerilluminationoftheTPMSlowtirepres-
suretelltale.
YourvehiclehasalsobeenequippedwithaTPMS
malfunctionindicatortoindicatewhenthesys-
temisnotoperatingproperly.TheTPMSmal-
functionindicatoriscombinedwiththelowtire
pressuretelltale.Whenthesystemdetectsa
malfunction,thetelltalewillflashforapproxi-
matelyoneminuteandthenremaincontinuously
illuminated.Thissequencewillcontinueupon
subsequentvehiclestart-ups aslongasthemal-
functionexists.
Whenthemalfunctionindicatorisilluminated,
thesystemmaynotbeabletodetectorsignal
lowtirepressureasintended.TPMSmalfunctions
mayoccurforavarietyofreasons,includingthe
installationofreplacementoralternatetiresor
wheelsonthevehiclethatpreventtheTPMS
fromfunctioningproperly.Alwayscheckthe
TPMSmalfunctiontelltaleafterreplacingoneor
moretiresorwheelsonyourvehicletoensure
thatthereplacementoralternatetiresand
wheelsallowtheTPMStocontinuetofunction
properly.
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Ifthetirepressuremonito
appears
Appliesto:vehicleswithTirePressureMonitoringSystemin-
dicator
gindicator
Thetirepressureindicatorintheinstrument
clusterinformsyouifthetirepressureistoolow
orifthereisasystemmalfunction.
UsingtheABSsensors,thetirepressuremonitor-
ingsystemcomparesthetiretreadcircumference
andvibrationcharacteristicsoftheindividual
tires.Ifthepressurechangesinoneormore
tires,thisisindicatedintheinstrumentcluster
displaywithanindicatorlight@andamessage.
Ifonlyonetireisaffected,thelocationofthat
tirewillbeindicated.
ThetirepressuresmustbestoredintheInfotain-
mentsystemagaineachtimethepressures
change(switchingbetweenpartialandfullload
pressure)orafterchangingorreplacinga tireon
yourvehicle>page341.Thetirepressuremoni-
toringsystemonlymonitorsthetirepressureyou
havestored.Refertothetirepressurelabelfor
therecommendedtirepressureforyourvehicle
=>page332,fig.265.
Tiretreadcircumferenceandvibrationcharacter-
isticscanchangeandcauseatirepressurewarn-
ingif:
—Thetirepressureinoneormoretiresistoolow
—Thetireshavestructuraldamage
—Thetirewasreplacedorthetirepressurewas
changedanditwasnotstored>page 341
—
Tiresthatareonlypartiallyusedarereplaced
withnewtires
Indicatorlights
@®-Lossof pressureinatleastonetire>A\.
Checkthetiresandreplaceorrepairifnecessary.
Check/correctthepressuresofallfourtiresand
storethepressureagainintheInfotainmentsys-
tem>page341.
is(TirePressureMonitoringSystem)Tirepres-
sure:malfunction!Seeowner'smanual.fi
appearsafterswitchingtheignitiononorwhile
drivingandthe(19)indicatorlightintheinstru-
mentclusterblinksforapproximatelyoneminute
andthenstayson,thereissystemmalfunction.>