2019 AUDI A4 belt

Tableofcontents

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Settingthedateandtime.............
MMIsettings..............2-.02005-
Connectionmanager.................
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Soundsettings.............-.-000005
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RestartingtheMMI..................
Softwarelicenseinformation..........
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Drivingsafety....................
Correctpassengerseatingpositions.....
Driver'sandfrontpassenger'sfootwell..
Pedalarea.............000ceceeee
SefbyBetts«ess..vicseussmesses6oimaece
Generalinformation.................
SafetyDelts«swiss2seria= 2arena6nnn©
Belttensioners...............0000005
Airbagsystem....................
Importantinformation...............
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MonitoringtheAdvancedAirbagSystem.
Kneeairbags....................000,
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Sidecurtainairbags...............0..
Childsafety.................0..0.
Importantinformation...............
Childsafetyseats............002.000.
Securingchildsafetyseats............
LATCHsystem(loweranchoragesand
tethersfor'children)6seve6aesaie6tar
Additionalinformation...............
MaintenanceandCare...........305
CheckingandFilling.............305
FUGlisves:2 2wom< 2somesvfwea&5aueoea 2oe305
Reftielingcrosseeccsnesewanesxeawisoneeere306
Catalyticconverter...............0005308
OnBoardDiagnosticSystem(OBD)......308
Enginecompartment..............00%309
Engineoil........2...eeeeeeeee312
CoolingSYStEM. < =seesscteesdeeeeswe315
BrakePluidiic.«+aessovworvaeoucoteooawe317
Electricalsystem.............0..000.317
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Windshieldwashersystem............320
Serviceintervaldisplay...............320
Whe6US «sescseeeeoseeeeseee2a322
WheelsiandTires¢sccusiassccmaueeoanemone© 0322
Tirepressuremonitoringsystem.......339
Careandcleaning................342
Generalinformation.................342
GarWashes:«wacusseemsssewesReeet342
Cleaningandcareinformation.........343
Takingyourvehicleoutofservice.......347
DovltYourselfwisssgosssscessowes348
Emergencyassistance...........348
Generalinformation..............4.-348
Equipmenteccos«yer2&nwo9¢ewsee348
TitemmOBility:Kit.scsio¢seers© «eomeone= 6ot349
Changingatire................eee351
Space-savingsparetire...............355
Collapsiblesparetire...............0.355
Fusesandbulbs.........0...2006535/7
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Bulbs...2.eeeeeeeeee361
Emergencysituations............362
Gemetial’sscisass1 0snesx mcnauene« 9rena©exettons362
Startingbypushingortowing.........-362
Startingwithjumpercables...........362
Usingthejumpstartcable............363
Towingwithatowtruck..............-364
Raisingthevehicle................0-.365

Quickaccess

Indicatorlightsoverview
Theindicatorlightsintheinstrumentcluster
blinkorturnon.Theyindicatefunctionsormal-
functions.
Messagesmayappearwithsomeindicatorlights.
Awarningsignalwillsoundatthesametime.
Theindicatorlightsandmessagesmaybecov-
ered byotherdisplays.Toshow themagain,se-
lectthesecondtabformessageswiththemulti-
functionsteeringwheel>page15or
=>page18.
Someindicatorlightsinthedisplaycandisplayin
severalcolors.

MMeTeelemlis
Ifthewaorindicatorlightturnson,check
themessageintheinstrumentcluster.
OTA]
Someindicatorlightsturnonbrieflyasafunction
checkwhenyouswitchtheignitionon.Thesesys-
temsaremarkedwithaVinthefollowingtables.
Ifoneoftheseindicatorlightsdoesnotturnon,
thereisamalfunctioninthatsystem.
Yourvehiclehaseitheramonochromedisplayor
amulticoloreddisplay,dependingonvehicle
equipment.Someindicatorlightsappearwhite
onamonochromedisplay.TheBoWcentral
indicatorlightturnsonatthesametimetoindi-
catethepriorityoftheseindicatorlights.
Thefollowingindicatorlightsmaybeavailable,
dependingonthevehicleequipment:

Redindicatorlights
Centralindicatorlight
=>page10,
Audipresense
=>page112
Brakesystem¥
=>page21
Brakesystem¥
=>page21
10

Electromechanicalparkingbrake
=>page 22
Electromechanicalparkingbrake
=>page22
Coolingsystem
=>page 22
Engineoilpressure
>page312
Engineoillevel(MIN)
=>page312
Electricalsystem
>page317
Safetybelt
=>page23
Electromechanicalsteering
=>page142
Steeringlock
=>page23
Enginestartsystem
=>page23
Transmission(automatictransmis-
sion)
=>page90,
Clutch(manualtransmission)
=>page23
Hood
=>page24
Adaptivecruisecontrol/
=>page105
Trafficjamassist
=>page109
Drivesystem
=>page24


Yellowindicatorlights
Centralindicatorlight
=>page10
ElectronicStabilizationControl
(ESC)
=>page24
ElectronicStabilizationControl
(ESC)¥
=>page24

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Instrumentcluster

BMFaSTT
TheBaindicatorlightmonitorsthesafetysys-
tems.
Ifthekaindicatorlightturnsonorblinks,there
isamalfunctioninasafetysystem.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.

ZAWARNING
Havethesafetysystemsinspectedimmedi-
ately.Otherwise,thereisariskthatthesys-
temsmaynotactivateduringacollision,
whichincreasestheriskofseriousinjuryor
death.
ASafetybelt
ThezBindicatorlightstaysonuntilthedriver's
andfrontpassenger'ssafetybeltsarefastened.
Aboveacertainspeed,therewillalsobeawarn-
ingtone.
@)Tips
Foradditionalinformationonsafetybelts,
see>page253.
@-Steeringlock
BSSteering:malfunction!Pleasestopvehicle

Thereisamalfunctionintheelectronicsteering
lock.Youcannotturntheignitionon.
Donottowyourvehiclebecauseitcannotbe
steered.SeeanauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiServiceFacilityforassistance.
BSSteeringlock:malfunction!Pleasecontact
Service
Thereisamalfunctionintheelectronicsteering
lock.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.

ZAWARNING
Donottowyourvehicleifthereisamalfunc-
tionintheelectronicsteeringlockbecause

thisincreasestheriskofanaccident.
-~©Enginestartsystem
jo]Enginestartsystem:malfunction!Please
contactService

Donotswitchtheignitionoffbecauseyoumay
notbeabletoswitchitonagain.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
EBEnginestartsystem:malfunction!Please
contactService
Thereisamalfunctionintheenginestartingsys-
tem.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
0Clutch
Appliesto:vehicleswithmanualtransmission
&Clutch:malfunction!Safelystopvehicle
Thereisanongoingmalfunctionintheclutch.
Stopthevehiclesafely.SeeanauthorizedAudi
dealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityforas-
sistance.
fa]Clutch:malfunction!Adaptdrivingstyle.
PleasecontactService
Thereisanongoingmalfunctionintheclutch.
Theenginetorquethatcanbetransferredisre-
duced.Youmaycontinuedriving.Avoidusingthe
clutchinanywaythatwillplaceaheavyloadon
it.Forexample,donotlettheclutchrubwhen
startingonhillsorwhenmaneuveringthevehi-
cle.DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
&Clutch:malfunction!Youcancontinuedriv-
ing
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Seats

Seats
Generalinformation

ZAWARNING
See>page247,Drivingsafetyforimportant
information,tips,suggestionsandwarnings
thatyoushouldreadandfollowforyourown

safetyandthesafetyofyourpassengers.

Frontseats
Powerseatadjustment
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,
BFY-0014
Fig.57Frontseat:adjustingtheseat(versionB)
@-Movingtheseatforward/back:pressthebut-
ton forward/back.
@-Movingtheseatup/down:pressthe button
up/down.Toadjustthefrontseatcushion,press
thefrontbuttonup/down.Toadjusttherearseat
cushion,presstherearbuttonup/down.
-Adjustingthebackrestangle:pressthebut-
tonforward/back.
©-Lengthening/shorteningtheupperthigh
support*>fig.56.Liftthegriphandle.Aspring
movesthesupportforward.
58

©-Switchingthemassagefunction*on/off
>fig.57.Selectthetypeofmassagewiththe
multifunctionbutton*>page58.
@-Lumbarsupport*ormultifunctionbutton*
=page58.Toadjustthelumbarsupport,press
thebuttonintheapplicablelocation.

ZAWARNING
— Thepowerfrontseatscanalsobeadjusted
whentheignitionisswitchedoff.To reduce
theriskofinjury,childrenshouldneverbe
leftunattendedinthevehicleforthisrea-
son.
—Toreducetheriskofanaccident,onlyadjust
thedriver'sseatwhenthevehicleisstation-
ary.
—Exercisecautionwhenadjustingtheseat
height.Unsupervisedorcarelessseatadjust-
mentcouldcausepartsofthebodytoget
pinched,whichincreasestheriskofinjury.
—Thefrontseatbackrestsmustnotbere-
clinedtoofarbackwhendriving,because
thisimpairstheeffectivenessofthesafety
beltsandairbagsystem,whichincreasesthe
riskofinjury.

tttlameleiacela)
Appliesto:vehicleswithmultifunctionbutton

You canadjustvariousseatsettingswiththe
multifunctionsteeringwheel.
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BaW-0165)

Fig.58Infotainmentsystem:seatsettings
Operating
>Ifyouturnthemultifunctionbutton@
=>page58,fig.57totheleftortotheright,
thepossibleseatsettings(A)areshowninthe
Infotainmentsystem>fig.58.

Stowingandusing


occupantsduringsuddendrivingorbraking
maneuversorintheeventofanaccident.
©)Note
Lettheluggagecompartmentcoverrollup
slowlytoreducetheriskofdamage.
Increasingthesizeofthevehicleinterior
Appliesto:vehicleswithfoldingbackrests

Therearseatbackrestscanbefoldedforwardei-
therseparately*ortogether.
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B8W-0118,


Fig.71Centerbackrest:foldingthecenter backrestfor-
ward
Foldingthe outerrearbackrestsforwardand
backward
>Pullthereleaselever(@)inthedirectionofthe
arrowandfoldthebackrest forward.Letthe
backrestlatchintothelowestposition.
> Foldthebackrestbackupagainuntilitlocksin-
toplaceandtheredmarking(8)isnolonger
visible>/\.
Foldingthecenterrearbackrestforwardand
backward
>Pullontheupperreleaselever(@)andfoldthe
backrestforward(2).
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> Foldthebackrestbackwarduntilitlocksinto
place.
Whensecured,thebackrestcan belocked©us-
ingthemechanicalkey>page30.Thisprevents
accessintotheluggagecompartmentfromthe
vehicleinterior.Youcanonlyenlargetheluggage
compartmentifthebackrestisnotlocked.

Z\WARNING
—Becarefulwhenreleasingthebackrestand
foldingitforward.Toreducetheriskofbe-
ingpinched,payattentionandcheckwhen
foldingbackrestsforward.
— Thebackrestmustbesecurelylatchedto en-
surethesafetybeltisprotectingtherear
seatpositions.
— Thebackrestmustbesecurelylatchedso
objectscannotslideforwardoutofthelug-
gagecompartmentduringsuddenbraking.

@)Note
—Toreducetheriskofdamagingthefront
seats,makesurethereisenoughspacebe-
tweenthefrontseatandtherearseat
equipmentwhenfoldingthecenter backrest
forward.
—Ifyoumovethefrontseatbackwhenthe
rearseatbackrestisfoldedforward,you
coulddamagetheheadrestraintsonthe
rearseat.
—Toreduce theriskofdamage,movetherear
headrestraintsdownbeforefoldingtherear
backrestsforward>page60.
—Whenfoldingthebackrestforward,make
suretheoutersafetybeltsareinthebelt
guiderecessso thattheydonot get pinched
inthebackrestlockanddamaged.Otherob-
jectsshould beremovedfromtherear
benchseattoprotectthebackrestfrom
damage.

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Driving

—Theignitionwillturnoffifyoupressthe
STARTENGINESTOP]buttonduringaStop


phase.
—Appliesto:automatictransmission:Youcan
controliftheenginewillstopornot byre-
ducingorincreasingtheamountofforce
youusetopressthebrakepedal.Forexam-
ple,ifyouonlylightlypressonthebrake
pedalinstop-and-gotrafficorwhenturn-
ing,theenginewillnotswitchoffwhenthe
vehicleisstationary.Ifyoupressthebrake
pedal
harder,theenginewillswitchoff.
Startingandstoppingtheengineautomat-
rel,
Appliesto:vehicleswith Start/Stopsystem
Thesystemchecksifcertainconditionsaremet
beforeandduringtheStopphase,anddeter-
minesiftheenginestopsandhowlongitre-
mainsstopped.Forexample,ifpowerusageis
high,theenginewillnot bestopped.Alongwith
otherconditions,thefollowingfactors influence
theautomaticenginestartorstop:
—Environmentalconditions(slopes,inclines,ele-
vation,temperature)
—Battery(chargestatus,temperature,powerus-
age)
—Enginetemperature
—Assistsystems
—Drivingbehavior
Dependingontheengine,the@yindicatorlight
mayappeariftheengineisnotstopped.
SeteMimLeleiace100
Appliesto:vehicleswith Start/Stopsystem
IfyouleavethevehicleduringaStopphase,the
enginecanberestartedwithinapproximately30
secondsifthedoorsareclosed,thedriver'ssafe-
tybeltisfastened,andthebrakepedalispress-
ed.
Ifyouleavethevehiclelongerthan30seconds,
theignitionwillswitchoffautomaticallytopre-
vent thevehiclebatteryfromdraining.Ifthisis
thecase,themessageStart/stopsystem:igni-
tionwillbeswitchedoffin30swillappearinthe
instrumentclusterand,ifthelowbeamhead-
lightsareswitchedon,theparkinglightswill
switchoninstead.Theparkinglightswillswitch
offafterapproximately30minutesorwhenyou
lockthevehicle.
Theignitionalsoswitchesoffwhenyoulockthe
vehiclefromtheoutsideduringaStopphase.
IftheStart/Stopsystemhasnot turnedoffthe
engineorifyouhave switchedtheStart/Stopsys-
temoffmanually, theenginewillcontinuetorun
andtheignitionwillnotswitchoffautomatically.

ZAWARNING
To reducetheriskofasphyxiation,never allow
theenginetoruninconfinedspaces.
G)Tips
Appliesto:vehicleswithautomatictransmission
Ifyouleavethevehiclewiththe"D/S"or"R"
selectorleverpositionengaged,theparking
brakeisautomaticallyset.
ManuallyswitchingtheStart/Stopsystem
offandon
Appliesto:vehicleswithStart/Stopsystem

The(A)oFbuttonislocatedabovetheselectorlev-
erinthecenterconsole.
>Press(A)oFtoswitchonoroff.TheLEDinthe
buttonturnsonwhenthefunctionisswitched
off.
@Tips
IfyouswitchthesystemoffduringaStop
phase, theenginewillstartagainautomati-
cally.
Appliesto:vehicleswithStart/Stopsystem
Start/stopsystem:deactivated.Pleasestart
enginemanually
Thismessageappearswhenspecificconditions
arenotmetduringaStopphase.TheStart/Stop
systemwillnot beabletorestarttheengine.The
enginemustbestartedwiththe
STARTENGINESTOP]button.


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Driving

Start/stopsystem:malfunction!Function
unavailable.PleasecontactService
ThereisamalfunctionintheStart/Stopsystem.
DrivethevehicletoanauthorizedAudidealeror
authorizedServiceFacilityassoonaspossibleto
havethemalfunctioncorrected.
Electromechanical
parkingbrake
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S
= 3
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Fig.89Centerconsole:parkingbrake
Yourvehicleisequippedwithanelectromechani-
calparkingbrake@)>fig.89.Theparkingbrake
isdesignedtopreventthevehiclefromrolling
unintentionallyandreplacesthehandbrake.
Setting/manuallyreleasingtheparking
brake
>Pullthe©switchto settheparkingbrake.The
LEDintheswitchturnson.TheZin/©indi-
catorlightalsoturnson.
>Toreleasetheparkingbrakemanually,press
thebrakeoracceleratorpedalwhiletheigni-
tionisswitchedon,andpressthe©)switchat
thesametime.The LEDinthebuttonandthe
indicatorlightwillturnoff.
Releasingtheparkingbrakeautomatically
Requirement:
thedoorsmustbeclosedandthe
driver'ssafetybeltmustbefastened.
>Tostartdrivingandreleasetheparkingbrake
automatically,presstheacceleratorpedalas
usual.
Inadditiontoreleasingtheparkingbrakeauto-
matically,otherconvenienceandsafetyfunctions
are availablewhenyoustartdriving>page83,
Startingtodrive.
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Preventingtheautomaticparkingbrake
release
Thevehiclecouldbeginrollingunintentionally
whentheparkingbrakeisreleasedifthevehicle
isonahillortowingatrailer.
>Topreventtheparkingbrakefromreleasingau-
tomatically,pullandholdthe©)switchand
presstheacceleratorpedal.Theparkingbrake
remainssetandpreventsthevehiclefromroll-
ingbackward.
>Youcanreleasethe©)switchagainonceyou
aresurethatyouaregivingenoughdriving
force tothewheelsbypressingtheaccelerator
pedal.
Emergencybrakingfunction
Youcan usetheemergencybrakingfunctioninan
emergencysituation,orifthestandardbrakes
aremalfunctioningorthepedalisobstructed.
>Pullandholdthe©)switch.
>»Assoonasyoureleasethe©)switchoracceler-
ate,thebrakingstops.
Pullingandholdingthe©switchwhiledriving
thevehicleactivatestheemergencybrakingfunc-
tion.Thehydraulicbrakesystemwillbrakeall
fourwheels.Thebrakingeffectissimilartoheavy
braking>A\.
Toreducetheriskofactivatingtheemergency
brakingbymistake,awarningtone(buzzer)
soundswhenthe©)switchispulled.Emergency
brakingstopsassoonasthe©)switchisreleased
ortheacceleratorpedalispressed.
Parking
>Pressthebrakepedaltostopthevehicle.
>Pullthe©switchtosettheparkingbrake.
>Appliesto:automatictransmission:Selectthe
"P"selectorleverposition.
>Turn theengineoff>A\.
>Appliesto:manualtransmission:Engage1st
gear.
>Turn thesteeringwheelwhenparkingonin-
clinesso thatthewheelswillrollintothecurb
ifthevehiclestartsmoving.

Driving


C@)Note
Donotleaveyourvehicleunattendedwhile
ZA\WARNING
—Neveraccelerateorreleasetheclutchpedal
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carelesslywhenagearoraselectorleverpo-
sition(automatictransmission)isengaged
whilethevehicleisstationaryandtheen-
gineisrunning.Pressingtheaccelerator
pedalwillcausethevehicletomove,and
thiscouldresultinanaccident.
Emergencybrakingshouldonlybeusedin
anemergency,whenthewhenthestandard
brakepedalismalfunctioningorobstructed.
Duringemergencybraking,yourvehiclewill
brakesimilartoheavybraking.ESC andthe
associatedcomponents(ABS,ASR,EDL)can-
notovercomethelawsofphysics.Afull
brakeapplicationwhiledrivingthrough
curvesorinpoorroadorweatherconditions
cancausethevehicletoslideortherearof
thevehicletoswerve,whichincreasesthe
riskofanaccident.
Ifthepowersupplyfails,youcannotsetthe
parkingbrakeonceitisreleased.Ifthisis
thecase,stopthevehicleonlevelground
andsecureitbyengaging1stgear(manual
transmission)orselectingthe"P"selector
leverposition(automatictransmission).See
anauthorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAu-
diServiceFacilityforassistance.
Alwayssettheparkingbrakewhenleaving
yourvehicle,evenifforashortperiodof
time.Iftheparkingbrakeisnotset,theve-
hiclecouldrollaway,increasingtheriskof
anaccident.
Ifyouleavethevehicle,switchtheignition
offandtakethevehiclekeywithyou.This
appliesparticularlywhenchildrenremainin
thevehicle.Otherwise,childrencouldstart
theengine,releasetheparkingbrake,orop-
erateelectricalequipmentsuchaspower
windows,whichincreasestheriskofanacci-
dent.
Noone,especiallychildren,shouldremainin
thevehiclewhenitislocked.Lockeddoors
makeitmoredifficultforemergencywork-
erstoenterthevehicle,whichputslivesat
risk.

theengineisrunning,becausethisincreases
theriskofanaccident.
@)Tips
Appliesto:vehicleswithautomatictransmission
Whenstoppingatatrafficsignalorstopping
incitytraffic,youcansettheparkingbrake
manually.Thevehicledoesnot havetobe
heldwiththebrakepedal.Theparkingbrake
eliminatesthetendencytocreepwhenase-
lectorleverpositionisengaged.Assoonas
youpresstheacceleratorpedal,theparking
brakereleasesautomaticallyandthevehicle
startstomove>page83.
(i)Tips
—Occasionalnoiseswhentheparkingbrakeis
setandreleasedarenormalandarenota
causeforconcern.
—Theparkingbrakegoesthroughaself-test
cycleatregularintervalswhenthevehicleis
stopped.Anynoisesassociatedwiththisare
normal.
—Ifthereisapowerfailure,theparkingbrake
willnotsetifitisreleased,anditwillnot
releaseifit isset>A\.Seeanauthorized
AudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFa-
cilityforassistance.
Startingtodrive
Variousconvenienceandsafetyfunctionsmaybe
availablewhenthevehiclebeginsdriving,de-
pendingonvehicleequipment.
Startingonhillswiththeparking brakeset
Requirement:thedoorsmustbeclosedandthe
driver'ssafetybeltmustbefastened.
>Tostartdrivingcomfortablywhenonahill,set
theparkingbrakeandbegindrivingasusual.
Thebrakingforce oftheparkingbrakedoesnot
releaseautomaticallyuntilthewheelsbuildup
enoughdrivingforce.
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