2019 AUDI A4 climate control

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AboutthisOwner'sManual......
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Indicatorlightsoverview...........0..
Displayandoperation............
Instrumentcluster...............
Instrumentclusteroverview...........
Coolanttemperatureindicator.........
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Multifunctionsteeringwheelplus......
Multifunctionsteeringwheel..........
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Head-updisplay..................
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Startinganddriving.............
Openingandclosing.............
Centrallocking..................000-
Luggagecompartmentlid.............
Childisatiety,LOKsecnsicex +emersin« iwnisne+oisens
PowerwindowS............000e0eee
Sliding/tiltingsunroof................
Panoramicglassroof.................
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LightsandVision.................
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Stowingandusing...............62
Ashtray...6.6ceceeeeeeeeeeeee62
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POWEPSOUNCESsisiccacocnciveneoooreswvaero62
Storage...eeeeeeeee63
Luggagecompartment...............64
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Warmandcold...................va
Climatecontrolsystem...............ZA
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Steeringwheelheating...............74
BGRAINGE:&csevessa 6smswes5 &eueenceooareaswoaa76
Generalinformation.................76
STEERING&qua5=nowy2 &OEEEEReste7
ShiftingintoGeticvssecssocomersveoe77
Startingandstoppingtheengine.......78
Start/StopSystem«exessseveaxoesge80
Electromechanicalparkingbrake.......82
Starting todrive.......2...eeeeee83
DrivingOfffOad«2e0:: =2ae8semeeeseee84
Automatictransmission..............85
Trailertowing....................93
Drivingwithiatrailers«sae«»sausocaw93
Driverassistance.................95
Assistsystems...................95
Speedwarningsystem..............--95
Cruise controlsystem.............0-.95
Camera-basedtrafficsignrecognition...97
WeaPeCHIM)Hawcsis&wsaeewnss«suawessa xssieoants99
Predictiveefficiencyassist.............100
Audi adaptivecruisecontrol...........102
Audiprevsensess=sscosx 6sewssveaeooawe112
Audiactivelaneassist................117
AudiSidéSSSiStisy: «qwax:« 3wmee2smeme= 2121
Audidriverselect)s«isisiisnsa vaave126
Parkingaid.......................129
Generalinformation.................129
Rearparkingsystem............-.4..130
Parkingsystemplus.............-.05.130
Rearviewcamerasacs< .eeuisseesoes132
PeripheralcameraS........0.02.eee133

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sideassistdisplays,warningabout
exitingthevehicle..............
Doorhandle
Centrallockingswitch...........
Memorybuttons...............
Vent
Thumbwheelforvent
Leverfor:
—Turnsignalsandhighbeams....
—Highbeamassistant..........
—Active laneassist.............
—Trafficjamassist.............
Multifunctionsteeringwheelwith:
—Hornbe
—Driver'sairbag............05.
—Driverinformationsystemcon-
trols..0...eeeeee eee
—Audio/video,telephone,naviga-
tion,andvoicerecognitioncon-
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—Shiftpaddles................
Instrumentcluster.............
Resettingthetripodometer......
Windshieldwashersystemlever..
Emergencyflashers.............
Kit@éairbag!ss=esiss ¢ceroseeSees
Adjustablesteeringcolumn......
Leverfor:
—Cruisecontrolsystem.........
—Adaptivecruisecontrol........
Instrumentillumination.........
DatalinkconnectorforOnBoard
DiagnosticSystem(OBDII)......
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Buttonforswitchingthehead-up
displayon/off,adjustingthe height.
LightiSWItehevesseseesx eoeenwcee
Buttonsfor:
—All-weatherlights............
—Rearfoglights...............
Switchforluggagecompartment
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Powerexteriormirroradjustment.
—[&/steeringwheelheatingbutton.
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Powerwindows................
Childsafetylock...............
Infotainmentsystemdisplay.....
Lockableglovecompartment.....
DrivesforCD,DVD,SIMcards....
Frontpassenger'sairbag........
ValetParkingfunction..........
Climatecontrolsystem..........
Dependingonequipment,buttons
for:
—driveselect...............04.
—Start/Stopsystem............
—ElectronicStabilizationControl
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—Hilldescentassist............
—Infotainmentsystemdisplay....
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Centerarmrestwithstoragecom-
partment.Dependingonvehicle
equipment,itmayhave:
—Audimusicinterface..........
—Audiphonebox...............
Startingtheenginewhenthereisa
malfunction..............0008e
Electromechanicalparkingbrake..
Dependingonequipment:
—Selectorlever(automatictrans-
MISSION)!« 2snowssmeeeoememeag
—Gearshiftlever(manualtransmis-
sion)
@Infotainmentunit..............
@[STARTENGINESTOP]button....


@)Audimusicinterface............
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Infotainmentsystemon/offbutton.
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ledincertainmodelsorisavailableasanop-
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Openingandclosing

—Appliesto:allroad:Iftheconveniencekey
thatwaslastusedisdetectedinsidetheve-
hicle,thenitwillnotbepossibletolockthe
vehiclefromtheoutside.Theturnsignals
willflashseveraltimestoindicatethis.If
youdonotopenthevehiclewithinashort
timetoremovethevehiclekey,thentheve-
hiclewilllockautomatically.Thisprevents
thevehiclefrombeingleftunlockedforlong
periodsoftime.Thekeywillthenbelocked
insidethevehicle.
@)Tips
—Donotleavevaluablesunattendedintheve-
hicle.Alockedvehicleisnota safe!
—TheLEDinthedriver'sdoorrailblinkswhen
youlockthevehicle.IftheLEDlightsupfor
approximately30secondsafterlocking,
thereisamalfunctioninthecentral locking
system.Havetheproblemcorrectedby an
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacility.

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Fig.17Yourvehiclekeyset
@Vehiclekey
Thevehiclekeyisaremotecontrolkeyorconven-
iencekey*.Theconveniencekey*isaremotecon-
trolkeywithspecialfunctions>page31and
=page78.Youcanunlockorlockyourvehicle
withthevehiclekey.Amechanicalkeyisintegrat-
edinthevehiclekey>page30.
@Keytagwithvehiclecode
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnectvehiclecontrol
Openthekey tagandscratch torevealthevehicle
code.YoucanunlocktheAudiconnectvehicle
controlservices*foryourvehiclewiththisvehicle
code.Foradditionalinformation,see
=page190.Ifakeyfobislost,contactanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facility.
Vehiclekeyreplacement
If akeyislost,seeanauthorizedAudidealeror
authorizedAudiServiceFacility.Havethisvehicle
keydeactivated.Itisimportanttobringallkeys
withyou.Ifakeyislost,youshouldreportitto
yourinsurancecompany.
Numberofkeys
Youcan checkthenumberofkeysprogrammed
toyourvehicleintheInfotainmentsystem.Todo
this,selectthe[MENU]button>Vehicle>left
controlbutton>Service&checks>Vehiclein-
formation.Thisway,youcanmakesurethatyou
haveallthekeyswhenpurchasingausedvehicle.


Electronicimmobilizer
Theimmobilizerpreventsunauthorizeduseof
thevehicle.
Insomecases,itmaynotbepossible tostartthe
vehicleifthereisavehiclekeyfromadifferent
vehiclemanufactureronthe keychain.
Datainthevehiclekey
Whendriving,serviceandmaintenance-relevant
dataiscontinuouslystoredinyourvehiclekey.
YourAudiserviceadvisorcanreadoutthisdata
andtellyouabouttheworkyourvehicleneeds.
This appliesalsotovehicleswithaconvenience
*key*.
Personalconveniencesettings
Iftwopeopleuseonevehicle,itisrecommended
thateachpersonalwaysusestheirownvehicle
key.Whentheignitionisturnedofforwhenthe
vehicleislocked,personalconveniencesettings
forthefollowingsystemsarestoredandas-
signedtothevehiclekey:
—Climatecontrolsystem
—Steeringwheelheating*
—Centrallockingsystem
—Interiorlighting*
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Openingandclosing

Childsafetylock
Thechildsafetylockpreventsthereardoors
frombeingopenedfromtheinsideandtherear
powerwindowsfrombeingoperated.
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Fig.35
-Appliesto:vehicleswithmanualchildsafetylocks:-Rear
door:manualchildsafetylock
Vehicleswithbutton#
Appliesto:vehicleswithpowerchildsafetylocks
>Toactivateanddeactivatethechildsafetylock
(doorhandleandpowerwindowswitch)forthe
areardoor,presstheleftorright#buttonin
thedriver'sdoor(@)thatcorrespondstothat
reardoor>fig.34.Theindicatorlightinthe
buttonturnson/blinks.
>Makesurethechildsafetylockisworkingby
checkingthefunctionontherearpowerwin-
dowswitchanddoorhandle.
Vehicleswithbutton
Appliesto:vehicleswithmanualchildsafetylock
>
Toactivateordeactivatethechildsafetylock
forthepowerwindowswitchinthereardoors,
pressthe&buttoninthedriver'sdoor(2)
>fig.34.Theindicatorlightinthe buttonturns
on/blinks.
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>Toactivateordeactivatethemanualchildsafe-
ty lockforthereardoorhandle,openthere-
spectivereardoorandturnthekeyswitchwith
themechanicalkeyinthedirectionofthearrow
oroppositethedirectionofthearrow>fig.35.
Thiswilldisablethefunctionofthereardoor
handle.
> Makesurethechildsafetylockisworkingby
checkingthefunctionontherearpowerwin-
dowswitchanddoorhandle.
Itisnotpossibletooperate therearclimatecon-
trolsystem*whenthechildsafetylockisswitch-
edon.TheSETREARfunctionallowsyoutoapply
allsettingstotherearusingtheclimatecontrol
systemcontrolsinthecockpit>page73.
Messageintheinstrumentclusterdisplay
Childproofcatch:malfunction!Pleasecon-
tactService
Thereisamalfunctioninthechildsafetylock.
Pressthe#/Gbuttonagain.
Ifthemessagestayson,driveimmediatelytoan
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilitytohavethemalfunctionrepaired.

ZAWARNING
—Ifyouleavethevehicle,switchtheignition
offandtakethevehiclekeywithyou.This
appliesparticularlywhenchildrenremainin
thevehicle.Otherwisechildrencouldstart
theengineoroperateelectricalequipment
(suchaspowerwindows),whichincreases
theriskofanaccident.
—Amalfunctioninthechildsafetylockcould
allow
thereardoorstobeopenedfromthe
inside,whichincreasestheriskofanacci-
dent.

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Warmandcold

Warmandcold
Climatecontrolsystem
Theclimatecontrolsystemwarms,coolsandre-
moveshumidityfromtheairinthevehicleinteri-
or.Itismosteffectivewhenthewindowsand
sunroof*areclosed.Ifthereisabuild-upofheat
insidethevehicle,ventilationcanhelptospeed
upthecoolingprocess.
Inallheatingmodefunctionsexceptfordefrost,
thebloweronlyswitchestoahigherspeedonce
theenginecoolanthasreachedasufficienttem-
perature.
Pollutantfilter
The
pollutantfilterremovespollutantssuchas
dustandpollenfromtheair.
Keyrecognition
Theclimatecontrolsettings areautomatically
storedandassignedtothevehiclekeythatisin
use.
@)Forthesakeoftheenvironment
Ifyouwouldliketoreducefuelconsumption,
switchtheairconditioningoff.Thiswillalso
reduceemissions.
@)Tips
—Topreventinterferencewiththeheating
andcoolingoutput andtopreventthewin-
dowsfromfoggingover,theairintakein
front ofthewindshieldmustbefreeofice,
snow,orleaves.
—Condensationfromthecoolingsystemcan
dripandformapuddleofwater underthe
vehicle.Thisisnormalanddoesnotmean
thereisaleak.
—Theenergymanagementsystemmaytem-
porarilyswitchoffcertainfunctions,suchas
theseatheating*orrearwindowdefogger.
Thesesystemsareavailableagainassoonas
theenergysupplyhasbeenrestored.
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Warmandcold

3-zonedeluxeautomaticclimatecontrol

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Fig.843-zonedeluxeautomaticclimatecontrol:cockpitcontrols



B8W-0138

Fig.853-zonedeluxeautomaticclimatecontrolsystem:rearcontrols
Presstheknobs,buttonsor rockerswitchesto
turnthefunctionsonoroff.Whenthefunctionis
switchedon,theLEDintherespectivebuttonor
knobturnson>fig.84.
Therockerswitchesaresensitivetotouch.Some
rockerswitchescanbeassignedwith multiple
functions.Thevariousfunctionscanbeactivated
bypressingontheswitch multipletimes.On
right-handdrivevehicles*,thefunctionsofthe
rockerswitches(3)andG)arereversed.
Thedriverandfrontpassengersettingscanbe
adjustedseparately.Youcanadjustthesettings
fortherearofthevehicleusingthecontrolsin
therear>fig.85.
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OFFclimatecontrolsystem
TheOFFbuttonswitchestheclimatecontrolsys-
temonoroff.Italsoswitchesonwhenyoupress
anotherbuttonoraknob.Airflowfromoutsideis
blockedwhentheclimatecontrolsystemis
switchedoff.
A/C/A/CMAX*/A/Ceco*Coolingmode
Youcanswitchtherespectivecoolingmodeon
andoffwiththerockerswitch@).
Thecoolingmodeonlyfunctionswiththeblower
turnedon.Theairiscooledanddehumidifiedin
coolingmode.Otherwisethewindowscan fog>

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Warmandcold

up.Coolingmodeswitchesoffautomatically
whentheoutsidetemperatureisbelowzero.
IfyouactivateA/C ON,thecoolingmodeisauto-
maticallyregulated.Thecoolingmodeisswitch-
edoffwithA/COFF.
IfyouactivateA/C MAX*,thecoolingmodewill
operatewithmaximumoutput.To reduceunnec-
essaryfuelconsumption,onlyusethisfunction
briefly.
IfyouactivateA/Ceco*,theclimatecontrolsys-
temwilloperateinenergy-savingmode.Thiswill
savefuel.
<>Recirculationmode
Inrecirculationmode,theairinsidethevehicleis
circulatedandfiltered.Thispreventstheunfil-
teredairoutsidethevehiclefromenteringthe
vehicleinterior.Switchingrecirculationmodeon
whendrivingthroughatunnelor whensittingin
trafficisrecommended>A.
Youcanswitchtherecirculationmodeonoroff
usingthe<>button.Youcanalsoswitchthere-
circulationmodeoffbypressingtheknob(@)or
the§&button.
AUTOautomaticmode
Automaticmodemaintainsaconstanttempera-
tureinsidethevehicle.Airtemperature,airflow
andairdistributionare controlledautomatically.
Youcanswitchautomaticmodeonoroffby
pressingtheknob(4).
Temperature
Youcanadjustthetemperaturebetween60°F
(+16°C)and84°F(+28°C)byturningtheknob
©.Ifoutsideofthisrange,LOorHIwillappear
intheclimatecontrolsystemdisplay.Inbothset-
tings,theclimatecontrolruns constantlyatthe
maximumcoolingorheatinglevel.Thetempera-
tureisnotregulated.
Thetemperaturecanbeadjustedintherearus-
ingtherearcontrols>fig.85.
%=zBlower
Youcanadjustthevolumeofairgeneratedby the
blowertoyourpreferenceusingtherockerswitch
@.Theblowershouldalwaysrunatalowsetting
topreventthewindowsfromfoggingandtoen-
sureacontinuousexchangeofairinsidethevehi-
cle.To havetheblowerregulatedautomatically,
pressoneoftheknobs(4).
Airdistribution
Youcanusetherockerswitches(2)toadjustthe
ventswheretheairwillflowoutof.Pressthe
rockerswitches(2)repeatedlyuntilthedesired
airdistributionsettingisdisplayedintheclimate
controlsystemcontrols.Tohavetheairdistribu-
tionregulatedautomatically,pressoneofthe
knobs(@).
=iOPEN/CLOSEthewidevent
Youcanopenandclosethewideventinthecock-
pitusingtherockerswitch6).
SYNCSynchronization
Usetherockerswitch()toselectthefunction.
Whensynchronizationisswitchedon,theset-
tingsforthedriver'ssideareappliedtothefront
passenger'ssideandtherear(exceptforseat
heating/ventilation*).Whenthesettingsonthe
frontpassenger'ssideorinthereararechanged,
thesynchronizationisautomaticallyswitchedoff
and3-zoneappearsinthedisplay.
SETREARfunction
Usetherockerswitch()toselectthefunction.
Whenthefunctionisswitchedon,youcanadjust
allsettingsfortherearusingtheclimatecontrol
systemcontrolsinthecockpit.Therearclimate
controlsystemcontrolscannotbeoperatedat
thesametime.Thisfunctionswitchesoffauto-
maticallyafteracertainperiodoftimeorafter
leavingthemenu.
aSeatheating*
Pressingtheabuttonswitchestheseatheating
onatthehighestsetting(level3).TheLEDsindi-
catethetemperaturelevel.Toreducethetem-
perature,pressthe buttonagain.Toswitchthe
seatheatingoff,pressthebuttonrepeatedlyun-
tiltheLEDturnsoff.
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#5Seatventilation*
Pressingthe#J buttonswitchestheseatventila-
tion
onatthehighestlevel(3).TheLEDsindicate
thetemperaturelevel.Toreducetheventilation
level,pressthebuttonagain.Toswitchtheseat
ventilationoff,pressthebuttonrepeatedlyuntil
theLEDturnsoff.
&Defrosting
Thewindshieldandsidewindowsaredefrosted
orclearedofcondensationasquicklyaspossible.
Themaximumamountofairflowsmainlyfrom
theventsbelowthewindshield.Recirculation
modeswitchesoff. Thetemperatureshouldbe
setat+72°F(+22°C)orhigher.Thetemperature
iscontrolledautomatically.
Youcanswitchthedefrosteronoroffusingthe
&button.Youcanswitchthefunctionoffby
pressingaknob(@).
Appliesto:vehicleswithwindshielddefogger:
Thewindshielddefoggerswitchesonautomati-
callywhenoutsidetemperaturesarelow.Ifyou
wouldliketoswitchthewindshielddefoggeron
manually,pressthe§&button.TheLEDinthe
buttonblinks.
GP)REARRearwindowdefogger
Youcanswitchtherearwindowdefoggeronby
pressingthe&button.Itonlyoperateswhenthe
engineisrunning.Itswitchesoffautomatically
after10to20minutes,dependingontheoutside
temperature.
Topreventtherearwindowdefoggerfrom
switchingoffautomatically,pressandholdthe
GP)REARbuttonformorethanthreeseconds.
Thisisstoreduntiltheignitionisswitchedoff.
Vents
Youcanopenorclosethecenterandrearventsin
thecockpitandtheventsintherearcenter con-
soleusingtheridgedthumbwheels.Thelevers
adjustthedirectionoftheairflowfromthevents.
Thewideventisopenedandclosedusingthe
rockerswitchG).
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Residualheat
Youcanactivatetheresidualheatfunctionwhen
theignitionisswitchedoffbypressingtheknob
©.Theresidualheatfromthecoolantisusedto
heatthevehicleinterior.Theresidualheatfunc-
tionswitchesoffautomaticallyafterabout15
minutes.

ZAWARNING
—Youshouldnotusetherecirculationmode
foranextendedperiodoftime,becauseno
freshairisdrawninandthewindowscan
fogwhencoolingmodeisswitchedoff.This
increasestheriskofanaccident.
—Individualswithreducedsensitivityto pain
ortemperaturecoulddevelopburnswhen
usingtheseatheating*function.To reduce
the
riskofinjury,theseindividualsshould
notuseseatheating*.
@)Note
To reducetheriskofdamagetotheseatheat-
ing*elements,donotkneelontheseatsor
placeheavypressureononeareaoftheseat.
Theclimatecontrolsystembasicsettingsareac-
cessedintheInfotainmentsystem.


>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Aircondi-
tioning

Autorecirculation
Whenswitchedon,automaticrecirculationcon-
trolstherecirculationmodeautomatically.Ifthe
windowsfogup,presstheMAXbutton.
Automaticauxiliaryheater*
Theauxiliaryheaterhelpstowarmthevehiclein-
teriormorequickly.
Steeringwheelheating
Appliesto:vehicleswithsteeringwheelheating
>Pressthe@©page17,fig.11buttononthe
multifunctionsteeringwheeltoswitchthe
steeringwheelheatingonandoff.Themessage>