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Driving
—Theparkinglockwasreleasedusingtheemer-
gencyrelease>page89.Or
—Theparkinglockcannolongerbeengaged.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohave
themalfunctioncorrected.
Moveselectorlevertoautomaticposition
Thereisamalfunctioninthetiptronicmode.End
tiptronicmodebypushingtheselectorleverto
theleftintothe"D/S"position.
Parkinglockemergencyrelease
>Keepthebrakepedalpressedandengagethe
followingselectorleverpositionsoneafterthe
other:"N","D"andbackto"N".
>Turn theengineoffagain.
>Graspthe socketwrenchwithbothhandsand
carefullypullitupwardtoremove.
>Installthecover.
Iftheparkinglockisreleasedwiththeemergen-
cyrelease,thefs]indicatorlightturnsoninthe
instrumentclusterand“N”isengaged.The mes-
sageDangerofrollingaway!Pnotpossible.
Pleaseapplyparkingbrakealsoappears.
B4M-0189
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@)
Fig.93Driver'ssidefootwell:releasingtheparkinglock
usingtheemergencyrelease
Theemergencyreleaseislocatedunderthefloor
matonthedriver'sside.Readandfollowtheim-
portantinstructionsabouttowing>page364.
Releasingtheparkinglockusingthe
emergencyrelease
>Set theparkingbraketosecureyourvehicle
fromrollingaway.Ifthisisnotpossible,secure
yourvehiclefromrollingusinganothermeth-
od.
>Prythecoveroffatoneoftheopeningsusing
thescrewdriverfromthevehicletoolkit.
>Insertthe socketwrenchfromthevehicletool
kitintotheopening>fig.93.
>Turn thesocketwrenchclockwise(4)untilit
stopsandpressitdownward(2)untilitlocksin-
toplace.
>Leavethe socketwrenchinserted.
Resettingtheparkinglock
>»Pressthebrake pedalandstarttheengine.
ZA\WARNING
—Theparkinglockmustbereleasedusingthe
emergencyreleasebeforetowingthevehi-
cley
— Theparkinglockmayonlybereleasedusing
the emergencyreleaseiftheparkingbrake
isset.Ifit isnotworking,securethevehicle
fromrollingusingthebrakepedalorother
suitablemeans,suchasblockingafrontand
arearwheel.Anunsecuredvehiclemayroll
away,whichincreasestheriskofanacci-
dent.
—Onlyactivatetheemergencyreleasewhile
onalevelsurfaceoraslightslope.
—Toreducetheriskofanaccident,youmust
notdrivewhentheemergencyreleaseisac-
tivated.
©Note
Duetotheriskofdamage,carefullyremove
the socketwrenchwhenyouresettheparking
lock.
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Trailertowing
Tongueweight
Themaximumpermittedtongueweightofthe
trailerdrawbaronthetrailerhitchballheadmust
notbeexceeded.
Havingthetongueweighttoolowaffectstheve-
hicle'shandling.Fordrivingsafety,alwaysusing
themaximumpermittedtongueweightisrecom-
mended,butnotexceedit.Distributingthecargo
inthetrailercorrectlywillhelptoachievethis
weight.
Youcandeterminethetongueweightusinga
tongueweightscale,abathroomscale,orapub-
licweighstation,forexample.
Thepermittedtongueweightofyourvehiclecan
befoundinthevehicledocumentationorin
=>page373.
Loaddistribution
Poorcargoloadanddistributioncannegatively
impactvehiclehandling.Loadthetrailerbased
onthefollowingcriteriaasmuchaspossible:
—Storeobjectsinthevehicleluggagecompart-
ment,ifpossible.Thevehicleshould always
carrytheheaviestpossibleloadandthetrailer
shouldhavethelightestpossibleload.
—Distributetheloadinthetrailersothatthe
heavyobjectsareasclosetotheaxleaspossi-
ble.
—Secureobjectssothattheydonotslide.
—Utilizethemaximumpermittedtongueweight
ifpossible.
Tires
Set thetirepressureonyourvehiclefora“full
load”;seethetirepressuresticker>page334.If
necessary,alsoadjustthetirepressureonthe
traileraccordingtothemanufacturer'sspecifica-
tions.
Thetrailerandthevehicleshould beequipped
withwintertireswhendrivinginwintertempera-
tures.
Outsidemirrors
Ifyoucannotseethetrafficbehindthetrailer
withthestandardexterior mirrors,thenyou
mustattachadditionalexterior mirrors.Adjust
themsoyouhaveasufficientvisibilitybehind
you.
Exterior lighting
Followthelegalregulationsregardingthelight-
ingequipmentonyourtrailer.Contact anauthor-
izedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacili-
tyformoreinformation.
Beforeyoustartdriving,checkalllightingequip-
mentonthetrailerwhileitishitchedtothevehi-
cle.
Theheadlightrangecontrolautomaticallyad-
juststhelightrangeoftheheadlights.
Safety chains
Makesurethesafetychainsarecorrectlyapplied
whenpullingatrailer.Thechainsshouldhang
enoughsothatthetrailercandrivearound
curves.However,theymustnottouchthe
ground.
Airsuspension
Appliesto:vehicleswithairsuspension
The
airsuspensionmustbeatthestandardvehi-
cleheight beforeyouadjustthetongueweight
onthetrailerandhitchthetrailer9,
=>page128,Liftingandloweringthevehicle.
Forvehicleswithafactory-installedtrailerhitch,
theairsuspensiontrailermodewillautomatically
switchonifyouconnectthetrailercabletothe
socket.
Forvehicleswitharetrofittedtrailerhitch,you
mustswitchontheairsuspensiontrailermode
manually.SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:
MENU}button>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>
Vehiclesettings>Airsuspension:trailer.Switch
itoffagainwhenyouarenolongertowingatrail-
er.
Youcanalsoswitchofftrailermodemanually
whiledriving,forexample,whenusingabicycle
racksystem.
Ifyouhavetodrivethroughdifficultroadcondi-
tions,youcanraisethevehicleagainafterhitch-
ingthetrailerorafteradjustingthetongue
weight.
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Trailertowing
@)Note
Appliesto:vehicleswithairsuspension
—Changesintemperatureorloadcanaffect
the heightofthevehicle.
—Ifthestandardvehicleheightisnotused,
thetongueweightspecificationisnolonger
applicable.
®Note
Attachmentsretrofittedonthevehiclemay
causedamage,especiallyonthetrailerhitch
ballhead.Incasesofdamage,havethefunc-
tioncheckedby anauthorizedAudidealeror
authorizedAudiServiceFacility.
G)Tips
—Blockthewheelswithchockswhenparking
oninclinesifthetrailerisloaded.
—Havingthevehicleinspectedbetweenthe
inspectionintervalsisrecommendedifyou
towatrailerfrequently.
—Avoiddrivingwithatrailerduringthevehi-
clebreak-inperiod.
Drivingwithatrailer
Drivingwithatrailerrequiresextracaution.
Speed
Adheretothelegalspeedlimits.Followthelegal
regulationsspecifictothecountry.
Asthespeedincreases,thedrivingstabilityof
thetrailerdecreases.Thereforeyoushouldnot
exceedthemaximumlegalspeedlimitwhen
thereareunfavorableroad,weather,and/orwind
conditions.Thisespeciallyapplieswhendriving
downhill.
Hill
Whenyoustartdrivinguphillordownhill,trailers
maytiltorswaysoonerthanwhendrivingona
levelsurface.Ifsmallswayingmovementshave
alreadyoccurred,youcanstabilizethetrailerby
firmlybrakingimmediately.Nevertryto
“straightenout”thetrailerbyaccelerating.
92
Downshiftbeforedrivingonhillstoutilizetheen-
ginebrakingeffect>A\.
Brakes
Whenusingatrailerwithoverrunbrakes,first
brakegentlythenquickly.Thisreducestheriskof
jerkingwhilebrakingifthetrailerwheelslockup.
Enginecoolanttemperature
Payattentionspecificallytothecoolanttempera-
ture display whentherearehighoutsidetemper-
atures,andwhendrivingonlonginclines
=>page14.Shifttoahighergearinatimelyman-
ner.
ZAWARNING
Constantbrakingcausesthebrakestoover-
heatandcansubstantiallyreducebrakingper-
formance,increasebrakingdistance,orcause
completefailureofthebrakesystem.
Assistsystems
theinstrumentclustercanmeaneithermph
orkm/h,dependingonthecountry.
Operating
Appliesto:vehicleswithcamera-basedtrafficsignrecognition
©.aaq
|
==a
Fig.97Instrumentcluster:additionaldisplay
Accessingtrafficsignrecognition
>Select:thefirsttab>Trafficsigns.
Settingaspeedwarning
Youcansetawarningthresholddownto10mph
(15km/h).Thetrafficsignforthecurrentdetect-
edspeedlimitwillblinkinthedisplayifyouex-
ceed thesetthreshold.
> SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Driveras-
sistance>Speedwarning>Trafficsignbased
warning.
Additionaldisplay
If aviewotherthanthetrafficsignrecognitionis
selectedintheinstrumentclusterdisplay,the
speedlimitwillbeshowninanotherdisplay
=>fig.97.Thecurrentapplicablespeedlimitwill
beshownthere,ifpossiblewithinthelimitsof
thesystem.
G)Tips
—Anadditionalindicatorappearsinthehead-
updisplay*.
—Yourspeedwarningsettingsarestoredau-
tomaticallyandassignedtothevehiclekey
inuse.
96
Messages
Appliesto:vehicleswithcamera-basedtrafficsignrecognition
Trafficsign recognition:currently unavaila-
ble.Cameraviewlimitedduetosurroundings
Functioncurrentlyunavailable.Cameraviewre-
strictedduetosurroundings
Thismessageappearsifthecamera'svisualfield
iscovered>page95,fig.96.Thesystemwill
switchitselfoff.
Trafficsign recognition:currentlylimited.
Seeowner'smanual
Thismessageappearsifthereisamalfunctionin
thenavigationsystem,forexample.Thespeed
limitdisplayislimited,whichincreasestheriskof
anincorrectdisplay.
Trafficsign-basedspeedwarning:currently
unavailable.Seeowner'smanual
Therewillbenowarningwhenthesetthreshold
isexceeded.
Notrafficsigninformationavailable
Thereisnovalidnavigationdataandnospeed
limitsweredetected.Orthereisarecommended
speedbutthereisnotaspeedlimit(forexample
drivingonandoffthe expressway).
Malfunction!Seeowner'smanual
Thesystemmaynotfunctioncorrectlysoithas
beenswitchedoff.SeeanauthorizedAudidealer
orauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityforassistance.
Functionnotavailableinthiscountry
Thevehicleisinacountrywherethefunctionis
notavailable.
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Assistsystems
Trafficlightinformation
Appliesto:vehicleswithtrafficlightinformation
Fig.98Instrumentcluster:trafficlightinformationdis-
play(diagram)
Thetrafficlightinformation)givesyouaspeed
recommendationinordertoreachthenexttraffic
lightwhenitisgreen@,oritinformsyouofthe
waittimeatthenextredlight@).Thetraffic
lightinformationcanbedisplayedinthedriver
informationsystem,inthestatuslineoftheAudi
virtualcockpit*orinthehead-updisplay*.
Generalinformation
Thetrafficlightinformationissubjecttocertain
systemlimitationsandmaybeunavailableoron-
lypartiallyavailableinthefollowingsituations:
—Ifthepermittedspeedlimitisexceeded
—Ifdrivingbelowacertainspeedlimit
—Ifthenexttrafficlightislessthan100feet(30
m)away
—Iftheestimatedwaittimeataredlightisless
thanfourseconds
—Ifthereisnotrafficlightdataavailable
—Ifthedataconnectionhasbeeninterrupted
—Ifthecamera-basedtrafficsignrecognition*is
malfunctioning
—Iftherearewarningsfromthecamera-based
trafficsignrecognition*
Switchingtrafficlightinformationonand
off
—Select:[MENU]button>Audiconnect>Traffic
lightinformation.
)Serviceinpreparationatthetimeofprinting.Can addlat-
erorisonlyavailableincertainregions.
ZAWARNING
—Whentrafficlightinformationisshown,al-
soalways payattentiontothetrafficsitua-
tion,thedistancetoothervehiclesandthe
areaaroundthevehicle.Thedriverisalways
responsibleforassessingthetrafficsitua-
tion.
—Alwaysadaptyourspeedtothecurrent
weather,roadandtrafficconditions.Thedis-
playedinformationmustnevercauseyouto
ignorelegaltrafficregulationsandposea
safetyrisk.
—Regardlessofthetrafficlightinformation,
youshould alwaysmonitoryourspeedusing
thespeedometerandmakesureyouaread-
hering
tothelegalspeedlimit.
—Thetrafficlightinformationdoesnotadjust
yourvehicle'sspeedtothespeedrecom-
mendationshowninthedisplay.
@)Tips
—Trafficlightinformationisnotyetavailable
inallcitiesandisnotnationwide.
—Alwaysreadtheinstructionsinthe chapter
=>page192.
Laptimer
Introduction
Appliesto:vehicleswithlaptimer
Youcanmeasureandanalyzelaptimeswiththe
laptimerinthedisplay.
Openingthelaptimer
>OpenthefirstVehicletab(tripcomputer)using
the[<>]buttononthemultifunctionsteering
wheel.
>Selectonthemultifunctionsteeringwheel:left
controlbutton>Laptimes.
Operatingthelaptimer
>Onthemultifunctionsteeringwheel,turnthe
leftthumbwheel()>page15untilthedesired>
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Assistsystems
—Adaptivecruisecontroldoesnotrespondto
people,animals,orcrossingoroncoming
objects.
— Thefunction oftheradarsensorscanbeaf-
fectedbyreflectiveobjectssuchasguard
rails,theentrancetoatunnel,heavyrainor
ice
C)Note
Thesensorscanbedisplacedbyimpactsor
damagetothebumper,wheelhousingand
underbody.Thiscanimpair theadaptive
cruise control.HaveanauthorizedAudidealer
orauthorizedAudiServiceFacilitychecktheir
function.
@Tips
Foranexplanationonconformitywiththe
FCCregulationsintheUnitedStatesandthe
IndustryCanadaregulations,see>page370.
Incurves
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiadaptivecruisecontrol
B4m-0093
Fig.102Example:drivinginto acurve
Whendrivingintoacurve>fig.102andoutofa
curve,theadaptivecruisecontrolmayreacttoa
vehicleinthe neighboringlaneandapplythe
brakes.Youcanpreventthatbypressingtheac-
celeratorpedalbriefly.
Stationaryvehicles
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audiadaptivecruisecontrol
22. S| g|
=ooa
Fig.103Example:vehiclechanginglanesandstationary
vehicle
Withinthelimitsofthesystem,adaptivecruise
controlcanreacttostationaryvehicles
=>fig.103,aslongasyouaredrivingslowerthan
30mph(50km/h)andthesystemclassifiesthe
possiblepassingmaneuveraslow.Forexample,
ifavehiclethatwasalreadydetected@turnsor
changeslanes,theadaptivecruisecontrolreacts
tothestationaryvehicleaheadofit2).
SyieemeieRela
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiadaptivecruisecontrol
B4M-0231
Fig.105Instrumentcluster:adaptivecruisecontrol
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Assistsystems
informationonpage102.Neverusetraffic
jamassistinthefollowingsituationsoryou
willincreasetheriskofanaccident:
—Drivingoffroadoronunpavedroads.Traffic
jamassistisonlydesignedforuseonpaved
roads.
—Incitydrivingorinconstructionzones
—Onstretchesofroadwithcurves
—Innarrowlanes
—Inuncleartrafficsituationssuchasatinter-
sectionsortollstations
@)Tips
Youarenotnecessarilyguidedtothe center
ofyourlane.
PMENAemer)
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiadaptivecruisecontrol
Thisfunctionmeasuresthetimebetweentheve-
hicle
drivingaheadandshowsthisintheinstru-
mentclusterdisplay.
Fig.113Instrumentcluster:distanceindicator/warning
Description
Atspeedsaboveapproximately40mph(65
km/h),thisfunctionmeasuresthedistancetothe
vehicleaheadastime.
>Switchtheadaptivecruisecontroldisplayonin
theinstrumentclusterdisplay>page15.
TheBindicatorlightturnsonifyoufallbelow
thesetdistance.
Settingthewarningthreshold
Youcanset,changeordeletethewarningthresh-
oldintheInfotainmentsystem.
>IntheInfotainmentsystem,select:[MENU
button>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Driver
assistance>Distancewarning.
ZAWARNING
—Readandfollowthewarningson>A\in
Generalinformationonpage102.
—Thedriverisalwaysresponsibleforadhering
totheregulationsapplicableinthecountry
wherethevehicleisbeingoperated.
@)Tips
Youmayfallbelowhewarningthreshold
brieflywhenpassingorwhenquicklyap-
proachingaslowvehicle.Thereisnowarning
inthisscenario.Awarningisgivenonlyifyou
fallbelowthewarningthresholdforanex-
tendedperiodoftime.
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiadaptivecruisecontrol
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:unavailable.See
owner'smanual
Thesystemcannotguaranteethatitwilldetect
vehiclescorrectlyandithasswitchedoff.Thera-
darsensorshaveshiftedor arefaulty.Drivetoan
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilityimmediatelytohave themalfunctioncor-
rected.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:currentlyun-
available.Seeowner'smanual
Thismessageappearsiftheadaptivecruisecon-
trolcannot beactivated,forexampleifthehood
isopen.
ACCw.trafficjamassist:currentlyunavaila-
ble.Sensorvisionrestrictedduetosurround-
ings.Seeowner'smanual
Thismessageappearsiftheradarsensorviewis
obstructed,forexamplebyleaves,snow,heavy
sprayordirt.Cleanthesensors>page102,
fig.101.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:currentlyun-
available.Gradetoosteep
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Assistsystems
Theroadexceedsthemaximumpossiblegrade
forsafeoperation.Thesystemscannotbeswitch-
edon.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:onlyavailablein
D,SorM
Selectthe"D/S"or"M"selectorleverposition.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:currentlyun-
available.Parkingbrakeapplied
Thesystemsswitchoffifyousettheparking
brake.Thesystemsareavailableagainafteryou
releasetheparkingbrake.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:currentlyun-
available.Stabilizationcontrol(ESC)input
ThismessageappearsiftheElectronicStabiliza-
tionControl(ESC)istakingactiontostabilizethe
vehicle.Thesystemsswitchoffinthisscenario.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:manualcontrol!
Thismessageappearsifthevehiclerollsback
whenstartingonaslightincline,eventhoughthe
systemsareactive.Pressthebrakepedaltopre-
vent thevehiclefromrollingorstartingtomove.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:currentlyun-
available.Downhillassistactivated
Youcannotactivatethesystemwhenhillholdas-
sistisactive.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:currentlyun-
available.Parkassistactivated
ThesystemsswitchoffwhenParkassist*isac-
tive.Thesystemsareavailableagainaftercom-
pletingtheparkingprocess.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:manualcontrol!
Thismessageappearsifthedriverdoesnottake
oversteeringaftermultipledriverintervention
requestsandthesystemswitchesoff.Thevehicle
brakesuntilitisstationary.
Trafficjamassist:unavailable.Seeowner's
manual
Thesystemcannolongerensurethatthevehicle
willstayinthelaneandswitchesoff.Haveyour
vehiclecheckedbyanauthorizedAudidealeror
110
authorizedAudiServiceFacilityifthemalfunc-
tioniscontinuous.
Trafficjamassist:Pleasetakeoversteering!
Thismessageappearsassoonasthesystem
stopsdetectingsteeringactivitywhenthesystem
limitsarereached.Alwayskeep yourhandson
thesteeringwheelsoyoucanbereadyto steerat
anytime.
Trafficjamassist:currentlyunavailable.
Pleasefastenseatbelt
Thesystemswitchesoffwhenthedriver'ssafety
beltisunfastened.
ACC:efficiencyassistnotavailableinthis
country
Theadaptationtospeedlimitsandroutesahead
isnotavailableinthiscountry.
ACC:predictivecontrolcurrentlyunavaila-
ble.Seeowner'smanual
Theadaptationtospeedlimitsandroutesahead
switchesoffatspeedlimitsunder20mph
(30km/h).
Themessagecanalsoappeariftheadaptationto
speedlimitsandroutesaheadhasatemporary
failure.Haveyourvehiclecheckedby anauthor-
izedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacili-
tyifthe malfunctioniscontinuous.
Distancewarning:malfunction!Pleasecontact
Service
Thesystemcannotguaranteethatitwilldetect
vehiclescorrectlyandithasswitchedoff.Thera-
darsensorshaveshiftedor arefaulty.Drivetoan
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilityimmediatelytohave the malfunctioncor-
rected.
Distancewarning:currentlyunavailable.Sensor
viewrestrictedduetosurroundings.Seeown-
er'smanual
Thismessageappearsiftheradarsensorviewis
obstructed,forexamplebyleaves,snow,heavy
sprayordirt.Cleanthesensors>page102,
fig.101.