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—Acceleratecarefullywhendrivingon
smooth,slipperysurfacessuchasiceand
snow.Thedrivewheelscanspinevenwhen
thesecontrolsystemsareinstalledandthis
canaffectdrivingstabilityandincreasethe
riskofacollision.
—Appliesto:Vehicleswithroofrackssupplied
by
thefactoryWheninstallingafactory-
suppliedroofracksystemontheroofrail,
theESCwillusesensorstoadaptitselfto
thedifferentcenterofgravityif itchanges
becauseofcarryingaload.Thisdoesnotoc-
cur whenusingotherroofracksystems,so
theriskofanaccidentwillincrease.
iG)Tips
—TheABSandASRonlyfunctioncorrectly
whenallfourwheelshaveasimilarwear
condition.Differenttiresizescanleadtoa
reductioninenginepower.
—Youmayhearnoiseswhenthesystemsde-
scribedareworking.
ScareRiemola
TheESCisautomaticallyswitchedonwhentheignitionisswitchedon.
2i) 3S
gpaaoo
Fig.151CenterconsolewiththeoFbutton
The ESCisdesignedtofunctioninlevels.Depend-
ingonthelevelthatisselected,thestabilization
functionoftheESCwillbelimitedorswitched
off.Theamountofstabilizationcontrolwilldiffer
dependingonthelevel.
Thefollowingexamplesareunusualsituations
whereitmaymakesensetoswitchoffroadmode
ontoallowthewheelstospin:
—Rocking thevehicletofreeitwhenitisstuck
—Drivingindeepsnoworonlooseground
—Drivingwithsnowchains
—Drivingonroughterrainwhenmuchofthecar's
weightisliftedoffthewheels(axle articula-
tion)
—Drivingdownhillwhilebrakingonlooseground
Foryoursafety,switchtheoffroadmodeoffin
advance.
ESClevels
OffroadmodeonESC/ASRoffOffroadmodeoffor
ESC/ASRon
BehaviorThe ESC andASRstabiliza-|Thestabilizationfunctionis|Thefullstabilizationfunc-
tionfunctionsarelimitednotavailable>A\.ESCand__|tionoftheESCandASRis
SA.ASRareswitchedoff.available again.
Operating|Pressthe|#°*|buttonbriefly.|Pressandholdthe|#|but-|Pressthe|#"|buttonagain.
ton longerthanthreesec-
onds.
IndicatorBiturnson.EganFRAturnon.BaiturnsofforEgand
lightsEaturnoff.
Messages__|Stabilizationcontrol(ESC):|Stabilizationcontrol(ESC):|Stabilizationcontrol(ESC):
offroad.Warning!Limited|off.Warning!Restrictedon
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ZXWARNING
Youshouldonlyswitchoffroadmodeonor
switchESC/ASRoffifyourdrivingabilitiesand
thetrafficconditionspermit.Thereisariskof
sliding.
—Thestabilizationfunctionislimitedwhen
offroadmodeisswitchedon.Thedriving
wheelscouldspinandthevehiclecould
swerve,especiallyonslickorslipperyroad
surfaces.
—Thereisnovehiclestabilizationwhen
ESC/ASRareswitchedoff.
Hilldescentassist
Hilldescentassistmakesitpossibletodrive
downahillataconstantspeed.
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g
= ©a
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Fig.152Centerconsole:hilldescentassistbutton
>Toswitchhilldescentassiston,pressthe|@
button.TheLEDinthebuttonwillturnon.
>»Pressthebuttonagaintoswitchitoff.The LED
inthe buttonturnsoff.
Hilldescentassistbrakesallfourwheelsauto-
maticallyinordertolimitspeedwhendrivingei-
therforwardorreverseonhillswithagradefrom
approximately6to60%.Thewheelswillnotlock
upbecausetheABSremainsactivated.
Whenhilldescentassistison,thespeedyourve-
hiclewastravelingwhenitenteredthehillis
maintained.Itisonlypossibletoswitchonthe
assistwhendrivingslowerthan37mph(60
km/h).
Theassistbeginsshortlyafteryoustart
drivingandcontinuesuptoapproximately
19mph(30km/h).Thedrivercanincrease or de-
creasethevehiclespeedwithintheselimitsby
pressingtheacceleratororbrakepedal.
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However,theremustbeenoughtraction.Hillde-
scentassistcannotfunctionasexpected,iffor
examplethehillisicyorifthesurfaceisloose
SA.
Activeregulationofaspeeduptoapproximately
19mph(30km/h)issignaledintheinstrument
clusterby anindicatorlightZB.Thegaindicator
lightturnsoninthereadymode.
Thesystemdoesnotworkatspeedsbetweenap-
proximately19 and 37mph(30and60km/h).
Thesystemistheninready-mode.Thisisindicat-
edbytheLEDinthebuttonturningon.Thesys-
temautomaticallyswitchedoffwhenyoudrive
fasterthan37mph(60 km/h).TheLEDwillalso
turnoffinthisscenario.
Hilldescentassistisautomaticallyactivatedun-
der thefollowingconditions:
—theLEDinthebuttonturnson
—thevehiclespeedislowerthan19mph(30
km/h)
—thehillangleisatleastapproximately6%
ZXWARNING
—Bereadytoapplythebrakesatalltimes
whenusingthehillholdassist.
—Alwaysadjustthespeedtothevisibility,
weather,road,andtrafficconditions.The
systemcannotreplacethedriver'satten-
tion.
—The systemcannotmaintainaconstantvehi-
clespeedinallsituations,forexamplewhen
onsmoothorslipperyground.Thiscanin-
creasetheriskofanaccident.
Brakes
Youcanapplythevehicle'sbrakesusingthebrake
pedal.
Operatingnoise
Noisesmayoccurwhenbrakingdependingonthe
speed,brakingforce,andoutsideconditionssuch
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Brakingeffect
Theresponsetimefromthebrakesdependson
theweatherandenvironmentalconditions.To
ensuretheoptimumbrakingeffect,thebrake
systemiscleanedatregularintervals.Thisis
donebyapplyingthebrakepadstothebrakero-
torsforashortperiodoftimewhendrivingat
highspeedswhenthewindshieldwipersare
switchedon.
Ifthebrakesystembecomesdamp,forexample
afterdrivinginheavyrain,thebrakingeffectmay
bedelayed.Otherfactorsthatcouldtemporarily
increasetheresponsetimeofthebrakesinclude:
—Wetconditions
—Lowtemperatures,ice,andsnow
—Roadscoveredinsalt
—Dirtybrakepads
Corrosion
Corrosionmayformonthebrakerotorsifthereis
no heavybraking,ifthevehicleisnotdrivenfor
longperiodsoftime,orifthevehicleisnotdriv-
enfrequentlyorforlongdistances.Inthiscase,
brakingheavilyseveraltimeswhiledrivingat
highspeedscancleanthebrakerotors>A\.
Brakepads
Newbrakepadsdonotachievetheirfullbraking
effectduringthefirst250miles(400km).They
mustbe“brokenin”first.However,youcancom-
pensatefortheslightlyreducedbrakingforceby
pressingfirmlyonthebrakepedal.Avoidheavy
brakingduringthebreak-inperiod.
Brakepadweardependslargelyonthewaythe
vehicleisdrivenandonoperatingconditions.
Brakepadwearincreaseswhendrivingfrequently
inthecityorshortdistancesorwhenusingavery
sportydrivingstyle.
—Duetotheriskofinjury,onlyhaveanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilityworkonthebrakesystem.
Incorrectrepairscouldimpairthefunction.
—Neverletthevehiclerollwhiletheengineis
stoppedbecausethisincreasestheriskofan
accident.
— Depending onvehicleequipment,thebrake
pedal
maymovedownwardautomatically
duringautonomousbrakingmaneuvers.To
reducetheriskofinjury,donotplaceyour
ZA\WARNING
—Onlyapplythebrakesforthepurposeof
cleaningthebrakesystemwhenroadand
trafficconditionspermit.Youmustnoten-
dangerotherroadusersandincreasethe
riskofanaccident.
footunderthebrakepedal.
C)Note
—Neverletthebrakes“rub”bypressingthe
pedallightlywhenbrakingisnotactually
necessary. Thiscancausethebrakestoover-
heatandincreasesbrakingdistanceand
causeswear.
—Beforedrivingonlongstretcheswithsteep
hills,reduce thevehiclespeedandshifttoa
lowergeartouse theenginebrakingeffect.
Thisreducestheloadonthebrakes.Ifyou
needtobrakeadditionally,brakeinintervals
andnotcontinuously.
(i)Tips
—Ifyouretrofityourvehiclewithafrontspoil-
er,wheelcoversorsimilaritems,makesure
thattheairflowtothebrakesisnotob-
structed.Otherwisethebrakesystemcan
overheat.
—Alsorefertotheinformationaboutbrake
fluid>page319.
Electromechanical
steering,Dynamic
steering
Theelectromechanicalsteeringsupportsthe
driver'ssteeringmovements.
Powersteeringadaptselectronicallybasedon
thevehiclespeed.
Indicatorlightsandmessages
aSteering:malfunction!Pleasestopvehicle
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Ifthisindicatorlightturnsonandstaysonand
thismessageappears,thepowersteeringmay
havefailed.
Stopthevehicleinasafelocationassoonaspos-
sible.Donotcontinuedriving.Seeanauthorized
AudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityfor
assistance.
aSteering:malfunction!Youcancontinue
driving
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonandthismessage
appears,thesteeringwheelmaybemoredifficult
tomoveormoresensitivethanusual.Thesteer-
ing
wheelmayalsobeturnedtothesidewhen
drivingstraight.
DriveslowlytoanauthorizedAudidealeror au-
thorizedAudiServiceFacilitytohavethemal-
functioncorrected.
Dynamicsteering:correctingsteeringwheel
position
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonandthismessage
appears,thedynamicsteering”isreinitializing.
Thesteeringwheelwillbeeasytomoveafter
startingtheengine.Reinitializationmightbe
necessaryifthesteeringwheelwasmovedwhile
theenginewasswitchedoff.Thedisplayturnsoff
iftheinitializationwassuccessful.
@Tips
—Iftheaoralindicatorlightonlystayson
forashorttime,youmaycontinuedriving.
— Thedynamicsteeringstabilitysystems
=>page144arenotavailableintheeventof
asystemmalfunction.
—Foradditionalinformationondynamic
steering,see>page125.
Allwheeldrive(quattro)
Theall-wheeldrivesystemdistributesthedriving
powervariablytothefrontandrearaxletoim-
provethedrivingcharacteristics.Itworkstogeth-
erwithselectivewheeltorquecontrol,whichcan
activatewhendrivingthroughcurves
=>page144.
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Appliesto:Vehicleswithquattroultra:Ifthe
drivingsituationdoesnotrequireallwheeldrive,
thentherearsection ofthedrivetrainwilldecou-
pleandthussavefuel.Thesystemconstantlyde-
terminesandanticipatesifallwheeldriveis
needed.Thisallowsthereardrivetrainto recou-
pleshortlybeforeitisneeded.
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.Thevehicleisvery responsivetosteer-
ing.ThesettingsdependontheselectedAudi
driveselect*mode.
Energymanagement
Yourvehicleisequippedwithanintelligentener-
gymanagementsystemfordistributingelectrici-
ty.Thissignificantlyimprovesthestartingability
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MultiMediaInterface
Trafficsafety
information
AudirecommendsperformingcertainInfotain-
mentsystemfunctions,suchasenteringa desti-
nation,onlywhenthevehicleisstationary.Al-
waysbepreparedtostopoperating theInfotain-
mentsystemintheinterestofyoursafetyand
thesafety ofotherroadusers.
Introduction
TheMultiMediaInterface,orMMIforshort,
combinesvarioussystemsforcommunication,
navigation*andentertainmentinyourAudi.You
canoperatetheMMIusingtheMMIcontrolpan-
el,themultifunctionsteeringwheelorthevoice
recognitionsystem*.
RAH-8836|
Z\WARNING
Onlyuse theInfotainmentsystemwhenroad,
traffic,weather,andvisibilityconditionsper-
mitandalwaysinawaythatallowsyouto
maintaincompletecontroloveryourvehicle.
@Tips
Certainfunctionsarenotavailablewhiledriv-
ing.
Fig.153MMIcontrolpanels-integratedshortcutkeys
Top:withoutMMItouchBottom:withMMItouch
MMIcontrolpaneloverview
@Controlknobwithjoystickfunction.153,157
@MMItouchcontrolpad*.........155
®Leftcontrolbutton.............154
@®Rightcontrolbutton............154
©)Buttonsforopeningmenusdirectly.153
6)[MENUButtonssceaoc2canevocermin&153
@)[BACK]button<3:+eavesseweae153
Shortcutkeys.........2..00000159
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Multifunctionsteering
wheel
Introduction
Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheel
Inthedriverinformationsystemdisplay,youcan
controlnumerousInfotainmentfunctionsusing
themultifunctionsteeringwheelplus*>page 15
orthemultifunctionsteeringwheel*>page18.
Youcancontrol additionalInfotainmentfunc-
tionsusingtheMMIcontrolpanel>page151in
theInfotainmentsystemdisplay.
ZAWARNING
Directyourfullattentiontodriving.Asthe
driver,youhavecompleteresponsibilityfor
safetyintraffic.Only use thefunctionsinsuch
awaythatyoualwaysmaintaincompletecon-
troloveryourvehicleinalltrafficsituations.
Radio
Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheelandra-
dio
Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheel
>Pressthe[MODE]buttononthemultifunction
steeringwheelrepeatedlyuntiltheRadio/
Mediatabisdisplayed.
Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheelplus
>Pressthe|< >|buttononthemultifunction
steeringwheelrepeatedlyuntiltheRadio/
Mediatabisdisplayed.
>Presstheleftcontrolbutton>page16.
Dependingonvehicleequipment,thefollowing
functions
maybeavailableinthedriverinforma-
tionsystem.
—Selectingthefrequencyband:selectandcon-
firmafrequencyband.
—Selectingastationfromthestationlist:select
andconfirmaradiostation.
—Selectingastationfromthepresetslist:select
andconfirmPresetsandthenaradiostation.
—Openingamediasource:selectandconfirmTo
media.
Additionalsettings
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>desiredentry.
See>page223.
G)Tips
PayattentiontotheInfotainmentsystemdis-
playifnecessary.Dependingontheselected
function,itmaybenecessarytousetheMMI
control panel.
Media
Appliesto:vehicleswithmultifunctionsteeringwheeland
media
Requirement:amediadrivemustcontainaudio/
videofiles>page226.
Appliesto:vehicleswithmultifunctionsteeringwheel
>Pressthe[MODE]buttononthemultifunction
steeringwheelrepeatedlyuntiltheRadio/
Mediatabisdisplayed.
Appliesto:vehicleswithmultifunctionsteeringwheelplus
>»Pressthe[<>]buttononthemultifunction
steeringwheelrepeatedlyuntiltheRadio/
Mediatabisdisplayed.
>Presstheleftcontrolbutton>page16.
Depending onvehicleequipment,thefollowing
functionsmaybeavailableinthedriverinforma-
tionsystem.
—Selectingamediasource:selectandconfirma
sourcesuchastheSDcard.
—Switchingtotheradio:selectandconfirmTo
radio.
—Playinganaudio/videofile:selectandconfirm
afile.
—Pausing/resumingplayback:presstheright
thumbwheel@)>page17,fig.11.Toresume
playback,presstherightthumbwheelagain.
—Openingadditionaltrackinformation:select:
rightcontrolbutton>Show"NowPlaying"
screen.
Foradditionalinformation, see>page237.>
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@Tips
—Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin
=>page225.
—Pleasenotethatwithinamediasourcein
thedriverinformationsystem,onlyplaylists
thatwereselectedthroughtheMMIcontrol
panelcanbeplayed>page235.
—PayattentiontotheInfotainmentsystem
displayifnecessary.Dependingonthese-
lectedfunction,itmaybenecessarytouse
theMMIcontrolpanel.
Telephone
Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheeland
telephone
AlPe
Calllist
Pe
Weg
Fig.171Example:telephonefunctionsinthedriverinfor-
mationsystem
Requirement:amobiledevicemustbeconnected
totheMMI>page177.
Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheel
>Pressthe[MODE]buttononthemultifunction
steeringwheelrepeatedlyuntiltheTelephone
tabisdisplayed.
Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheelplus
> Pressthe[<>]buttonrepeatedlyuntiltheTele-
phonetabisdisplayed.
>Presstheleftcontrolbutton>page16.
Dependingonvehicleequipment,thefollowing
functionsmaybeavailableinthedriverinforma-
tionsystem.
—Accessingacontact:selectandconfirmCall
list/Favorites/Directory.Selectandconfirma
contact.
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Directorycontacts*:thedriverinformationsys-
temonlydisplaysdirectorycontacts thathavea
phonenumberstored.Ifseveralphonenumbers
arestoredwithacontact,thelistofstorednum-
bersisdisplayedfirstwhentheentryisselected.
Recentcalls*:therecentcallslistcontainsallin-
coming,outgoingandmissedcalls.
Callerinformation*:thename,phonenumberor
Unknownappearsinthedriverinformationsys-
temdisplaydependingonwhetherthecallerhas
beenstoredinthedirectoryandifthephone
numberhasbeentransmitted.
Functionsduringanincomingcall
—Acceptingacall:presstheleftthumbwheel
whenthereisanincomingcall.
—Decliningacall:selectandconfirmDecline
whenthereisanincomingcall.
—Endinga phonecall:selectandconfirmEnd
call.
Functionsduringa phonecall:
—Makinganadditionalcall*:selectandconfirm
Holdcall.Presstheleftcontrolbutton>Direc-
toryorCalllist>thedesiredentry.
—Answeringacallwhileinacallandwhile
thereisanothercall onhold*:selectandcon-
firmAnswer.Theactivecallisreplacedwiththe
incomingcall.
Additionalfunctionsinclude:
Mute®*:ifyouselectandconfirmthisfunction,
theotherpersononthephonecannothearyou.
Youwillstillbeabletohear theotherperson.
Holding/resumingacall*:youcanplacetheex-
istingcallonholdandresumeitagain.
Swapcall*:youcanalternatebetweentwophone
callsatthesametime.Oneofthecallswillbeon
hold.SelectingEndcallwillendtheactivephone
call.Acallthatwasplacedonholdstaysonhold
andcanbetakenoffholdwithResumeheldcall.
Conferencecall*:acallonholdanduptofiveac-
tiveparties(dependingonthecellphoneservice
provider)canbeaddedtoaconferencecall.To
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conference™.Bypressingtheleftcontrolbutton,
youcanmakeadditionalcallsfromthedirectory
orthecalllist.Resumeconference*takesallpar-
ticipantsoffhold.
@Tips
— Thephonefunctionscanonlybecontrolled
withthemultifunctionsteeringwheelifthe
phoneequipmentwasinstalledatthefac-
tory.
— Thetelephonefunctionsdependonthecell
phoneandwhethertheyaresupportedby
yourcellphoneserviceproviderornot.
— TheCallwaiting*functionmustbeactivat-
edinyourcellphoneandintheMMIinor-
dertobealerted whenthereisanincoming
callduringanactivecall.Thecalloptions
dependonthecellphoneandservicepro-
vider.Youcanobtainmoreinformationfrom
yourcellphoneserviceprovider.
Navigation
Co)YeeeCLy1)
Appliesto:vehicleswithmultifunctionsteeringwheeland
navigationsystem
Requirement:adestinationmustbe entered
=page203andtherouteguidancemustbe
started.
>Pressthe[<>]buttononthemultifunction
steeringwheelrepeatedlyuntiltheNavigation
tabisdisplayed.
>Presstheleftcontrolbutton>page16.
Dependingonvehicleequipment,thefollowing
functions
maybeavailableinthedriverinforma-
tionsystem.
—Displayingnavigationduringactiveroute
guidance:selectandconfirmMap*/Street
view*orArrowview”.
— Showingthemapwhenrouteguidanceisnot
active*:selectandconfirmMap”.
—Accessinglastdestinations:selectandconfirm
Lastdestinations>thedesireddestination.
—Accessingfavorites*:selectandconfirmFavor-
ites>thedesireddestination.
—Startingrouteguidancetothestoredhome
address:selectandconfirmCancelrouteguid-
anceifnecessaryandthenHomeaddress.
Ifyouhavenotstartedanyrouteguidance,a
compass(analoginstrumentcluster)orthear-
rowview(monochromeinstrumentcluster)is
displayeddependingontheequipment.Themap
isdisplayedintheAudivirtualcockpit*.
Cancelingactiverouteguidance
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>Cancelroute
guidance
Additionalsettings
—Select:rightcontrolbutton>desiredentry.
Depending onthefunctionselected,thefollow-
ingadditional settingsmaybepossible:
—Mapdisplay>page214.
—Mapcolors>page214.
—Maporientation>page214.
—Automaticzoom>page215.
Navigationviewwithrouteguidance
tad)
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem andAudivirtual
cockpit
Fig.172Standardmapwhenrouteguidanceisactive(Audi
virtualcockpit)
Requirement:adestinationmustbeentered
=>page203,routeguidancemustbestartedand
thenavigationtabmustbedisplayed.
Depending onthevehicleequipmentandthese-
lectedview>page17,thefollowinginformation
willbedisplayedinthedriverinformationsys-
tem:
@Mapcontent(suchaspointsofinterest)
@Currentvehicleposition
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