Tableofcontents
Audismartphoneinterface......243
Setup...eeececeeeeee243
OPeratintg’s+wasns xmownwsweeBowGe244
Troubleshootingwwe«swwaneeveureaewate244
Systemsettings..................245
Settingthedateandtime.............245
MMISOttIMGSs.«sintess0 »enenaie« anstanni 5oxen245
Connectionmanager................-246
Systemupdatesiass «eenssowenssecores249
Soundsettings...........00eee eee249
Volumesettings...............00000.250
RestartingtheMMI...............4..251
Softwarelicenseinformation..........2511,
252 252 252
Correctpassengerseatingpositions.....253
Pedaliareassssoevaneoweaoeweesees256
SAfGtyBELES«ccascceca¢ 5cows3 iHes258
Generalinformation.................258
Whyusesafetybelts?................259
Safetybelts...............02000000:261
BeltensiOners«cscss 2mean2newss 9exe264
Airbagsystem....................266
Importantinformation...............266
Front:airbagss.«sveisissosvi+6wrevive© ¥eres270
MonitoringtheAdvancedAirbagSystem.278
Side@airbags:+ «ves<
GRibeSafety)«:«se cess iseesgsseams2288
Importantinformation...............288
Childsafetyseats.............00000..294
Securingchildsafetyseats............299
LATCHsystem(loweranchoragesand
tethersfor.children),.....ewesnecesnae302
Additionalinformation...............306
MaintenanceandCare...........307
CheckingandFilling.............307
FUG@less =sees=ser¥7HewSev wasoeee307
RePUCLIMGsisics6 &acetors6 0cnaueve©wenewe@ 6wvessun308
Emissionscontrolsystem.............310
Enginecompartment.¢oe.6 6eeeeseves311
EngineObi.»crisessvcsceneeeomensvwaseconeve314
Coolingsystem.............0ceee318
Brake’flidies« +sees« 2ews2 2eewm4 2eee319
Electrical:systemwiexooesoooweaoon320
Battery...20...eeeeeeeeeeee320
Windshieldwashersystem...........-323
Serviceintervaldisplay...............323
Wheels...............00:ceee eee 324
WheelsandTires...........02000324
Tirepressuremonitoringsystem.......341
Careandcleaning................343
Generalinformation............0.00.343
Carwashes...............-020.0.eee343
Cleaningandcareinformation.........344
Takingyourvehicleoutofservice.......348
DoItYourselfccs< :ecc55 :goesstee349
Emergencyassistance...........349
Generalinformation.................349
EQUIDITIENE«sas¢ =neu2 5nee5 sSeezz349
Tiremobilitykittswis. 2wea2xwereeoos349
Changimgatine’.«sess««somed4 ©sues00une351
Collapsiblesparetire.................355
FusessandDULDS:.«occ.6 6cic6icin357
FUSES2...eeetees357
BUILDSses:«+gaussseme=¥Beesgeoeee360
Emergencysituations............362
Geneéfal«sees¢vqowe¢ ememe= aees»eee362
Startingbypushingortowing..........362
Startingwithjumpercables...........362
Usingthejumpstartcable............363
Towingwithatowtruck.............0.364
Raisingthevehicle..............200..366
Customerinformation...........367
Accessoriesandtechnical
Changes........6...ceceeee367
Wallanty’:« ¢sees= =en5¢eeeFoeee¢367
AudiLiterature:Shopis« «sssia«0exes6«ane367
Drivinginothercountries.............367
Maintenance,repairs,andtechnical
MODIFICATIONS«seaviessvanvsines 2evorinev wavenwa367
Accessoriesandparts................369
Quickaccess
Indicatorlightsoverview
Theindicatorlightsintheinstrumentcluster
blinkorturnon.Theyindicatefunctionsormal-
functions.
Messagesmayappearwithsomeindicatorlights.
Awarningsignalwillsoundatthesametime.
Theindicatorlightsandmessagesmaybecov-
ered byotherdisplays.Toshow themagain,se-
lectthesecondtabformessageswiththemulti-
functionsteeringwheel>page15or
=>page18.
Someindicatorlightsinthedisplaycandisplayin
severalcolors.
MMeTeelemlis
Ifthewaorindicatorlightturnson,check
themessageintheinstrumentcluster.
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Someindicatorlightsturnonbrieflyasafunction
checkwhenyouswitchtheignitionon.Thesesys-
temsaremarkedwithaVinthefollowingtables.
Ifoneoftheseindicatorlightsdoesnotturnon,
thereisamalfunctioninthatsystem.
Yourvehiclehaseitheramonochromedisplayor
amulticoloreddisplay,dependingonvehicle
equipment.Someindicatorlightsappearwhite
onamonochromedisplay.TheBoWcentral
indicatorlightturnsonatthesametimetoindi-
catethepriorityoftheseindicatorlights.
Thefollowingindicatorlightsmaybeavailable,
dependingonthevehicleequipment:
Redindicatorlights
Centralindicatorlight
=>page10,
Audipresense
=page111
Brakesystem¥
=>page21
Brakesystem¥
=>page21
10
Electromechanicalparkingbrake
=>page 22
Electromechanicalparkingbrake
=>page22
Coolingsystem
=>page 22
Engineoilpressure
=>page314
Engineoillevel(MIN)
>page315
Electricalsystem
=>page320
Safetybelt
=>page23
Electromechanicalsteering
=>page147
Steeringlock
=>page23
Enginestartsystem
=>page23
Transmission
=>page87
Hood
=>page23
Adaptivecruisecontrol¥
=>page103
Trafficjamassist
=>page108
Airsuspension
=>page24
Drivesystem
=>page24
Yellowindicatorlights
Centralindicatorlight
=>page 10
ElectronicStabilizationControl
(ESC)
>page23
ElectronicStabilizationControl
(ESC)¥
=>page23
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Instrumentcluster
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
Z\WARNING
Havethesafetysystemsinspectedimmedi-
ately.Otherwise,thereisariskthatthesys-
temsmaynotactivateduringacollision,
whichincreasestheriskofseriousinjuryor
death.
oRavatlhe
The|Aindicatorlightstaysonuntilthedriver's
andfrontpassenger'ssafetybeltsarefastened.
Aboveacertainspeed,therewillalsobeawarn-
ingtone.
@)Tips
Foradditionalinformationonsafetybelts,
see>page258.
@-eSteeringlock
|e—e|Steering:malfunction!Pleasestopvehicle
Thereisamalfunctionintheelectronicsteering
lock.Youcannotturntheignitionon.
Donottowyourvehiclebecauseitcannotbe
steered.SeeanauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiServiceFacilityforassistance.
2]Steeringlock:malfunction!Pleasecontact
Service
Thereisamalfunctionintheelectronicsteering
lock.
DriveimmediatelytoanauthorizedAudidealer
orauthorizedAudiServiceFacilitytohavethe
malfunction
repaired.
Z\WARNING
Donottowyourvehicleifthereisamalfunc-
tionintheelectronicsteeringlockbecause
thisincreasestheriskofanaccident.
-~©Enginestartsystem
EEnginestartsystem:malfunction!Please
contactService
Donotswitchtheignitionoffbecauseyoumay
notbeabletoswitchitonagain.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
3Enginestartsystem:malfunction!Please
contactService
Thereisamalfunctionintheenginestartingsys-
tem.
DriveimmediatelytoanauthorizedAudidealer
orauthorizedAudiServiceFacilitytohavethe
malfunctionrepaired.
IftheBindicatorlightturnson,thehoodlock
isnotlatchedcorrectly.
Stopimmediatelyandclosethehood
=>page312.
53/2ElectronicStabilizationControl(ESC)
IftheBBindicatorlightblinkswhiledriving,the
ESCorASR(Anti-SlipRegulation)isactivelyregu-
lating.
IftheBAindicatorlightturnson,thesystemhas
switched theESCoff.Inthiscase,youcanswitch
theignitionoffandthen ontoswitchtheESCon
again.Theindicatorlightturnsoffwhenthesys-
temisfullyfunctional.
Ifthe B&Bindicatorlightturnson,ESCwas
switchedoffusingthe2%]button>page145.
Stabilizationcontrol(ESC/ABS):malfunction!
Seeowner'smanual
IftheBBindicatorlampandthefs/©)ABSin-
dicatorlampturnonandthismessageappears,
theABSorelectronicdifferentiallockismalfunc-
tioning.Thisalsocauses theESCtomalfunction.
Thebrakesstillfunctionwiththeirnormalpower,
butABSisnotactive.
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Seats
Seats
Generalinformation
ZAWARNING
See>page252,Drivingsafetyforimportant
information,tips,suggestionsandwarnings
thatyoushouldreadandfollowforyourown
safetyandthesafetyofyourpassengers.
Frontseats
Powerseatadjustment
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Fig.54Frontseat: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.53.Liftthegriphandle.Aspring
movesthesupportforward.
©-Switchingthemassagefunction*on/off
>fig.54.Selectthetypeofmassagewiththe
multifunctionbutton*>page55.
@-Lumbarsupport*ormultifunctionbutton*
=page55.Toadjustthelumbarsupport,press
thebuttonintheapplicablelocation.
Z\WARNING
— 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.
Tatomelhace)
Appliesto:vehicleswithmultifunctionbutton
You canadjustvariousseatsettingswiththe
multifunctionsteeringwheel.
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Fig.55Infotainmentsystem:seatsettings
Operating
>Ifyouturnthemultifunctionbutton@
=>page55,fig.54totheleftortotheright,
thepossibleseatsettings@)areshowninthe
Infotainmentsystem>fig.55.>
55
Stowingandusing
—Nevertransportpassengersintheluggage
compartment.Everypassengermustbecor-
rectlysecuredwiththesafetybeltsinthe
vehicle>page258.
—Becarefulwhenreleasingthebackrestand
foldingitforward.Toreducetheriskofbe-
ingpinched,payattentionandcheckwhen
foldingbackrestsforward.
—Thebackrestmustbesecurelylatchedso
objects
cannotslideforwardoutofthelug-
gagecompartmentduringsuddenbraking.
— Thebackrestmustbelatchedsecurelyto en-
surethatthesafetybeltisprotectingthe
centerseatingposition.
—Alwayspullforwardonthebackresttomake
sureitischeckifitiscorrectlylockedin
place.
Luggagecompartmentcover
Appliesto:vehicleswithluggagecompartmentcover
2
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2
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Fig.66Luggagecompartment:coverattached
oeNote
—Toreducetheriskofdamage,movetherear
headrestraintsdown>page57beforefold-
ingtherearbackrestsforward.
—Whenfoldingthebackrestforward,make
suretheoutersafetybeltsareinthebelt
guiderecessso thattheydonotgetpinched
inthebackrestlockanddamaged.Otherob-
jectsshould beremovedfromtherear
benchseattoprotectthebackrestfrom
damage.
—Ifyoumovethefrontseatbackwhenthe
rearseatbackrestisfoldedforward,you
coulddamagetheheadrestraintsonthe
rearseat.
—Makesurethattheheatinggridstripsfor
therearwindowdefoggerarenotdamaged
byabrasiveobjects.
—Lettheluggagecompartmentcoverrollup
slowlytoreducetheriskofdamage.
@)Tips
—Thetirepressuremustbeadaptedtothe
load>page334.
—Youcanpurchasestrapsatspecialtystores.
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2= a a
Fig.67Luggagecompartment:removingandinstalling
theluggagecompartmentcover
Followthesafetyprecautions>page61.
Attaching
>Pullthecoveroutandattachitinthemounting
eyeletsinthesidetrimpanel>fig.66.
Removing
>Pullbothleversinthedirectionofthearrow
=>fig.67andremovethecoverupward.
Installing
> Placetheleftandrightsidesofthecoverinto
themountsonthesidetrimpanel.
>Pushthecoverdownwarduntilitclicksinto
place.
Driving
—Environmentalconditions(slopes,inclines,ele-
vation,temperature)
—Battery (chargestatus,temperature,powerus-
age)
—Enginetemperature
—Assistsystems
—Drivingbehavior
Dependingontheengine,theindicatorlight
mayappeariftheengineisnot stopped.
ScalemaeCeleraLin
Appliesto:vehicleswithStart/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/Stopsystemhasnotturnedoffthe
engineorifyouhave switchedtheStart/Stopsys-
temoffmanually, theenginewillcontinuetorun
andtheignitionwillnotswitchoffautomatically.
Toreducetheriskofasphyxiation,neverallow
theenginetoruninconfinedspaces.
Ifyouleavethevehiclewiththe"D/S"or"R"
selectorleverpositionengaged,theparking
brakeisautomaticallyset.
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ManuallyswitchingtheStart/Stopsystem
aaeel
Appliesto:vehicleswithStart/Stopsystem
The(A)>Fbuttonislocatedabovetheselectorlev-
erinthecenterconsole.
>Press(A)°*toswitchonoroff.TheLEDinthe
buttonturnsonwhenthefunctionisswitched
off.
IfyouswitchthesystemoffduringaStop
phase,theenginewillstartagainautomati-
cally.
WeTel4
Appliesto:vehicleswithStart/Stopsystem
Start/stopsystem:deactivated.Pleasestart
enginemanually
Thismessageappearswhenspecificconditions
arenotmetduringaStopphase.TheStart/Stop
systemwillnot beabletorestarttheengine.The
enginemustbestartedwiththe
STARTENGINESTOP]button.
Start/stopsystem:malfunction!Function
unavailable.PleasecontactService
ThereisamalfunctionintheStart/Stopsystem.
DrivethevehicletoanauthorizedAudidealeror
authorizedServiceFacilityassoonaspossibleto
havethemalfunctioncorrected.
Electromechanical
parkingbrake
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Fig.88Centerconsole:parkingbrake
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Driving
Yourvehicleisequippedwithanelectromechani-
[email protected]
isdesignedtopreventthevehiclefromrolling
unintentionallyandreplacesthehandbrake.
Setting/manuallyreleasingthe parking
brake
>Pullthe©)switchto settheparkingbrake.The
LEDintheswitchturnson.TheZin/oindi-
catorlightalsoturnson.
>Toreleasetheparkingbrakemanually,press
thebrakeoracceleratorpedalwhiletheigni-
tionisswitchedon,andpressthe©)switchat
thesametime.The LEDinthebuttonandthe
indicatorlightwillturnoff.
Releasingtheparking brake automatically
Requirement:
thedoorsmustbeclosedandthe
driver'ssafetybeltmustbefastened.
>Tostartdrivingandreleasetheparkingbrake
automatically,presstheacceleratorpedalas
usual.
Inadditiontoreleasingtheparkingbrakeauto-
matically,otherconvenienceandsafetyfunctions
are availablewhenyoustartdriving>page80,
Startingtodrive.
Preventingtheautomaticparkingbrake
release
Thevehiclecould beginrollingunintentionally
whentheparkingbrakeisreleasedifthevehicle
isonahillortowingatrailer.
>Topreventtheparkingbrakefromreleasingau-
tomatically,pullandholdthe©switchand
presstheacceleratorpedal.Theparkingbrake
remainssetandpreventsthevehiclefromroll-
ingbackward.
>Youcanreleasethe@)switchagainonceyou
aresurethatyouaregivingenoughdriving
forcetothewheelsbypressingtheaccelerator
pedal.
Emergencybrakingfunction
Youcanuse theemergencybrakingfunctioninan
emergency
situation,orifthestandardbrakes
aremalfunctioningorthepedalisobstructed.
> Pullandholdthe©)switch.
>As soonasyoureleasethe©)switchoracceler-
ate,thebrakingstops.
Pullingandholdingthe©)switchwhiledriving
thevehicleactivatestheemergencybrakingfunc-
tion.Thehydraulicbrakesystemwillbrakeall
fourwheels.Thebrakingeffectissimilartoheavy
braking>A\.
Toreducetheriskofactivatingtheemergency
brakingby mistake,awarningtone(buzzer)
soundswhenthe©)switchispulled.Emergency
brakingstopsassoonasthe©)switchisreleased
ortheacceleratorpedalispressed.
Parking
>Pressthebrakepedaltostopthevehicle.
> Pullthe@®)switchto settheparkingbrake.
>Selectthe"P"selectorleverposition.
>Turn theengineoff>A\.
>Turn thesteeringwheelwhenparkingonin-
clinesso thatthewheelswillrollintothecurb
ifthevehiclestartsmoving.
ZAWARNING
—Ifagearisengagedwhilethevehicleissta-
tionaryandtheengineisrunning,donot
presstheacceleratorpedalinadvertently.
Pressingtheacceleratorpedalwillcausethe
vehicletomove, andthiscouldresultinan
accident.
—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.Inthis
case,parkthevehicleonlevelgroundand
secureitbyplacingtheselectorleverinthe
"P"position.SeeanauthorizedAudidealer
79
Driving
orauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityforassis-
tance.
—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.Locked doors
makeitmoredifficultforemergencywork-
erstoenterthevehicle,whichputslivesat
risk.
@)Note
Donotleaveyourvehicleunattendedwhile
theengineisrunning,becausethisincreases
theriskofanaccident.
G)Tips
Whenstoppingatatrafficsignalorstopping
incitytraffic,youcansettheparkingbrake
manually.Thevehicledoesnot havetobe
heldwiththebrakepedal.Theparkingbrake
eliminatesthetendencytocreepwhena se-
lectorleverpositionisengaged.Assoonas
youpresstheacceleratorpedal,theparking
brakereleasesautomaticallyandthevehicle
startstomove>page80.
@Tips
—Occasionalnoiseswhentheparkingbrakeis
setandreleasedarenormalandarenota
causeforconcern.
—Theparkingbrakegoesthroughaself-test
cycleatregularintervalswhenthevehicleis
stopped.Anynoisesassociatedwiththisare
normal.
—Ifthereisapowerfailure,theparkingbrake
willnotsetifitisreleased,anditwillnot
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releaseifit isset>A\.Seeanauthorized
AudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFa-
cilityforassistance.
Startingtodrive
Variousconvenienceandsafetyfunctionsmaybe
availablewhenthevehiclebeginsdriving,de-
pendingonvehicleequipment.
Startingonhillswiththeparkingbrakeset
Requirement:thedoorsmustbeclosedandthe
driver'ssafetybeltmustbefastened.
>Tostartdrivingcomfortablywhenonahill,set
theparkingbrakeandbegindrivingasusual.
Thebrakingforce oftheparkingbrakedoesnot
releaseautomaticallyuntilthewheelsbuildup
enoughdrivingforce.
Startingonhillswithhillholdassist
Hillholdassistmakesiteasiertostartonhills.
Requirement:
thedriver'sdoormustbeclosed
andtheenginemustberunning.
>Toactivatehillholdassist,pressandholdthe
brakepedalforseveralseconds.Thevehicle
mustbefacinguphill.
Afterreleasingthebrakepedal,thebrakingpow-
erismaintainedbriefly>A\topreventthevehi-
clefromrollingbackwhenstarting.Thisallows
youtobegindrivingmoreeasily.
ZAWARNING
—Ifyoudonotbegindrivingimmediatelyor
theenginestallsafterreleasingthebrake
pedal,yourvehiclemaybegintorollback-
ward.Pressthebrakepedalorsetthepark-
ingbrakeimmediately.
—Theintelligenttechnologyofhillholdassist
cannotovercomethelimitationsimposedby
naturalphysicallaws.Theincreasedcomfort
offeredbyhillholdassistshouldnotcause
youtotakesafetyrisks.
—Hillholdassistcannotholdthevehiclein
placeonallhills(forexample,iftheground
isslipperyoricy).>