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.
OTA]
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
Instrumentcluster
Certaininstrumentclustercontentcanalsobe
displayedinthehead-updisplay*>page27.
ZAWARNING
Donotassumetheroadsarefreeoficebased
ontheoutsidetemperaturedisplay.Beaware
thattheremaybeiceonroadsevenwhenthe
outsidetemperatureisaround41°F(+5°C)
andthaticecanincreasetheriskofaccidents.
@)Tips
— Depending onvehicleequipment,thein-
strumentillumination(needlesandgauges)
mayturnonwhenthelightsareoffandthe
ignitionisswitchedon.Theilluminationfor
thegaugesreducesautomaticallyandeven-
tuallyturnsoffasbrightnessoutsidein-
creases.Thisfunctionremindsthedriverto
turnthelowbeamsonattheappropriate
time.
—Youcanselecttheunitsusedfortempera-
ture,speed,andothermeasurementsinthe
Infotainmentsystem>page245.
—Speedsaredisplayedinmph(milesper
hour)orkm/h(kilometersperhour).
—Ifyourvehicleisstationaryor ifyouaredriv-
ingatverylowspeeds,thetemperaturedis-
playedmaybeslightlyhigherthantheac-
tualtemperatureoutsideduetotheheatra-
diatingfromtheengine.
—Attemperaturesbelow41°F(+5°C),a
snowflakesymbolappearsinfront ofthe
temperaturedisplay>A\.
Coolanttemperature
indicator
Thecoolanttemperaturedisplay@>page13,
fig.3or>page13,fig.4onlyfunctionswhen
theignitionisswitchedon.Toreducetheriskof
enginedamage,pleaseobservethefollowing
notesaboutthetemperatureranges.
Coldrange
IfonlytheLEDsatthebottomofthegaugeturn
on,theenginehasnot reachedoperatingtem-
peratureyet.Avoidhighenginespeeds,fullaccel-
eration,andheavyengineloads.
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Normalrange
Theenginehasreacheditsoperatingtempera-
tureoncetheLEDsuptothecenterofthegauge
turnon.Ifthegindicatorlightintheinstru-
mentclusterdisplayturnson,thecoolanttem-
peratureistoohigh>page22.
@)Note
—Auxiliaryheadlightsandotheraccessoriesin
frontoftheairintakeimpairthecoolingef-
fectofthecoolant.Thisincreasestheriskof
theengineoverheatingduringhighoutside
temperatures andheavyengineload.
—Thefrontspoileralsohelpstodistribute
coolingaircorrectlywhiledriving.Ifthe
spoilerisdamaged,thecoolingeffectwill
beimpairedandtheriskoftheengineover-
heatingwillincrease.SeeanauthorizedAu-
didealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacility
forassistance.
Tachometer
Thetachometerdisplaystheenginespeedinrev-
olutionsperminute(RPM).
Thebeginningoftheredzoneinthetachometer
indicatesthemaximumpermissibleenginespeed
forallgearsoncetheenginehasbeenbrokenin
andwhenitiswarmeduptooperatingtempera-
ture.Before reachingthiszone,youshouldshift
intothenexthighestgear,selectthe"D/S"selec-
torleverposition,orremoveyourfootfromthe
acceleratorpedal.
@)Note
Theneedleinthetachometer2)>page13,
fig.3or>page13,fig.4mayonlybeinthe
redareaofthegaugeforashorttimeorthere
isariskofenginedamage.Thelocationwhere
theredzonebeginsvariesdependingonthe
engine.
@)Forthesakeoftheenvironment
Upshiftingearlyhelpsyoutosavefuelandre-
ducesoperatingnoise.
Stowingandusing
Climatizedcupholder
Appliesto:vehicleswithclimatizedcupholders
2Ss3xaoo
Fig.64Centerconsole:climatizedcupholder
Pressthebuttontokeepyourbeveragecold.The
LEDturnsblue@).
Pressthe buttonagaintokeepyourbeverage
warm.TheLEDturnsred(@).
Toturnoffthecooling/heatingfunction,press
thebuttonrepeatedlyuntiltheLED@and@
turnsoff.
Whencooling,thetemperaturewillreachap-
proximately38°F(3°C).Whenheating,thetem-
peraturewillreachapproximately128°F(53°C).
Whenthetemperaturereaches104°F(40°C),
theheatindicator(@)alsoturnsontoremind you
nottotouchtheplatewhenitistoohot.Thedis-
playturnsoffifthetemperaturefallsbelowthis
value.
ZXWARNING
—Toreducetheriskofburns,nevertouchthe
beverageholderplatewhentheheatindica-
torison.
—Donotuseanybreakablebeveragecontain-
ers(forexample,madeoutofglassorpor-
celain).Youcouldbeinjuredbytheminthe
eventofanaccident.
®Note
Onlyplacesealedbeveragecontainersinthe
cupholderstoreducetheriskofdamageto
vehicleequipment.
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G)Tips
Donotcoverthesideventgrille>fig.64;or
thefunctionofthecupholdermaybeim-
Paired.
Cooledglovecompartment
Appliesto:vehicleswithcooledglovecompartment
Ot
RAZ-0052|
Fig.65Glovecompartment:Coolingmodeknob
>Toswitchtherefrigerationfunctionon,turnthe
knobcounterclockwiseuntilthesymbolsindi-
catethatrefrigerationisswitchedon@).
>Toswitchtherefrigerationfunctionoff,turn
theknobclockwiseuntilthesymbolsindicate
thatrefrigerationisswitchedoff(2).
@)Tips
Theglovecompartmentcoolingmodeonly
functionswhenthevehicleA/Csystemis
switchedon.
Additi
nalstoragecompartts
Youwillfindavarietyofstoragecompartments
andholdersatvariouslocationsinthevehicle.
—Glovecompartment:Theglovecompartment
can belocked*usingthemechanicalkey
>page29.
—Inthedoortrimpanels
—Storagecompartmentunderthefrontcenter
armrest
— Garmenthooks abovethereardoors*
—Nets*ontheleft/rightluggagecompartment
trimpanel
—Tie-downs*ontheleftluggagecompartment
trimpanel
—Baghooks*intheluggagecompartment
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Warmandcold
Warmandcold
Climatecontrolsystem
Yourvehiclehasadeluxeautomaticclimatecon-
trolsystemwith3zoneswherethetemperature,
airdistribution,andairsupply can besetsepa-
ratelyontheleftfrontside,therightfrontside,
andintherear.
Theclimatecontrolsystemwarms,coolsandre-
moveshumidityfromtheairinthevehicleinteri-
or.Itisthemosteffectivewhenthewindowsand
panoramicglassroof*areclosed.Ifthereisa
build-upofheatinsidethevehicle,ventilation
canhelptospeedupthecoolingprocess.
Inallheatingmodefunctions,exceptfordefrost,
thebloweronlyswitchestoahigherspeedonce
theenginecoolanthasreachedasufficienttem-
perature.
Pollutantfilter
Thepollutantfilterremovespollutantssuchas
dustandpollenfromtheair.
Keyrecognition
Theclimatecontrolsettingsareautomatically
storedandassignedtothevehiclekeythatisin
use.
@)Forthesakeoftheenvironment
Ifyouwouldliketoreduceenergyusage,
switchtheairconditioningoff.
@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
3zonedeluxeautomaticclimatecontrol
Appliesto:Vehicleswith3-zonedeluxeautomaticclimatecontrol
B8W-0137
Fig.823-zonedeluxeautomaticclimatecontrol:Controlsincockpit(example)
B8W-0138
Fig.833-zonedeluxeautomaticclimatecontrolsystem:rearcontrols
Presstheknobs,buttonsor rockerswitchesto
turnthefunctionsonoroff.Whenthefunctionis
switchedon,theLEDintherespectivebuttonor
knobturnson>fig.82.
Somerockerswitchescanbeassignedwithmulti-
plefunctions.Thevariousfunctionscanbeacti-
vatedbypressingontheswitchmultipletimes.
Onright-handdrivevehicles*,thefunctionsof
therockerswitches(3)and©)arereversed.
Thedriverandfrontpassengersettingscanbe
adjustedseparately.Youcanadjustthesettings
fortherearofthevehicleusingthecontrolsin
therear>fig.83.
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OFF]climatecontrolsystem
The[OFF]buttonswitchestheclimatecontrol
systemonoroff.Italsoswitchesonwhenyou
pressanotherbuttonoraknob.Airflowfromout-
sideisblockedwhentheclimatecontrolsystem
isswitchedoff.
A/C]/[A7CMAX]/ A/CMAX *Coolingmode
Youcanswitchtherespectivecoolingmodeon
andoffwiththerockerswitch@).
Thecoolingmodeonlyfunctionswiththeblower
turnedon.Theairiscooledanddehumidifiedin
coolingmode.Otherwisethewindowscan fog>
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Warmandcold
up.Coolingmodeswitchesoffautomatically
whentheoutsidetemperatureisbelowzero.
Ifyouactivate[A/CON],thecoolingmodewillbe
automaticallyregulated.|A/COFF]switchescool-
ingmodeoff.
Ifyouactivate[A/CMAX/}*,thecoolingmodewill
operatewithmaximumoutput.To reduceunnec-
essaryenergyusage,onlyusethisfunctionbrief-
ly.
Ifyouactivate[A/Ceco}*,theclimatecontrolsys-
temwilloperateinenergy-savingmode.
<=Recirculationmode
Inrecirculationmode,theairinsidethevehicleis
circulatedandfiltered.Thispreventstheunfil-
teredairoutsidethevehiclefromenteringthe
vehicleinterior.Switchingrecirculationmodeon
whendrivingthroughatunnelor whensittingin
trafficisrecommended>A.
Youcanswitchtherecirculationmodeonoroff
usingthe<>button.Youcanalsoswitchthere-
circulationmodeoffbypressingtheknob@)or
the§%button.
AUTO}Automaticmode
Automaticmodemaintainsaconstanttempera-
tureinsidethevehicle.Airtemperature,airflow
andairdistributionarecontrolledautomatically.
Youcanswitchautomaticmodeonoroffby
pressingtheknob@.
Temperature
Youcanadjustthetemperaturebetween60°F
(+16°C)and84°F(+28°C)byturningtheknob
©.Ifoutsideofthisrange,LOorHIwillappear
intheclimatecontrolsystemdisplay.Inbothset-
tings,theclimatecontrolrunsconstantlyatthe
maximumcoolingorheatinglevel.Thetempera-
tureisnotregulated.
Thetemperaturecanbeadjustedintherearus-
ing
therearcontrols>fig.83.
=Blower
Youcanadjustthevolumeofairgeneratedby the
blowertoyourpreferenceusingtherockerswitch
@.Theblowershouldalwaysrunatalowsetting
topreventthewindowsfromfoggingandtoen-
sureacontinuousexchangeofairinsidethevehi-
cle.To havetheblowerregulatedautomatically,
pressoneoftheknobs().
Airdistribution
Youcanusetherockerswitches(2)toadjustthe
ventswheretheairwillflowoutof.Pressthe
rockerswitches(2)repeatedlyuntilthedesired
airdistributionsettingisdisplayedintheclimate
controlsystemcontrols.Tohavetheairdistribu-
tionregulatedautomatically,pressoneofthe
knobs@).
SYNC]Synchronization
Usetherockerswitch ()toselectthefunction.
Whensynchronizationisswitchedon,theset-
tingsforthedriver'ssideareappliedtothefront
passenger'ssideandtherear(exceptforseat
heating/ventilation*).Whenthesettingsonthe
frontpassenger'ssideorinthereararechanged,
thesynchronizationisautomaticallyswitchedoff
and3-zoneappearsinthedisplay.
SETREAR]function
Usetherockerswitch ()toselectthefunction.
Whenthefunctionisswitchedon,youcanadjust
allsettingsfortherearusingtheclimatecontrol
systemcontrolsinthecockpit.Therearclimate
controlsystemcontrolscannotbeoperatedat
thesametime.Thisfunctionswitchesoffauto-
maticallyafteracertainperiodoftimeorafter
leavingthemenu.
«Seatheating*
Pressingtheabuttonswitchestheseatheating
onatthehighestsetting(level3).TheLEDsindi-
catethetemperaturelevel.Toreducethetem-
perature,pressthebuttonagain.Toswitchthe
seatheatingoff,pressthebuttonrepeatedlyun-
tiltheLEDturnsoff.
#)Seatventilation*
Pressingthe£4 buttonswitchestheseatventila-
tiononatthehighestlevel(3).TheLEDsindicate
thetemperaturelevel.To reduce theventilation
level,pressthebuttonagain.Toswitchtheseat
ventilationoff,pressthe buttonrepeatedlyuntil
theLEDturnsoff.
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Warmandcold
&Defrosting
Thewindshieldandsidewindowsaredefrosted
orcleared ofcondensationasquicklyaspossible.
Themaximumamountofairflowsmainlyfrom
theventsbelowthewindshield.Recirculation
modeswitchesoff. Thetemperatureshouldbe
setat+72°F(+22°C)orhigher.Thetemperature
iscontrolledautomatically.
Youcanswitchthedefrosteronoroffusingthe
®button.Youcanswitchthefunctionoffby
pressingaknob(4).
@Rearwindowdefogger
Youcanswitchtherearwindowdefoggeronby
pressingthe&button.Itonlyoperateswhenthe
engineisrunning.Itswitchesoffautomatically
after10to20minutes,dependingontheoutside
temperature.
Topreventtherearwindowdefoggerfrom
switchingoffautomatically,pressandholdthe
®buttonformorethanthreeseconds.Thisis
storeduntiltheignitionisswitchedoff.
Vents
Youcanopenorclosethecenterandrearventsin
thecockpitandtheventsintherearcenter con-
soleusingtheridgedthumbwheels.Thelevers
adjustthedirectionoftheairflowfromthevents.
Residualheat
Youcanactivatetheresidualheatfunctionwhen
theignitionisswitchedoffbypressingtheknob
©.Theresidualheatfromthecoolantisusedto
heatthevehicleinterior.Theresidualheatfunc-
tionswitchesoffautomaticallyafterabout15
minutes.
Z\WARNING
—Youshouldnotuse therecirculationmode
foranextendedperiodoftime,becauseno
freshairisdrawninandthewindowscan
fogwhencoolingmodeisswitchedoff.This
increasestheriskofanaccident.
—Individualswithreducedsensitivityto pain
ortemperaturecoulddevelopburnswhen
usingtheseatheating*function.To reduce
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theriskofinjury,theseindividualsshould
notuseseatheating*.
()Note
To reducetheriskofdamagetotheseatheat-
ing*elements,donotkneelontheseatsor
placeheavypressureononeareaoftheseat.
Basicsettings
Appliesto:Vehicleswith3-zonedeluxeautomaticclimate
control
>Toadjustbasicsettingsfortheclimatecontrol
system,selectintheInfotainmentsystem:
MENU]button>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>
Airconditioning
Autorecirculation
Whenswitchedon,automaticrecirculationcon-
trolstherecirculationmodeautomatically.You
mustpressthe§&buttoniffogformsonthewin-
dows.
Steeringwheelheating
Appliesto:vehicleswithsteeringwheelheating
>Pressthe@>page17,fig.11buttononthe
multifunctionsteeringwheeltoswitchthe
steeringwheelheatingonandoff.Themessage
Steeringwheelheating:on/Steeringwheel
heating:offappearsintheinstrumentcluster
display.
Thesteeringwheelheatingsettings arestored
automaticallyandassignedtothevehiclekey
thatisinuse.