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ElectronicStabilizationControl
(ESC)
=>page145
Keys
=>page75
Driver'sdoor
Brakesystem=>page25
=>page21
Anti-lockbrakingsystem(ABS)Y
=>page23
Anti-lockbrakingsystem(ABS)¥
=>page23
Batteryinvehiclekey
=>page30
Bulbfailureindicator
=>page25
Headlightrangecontrolsystem
Safetysystems¥>page25
=>page22Adaptivelight
Brakepads=page25
>page21Light/rainsensor
Electromechanicalparkingbrake=>page26
=>page22Activelaneassist
Tirepressure>page117
=>page341Audisideassist
Tirepressurepage125
=>page341Audipresense
Drivesystempage115
=>page24/Parkingaid
MalfunctionIndicatorLamp(MIL)=>page142
v
>page311
Transmission
=>page87Enailimitati
nginespeedlimitationSreeringlock
>24
page=>page23
Engineoillevel(MIN);
Enginestartsystem
>page315
=>page 23
Engiillevel(MAX:
PSEICEL:Electromechanicalsteering
=>page315
=>page147
Engineoilsensor
=>page315Airsuspension
=>page24
Enginewarm-uprequest
iL
=>page315Suspensioncontro
=>page26
Electricalsystem
page320Allwheeldrive/sportdifferential
=>page26
Tanksystem
eeEmergencycallfunction
>
pees=>page202
Washerfluidlevel
=>page25Otherindicatorlights
WindshieldwipersTurnsignals
=>page25=page26>
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Instrumentcluster
mReAels
aAutomaticheadlights:malfunction!See
owner'smanual
BSAutomaticwipers:malfunction!Seeowner's
manual
Thelight/rainsensorismalfunctioning.
Thelowbeamsremainswitchedonatalltimes
forsafetyreasonswhenthelightswitchisinthe
AUTOposition.However,youcancontinueto
turnthelightsonandoffusingthelightswitch.
Youcanstillcontrolallfunctionsthatareinde-
pendentoftherainsensorthroughthewind-
shieldwiperlever.
DriveimmediatelytoanauthorizedAudidealer
orauthorizedAudiServiceFacilitytohavethe
malfunctionrepaired.
teyeerare)
Appliesto:vehicleswithsuspensioncontrol
|¢|Suspension:malfunction!Youmaycontinue
driving
Thereisamalfunction.SeeanauthorizedAudi
dealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityforas-
sistance.
TeteleYedSolemlaced
Appliesto:vehicleswithallwheeldrive/sportdifferential
t3]All-wheeldrive:malfunction!Youmaycon-
tinuedriving.PleasecontactService
T-3|Sportdifferential:malfunction!Pleasecon-
tactService
DriveimmediatelytoanauthorizedAudidealer
orauthorizedAudiServiceFacilitytohavethe
malfunctionrepaired.
3]All-wheeldriveoverheating. Pleaseadapt
drivingstyle.Seeowner'smanual
3]Sportdifferential:temperaturetoohigh.
Pleaseadaptdrivingstyle
Thetransmissiontemperaturehasincreasedsig-
nificantlyduetothesportydrivingmanner.Drive
inalesssportymanneruntilthetemperaturere-
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turnstothenormalrangeandtheindicatorlight
switchesof.
ZXWARNING
ContactanauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiServiceFacilityiftheallwheeldrive/
sportdifferentialisfaultyormalfunctioning.
Therepairmustbeperformedbytrainedper-
sonnelusingthecorrectoilinordertoensure
safety.
eraeel
IftheaorBindicatorlightblinks,aturnsig-
nalisturnedon.Ifbothindicatorlightsareblink-
ing,theemergencyflashersareon.
Ifanindicatorlightblinkstwiceasfast asusual,
aturnsignalbulbhasfailed.Carefullydrivetoan
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilityimmediatelytohave the malfunctioncor-
rected.
eCCmesel
Appliesto:vehicleswithtrailerhitch
Theturnsignalsareactivatedintrailermodeif
the&indicatorlightblinks.
If aturnsignalonthetraileroronthevehicle
failswhileintrailermode,theindicatorlightwill
notblinktwiceasfasttoindicatethis.
Openingandclosing
Openingandclosing
Centrallocking
Youcanlockandunlockthevehiclecentrally.You
havethefollowingoptions:
—Vehiclekey>page31
—Sensorsinthedoorhandles*>page31
—Lockcylinderonthedriver'sdoor>page33,
or
—Interiorcentral lockingswitch>page32
Vehiclekey
Theterm“vehiclekey”referstotheremotecon-
trolkeyorconveniencekey*.Theconvenience
key*isaremotecontrolkeywithspecialfunc-
tions>page31and>page75.
Turnsignals
Theturnsignalsflashtwicewhenyouunlock the
vehicleandflashoncewhenyoulockthevehicle.
Iftheydonotflash,thenoneofthedoors,the
luggagecompartmentlidorthehoodisnot
closedcompletely.
Automaticlocking(AutoLock)
TheAutoLockfunctionlocksalldoorsandthe
luggagecompartmentlidoncethespeedhasex-
ceededapproximately9mph(15km/h).
Thevehiclecan beunlockediftheopeningfunc-
tioninthecentral lockingsystemswitchisused
oroneofthedoorhandlesispulled.
Inthe eventofacrashwithairbagdeployment,
thedoorswillalsoautomaticallyunlocktoallow
accesstothevehicle.
Selectivedoorunlocking
Thedoorsandluggagecompartmentlidwilllock
whentheyclose.YoucansetintheInfotainment
systemwhetheronlythedriver'sdoorortheen-
tirevehicleshould beunlockedwhenunlocking
=>page33.
Unintentionallylockingyourselfout
Onlylockyourvehiclewhenallofthedoorsand
theluggagecompartmentlidareclosedandthe
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vehiclekeyisnotinthevehicle.Thisreducesthe
riskoflockingyourselfoutaccidentally.
Thefollowingfeatureshelptoreducetheriskof
lockingyourvehiclekeyinthevehicle:
—Ifthedriver's doorisopen,thevehiclecannot
belockedbypressingthe@buttononthevehi-
clekeyorbytouchingthelockingsensor*ona
door.
—Ifthemostrecentlyusedconveniencekey*is
insidetheluggagecompartment,theluggage
compartmentlidwillautomaticallyopenagain
afterclosingit.
—Ifthelastconveniencekey*thatwasusedisde-
tectedinsidethevehicle,thevehiclecannotbe
lockedfromtheoutsideforabrieftime>©.
ZAWARNING
—Ifyouleavethevehicle,switchtheignition
offandtakethevehiclekeywithyou.This
appliesparticularlywhenchildrenremainin
thevehicle.Otherwise,childrencouldstart
theengineoroperateelectricalequipment
(suchaspowerwindows),whichincreases
theriskofanaccident.
—Noone,especiallychildren,shouldstayin
thevehiclewhenitislockedfromtheout-
side,becausethewindowscannolongerbe
openedfromtheinside>page34.Locked
doorsmakeitmoredifficultforemergency
workerstoenterthevehicle,whichputs
livesatrisk.
()Note
Appliesto:Vehicleswithconveniencekey
—Iftheconveniencekeythatwaslastusedis
detectedinthepassengercompartment,
thenthevehiclecannotbelockedfromthe
outside.Theturnsignalswillflashseveral
timestoindicatethis.Ifyoudonotopen
thevehiclewithinashorttimetoremove
thevehiclekey,thenthevehiclewilllockau-
tomatically.Thispreventsthevehiclefrom
beingleftunlockedforlongperiodsoftime.
Thekeywillthenbelockedinsidethevehi-
cle.
—Iftheconveniencekey*thatwasusedlastis
detectedinsidetheluggagecompartment,>
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Openingandclosing
itwillnotbepossibletolocktheluggage
compartmentandtheluggagecompart-
mentlidwillopen.Theturnsignalswill
flashseveraltimestoindicatethis.The
doorswilllock.Alwaystaketheconvenience
keywithyou,orunauthorizedpeoplemay
beabletoenterthevehicle.
G)Tips
—Donotleavevaluablesunattendedintheve-
hicle.Alockedvehicleisnota safe!
— TheLEDinthedriver's doorrailblinkswhen
youlockthevehicle.IftheLEDlightsupfor
approximately30secondsafterlocking,
thereisamalfunctioninthecentral locking
system.Havetheproblemcorrectedby an
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacility.
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Fig.17Yourvehiclekeyset
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RAZ-062)
@Vehiclekey
Thevehiclekeyisaremotecontrolkeyorconven-
iencekey*.Theconveniencekey*isaremotecon-
trolkeywithspecialfunctions>page31 and
=page75.Youcanunlockorlockyourvehicle
withthevehiclekey.Amechanicalkeyisintegrat-
edinthevehiclekey>page30.
@Keytagwithvehiclecode
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnectvehiclecontrol
Openthekey tagandscratch torevealthevehicle
code.YoucanunlocktheAudiconnectvehicle
controlservices*foryourvehiclewiththisvehicle
code.Foradditionalinformation,see
=>page195.Ifakeyfobislost,contactanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facility.
Vehiclekeyreplacement
If akeyislost,seeanauthorizedAudidealeror
authorizedAudiServiceFacility.Havethisvehicle
keydeactivated.Itisimportanttobringallkeys
withyou.Ifakeyislost,youshouldreportitto
yourinsurancecompany.
Numberofkeys
Youcancheckthenumberofkeysprogrammed
toyourvehicleintheInfotainmentsystem.Todo
this,selectthe[MENU]button>Vehicle>left
controlbutton>Service&checks>Vehiclein-
formation.Thisway,youcanmakesurethatyou
haveallthekeyswhenpurchasingausedvehicle.
Electronicimmobilizer
Theimmobilizerpreventsunauthorizeduseof
thevehicle.
Insomecases,itmaynot bepossible tostartthe
vehicleifthereisavehiclekeyfromadifferent
vehiclemanufactureronthekeychain.
Datainthevehiclekey
Whendriving,serviceandmaintenance-relevant
dataiscontinuouslystoredinyourvehiclekey.
YourAudiserviceadvisorcanreadoutthisdata
andtellyouabouttheworkyourvehicleneeds.
This appliesalsotovehicleswithaconvenience
key”.
Personalconveniencesettings
Iftwopeopleuseonevehicle,itisrecommended
thateachpersonalwaysusestheirownvehicle
key.Whentheignitionisturnedofforwhenthe
vehicleislocked,personalconveniencesettings
forthefollowingsystemsarestoredandas-
signedtothevehiclekey:
—Climatecontrolsystem
—Steeringwheelheating*
—Centrallockingsystem
—Interiorlighting”
—Exteriorlighting
—Rainsensor
—Memoryfunction*
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Openingandclosing
Unlockingthevehicle
> Gripthedoorhandle.Thedoorunlocksauto-
matically.
>Pullonthedoorhandletoopenthedoor.
Lockingthevehicle
> Selectthe"P"position.Thevehiclecannotbe
lockedif"P"isnotselected.
>Tolockthevehicle,closethedoorandtouch
the sensorinthedoorhandleonce>fig.22.Do
notholdthedoorhandlewhiledoingthis.
Youcanunlock/Llockthevehicleateverydoor.The
conveniencekeycannotbemorethanapproxi-
mately4feet(1.5m)awayfromthedoorhandle.
Thefunctionshouldnotbe impairedifthecon-
veniencekeyisinyourjacketpocketorinyour
briefcase,forexample.
Ifyouholdthedoorhandlewhilelocking,this
canimpairthelockingfunction.
Thedoor cannotbeopenedforabriefperioddi-
rectlyafterlockingit.Thiswayyouhavethe op-
portunitytocheckifthedoorslockedcorrectly.
ThesettingsintheInfotainmentsystemdeter-
mineiftheentirevehicleoronlyoneofthedoors
isunlockedwhenunlockingthevehicle
>page33.
ZA\WARNING
ReadandfollowingallWARNINGS>A\inDe-
scriptiononpage28.
G)Tips
Ifyourvehicleisleftstandingforalongperi-
odoftime,notethefollowing:
—Topreventthevehiclebatteryfromdis-
charging,theenergymanagementgradual-
lyswitchesoffconveniencefunctionsthat
arenotneeded.Youthenmaynolongerbe
abletounlockyourvehiclewiththesensors.
—Foranexplanationonconformitywiththe
FCCregulationsintheUnitedStatesandthe
IndustryCanadaregulations,see
=>page370.
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G)Tips
Unlockingwiththeconveniencekey(keyless
access)canbedeactivatedintheInfotain-
mentsystem>page33.
Centrallockingswitch
BFY-0021
Fig.23Driver'sdoor:centrallockingswitch
>Tolockthevehicle,pressthe(button>/\.
>Tounlockthevehicle,presstheGbutton.
Whenlockingthevehiclewiththecentral locking
switch,
thefollowingapplies:
—Thedoorsandtheluggagecompartmentlid
cannotbeopenedfromtheoutsideforsecurity
reasons,suchastopreventunauthorizedopen-
ingwhilestoppedatalight.
—TheLEDinthecentral lockingswitchturnson
whenalldoorsareclosedandlocked.
—Youcanopenthedoorsindividuallyfromthein-
sidebypullingthedoorhandle.
—Intheeventofacrashwithairbagdeployment,
thedoorsunlockautomaticallytoallowaccess
tothevehicle.
ZA\WARNING
— Thecentral lockingswitchalsoworkswhen
theignitionisswitchedoffandautomatical-
lylockstheentirevehiclewhenthe&button
ispressed.
—Thecentral lockingswitchisinoperative
when
thevehicleislockedfromtheoutside.
—Lockeddoorsmakeitmoredifficultfor
emergencyworkerstoenterthevehicle,
whichputslivesatrisk.Donotleaveanyone
behindinthevehicle,especiallychildren.>
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Openingandclosing
—ReadandfollowingallWARNINGS>Ain
Descriptiononpage28.
@Tips
Yourvehiclelocksautomaticallywhenit
reachesaspeedof9mph(15km/h)(Auto
Lock)=page28.Youcanunlockthevehicle
againusingthe@buttoninthecentrallock-
ingswitch.
Settingthecentrallockingsystem
Youcanadjustthecentral lockingsystemtoyour
preferences.Thesettingsdependonthevehicle
equipment.
>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Vehicle
settings>Centrallocking.
Doorunlocking-youcandecideifAlldoorsor
onlytheDriver'sdoorshouldunlock.Thelug-
gage compartmentlidalsounlockswhenAllis
selected.IfyouselectDriver'sdoor*inavehicle
withaconveniencekey,onlythedriver'sdoor
willunlockwhenyougraspthedriver'sdoorhan-
dle.Ifyougraspanotherdoorhandle,theentire
vehiclewillbeunlocked.
IfyouselectDriver'sdoor,allthedoorsandlug-
gagecompartmentlidwillunlockifyoupressthe
fbuttononthevehiclekeytwice.
Longpresstoopenwindows-youcanselectif
allwindowsandtheroofshouldopenusingthe
vehiclekey>page40,Convenienceopening
andclosing.Ifyoupressandholdthe&button
onthevehiclekey,allofthewindowsandthe
roofwillclose.
Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:Open
withconveniencekey-youcandeactivatethe
functionforunlockingviathesensor.Thefunc-
tionforlockingviathesensorwillstillbeenabled
>page31.
Disablerearlidhandle-ifyouselectOn,thelug-
gagecompartmentlidhandleislocked.Inthis
case,theluggagecompartmentlidcanbe
D_Thisfunctionisnotavailableinallcountries.
openedwiththe4sbuttononthevehiclekeyor
withtheunlockbuttoninthedriver'sdoor.Inve-
hicleswithaconveniencekey*,youcanstillopen
theluggagecompartmentlidusingthehandleif
anauthorizedconveniencekeyisneartheprox-
imitysensor*.
Foldmirrors-ifyouselectOn,theexteriorrear-
viewmirrorswillfoldinautomaticallywhenyou
pressthe&buttononthevehiclekeyortouch
thesensor*inthehandle.
Tonewhenlocking”)-ifyouselectOn,atonewill
soundwhenyoulockthevehicle.
Mechanicallyunlockingandlockingthe
Cele
Ifthecentrallockingfails,youmustunlockor
lockthedoorsseparately.
SSS
saw-0149
BFV-0242
Fig.25Door:mechanicallylocking
Unlockingandlockingthedriver'sdoorwith
themechanicalkey
>Removethemechanicalkey>page30.
>Tounlockthedriver'sdoor,turnthekeytothe
unlockposition@)>fig.24.
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>
Openingandclosing
>Tolockthedriver'sdoor,selectthe"P"position
andturnthekeyoncetotheclosingposition
>.
Lockingthefrontpassenger'sdoororrear
doorswiththemechanicalkey
Themechanicallockislocatedontheedgeofthe
frontpassenger'sdoorandthereardoors.Itis
onlyvisiblewhenthedoorisopen.
>Removethemechanicalkey>page30.
>Removethecapfromtheopening>fig.25.
> Insertthekeyintheinsideslotandturnitall
thewaytotheright(rightdoor)orleft(left
door).
Z\WARNING
ReadandfollowingallWARNINGS>A\inDe-
scriptiononpage28.
aea]
Appliesto:vehicleswithanti-theftalarmsystem
Iftheanti-theftalarmsystemdetectsavehicle
break-in,audioandvisualwarningsignalsare
triggered.Theanti-theftalarmsystemisswitch-
edonoroffwhenlockingorunlockingyourvehi-
cle.Ifthealarmistriggered,itwillshutoffauto-
maticallyafteracertainamountoftime.
Switchingthealarmoffmanually
>Toswitchthealarmoff,pressthe@buttonon
thevehiclekeyorswitchtheignitionon.
Dependingonthevehicleequipment,theanti-
theftalarmsystemmayhavethefollowingfea-
tures:
Break-insecurityfeature
Thealarmwillsoundifthereisabreak-inatthe
doors,hood,and/orluggagecompartmentlid.
Interior/towingprotectionmonitoring
button*
Thealarmwillbetriggerediftherearemove-
mentsdetectedinthevehicleinterior(forexam-
ple,byanimals)orifthereisachangeinthevehi-
cleangle(forexample,whenthevehicleisbeing
towed).
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Youcanpreventthealarmfrombeingtriggered
bydeactivatingtheinterior/towingprotection
monitor.
Deactivatingtheinterior/towing protection
monitor
Therearethefollowingoptionsfordeactivating
theinterior/towingprotectionmonitor:
>Pressthe@buttononthevehiclekeyasecond
timewithintwoseconds.Or
>Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:
Touchthesensoronthedoorhandleasecond
time
withintwoseconds.Or
>Turn themechanicalkeyinthedoorlocktothe
closepositionasecondtimewithin2seconds.
Ifyoulockthevehicle,thentheinterior/towing
protectionmonitorwillstayoffuntilthenext
timethevehicleisunlocked.
Z\WARNING
Noone,especiallychildren,shouldstayinthe
vehiclewhenitislockedfromtheoutside,be-
causethewindowscannolongerbeopened
fromtheinside.Lockeddoorsmakeitmore
difficultforemergencyworkerstoenterthe
vehicle,whichputslivesatrisk.
G)Tips
Theinterior/towingprotectionmonitoring*
onlyfunctionscorrectlywhenthewindows
andtheroof*areclosed.
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Openingandclosing
Ifyoupressthehandleoroneofthe<3or&but-
tons(vehicleswithconveniencekey*)now,the
luggagecompartmentlidwilleitheropenor
close,dependingonitsangle.
ZAWARNING
—Afterclosingtheluggagecompartmentlid,
makesurethatitislatched.Otherwise,the
luggagecompartmentlidcouldopensud-
denlywhendriving,whichincreasestherisk
ofanaccident.
—Paycarefulattentionwhenclosingthelug-
gage compartmentlid.Otherwise,youcould
causeseriousinjurytoyourselforothersde-
spitethepinchprotection.
—Toreducetheriskofinjuriesbypinching,al-
waysmakesurethatnooneisintheoperat-
ingareaoftheluggagecompartmentlid,in-
cludingthehingeareasandtheupperand
loweredgeoftheluggagecompartmentlid.
—Neverdrivewiththeluggagecompartment
lidajaroropen,becausepoisonousgases
canenterthevehicleinteriorandcreatethe
riskofasphyxiation.
—Ifthereisaluggagerack(suchasabicycle
rack)ontheluggagecompartmentlid,the
luggagecompartmentlidmaynotopen
completelyundercertaincircumstancesorit
couldclosebyitselfifopenduetotheextra
weight.Therefore,theopenluggagecom-
partmentlid mustbegivenadditionalsup-
portorthecargomustfirstberemoved
fromtheluggagerack.
@Note
Theluggagecompartmentlidcanbumpinto
objectssuchasthegarageceilingwhenopen-
ingandbecomedamaged.
G)Tips
— ThesettingsintheInfotainmentsystemde-
termineiftheluggagecompartmentlidcan
beopenedusingthehandle>page33.
D_Theclosingfunctionappliestovehiclesthatalsohaveau-
tomaticluggagecompartmentlidoperation.
—Thereareaudiblesignalswhenclosingthe
luggagecompartmentlidwiththevehicle
key(vehicleswithconveniencekey*)orwith
the<¥buttoninthedriver'sdoor.
—Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:
Youcanclosetheluggagecompartmentlid
usingthevehiclekeyfromuptoapproxi-
mately9feet(3m)away.
—Theluggagecompartmentlidcanbeoper-
atedmanuallyifthevehiclebatteryislow.
Itisnecessarytousemoreforcewhendoing
this.Movethelidslowlytoreducethe
amountofforceneeded.
—Whenthetrailersocketisbeingused(for
example,forabicyclerack),theluggage
compartmentlidcanbeopenedandclosed
usingthehandleorthefootmotionactiva-
tion(vehicleswithconveniencekey*).
Openingandclosingtheluggage
YuleeaeLeeMNCLmcellmuleCdedie)
movement)
Appliesto:Vehicleswithsensor-controlledluggagecompart-
mentlid
B4M-0110
Fig.29Rearofthevehicle:footmovement
Youcanopenandclosetheluggagecompart-
mentlidwithfootmotionactivation),
Requirements:youmustbecarryingyourconven-
iencekey*withyou.Youmustbestandingatthe
centerbehindtheluggagecompartmentlid.The
ignitionmustbe switchedoff.Makesureyou
havefirmfooting.
—Moveyourfootbackandforthunderthebump-
eronetime©fig.29.Donottouchthebumper.>
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