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
Wheels
differentlyeveniftheyarethe
samesize>A.
>Ifyouwouldliketoequipyour
vehiclewithatireandrimcom-
binationthatisdifferentfrom
whatwasinstalledatthefacto-
ry,consultwithanauthorized
AudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilitybeforemakinga
purchase>A.
Becausethesparetire”isdiffer-
entfromtheregulartiresinstal-
ledonthevehicle(suchaswinter
tiresorwidetires),onlyusethe
sparetire*temporarilyincaseof
emergencyanddrivecarefully
whileitisinuse.Itshouldbere-
placedwitha regulartireassoon
aspossible.
Allfourwheelsmustbeequipped
withtiresthatarethesamebrand
andhavethesameconstruction
andtreadpattern sothatthe
drivesystemisnotdamagedby
differenttirespeeds.Forthisrea-
son,incaseofemergency,only
use
aSparetire*thatisthesame
circumferenceastheregulartires.
Z\WARNING
—Donot usesteelrims thatare
17inchesorlarger.Otherwise,
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damagetothevehicleandan
accidentcouldresult.
—Onlyusetire/rimcombina-
tionsandsuitablewheelbolts
thathavebeenapprovedby
Audi.Otherwise,damageto
thevehicleandanaccident
couldresult.
—Fortechnicalreasons,itisnot
possibletousetiresfromoth-
ervehicles.Insomecases,you
cannotevenusetiresfromthe
samevehiclemodel.
—Makesurethatthetiresyou
selecthaveenoughclearance
tothevehicle.Replacement
tiresshouldnotbechosen
simplybasedonthenominal
size,becausetireswithadif-
ferentconstructioncandiffer
greatlyeveniftheyarethe
samesize.Ifthereisnot
enough
clearance,thetiresor
thevehiclecanbedamaged
andthiscanreducedriving
safetyandincreasetheriskof
anaccident.
—Onlyusetiresthataremore
thansixyearsoldwhenabso-
lutelynecessaryanddrive
carefullywhendoingso.
—Donot userun-flattireson
yourvehicle.Usingthemwhen
Wheels
installthetiresfromtherearaxle
onthefrontaxleandviceversa.
Thiswillallowthetirestohave
approximatelythesamelengthof
servicelife.
Forunidirectionaltires,makesure
thetiresareinstalledaccordingto
therunningdirectionindicatedon
thetiresidewall>page354.
Hiddendamage
Damagetotiresandrimscanof-
tenoccurinlocationsthatarehid-
den.Unusualvibrationsintheve-
hicleorpullingtoonesidemay
indicatethatthereistiredamage.
Reduceyourspeedimmediately.
Checkthetiresfordamage.Ifno
damageisvisiblefromtheout-
side,driveslowlyandcarefullyto
thenearestauthorizedAudideal-
erorauthorizedAudiServiceFa-
cilitytohavethevehicleinspect-
ed.
Z\WARNING
Treadthathasworntoolowor
uneventreaddepthsonthe
tirescanreducedrivingsafety.
Thiscanincreasetheriskofan
accidentbecauseithasanega-
tiveeffectonhandling,driving
throughcurves,andbraking,
334
andbecauseitincreasesthe
riskofhydroplaningwhendriv-
ingthroughdeeppuddles.
Tirepressure
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ao
Fig.266Driver'ssideB-pillar:tirepres-
surelabel
B8K-1151
@‘SEATINGCAPACITYTOTALFRONTREARDEEeNOMBREDEPLACESTOTALAVANTARRIEREsore
xIbs.,a;
TIRESIZE
PNEU_|DIMENSIONS
FRONT
AVANT
REAR
ARRIERE
‘SPARE
DESECOURS
COLDTIREPRESSURE
PRESSIONDESPNEUS AFROID
amKPA,MlPSI
MaKPA,MlPSI
aKPA,MlPSI
Fig.267Tirepressurelabel
Thecorrecttirepressurefortires
installedatthefactoryislistedon
alabel.Thelabelislocatedonthe
B-pillar(driver'sside)>fig.266,
>fig.267.Thelocationmayvary
dependingonthemodel.
Usethetirepressurespecifiedfor
anormalvehicleloadwhenthe
vehicleispartiallyloaded>table
onpage336.Ifdrivingthevehi-
clewhenfullyloaded,youmust>
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Wheels
ThegradeCcorrespondstoalevelofperform-
ance
whichallpassengercartiresmustmeetun-
dertheFederalMotorVehicleSafetyStandard
No.109.GradesBandArepresenthigher levels
ofperformanceonthelaboratorytestwheelthan
theminimumrequiredbylaw.
Z\WARNING
Thetractiongradeassignedtothistireis
basedonstraight-aheadbrakingtraction
tests,anddoesnotincludeacceleration,cor-
nering,hydroplaningorpeaktractioncharac-
teristics.
ZAWARNING
Thetemperaturegradeforthistireisestab-
lishedforatirethatisproperlyinflatedand
notoverloaded.Excessivespeed,underinfla-
tion,orexcessiveloading,eitherseparatelyor
incombination,can cause heatbuildupand
possibletirefailure.
Z\WARNING
Temperaturegradesapplytotiresthatare
properlyinflatedandnotoverorunderinflat-
ed.
Tirepressuremonitoring
system
(1)Generalnotes
Eachtire,includingthespare(ifprovided),
should becheckedmonthlywhencoldandinflat-
edtotheinflationpressurerecommendedbythe
vehiclemanufactureronthevehicleplacardor
tireinflationpressurelabel.(Ifyourvehiclehas
tiresofadifferentsizethanthesizeindicatedon
thevehicleplacardortireinflation pressurela-
bel,youshoulddeterminethepropertireinfla-
tionpressureforthosetires).
Asanaddedsafetyfeature,yourvehiclehasbeen
equippedwithatirepressuremonitoringsystem
(TPMS)thatilluminatesaLowtirepressuretell-
talewhenoneormoreofyourtiresissignificant-
lyunder-inflated.Accordingly,whenthelowtire
pressuretelltaleilluminates,youshouldstopand
checkyourtiresassoonaspossible,andinflate
themtotheproperpressure.Drivingonasignifi-
cantlyunder-inflatedtirecausesthetiretoover-
heatandcanleadtotirefailure.Under-inflation
alsoreducesfuelefficiencyandtiretreadlife,
andmayaffectthevehicle'shandlingandstop-
pingability.
PleasenotethattheTPMSisnotasubstitutefor
propertiremaintenance,anditisthedriver'sre-
sponsibilitytomaintaincorrecttirepressure,
evenifunder-inflationhasnotreachedthelevel
totriggerillumination oftheTPMSlowtirepres-
suretelltale.
YourvehiclehasalsobeenequippedwithaTPMS
malfunctionindicatortoindicatewhenthesys-
temisnotoperatingproperly.TheTPMSmal-
functionindicatoriscombinedwiththelowtire
pressuretelltale.Whenthesystemdetectsa
malfunction,thetelltalewillflashforapproxi-
matelyone minuteandthenremaincontinuously
illuminated.Thissequencewillcontinueupon
subsequentvehiclestart-upsaslongasthe mal-
functionexists.
Whenthemalfunctionindicatorisilluminated,
thesystemmaynotbeabletodetectorsignal
lowtirepressureasintended.TPMSmalfunctions
mayoccurforavarietyofreasons,includingthe
installationofreplacementoralternatetiresor
wheelsonthevehiclethatpreventtheTPMS
fromfunctioningproperly.Alwayscheck the
TPMSmalfunctiontelltaleafterreplacingoneor
moretiresorwheelsonyourvehicletoensure
thatthereplacementoralternatetiresand
wheelsallowtheTPMStocontinuetofunction
properly.
Meeemermelee
appears
Appliesto:vehicleswithTirePressureMonitoringSystemin-
dicator
Thetirepressureindicatorintheinstrument
clusterinformsyouifthetirepressureistoolow
orifthereisasystemmalfunction.
UsingtheABSsensors,thetirepressuremonitor-
ingsystemcomparesthetiretreadcircumference
andvibrationcharacteristicsoftheindividual>
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Emergencyassistance
>Reinstallthecapsonthewheelboltsifnecessa-
ry.
>Storethevehicletoolkitinitsdesignated
place.
>Iftheremovedwheeldoesnotfitinthespare
wheel well,storeitsecurelyintheluggage
compartment>page61.
>Checkthetirepressureontheinstalledwheel
assoonaspossible.
>CorrectthetirepressureandstoreitintheIn-
fotainmentsystem>page342.
>Thewheelbolttighteningspecificationmustbe
100ftlbs(140Nm).Haveitcheckedassoonas
possiblewithatorquewrench.Drivecarefully
untilthen.
>Havethefaultywheelreplacedasquicklyas
possible.
G)Tips
—Ifyounoticethatthewheelboltsarecor-
rodedanddifficulttoturnwhilechanginga
tire,theyshould bereplacedbeforeyou
checkthetighteningtorque.
—Driveatreducedspeeduntilyouhavethe
tighteningtorqueschecked.
Notesonwheelchanging
Pleasereadtheinformation>page331ifyou
aregoingtouseareplacementtirewhichisdif-
ferentfromthetiresonyourvehicle.
Afteryouchangeatire:
—Checkthetirepressureonthereplacement
tireimmediatelyafterinstallation.
—Havethewheelbolttighteningtorque
checkedwithatorquewrenchassoonaspos-
siblebyyourauthorizedAudidealerorquali-
fiedworkshop.
— Withsteelandalloywheelrims,thewheel
boltsarecorrectlytightenedat atorqueof
100ftlbs(140Nm).
—Ifyounoticethatthewheelboltsarecorroded
anddifficulttoturnwhilechangingatire,
theyshouldbereplacedbeforeyoucheckthe
tighteningtorque.
—Replacetheflattirewithanewone andhave
itinstalledonyourvehicleassoonaspossi-
ble.Remountthewheelcover.
Untilthen,drivewithextracareandatreduced
speeds.
ZA\WARNING
—Ifyouaregoingtoequipyourvehiclewith
tiresorrimswhichdifferfromthosewhich
werefactoryinstalled,thenbesuretoread
theinformation>page331.
—Alwaysmakesurethedamagedwheelor
evenaflattireandthejack*andtoolkitare
properlysecuredintheluggagecompart-
mentandarenotlooseinthepassenger
compartment.
—Inanaccidentorsuddenmaneuverthey
couldflyforward,injuringanyoneintheve-
hicle.
—Alwaysstoredamagedwheel,jack*and
toolssecurelyintheluggagecompartment.
Otherwise,inanaccidentorsuddenmaneu-
vertheycouldflyforward,causinginjuryto
passengersinthevehicle.
Collapsiblesparetire
Appliesto:vehicleswithcollapsiblesparetire
Thecollapsiblesparetireisintendedforshort-
termuseonly.Havethedamagedtirechecked
andreplacedifnecessarybyanauthorizedAudi
dealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityassoon
aspossible.
Therearesomerestrictionsontheuseofthecol-
lapsiblesparetire.Thecollapsiblesparetirehas
beendesignedspecificallyforyourtypeofvehi-
cle.Donotreplaceitwiththecollapsiblespare
tirefromanothertypeofvehicle.
Thecollapsiblesparetireislocatedinthelug-
gagecompartmentunderthecargofloorcover.
Requirement:thevehicletoolkit>page349and
thecompressormustbelaidout.
Removing
>»Foldthecargofloorcoverback>page349,
fig.268.
355
Emergencyassistance
>Turn thehandwheelcounter-clockwiseandre-
moveit.
>Removethecollapsiblesparetire.
Youmustinflatethecollapsiblesparetirebefore-
handinordertouseit.
Inflating
>Removethevalvecapfromthecollapsible
sparetire.
>Tightenthecompressorhoseonthecollapsible
sparetirevalve.
>Connectthecompressorhosetoavehiclesock-
etandswitchiton.
>Letthecompressorrununtilthespecifiedvalue
onthetirepressurestickerisreached
>page334,fig.267>©.
>Screwthevalvecap backontothevalve.
Returningtostorage
>»Removethevalvecaptodraintheair.
>Waitseveralhoursbeforeplacingthecollapsi-
blesparetireinthesparewheelwell.Only then
willitfolddowncompletelyso thatyoucan
storeitsecurely.
>Thenscrewthevalvecapbackontothevalve.
>Secure thecollapsiblesparetirewiththehand-
wheel.
>»Foldthecargofloorcoverbackintoplace.
Snowchains
Usingsnowchainsonthecollapsiblesparetireis
notpermittedfortechnicalreasons.
Ifyouhavetodrivewithsnowchainsandarear
tirefails,mountthecollapsiblesparetireinplace
ofafronttire.Installthesnowchainsonthe
fronttirethatyouremoved,andinstallthatin
placeofthereartirethatfailed.
—Afterinstallingacollapsiblesparetire,the
tirepressuremustbecheckedasquicklyas
possible toreducetheriskofanaccident.
—Donotdrivefasterthan50mph(80km/h)
withthecollapsiblesparetire.Drivingfaster
thanthatincreasestheriskofanaccident.
—Toreducetheriskofanaccident,avoidhard
accelerationorbrakinganddrivingfast
aroundcurveswiththecollapsiblespare
tire.
—Neverdriveusingmorethanonecollapsible
sparetire,becausethisincreasestheriskof
anaccident.
—Normal tiresorwintertiresmustnot be
mountedonthecollapsiblesparetirerim.
ZA\WARNING
—Onlyusethecollapsiblesparetireinemer-
genciesanddriveverycarefully,especiallyif
it ismorethansixyearsold.
— The compressor andthehosecanbecome
veryhotduring operationwhichincreases
theriskofburninjuries.
356
@)Note
Thecompressormustbe switchedoffaftersix
minutesatthemosttoreducetheriskof
overheating.
Letthecompressorcooldown
forseveralminutesbeforeusingitagain.