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cannotbelockedfromtheoutside.Theturn
signalswillflashseveraltimestoindicate
this.Ifyoudonotopenthevehiclewithina
shorttimetoremovethevehiclekey,thenthe
vehiclewilllockautomatically.Thisprevents
thevehiclefrombeingleftunlockedforlong
periodsoftime.Thekeywillthenbelocked
insidethevehicle.
@Tips
—Donotleavevaluablesunattendedintheve-
hicle.Alockedvehicleisnota safe!
—TheLEDinthedriver's doorrailblinkswhen
youlockthevehicle.IftheLEDlightsupfor
approximately30secondsafterlocking,
thereisamalfunctioninthecentral locking
system.Havetheproblemcorrectedby an
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacility.

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Fig.15Yourvehiclekeyset
@Vehiclekey
Thevehiclekeyisaremotecontrolkeyorconven-
iencekey*.Theconveniencekey*isaremotecon-
trolkeywithspecialfunctions>page31and
=page77.Youcanunlockorlockyourvehicle
withthevehiclekey.Amechanicalkeyisintegrat-
edinthevehiclekey>page30.
@Keytagwithvehiclecode
AppliestovehicleswithAudiconnectvehiclecontrol
Openthekeytagandscratchtorevealthevehicle
code.YoucanunlocktheAudiconnectvehicle
controlservices*foryourvehiclewiththisvehicle
code.Foradditionalinformation,see
=>page197.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 bepossibletostartthe
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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—Parkingaid*
—Adaptivecruisecontrol*
—Active laneassist*
—Sideassist*
—Trafficjamassist*
—Distancewarning*
—Nightvisionassist*
—Audipresense*
—Speedwarning*
Thestoredsettings areautomaticallyrecalled
whenyouunlockthevehicle,openthedoorsor
turnontheignition.
®)Note
Protectthe keyagainsthightemperatures
anddirectsunlight.
@Tips
—Thevehiclekeyfunctioncanbetemporarily
disruptedbyinterferencefromtransmitters
nearthevehicleworkinginthesamefre-
quencyrange(suchasamobiledeviceorra-
dioequipment).Alwayscheckifyourvehicle
islocked.
—Foranexplanationonconformitywiththe
FCCregulationsinthe UnitedStatesandthe
IndustryCanadaregulations,see
>page373.
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Fig.16Vehiclekey:Removingthemechanicalkey
>Pressthereleasebuttons@)©fig.16andre-
movethemechanicalkeyfromthevehiclekey.
Usingthemechanicalkey,youcan:
—Lock/unlocktheglovecompartment.
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—Manuallylock orunlockthevehicle>page33.
—Mechanicallylockthedoors>page33.
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Fig.17Vehiclekey:Removingthebatteryholder

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Fig.18Vehiclekey(rearside):Removingthebatteryhold-
er
LEDinthevehiclekey
TheLED@)indicatesthevehiclekeyfunction.
>Ifyoupressabuttonbriefly,theLEDblinks
once.
>Ifyoupressandholdabutton(convenience
opening/closing),theLEDblinksseveraltimes.
>IftheLEDdoesnotblink,thevehiclekeybat-
teryisdrained.Replacethebatteryinthevehi-
clekey.
Replacingthevehiclekeybattery
>Pressthereleasebuttons(@©fig.17andre-
movethemechanicalkey.
>Pressthereleasebuttons(3)>fig.18while
pullingthebatteryholderoutofthevehiclekey
inthedirectionofthearrow.
> Insertthenewbatterywiththe“+” facing
down.
>Slidethebatteryholdercarefullyintothevehi-
clekey.
>Insertthemechanicalkey.

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@Forthesakeoftheenvironment
Dischargedbatteriesmustbedisposedofus-
ing
methodsthatwillnotharmtheenviron-
ment.Donotdisposeoftheminhousehold
trash.
G)Tips
Replacementbatteriesforthevehiclekey
mustmeetthesamespecificationsasthe
original battery.
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Fig.19Vehiclekey:buttons
>Tounlockthevehicle,pressthe&button
>fig.19.
>Tolockthevehicle,pressthe&buttonone
time>/\.
>Tounlocktheluggagecompartmentlid,press
the >Toopentheluggagecompartmentlid,press
andholdthe >Totriggerthe alarm,pressthered[PANIC]but-
ton.
Thevehiclehornandemergencyflashers
willactivate.
>Toswitchoffthe alarm,pressthered[PANIC
buttonagain.




Ifyouunlockthevehicleand donotopenanyof
thedoors,the hood,ortheluggagecompart-
mentlidwithin45seconds,thevehicleautomati-
callylocksagain.Thisfeaturepreventsthevehi-
clefrombeingaccidentallyleftunlockedfora
longperiodoftime.
ThesettingsintheInfotainmentsystemdeter-
mineiftheentirevehicleoronlythedriver'sdoor
isunlockedwhenunlockingthevehicle
>page33.

ZXWARNING
Noone,especiallychildren,shouldstayinthe
vehiclewhenitislockedfromtheoutside,be-
causethewindowscannolongerbeopened
fromtheinside>page34.Lockeddoors
makeitmoredifficultforemergencyworkers
toenterthevehicle,whichputslivesatrisk.
(i)Tips
—Onlyusethevehiclekeywhenyoucan see
thevehicle.
—Thevehiclecanonlybelockedwhenthese-
lectorleverisinthe"P"position.

—Donotuse theremotecontrolwhenyouare
insidethevehicle.Otherwise,youcouldun-
intentionallylockthevehicle.Ifyouthentry
toopenadoor,theanti-theftalarmwill
trigger.Ifthishappens,pressthe unlock
button&.
—Onlyusethepanicfunctioninanemergen-
cy.
Unlockingandlockingwiththe
Use
Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey
Thedoorsandluggagecompartmentlidcanbe
unlockedandlockedwithoutusingthevehicle
key.

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Fig.20Doorhandle:lockingthevehicle
Unlockingthevehicle
>Gripthedoorhandle.Thedoorunlocksauto-
matically.
> Pullonthedoorhandletoopenthedoor.
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Lockingthevehicle
> Selectthe"P"position.Thevehiclecannotbe
lockedif"P"isnotselected.
>Tolockthevehicle,closethedoorandtouch
the sensorinthedoorhandleonce>fig.20.Do
notholdthedoorhandlewhiledoingthis.
Youcanunlock/lockthevehicleateverydoor.The
vehiclekeycannotbemorethanapproximately
4feet(1.5m) awayfromthedoorhandle.The
functionshouldnotbeimpairedifthevehiclekey
isinyourjacketpocketorinyourbriefcase,for
example.
Ifyouholdthedoorhandlewhilelocking,this
canimpairthelockingfunction.
Thedoor cannotbeopenedforabriefperioddi-
rectlyafterlockingit.Thiswayyouhavethe op-
portunitytocheckifthedoorslockedcorrectly.
ThesettingsintheInfotainmentsystemdeter-
mineiftheentirevehicleoronlyoneofthedoors
isunlockedwhenunlockingthevehicle
=>page33.

ZAWARNING
ReadandfollowingallWARNINGS>A\inDe-
scriptiononpage28.

(i)Tips
Ifyourvehicleisleftstandingforalongperi-
odoftime,notethefollowing:
— Theenergymanagementsystemgradually
turnsoffunnecessaryconveniencefunctions
topreventthevehiclebatteryfromdraining
andtomaintainthevehicle'sabilitytostart
foraslongaspossible.Youthenmayno
longerbeabletounlockyourvehiclewith
thesensors.
@Tips
Unlockingwiththeconveniencekey(keyless
access)canbedeactivatedintheInfotain-
mentsystem>page33.
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Centrallockingswitch
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Fig.21Driver'sdoor:centrallockingswitch
>Tolockthevehicle,pressthe(@button>/\.
>Tounlockthevehicle,pressthe@button.
Whenlockingthevehiclewiththecentrallocking
switch,
thefollowingapplies:
—Thedoorsandtheluggagecompartmentlid
cannotbeopenedfromtheoutsideforsecurity
reasons,suchastopreventunauthorizedopen-
ingwhilestoppedatalight.
—TheLEDinthecentral lockingswitchturnson
whenalldoorsareclosedandlocked.
—Youcanopenthedoorsindividuallyfromthein-
sidebypullingthedoorhandle.
—Intheeventofacrashwithairbagdeployment,
thedoorsunlockautomaticallytoallowaccess
tothevehicle.

ZAWARNING
—Thecentral lockingswitchalsoworkswhen
theignitionisswitchedoffandautomatical-
lylockstheentirevehiclewhenthe&button
ispressed.
— Thecentral lockingswitchisinoperative
when
thevehicleislockedfromtheoutside.
—Lockeddoorsmakeitmoredifficultfor
emergencyworkerstoenterthevehicle,
whichputslivesatrisk.Donotleaveanyone
behindinthevehicle,especiallychildren.
—ReadandfollowingallWARNINGS>A\in
Descriptiononpage28.

(i)Tips
Yourvehiclelocksautomaticallywhenit
reachesaspeedof9mph(15km/h)(Auto
Lock)>page28.Youcanunlockthevehicle>

Openingandclosing

Lockingthefrontpassenger'sdoororrear
doorswiththemechanicalkey
Themechanicallockislocatedontheedgeofthe
frontpassenger'sdoorandthereardoors.Itis
onlyvisiblewhenthedoorisopen.
>Removethemechanicalkey>page30.
>Removethecapfromtheopening>fig.23.
> Insertthekeyintheinsideslotandturnitall
thewaytotheright(rightdoor)orleft(left
door).

ZAWARNING
ReadandfollowingallWARNINGS>A\inDe-
scriptiononpage28.
OVaaeya)
Iftheanti-theftalarmsystemdetectsavehicle
break-in,audioandvisualwarningsignalsare
triggered.Theanti-theftalarmsystemisswitch-
edonoroffwhenlockingorunlockingyourvehi-
cle.Ifthealarmistriggered,itwillshutoffauto-
maticallyafteracertainamountoftime.

Switchingthealarmoffmanually
>Toswitchthealarmoff,pressthe@buttonon
thevehiclekeyorswitchtheignitionon.
Break-insecurityfeature
Thealarmwillsoundifthereisabreak-inatthe
doors,hood,and/orluggagecompartmentlid.

Z\WARNING
Noone,especiallychildren,shouldstayinthe
vehiclewhenitislockedfromtheoutside,be-
causethewindowscannolongerbeopened
fromtheinside.Lockeddoorsmakeitmore
difficultforemergencyworkerstoenterthe
vehicle,whichputslivesatrisk.

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Luggagecompartment
lid
Automaticluggagecompartmentlid
Theluggagecompartmentlidcanbeopenedand
closedelectrically.
oSs Ss
oy
=ya
Fig.24Driver'sdoor:openingtheluggagecompartment
lid


Fig.25Luggagecompartmentlid:@closingbutton,
lockbutton(vehicleswithconveniencekey*)
Openingtheluggagecompartmentlid
>Pressandholdthe foratleastonesecond.Or
>Pressthehandleintheluggagecompartment
lid.Thevehiclekeycannotbemorethanap-
proximately4feet(1.5m)awayfromthelug-
gagecompartment.Or
>Movetheselectorlevertothe"P"positionand
pullthe<3button*inthedriver'sdoor.
Closingtheluggagecompartmentlid
>Whentheignitionisswitchedon,pullthe<
switchinthedriver'sdooruntiltheluggage
compartmentlidisclosed>A\.Or
>Pressthe mentlid>fig.25.Theluggagecompartment
lidwillautomaticallylowerandclose>A\.Or>

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»Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:Press
andholdthe theluggagecompartmentlidisclosed>A\.
Makesurethereisenoughdistancebetween
youandtheluggagecompartmentlid.There
should beamaximum9feet(3m)ofdistance.
Or
>Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:Press
the&@buttonintheluggagecompartmentlid
=>fig.25.Thevehiclekeymustnotbemore
thanapproximately4feet(1.5m) awayfrom
theluggagecompartmentanditmustnot be
insidethevehicle.Theluggagecompartment
lidwillautomaticallylowerandclose.Thevehi-
clelocks>A\.Or
>Lightlypulltheluggagecompartmentlidusing
theinnergrip.Theluggagecompartmentlid
willautomaticallylowerandclose>A\.Or
>Pressthehandleintheluggagecompartment
lid.Theluggagecompartmentlidwillautomat-
icallylowerandclose>A\.
Storingtheluggagecompartmentlid
openingposition
>Bringtheluggagecompartmentlidintothede-
siredopenposition.Thepositionmustbeata
certainheightorhighertostore.
>Pressandholdthe<3buttonintheluggage
compartmentlidforatleastfoursecondsto
storethenewopenposition.Avisualandaudio
signalwillfollow.
>Tosetahigheropenposition,waitatleastfive
secondsandthencarefullypresstheluggage
compartmentlidupward.
>Pressandholdthe foursecondstostorethedesiredopeningposi-
tion.
Theopeningorclosingprocesswillstopimmedi-
atelyif:
—Youpullorreleasethe<3switchinthedriver's
door,or
—Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:You
pressthe<3buttononthevehiclekey,or
—Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:You
pressthe partmentlid,or
—Youpushthehandleintheluggagecompart-
mentlid,or
—Ifsomethingblockstheluggagecompartment
lidormakesitdifficultforthelidtomove.
Ifyoupressthehandleoroneofthe tons(vehicleswithconveniencekey*)now,the
luggagecompartmentlidwilleitheropenor
close,dependingonitsangle.

Z\WARNING
—Afterclosingtheluggagecompartmentlid,
makesure thatitislatched.Otherwise,the
luggagecompartmentlidcouldopensud-
denlywhendriving,whichincreasestherisk
ofanaccident.
—Paycarefulattentionwhenclosingthelug-
gagecompartmentlid.Otherwise,youcould
causeseriousinjurytoyourselforothersde-
spitethepinchprotection.
—Toreducetheriskofinjuriesbypinching,al-
waysmakesurethatnooneisintheoperat-
ingareaoftheluggagecompartmentlid,in-
cludingthe hingeareasandtheupperand
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.
(i)Tips
—ThesettingsintheInfotainmentsystemde-
termineiftheluggagecompartmentlidcan
beopenedusingthehandle>page33.
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—Thereareaudiblesignalswhenclosingthe
luggagecompartmentlidwiththevehicle
key(vehicleswithconveniencekey*)orwith
the —Whenthevehicleislocked,theluggage
compartmentlidcanbeunlockedseparately
bypressingthe< key.Theluggagecompartmentlidlocksau-
tomaticallywhenitisclosedagain.
—Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey:
Youcanclosetheluggagecompartmentlid
usingthevehiclekeyfromupto approxi-
mately9feet(3m)away.
— Theluggagecompartmentlidcan beoper-
atedmanuallyifthevehiclebatteryislow.
Itisnecessarytousemoreforcewhendoing
this.Movethelidslowlytoreduce the
amountofforceneeded.
—Whenthetrailersocketisbeingused(for
example,forabicyclerack),theluggage
compartmentlidcanbeopenedandclosed
usingthehandleorthefootmotionactiva-
tion(vehicleswithconveniencekey*).
Openingandclosingtheluggage
TuneTaealeMUULamcellmaaeldelmOdCeaire]
movement)
Appliesto:Vehicleswithsensor-controlledluggagecompart-

mentlid
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Fig.26Rearofthevehicle:footmovement
Youcanopenandclosetheluggagecompart-
mentlidwithfootmotionactivation).
Requirements:youmustbecarryingyourconven-
iencekey*withyou.Youmustbestandingatthe
centerbehindtheluggagecompartmentlid.The

D_Theclosingfunctionappliestovehiclesthatalsohaveau-
tomaticluggagecompartmentlidoperation.
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ignitionmustbe switchedoff.Makesureyou
havefirmfooting.
—Moveyourfootbackandforthunderthebump-
eronetime>fig.26.Donottouchthebumper.
Theluggagecompartmentlidwillopenorclose
oncethesystemdetectsthemovement.
Theluggagecompartmentlidwillonlyopenor
closeifyouperformthemovementasdescribed.
Thispreventstheluggagecompartmentlidfrom
openingorclosingduetosimilarmovements,
suchaswhenyouwalkbetweentherearofthe
vehicleandyourgaragedoor.
Theclosingoftheluggagecompartmentlidisin-
dicatedbyawarningsignalandcan becanceled
bymakingthedescribedmovementagain.
Thefootmovementdoesnotlockthevehicle.
Generalinformation
Insomesituations,thefunctionmaybelimited
ortemporarilyunavailable.Thismayhappenif:
—Theluggagecompartmentlid wasclosedor
openedimmediatelybefore
—Youparkclosetoahedgeandthebranches
movebackandforthunderthevehiclefora
longperiodoftime
—Youcleanyourvehicle,forexamplewithapres-
surewasherorinacarwash
—
Thereisheavyrain
—Thebumperisverydirty,forexampleafterdriv-
ingonsalt-coveredroads
—Thereisinterferencetothevehiclekey'sradio
signal,suchasfrommobiledevicesorremote
controls

Z\WARNING
—Paycarefulattentionwhenclosingthelug-
gagecompartmentlid.Otherwise,youcould
causeseriousinjurytoyourselforothersde-
spite
thepinchprotection.>

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—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-
port
orthecargomustfirstberemoved
fromtheluggagerack.


Mechanicallyunlockingtheluggage
compartmentlid



Fig.27Innerluggagecompartmentlid:accesstothe
emergencyrelease
>Removethemechanicalkey>page30.
> Pryoutthecover usingthemechanicalkey
>fig.27.
>Presstheleverwiththemechanicalkeyinthe
directionofthearrowtoreleasetheluggage
compartmentlid.
Childsafetylock
Thechildsafetylockpreventsthereardoors
frombeingopenedfromtheinsideandtherear
powerwindowsfrombeingoperated.
2 2 2
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a


Fig.28Sectionofthedriver'sdoor:Controls
>Toactivateordeactivatethechildsafetylock
(rearpowerwindowsandinteriordoorhandle)
forthereardoors,presstheleftand/orright#
buttoninthedriver'sdoor>fig.28.Theindica-
torlightinthebuttonturnson/blinks.
>Makesurethechildsafetylockisworkingby
checkingthefunctionontherearpowerwin-
dowswitchanddoorhandle.
Itisnotpossible tooperate therearclimatecon-
trolsystem*whenthechildsafetylockisswitch-
edon.TheSETREARfunctionallowsyoutoapply
allsettingstotherearusingtheclimatecontrol
systemcontrolsinthecockpit>page73.
Messageintheinstrumentclusterdisplay
Childproofcatch:malfunction!Pleasecon-
tactService
Thereisamalfunctioninthechildsafetylock.
Pressthe#buttonagain.
Ifthemessagestayson,driveimmediatelytoan
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilitytohavethemalfunctionrepaired.

ZXWARNING
—Ifyouleavethevehicle,switchtheignition
offandtakethevehiclekeywithyou.This
applies
particularlywhenchildrenremainin
thevehicle.Otherwisechildrencouldstart
theengineoroperateelectricalequipment[>


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