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itsintegratedsystemscannotalwayspre-
ventcollisions-thereisstillariskofacci-
dents!
—Presstheacceleratorpedalcarefullywhen
acceleratingonsmooth,slipperysurfaces
suchasiceandsnow.Thedrivewheelscan
spinevenwhenthesecontrolsystemsarein-
stalledandthiscanaffectdrivingstability
andincreasetheriskofacollision.

@Tips
— TheABSandASRonlyfunctioncorrectly
whenallfourwheelshaveasimilarwear
condition.Differenttiresizescanleadtoa
reductioninenginepower.
—Youmayhearnoiseswhenthesystemsde-
scribedareworking.
—Wheninstallingroofracksystemsonthe
roofrail,theESCusessensorstoadaptit-
selftoadifferentcenterofgravity.
Switchingonandoff
ESCturnsonautomaticallywhenyoustarttheengine.
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Fig.151Centerconsolewiththe#0button
The ESCisdesignedtofunctioninlevels.Depend-
ingonthelevelselected,theESCstabilization
functionislimitedorswitchedoff.Theamountof
stabilizationcontrolwilldifferdependingonthe
level.
Thefollowingexamplesareunusualsituations
whereitmaymakesensetoswitchoffroadmode
ontoallowthewheelstospin:
—Rocking thevehicletofreeitwhenitisstuck
—Drivingindeepsnoworonlooseground
—Drivingwithsnowchains
—Drivingonroughterrainwhenmuchofthecar's
weightisliftedoffthewheels(axlearticula-
tion)
—Drivingdownhillwhilebrakingonlooseground
Foryoursafety,switchtheoffroadmodeoffin
advance.
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ESClevels
OffroadmodeonESC/ASRoffOffroadmodeoffor
ESC/ASRon
BehaviorThe ESC andASRstabiliza-|Thestabilizationfunctionis|Thefullstabilizationfunc-
tionfunctionsarelimitednotavailable>A\.ESCand__|tionoftheESCandASRis
oA.ASRareswitchedoff.available again.
Operating|Pressthe|#%]buttonbriefly.|Pressandholdthe2]but-|Pressthe|2%]buttonagain.
tonlongerthanthreesec-
onds.
IndicatorBiturnson.EganESCOFFRattanon.BiiturnsofforEjand
lightsAaaturnoff.
Messages__|Stabilizationcontrol(ESC):|Stabilizationcontrol(ESC):|Stabilizationcontrol(ESC):
offroad.Warning!Reduced|off.Warning!Restrictedon
stabilitystability
MNWARNING>Pressthebuttonagaintoswitchitoff.TheLED
You
shouldonlyswitchoffroadmodeonor
switchESC/ASRoffifyourdrivingabilitiesand
thetrafficconditionspermit.Thereisariskof
sliding.
—Thestabilizationfunctionislimitedwhen
offroadmodeisswitchedon.Thedriving
wheelscouldspinandthevehiclecould
swerve,especiallyonslickorslipperyroad
surfaces.
—Thereisnovehiclestabilizationwhen
ESC/ASRareswitchedoff.
Hilldescentassist
Hilldescentassistmakesitpossibletodrive
downahillataconstantspeed.

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Fig.152Centerconsole:hilldescentassistbutton

>Toswitchhilldescentassiston,pressthe2
button.TheLEDinthebuttonwillturnon.

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inthebuttonturnsoff.
Hilldescentassistbrakesallfourwheelsauto-
maticallyinordertolimitspeedwhendrivingei-
therforwardorreverseonhillswithagradefrom
approximately6to60%.Thewheelswillnotlock
upbecausetheABSremainsactivated.
Whenhilldescentassistison,thespeedyourve-
hiclewastravelingwhenitenteredthehillis
maintained.Theassistbeginsshortlyafteryou
startdrivingandcontinuesuptoapproximately
19mph(30km/h).Thedrivercanincreaseorde-
creasethevehiclespeedwithintheselimitsby
pressingtheacceleratororbrakepedal.
However,theremustbeenoughtraction.Hillde-
scentassistcannotfunctionasexpected,iffor
examplethehillisicyorifthesurfaceisloose
SA.
Activeregulationofaspeeduptoapproximately
19mph(30km/h)issignaledintheinstrument
clusterby anindicatorlightZBTheindicator
lightturnsonwheninthereadymode.

Thesystemdoesnotworkatspeedsaboveap-
proximately19mph(30 km/h).Thesystemis
theninready-mode.ThisisindicatedbytheLED
inthebuttonturningon.
Hilldescentassistisautomaticallyactivatedun-
der thefollowingconditions:
—theLEDinthe buttonturnson

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Allwheeldrive(quattro)
Theall-wheeldrivesystemdistributesthedriving
powervariablytothefrontandrearaxletoim-
provethedrivingcharacteristics.Itworkstogeth-
erwithselectivewheeltorquecontrol,whichcan
activatewhendrivingthroughcurves
=>page146.
Theallwheeldriveconceptisdesignedforhigh
enginepower.Yourvehicleisexceptionallypow-
erfulandhasexcellentdrivingcharacteristics
bothundernormaldrivingconditionsandon
snowandice.Alwaysreadandfollowsafetypre-
cautions>A\.

Z\WARNING
—Eveninvehicleswithallwheeldrive,you
shouldadaptyourdrivingstyletothecur-
rentroadandtrafficconditionstoreduce
theriskofanaccident.
— Thebrakingabilityofyourvehicleislimited
tothetractionofthewheels.In thisway,it
isnotdifferentfromatwowheeldrivevehi-
cle.Donotdrivetoofastbecausethisin-
creasestheriskofanaccident.
—Notethatonwetstreets,thefrontwheels
can“hydroplane’”ifdrivingatspeedsthat
aretoohigh.Unlikefrontwheeldrivevehi-
cles,theengineRPMdoesnotincreasesud-
denlywhenthevehiclebeginshydroplaning.
Adaptyourspeedtotheroadconditionsto
reducetheriskofanaccident.
Sykemetals
Appliesto:Vehicleswith sportdifferential

Thesportdifferentialdistributesthedrivepower
totherearaxlebasedonthesituation.Thegoal
isahighlevelofagilityandabilitytoaccelerate
oncurves.Thevehicleisvery responsivetosteer-
ing.ThesettingsdependontheselectedAudi
driveselect*mode.
Energymanagement
Yourvehicleisequippedwithanintelligentener-
gymanagementsystemfordistributingelectrici-
ty.Thissignificantlyimprovesthestartingability
andincreasesthevehiclebatterylife.
@)Tips
—Ifyoudriveshortdistancesfrequently,the
vehiclebatterymaynotchargeenough
whiledriving.Asaresult,conveniencefunc-
tionsforelectricalequipmentmaybetem-
porarilyunavailable.
—Thevehiclebatterywillgraduallydrainif
thevehicleisnotdrivenforlongperiodsof
time,orifelectricalequipmentisused
whentheengineisnotrunning.Toensure
thatthevehiclecanstillbestarted,the
electricalequipmentwillbelimitedor
switchedoff.
Noticeaboutdata
recordedbytheEvent
DataRecorderand
vehiclecontrolmodules
EventDataRecorder
Thisvehicleisequippedwithan Event DataRe-
corder(EDR).ThemainpurposeofanEDRisto
record,incertaincrashornearcrash-likesitua-
tions,
suchasanairbagdeploymentorhittinga
roadobstacle,datathatwillassistinunderstand-
inghowavehicle'ssystemsperformed.TheEDR
isdesignedto recorddatarelatedtovehicledy-
namics andsafetysystemsforashortperiodof
time,typically30secondsorless.TheEDRinthis
vehicleisdesignedtorecordsuchdataas:
—Howvarioussystemsinyourvehiclewereoper-
ating;
—Whetherornot thedriverandpassengersafety
beltswerebuckled/fastened;
—Howfar(ifatall)thedriverwasdepressingthe
acceleratorand/orbrakepedal;and,
—Howfastthevehiclewastraveling.
Thesedatacanhelpprovideabetterunderstand-
ingofthecircumstancesinwhichcrashesandin-
juriesoccur.NOTE:EDRdataarerecordedbyyour
vehicleonlyifanon-trivialcrashsituationoccurs;
nodataarerecordedbytheEDRundernormal
drivingconditionsandnopersonaldata(e.g.,
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Audiconnect
Introduction
Dependingonthecountryandthevehicleequip-
ment,thefollowing functionsmaybeavailable:
—AudiconnectInfotainment
—Audiconnectvehiclecontrol
@)Tips
—AUDIAGprovidesaccesstoservicesfrom
thirdpartyproviders.Permanentavailability
cannotbe guaranteed,becausethatde-
pendsonthethirdpartyprovider.
—YoucanalsofindmoreinformationonAudi
connectonlineatwww.audiusa.com.
Audiconnect
Infotainment
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnectInfotainment
WithAudiconnectInfotainmentservices,online
informationistransmitteddirectlytothevehicle.
AnInternetconnectionisrequiredtouseAudi
connectInfotainment.Dependingonthecountry
andthevehicleequipment,thefollowingoptions
maybeavailable:

Z\WARNING
To reducetheriskofanaccident,onlyuseAu-
diconnectInfotainmentserviceswhenroad
andtrafficconditionspermit.Alwaysreadand
followthenotesin>page153,Trafficsafety
information.
G)Tips
— ThedataconnectionforAudiconnectInfo-
tainmentservicesispre-configuredatthe
factory.Youcanchangethedataconnection
settingsatanytimeifyouneedtochange
theconfiguration>page199.
—UseoftheLTE*mobilenetworkstandardis
notavailableineverycountry.Contactan
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilityoryourcellphoneservice
providerforadditionalinformation.

—AudiconnectInfotainmentservicesareonly
availablewithinthecellphonenetworkcov-
eragefromyourcellphoneserviceprovider.
—Availability,scope,providers,screendisplay,
andcostsofservicesmayvarydependingon
thecountry,model,modelyear,enddevice
andrates.
EmbeddedSIMcard
Appliesto:vehicleswith AudiconnectInfotainmentandan
embeddedSIMcard
ThedataconnectionforAudiconnectInfotain-
mentservicesismadethroughanembeddedSIM
card(eSIMcard)thatisinstalledinthevehicle.
Youcan usetheAudiconnectInfotainmentserv-
icesimmediately.
()Note
—TheconnectioncostsforAudiconnectInfo-
tainmentservicesareincludedintheprice
ofAudiconnectInfotainment.Pleasenote
thatchargesmayapplywhenusingcertain
services.Forexample,thisappliestoInter-
netradio/podcastsorforservicesthatuse
theWi-Fihotspot,suchasonlinemedia
sources.Dependingonthecountry,data
plansmayneedtobepurchasedforthese
services>page201.Foradditionalinfor-
mation,seewww.audiusa.com/myaudi.
—Incertainsituations,theWi-Fihotspotdata
connectionmaybeestablishedasareplace-
mentfortheSIMcardonyourWi-Fidevice.
Thisfeaturedependsontheconfiguration
ofyourWi-Fideviceandoperatingsystem.
Thiscouldresultinfeesdependingonyour
cellphoneserviceprovider,especiallyifyou
areusingthisfeaturewhileabroad.Aflat
ratedataplanisstronglyrecommended.For
moreinformation,contactyourcellphone
serviceproviderorrefertotheowner'sman-
ualforyourWi-Fidevice.
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DataPrivacy
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiconnectInfotainment
AUDIAGcollects,uses,storesandsharesyour
personalinformation,suchascontactdata,vehi-
cledata,usagedata,drivingdataandprecisege-
olocation,inordertoprovideyouwiththeprod-
uctsandservicesyouhavepurchasedorrequest-
ed,andforanumberofotherpurposes,forex-
ample,totrackqualityissues,toperformance
andsafety,tomeetourinternalcomplianceorle-
galrequirementsandtomarkettocustomers
andpotentialcustomers.Foramorecomplete
listofthedatawecollect,how weuseitandwith
whomweshareit,pleasevisityourAudination-
al/salesregionwebsiteatwww.audi.com.
Thecollection,useandsharingmayvarydepend-
ingonyourmodelandmodelyear,yoursubscrip-
tionstatus,ortheserviceoffering.Forexample,
collection,useandsharingmayvarybetweenAu-
diconnectservices,ifyouhavedesignatedakey
user,orifyouaredrivingamodelequippedwith
persistentdatalogging.Pleasereviewthecom-
pletePrivacyStatementtounderstandourdata
handlingpracticeswithrespecttoaparticular
service.
Youcanfindadditionalinformationaboutourda-
taprivacypracticesinyourMMIintheoptions
menufortheselectedAudiconnectInfotainment
service.Select:[MENU]button>Audiconnect>
rightcontrolbutton>AboutAudiconnect.


Informationaboutourprivacypracticesincon-
junctionwiththemobileAudiconnectapplica-
tioncan befoundintheApplication’sPrivacy
Statement.
For additionalinformationabouttheprivacy
practicesrelatingtoAudiconnect,myAudi,or
otherwebsites,applicationsoronlineservicesas
wellasyourobligationswithrespecttousing
theseservices,andforadditionalinformationre-
gardingAudiconnecttermsandconditions,
pleasevisityourAudinational/salesregionweb-
siteatwww.audi.com.
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Navigation

Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem

>Pressthe [NAV/MAP|buttonrepeatedlyuntil
the Enterdestinationmenuisdisplayed
=>page205,fig. 189.

—Storingadestinationasafavorite:searchfor
thedesireddestinationusingtheinputfield.
Or:selectadestinationfromthelist.Select:
rightcontrolbutton>Storeasfavorite.
—Renamingafavorite:selecttheleftcontrol
button>Favorites>afavoritefromthelist>
rightcontrolbutton>Renamefavorite.
—Movefavorite:selectafavoritefromthelist>
rightcontrolbutton>Movefavorite.Select
andconfirmthelocationoftheselectedfavor-
ite.
—Deletingafavorite:selectafavoritefromthe
list>rightcontrolbutton>Deletefavorite>
DeletethisfavoriteorDeleteallfavorites.
Directorycontacts
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem
Twoaddresses(private/business)canbeas-
signedasdestinationsforeachcontactinthedi-
rectory.

>Pressthe [NAV/MAP]buttonrepeatedlyuntil
theEnterdestinationmenuisdisplayed
=>page205,fig. 189.

Storingadestinationasacontactinthe
directory
Requirement:amobiledevicemustbeconnected
totheMMI>page178.
—Select:adestination>rightcontrolbutton>
Adddestinationtocontact.
—Enterthefirstlettersofthedesiredcontactin
thefreetextsearchinputfield>page205,
fig.189andthenselectacontactfromthelist.
—SelectandconfirmAddbusinessdestinationor
Addprivatedestination.
Navigationsettings
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem

>Pressthe [NAV/MAP]buttonrepeatedlyuntil
theEnterdestinationmenuisdisplayed
=>page205,fig. 189.
>Select:rightcontrolbutton>Navigationset-
tings.

Depending ontheselectedfunction,thefollow-
ingsettingscan beselected:
Showalternativeroutes
Uptothreesuggestedroutesareshownonthe
mapwhenthisfunctionisswitchedon4
=>page212.
Lowfuelwarning
Amessageisdisplayedifthefuelgaugegoesbe-
lowthereservemarkingwhenthisfunctionis
switchedonM.Confirmingthismessagedisplays
alistofgasstationsinthearea.Whenagassta-
tionisselected,routeguidancefromthecurrent
vehiclepositioniscalculated.
Trailermode*
Trailermodeisswitchedoffatthefactory.
WhenthefunctionisswitchedonM,themaxi-
mumpermittedspeedforvehicleswithtrailersis
incorporatedintotherouteguidanceandthecal-
culatedarrivaltimeisadjustedaccordingly.Trail-
ermodeisdisplayedusingsymbols"8intheside
menuonthemap.
Personalrouteassistance*
Personalrouteassistanceisswitchedoffatthe
factory.
Yourtripsarerecordedanddestinationsaresug-
gestedbytheMMIwhen thisfunctionisswitched
onpage211.
Thepersonalrouteassistanceisindicatedby the
P&symbolinthestatuslineoftheInfotainment
systemdisplay.
Notificationwhennearby*
Thenotificationwhennearbyisswitchedoffat
thefactory.
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TheMMInotifiesyouwhenyouareapproaching
selectedpointsofinterestwhenthisfunctionis
switchedonM.YoucanalsohaveaNotification
tone.
Presentationmode
ThePresentationmodehelpsyoutoeffectively
planatripandfollowtheplannedroutewithout
movingthevehicle.Youcan useSelectstarting
pointwhenyouwouldliketocalculatearoute
startingfromalocationotherthanthevehicle
position, forexample.StartPresentationmode
tosimulaterouteguidance.
Routecriteria
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem
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>Pressthe [NAV/MAP]buttonrepeatedlyuntil
theEnterdestinationmenuisdisplayed
=>page205,fig. 189.
>Select:rightcontrolbutton>Voiceguidance.

Voiceguidance:voiceguidancecanbeComplete
orShortened.WiththeTrafficfunction,voice
guidancepromptsareonlygivenwhenthereare
trafficincidentsonyourroute.WhenOffisse-
lected,novoiceguidanceisgiven.
Voiceguidanceduringphonecall:voiceguidance
duringaphonecallcan be switchedonoroff.
Entertainmentfader:see>page252.
Voiceguidancevolume:youcanadjustthevol-
umeduringvoiceguidanceusingtheOn/Offknob
=page153Youcanalsofindadditionalinforma-
tionunder>page252.
Map
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem

Fig.195Possibleroutecriteria

>Pressthe LNAV/MAP]buttonrepeatedlyuntil
the Enterdestinationmenuisdisplayed
=>page205,fig. 189.
>Select:rightcontrolbutton>Routecriteria.

@HOV/carpoollanes):withtheAvoidfunc-
tion,HOVlanes areexcludedwhencalculating
routes.WithAllow,theMMIwillrouteyou
throughHOVlanesandshowthem.
Q@bighways/@)Tollroads/@)Ferries:ifthenav-
igationsystemshould notincludehighways,toll
roadsorferries-ifpossible-whencalculating
routes,youcanselecttheAvoidfunction.

)Highoccupancyvehicle
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Fig.197Example:standardmapwiththecrosshairs
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>Pressthe LNAV/MAP]buttonrepeatedlyuntil
themapisdisplayed>fig.196.

Zoomingin/outonthemap
—Turn thecontrolknobtotheleftortotheright.
Alternatively,youcanalsozoomin/outonthe
mapusingtheMMItouchcontrolpad*
=>page158,ifthecrosshairsareswitchedon.
Or:turntheleftthumbwheelonthemultifunc-
tionsteeringwheel*>page17.
Turningthecrosshairson/off
—Switchingthecrosshairson:pressthecontrol
knobinthemapview>fig.196.
—Switchingthecrosshairsoff:pressthe[BACK
button.


Whenthecrosshairsareswitchedoff>fig.196:
@)Direction.Foradditionalinformation,see
=>page216.
@)Thedistancetothedestinationincludesthe
calculatedarrivaltime.
@Whenthetrailermodefunctionisswitched
on,thecorrespondingsymbolisdisplayed
nexttothearrivaltime.
@Scale:turnthecontrolknobtotheleftor
righttodecreaseor increasethescale.When
theAutomaticzoomfunctionisswitchedon
,an“A”for“Automatic”isdisplayedinthe
magnifyingglass.
Altitude
Vehiclelocation
Routeinformation:variousinformationwill
bedisplayedduringactiverouteguidance
(forexample,theupcomingmaneuverin-
cludingcalculateddistanceandstreet
names).Thedisplayalsoprovidestrafficin-
formationorpointsofinterestonthecurrent
route.
Roadcurrentlybeingdrivenon
CO®@
Whenthecrosshairsareswitchedon>fig.197:
@)Thecrosshairs:movethecrosshairsinthede-
sireddirectionandsetapointonthemapus-
ingtheMMItouchcontrolpad”orthecontrol

D_Onlyappliestovehicleswithoutcamera-basedspeedlimit
display.
knob.Whenthecrosshairsareturnedoff,the
roadbeingcurrentlydrivenonisshown.
@Speedlimit display”):displayofthemaxi-
mumpermittedspeedontheexpressways
andhighways.
@Entertainmentslidingmenu*:see
=>page159.
@®Additionalinformationonthecrosshairspo-
sition:ifyoumovethecrosshairstoa loca-
tiononthemap,availableinformationfor
thecurrentpositionisdisplayed.Tapbriefly
ontheMMItouchcontrolpad.Or:pressthe
controlknob.Inthedestinationdetails,you
canstartrouteguidancetothedisplayedlo-
cation.SelectandconfirmStartrouteguid-
ance.
@Mapcontents(pointsofinterest,favorites).
Whentherearemultiplepointsofinterestin
theimmediatevicinity,thesymbolsare
shownstackedonthemap.
Betterroute#3:ifabetterrouteisavailable
forthecurrentrouteguidance,itwillbeindi-
catedonthemapincludingthetimethat
wouldbesaved.Moreinformationcanbe
foundunder>page220.
Mapfunctions
Appliesto:vehicleswithnavigationsystem

>Pressthe [NAV/MAP]buttonrepeatedlyuntil
themapisdisplayed>page214,fig.196.
>Presstheleftcontrolbutton.

Thefollowingmapfunctionscan beselected:
Switchtodestinationinput
ThefreetextsearchintheEnterdestination
menuisdisplayed>page205,fig.189.
Trafficmessages
CurrenttrafficinformationisdisplayedintheIn-
fotainmentsystemdisplay.Youcanalsofindad-
ditionalinformationunder>page219.>
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