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Parkingaid


j
Appliesto:vehicleswithperipheralcameras
Thisviewmaybe usedwhenparkinginagarage
orinaparkingspace.

Fig.145Infotainmentsystem:aligningthevehicle
>Turn theInfotainmentsystem onandshiftinto
reversegear.
>Theorangeorientationlines@showthevehi-
cle'sdirectionoftravel.Turn thesteeringwheel
untiltheorangeorientationlinesalignwiththe
parkingspace>fig.144.Usethemarkings@)
tohelpyouestimatethedistancetoanobsta-
cle.Eachmarkingrepresentsapproximately3ft
(1m).Thebluearearepresentsanextensionof
thevehicle'soutlinebyapproximately16ft(5
meters)totherear.
>Whiledrivinginreversegear,adjustthesteer-
ing
wheelangletofittheparkingspaceusing
theorangeorientationlinesforassistance>A\
inGeneralinformationonpage136,>@)in
Generalinformationonpage137.Area@)rep-
resentstherearbumper.Youshouldstopre-
versingatthelatestwhentheredorientation
line@bordersanobject>A\inGeneralinfor-
mationonpage134.
Parkassist



Fig.146Illustration:streetparking options
Parkassisthelpsyoutolocatesuitableparking
spacesandtoparkinthem.Youcanbackinto
parallel@)andperpendicular(2)parkingspaces
andalsodriveforwardoutofparallelparking
spaces.Youcanalsodriveforwardintoperpen-
dicularparkingspacesifyouhavealreadystarted
drivingandthefrontofthevehicleisinthespace
@,orifyouhavealreadydrivenpastit@).Insit-
uation@),thevehiclewillbackup,moveintothe
correctposition,andthenstarttodriveforward
intotheparkingspace.
Theparkingspacecanbebetweentwovehiclesor
behindavehicle.Thedriverparksasusualwith
park
assistcontrollingthesteering.
Theparkingsystemplusfunctions>page132
thatassistyouwhenparkingareacomponentof
theparkassist.
Theparkassistsensorsareonthesidesofthe
frontandrearbumper.Makesurethesensorsare
notcoveredbystickers,depositsoranyotherob-
structionsasitmayimpairthefunctionofthe
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Parkingaid

Adjustingtheparkingaid
Appliesto:vehicleswitharearparkingsystem/parkingsys-
templus/rearviewcamera/peripheralcameras/parkassist.
ThefunctionsareadjustedintheInfotainment
system.

> SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Driveras-
sistance>Parkingaid.Or
>Whentheparkingaidisactive,selectintheIn-
fotainmentsystem:rightcontrolbutton*.

Endsystem*-stoptheparkingaid
Activateautomatically*-switchautomaticacti-
vationon/off
Frontvolume*-volumeforthefrontandside*
area
Rearvolume-volumeforthereararea
Entertainmentfader-thevolumeoftheaudio/
videosourceisLoweredwhentheparkingsystem
isturnedon.
Thenewvalueisgivenbrieflyduringtheadjust-
ment.
View*-switchbetweenanopticaldisplay
(Graphic)andcameraimage(Camera)onthe
sideofthedisplay.
Trailerview*-showtrailerview
*Auto.front/rearcamerachange*-theviewbe-
hindthevehicle(Rearmode)isdisplayedauto-
maticallywhenyoushiftintoreversegear.The
viewinfront ofthevehicle(Frontmode)isdis-
playedautomaticallywhenyoushiftintothefor-
wardgears.Whenfirstactivatinginaforward
gearwiththeP”button,thefrontsideviewis
displayed(Cornerview(front)mode).
IfyoudonotsettheV,theviewbehindthevehi-
cle(Rearmode)isalwaysdisplayedanditdoes
notswitchtothe Frontmodewhenaforward
gearisselected.
@)Tips
—Severalmenuscanbeaccessedwiththe
rightcontrolbuttononlywhentheparking
aidisactive.
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— Thesettingsforvolumeandautomaticacti-
vation*areautomaticallystoredandas-
signedtothevehiclekeybeingused.
Errormessages
Appliesto:vehicleswitharearparkingsystem/parkingsys-
templus/rearviewcamera/peripheralcameras/parkassist.
wwRearparkingaid:malfunction!Obstacles
cannotbedetected
wwFront parkingaid:malfunction!Obstacles
cannotbedetected
wmParkingaid:malfunction!Obstaclescannot
bedetected
Whenoneofthesemessagesappears,thereisa
systemmalfunction.The LEDintheP”buttonal-
soblinkswhenswitchingiton.Therelevantmes-
sageonlyappearsagainwhenyoumanuallyacti-
vatetheparkingaidwiththebutton.
Rearparkingaid:obstacledetectionrestrict-
ed
Therearcross-trafficassist*>page123,Rear
cross-trafficassistisnotavailable.EithertheESC
isswitchedoff,ortheradarsensorsmaybecov-
ered byabikerack,stickers,leaves,snoworother
objects.SwitchtheESCon,orcleantheareain
frontofthesensorsifnecessary>page120,
fig.116.Ifthismessagecontinuestobedis-
played,driveimmediatelytoanauthorizedAudi
dealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilitytohave
themalfunctionrepaired.
Parkingsystemplus*/Parkassist*
If asensororspeakerisfaulty,theP4symbol
willappearinfrontof/behindthevehicleinthe
Infotainmentsystemdisplay.If arearsensoris
faulty,onlyobstaclesthatareinareas(@)and
areshown>page132,fig. 128.Ifafrontsensor
isfaulty,onlyobstaclesthatareinareas©and
©areshown.
Peripheralcameras*
Thereisasystemmalfunctionifthe#«symbol
appearsandthecorrespondingareaofthedis-
playisshowninblack.Thecameraisnotworking
inthisarea.

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ElectronicStabilization
Control(ESC)
ElectronicStabilizationControl(ESC)supports
driversafety.Itreducestheriskofslippingand
improvesdrivingstability.ESCdetectscriticalsit-
uations,suchasifthevehicleisoversteeringor
understeering,orifthewheelsare spinning.The
brakesareappliedortheenginetorqueisre-
ducedinordertostabilizethevehicle.Whenthe
ESCengages,theBindicatorlightblinksinthe
instrumentcluster.
ThefollowingsystemsareintegratedintheESC:
Anti-lockbrakingsystem(ABS)
ABSpreventsthewheelsfromlockingwhenbrak-
ing.Thevehiclecanstillbesteeredevenduring
hardbraking.Applysteadypressuretothebrake
pedal.Donotpumpthepedal.Apulsinginthe
brakepedalindicatesthatthesystemisacting to
stabilizethevehicle.
Brakeassistsystem
Thebrakeassistsystemcandecreasebrakingdis-
tance.Itincreasesbrakingpowerwhenthe driver
pressesthebrakepedalquicklyinemergencysit-
uations.Youmustpressandholdthebrakepedal
untilthedangeroussituationisover.Invehicles
withadaptivecruisecontrol*,thebrakeassist
systemismoresensitiveifthedistancedetected
tothevehicledrivingaheadistoosmall.
Onvehicleswithactivatedandfunctioningnight
visionassist*,thebrakeassistsystemcanre-
spondmoresensitivelyifthereisawarning.
Anti-SlipRegulation(ASR)
ASRreducesenginepowerwhenthedrivewheels
beginspinningandadaptstheforcetotheroad
conditions.Thismakesiteasiertostart,acceler-
ateanddriveuphills.
ElectronicDifferentialLock(EDL)
TheEDLappliesthebrakestowheelsthatare
slippingandtransfersthedrivepowertotheoth-
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erwheels.Thisfunctionisnotavailableathigher
speeds.
Inextremecases,EDLautomaticallyswitchesoff
tokeepthebrakeonthebrakedwheelfromover-
heating.Thevehicleisstillfunctioningcorrectly.
EDLwillswitchonagainautomaticallywhencon-
ditionshavereturnedtonormal.
Powersteering
The ESCcanalsosupportvehiclestability
throughsteering.
Selectivewheeltorquecontrol
Selectivewheeltorquecontrolisusedwhendriv-
ingoncurves.Brakingistargetedtowardthe
wheelsontheinsideofthecurveasneeded.This
allowsmoreprecisedrivingincurves.
Automaticpost-collisionbrakingsystem
The“automaticpost-collisionbrakingsystem”
canhelptoreducetheriskofslidingandofaddi-
tionalcollisionsafteranaccident.Iftheairbag
controlmoduledetectsacollision,thevehicleis
brakedbytheESC.
Thevehicledoesnotbrakeautomaticallyifoneof
thefollowingoccurs:
—Thedriverpressestheacceleratorpedal,
—TheESC,thebrakesystem,orthevehicleelec-
tricalsystemisnotfunctioning

ZAWARNING
— The ESCanditsintegratedsystemscannot
overcomethe limitsimposedbynatural
physicallaws.Thisisespeciallyimportanton
slipperyorwetroads.Ifthesystemsbegin
actingtostabilizeyourvehicle,youshould
immediatelyalteryourspeedtomatchthe
roadandtrafficconditions.Donotletthein-
creasedsafetyprovidedtemptyouintotak-
ingrisks.Thiscouldincreaseyourriskofa
collision.
—Pleasenotetheriskofacollisionincreases
when
drivingfast,especiallythroughcurves
andonslipperyorwetroads,andwhendriv-
ingtooclosetoobjectsahead.The ESC and

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ServiceFacilityworkonthebrakesystem.
Incorrectrepairscouldimpair thefunction.
—Neverletthevehiclerollwhiletheengineis
stoppedbecausethisincreasestheriskofan
accident.

C)Note
—Neverletthebrakes“rub”bypressingthe
pedallightlywhenbrakingisnotactually
necessary.Thiscausesthebrakestoover-
heatandincreasesbrakingdistanceand
causeswear.
—Beforedrivingdownhillalongdistanceona
steephill, decreaseyourspeedandselecta
lowergear.Thismakesuseoftheengine
brakingeffectandreducestheloadplaced
onthebrakes.Ifyouneedtobrakeaddition-
ally,brakeinintervalsandnotcontinuously.
G)Tips
—Ifthebrakeboosterisnotworking,you
mustpressthebrake pedalwithmuchmore
forcethannormal.
—Ifyouretrofityourvehiclewithafrontspoil-
er,wheelcoversorsimilaritems,makesure
thattheairflowtothefrontwheelsisnot
obstructed.Otherwisethebrakesystemcan
overheat.
Electromechanical
steering,all-wheel
steering
Theelectromechanicalsteeringsupportsthe
driver'ssteeringmovements.
Powersteeringadaptselectronicallybasedon
thevehiclespeed.
Indicatorlightsandmessages
aSteering:malfunction!Pleasestopvehicle
Ifthisindicatorlightturnsonandstaysonand
thismessageappears,thepowersteeringmay
havefailed.
Stopthevehicleinasafelocationassoonaspos-
sible.Donotcontinuedriving.Seeanauthorized
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AudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityfor
assistance.
aSteering:malfunction!Pleasestopvehicle.
Payattentiontodistanceatside
Ifthisindicatorlightturnson andstaysonand
thismessageappears,theall-wheel steering*
mayhavefailed.Morespaceontheroadmaybe
neededatthesideofthevehicle.
Reduceyourspeedandstopthevehicleinasafe
locationwithenoughspaceonthesidesassoon
aspossible.Donotcontinuedriving.Seeanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilityforassistance.
aSteering:malfunction!Youcancontinue
driving
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonandthismessage
appears,thesteeringwheelmaybemoredifficult
tomoveormoresensitivethanusual.Thesteer-
ingwheelmayalsobeturnedtothesidewhen
drivingstraight.
DriveslowlytoanauthorizedAudidealerorau-
thorizedAudiServiceFacilitytohavethe mal-
functioncorrected.
aSteering:malfunction!Adaptdrivingstyle.
Largerturningradius
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonandthismessage
appears,theall-wheelsteering*mayhavefailed.
Pleasenotethatthevehiclewillhavealarger
turningradiusandthestabilitywhenturninga
cornerwillbelikethat ofavehiclewithoutall-
wheelsteering.Thesteeringwheelmayalsobe
turnedtothesidewhendrivingstraight.
DriveslowlytoanauthorizedAudidealerorau-
thorizedAudiServiceFacilitytohavethe mal-
functioncorrected.
G)Tips
—IftheaorElindicatorlightonlystayson
forashorttime,youmaycontinuedriving.
—Foradditionalinformationonall-wheel
steering*,see>page127.

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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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name,gender,age,andcrashlocation)arere-
corded.However,otherparties,suchaslawen-
forcement,couldcombinetheEDRdatawiththe
typeofpersonallyidentifyingdataroutinelyac-
quiredduringacrashinvestigation.
Toreaddata recordedbyanEDR,specialequip-
mentisrequired,andaccesstothevehicleorthe
EDRisneeded.Inadditiontothevehiclemanu-
facturer,otherparties,suchaslawenforcement,
thathavethespecialequipment,canreadthein-
formationifthey haveaccesstothevehicleorthe
EDR.
Somestatelawsrestricttheretrievalordown-
loadingofdatastoredbyEDRsinstalledinavehi-
clefortheexpresspurposeofretrievingdataaf-
teranaccidentorcrasheventwithouttheown-
er'sconsent.
AudiwillnotaccesstheEDRand/orsimilardata
or giveittoothers-
—unlessthevehicleowner(orlesseeifthevehi-
clehasbeenleased)agrees; or
—upontheofficialrequestbythepolice;or
—upontheorderofacourtoflaworagovern-
mentagency;or
—forthedefenseofalawsuitthroughthejudicial
discoveryprocess.
—Audimayalsouse thedataforresearchabout
vehicleoperationandsafetyperformanceor
providethedatatoathirdpartyforresearch
purposeswithoutidentifyingthespecificvehi-
cleorinformationabouttheidentityofitsown-
er orlesseeandonlyaftertherecordedvehicle
datahasbeenaccessed.
Vehicle controlmodules
Yourvehicleisalsoequippedwithanumberof
electroniccontrolmodulesforvariousvehicle
systems,suchasenginemanagement,emission
control,airbags,andsafetybelts.
Theseelectroniccontrolmodulesrecorddata
during normalvehicleoperationthatmaybe
neededbytrainedtechniciansfordiagnosticand
repairpurposes.Therecordingcapabilityofthese
modulesislimitedtodata(nosoundisrecorded).
Onlyasmallamountofdataisactuallyrecorded
overaverylimitedperiodoftime,orstoredwhen
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asystemfaultisdetectedbyacontrolmodule.
Someofthedatastoredmayrelatetovehicle
speed,direction,orbraking,aswellasrestraint
systemuseandperformanceintheeventofa
crash.Storeddatacanalsoonlybereadand
downloadedwithspecialequipmentthatisdi-
rectlyconnectedtothevehicle.
@)Tips
YourvehiclemaybeequippedwithAudicon-
nect.YouruseofcertainAudiconnectfea-
turesrequireswirelessservicesthatarepro-
videdbyathirdpartywirelesstelecommuni-
cationsprovider.Fordetailsregardinghowin-
formationobtainedthroughAudiconnectis
collected,processed,transmitted,used,and
shared,pleaseseeyourcontractwiththe
wirelesstelecommunicationsprovider.

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MultiMediaInterface

MMItouch
MMItouchcontrolpad
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
Youcanenterdatausinghandwritingrecogni-
tionontheMMItouchcontrolpad.

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Fig.162Example:enteringanavigationdestinationusing
theMMItouch
TheMMItouchcontrolpadislocatedbetween
thecontrolbuttons>fig.162.
Enteringnumbers,letters,andsymbols
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
TheMMItouchallowsyoutoenterdataonthe
MMItouchcontrolpadusinghandwritingrecog-
nition.

Fig.163DisplaywhenMMItouchisactive
Requirement:itmustbepossible toentertext or
numbersandthesymbol(@>fig.163 mustap-
pearintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay.
—Initialentry:writeanindividualuppercaseor
lowercaseletterornumber/symbolonthe
MMItouchcontrolpadusingyourfinger.A
symbolthatisrecognizedclearlyby thesystem
isdisplayedintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay
@°page157,fig.162,confirmedwithanau-
diblesignalifnecessary,andtransferredtothe
inputfield.
—Enteringspaces:moveyourfingeracrossthe
MMItouchcontrolpadfromlefttoright.
—Deletingcharacters:moveyourfingeracross
theMMItouchcontrolpadfromrighttoleft.
—Selectingtheinputsuggestion:pressthecon-
trolknob.
—Switchingdirectlytotheresultslist:turnthe
controlknobtotheright
—Openingthespeller:selecttherightcontrol
button>Openspeller.Textornumbersare en-
tered usingthespeller>page161.
—MMItouchvolume:presstherightcontrolbut-
ton.See>page253.
Movingthecrosshairs
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch

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Requirement:amapmustbedisplayed—Movingthestandardmap/satellitemap):
>page214.movethecrosshairsshowninthedesireddirec-
tionusingtwofingersontheMMItouchcon-
trolpad©fig.165.
—Movingthemapquickly:whenthecrosshairs
arevisible,pulltwofingersacrosstheMMI
touchcontrolpadquicklyinthedesireddirec-
tion.Themapwill cometoastopafterseveral
seconds.
—Showing/hidingthecrosshairs:pressthecon-
trolknobtoshowthecrosshairs@)>fig.164.
Or:pressontheMMItouchcontrolpad.Tohide
thecrosshairsagain,pressthe[BACK]button@
=>page153,fig.153or>page153,fig.154.
—Movingthecrosshairsonamap:movethe
crosshairsshowninthedesireddirectionusing
yourfingerontheMMItouchcontrolpad
>fig.164.Zoomingin/outonthemap
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
Movingthemap
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Fig.166Zoominginandoutonthemap

Requirement:amapmustbedisplayed
=>page214.
—Zoomingin/outonthemap:pressthecontrol
knobtoshowthecrosshairs.TouchtheMMI
touchcontrolpadwithtwofingersandpull
yourfingersapartortogether>fig.166.

Pressthe[BACK]button(%)tohidethecrosshairs
=>page153,fig.153.
Fig.165MovingthemapPNTema eelLaemcolder
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch



Requirement:amapmustbedisplayed
=>page214.
Requirement:theBalance/faderfunctionmust
beselected>page251.
—Showing/hidingthecrosshairs:pressthecon-
trolknobtoshowthecrosshairs@)©fig.165.
Or:pressontheMMItouchcontrolpad.Tohide
thecrosshairsagain,pressthe[BACK]button@)
=>page153,fig.153or>page153,fig.154.
—Movingthecrosshairsforsoundfocus:move
yourfingerinthedesireddirectionontheMMI
touchcontrolpad.
—Storingthecrosshairslocation:pressthecon-
trolknobtwice.Or:pressthe[BACK]button
=>page153,fig.153.





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viders.Permanentavailabilitycannotbeguaranteed,be-
causethatdependsonthethirdpartyprovider.
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