Tableofcontents
Additionalsettings..................238
Supportedmediaandfileformats......241
Troubleshootingwoz:« &seesseorsssee243
Audismartphoneinterface......245
S@tUp=twa¢ 2ean:Haws3 xNewSFXReneG245
Operating).«viewvswinewearsem«>mee¥ o246
TrOUBLESHOOEIAGvcsivessverminoesuenetnrewwven246
SYSTEMSECtINGS:.««casiswes sce247
Settingthedateandtime.............247
MMIsettings...............00eee eee247
Connectionmanager.................248
System:updater+ «areneseeermeseonewes251
Soundsettings.............-.-000005251
NVOLUMESEELINGSwienx sgame< ¢cams5aoe252
RestartingtheMMI..................253
Softwarelicenseinformation..........253
SafetyFIrst).«sscessssic42sree26ower254
Drivingsafety....................254
BaSiCS):5 s4acaa& 2Gaieu©maeF&HaTaEe254
Correctpassengerseatingpositions.....25S
Pedalarea.......00...cee eeeeeeeee 258
SATStYDELS«e652spenssewes« 2eee260
Generalinformation.................260
Whyusesafetybelts?................261
Safetybelts;cows«=sewssyseusayepee263
Beltstemsionens«sciseosa «evasarea 0ncaners& aoan266
Airbagsystem....................268
Importantinformation...............268
Frontairbags
MonitoringtheAdvancedAirbagSystem.280
Sidevairbagssvesssscesosows=oarenes3&ore284
Sidecurtainairbags..............00..287
GCHUESSPSCYois«eves5eenoeeRai290
Importantinformation...............290
Childsafetyseats.............002000296
Securingchildsafetyseats............301
LATCHsystem(loweranchoragesand
tethersforchildren)..............20.304
Additionalinformation...............308
MaintenanceandCare...........309
CheckingandFilling.............309
FUGlisves:2 2wom< 2somesvfwea&5aueoea 2oe309
Reftielingcrosseeccsnesewanesxeawisoneeere310
Catalyticconverter...............0005312
OnBoardDiagnosticSystem(OBD)......312
Enginecompartment..............00%313
Engineoil........2...eeeeeeeee315
CoolingSYStEM. < =seesscteesdeeeeswe319
BrakePluidiic.«+aessovworvaeoucoteooawe320
Electricalsystem.............0..000.321
Bateenysa« 5nasissoSRSA5Am GKBasezc322
Windshieldwashersystem............324
Serviceintervaldisplay...............324
Whe6US «sescseeeeoseeeeseee2a326
WheelsiandTires¢sccusiassccmaueeoanemone© 0326
Tirepressuremonitoringsystem.......343
RUfi=flattIreSs:= =ses= 2caer
Generalinformation.................346
Garwashesis«meusomannamamwwoma2346
Cleaningandcareinformation.........347
Takingyourvehicleoutofservice.......351
DoTtVOUnSeUEwes.5cpesice5save6sore352
Emergencyassistance...........352
Generalinformation..............0..352
Equipmentwiccaocvcccaswo+women% 6wine3wo352
Tiremobilitykit.................000.352
Changing’atire’:=eesx =eensseeeeeee354
Fusesandbulbs..................359
FUSESses¢ »comes 2OSsyFESeyRGEe359
BulbStecaasiz9cowerovsoos6amenwu@eo363
Emergencysituations............364
Genial«sews:ooaconoomcm2 aseamocee 364
Startingbypushingortowing..........364
Startingwithjumpercables...........364
Usingthejumpstartcable............365
Towingwithatowtruck...............366
Raisingthevehicle................0-5368
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Quickaccess
ElectronicStabilizationControl
(ESC)¥
=>page23
ElectronicStabilizationControl
(ESC)
=>page147
Brakesystem
=>page20
USAmodels:
Anti-lockbrakingsystem(ABS)¥
=>page23
Canadamodels:
Anti-lockbrakingsystem(ABS)¥
=>page23
SafetysystemsY
=>page22
Canadamodels:
Brakepads
=>page20
Electromechanicalparkingbrake
=>page21
Tirepressure
=>page344
Tirepressure
=>page344
Drivesystem
=>page23
MalfunctionIndicatorLamp(MIL)
v
=>page312
Enginespeedlimitation
=>page23
Engineoillevel(MIN)
=>page316
Engineoillevel(MAX)
=>page316
Engineoilsensor
=>page316
Enginewarm-uprequest
=>page316
Electricalsystem
>page321
Tanksystem
=>page24
Washerfluidlevel
=>page24
Windshieldwipers
=>page24
Keys
=>page77
Driver'sdoor
>page24
Batteryinvehiclekey
=>page30
Bulbfailureindicator
=>page24
Headlightrangecontrolsystem
=>page25
Adaptivelight
=>page25
Light/rainsensor
=>page25
Active laneassist
=>page117
Audisideassist
=>page124
Audipresense
=>page115
Nightvisionassist
=>page127
Parkingaid
=>page144
Transmission
=>page89
Steeringlock
=>page22
Enginestartsystem
=>page 22
Electromechanicalpowersteering,
all-wheelsteering
=>page150
Airsuspension
=>page23
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Instrumentcluster
authorizedAudiServiceFacilityimmediately.Do
notdrivefasterthanthespeedgiveninthemes-
sage.
BAirsuspension:malfunction!Youcancontin-
uedrivingslowly.Speedlimitedtomax.XX
mi/h(km/h)
Thereisamalfunction.Drivingstabilitymaybe
limited.DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealeror au-
thorizedAudiServiceFacilityimmediately.The
maximumspeedhasbeenlimited.
BAirsuspension:malfunction.Safelystopve-
hicle.Steeringandgroundclearancelimited
Thereisamalfunction.Donotcontinuedriving.
Stopthevehiclesafely.Avoidturningthesteer-
ing
wheel,becausethevehiclegroundclearance
maybesolowthatturningthesteeringwheel
couldresultindamagetothewheelsandwheel
housings.
BBAirsuspension:vehicletoolow.Limited
groundclearance
Thevehiclegroundclearanceisverylow.Waitun-
tiltheairsuspensionsystemhasrestorednormal
groundclearance.HaveanauthorizedAudidealer
orauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityrepairthe mal-
functionimmediatelyiftheindicatorlightdoes
notturnoffafterasignificantperiodoftime.
EBAirsuspension:malfunction!Pleasecontact
Service
Thereisamalfunction.Thedrivingstabilitymay
belimitedandthegroundclearancemaybelow.
SeeanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilityforassistance.
fiTanksystem
wyPleaserefuel
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonforthefirsttime
andthemessageappears,thereareabout2.6
gallons(10liters)offuelleftinthetank.
fwPleaserefuelimmediately
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonandthismessage
appears,thefueltankisalmostempty.Refuel
thevehicleimmediately.
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AN}Tanksystem:malfunction!Pleasecontact
Service
Thereisamalfunctioninthefueltanksystem.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
()Tips
Formoreinformationonfueling,see
=>page310.
®Washerfluidlevel
IftheESindicatorlightturnson,thewasherflu-
idisalmostout.Fillthewasherfluidforthe
windshieldwashersystemandtheheadlight
washersystem*whentheignitionisswitchedoff
=>page324.
©!Windshieldwipers
Ifthe&indicatorlightturnson,thenthereisa
windshieldwipermalfunction.Drivetoanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilityimmediatelytohave the malfunctioncor-
rected.
<3Driver'sdoor
EBDriver'sdoor:malfunction!ShifttoPbefore
leavingvehicle.Seeowner'smanual
Thereisamalfunctioninthedriver'sdoor.Select
the"P"selectorleverpositiontosecurethevehi-
cle.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
Bulbfailureindicator
Ifthekaindicatorlightturnson,abulbhas
failed.Themessageindicatesthelocationofthe
bulb.Replace thebulbimmediately.
Vehiclelights:malfunction!Pleasecontact
Service
Thereisamalfunctionintheheadlightsorthe
lightswitch.DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealeror>
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Instrumentcluster
authorizedAudiServiceFacilityimmediatelyto
havethemalfunctioncorrected.
ZA\WARNING
—Lightbulbsareunderpressureandcanex-
plodewhenbulbsarereplaced,whichin-
creasestheriskofinjury.
—WithHIDheadlights(xenonheadlights),the
high-voltagecomponentmustbehandled
correctly.Otherwise,thereisariskoffatal
injury.
PEMLesLaaeLie[Rene
BaHeadlightrangecontrol:malfunction!See
owner'smanual
Thereisamalfunctionintheheadlightrange
controlsystem,whichmaycauseglareforother
drivers.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
ZOAudiadaptivelight
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiadaptivelight
BB)Audiadaptivelight:malfunction!Seeown-
er'smanual
Adaptivelightisnotworking.Theheadlightsstill
function.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
oeAeeels
BSAutomaticheadlights:malfunction!See
owner'smanual
aAutomaticwipers:malfunction!Seeowner's
manual
Thelight/rainsensorismalfunctioning.
Thelowbeamsremainswitchedonatalltimes
forsafetyreasonswhenthelightswitchisinthe
AUTOposition.However,youcancontinueto
turnthelightsonandoffusingthelightswitch.
Youcanstillcontrolallfunctionsthatareinde-
pendentoftherainsensorthroughthewind-
shieldwiperlever.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
§Suspensioncontrol
Appliesto:vehicleswithsuspensioncontrol
iSuspension:malfunction!Youmaycontinue
driving
Thereisamalfunction.SeeanauthorizedAudi
dealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityforas-
sistance.
HSportdifferential
Appliesto:vehicleswithsportdifferential
it}Sportdifferential:malfunction!Pleasecon-
tactService
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
t3}Sportdifferential:temperaturetoohigh.
Pleaseadaptdrivingstyle
Thetransmissiontemperaturehasincreasedsig-
nificantlyduetothesportydrivingmanner.Drive
inalesssportymanneruntilthetemperaturere-
turnstothenormalrangeandtheindicatorlight
switchesof.
Z\WARNING
ContactanauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiServiceFacilityifthesportdifferen-
tialisfaultyormalfunctioning.Therepair
mustbeperformedbytrainedpersonnelus-
ingthecorrectoilinordertoensuresafety.
nalisturnedon.Ifbothindicatorlightsareblink-
ing,theemergencyflashersare on.
Ifanindicatorlightblinkstwiceasfast as usual,
aturnsignalbulbhasfailed.Carefullydrivetoan>
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Airbagsystem
Monitoringthe
AdvancedAirbagSystem
Airbagmonitoringindicatorlight
Twoseparateindicatorsmonitorthefunctionof
theAdvancedAirbagSystem:the2]lightand
thePASSENGERAIRBAGOFF#¥;ON@light.
TheAdvancedAirbagSystemaswellastheside
airbagsandsidecurtainairbagswithejection
mitigationfeatures(includingtheelectroniccon-
trolunit,sensorsandsystemwiring)areall
monitoredcontinuouslytomakesure thatthey
arefunctioningproperlywhenever theignitionis
on.Everytimeyouturnontheignition,theair-
bagsystemindicatorlightkawillcomeon fora
fewseconds(functioncheck).
Thesystemmustbeinspectedwhenthe
indicatorlightBa:
—doesnotcomeonwhentheignitionisswitched
on
—doesnotgooutafewsecondsafteryouhave
switched
ontheignition,or
—comesonwhiledriving
Ifanairbagsystemmalfunctionisdetected,the
indicatorlightwillcomeontoserveasaconstant
remindertohavethesysteminspectedimmedi-
ately.
If amalfunctionoccurs thatturnsthefrontair-
bagonthepassengersideoff,thePASSENGER
AIRBAGOFF3%;lightwillcomeonandstayon
whenevertheignitionison.
Z\WARNING
Anairbagsystemthatisnotfunctioningprop-
erlycannotprovidesupplementalprotection
inafrontalcrash.
-Iftheairbagindicatorlight>page22
comeswhenthevehicleisbeingused,have
thesysteminspectedimmediatelybyyour
authorizedAudidealer.Itispossiblethat
theairbagwillinflatewhenitisnotsup-
posedto,orwillnotinflatewhenitshould.
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PASSENGERAIRBAGOFF%;ON@light
Fig.237Sectionfromtheheadliner:PASSENGERAIRBAG
OFF2%,ON@light
ThePASSENGERAIRBAGOFF#¥;ON@lightis
locatedintheheadliner>fig.237.
ThePASSENGERAIRBAGOFF%;lightwillcome
onandstayontotellyouwhenthefrontAd-
vancedAirbagonthepassengersidehasbeen
turnedoffbytheelectroniccontrolunit.Ifthe
bulbforthePASSENGERAIRBAGOFF#7;ON@
lightburnsout,theairbagindicatorlightkawill
comeontosignalamalfunctionintheAdvanced
AirbagSystem.Althoughtheburned-outbulb
willnotchangethewaythefrontpassenger's
frontalairbagworks,itwillnolongerbepossible
tousethePASSENGERAIRBAGOFF#7;ON®
lighttomakesurethattheairbagon/offstatusis
correctfortheoccupant onthefrontpassenger
seat.Havetheairbagsysteminspectedimmedi-
atelybyyourauthorizedAudidealer.
ThePASSENGERAIRBAGOFF3;ON@light
willblinkforabout5secondswhen:
—thecapacitivepassengerdetectionsystem,
whichswitchesthefrontseatpassenger'sfron-
talAdvancedAirbagonandoff,detectsa
changeinthestatusofthefrontpassenger
seat.
AssoonasthePASSENGERAIRBAGOFF#¥;ON
®lightstopsblinking,alwaysmakesurethatthe
airbag status(onoroff)asshownbythelightis
properfortheage,sizeandelectricalcapacitance
ofthepersonoccupying thefrontpassengerseat.
Alwaysmakesurethatthesafetybeltforthe
frontpassengerseatisproperlyfastened.
ThePASSENGERAIRBAGOFF3;/PASSENGER
AIRBAGON@lightwillshowthestatusofthe>
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Fusesandbulbs
Afuse thathasblownwillhavemetalstripsthat
haveburnedthrough.
Fig.281Driver'ssidefootwell(left-handdrivevehicles):
footrest rontpassenger'sfootwell(right-handdrive ve-
hicles):cover®)
Fig.282Driver'ssidecockpit(left-handdrive/right-hand
drivevehicles):cover©,leftsideofluggagecompartment:
cover()
Thefusesarelocatedinthefootwellunderthe
footrest(left-handdrivevehicle)(@)orbehind
thecover(right-handdrivevehicle)
fusesarelocatedonthefrontsideofthecockpit
(driver'sside)©andundertheleftcoverinthe
luggagecompartment©
>Switchtheignitionandallelectricalequipment
off.
»Checkthetablethatfollowstoseewhichfuse
belongstotheequipment.
>RemovethescrewdriverandthereversibleTorx
bitfromthevehicletoolkit>page352.
>Removethefootrestorthecorrespondingcov-
er.
>Removethecoloredplasticclipfromthefuse
panel,ifnecessary>page360,fig.283.You
candisposeoftheplasticclip.
>Removetheclipfromtherearsideofthecover
(Cc).
>Removethefuseusingtheclip.
>Replace theblownfuseonlywithanidentical
newone.
»Reattachthefootrestorthecover.
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Fusesandbulbs
Fusecoloridentification
ColorCurrentrating
inamps
Black1
Purple3
Lightbrown5
Brownes)
Red 10
BlueiS
Yellow20
Whiteortransparent/|25
Green30
Orange40
ZAWARNING
Donotrepairfusesandneverreplaceablown
fusewithonethathasahigheramprating.
Thiscancausedamagetotheelectricalsys-
temandincreasestheriskoffire.
cyNote
Ifanewfuseburnsoutagainshortlyafteryou
haveinstalledit,havetheelectricalsystem
checkedassoonaspossibleby anauthorized
AudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacili-
ty.
G)Tips
—Thefollowingtabledoesnotlistfuseloca-
tionsthatarenotused.
—Someoftheequipmentlistedinthefollow-
ingtablesappliesonlytocertainmodelver-
sionsorcertainoptionalequipment.
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Fuseassignment-driver's/front
passenger'sfootwell
Fig.283Driver'sfootwell(left-handdrivevehicle):fuse
panelwithplasticclip
2
Fig.284Frontpassenger'sfootwell(right-handdrive vehi-
cle):fusepanelwithplasticclip
2
=
g|
== a
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Fusesandbulbs
Fusepanel(4)(brown)Fusepanel©(black)
No.|Equipment10Windshieldwashersystem/headlight
2Massairflowsensor,camshaftadjustment,washersystem
chargeaircoolerpump11|Left reardoorcontrolmodule
3|Fuelinjectors,crankshafthousingheaterFusepanel@)(brawn
Vacuumpump,hotwaterpump,exhausta
4No.
|
Equipment
doors,ozonesensor
5|BrakelightsensorSeatventilation,seatheating,rearview
91|mirror,climatecontrolsystem,rearcli-
6|Engine valves,camshaftadjustmentmatecontrolsystemcontrols
7_|Heatedoxygensensors2|Gateway,climatecontrolsystem
8|Waterpump4|Transmissionheatingvalve
9|Hotwaterpump5|Enginestart
10|Oilpressuresensor,oiltemperaturesensor8|Nightvisionassist,garage dooropener
11|Clutchpedalpositionsensor,enginestart9|Adaptivecruisecontrol
12|Enginevalves11|Videocamera
13|Radiatorfan12|MatrixLEDheadlight/rightLEDheadlight
14|Fuelinjectors13|MatrixLEDheadlight/leftLEDheadlight
15|Ignitioncoils,heatedoxygensensors14|Rearwindowwiper
16|Fuelpump16|Rear SeatEntertainmentpreparation
Fusepanel@)(red)Fusepanel(£)(red)
No.|EquipmentNo.|Equipment
1[Ignitioncoils1|Anti-theftalarmsystem
2_|Enginevalves2.|Enginecontrolmodule
5_|Enginemount3|Lumbarsupport
6|Emergencycallsystem4.[Automatictransmissionselectormecha-
7|Instrumentpanelnism
8|Climatecontrolsystem(blower)5S|Horn
10
|
Dynamicsteering6|Electromechanicalparkingbrake
Fusepanel©(black)7|Gatewaycontrolmodule
78|Interiorheadlinerlights
No.|Equipment
1|Frontseatheating10|Airbagcontrolmodule
2.|Windshieldwipers11|ElectronicStabilizationControl(ESC)
3.|Leftheadlightelectronics12|Diagnosticconnector,light/rainsensor
:13|Climatecontrolsystem
4|Panoramicglassroof
&|Letetrontdeorcontrolmodule14|Rightfrontdoorcontrolmodule
6|Sockets15|A/Ccompressor
7|Rightreardoorcontrolmodule
9|Rightheadlightelectronics
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