2019 AUDI S4 instrument cluster

Tableofcontents

AboutthisOwner'sManual......
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Cockpitoverview.............-0000-5
Indicatorlightsoverview...........0..
Displayandoperation............
Instrumentcluster...............
Instrumentclusteroverview...........
Coolanttemperatureindicator.........
Tachometer.........0.0 eeeeeeee
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Multifunctionsteeringwheelplus......
Multifunctionsteeringwheel..........
Vehiclefunctions«csv.eeveeweveo
MessageS...0...eeeeee
Head-updisplay..................
Description...............0..000000.
Startinganddriving.............
Openingandclosing.............
Centrallocking..................000-
Luggagecompartmentlid.............
Childisatiety,LOKsecnsicex +emersin« iwnisne+oisens
PowerwindowS............000e0eee
Sliding/tiltingsunroof................
Panoramicglassroof.................
Valetparking............-.000eee eee
Garagedooropener........eeeeeeneee
LightsandVision.................
EXteriorlightingsasy ¢sewszoeees2eee
Interiorlightingie:+«sewssswesseeee
Vision...eeeee
Windshieldwipers...............0005
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Stowingandusing...............62
Ashtray...6.6ceceeeeeeeeeeeee62
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POWEPSOUNCESsisiccacocnciveneoooreswvaero62
Storage...eeeeeeeee63
Luggagecompartment...............64
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Warmandcold...................va
Climatecontrolsystem...............ZA
3-zonedeluxeautomaticclimatecontrol.72
Steeringwheelheating...............74
BGRAINGE:&csevessa 6smswes5 &eueenceooareaswoaa76
Generalinformation.................76
STEERING&qua5=nowy2 &OEEEEReste7
ShiftingintoGeticvssecssocomersveoe77
Startingandstoppingtheengine.......78
Start/StopSystem«exessseveaxoesge80
Electromechanicalparkingbrake.......82
Starting todrive.......2...eeeeee83
DrivingOfffOad«2e0:: =2ae8semeeeseee84
Automatictransmission..............85
Trailertowing....................93
Drivingwithiatrailers«sae«»sausocaw93
Driverassistance.................95
Assistsystems...................95
Speedwarningsystem..............--95
Cruise controlsystem.............0-.95
Camera-basedtrafficsignrecognition...97
WeaPeCHIM)Hawcsis&wsaeewnss«suawessa xssieoants99
Predictiveefficiencyassist.............100
Audi adaptivecruisecontrol...........102
Audiprevsensess=sscosx 6sewssveaeooawe112
Audiactivelaneassist................117
AudiSidéSSSiStisy: «qwax:« 3wmee2smeme= 2121
Audidriverselect)s«isisiisnsa vaave126
Parkingaid.......................129
Generalinformation.................129
Rearparkingsystem............-.4..130
Parkingsystemplus.............-.05.130
Rearviewcamerasacs< .eeuisseesoes132
PeripheralcameraS........0.02.eee133

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sideassistdisplays,warningabout
exitingthevehicle..............
Doorhandle
Centrallockingswitch...........
Memorybuttons...............
Vent
Thumbwheelforvent
Leverfor:
—Turnsignalsandhighbeams....
—Highbeamassistant..........
—Active laneassist.............
—Trafficjamassist.............
Multifunctionsteeringwheelwith:
—Hornbe
—Driver'sairbag............05.
—Driverinformationsystemcon-
trols..0...eeeeee eee
—Audio/video,telephone,naviga-
tion,andvoicerecognitioncon-
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—Shiftpaddles................
Instrumentcluster.............
Resettingthetripodometer......
Windshieldwashersystemlever..
Emergencyflashers.............
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Adjustablesteeringcolumn......
Leverfor:
—Cruisecontrolsystem.........
—Adaptivecruisecontrol........
Instrumentillumination.........
DatalinkconnectorforOnBoard
DiagnosticSystem(OBDII)......
Hoodirelease®« «cssiswsx xasowinex #awewees
Buttonforswitchingthehead-up
displayon/off,adjustingthe height.
LightiSWItehevesseseesx eoeenwcee
Buttonsfor:
—All-weatherlights............
—Rearfoglights...............
Switchforluggagecompartment
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Powerexteriormirroradjustment.
—[&/steeringwheelheatingbutton.
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Powerwindows................
Childsafetylock...............
Infotainmentsystemdisplay.....
Lockableglovecompartment.....
DrivesforCD,DVD,SIMcards....
Frontpassenger'sairbag........
ValetParkingfunction..........
Climatecontrolsystem..........
Dependingonequipment,buttons
for:
—driveselect...............04.
—Start/Stopsystem............
—ElectronicStabilizationControl
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—Hilldescentassist............
—Infotainmentsystemdisplay....
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Centerarmrestwithstoragecom-
partment.Dependingonvehicle
equipment,itmayhave:
—Audimusicinterface..........
—Audiphonebox...............
Startingtheenginewhenthereisa
malfunction..............0008e
Electromechanicalparkingbrake..
Dependingonequipment:
—Selectorlever(automatictrans-
MISSION)!« 2snowssmeeeoememeag
—Gearshiftlever(manualtransmis-
sion)
@Infotainmentunit..............
@[STARTENGINESTOP]button....


@)Audimusicinterface............
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Infotainmentsystemon/offbutton.
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Sometheequipmentlistedhereisonlyinstal-
ledincertainmodelsorisavailableasanop-
tion.

Quickaccess

Indicatorlightsoverview
Theindicatorlightsintheinstrumentcluster
blinkorturnon.Theyindicatefunctionsormal-
functions.
Messagesmayappearwithsomeindicatorlights.
Awarningsignalwillsoundatthesametime.
Theindicatorlightsandmessagesmaybecov-
ered byotherdisplays.Toshow themagain,se-
lectthesecondtabformessageswiththemulti-
functionsteeringwheel>page15or
=>page18.
Someindicatorlightsinthedisplaycandisplayin
severalcolors.

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Ifthewaorindicatorlightturnson,check
themessageintheinstrumentcluster.
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Someindicatorlightsturnonbrieflyasafunction
checkwhenyouswitchtheignitionon.Thesesys-
temsaremarkedwithaVinthefollowingtables.
Ifoneoftheseindicatorlightsdoesnotturnon,
thereisamalfunctioninthatsystem.
Yourvehiclehaseitheramonochromedisplayor
amulticoloreddisplay,dependingonvehicle
equipment.Someindicatorlightsappearwhite
onamonochromedisplay.TheBoWcentral
indicatorlightturnsonatthesametimetoindi-
catethepriorityoftheseindicatorlights.
Thefollowingindicatorlightsmaybeavailable,
dependingonthevehicleequipment:

Redindicatorlights
Centralindicatorlight
=>page10,
Audipresense
=>page112
Brakesystem¥
=>page21
Brakesystem¥
=>page21
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Electromechanicalparkingbrake
=>page 22
Electromechanicalparkingbrake
=>page22
Coolingsystem
=>page 22
Engineoilpressure
>page312
Engineoillevel(MIN)
=>page312
Electricalsystem
>page317
Safetybelt
=>page23
Electromechanicalsteering
=>page142
Steeringlock
=>page23
Enginestartsystem
=>page23
Transmission(automatictransmis-
sion)
=>page90,
Clutch(manualtransmission)
=>page23
Hood
=>page24
Adaptivecruisecontrol/
=>page105
Trafficjamassist
=>page109
Drivesystem
=>page24


Yellowindicatorlights
Centralindicatorlight
=>page10
ElectronicStabilizationControl
(ESC)
=>page24
ElectronicStabilizationControl
(ESC)¥
=>page24

Instrumentcluster

Instrumentclusteroverview
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Fig.4Instrumentclusteroverview(Audivirtualcockpit)

a)Enginecoolanttemperaturegauge.148)Speedometer
)Tachometer........ceceeeeeee14)Leftadditionaldisplay
—WithOFFstatusindicator......78Theremaybeadditionalindicatorlightsinthe
78,80tachometer@),thespeedometer©),thestatus
BE)Tabarea:=ncewerp« =gumg 2oe15line©and,dependingontheinstrumentcluster,
(4)Centralareawithaboveorbelowthecentralarea(4).
—WithREADYstatusindicator...
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~Driverinformationsystem......15,18Thefollowingpageswillprimarilyshowillustra-
~Indicatorlights............--10tionsofthemulti-coloranaloginstrumentclus-
S)Statusline(displayedononeortwoter*.Thedisplayand/orpositionoftheelement
lines)shownmayvaryinmonochrome instrumentclus-
(6)Speedometer/conveniencedisplayters orintheAudivirtualcockpit*.>
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Instrumentcluster

Certaininstrumentclustercontentcanalsobe
displayedinthehead-updisplay*>page27.

ZAWARNING
Donotassumetheroadsarefreeoficebased
ontheoutsidetemperaturedisplay.Beaware
thattheremaybeiceonroadsevenwhenthe
outsidetemperatureisaround41°F(+5°C)
andthaticecanincreasetheriskofaccidents.

@)Tips
— Depending onvehicleequipment,thein-
strumentillumination(needlesandgauges)
mayturnonwhenthelightsareoffandthe
ignitionisswitchedon.Theilluminationfor
thegaugesreducesautomaticallyandeven-
tuallyturnsoffasbrightnessoutsidein-
creases.Thisfunctionremindsthedriverto
turnthelowbeamsonattheappropriate
time.
—Youcanselecttheunitsusedfortempera-
ture,speed,andothermeasurementsinthe
Infotainmentsystem>page240.
—Ifyourvehicleisstationaryorifyouaredriv-
ingatverylowspeeds,thetemperaturedis-
playedmaybeslightlyhigherthantheac-
tualtemperatureoutsideduetotheheatra-
diatingfromtheengine.
—Attemperaturesbelow41°F(+5°C),a
snowflakesymbolappearsinfront ofthe
temperaturedisplay>A\.
Coolanttemperature
indicator
Thecoolanttemperaturedisplay@>page13,
fig.3or>page13,fig.4onlyfunctionswhen
theignitionisswitchedon.Toreducetheriskof
enginedamage,pleaseobservethefollowing
notesaboutthetemperatureranges.
Coldrange
IfonlytheLEDsatthebottomofthegaugeturn
on,theenginehasnot reachedoperatingtem-
peratureyet.Avoidhighenginespeeds,fullaccel-
eration,andheavyengineloads.
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Normalrange
Theenginehasreacheditsoperatingtempera-
tureoncetheLEDsuptothecenterofthegauge
turnon.Ifthegindicatorlightintheinstru-
mentclusterdisplayturnson,thecoolanttem-
peratureistoohigh>page22.
@)Note
—Auxiliaryheadlightsandotheraccessoriesin
frontoftheairintakeimpairthecoolingef-
fectofthecoolant.Thisincreasestheriskof
theengineoverheatingduringhighoutside
temperatures andheavyengineload.
—Thefrontspoileralsohelpstodistribute
coolingaircorrectlywhiledriving.Ifthe
spoilerisdamaged,thecoolingeffectwill
beimpairedandtheriskoftheengineover-
heatingwillincrease.SeeanauthorizedAu-
didealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacility
forassistance.
Tachometer
Thetachometerdisplaystheenginespeedinrev-
olutionsperminute(RPM).
Thebeginningoftheredzoneinthetachometer
indicatesthemaximumpermissibleenginespeed
forallgearsoncetheenginehasbeenbrokenin
andwhenitiswarmeduptooperatingtempera-
ture.Before reachingthiszone,youshouldshift
intothenexthighestgear,selectthe"D/S"selec-
torleverposition,orremoveyourfootfromthe
acceleratorpedal.
@)Note
Theneedleinthetachometer2)>page13,
fig.3or>page13,fig.4mayonlybeinthe
redareaofthegaugeforashorttimeorthere
isariskofenginedamage.Thelocationwhere
theredzonebeginsvariesdependingonthe
engine.
@)Forthesakeoftheenvironment
Upshiftingearlyhelpsyoutosavefuelandre-
ducesoperatingnoise.

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Instrumentcluster

Fuellevel
Thedisplay>page13,fig.3orpage13,
fig.4onlyfunctionswhentheignitionisswitch-
edon.Whenthedisplayhasreached thereserve
mark,aredLEDturnsonandtheAlindicator
lightturnson>page24.
Forthetankcapacityinyourvehicle,refertothe
TechnicalData>page373.
(@)Note
Neverdriveuntilthetankiscompletelyemp-
ty.Theirregularsupplyoffuelthatresults
fromthatcancauseenginemisfires.Uncom-
bustedfuelwillthenentertheexhaustsys-
tem.Thiscancauseoverheatinganddamage
tothecatalyticconverter.
Odometer

Fig.5Instrumentcluster: odometerandresetbutton
Tripodometerandodometer
Thetripodometershowsthedistancedriven
sinceitwaslastreset.Itcanbeusedtomeasure
shortdistances.
Thetripodometercanberesettozerobypress-
ingthe|]resetbutton.


Theodometershowsthetotaldistancethatthe
vehiclehasbeendriven.
Malfunctionindicator
Ifthereisamalfunctionintheinstrumentclus-
ter,DEFwillappearinthetripodometerdisplay.
Havethemalfunctioncorrectedassoonaspossi-
ble.

@Tips
Theunitsofmeasurementcanbesetinthe
Infotainmentsystem>page240.
Multifunctionsteering
wheelplus
Appliesto:vehicleswithmultifunctionsteeringwheelplus


Fig.6Driverinformationsystemdisplay

Fig.7Leftsideofmultifunctionsteeringwheel
Requirement:theignitionmustbeswitchedon.
Thedriverinformationsystemcontains multiple
tabs@°fig.6thatdisplayvariousinformation
©.
Thefollowingtabsmaybeavailable,depending
onvehicleequipment:



FirsttabVehiclefunctions>page19
SecondMessages
tab?)
ThirdtabRadio>page157
Media>page157>
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Instrumentcluster


Fourthtab|Telephone*>page158

FifthtabNavigation*>page159
Map*>page160

a)Thistabisonlyvisiblewhenthereisat leastoneindicator
lightormessagedisplayed.

@®Button[<>

—Switchingtabs:pressthe[<>]buttonrepeated-
lyuntilthedesiredtabisshown(forexample,
Radio).


@[VIEW]button
Switchingviewsorreducingthedisplay
=>page17.

©Button[=
Returntofunctionsathigherlevels.
Controlbuttons
©Controlbuttons[3]and
Open/closetheselectionmenuoroptionsmenu
=>page16.
@Leftthumbwheel
—Selectingafunctioninamenu/list:turnthe
leftthumbwheeltothedesiredfunction(forex-
ample,selectingafrequency).
—Confirmingaselection:presstheleftthumb-
wheel()>fig.7.
—Zoomingin/outonthemap:whenamapis
displayed,turntheleftthumbwheeltozoomin
andoutonthemap.

Appliesto:vehicleswith multifunctionsteeringwheelplus



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Fig.8Selectionmenuandoptionsmenuview
Leftcontrolbutton
—Openingandclosingtheselectionmenu:press
therespectiveleftcontrolbuttononthesteer-
ing
wheel>fig.8.Youcanselectandconfirma
functionintheselectionmenuusingtheleft
thumbwheel(forexample,selectingafrequen-
cyband).
Rightcontrolbutton
—Opening/closingtheoptionsmenu:pressthe
respectiverightcontrolbuttononthesteering
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wheel>fig.8.Youcanchangeanycontext-de-
pendentfunctionsandsettingsusingtheleft
thumbwheel(forexample,additionalstation
information).
(i)Tips
Theavailabilityofaselectionmenuoroptions
menudependsonthefunctionthatisselect-
ed.

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Instrumentcluster

ngviews>Openthefirstvehiclefunctionstabusingthe
Appliesto:vehicleswithmultifunctionsteeringwheelplus<>]buttononthemultifunctionsteering
wheel.
>Selectonthemultifunctionsteeringwheel:left
controlbutton>Layout>SportlayoutorClas-
siclayout.



Reducingthedisplay
Appliesto:vehicleswithanaloginstrumentcluster

>Pressthe[VIEW]buttontoswitchfromthe
classictothereduceddisplay.Toreturn tothe
classicview,pressthe[VIEW]buttonagain.



Adjustingtheadditionaldisplay
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudivirtualcockpit
Dependingonthevehicleequipment,theaddi-
tionaldisplaysthatcan beselectedmayvary.
>Openthefirstvehiclefunctionstabusingthe
<>]buttononthemultifunctionsteering
wheel.
>Selectonthemultifunctionsteeringwheel:
rightcontrolbutton>Additionaldisplay.
Fig.9-Appliesto:vehicleswithAudivirtualcockpit-Default»Selectthedesiredadditionaldisplay.
view:classic/sport*
G@)Tips
Appliesto:vehicleswithsportview




Alwayssetthedesireddefaultviewbefore
driving,becausethedisplayfunctionswillnot
beavailableforseveralseconds.
7,AA

Appliesto:vehicleswithmultifunctionsteeringwheelplus
Fig.10-Appliesto:vehicleswithAudivirtualcockpit-En-
hancedview
Changeview
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudivirtualcockpit

>Pressthe[VIEW]button@)>page15,fig.7to
switchfromthedefaultview>fig.9totheen-
hancedview>fig.10.Toreturntothedefault
view,pressthe[VIEW]buttonagain.




SettingthedefaultviewFig.11Rightsideofthe multifunctionsteeringwheel
Appliesto:vehicleswithsportview

@Button[¢ Dependingonthevehicleequipment,youcan
choosebetweentheclassicandthesportview.—Acceptingacall:pressthe[@]buttonwhen
thereisanincomingcall.


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