2019 AUDI S4 warning lights

Instrumentcluster

Youcanstillcontrolallfunctionsthatareinde-
pendentoftherainsensorthroughthewind-
shieldwiperlever.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
{Suspensioncontrol
Appliesto:vehicleswithsuspensioncontrol
18|Suspension:malfunction!Youmaycontinue
driving
Thereisamalfunction.SeeanauthorizedAudi
dealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityforas-
sistance.
beeNatMeleelametale)
Appliesto:vehicleswithallwheeldrive/sportdifferential
3All-wheeldrive:malfunction!Youmaycon-
tinuedriving.PleasecontactService
iT-3|Sportdifferential:malfunction!Pleasecon-
tactService
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
EH]All-wheeldriveoverheating.Pleaseadapt
drivingstyle.Seeowner'smanual
3}Sportdifferential:temperaturetoohigh.
Pleaseadaptdrivingstyle
Thetransmissiontemperaturehasincreasedsig-
nificantlyduetothesportydrivingmanner.Drive
inalesssportymanneruntilthetemperaturere-
turnstothenormalrangeandtheindicatorlight
switchesof.

ZXWARNING
ContactanauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiServiceFacilityiftheallwheeldrive/
sportdifferentialisfaultyormalfunctioning.
Therepairmustbeperformedbytrainedper-
sonnelusingthecorrectoilinordertoensure
safety.

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ereasercy
IftheaorByindicatorlightblinks,aturnsig-
nalisturnedon.Ifbothindicatorlightsareblink-
ing,theemergencyflashersare on.
Ifanindicatorlightblinkstwiceasfastasusual,
aturnsignalbulbhasfailed.Carefullydrivetoan
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilityimmediatelytohavethe malfunctioncor-
rected.

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Head-updisplay

Head-updisplay
Description
Appliesto:vehicleswithhead-updisplay
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Fig.16Instrumentpanel:knobforthehead-updisplay
Thehead-updisplayprojectscertainwarningsor
selectedinformationfromtheassistsystems*or
navigationsystem*onthewindshield.Thedis-
playappearswithinthedriver'sfieldofvision.
Switchingonandoff
>Toswitchthehead-updisplayon,pressthe67
knob.
>Toswitchthehead-updisplayoff,presstheS7
knob.
Adjustingtheheight
Theheightofthedisplaycan beadjustedtothe
individualdriver.
>Makesureyouareseatedcorrectly>page248.
>Turn theknobS?toadjustthedisplay.
SettingsintheInfotainmentsystem

>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Driveras-
sistance>Head-updisplay.

Displaycontent
IntheInfotainmentsystem,youcanspecify
whichinformationshould bedisplayed:Forex-
ample,thiscanincludenavigationinformation”,
adaptivecruisecontrol*orcamera-basedtraffic
signrecognition*.
Thedisplay ofcertaininformationandsomeof
thered indicatorlightscannotbehiddeninthe
Infotainmentsystem.
Brightness
YoucanadjustthedisplaybrightnessintheInfo-
tainmentsystem.Thedisplaybrightnessdecreas-
esautomaticallyastheamountoflightdecreas-
es.Thebackgroundbrightnessisadjusted with
theinstrumentillumination>page51.
Picturerotation
YoucanrotatethepictureintheInfotainment
systemclockwiseorcounterclockwise.
CG)Note
Topreventscratchesontheglasscoveringthe
head-updisplay,donotplaceanyobjectsin
theprojectionopening.
@)Tips
—Sunglasseswithpolarizationfiltersandun-
favorable
lightingconditionscanimpairvisi-
bilityofthedisplay.
— Anoptimumdisplaydependsontheseat
positionandthe heightadjustmentofthe
head-updisplay.
—Aspecialwindshieldisneededforthe head-
updisplayfunction.
—Forinformationoncleaning,see>tableIn-
teriorcleaningonpage344.
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Openingandclosing

Youcanswitchthevaletparkingfunctionon,for
examplewhensomeoneelseisparkingyourvehi-
cle).Thevehiclecanbedriven,locked,andun-
lockedusingthevehiclekey,butaccesstothe
luggagecompartmentisblocked.
>Removethemechanicalkey>page30.
>Pressthe[VALET]buttonintheglovecompart-
ment.TheLEDinthebuttonturnsonifthe
functionisswitchedon.
>Locktheglovecompartmentwiththemechani-
calkey.
>Appliesto:vehicleswithlockablepass-through
andlockablerearseatbackrests:To securethe
luggagecompartmentfromthevehicleinterior,
lockthepass-throughandtherearseatbackr-
estsusingthemechanicalkey>page69or
=>page66.
>Giveyourvehiclekeytotheservicepersonnel
whoareparkingyourvehicleandkeeptheme-
chanicalkey.


Thefollowingbuttonsaredeactivatedwhenthe
valetparkingfunctionisswitchedon:
—<*buttoninthedriver'sdoor
— —Handleintheluggagecompartmentlid
Ifthevaletparkingfunctionisswitchedon,a
messagewillappeareverytimetheignitionis
switchedon.
G)Tips
Pleasenotethattheluggagecompartment
canstillbe accessedfromthevehicleinterior
invehicleswithfixedrearseatbackrestsor
onesthatcannotbelocked,evenwhenthe
valetparkingfunctionisswitchedon.

D_Thisfunctionisnotavailableinallcountries.
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Garagedooropener
pyrodfda(ela)
Appliesto:vehicleswithgaragedooropener
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B4G-0535
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isi=
Fig.39Garage dooropener:examplesofusagefordiffer-
entsystems


Withthegarage dooropener,youcanactivate
systemssuchasthegaragedoors,securitysys-
temsorhouselightsfrominsideyourvehicle.
Threebuttonsareintegratedintheheadliner
thatcan beprogrammedtouptothreeremote
controls.
To beabletooperatesystemsusingthegarage
dooropener,the buttonsintheheadlinermust
firstbeprogrammed.

Z\WARNING
Whenoperatingorprogrammingthegarage
dooropener,makesure thatnopeopleorob-
jectsareintheareaimmediatelysurrounding
theequipment.Peoplecanbeinjuredorprop-
ertycanbedamagedifstruckwhenclosing.
®Tips
—Forsecurityreasons,werecommendthat
youcleartheprogrammedbuttonsbefore
sellingthevehicle.
—ForadditionalinformationaboutHomeLink,
visitwww.homelink.com.
—Foranexplanationonconformitywiththe
FCCregulationsinthe UnitedStatesandthe
IndustryCanadaregulations,see
>page370.

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LightsandVision

LightsandVision
Exteriorlighting
Switchingthelightsonandoff
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Fig.41Instrumentpanel:lightswitchwithbutton
Lightswitch©:
Turnthelightswitchtothecorrespondingposi-
tionwhentheignitionisswitchedon.2andthe
selectedpositionturnon(exceptposition0).
O-Thedaytimerunninglightsautomaticallyturn
on.Invehiclesforcertainmarkets,youcan
switchtheautomaticdaytimerunninglightson
andoffintheInfotainment*system.
AUTO-Theheadlightsautomaticallyadapttothe
surroundingbrightness.
300-Parkinglights
2D-Lowbeamheadlights
Button
WhenyouturnthelightswitchtotheAUTOor
lowbeamheadlightpositionZO,youcanactivate
thefollowingfunctions:
So-All-weatherlights.Theheadlightsautomati-
callyadjustsothattherewillbelessglare,forex-
amplewhentheroadsurfaceiswet.
Automaticheadlightrangecontrolsystem
Yourvehicleisequippedwithanautomatichead-
lightrangecontrolsystemthatreducesglarefor
oncomingtrafficifthevehicleloadchanges.The
headlightrangeadjusts automatically.
Audiadaptivelight
Appliesto:vehicleswithadaptivelight
Adaptivelightprovidesbettervisibilitywhenitis
darkbyadaptingthelightstotheroadconditions
basedonspeed,suchasonexpressways,rural
roads,at intersections,andincurves.Theadap-
tivelightonlyfunctionswhenthelightswitchis
intheAUTOposition.

ZXWARNING
Automaticheadlights”areonlyintendedto
assistthedriver.They donotrelievethedriver
ofresponsibilitytochecktheheadlightsand
toturnthemonmanuallybasedonthecur-
rentlightandvisibilityconditions.Forexam-
ple,fogcannotbe detectedbythelightsen-
sors.Soalwaysswitchonthelowbeamsun-
der theseweatherconditionsandwhendriv-

inginthedarkZO.

G@)Tips
—Ifthevehiclebatteryhasbeendischarging
forawhile,theparkinglightmayswitchoff
automatically.Avoidusingtheparking
lightsforseveralhours.
—Follow theregulationsapplicabletothe
countrywhereyouareoperatingthevehicle
whenstoppingthevehicleandwhenusing
thelightingsystems.
—Thelightsensorfortheautomatichead-
lights*isintherearviewmirrormount.Do
notplaceanystickersinthisareaonthe
windshield.
—Awarningtonewillsoundifyouopenthe
doorwhentheexteriorlightsareswitched
on.
—Onlythefrontheadlightsturnonwhenthe
daytimerunninglightsareswitchedon*.In
vehiclesincertainmarkets,thetaillights
willalsoturnon.
—Incoolordampweather,theinsideofthe
headlights,turnsignals,andtaillightscan
fog
overduetothetemperaturedifference
betweenthe insideandoutside.Theywill
clearshortlyafterswitchingthemon.This
doesnotaffecttheservicelifeofthelight-
ing.
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LightsandVision

Turnsignalandhighbeamlever
Theleveroperatestheturnsignals,thehigh
beamsandtheheadlightflasher.

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Fig.42Turnsignalandhighbeamlever
Turnsignals@>
Theturnsignalsactivatewhenyoumovethelev-
erintoaturnsignalpositionwhentheignitionis
switchedon.
@-Rightturnsignal
@- Leftturnsignal
Theturnsignalwillblinkthreetimesifyoujust
tap thelever.
HighbeamsandheadlightflasherEI
Movethelevertothecorrespondingposition:
@-Highbeamson(vehicleswithhighbeamas-
sistant*)>page48
@-Highbeamsofforheadlightflasher
The=oindicatorlightintheinstrumentcluster
willturnon.

Z\WARNING
Highbeamscancauseglareforotherdrivers,
whichincreasestheriskofanaccident.For
thisreason,onlyuse thehighbeamsorthe
headlight
flasher whentheywillnotcreate
glareforotherdrivers.

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Highbeamassistant
Appliesto:vehicleswithhighbeamassistant
Thehighbeamassistantautomaticallyturnsthe
highbeamsonoroffdepending onthesurround-
ingconditions.
Acameraontherearview mirrormountcande-
tectlightsourcesfromotherroadusers.Thehigh
beamsswitchonoroffautomaticallydepending
onthepositionofvehiclesdrivingaheadandon-
comingvehicles,thevehiclespeed,andotheren-
vironmentalandtrafficconditions.
Activatinghighbeamassistant
Requirement:thelightswitchmustbesettothe
AUTOpositionandthehighbeamassistantmust
be switchedonintheInfotainmentsystem
=>page49.
>Toactivatethehighbeamassistant,tapthe
leverforward@)>page48,fig. 42.Thefain-
dicatorlightappearsintheinstrumentcluster
displayandthehighbeamsareswitchedon/off
automatically.Ifthehighbeamswerecom-
pletelyorpartiallyswitchedon,theEaindica-
torlightwillturnon.

Switchingthe high beamsonoroffmanually
Ifthehighbeamsdidnotswitchonoroffauto-
matically asexpected,youmayswitchthemonor
offmanuallyinstead:
>Toswitchthehighbeamsonmanually, tap the
leverforward@)>page48,fig. 42.The=0|in-
dicatorlightturnson.
>Toswitchthehighbeamsoffmanually,pullthe
leverback@)>page48,fig. 42.Thehighbeam
assistantisdeactivated.
Operatingtheheadlightflasher
>To operatethe headlightflasherwhenthehigh
beamassistantisactivatedandhighbeamsare
switchedoff,pulltheleverback@)>page48,
fig.42.Thehighbeamassistantremainsac-
tive.
Messagesintheinstrumentclusterdisplay
ByAudiadaptivelight:malfunction!Seeown-
er'smanual

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LightsandVision

Headlightassistant:malfunction!Seeown-
er'smanual
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.Youcanstillswitchthe
highbeamsonoroffmanually.
Headlightassistant:currentlyunavailable.
Cameraviewrestrictedduetosurroundings.
Seeowner'smanual
Thecameraviewisblocked,forexamplebya
stickerordebris.
Thesensorislocated betweentheinteriorrear-
viewmirrorandthewindshield.Donotplaceany
stickersinthisareaonthewindshield.

ZAWARNING
Highbeamassistantisonlyintendedtoassist
thedriver.Thedriverisstillresponsiblefor
controllingtheheadlightsandmayneedto
switchthemonandoffmanuallydepending
onlightandvisibilityconditions.Itmaybe
necessarytooperatethemmanuallyinsitua-
tionssuchas:
—Inadverseweatherconditionssuchasfog,
heavyrain,blowingsnoworsprayingwater.
—Onroadswhereoncomingtrafficmaybe
partiallyobscured,suchasexpressways.
—Whenthereareroadusersthatdonot have
sufficientlighting,suchasbicyclersorvehi-
cleswithdirtytaillamps.
—Intightcurvesandonsteephills.
—Inpoorlylitareas.
—Withstrongreflectors,suchassigns.
—Iftheareaofthewindshieldnearthesensor
isfoggedover,dirty,icyorcoveredwitha
sticker.

Adjustingtheexterior lighting
ThefunctionsareadjustedintheInfotainment
system.

> SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Vehicle
settings>Exteriorlighting.
Automaticheadlights
YoucanadjustthefollowingsettingsintheAuto-
matic
headlightsmenu:
Activationtime-youcanadjustiftheheadlights
switchonEarly,MediumorLateaccordingtothe
sensitivityofthelightsensor.
Headlightassistant*-youcanswitchthehigh
beamassistant*onandoff.
Entry/exitlighting
Whenitisdark,theEntry/exitlightingillumi-
natestheareaaroundthevehiclewhenunlocking
the
vehicleandafterswitchingofftheignition
andopeningthedriver'sdoor.
TheEntry/exitlightingonlyworkswhenitisdark
andthelightswitchisintheAUTOposition.
Daytimerunninglights
USAmodels:thedaytimerunninglightscanbe
switchedon/off.SelectOnorOff.
Canadamodels:thisfunctioncannotbe switched
off.Theyactivateautomaticallyeachtimetheig-
nitionisswitchedon.
Emergencyflashers

Fig.43Centerconsole:emergencyflasherbutton
Theemergencyflashersmakesotherdrivers
awareofyourvehicleindangeroussituations.
»PresstheAbuttontoswitchtheemergency
flashersonoroff.
Youcanindicatealanechangeoraturnwhenthe
emergencyflashersareswitchedonbyusingthe
turnsignallever.Theemergencyflashersstop
temporarily.
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LightsandVision

@Tips
Thesettingisautomaticallystoredandas-
signedtotheremotecontrolkeythatisbeing
used.
Tideuateartela
Thebrightnessoftheilluminationfortheinstru-
ments,displayandhead-updisplay*canbead-
justed.

Fig.46Instrumentillumination
>Presstheknobtoreleaseit.
>Turn theknobtoward"-"or"+"toreduceorin-
creasethebrightness.
>
Presstheknobagaintoreturnittoitsoriginal
Position.
@)Tips
Dependingonvehicleequipment,theinstru-
mentillumination(needlesandgauges)may
turnonwhenthelightsareoffandtheigni-
tionisswitchedon.Theilluminationforthe
gaugesreducesautomaticallyandeventually
turnsoffasbrightnessoutsideincreases.This
functionremindsthedrivertoturnthelow
beamsonattheappropriatetime.

Vision
Adjustingexteriormirrors
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g>eoO

Fig.47Driver'sdoor:knobfortheexteriormirrors
Turntheknobtothedesiredposition:
0-Alladjustmentfunctionsaredeactivated.
Q/®-Adjuststheleft/rightexteriormirror.
Movetheknobinthedesireddirection.
GA-Heats*themirrorglassdependingonthe
outsidetemperature.
SA-Foldstheexteriormirrors*.Tofoldthemir-
rorsout,turntheknobtooneoftheotherposi-
tions.IntheInfotainmentsystem,youcanselect
ifthemirrorsfoldinautomaticallywhenyoulock
thevehicle>page33.
Frontpassenger'sexteriormirrortilt
function*
Tohelpyouseethecurbwhenbackingintoa
parkingspace,thesurfaceofthemirrortilts
slightly.Forthistohappen,theknobmustbein
thepositionforthefrontpassenger'sexterior
mirror.
Youcanadjustthetiltedmirrorsurfacebyturn-
ingtheknobinthedesireddirection.Whenyou
moveoutofreverseandintoanothergear,the
newmirrorpositionisstoredandassignedtothe
keyyouareusing.
Themirrorgoesbackintoitsoriginalposition
onceyoudriveforwardfasterthan9mph
(15km/h)orturntheignitionoff.

ZXWARNING
Curvedmirrorsurfaces(forexampleconvex)
enlargethefieldofvision.However,they>

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makeobjectsinthemirrorappearsmallerand
fartheraway.Youmayestimateincorrectly
whenyouusethesemirrorstogaugeyourdis-
tancefromthevehiclesbehindyouwhen
changinglanes,whichincreasestheriskofan
accident.
@)Note
—Appliesto:vehicleswithpowerfoldingexte-
riormirrors:Ifthemirrorhousingwas
movedbyoutsideforces(suchasanimpact
whenmaneuvering),youmustuse thepow-
erfoldingfunctiontofoldthemirrorallthe
wayout.Themirrorswillmakealoudnoise
when
theylatchintoplace.Themirrorhous-
ingmustnot bemovedbackintoplaceby
handbecausethiscouldimpairthefunction
ofthemirrormechanism.
—Appliesto:vehicleswithoutpowerfolding
exterior mirrors:Ifthemirrorhousingwas
movedbyoutsideforces(suchasanimpact
whenmaneuvering),youmustmoveitback
inplacebyhand.
—Ifyouwashthevehicleinanautomaticcar
wash,youmustfoldtheexteriormirrorsin
toreducetheriskofdamagetothemirrors.
Neverfoldpowerfoldingexteriormirrors*
byhand.Onlyfoldtheminandoutusing
thepowercontrols.
G)Tips
—Ifthepoweradjustingfunctionmalfunc-
tions,theglassinbothmirrorscanbead-
justedbypressingontheedgeof itbyhand.


— Theexteriormirrorsettings arestoredwith
thememoryfunction*>page60.
Dimmingthemirrors
Yourvehicleisequippedwithamanualorauto-
matic*dimmingrearviewmirror.
Manualdimmingrearviewmirror
>Pulltheleveronthebottomofthemirrorback.
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Automaticdimmingrearviewmirror*
>Theinteriorandexteriormirrorsdimautomati-
callywhenlightshinesonthem,forexample
fromheadlightsonavehiclebehindyou.

Z\WARNING
Iftheglassonanautomaticdimmingmirror
breaks,electrolytecanleakout.Thisliquid
canirritatetheskin,eyesandrespiratorysys-
tem.Ifthereiscontactwiththefluid,flush
immediatelywithplentyofwater.Consulta
physicianifnecessary.
—Repeatedorlong-termexposuretoelectro-
lytefluidcanleadtoirritationoftheair-
ways,especiallyinpeoplewithasthmaor
otherrespiratoryconditions.Takedeep
breathsimmediatelyafterleavingthevehi-
cleor,ifthisisnotpossible,openallofthe
doorsandwindowsaswideaspossible.
—Ifelectrolytefluidenterstheeyes,flush
themthoroughlywithalargeamountof
cleanwaterforatleast15minutesandthen
seekmedicalattention.
—Ifelectrolytefluidcomesintocontactwith
theskin,flushtheaffectedareawithclean
waterforatleast15minutesandthenclean
withsoapandwaterandseekmedicalatten-
tion.Cleanaffected clothingandshoesthor-
oughlybeforewearingagain.
—Ifthefluidwasswallowedandthepersonis
conscious,flushthemouthwithwaterforat
least15minutes.Donotinducevomiting
unlessthisisrecommendedbymedicalpro-
fessionals.Seekmedicalattentionimmedi-
ately.

()Note
Iftheglassonanautomaticdimmingmirror
breaks,electrolytecanleakout.Thisliquid
damagesplasticsurfacesandpaint.Clean
thisliquidasquicklyaspossible,forexample
withawetsponge.
G)Tips
—Ifthelightreachingtherearviewmirroris
obstructed,theautomaticdimmingmirror
willnotfunctioncorrectly,