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Whentheadaptivecruisecontrolisturnedon,
youmustpresstheclutchtoshiftgears(asusu-
al).Whenshiftingnormallyorwhenpressingthe
clutch,theadaptivecruisecontrolremains
turnedon.
Afteryouhaveengagedthegear,youdonotneed
topressthegaspedal.Theadaptivecruisecon-
trolacceleratesautomaticallyifnecessary.
Ifyoupressdownontheclutchfortoolongor
shift/coupleimproperly,theadaptivecruisecon-
trolmayturnoffautomatically.
Switchingonandoff
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiadaptivecruisecontrol
B4M-0231
RAH-8655
Fig.105Instrumentcluster:adaptivecruisecontrol
Youcansetanyspeedbetween20mphand95
mph(30km/hand150km/h).
Indicatorlightsandmessagesintheinstrument
clusterdisplayinformyouaboutthecurrentsit-
uationandsetting.
Anadditionalindicatorappearsinthehead-up
display*.
Switchingadaptivecruisecontrolon
> Pullthelevertowardyouintoposition@
>fig.104.
Storingthespeedandactivatingregulation
>Tostorethecurrentspeed,pressthe[SET]but-
ton>fig.104.Thestoredspeedisshowninthe
speedometerintheLEDline@)andappears
brieflyinthestatusline©)>fig.105.
»Automatictransmission:toactivatecontrol
whenstationary,thebrake pedalmustalsobe
pressed.
Switchingadaptivecruisecontroloff
>Pushtheleverawayfromyouintoposition©
untilitclicksintoplace.ThemessageACC:off
appears.
Indicatorlights
B-Adaptivecruisecontrolmustbeswitched
on.Novehiclesaredetectedahead.Thestored
speedismaintained.
BA-Avehicledrivingaheadwasdetected.The
adaptivecruisecontrolsystemregulatesthe
speedanddistancetothevehicledrivingahead
andaccelerates/brakesautomatically.
Appliesto:automatictransmissions
&-Adaptivecruisecontrolmustbeswitched
on.Avehiclewasdetectedahead.Yourvehicleis
stationaryandwillnotstartdrivingautomatical-
ly.
Appliesto:automatictransmissions
EB-Adaptivecruisecontrolmustbeswitched
on.Novehiclesweredetectedahead.Yourvehicle
isstationaryandwillnotstartdrivingautomati-
cally.
A-Theautomaticbrakingisnotenoughto
maintainasufficientdistancetoavehicledriving
ahead.Youmustintervene>page109,Driverin-
terventionrequest.
©Instrumentclusterdisplay
IftheDriverassistancedisplayisnotshownin
theinstrumentclusterdisplay,youcanopenit>
105
Assistsystems
usingthemultifunctionsteeringwheelbuttons
=>page15.
Basedonthegraphicdisplay,youcandetermine
ifthesystemismaintainingadistancetotheve-
hicledrivingahead andwhatthatdistanceis.
Novehicle-novehiclewasdetecteddriving
ahead.
Silvervehicle-avehiclewasdetecteddriving
ahead.
Redvehicle-requestfordriverintervention
=>page109.
Thefivedistance barsonthegauge(©represent
thesetdistance(see>page106forinformation
onhowtochangethedistance).Ifyoufallbelow
theselecteddistance,thedistancebarsbecome
redfromthebottomupward.
ZAWARNING
Appliesto:vehicleswithautomatictransmis-
sion:Ifyoupressthe[SET]buttonwhendriv-
ingatspeedsbelow20mph(30km/h),the
vehiclewillaccelerateautomaticallyupto20
mph(30km/h),whichistheminimumspeed
thatcanbeset.
@)Tips
—Ifyouswitchtheignitionortheadaptive
cruisecontrolsystemoff,thesetspeedis
erasedforsafetyreasons.
— TheElectronicStabilizationControl(ESC)
andtheAnti-Slip-Regulation(ASR)areauto-
maticallyswitchedonwhentheadaptive
cruisecontrolisswitchedon.
106
Changingthespeed
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audiadaptivecruisecontrol
B4M-0232
Fig.106Operatinglever:changingthespeed
>Toincrease ordecrease thespeedinsmallerin-
crements,tap thelevertoward@)or©)
=>fig.106tothefirstlevel.
>Toincrease ordecrease thespeedinlargerin-
crements,brieflytap thelevertoward@)or©)
tothesecondlevel.
>Toincrease ordecrease thespeedcontinuously,
holdthelevertoward@)/G)tothefirstorsec-
ondleveluntilthemarking@)reachesthede-
siredspeed>page105,fig.105.
Preselectingaspeed
Youcanalsopreselectthespeedwhenadaptive
cruisecontrolisnotactivebymovingtheleverin
thedesireddirection@)/©).Activatetheprevi-
ouslyselectedspeedbypullingtheleverintopo-
sition@)>page108,fig.109.
SadiMmeels
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audiadaptivecruisecontrol
B4M-0234
Fig.107Operatinglever:settingthedistance
>Taptherockerswitchtodisplaythedistance
thatiscurrentlyset.
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>Toincrease ordecrease thedistanceinincre-
ments,tap theswitchagaintoward@)or ©).
Thedistancebetweenthetwovehicleswill
changeintheinstrumentclusterdisplay.
Whenapproachingavehicledrivingahead,the
adaptivecruisecontrolsystembrakestomatch
thatvehicle'sspeedandthenadjuststotheset
distance.Ifthevehicledrivingaheadaccelerates,
thentheadaptivecruisecontrolwillalsoacceler-
ateuptothespeedthatyouhaveset.
Thehigherthespeed,thegreaterthedistance
=>A\.TheDistance3settingisrecommended.
Thatisequaltothegeneralrecommendationof
“halfthespeedshownonthespeedometer”.
Thedistancesprovidedare specifiedvalues.De-
pendingonthedrivingsituationandhowtheve-
hicleaheadisdriving,theactualdistancemaybe
moreorlessthanthesetargetdistances.
Ifyouchangethetimegaps,thevalueyouhave
justsetappearsbrieflyintheinstrumentcluster
display,forexampleBiforDistance3.Thisonly
occursiftheDriverassistancedisplayisnotcur-
rentlyshowninthedisplay>page105,fig.105.
Distance1:thissettingcorrespondstoadistance
of92ft(28m)whentravelingat62mph(100
km/h),oratimedistanceof1second.
Distance2: thissettingcorrespondstoadistance
of118ft(36m)whentravelingat62mph(100
km/h),oratimedistanceof1.3seconds.
Distance3:thissettingcorrespondstoadistance
of164ft(SOm)whentravelingat62mph(100
km/h),oratimedistanceof 1.8seconds.
Distance4:thissettingcorrespondstoadistance
of219ft(67m)whentravelingat62mph(100
km/h),oratimedistanceof2.4seconds.
Distance5:thissettingcorrespondstoadistance
of328ft(100m)whentravelingat62mph(100
km/h),oratimedistanceof3.6seconds.
D_Thisisnotavailableinsomecountries.
ZAWARNING
Whensettingthedistance,thedriverisre-
sponsibleforadheringtoanyapplicablelegal
regulations.
@Tips
Dependingontheselecteddrivingprogram
anddistance,drivingbehaviorwhenacceler-
atingwillvaryfromdynamictocomfortable
=>page108.
Drivinginstop-and-gotraffic
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audiadaptivecruisecontrolandau-
tomatictransmission
Fig.108Instrumentcluster:safestartmonitor
Theadaptivecruisecontrolsystemalsoassists
youinstop-and-gotraffic.Ifavehicledriving
aheadstops,yourvehiclewillbrakeandstayata
stopwithinthelimitsofthesystem.
Startingtodrivewithadaptivecruise
control!)
AslongasthemessageACC:automaticgoisdis-
played,yourvehiclewillbegindrivingwhenthe
vehicledrivingaheadstartstomove>A\.
Ifyouarestoppedforseveralseconds,yourvehi-
clewillnolongerdriveautonomouslyforsafety
reasons,
andthemessagewillturnoff.
>ToreactivateACC:automaticgotemporarily,
pullthelevertoposition@)>page108,
fig.109.
>Toresumemanualcontrolofthevehicle,tap
theacceleratorpedal.
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Assistsystems
Safestartmonitor
Ifanobstacleisdetectedwhenyoustartdriving,
youwillbealerted tothedangerbytheBAindi-
catorlightandtheimageintheinstrumentclus-
terdisplay>fig.108>A\.Anaudiosignalwill
alsosound.Yourvehiclewilldrivemoreslowly
whenstarting.Thismayalsooccurinsomesitua-
tionswhenthereisno apparentobstacle.
—Pressthebrakepedaltoslowyourvehicle
down.
Z\WARNING
IfthemessageACC:automaticgo”appears,
yourvehiclewillstartdrivingevenifthereis
anobstaclebetweenyourvehicleandtheve-
hicledrivingahead.Thisincreasestheriskof
anaccident.
G@)Tips
—Forsafetyreasons,yourvehiclewillonly
starttodriveautomaticallyif:
—Thedriver'ssafetybeltisfastened
—Alldoorsandthehoodareclosed
—Yourvehicleisnotstoppedforalongperi-
odoftime
Interruptingcruisecontrol
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiadaptivecruisecontrol
B4M-0233
Fig.109Selectorlever
Requirement:adaptivecruisecontrolmustbe
switched
on.
D_Thisisnotavailableinsomecountries.
2)Thisisnotavailableinsomecountriesand onsomeequip-
mentversions.
108
Overridingcruisecontrol
>Toacceleratemanually,pullthelevertoward
youintoposition@)andholditthereorpress
theacceleratorpedal.ThemessageACC:over-
rideappears.
>Toresumecruisecontrol,releasetheleveror
takeyourfootofftheacceleratorpedal.
Cancelingcruisecontrolwhiledriving
>Movetheleverintoposition@).Themessage
ACC:standbyappears.Or
>Pressthebrakepedal.
>Toresumethestoredspeed,movetheleverto-
wardyouintoposition@).
Cancelingcruisecontrolwhenstopped
Appliesto:vehicleswithautomatictransmission
>Pushtheleverawayfromyouintoposition@).
ThemessageACC:standbyappears.
>Toresumecruisecontrol,pressthebrakepedal
andpullthelevertowardyouintoposition@).
Z\WARNING
—Itisdangeroustoactivatecruisecontroland
resumethestoredspeedwhenthecurrent
road,trafficorweatherconditionsdonot
permitthis.Thisincreasestheriskofanac-
cident.
—Restingyourfootontheacceleratorpedal
couldoverridethecruisecontrol.Brakingin-
terventionsandcorrectiveactionsbythe
systemmaynotoccur.
SettingAudiadaptivecruisecontrol
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audiadaptivecruisecontrol
>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Driveras-
sistance>Audiadaptivecruisecontrol.
Storingthelastdistance?)
Thelastdistancethatwassetwillbestoredafter
theignitionisswitchedoff.Ifthedistanceisnot>
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stored,Distance3isautomaticallyseteverytime
theignitionisswitchedon.
Drivingprogram
Appliesto:vehicleswithoutAudidriveselect
Dependingontheselecteddrivingprogramand
distance,drivingbehaviorwhenacceleratingwill
varyfromdynamictocomfortable.
Selectingthedrivingmode
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audidriveselect
DependingontheselectedAudidriveselect
modeandthedistancethatisset,thedrivingbe-
haviorwillvaryfromdynamictocomfortable
whenaccelerating>page127.
@)Tips
Yoursettings areautomaticallystoredandas-
signedtothevehiclekeybeingused.
riverinterventionrequest
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiadaptivecruisecontrol
Fig.110Instrumentcluster:requestfordriverinterven-
tion
Therequestfor driverinterventioninstructsyou
totakeoveriftheadaptivecruisecontrolbraking
functionisnotabletomaintainasufficientdis-
tancetothevehicledrivingahead>fig.110.
Appliesto:vehicleswithtrafficjamassist
Trafficjamassistsupportsthedriverwhendriv-
ingintrafficjamsorinheavytraffic.
B8V-0692
Fig.111Turnsignallever:trafficjamassistbutton
ooa
RAH-8657
Fig.112Instrumentcluster:trafficjamassist
In aspeedrangeunder40mph(65km/h),traffic
jamassistcanhelptokeepthevehiclewithina
lanecalculatedbythesystem.Withinthelimits
ofthesystem,thesystemcontrolsthesteering
automaticallywhenadaptivecruisecontrolis
switchedon.Sincetrafficjamassistisonlyanas-
sistsystem,thedrivermustalwayskeephisor
herhandsonthesteeringwheelandbereadyto
steer.Thedrivercanoverridethecontrolatany
timebyactivelysteering.
Thesystemisdesignedfordrivingonexpress-
waysandhighways.
Switchingtrafficjamassistonandoff
>Pressthebuttontoswitchthesystemonand
off>fig.111.
>Toturnthesystemoffcompletely,selectinthe
Infotainmentsystem:[MENU]button>Vehicle
>leftcontrolbutton>Driverassistance>Traf-
ficjamassist.
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>
Assistsystems
Iftrafficjamassistwasdeactivatedthroughthe
Infotainmentsystem,youcancontinueoperating
theactivelaneassistusingthe>fig.111button
=>page118.Thetrafficjamassistfunctionsare
nolongeravailable.
Requirementsforusingtrafficjamassist:
—Trafficjamassistmustbe switchedonintheIn-
fotainmentsystem.
—Adaptivecruisecontrolmustbe switchedon
and
active>page105.
Alwaysswitchofftrafficjamassistinthe
followingsituations:
—Whenincreasedattentionisneededfromthe
driver
—Inpoorweatherconditionssuchassnowor
heavyrain
—Whendrivingonroadsinpoorcondition
—Inconstructionzones
—Incitydriving
Trafficjamassistavailability:
IfyouareintheDriverassistancedisplayinthe
instrumentcluster,theindicatorlightandthe
messageTrafficjamassistavailableappearsif
trafficcongestionisdetected.Youcanopenthe
Driverassistancedisplayusingthemultifunction
steeringwheelbuttons>page15.Toactivate
trafficjamassist,youmustpressthe>fig.111
buttonandswitchontheadaptivecruisecontrol
=>page105.
Indicatorlights
BandBA-trafficjamassistisswitchedon.Ve-
hiclesdrivingaheadweredetected.Yourvehicle
adaptswhiledriving>fig.112.
B-Trafficjamassistswitchesoffifthedriver
doesnottakeoversteeringaftermultipledriver
interventionrequests.Thesystembrakestheve-
hicleuntilitisstationary.
ZA\WARNING
Alwayskeepyourhandsonthesteeringwheel
soyoucanbereadytosteeratanytime.The
driverisalwaysresponsibleforstayingina
laneandforassessingtrafficsituations.Read
andfollowthewarningson>A\inGeneralin-
110
formationonpage103.Neverusetrafficjam
assistinthefollowingsituationsoryouwill
increasetheriskofanaccident:
—Drivingoffroadoronunpavedroads.Traffic
jamassistisonlydesignedforuseonpaved
roads.
—Incitydrivingorinconstructionzones
—Oncurvingstretchesofroad.
—Innarrowlanes
—Inuncleartrafficsituationssuchasatinter-
sectionsortollstations
@Tips
Youarenotnecessarilyguidedtothe center
ofyourlane.
PMENaTemelecile)
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audiadaptivecruisecontrol
Thisfunctionmeasuresthetimebetweentheve-
hicledrivingaheadandshowsthisintheinstru-
mentclusterdisplay.
Fig.113Instrumentcluster:distanceindicator/warning
Description
Atspeedsaboveapproximately40mph(65
km/h),thisfunctionmeasuresthedistancetothe
vehicleaheadastime.
>Switchtheadaptivecruisecontroldisplayonin
theinstrumentclusterdisplay>page15.
TheBindicatorlightturnsonifyoufallbelow
thesetdistance.
Settingthewarningthreshold
Youcanset,changeordeletethewarningthresh-
oldintheInfotainmentsystem.
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>IntheInfotainmentsystem,select:[MENU
button>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Driver
assistance>Distancewarning.
Z\WARNING
—Readandfollowthewarningson>Ain
Generalinformationonpage103.
—Thedriverisalwaysresponsibleforadhering
totheregulationsapplicableinthe country
wherethevehicleisbeingoperated.
@Tips
Youmayfallbelowhewarningthreshold
brieflywhenpassingorwhenquicklyap-
proachingaslowvehicle.Thereisnowarning
inthisscenario.Awarningisgivenonlyifyou
fallbelowthewarningthresholdforanex-
tendedperiodoftime.
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiadaptivecruisecontrol
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:unavailable.See
owner'smanual
Thesystemcannotguaranteethatitwilldetect
vehiclescorrectlyandithasswitchedoff.Thera-
darsensorshaveshiftedorarefaulty.Drivetoan
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilityimmediatelytohavethe malfunctioncor-
rected.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:currentlyun-
available.Seeowner'smanual
Thismessageappearsiftheadaptivecruisecon-
trolcannotbeactivated,forexampleifthehood
isopen.
ACCw.trafficjamassist:currentlyunavaila-
ble.Sensorvisionrestrictedduetosurround-
ings.Seeowner'smanual
Thismessageappearsiftheradarsensorviewis
obstructed,forexamplebyleaves,snow,heavy
sprayordirt.Cleanthesensors>page103,
fig.101.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:currentlyun-
available.Gradetoosteep
Theroadexceedsthemaximumpossiblegrade
forsafeoperation.Thesystemscannotbeswitch-
edon.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:onlyavailablein
D,SorM
Selectthe"D/S"or"M"selectorleverposition.
ACC:availablefrom1stgearup
Manualtransmission:adaptivecruisecontrol
worksin1stgearandhigher.
ACC:clutchpedalpressed
Manualtransmission:pressingtheclutchpedal
longerinterruptsthecontrol.
ACC:noteenginespeed
Manualtransmission:thismessageappearsifthe
driverhasnotshiftedupordownintimewhen
theadaptivecruisecontrolisbrakingoracceler-
ating,causingthevehicletoexceedortonot
reachthepermittedenginespeed.Theadaptive
cruisecontrolswitchesoffautomaticallyandcan-
notbe switched backon.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:currentlyun-
available.Parkingbrakeapplied
Thesystemsswitchoffifyousettheparking
brake.Thesystemsareavailableagainafteryou
releasetheparkingbrake.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:currentlyun-
available.Stabilizationcontrol(ESC)input
ThismessageappearsiftheElectronicStabiliza-
tionControl(ESC)istakingaction tostabilizethe
vehicle.Thesystemsswitchoffinthisscenario.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:manualcontrol!
Thismessageappearsifthevehiclerollsback
whenstartingonaslightincline,eventhoughthe
systemsareactive.Pressthebrakepedaltopre-
ventthevehiclefromrollingorstartingtomove.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:currentlyun-
available.Downhillassistactivated
Youcannotactivatethesystemwhenhillholdas-
sistisactive.
ACCwithtrafficjamassist:manualcontrol!>
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Assistsystems
Thismessageappearsifthedriverdoesnottake
over
steeringaftermultipledriverintervention
requestsandthesystemswitchesoff.Thevehicle
brakesuntilitisstationary.
Trafficjamassist:unavailable.Seeowner's
manual
Thesystemcannolongerensurethatthevehicle
willstayinthelaneandswitchesoff.Haveyour
vehiclecheckedbyanauthorizedAudidealeror
authorizedAudiServiceFacilityifthemalfunc-
tioniscontinuous.
Trafficjamassist:Pleasetakeoversteering!
Thismessageappearsassoonasthesystem
stopsdetectingsteeringactivitywhenthesystem
limitsarereached.Alwayskeep yourhandson
thesteeringwheelsoyoucan bereadytosteerat
anytime.
Trafficjamassist:currentlyunavailable.
Pleasefastenseatbelt
Thesystemswitchesoffwhenthedriver'ssafety
beltisunfastened.
ACC:efficiencyassistnotavailableinthis
country
Theadaptationtospeedlimitsandroutesahead
isnotavailableinthiscountry.
ACC:predictivecontrolcurrentlyunavaila-
ble.Seeowner'smanual
Theadaptationtospeedlimitsandroutesahead
switchesoffatspeedlimitsunder20mph
(30km/h).
Themessagecanalsoappeariftheadaptationto
speedlimitsandroutesaheadhasatemporary
failure.Haveyourvehiclecheckedbyanauthor-
izedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacili-
tyifthemalfunctioniscontinuous.
Distancewarning:malfunction!Pleasecontact
Service
Thesystemcannotguaranteethatitwilldetect
vehiclescorrectlyandithasswitchedoff.Thera-
darsensorshaveshiftedorarefaulty.Drivetoan
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilityimmediatelytohavethe malfunctioncor-
rected.
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Distancewarning:currentlyunavailable.Sensor
view
restrictedduetosurroundings.Seeown-
er'smanual
Thismessageappearsiftheradarsensorviewis
obstructed,forexamplebyleaves,snow,heavy
sprayordirt.Cleanthesensors>page103,
fig.101.
Distancewarning:currentlyunavailable.See
owner'smanual
Thismessageappearsifthesystemhasatempo-
raryfailure.Ifthisoccurs multipletimes,driveto
anauthorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethemalfunc-
tioncorrected.
ACC:Pleasefastenseatbelt
Thesystemisnotcompletelyavailableifthedriv-
er'sseatbeltisunfastened.
Stationaryobjectahead
Thismessageappearsifyouwouldliketoswitch
thesystemonandthereisastationaryobjectdi-
rectlyinfront ofyourvehicle.
Dooropen
Thesystemisnotavailablewhenthedooris
open.
Audipresense
Introduction
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audipresense
Withinthelimitsofthesystem,thepresense
functionscaninitiatemeasuresinparticularly
dangeroussituationstoprotectthevehiclepas-
sengersandotherroadusers.
—
Duetotheinterlinkingofvariousvehiclesys-
tems,criticaldrivingsituationscan bedetected
bypresensebasicandmeasuresforpreventa-
tiveoccupantprotectionarecanbeinitiated.
—Thepresensefrontsystemusesthedatafrom
theadaptivecruisecontrol*radarsensorsand
thecameratocalculatetheprobabilityofacol-
lision.Withinthelimitsofthesystem, anim-
pendingcollisionwithvehiclescan bedetected
inbothurbanandruralspeedranges.Inthis
case,thesystemwarnsthedrivervisually,>