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Openingandclosing
> Insertthekeyintotheslotinsideandturnitall
thewaytotheright(rightdoor)ortotheleft
(leftdoor*).
Oncethefrontpassenger'sdoorisclosed,itisno
longerpossibletoopenitfromtheoutside.The
doorcanbeopenedfromtheinsidebypulling
thedoorhandle.
PVaeCTS1)
Iftheanti-theftalarmsystemdetectsavehicle
break-in,audioandvisualwarningsignalsare
triggered.Theanti-theftalarmsystemisswitch-
edonoroffwhenlockingorunlockingyourvehi-
cle.Ifthealarmistriggered,itwillshutoffauto-
maticallyafteracertainamountoftime.
Switching thealarmoffmanually
>Toswitchthealarmoff,presstheGbuttonon
theremotecontrolkeyorswitchtheignition
on.
Break-insecurityfeature
Thealarmwillsoundifthereisabreak-inatthe
doors,hood,and/orluggagecompartmentlid.
Luggagecompartment
lid
Openingandclosingtheluggage
compartmentlid
BFV-0069
Fig.20Openedluggagecompartmentlid
Openingtheluggagecompartmentlid
>Tounlocktheluggagecompartmentlid,press
the<3buttonontheremotecontrolkey.Or
>Lifttheluggagecompartmentlid.
Closingtheluggagecompartmentlid
>Usetheinsidegriptopulltheluggagecom-
partmentliddownandallowittocloseusinga
gentlepush>A\.
Z\WARNING
—Duetotheriskofinjury,alwaysbeawareof
therearpassengerswhenclosingthelug-
gagecompartmentlid.
—Afterclosingtheluggagecompartmentlid,
makesurethatitislatched.Otherwisethe
luggagecompartmentlidcouldopensud-
denlywhendriving,whichincreasestherisk
ofanaccident.
—Neverdrivewiththeluggagecompartment
lidajaroropen,becausepoisonousgases
canenterthevehicleinteriorandcreatethe
riskofasphyxiation.
—Neverleaveyourvehicleunattendedwhen
theluggagecompartmentlidisopen.A
childcouldclimbintothevehiclethrough
theluggagecompartment.Iftheluggage
compartmentlid wasthenclosed,thechild
wouldbetrappedinthevehicleandunable
toescape.Toreducetheriskofinjury,donot
allowchildrentoplayinoraroundthevehi-
cle.Alwayskeeptheluggagecompartment
lidandthedoorsclosedwhenthevehicleis
notinuse.
—Alwaysmakesurenooneisintheluggage
compartmentlid'srangeofmotionwhenit
isclosing,especiallynearthehinges.Fin-
gersorhandscouldbepinched.
(i)Tips
—Whenthevehicleislocked,theluggage
compartmentlidcanbeunlockedseparately
bypressingthe<
locksautomaticallywhenitisclosedagain.
—Incaseofanemergencyorafaultyhandle,
theluggagecompartmentlidcanbeopened
manuallyfromtheinside>page28.
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Openingandclosing
Mechanicallyunlockingtheluggage
compartmentlid
Theluggagecompartmentlidcanbereleased
fromtheinsideinanemergency.
oOzta 2 >
inoO
Fig.21Theemergencyreleaseisaccessedontheleftside
oftheluggagecompartmentunderneaththerearwindow.
BFV-0071
Fig.22Section:insideofluggagecompartment: emergen-
cyrelease
>Tilttheleftrearseatbackrestforward.
> Pryoutthecover>fig.21usingthemechani-
calkey>page23.
>Pulltheplasticcordinthedirectionofthear-
row>fig.22.
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Powerwindows
Thedrivercancontrolallpowerwindows.
B8U-0322
Fig.23Driver'sdoor:powerwindowcontrols
Allpowerwindowswitcheshaveatwo-stage
function:
Openingandclosingthewindows
>Toopenorclosethewindowcompletely,press
theswitchdownorpulltheswitchupbrieflyto
thesecondlevel. Theoperationwillstopifthe
switchispressedor pulledagain.
>Toselectapositioninbetweenopenedand
closed,pressorpulltheswitchtothefirstlevel
until
thedesiredwindowpositionisreached.
Powerwindowswitches
@®Leftdoor
@Rightdoor
ZAWARNING
—Paycarefulattentionwhenclosingthewin-
dows.Pinchingcouldcauseseriousinjuries.
—Whenlockingthevehiclefromoutside,the
vehiclemustbeunoccupiedsincethewin-
dowscannolongerbeopenedinanemer-
gency.
G)Tips
—Youcanstillopenandclosethewindowsfor
approximately10minutesafterturningthe
ignitionoff.Thepowerwindowsdonot
switchoffuntilthedriver'sdoororfront
passenger'sdoorhasbeenopened.

LightsandVision
Automaticheadlights
YoucanadjustthefollowingsettingsintheAuto-
matic
headlightsmenu:
Activationtime-youcanadjustiftheheadlights
switchonEarly,Medium,orLateaccordingto
thesensitivityofthelightsensor.
Audiadaptivelight*-youcanswitchadaptive
lightOnandOff.
Daytimerunninglights*
USAmodels:thedaytimerunninglightscanbe
switched
onoroffusingtheMMI.SelectOnor
Off.
Canadamodels:thisfunctioncannotbeswitched
off.Theyactivateautomaticallyeachtimetheig-
nitionisswitchedon.Thismenuitemisshown
witha“graybackground”.
Entry/exitlighting
Theentrylightingfunctionilluminatesthearea
outsidethevehiclewhenyouunlockthevehicle
whenitisdark.Toswitchonthefunction,select
Entry/exitlighting.
Theexitlightingfunctionilluminatesthearea
outsidethevehiclewhenyouturntheignitionoff
andopenthedriver'sdoorwhenitisdark.To
switchonthefunction,selectEntry/exitlight-
ing.
Theentry/exitlightingonlyworkswhenitisdark
andthelightswitchisintheAUTOposition.
Emergencyflashers
ee wm3 q 2
>imo
Fig.29Centerconsole:emergencyflasherbutton
Theemergencyflashersmakesotherdrivers
awareofyourvehicleindangeroussituations.
34
>PresstheAbuttontoswitchtheemergency
flashersonoroff.
Youcanindicatealanechangeoraturnwhenthe
emergencyflashersareswitchedonbyusingthe
turnsignallever.Theemergencyflashersstop
temporarily.
Theemergencyflashersalsoworkwhentheigni-
tionisturnedoff.
G)Tips
Youshouldswitchthe emergencyflasherson
if:
—youarethelastcarinatrafficjamsothat
allothervehiclesapproachingfrombehind
can seeyourvehicle
—yourvehiclehasbrokendownoryouare
havinganemergency
—yourvehicleisbeingtowedorifyouaretow-
inganothervehicle
Interior lighting
Interiorlighting
Fig.30Headliner:interiorlighting
4-Doorcontactswitch.Theinteriorlightingis
controlledautomatically.
Aswitchisnolongerneededtoswitchtheread-
ing lightson.Aswipingmovementorabrieftap
onthelightisallthatisneededtoswitchthe
lightonoroff.Ifyouholdyourfingeronthe
readinglightwhenswitchingiton,thiscandim
thelightdowntoacertainlevel.
Interiorlighting
Thereareotheroptionalinteriorlightingfunc-
tionsthatareavailable.Severalfunctionscanbe>

8S1012721BA
LightsandVision
setintheInfotainmentsystem.SelectintheIn-
fotainmentsystem:MENUbutton>Vehicle>left
controlbutton>Vehiclesettings>Interiorlight-
ing.
NidaToateertela)
BFV-0015
Fig.31Instrumentillumination
Thebrightnessoftheinstrumentclusterandthe
centerconsolecan beadjusted.
>Presstheknobtoreleaseit.
>Turn theknobtoward"-"or"+"toreduceorin-
creasethebrightness.
>
Presstheknobagaintoreturnittoitsoriginal
position.
Vision
Adjustingtheexteriormirrors
5 8
gy
z o
Fig.32Driver'sdoor:knobfortheexteriormirrors
Turntheknobtothedesiredposition:
CV/®-Adjuststheleft/rightexteriormirror.
Movetheknobinthedesireddirection.
GA-Heatsthemirrorglassdependingontheout-
sidetemperature.
SA-Foldstheexteriormirrors*.IntheInfotain-
mentsystem,youcanselectifthemirrorsfoldin
automaticallywhenyoulockthevehicle
=>page26.
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(convex)enlargethe
fieldofvision.However,theymakeobjectsin
themirrorappearsmallerandfartheraway.
Youmayestimateincorrectlywhenyouuse
thesemirrorstogaugeyourdistancefromthe
vehiclesbehindyouwhenchanginglanes,
whichincreasestheriskofanaccident.
QoNote
Ifthemirrorhousingwasmovedbyoutside
forces(suchasanimpactwhenmaneuver-
ing),youmustuse thepowerfoldingfunction
tofoldthemirrorallthewayout.Themirror
housingmustnot bemovedbackintoplace
byhandbecausethiscouldimpairthefunc-
tionofthemirrormechanism.
G)Tips
Ifthepoweradjustingfunctionmalfunctions,
theglassinbothmirrorscan beadjustedby
pressingontheedgeofitbyhand.
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8S1012721BA
Stowingandusing
@)Note
—Readtheoperatingmanualsforthecon-
necteddevices.
—Toreducetheriskofdamagetothevehicle
electricalsystem,neverattempttocharge
the
vehiclebatterybyconnectingaccesso-
riesthatprovidepowertothepowersour-
ces.
—Donotconnectanydevicewhosenetwork
class(voltage)doesnotmatchthenetwork
classdesignedforthesocket.
—Disconnect theconnectorsfromthepower
sourcescarefullytoreducetheriskofdam-
agingthem.
Storage
(etymiredtel-Te
Appliesto:vehicleswithcupholders
S s 2
>ega
Fig.45Centerarmrestfoldedup:cupholder
>Touse thecupholderunderthecenterarmrest,
folditupward>page41.
>Foldtheplasticbrackettowardtherear,ifnec-
essary>fig.45.
ZXWARNING
Spilledhotliquidcanincreasetheriskofacci-
dentsandinjuries.
—Neverdrivewithcontainersthatcontainhot
liquidsuchas coffeeortea.Thehotliquid
couldspillandcauseburnsduringacolli-
sion,suddenbrakingorothervehiclemove-
ment.Spilledhotliquidcanalsoincrease
theriskofaccidentsandinjuries.
—Onlyusesoftcontainersinthecupholders.
Hardcupsandglassescanincreasetherisk
ofinjuryduringacollision.
—Neveruse thecupholderortheadapteras
anashtraybecausethisisafirehazard.
C)Note
Beveragecontainersinthecupholdersshould
always
havealid.Otherwise,theliquidinside
couldspillandcausedamagetovehicle
equipment.
Additionalstoragecompartments
Youwillfindarangeofstoragecompartments
andholdersatdifferentlocationsinthevehicle.
—Compartmentsinthedoors
—Storageareaintheglovecompartment.The
glovecompartmentcanbelockedusingthe
mechanicalkey>page23.
—Storagecompartmentunderthecenterarm-
rest*
—Keycompartmentinthecenterconsole
—Storagecompartmentontherearsideofthe
frontseat*.The compartmentcanholdamaxi-
mumweightof2.2lbs(1kg).
—Coathooks
ZA\WARNING
— Noheavyorhardobjectsmaybeplacedon
thestoragecompartmentbehindtherear
seatbackrest.Thereisariskofinjuringthe
vehiclepassengerswhenbrakingsuddenly.
—Toreducetheriskofinjury,makesurethe
coversforallstoragecompartmentsareal-
waysclosedwhiledriving.>
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8S1012721BA
Stowingandusing
>Stowheavyluggageasfarforwardinthelug-
gagecompartmentaspossible.
>Usenon-elasticcordsattachedtothetie-downs
tosecureobjects.
Z\WARNING
— Theluggagecompartmentcovermustal-
waysbesecurelyfastenedwheninusetore-
ducetheriskofanaccident.
— Theluggagecompartmentcoverisnota
surfaceforstoringobjects.Objectsplaced
onthecoverincreasetheriskofinjurytoall
vehicleoccupantsduringsuddendrivingor
brakingmaneuversorintheeventofanac-
cident.
—Looseobjectscanbethrownaroundtheve-
hicleinteriorduringsuddendrivingorbrak-
ingmaneuvers, whichincreasestheriskof
anaccident.Alwaysstowobjectssecurelyin
theluggagecompartmentandsecurethem
atthetie-downs.Usestrapssuitablefor
heavyobjects.
—Ifpieces ofluggageorobjects aresecured
tothetie-downswithunsuitableordam-
agedstraps,thiscanincreasetheriskofin-
juryduringbrakingmaneuversoraccidents.
—Whentransportingheavyobjects,thevehi-
clecharacteristicswillchangeduetothe
shiftinthecenterofgravity,whichincreases
theriskofanaccident.Youmayneedto
adaptyourdrivingstyleandspeedtothe
currentconditions.
— Thecargonetisonlystrongenoughtose-
curelightobjects.Heavyobjects arenotade-
quatelysecured.Attemptingtosecureheavy
objectsincreasestheriskofinjury.
—Neverexceedthepermittedaxleandload
andvehicleweight>page294.
—Neversecureachildsafetyseattothetie-
downs.
—Neverleaveyourvehicleunattended,espe-
ciallyiftheluggagecompartmentlidis
open.Childrencouldentertheluggagecom-
partmentandclosetheluggagecompart-
mentlidfromtheinside.Thiscreatesthe
riskoffatalinjury,sincethechildrenwould
belockedinandmaynotbeabletoescape
bythemselves.
—Donotallowchildrentoplayinorontheve-
hicle.Closeandlocktheluggagecompart-
mentlidaswellasallotherdoorswhenyou
leavethevehicle.
—Nevertransportpassengersintheluggage
compartment.Everypassengermustbecor-
rectlysecuredwiththesafetybeltsinthe
vehicle>page180.
—Becarefulwhenreleasingthebackrestand
foldingitforward.Toreducetheriskof be-
ingpinched,payattentionandcheckwhen
foldingbackrestsforward.
— Thebackrestmustbesecurelylatchedso
objectscannotslideforwardoutofthelug-
gagecompartmentduringsuddenbraking.
—Alwayspullforwardonthebackresttomake
sureitischeckifitiscorrectlylockedin
place.
()Note
—Ifyoumovethefrontseatbackwhenthe
rearseatbackrestisfoldedforward,you
coulddamagetheheadrestraintsonthe
rearseat.
—Whenfoldingthebackrestforward,make
suretheoutersafetybeltsareinthebelt
guiderecessso thattheydonot get pinched
inthebackrestlockanddamaged.Otherob-
jectsshould beremovedfromtherear
benchseattoprotectthebackrestfrom
damage.
—Makesurethattheheatinggridstripsfor
therearwindowdefoggerarenotdamaged
byabrasiveobjects.
G)Tips
—Thetirepressuremustbeadaptedtothe
load>page258.
—Youcanpurchasestrapsatspecialtystores.
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Driving
topreventthevehiclefromrollingunintentional-
lyandreplacesthehandbrake.
Setting/manuallyreleasingthe parking
brake
>Pullthe©)switchto settheparkingbrake.The
LEDintheswitchturnson.ThePARK(USAmod-
els)(Canada models)indicatorlightalso
turnsonintheinstrumentclusterdisplay.
>Toreleasetheparkingbrakemanually,press
thebrakeoracceleratorpedalwhiletheigni-
tionisswitchedonandpressthe@)switchat
thesametime.The LEDinthebuttonandthe
indicatorlightinthedisplayturnoff.
Releasingtheparking brake automatically
Requirement:
thedriver'sdoormustbeclosed.
>Tostartdrivingandreleasetheparkingbrake
automatically,presstheacceleratorpedalas
usual.
Inadditiontoreleasingtheparkingbrakeauto-
matically,otherconvenienceandsafetyfunctions
are availablewhenyoustartdriving>page57,
Startingtodrive.
Emergencybrakingfunction
Youcan use theemergencybrakingfunctioninan
emergencysituation,orifthestandardbrakes
aremalfunctioningorthepedalisobstructed.
>Pullandholdthe©)switch.
>Assoonasyoureleasethe©)switchoracceler-
ate,thebrakingstops.
Pullingandholdingthe©)switchwhiledriving
thevehicleactivatestheemergencybrakingfunc-
tion.Thehydraulicbrakesystemwillbrakeall
fourwheels.Thebrakingeffectissimilartoheavy
braking>/\.
Toreducetheriskofactivatingtheemergency
brakingbymistake,awarningtone(buzzer)
soundswhenthe©)switchispulled.Emergency
brakingstopsassoonasthe©)switchisreleased
ortheacceleratorpedalispressed.
Parking
>»Pressthebrakepedaltostopthevehicle.
>Pullthe©switchto settheparkingbrake.
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>Placetheselectorleverinthe“P”position.
>Turn theengineoff>A\.
>Turn thesteeringwheelwhenparkingonin-
clinesso thatthewheelswillrollintothecurb
ifthevehiclestartsmoving.
ZAWARNING
—Ifagearisengagedwhilethevehicleissta-
tionaryandtheengineisrunning,donot
presstheacceleratorpedalinadvertently.
Otherwise,thevehiclewillstarttomoveim-
mediatelyandthiscouldresultinanacci-
dent.
—Emergencybrakingshouldonlybeusedin
anemergency,whenthewhenthestandard
brakepedalismalfunctioningorobstructed.
Duringemergencybraking,yourvehiclewill
brakesimilartoheavybraking.ESC andthe
associatedcomponents(ABS,ASR,EDL)can-
notovercomethelawsofphysics.Incorners
andwhenroadorweatherconditionsare
bad,afullbrakeapplicationcancausethe
vehicletoskidortherearendtoswerve,
whichincreasestheriskofanaccident.
—Ifthepowersupplyfails,youcannotsetthe
parkingbrakeonceitisreleased.Inthis
case,parkthevehicleonlevelgroundand
secureitbyplacingtheselectorleverinthe
Pposition.SeeanauthorizedAudidealeror
authorizedAudiServiceFacilityforassis-
tance.
—Ifyouleavethevehicle,switchtheignition
offandtakethevehiclekeywithyou.This
appliesparticularlywhenchildrenremainin
thevehicle.Otherwisechildrencouldstart
theengine,releasetheparkingbrakeorop-
erateelectricalequipmentsuchaspower
windows,whichincreasestheriskofanacci-
dent.
—Nooneshouldremaininthevehiclewhenit
islocked-especiallychildren.Lockeddoors
makeitmoredifficultforemergencywork-
erstogetintothevehicle,whichputslives
atrisk.

8S1012721BA
Driving
>Theparkingbrakewillreleaseautomatically
andthevehiclewillstartmovingonceyoupress
theacceleratorpedal.
Stopping/parking
Iftheselectorleverisnotinthe"P"position
whenyouopenthedriver’sdoor,thevehicle
couldroll.Invehicleswithaconveniencekey*,
themessageShifttoP,otherwisevehiclecan
rollaway.Doorsdonotlockifgearshiftisnotin
Pappears.Awarningtonewillalsosound.
>Pressandholdthebrakepedal>/\.
>Set theparkingbrake.
>Selectthe"P"selectorleverposition.
Undercertaincircumstances,suchasdrivingin
themountains,itmaybeusefultoswitchtempo-
rarilytothemanualshiftprograminorderto
manuallyadjustthegearstothedrivingcondi-
tions>page62.
Whenparkingonalevelsurface,simplyplacethe
selectorleverinthe"P"position.Oninclines,ac-
tivatetheparkingbrakefirstandthenmovethe
selectorlevertothe"P"position>page55.This
preventsthelockingmechanismfrombeingload-
ed tooheavilyandwillmakeiteasiertomovethe
selectorleveroutofthe"P"position.
ZA\WARNING
—Thevehiclecanrollevenwhentheengineis
switchedoff.
—Unintendedvehiclemovementcanlead to
seriousinjuries.
—Neverleaveyourvehiclewiththeengine
runningwhileingear.Ifyoumustleaveyour
vehiclewhentheengineisrunning,setthe
parkingbrakeandmovetheselectorleverto
thePposition.
—Powerisstilltransferredtothewheelswhen
theengineisrunningatidle.Topreventthe
vehiclefrom“creeping”,youmustkeep your
footonthebrakewhentheengineisrun-
ningandtheselectorleverisinthe"D","S"
or"R"positionor“tiptronic”modeisselect-
ed.
—Donotinadvertentlypresstheaccelerator
pedalwhenthevehicleisstationary.Other-
wise thevehiclewillstarttomoveimmedi-
ately,eveniftheparkingbrakeisset.This
couldresultinacrash.
—Donotpresstheacceleratorpedalwhen
changingtheselectorleverpositionwhile
thevehicleisstationaryandtheengineis
running.
—Neverengagethe RorPselectorlevelposi-
tionswhiledriving.Itcouldcauseacrash.
—Beforedrivingdownasteepslope,reduce
yourspeedandshiftintoalowergearwith
“tiptronic”.
—Donotridethebrakesorpressthebrake
pedaltoooftenortoolongwhendriving
downhill.Constantbrakingcausesthe
brakes
tooverheatandcansubstantiallyre-
ducebrakingperformance,increasebraking
distance,orcausecompletefailureofthe
brakesystem.
—Ifyoumuststoponanincline,alwayshold
thevehicleinplacewiththefootbrakeor
parkingbraketopreventitfromrolling
back.
—Neverholdthevehicleonaninclinewitha
slippingclutch.Theclutchopensautomati-
callywhenitbecomestoohotfromtheover-
load.Thefs}indicatorlightturnsonanda
messageappears>page64whenthe
clutchisoverloaded.
—Iftheenginemustrunwhileyouarework-
ingintheenginecompartmentwiththe
hoodopen,makesureagearisnotengaged.
Theselectorlevermustbefirmlyinthe
Ppositionandlockedinplaceandthepark-
ingbrakemustbeset>page235.Other-
wise,thevehiclecouldbeginmovingwhen
increasingtheenginespeed,evenwiththe
parkingbrakeset.
CG)Note
—Whenstoppingonanincline,donottryto
holdthevehicleinplacebypressingtheac-
celeratorpedalwhileadrivinggearisse-
lected.Thiscan cause theautomatictrans-
missiontooverheatandcandamageit.Set
theparkingbrakeorpressthebrakepedal
topreventthevehiclefromrolling.
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