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LightsandVision
regulationsinthe countrywhereyouareop-
eratingthevehicle.
—Ifthebatteryhasbeendischargingfora
while,theparkinglightmayswitchoffauto-
matically.Alwaysmakesureyourvehicleis
parkedandadequatelyilluminatedaccord-
ingtothelegalregulationsinthe country
whereyouareoperatingthevehicle.Avoid
usingtheparkinglightsforseveralhours.
—Observethelegalregulationsinthecountry
whereyouareoperatingthevehiclewhen
usingthelightingsystemthatisdescribed.
@Tips
—Thelightsensorfortheautomatichead-
lights*isintherearview mirrormount.Do
notplaceanystickersinthisareaonthe
windshield.
—Someexteriorlightingfunctionscan bead-
justed
>page33.
—Ifyouturnofftheignitionwhiletheexterior
lightsareonandopenthedoor,awarning
tonesounds.
—Insomemarkets,thetaillightswillswitch
onwhenthedaytimerunninglightsswitch
on.
—Incoolordampweather,theinsideofthe
headlights,turnsignals,andtaillightscan
fog
overduetothetemperaturedifference
betweentheinsideandoutside.Theywill
clearshortlyafterswitchingthemon.This
doesnotaffecttheservicelifeofthelight-
ing.
Turnsignalandhighbeamlever
Theleveroperatestheturnsignals,thehigh
beamsandtheheadlightflasher.
©
»
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Fig.28Turnsignalandhighbeamlever
Turnsignals@>
Theturnsignalsactivatewhenyoumovethelev-
er intoaturnsignalpositionwhentheignitionis
switchedon.
@-Rightturnsignal
@-Leftturnsignal
Theturnsignalblinksthreetimesifyoutap the
lever(convenienceturnsignal).
Highbeamsandheadlightflasher20
Movethelevertothecorrespondingposition:
@®-Highbeamson
@-Highbeamsofforheadlightflasher
The=o}indicatorlightintheinstrumentcluster
willturnon.
ZA\WARNING
Highbeamscancauseglareforotherdrivers,
whichincreasestheriskofanaccident.For
thisreason,onlyuse thehighbeamsorthe
headlightflasherwhentheywillnotcreate
glareforotherdrivers.
Adjustingtheexteriorlighting
ThefunctionsareadjustedintheInfotainment
system.
>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:MENUbut-
ton>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Vehicleset-
tings>Exteriorlighting.
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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.
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>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>
LightsandVision
Dimmingthemirrors
Manualdimmingrearviewmirror
>Pulltheleveronthebottomofthemirrorback.
Automaticdimmingrearviewmirror*
>Theinteriorrearview mirrorandexteriormir-
rors*dimautomaticallywhenlightshineson
them,forexamplefromheadlightsonavehicle
behindyou.
G)Tips
—Ifthelightreachingtherearviewmirroris
obstructed,theautomaticdimmingmirror
willnotfunctioncorrectly,
— Theautomaticdimmingmirrorsdonotdim
whentheinteriorlightingisturnedonor
thereversegearisselected.
WARNING
Electrolytefluidcanleakfromautomaticdim-
mingmirrorsiftheglassisbroken.Electrolyte
fluidcanirritateskin,eyesandairways.
—Repeatedorlong-termexposuretoelectro-
lytefluidcanleadtoirritationoftheair-
ways,especiallyinpeoplewithasthmaor
otherrespiratory conditions.Takedeep
breathsimmediatelyafterleavingthevehi-
cleor,ifthisisnotpossible,openallofthe
doorsandwindowsaswideaspossible.
—Ifelectrolytefluidenterstheeyes,flush
themthoroughlywithalargeamountof
cleanwaterforatleast15minutesandthen
seekmedicalattention.
—Ifelectrolytefluidcomesintocontactwith
theskin,flushtheaffectedareawithclean
water
foratleast15minutesandthenclean
withsoapandwaterandseekmedicalatten-
tion.Cleanaffectedclothingandshoesthor-
oughlybeforewearingagain.
—Ifthefluidwasswallowedandthepersonis
conscious,flushthemouthwithwaterforat
least15minutes.Donotinducevomiting
unlessthisisrecommendedbymedicalpro-
fessionals.Seekmedicalattentionimmedi-
ately.
©)Note
Iftheglassonanautomaticdimmingmirror
breaks,electrolytecanleakout.Thisliquid
damagesplasticsurfaces.Removetheliquid
asquicklyaspossible,forexampleusinga
wetsponge.
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Fig.33Sunvisor
Thesunvisorscan bemovedoutoftheirbrackets
[email protected]
mirrorlightswitchesonwhenthecoveroverthe
vanitymirror@)opens.
Windshieldwipers
Switchingthewindshieldwiperson
BFV-0019
Fig.34Windshieldwiperlever
Movethewindshieldwiperlevertothecorre-
spondingposition:
@-Windshieldwipersoff
@-Intervalmode.Toincrease/decreasethewip-
erintervals,movetheswitch@)totheleft/right.
Invehicleswitharainsensor*,thewipersturnon
intherainoncethevehiclespeedexceeds
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LightsandVision
approximately2mph(4km/h).Thehigherthe
sensitivityoftherainsensor*isset(switch@)to
theright),theearlierthewindshieldwipersreact
tomoistureonthewindshield.Youcandeacti-
vatetherainsensormode®intheInfotainment
system,whichswitchestheintermittentmode
on.SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:MENU
button>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Driveras-
sistance>Rainsensor>Off.
@-Slowwiping
@-Fastwiping
@-Singlewipe.Ifyouholdtheleverinthisposi-
tionlonger,thewipersswitchfromslowwiping
tofastwiping.
©)-Cleanthewindshield.Toeliminatewater
droplets,thewindshieldwipersperformoneaf-
terwipeafterseveralsecondswhiledrivingin
temperaturesabove39°F(4°C).Youcanswitch
thisfunctionoffbymovingthelevertoposition
©within10secondsoftheafterwipe.Theafter-
wipefunctionisreactivatedthenexttimeyou
switchtheignitionon.
Cleantheheadlights*.Theheadlightwashersys-
tem*onlyfunctionswhenthe lightsareswitched
on.Theheadlightsareautomaticallycleanedthe
firsttimeandeveryfifthtimetheleverismoved
topositionG).
Z\WARNING
—Therainsensor*isonlyintendedtoassist
thedriver.Thedrivermaystill beresponsi-
ble formanuallyswitchingthe wiperson
basedonvisibilityconditions.
— Thewindshieldmustnotbetreatedwith
water-repellingwindshieldcoatingagents.
Unfavorableconditions,suchaswetness,
darkness,andwhenthe sunislow,can
causeincreasedglare,whichincreasesthe
riskofanaccident.Wiperbladechatterisal-
sopossible.
—Properlyfunctioningwindshieldwiper
bladesarerequiredforaclearviewandsafe
driving>page38,Replacingwindshield
wiperblades.
C@)Note
—Ifthereisfrost,makesurethewindshield
wiperbladesarenotfrozentothewind-
shield.Switchingonthewindshieldwipers
whenthebladesarefrozentothewind-
shieldcandamagethewiperblades.
—Thewindshieldwipersystemmustbe
switchedoff(leverinposition0)beforeus-
ing
acarwash.Thispreventsthewipers
fromswitchingonunintentionallyandcaus-
ingdamagetothewindshieldwipersystem.
@)Tips
—Thewindshieldwipersswitchoffwhenthe
ignitionisswitchedoff.Youcanactivatethe
windshieldwipersaftertheignitionis
switchedonagainbymovingthewindshield
wiperlevertoanyposition.
—Wornordirtywindshieldwiperbladesresult
instreaking.Thiscanaffecttherainsensor*
function.Checkyourwindshieldwiper
bladesregularly.
—Thewasherfluidnozzlesinthewindshield
washersystemareheated*atlowtempera-
tureswhentheignitionison.
—Whenstoppingtemporarily,suchasata
trafficlight,thespeedofthewindshield
wipersautomaticallyreducesbyonelevel.
Cleaningwindshieldwiperblades
Cleanthewiperbladeswhenyouseewiper
streaks.Cleanthewiperbladeswithasofttowel
andglasscleaner.
>Placethewindshieldwiperarmsintheservice
position>page38.
>Foldthewindshieldwiperarmsawayfromthe
windshield.
Z\WARNING
Dirtywindshieldwiperbladescanimpairvi-
sion,whichincreasestheriskofanaccident.
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Warmandcold
—Switchingmanualrecirculationmodeonand
off:Pressthe>button.
—Automatic*recirculationmode:autorecircula-
tionneedstobeactivatedintheInfotainment
system.SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:
[MENU]button>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>
Vehiclesettings>Airconditioning>Autore-
circulation.Theairqualitysensorthatisde-
signedfordieselandgasolineexhaustauto-
maticallyswitchestherecirculationmodeonor
offdependingonthelevelofpollutantsinthe
outsideair.
Inrecirculationmode,theairinsidethevehicleis
circulatedandfiltered.Thispreventstheunfil-
teredairoutsidethevehiclefromenteringthe
vehicleinterior.Switchingrecirculationmodeon
whendrivingthroughatunnelor whensittingin
trafficisrecommended>A.
Pressingthe<>button,AUTOorthe&button
switchesrecirculationmodeoff.
®Defrosting
Thewindshieldandsidewindowsaredefrosted
orcleared ofcondensationasquicklyaspossible.
Theoptimumamountofairflowsmainlyoutof
theventsunderthewindshield.Recirculation
modeswitchesoff. Thetemperatureiscontrolled
automatically.
TheAUTObuttonswitchesthedefrosteroff.
&Rearwindowdefogger
Iftherearwindowdefoggerisactivatedwhen
theignitionisswitchedon,thebatterymanage-
mentdeterminesbasedonthebatterychargeif
itispossibletoturnon.Otherwise,therearwin-
dowdefoggerfunctionswiththeenginerunning
andswitchesoffautomaticallyafterapproxi-
mately10-20minutes,dependingontheout-
sidetemperature.
Topreventtherearwindowdefoggerfrom
switchingoffautomatically,pressandholdthe
&®buttonformorethantwoseconds.Thisre-
mainsstoreduptoapproximately15minutesaf-
terturningofftheignition.
sO
ZAWARNING
Youshouldnotusetherecirculationmodefor
anextendedperiodsincenofreshairisdrawn
in.Withtheair-conditioningswitchedoff,the
windowscanfogup,whichincreasestherisk
ofanaccident.
Adjustingthe vents
BFV-0222
Fig.54Cockpit:adjustingtheairvents
Toadjustthedirectionofairflow,turnthe
ridgedouteradjustmentwheel(@)°fig.54.
Toadjusttheamountofairflow,movethelever
@ontheairvent.Tostoptheairflow,movethe
leverallthewaytotheleft.
Sal)
Fig.55Airvents:seatheating
Theseatheatinghasthreelevels.Theselected
heatlevelisindicatedby theLED.
>
Toswitchtheseatheatingon,pressthe«/but-
tononce.
>Toswitchtoalowerlevel,pressthe«/button
again.
>Toswitchtheseatheatingoff,presstheabut-
tonrepeatedlyuntiltheLEDturnsoff.
Assistsystems
@_|Currenttimemeasurement
@=|Menu:
-Startlap1bydrivingoff(start)
-Startbydrivingoff(start)
-Newlap(startanotherlap)
-Splittime(timeforasectionwithinthe
course)
-Pause(pausethetiming)
-Cancellap
-Resetlaptimes(deletesallvalues)
Evaluatingrecordedtimesorresetting
Appliesto:vehicleswithlaptimer
Youcanevaluatethefastest,slowestandaver-
agelaptimes.
is
3
z
ss
Fig.73Instrumentcluster:laptimer
Afterevaluatingthelaptimes,youcancontinue
thecurrenttimingroundorstartover,meaning
startlap1again.
> SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Lapstatis-
tics.Thedisplayshowsthefastestlap“+”,the
slowestlap“—”andtheaveragelaptime“0”.
Turnthethumbwheel(A)downwardorupward
to displaytheindividuallaptimes.
>Pressthethumbwheel(A)toresumethepaused
laptiming.
>»Presstheleftcontrolbuttononthemultifunc-
tionsteeringwheeltoresetthetimertozero.
Thenturnthethumbwheel(@)andselectthe
desiredsettingbymovingthecursor(red
frame).Pressthethumbwheel@)toconfirm
the
selection.
>Pressthethumbwheel(@)torestartthelaptim-
erforanewlaptiming,ifneeded.
>Pressthe[MENU]buttontoexitthelaptimer.
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Evaluationlegend9fig.73:
@|Alllaps
@|Bfastestlaptime
@|Bslowestlaptime
@|f@averagelaptime
G)Tips
—Savedlaptimescannotbeindividuallyde-
letedfromthetotalresults.
—Thesavedlaptimervalueswillremainafter
switchingtheignitionoff.
Audisideassist
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudisideassist
BFV-0079
BFV-0080
Fig.75Displayontheexteriormirror
Sideassisthelpsyoumonitoryourblindspotand
trafficbehindyourvehicle.Withinthelimitsof
thesystem,itwarnsyouaboutvehiclesthatare
coming
closerorthataretravelingwithyouwith-
insensorrange@)>fig.74:ifalanechangeis
classifiedascritical,thedisplay@)intheexterior
mirror>fig.75turnson.
Thedisplayintheleftexteriormirrorprovidesas-
sistancewhenmakingalanechangetotheleft,>
8S1012721BA
Assistsystems
whilethedisplayintherightexteriormirrorpro-
videsassistancewhenmakingalanechangeto
theright.
Informationstage
Aslongasyoudonotactivatetheturnsignal,
sideassistinformsyouaboutvehiclesthatare
detectedandclassifiedascritical.Thedisplayin
themirrorturnson,butisdim.
Thedisplayremainsdimintheinformationstage
sothatyourviewtowardthefrontisnotdistur-
bed.
Warningstage
Ifyouactivatetheturnsignal,sideassistwarns
youaboutvehiclesthataredetectedandclassi-
fiedascritical.Thedisplayintherespectivemir-
rorblinksbrightly.Ifthishappens,checktraffic
by glancingintheexteriormirrorsandoveryour
shoulder>A\inGeneralinformationon
page74.
@)Tips
Youcanadjustthebrightnessonofthedis-
playontherearviewmirror>page74.
Generalinformation
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudisideassist
BFV-0260
BFV-0082
Fig.77Rearofthevehicle:positionofthesensors(exam-
ple)
Sideassistfunctionsatspeedsaboveapproxi-
mately19mph(30km/h).
@Approachingvehicles
Incertaincases,avehiclewillbeclassifiedas
criticalforalanechangeevenifitisstillsome-
whatfaraway.Thefasteravehicleapproaches,
the
soonerthedisplayintheoutsidemirrorwill
turnon.
@Vehiclestravelingwithyou
Vehiclestravelingwithyouareindicatedinthe
exteriormirroriftheyareclassifiedascriticalfor
alane change.Allvehiclesdetectedbysideassist>
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Assistsystems
areindicatedby thetimetheyenteryour“blind
spot”,
atthelatest.
@®Vehiclesyouarepassing
Ifyouslowlypassavehiclethatsideassisthas
detected(thedifferenceinspeedbetweentheve-
hicleandyourvehicleislessthan9mph(15km/
h)),thedisplayintheexteriormirrorturnsonas
soonasthevehicleentersyourblindspot.
Thedisplaywillnotturnonifyouquicklypassa
vehiclethatsideassisthasdetected(thediffer-
enceinspeedisgreaterthan9mph(15km/h)).
Functionallimitations
Theradarsensorsaredesignedtodetecttheleft
andrightadjacentlaneswhentheroadlanesare
thenormalwidth.Insomesituations,thedisplay
intheexteriormirrormayturnoneventhough
thereisnovehiclelocatedintheareathatiscriti-
calforalanechange.Forexample:
—Ifthelanes arenarroworifyouaredrivingon
theedgeofyourlane.Ifthisisthecase,the
systemmayhavedetectedavehicleinanother
lanethatisnotadjacenttoyourcurrentlane.
—Ifyouaredrivingthroughacurve.Sideassist
mayreacttoavehiclethatisonelaneoverfrom
theadjacentlane.
—Ifsideassistreactstootherobjects(suchas
highordisplacedguardrails).
—Inpoorweatherconditions.Thesideassist
functionsarelimited.
Donotcovertheradarsensors>fig.77with
stickers,deposits,bicyclewheelsorotherob-
jects,becausetheywillimpairthefunction.For
informationoncleaning,see>page270.
ZAWARNING
—Alwayspayattentiontotrafficandtothe
areaaroundyourvehicle.Sideassistcannot
replaceadriver'sattention.Thedriveralone
isalwaysresponsibleforlanechangesand
similardrivingmaneuvers.
—Insomesituations,thesystemmaynot
functionoritsfunctionmaybelimited.For
example:
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—Ifvehiclesareapproachingorbeingleft
behindveryquickly.Thedisplaymaynot
turnonintime.
—Inpoorweatherconditionssuchasheavy
rain,snoworheavymist.
—Onverywidelanes,intightcurves,orif
thereisariseintheroadsurface.Vehicles
intheadjacentlanemaynot be detected
becausetheyareoutsideofthesensor
range.
()Note
Thesensorscanbedisplacedbyimpactsor
damagetothebumper,wheelhousingand
underbody.Thiscan impair thesystem.Have
anauthorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilitychecktheirfunction.
@Tips
—Ifthewindowglassinthedriver'sdooror
front
passenger'sdoorhasbeentinted,the
displayintheexteriormirrormaybeincor-
rect.
—Foranexplanationonconformitywiththe
FCCregulationsinthe UnitedStatesandthe
IndustryCanadaregulations,see
=>page291.
SyiememeRela
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudisideassist
>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Driveras-
sistance>Audisideassist
Ifthesystemisactivated,thedisplaysintheex-
teriormirrorswillturnonbrieflywhentheigni-
tionisswitchedon.
Adjustingthedisplaybrightness
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audisideassist
ThedisplaybrightnesscanbeadjustedintheIn-
fotainmentsystem.
>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Driveras-
sistance>Audisideassist