
Instrumentcluster
BMFTtaN
TheEaindicatorlightmonitorsthesafetysys-
tems.
Safetysystem
Ifthekaindicatorlightturnsonorblinks,there
isamalfunctioninasafetysystem.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
Z\WARNING
Havethesafetysystemsinspectedimmedi-
ately.Otherwise,thereisariskthatthesys-
temsmaynotactivateduringacollision,
whichincreasestheriskofseriousinjuryor
death.
eSTeeriaatl
TheBaindicatorlightstaysonuntilthedriver's
andfrontpassenger's*safetybeltsarefastened.
Aboveacertainspeed,therewillalsobeawarn-
ingtone.
G)Tips
Foradditionalinformationonsafetybelts,
see>page180.
Q/ARearsafetybelt
Appliesto:vehicleswithrearsafetybeltdetection
Therespectiveindicatorlightwillturnonbriefly
whenasafetybeltontherearseatsisfastened
orunfastened.
a|-Thisindicatorlightturnsonbrieflyifasafe-
tybeltontherearseatisnotfastened.
B-Thisindicatorlightturnsonbrieflyifthe
safetybeltontherearseatisfastened.
El-Ifthisindicatorlightblinks,thesafetybelt
wasunfastenedwhiledriving.Aboveacertain
speed,therewillalsobeawarningtone.
G)Tips
Foradditionalinformationonsafetybelts,
see>page180.
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@-Steeringlock
2]Steering:malfunction!Pleasestopvehicle
Thereisamalfunctionintheelectronicsteering
lock.Youcannotturntheignitionon.
Donottowyourvehiclebecauseitcannotbe
steered.
SeeanauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiServiceFacilityforassistance.
|e—e]Steeringlock:malfunction!Pleasecontact
Service
Thereisamalfunctionintheelectronicsteering
lock.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
Z\WARNING
Donottowyourvehiclewhenthereisamal-
functionintheelectronicsteeringlock-this
increasestheriskofanaccident.
®—eEnginestartsystem
&Enginestartsystem:malfunction!Please
contactService
Donotswitchtheignitionoffbecauseyoumay
notbeabletoswitchitonagain.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
&Enginestartsystem:malfunction!Please
contactService
Thereisamalfunctionintheenginestartingsys-
tem.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
*\Enginestop whiledriving
Ifthe8indicatorlightturnson,theremaybea
malfunctionintheengineorfuelsupply.
Moreforceisneededtosteerandbrakethemov-
ingvehiclewhentheengineisstopped.Ifthe>

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Instrumentcluster
vehicleisrolling,trytobringittoastopoffto
thesidefrommovingtraffic.Seeanauthorized
AudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityfor
assistance.
ZAWARNING
Iftheenginestopswhiledriving,youwill
needtousemoreforce tobrakethevehicle.
This increasestheriskofanaccident.There
willstillbepowersteeringiftheignitionis
switchedonwhilethevehicleisrollingand
thereissufficientbattery charge.Otherwise,
youmustusegreaterforcewhensteering.
ntrol(ESC)53/2ElectronicStabilization
Ifthe|3indicatorlightblinkswhiledriving,the
ESCorASR(Anti-SlipRegulation)isactivelyregu-
lating.
IftheBindicatorlightturnson,thesystemhas
switched
theESCoff.Inthiscase,youcanswitch
theignitionoffandthenontoswitchtheESCon
again.Theindicatorlightturnsoffwhenthesys-
temisfullyfunctional.
IftheBaindicatorlightturnson,ESCwas
switchedoffusingthe|£*|button>page85.
Stabilizationcontrol(ESC/ABS):malfunction!
Seeowner'smanual
IftheBindicatorlampandthefs/@))ABSin-
dicatorlampturnonandthedrivermessageap-
pears,theABSorelectronicdifferentiallockis
malfunctioning.ThisalsocausestheESCtomal-
function.Thebrakesstillfunctionwiththeirnor-
malpower,butABSisnotactive.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
G)Tips
ForadditionalinformationonESCandABS,
see>page84.
<>Enginecontrol
IftheBindicatorlightturnsonifthereisamal-
functionintheenginecontrol.Driveslowlytoan
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilitytohavetheenginechecked.
OMeeileLs
IftheAorNindicatorlightturnson,check
themessageintheinstrumentcluster.
AN}Pleaserefuel
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonforthefirsttime
andthemessageappears,thereareabout1.9 gal
(7L)offuelleftinthetank.
AN}Pleaserefuelimmediately
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonandthismessage
appears,thefueltankisalmostempty.Refuel
thevehicleimmediately.
[iYTanksystem:malfunction!Pleasecontact
Service
Iftheindicatorlightturnsonandthismessage
appears,thereisamalfunctioninthetanksys-
tem.DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorau-
thorizedAudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohave
themalfunctioncorrected.
©)Forthesakeoftheenvironment
Fuelshouldneverenterthesewersystemor
comeintocontactwiththeground.
@Tips
Formoreinformationonfueling,see
=page232.
®Washerfluidlevel
IftheESindicatorlightturnson,thewasherflu-
idisalmostout.Fillthewasherfluidforthe
windshieldwashersystemandtheheadlight
washersystem*whentheignitionisswitchedoff
=>page246.
eARTTnaeMNTte
Ifthekeindicatorlightturnson,thenthereisa
windshieldwipermalfunction.Drivetoan>
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Instrumentcluster
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilityimmediatelytohavethe malfunctioncor-
rected.
pomURENelele
Ifthe8.indicatorlightturnson,abulbhas
failed.Themessageindicatesthelocationofthe
bulb.
Replacethebulbimmediately.
Vehiclelights:malfunction!Pleasecontact
Service
Thereisamalfunctionintheheadlightsorthe
lightswitch.DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealeror
authorizedAudiServiceFacilityimmediatelyto
havethemalfunctioncorrected.
ZA\WARNING
—Lightbulbsareunderpressureandcanex-
plodewhenbulbsarereplaced,whichin-
creasestheriskofinjury.
—Withgas-dischargelamps*(xenonhead-
lights),thehigh-voltagecomponentmust
behandledappropriately.Otherwise,there
isariskoffatalinjury.
Headlightrangecontrolsystem
ByHeadlightrangecontrol:malfunction!See
owner'smanual
Thereisamalfunctionintheheadlightrange
controlsystem,whichmaycauseglareforother
drivers.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
20Audiadaptivelight
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiadaptivelight
ByAudiadaptivelight:malfunction!Seeown-
er'smanual
Thereisamalfunctionintheadaptivelights.The
headlightsstillfunction.
20
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
eeeAreels
Appliesto:vehicleswithlight/rainsensor
automaticheadlights:malfunction!See
owner'smanual
aAutomaticwipers:malfunction!Seeowner's
manual
Thelight/rainsensorismalfunctioning.
Thelowbeamsremainswitchedonatalltimes
forsafetyreasonswhenthelightswitchisinthe
AUTOposition.Youcancontinuetoturnthe
lightsonandoffusingthelightswitch.Youcan
stillcontrolallwiperfunctionsthatareinde-
pendentoftherainsensor.
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
Feinmelt)
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audidriveselect
Ifthe|¢|indicatorlightturnson,thenthereisa
malfunctioninthesuspensioncontrol.Driveto
anauthorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethemalfunc-
tioncorrected.
eraeel
IftheaorBYindicatorlightblinks,aturnsig-
nalisturnedon.Ifbothindicatorlightsareblink-
ing,theemergencyflashersareon.

Openingandclosing
BFV-0278
Fig.11Yourvehiclekeyset
@Remoteorconveniencekey*
Theconveniencekey*isaremotecontrolkeywith
specialfunctions>page24and>page53.
Youcanunlock/lockyourvehiclewiththeremote
controlkey.Amechanicalkeyisintegratedinthe
remotecontrolkey>page23.
@Keytagwithvehiclecode*
Thevehiclecode*onthekey tagcanberubbed
off.Itdoesnothaveafunction.
Replacingakey
If akeyislost,seeanauthorizedAudidealeror
authorizedAudiServiceFacility.Havethiskeyde-
activated.Itisimportanttobringallkeyswith
you.Ifakeyislost,youshouldreportittoyour
insurancecompany.
Numberofkeys
Youcancheckthenumberofkeysassignedto
yourvehicleintheInfotainmentsystem.Todo
this,selectthe[MENU]button>Vehicle> left
controlbutton>Service&checks>Vehiclein-
formation.Thisway,youcanmakesurethatyou
haveallthekeyswhenpurchasingausedvehicle.
Electronicimmobilizer
Theimmobilizerpreventsunauthorizeduseof
thevehicle.
Undercertaincircumstances,thevehiclemaynot
beabletostartifthereisaremotecontrolkey
fromadifferentvehiclemanufactureronthekey
chain.
22
Datainthemasterkey
Whendriving,serviceandmaintenance-relevant
dataiscontinuouslystoredinyourremotecon-
trolkey.YourAudiserviceadvisorcanreadout
thisdataandtellyouabouttheworkyourvehicle
needs.This appliesalsotovehicleswithacon-
veniencekey*.
Personalconveniencesettings
Iftwopeopleuseonevehicle,itisrecommended
thateachpersonalwaysuses“theirown”master
key.Whentheignitionisturnedofforwhenthe
vehicleislocked,personalconveniencesettings
forthefollowingsystemsarestoredandas-
signedtotheremotemasterkey.
—Climatecontrolsystem
—Parkingaid*
—Activelaneassist*
—Sideassist*
—Driveselect
Thestoredsettingsareautomaticallyrecalled
whenyouunlockthevehicle,openthedoorsor
turnontheignition.
ZA\WARNING
Ifyouleavethevehicle,switchtheignitionoff
andtakethevehiclekeywithyou.This applies
particularlywhenchildrenremaininthevehi-
cle.Otherwisethechildrencouldstarttheen-
gineoroperateelectricalequipmentsuchas
powerwindows.
()Note
Protecttheremotecontrolkeyagainsthigh
temperaturesanddirectsunlight.
@)Forthesakeoftheenvironment
XXDonotdisposeofremotecontrolkeysin
householdtrash.Theycontainmaterialsthat
canberecycled.ContactanauthorizedAudi
dealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityfor
moreinformation.
G)Tips
— Theoperationoftheremotecontrolkeycan
be
temporarilydisruptedbyinterference>

Openingandclosing
@Tips
Replacementbatteriesfortheremotecontrol
keymust meetthesamespecificationsasthe
original battery.
Unlockingandlockingbyremotecontrol
BFV-0240
Fig.15Remotecontrolkey:buttonprogramming
>Tounlockthevehicle,pressthe@button
>fig.15.
>Tolockthevehicle,pressthefbuttononce.
>Tounlocktheluggagecompartmentlid,press
the<3button.
>Totriggerthe alarm,pressthered[PANIC]but-
ton.
Thevehiclehornandemergencyflashers
willactivate.
>Toswitchoffthe alarm,pressthered[PANIC
buttonagain.
Ifyouunlockthevehicleand donotopenanyof
thedoors,the hood,ortheluggagecompart-
mentlidwithin45seconds,thevehicleautomati-
callylocksagain.Thisfeaturepreventsthevehi-
clefrombeingaccidentallyleftunlockedfora
longperiodoftime.
ThesettingsintheInfotainmentsystemdeter-
mineiftheentirevehicleoronlythedriver'sdoor
isunlockedwhenunlocking thevehicle
=>page26.
ZXWARNING
Noone,especiallychildren,shouldstayinthe
vehiclewhenitislockedfromtheoutside,be-
causethewindowscannolongerbeopened
fromtheinside>page27.Lockeddoors
makeitmoredifficultforemergencyworkers
togetintothevehicle,whichputslivesatrisk.
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G)Tips
—Onlyuse theremotecontrolkeywhenyou
arewithinviewofthevehicle.
—TheselectorlevermustbeinthePposition
onvehicleswithaconveniencekey*;other-
wise thevehiclewillnotlock.
—Onlyusethepanicfunctioninanemergen-
cy.
Unlockingandlockingwiththe
conveniencekey
Appliesto:vehicleswithconveniencekey
Thedoorsandluggagecompartmentlidcanbe
unlockedandlockedwithoutusingtheremote
controlkey.
BFV-0007
Fig.16Doorhandle:sensorforlocking
Unlockingthevehicle
>Gripthedoorhandle.Thedoorunlocksauto-
matically.
>Pullonthedoorhandletoopenthedoor.
Lockingthevehicle
> Placetheselectorleverinthe"P"position;oth-
erwise,thevehiclecannotbelocked.
>Tolockthevehicle,closethedoorandtouch
thesensorinthedoorhandleonce>fig.16.Do
notholdthedoorhandlewhiledoingthis.
Deactivatingtheunlockfunction
Youcandeactivatetheunlockfunctionwiththe
conveniencekey(keylessaccess)foronelocking
andunlockingcycle.
>Placetheselectorleverinthe"P"position;oth-
erwise,thevehiclecannotbelocked.
>Closethedoor.

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Openingandclosing
>Pressthefflockbuttonontheconveniencekey
andtouchthesensoronthedoorhandle(driv-
er'sdoor)onetimewithinfivesecondsofpress-
ingthebutton>fig.16.Donotgraspthedoor
handlewhilelockingthevehicle,or elsetheve-
hiclewillnotlock.
>Tocheckifthefunctionhasbeendeactivated,
waitatleast10secondsandpullthedoorhan-
dleagain.Thedoorshouldnotopen.
Afterthat,itwillonlybepossibletounlockthe
vehicleusingtheremotecontrolkeyorbyme-
chanicallyunlocking thelockcylinder.Keylessac-
cesswillbeactiveagainafterthenexttimethe
vehicleislocked/unlocked.
Youcanunlock/lockthevehicleateverydoor.The
conveniencekeymustnobemorethanapproxi-
mately5 feet(1.5m)awayfromthedoorhandle.
Thefunctionshouldnot beimpairedifthecon-
veniencekeyisinyourjacketpocketorinyour
briefcase,forexample.
Ifyouholdthedoorhandlewhilelocking,this
can impair thelockingfunction.
Thedoor cannotbeopenedforabriefperioddi-
rectlyafterlockingit.Thiswayyouhavethe op-
portunitytocheckifthedoorslockedcorrectly.
ThesettingsintheInfotainmentsystemdeter-
mineiftheentirevehicleoronlyoneofthedoors
isunlockedwhenunlockingthevehicle
=>page26.
—Topreventthevehiclebatteryfromdis-
charging,theenergymanagementgradual-
lyswitchesoffconveniencefunctionsthat
arenotneeded.Youthenmaynolongerbe
abletounlockyourvehiclewiththesensors.
—Foranexplanationonconformitywiththe
FCCregulationsinthe UnitedStatesandthe
IndustryCanadaregulations,see
=>page291.
Centrallockingswitch
ZA\WARNING
Noone,especiallychildren,shouldstayinthe
vehiclewhenitislockedfromtheoutside,be-
causethewindowscannolongerbeopened
fromtheinside>page27.Lockeddoors
makeitmoredifficultforemergencyworkers
togetintothevehicle,whichputslivesatrisk.
©)3 3 2
scz oo
Fig.17Driver'sdoor:centrallockingswitch
>Tolockthevehicle,pressthe&button>A\.
>Tounlockthevehicle,pressthe@button.
Whenlockingthevehiclewiththecentrallocking
switch,thefollowingapplies:
—Thedoorsandtheluggagecompartmentlid
cannotbeopenedfromtheoutsideforsecurity
reasons,suchastopreventunauthorizedopen-
ingwhilestoppedatalight.
—TheLEDinthecentrallockingswitchturnson
whenalldoorsareclosedandlocked.
—Youcanopenthedoorsindividuallyfromthein-
sidebypullingthedoorhandle.
—Intheeventofacrashwithairbagdeployment,
thedoorsunlockautomaticallytoallowaccess
tothevehicle.
Z\WARNING
ReadandfollowingallWARNINGS.>A\in
Keysetonpage22
@)Tips
Ifyourvehicleisleftstandingforalongperi-
odoftime,notethefollowing:
Z\WARNING
— Thecentrallockingswitchalsoworkswhen
theignitionisswitchedoffandautomatical-
lylockstheentirevehiclewhenthe&button
ispressed.
— Thecentral lockingswitchisinoperative
when
thevehicleislockedfromtheoutside.[>
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8S1012721BA
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.