Driving
followingmessageappearsinthedisplaywhen
theselectorleverisinthe"P"or "N"positionto
remindthedriver:
Toselectagear,pleasepressbrake pedaland
presslockbuttononselectorlever
Theautomaticshiftlockonlyfunctionswhenthe
vehicleisstationaryoratspeedsbelow1mph
(2km/h). Athigherspeeds,thelockisautomati-
callydeactivatedinthe"N"position.
Theselectorleverisnotlockedwhenshifting
quicklythrough"N",forexamplefrom"R"to"D".
Thismakesitpossibletofreethevehiclewhenit
isstuckby“rocking”it.Theselectorleverlocken-
gagesiftheleverstaysinthe"N"positionlonger
thanapproximatelytwosecondswhenthebrake
pedalisnotpressed.
Interlockbutton
Theinterlockbuttonintheselectorleverhandle
preventsyoufrommovingtheselectorleverin-
advertentlywhileinsomeselectorleverposi-
tions.Thepositionsthatrequiretheinterlock
buttontobepressedaremarkedincolorintheil-
lustration>fig.61.
ZAWARNING
ReadandfollowallWARNINGS.>A\inSelec-
torleverpositionsonpage59.
@Tips
—Iftheselectorleverdoesnotengage,there
isamalfunction.Theengineisdisabledto
preventthevehiclefromdrivingoffuninten-
tionally.Toallowtheselectorleverto en-
gageagain,proceedasfollows:
—Brieflypressthebrakepedal.
—Ifthevehicledoesnotmoveforwardorin
reverseeventhoughadrivepositionisse-
lected,proceedasfollows:
—Ifthevehicledoesnotmoveinthedesired
direction,thesystemmaynothaveengaged
thedrivepositioncorrectly.Pressthebrake
pedalandselectthedrivepositionagain.
—Ifthevehiclestilldoesnotmoveinthede-
sireddirection,thereisasystemmalfunc-
tion.SeeanauthorizedAudidealerorau-
60
thorizedAudiServiceFacilityforassistance
tohavethesystemchecked.
Thetransmissionshiftsupanddownautomati-
callywheninthedrivinggears.
Fig.62Section ofthecenterconsole:selectorleverwith
interlockbutton
Startingtheengine
>TheselectorlevermustbeintheP ortheNpo-
sition.Atlow temperatures(below14°F
(-10°C)),theenginecanonlybestartedwhen
theselectorleverisinthePposition.
Startingfromastop
>Pressandholdthebrakepedal.
>Pressandholdtheinterlockbuttonintheselec-
torleverhandle,selectthedesiredselectorlev-
erpositionsuchas"D">page58andrelease
thelockbutton.
>Waitamomentuntilthetransmissionshifts.
Youwillnoticeaslightmovementwhenthe
gearengages.
>Releasethebrake pedalandpresstheaccelera-
torpedal>A\.
Variousconveniencefunctionsareavailablefor
startingonhills>page57.
Stoppingtemporarily
>Keepthevehiclestationary usingthebraking
pedal,forexampleattrafficlights.
>Donotpresstheacceleratorpedalwhendoing
this.
>Topreventthevehiclefromrollingwhenyou
startdriving,settheparkingbrakewhenstop-
pingonsteephills>A\and>@).
Driving
—Allowingthevehicletorollwhentheengine
isstoppedandtheselectorleverisintheN
positionwilldamagetheautomatictrans-
missionbecauseitisnotlubricatedunder
thosecircumstances.
— Thetransmissioncan overheatandbedam-
agedundercertaindrivingandtrafficcondi-
tionssuchasfrequentstarts,creepingfora
longtime,orstop-and-gotraffic.Whenthe
fa}
oriindicatorlightturnson,stopthe
vehicleatthenextopportunityandletthe
transmissioncool>page64.
—Allowingthevehicletorollwhentheengine
isstoppedwilldamagetheStronictrans-
missionbecauseitisnotlubricated
=>page282,Towing.
G@)Tips
Forsafetyreasons,theparkingbrakeisre-
leasedautomaticallyonlywhenthedriver's
safetybeltisfastened.
Hilldescentcontrol
Thehilldescentcontrolsystemassiststhedriver
whendrivingdownhills.
Hilldescentcontrolisactivatedwhentheselec-
torleverisinthe"D" or"S"positionandyou
pressthebrakepedal.Thetransmissionautomat-
icallyselectsagearthatissuitableforthehill.
Hilldescentcontroltriestomaintainthespeed
thatwasselectedatthetimeofbraking,within
physicalandtechnicallimitations.Ifmaystillbe
necessarytoadjustthespeedwiththebrakes.
Becausehilldescentcontrolcannotshiftdown
fartherthan3rdgear,itmaybenecessarytoshift
intotiptronicmodeinverysteepareas.Inthis
case,shiftmanuallyinto1stor2ndgearintip-
tronicmodetouse theengine'sbrakingforce to
relievethebrakes.
Hilldescentcontrolswitchesoffoncethehilllev-
elsoutorifyoupresstheacceleratorpedal.
Onvehicleswithacruisecontrolsystem*
=>page66,hilldescentcontrolisalsoactivated
when
thespeedisset.
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ZAWARNING
Hilldescentcontrolmaynotbeabletomain-
tainaconstantspeedunderallconditions.Al-
waysbereadytoapply thebrakes.
Shiftingmanually(tiptronicmode)
Thetiptronicmodeallowsthedrivertoshiftthe
gearsmanually.
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Fig.63Centerconsole:shiftingmanuallywiththeselector
lever
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Fig.64Steeringwheel:shiftingmanuallywiththeshift
paddles*
Shiftingwiththeselectorlever
Youcanshiftintotiptronicmodewhilethevehi-
cleisstationaryorwhiledriving.
>Toshiftintotiptronicmode,pushtheselector
leverfromthe“D/S”settingtotherightinthe
tiptronicshiftgate.Oncethetransmissionhas
switched modes,theselectorleverpositionM
isshownintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay
=>page58,fig.60. ForexampleM4meansthe
fourthgearisengaged.
>Toshiftupagear,tap theselectorleverfor-
ward@)>fig.63.
>Toshiftdownagear,tap theselectorbackward
©.
Assistsystems
Assistsystems
Speedwarningsystem
Appliesto:vehicleswithspeedwarningsystem
Thespeedwarningsystemhelpsyoutostaybe-
low aspecifiedmaximumspeedthatcanbeset,
changedordeletedintheInfotainmentsystem.
Thespeedwarningsystemwarnsyouifyouare
exceeding themaximumspeedthatyouhaveset.
Awarningtonewillsoundassoonasyourspeed
exceedsthestoredvalueslightly.Theoe)in-
dicatorlightandamessagewillappearinthein-
strumentclusterdisplayatthesametime.The
oweindicatorlightandthemessageturnoffif
thespeedfallsbackbelowthestoredmaximum
speed.
Settingathresholdisrecommendedifyouwould
liketoberemindedwhenyoureachacertain
maximumspeed.Situationswhereyoumaywant
todosoincludedrivinginacountrywithagener-
alspeedlimitorifthereisaspecifiedmaximum
speedforwintertires.
Settingthewarningthreshold
> SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:MENUbut-
ton>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Driveras-
sistance>Speedwarning>Manual.
G)Tips
Regardlessofthespeedwarningsystem,you
shouldalwaysmonitoryourspeedusingthe
speedometerandmakesureyouarefollowing
thelegalspeedlimit.
Cruisecontrolsystem
Appliesto:vehicleswithcruisecontrolsystem
Thecruisecontrolsystemassiststhedriverin
maintainingaconstantspeedaboveapproxi-
mately15mph(20km/h).Thesystemmaintains
thedesiredspeedbybrakingandaccelerating.
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ZAWARNING
—Alwayspayattentiontothetrafficaround
yourvehiclewhenthecruisecontrolsystem
isinoperation.Asthedriver,youarealways
responsibleforcontrollingyourvehicle
speedandthedistancebetweenyourvehicle
andothervehicles.
—Forsafetyreasons,cruisecontrolshould not
beusedinthecity,instop-and-gotraffic,on
windingroads,andwhenroadconditionsare
poor(suchasice,fog,gravel,heavyrain,
andconditionsthatcouldlead tohydroplan-
ing),becausethisincreasestheriskofanac-
cident.
—Switchthecruisecontrolofftemporarily
whendrivinginturninglanes,highwayexits,
orinconstructionzones.
—Toreducetheriskofanaccident,youshould
onlyresumethestoredspeedifitissuitable
forthecurrenttrafficconditions.
()Note
Beforedrivingdownhillalong distanceona
steephill,decreaseyourspeedandselecta
lowergear.Thismakesuseoftheenginebrak-
ingeffectandreducestheloadplacedonthe
brakes.
G)Tips
Thebrakelightsturnonwhenthebrakesare
appliedautomatically.
Switchingthesystemon
Appliesto:vehicleswithcruisecontrolsystem
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Fig.67Lever:switchingonthecruisecontrolsystem
Requirement:switchtheignitionon.
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Assistsystems
Sietemyo)ai
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiactivelaneassist
B8V-0692
Fig.68Turnsignallever:buttonforactivelaneassist
B4H-0312
Fig.69Windshield:camerawindowforactivelaneassist
>Pressthebuttontoswitchthesystemonand
off>fig.68.TheBworindicatorlightinthe
instrumentclusterturnsonoroff.
Indicatorlights
BgReady:theindicatorlightturnsonwhenthe
systemisreadyforuse.Thesystemcannowbe
operated.
Notready:theindicatorlightturnsonifthe
systemisswitchedonbutisinoperable.Thismay
beduetothefollowingreasons:
—Thereisnolane markerline
—Therelevant lane markerlinesarenotdetected
(forexample,markingsinaconstructionzone
orbecausetheyareobstructedbysnow,dirt,
waterorlighting)
—Thevehiclespeedisbelowtheactivationspeed
ofapproximately40mph(65km/h)(thespeed
mayvarydependingonyourcountry).
—Thelaneistoonarrowortoowide
—Thecurveistoonarrow
—Thedriver'shandsarenotonthesteering
wheel
@Tips
— Makesurethecamera'sfieldofview
>fig.69isnotobstructedbystickersor
anythingelse.Forinformationoncleaning,
see>page270.
—Incertainmarkets:ifthesystemisswitched
on,itwillswitchonautomaticallyeachtime
theignitionisswitchedon.
Meeeclei
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiactivelaneassist
=z
Ss
Beg
Fig.70Instrument cluster:activelaneassistisswitched
onandreadytoprovidewarnings
Youcancalluptheactivelaneassistdisplayusing
thebuttonsinthemultifunctionsteeringwheel
=>page12.
Activelaneassistisactivated
andreadytoprovidewarnings.
Greenline(s)
Redline(s)
(leftorright)
Activelaneassistwarnsyou
beforeleavingalane>fig.70.
Thesteeringwheelwillalsovi-
bratelightly.
Activelaneassistisactivated,
butisnotreadytoprovide
warnings.
Grayline(s)
MessagesinInfotainmentdisplay
Iftheactivelaneassistswitchesoffautomatical-
ly,theindicatorlightinthedisplayturnsoffand
oneofthefollowingmessagesappears:
Audiactivelaneassist:currentlyunavailable.
Cameraviewrestricted.Seeowner'smanual
Thismessageappearsifthecameraisunableto
detectthelines.Thiscouldhappenif:
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Assistsystems
—Thecamerafieldofview>page69,fig.69is
dirtyorcoveredinice.Cleanthisareaonthe
windshield.
—Thecamerafieldofviewisfoggedover.Wait
untilthe foghasclearedbeforeswitchingthe
activelaneassistonagain.
—Thesystemhasbeenunabletodetectthelanes
foranextendedperiodoftimeduetoroad con-
ditions.Switchactivelaneassistbackonwhen
thelinesaremorevisible.
Audiactivelaneassist:currentlyunavailable.
Seeowner'smanual
Thereisatemporarymalfunctionthatmaypre-
vent theactivelaneassistfromswitchingon. Try
switchingtheactivelaneassistonagainlater.
Audiactivelaneassist:malfunction!Seeown-
er'smanual
DrivetoanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityimmediatelytohavethe
malfunctioncorrected.
Audiactivelaneassist:Pleasetakeoversteer-
ing!
Thismessageappearsifyouarenotsteeringby
yourself.Ifthisisthecase,activelaneassistdoes
notswitchoff,butitis“notready”toprovidea
warning.Thesystemcanhelpyoukeepthevehi-
cleinthelane.However,youareresponsiblefor
drivingthevehicleandmuststeerityourself.
ZXWARNING
Notethatmessagesmaybedelayedornot
displayedonvehicleswithaccessoriesmount-
edonthesteeringwheel,suchasasteering
wheelspinnerknob.Alwayskeepyourhands
onthesteeringwheel.
))Thecorrectivesteeringfunctionisnotavailableinallmar-
kets.
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Adjustingthesteeringtimeandvibration
warning
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudiactivelaneassist
Youcanadjustindividualactivelaneassistset-
tingsintheInfotainmentsystem.
SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Driverassis-
tance>Audiactivelaneassist
Steeringtime)
Early:inthissetting,thecorrectivesteeringhap-
penscontinuouslytohelpkeepthevehicleinthe
centerofthelane.
Late:inthissetting,thesystemprovidescorrec-
tivesteeringjustbeforeavehiclewheeltouchesa
detectedlane markerline.
Vibrationwarning
Youcanswitchtheadditionalvibrationwarning
inthesteeringwheelonoroff.
@)Tips
Incertainmarkets:yoursettings arestored
automaticallyandassignedtotheremote
controlkeyinuse.
Laptimer
Appliesto:vehicleswithlaptimer
Laptimer
Youcanmeasureandanalyzelaptimeswiththe
laptimerinthedisplay.Thetimeismeasuredin
minutes,secondsand 1/10seconds.Withlap
timeslongerthan60minutes,thehourisalso
shownandthedisplayof1/10secondsisre-
moved.
Thetimemeasurementonanindividuallapends
after99hours59minutesand 59seconds.Anew
lap startsautomaticallyafterthat.
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Assistsystems
Themeasurementendsafteramaximumof30
laps.Youcanthenevaluatethelaptimesorstart
anewtimemeasurement.
Youcancontrolthelaptimerusingthecontrols
onthemultifunctionsteeringwheel>page71.
ZA\WARNING
Yourfocusshouldalways beondrivingyour
vehiclesafely.Asthedriver,youhavecom-
pleteresponsibilityforsafetyintraffic.Only
use thefunctionssuchasthelaptimerinsuch
awaythatyoualwaysmaintaincompletecon-
troloveryourvehicleinalltrafficsituations.
@Tips
Youcanretrieveinformationfromthetrip
computerwhilethelaptimerstopwatchis
running.
Openingthelaptimerandmeasuringtime
Appliesto:vehicleswithlaptimer
IRAH-8493|
Bestlap
Lap3
NewLap
Fig.72Instrument cluster:laptimer
Openingthelaptimer
> SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle> leftcontrolbutton>Laptimes
>Turn thethumbwheel(@)>fig.71untilStart
lap 1bydrivingofforStartbydrivingoff
=>fig.72appears.
>Pressthethumbwheel(A)toconfirmtheselec-
tion.
Timinglaps
>Tomeasurethelaptime,pressthethumb-
wheel(@)againwhileontheNewlapmenu
item. Thisstartstimingthenextlapatthe
sametime.Thelasttimemeasurementmoves
[email protected]
thecenterlineinarea@).
AslongastheJsymbolisgreenduring thecur-
rentlaptimemeasurement,thecurrenttimeis
fasterthanyourbesttimetodate.Ifthe[Jsym-
bolisred,thecurrenttimeisslower().
Displayingsplittimeandpausingtiming
>[email protected]
wheel(@)untilSplittimeappearsinline@).
Pressthethumbwheel(@)toconfirmtheselec-
tion.Thesplittimeappearsforapproximately
10secondsinarea@).Thetimingofthecur-
rentlapcontinues.
Ifyouwouldliketoinsertapausein|immediate-
lyafterthesplittime,firstpressthethumbwheel
@)toconfirm themenuitemResetvalueswith
OK.
>Toinsertapause, turnthethumbwheel(@)until
Pauseappearsinline(@).Pressthethumbwheel
@toconfirmtheselection.Thepausesymbol
Dlappearsinarea©.
>Tocontinuetiming,pressthethumbwheel(A).
Iftimingispaused,youcancontinueitlatereven
ifyouswitchtheignitionoff.
MeaningoftheindicatorintheInfotainmentsys-
temdisplay>fig.72:
@_|Displayoflastrecordedtime
@_|Symbols:
-:startoftimerecording
[email protected]
-@:fastestrecordedtime
-):splittime
.Oi.pause>
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Assistsystems
@_|Currenttimemeasurement
@=|Menu:
-Startlap1bydrivingoff(start)
-Startbydrivingoff(start)
-Newlap(startanotherlap)
-Splittime(timeforasectionwithinthe
course)
-Pause(pausethetiming)
-Cancellap
-Resetlaptimes(deletesallvalues)
Evaluatingrecordedtimesorresetting
Appliesto:vehicleswithlaptimer
Youcanevaluatethefastest,slowestandaver-
agelaptimes.
is
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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,>
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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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