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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
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thecenterlineinarea@).
AslongastheJsymbolisgreenduring thecur-
rentlaptimemeasurement,thecurrenttimeis
fasterthanyourbesttimetodate.Ifthe[Jsym-
bolisred,thecurrenttimeisslower().
Displayingsplittimeandpausingtiming
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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
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-@: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,>
Assistsystems
adjustthesuspensioncontroltosporty(dynam-
ic),comfortable(comfort)orbalanced(auto).
Steering
Thepowersteeringadapts.Indirectsteeringthat
moveseasilyasincomfortmodeisespecially
suited tolongdrivesonahighway.Thedynamic
modeprovidessporty,directsteering.
Enginesound*
Theenginesoundadaptstothecurrentmode
andcan besubtletosporty.
Insomemodels,themaximumvehiclespeed
canonlybe reachedintheautoanddynamic
modes.
Selectingthedrivingmode
Appliesto:vehicleswith Audidriveselect
You can choosebetweencomfort,auto,dynamic
andindividual.
BFV-0307
,drive
\select
Fig.78Centerconsole:driveselectbutton
BFV-0308
Appliesto:TT RS
Fig.79Steeringwheel:driveselectbutton
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>Pressthesssbuttonrepeatedlyuntilthede-
sireddrivemodeisdisplayedintheinstrument
cluster/Infotainmentsystemdisplay.Or
>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Audidrive
select.
»Selectandconfirmthedesiredsetting.
Youcanchangethedrivingmodewhenthevehi-
cleisstationaryorwhiledriving.Iftrafficper-
mits,afterchangingmodes,brieflyremoveyour
footfromtheacceleratorpedalsothatthere-
centlyselectedmodeisalsoactivatedfortheen-
gine.
Comfort-resultsinacomfort-orientedvehicle
calibration
Auto-providesanoverallcomfortableyetdy-
namicdrivingfeelandissuitedforeverydayuse.
Dynamic-givesthedriverasportydrivingfeel
andissuited toasportydrivingstyle.
Individual->page77.
Parkingaid
Parkingaid
Introduction
Appliesto:vehicleswithrearparkingsystem/parkingsystem
plus
Dependingonthevehicleequipment,various
parkingaidswillhelpyouwhenparkingandma-
neuvering.
Therearparkingsystemisanaudible parkingaid
thatwarnsyouofobstaclesbehindthevehicle
=>page79.
Theparkingsystemplusassistsyouwhilepark-
ingbyaudiblyandvisuallywarningyouofobjects
detectedinfrontofandbehindthevehicle
=>page79.
Therearviewcamerashowstheareabehindthe
vehicleintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay.The
linesintherearviewcameraimagehelpyouto
parkormaneuver>page80.
ZAWARNING
—Alwayslookfortrafficandcheckthearea
aroundyourvehiclebylookingatitdirectly
aswell.Theparkingsystemcannotreplace
thedriver'sattention.Thedriverisalways
responsiblewhenenteringorexitingapark-
ingspaceandduringsimilarmaneuvers.
—Pleasenotethatsomesurfaces,suchas
clothing,arenotdetectedbythesystem.
—Sensorsandcamerashaveblindspotsin
whichpeopleandobjectscannotbedetect-
ed.Beespeciallycautiousofsmallchildren
andanimals.
— Thesensorscanbedisplacedbyimpactsor
damagetotheradiatorgrille,bumper,
wheelhousingandtheunderbody.Thepark-
ingsystemmaybeimpairedasaresult.
HaveanauthorizedAudidealerorauthor-
izedAudiServiceFacilitychecktheirfunc-
tion.
—Makesurethesensorsarenotobstructedby
stickers,depositsorothermaterials.Ifthey
are,thesensorfunctioncouldbeimpaired.
Foradditionalinformationoncleaning,see
=page270.
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@)Note
—Someobjectsarenotdetectedordisplayed
bythesystemundercertaincircumstances:
—objectssuchasbarrierchains,trailerdraw
bars,verticalpolesorfences
—objectsabovethesensorssuchaswallex-
tensions
—objectswithcertainsurfacesorstructures
suchaschainlinkfencesorpowdersnow
—Ifyoucontinuedrivingclosertoalowob-
ject,itmaydisappearfromthe sensor
range.NotethatyouwillnoLongerbe
warnedaboutthisobstacle.
—Maintainenoughdistancefromthecurbto
reducetheriskofdamagetotherims.
G)Tips
— The systemmayprovideawarningeven
thoughtherearenoobstaclesinthecover-
ageareainsomesituations,suchas:
—certainroadsurfacesor whenthereistall
grass
—externalultrasonicsourcessuchasfrom
cleaningvehicles
—inheavyrain,snow,orthickvehicleex-
haust
—Werecommendthatyoupracticeparkingin
atraffic-freelocationorparkinglotto be-
come
familiarwiththesystem.Practice
parkingingoodlightand weathercondi-
tions.
—Youcanchangethevolumeofthesignals.
—Whatappearsinthedisplayisslightlyde-
layed.
— Thesensorsmustbekeptcleanandfreeof
snowandicefortheparkingaidtooperate.
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Electronicstabilization
control (ESC)
ElectronicStabilizationControl(ESC)supports
driversafety.Itreducestheriskofslippingand
improvesdrivingstability.ESCdetectscriticalsit-
uationssuchasthevehicleoversteeringandun-
dersteeringorthewheelsarespinning.The
brakesareappliedortheenginetorqueisre-
ducedinordertostabilizethevehicle.Whenthe
ESCengages,theBindicatorlightblinksinthe
instrumentcluster.
ThefollowingsystemsareintegratedintheESC:
Anti-lockbrakingsystem(ABS)
ABSpreventsthewheelsfromlockingwhenbrak-
ing.Thevehiclecanstillbesteeredevenduring
hardbraking.Applysteadypressuretothebrake
pedal.Donotpumpthepedal.Apulsinginthe
brakepedalindicatesthatthesystemisacting to
stabilizethevehicle.
Brakeassistsystem
Thebrakeassistsystemcandecreasebrakingdis-
tance.Itincreasesbrakingpowerwhenthe driver
pressesthebrakepedalquicklyinemergencysit-
uations.Youmustpressandholdthebrakepedal
untilthedangeroussituationisover.
Anti-SlipRegulation(ASR)
ASRreducesdrivepowerwhenthedrivewheels
beginspinningandadaptsthepowertotheroad
conditions.Thismakesiteasiertostart,acceler-
ateanddriveuphills.
ElectronicDifferentialLock(EDL)
TheEDLappliesthe brakestowheelsthatare
slippingandtransfersthedrivepowertotheoth-
erwheels.Thisfunctionisnotavailableathigher
speeds.
Inextremecases,EDLautomaticallyswitchesoff
tokeepthebrakeonthebrakedwheelfromover-
heating.Thevehicleisstillfunctioningcorrectly.
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EDLwillswitchonagainautomaticallywhencon-
ditionshavereturnedtonormal.
Powersteering
The ESCcanalsosupportvehiclestability
throughsteering.
Selectivewheeltorquecontrol
Selectivewheeltorquecontrolisusedwhendriv-
ingoncurves.Brakingistargetedtowardthe
wheelsontheinsideofthecurveasneeded.This
allowsmoreprecisedrivingincurves.
Automaticpost-collisionbrakingsystem
Theautomaticpost-collisionbrakingsystemcan
helptoreducetheriskofslidingandofaddition-
alcollisionsafteranaccident.Iftheairbagcon-
trolmoduledetectsacollisionaboveacertainve-
hiclespeed, thevehicleisbraked by theESC.
Thevehicledoesnotbrakeautomaticallyifoneof
thefollowingoccurs:
—Thedriverpressestheacceleratorpedal
—Thebrakingforcegeneratedbythepressed
brakepedalisgreaterthanthebrakingforce
thatwouldbeinitiatedbythesystem
—TheESC,thebrakesystem,orthevehicleelec-
tricalsystemisnotfunctioning
ZAWARNING
—TheESCanditsintegratedsystemscannot
overcomethelimitsimposedbynatural
physicallaws.Thisisespeciallyimportanton
slipperyorwetroads.Ifthesystemsbegin
acting tostabilizeyourvehicle,youshould
immediatelyalteryourspeedtomatchthe
roadandtrafficconditions.Donotletthein-
creasedsafetyprovidedtemptyouintotak-
ingrisks.Thiscouldincreaseyourriskofa
collision.
—Pleasenotetheriskofacollisionincreases
whendrivingfast,especiallythroughcurves
andonslipperyorwetroads,andwhendriv-
ingtooclosetoobjectsahead.The ESC and
itsintegratedsystemscannotalwayspre-
ventcollisions-thereisstillariskofacci-
dents!
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@)Note
—Neverletthebrakes“rub”bypressingthe
pedallightlywhenbrakingisnotactually
necessary.Thiscancause thebrakestoover-
heatandincreasesbrakingdistanceand
causeswear.
—Beforedrivingonlongstretcheswithsteep
hills,reduce thevehiclespeedandshifttoa
lowergeartouse theenginebrakingeffect.
Thisreducestheloadonthebrakes.Ifyou
needtobrakeadditionally,brakeinintervals
andnotcontinuously.
G)Tips
—Ifyouretrofityourvehiclewithafrontspoil-
er,wheelcoversorsimilaritems,makesure
thattheairflowtothebrakesisnotob-
structed.Otherwisethebrakesystemcan
overheat.
—Alsorefertotheinformationaboutbrake
fluid>page243.
Steering
Electromechanicalsteeringsupportsthedriver's
steeringmovementsbyelectronicallyadapting
thepowersteeringdependingonthevehicle
speed.ThesettingsdependontheselectedAudi
driveselect*mode.
aSteering:malfunction!Pleasestopvehicle
Thepowersteeringmayhavefailed.Adaptyour
drivingstyleimmediatelytocompensateforthe
factthatitmaybemoredifficulttoturnthe
steeringwheel,andstopyourvehicleinasafelo-
cationassoonaspossible.Donotcontinuedriv-
ing.SeeanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityforassistance.
&Steering:malfunction!Youcancontinue
driving
Thereisamalfunction.Steeringmaybemoredif-
ficultormoresensitive.Adaptyourdrivingstyle.
Havethesteeringsystemcheckedimmediately
byanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacility.Pleasenotethatthered indicator
lightmayturnonafterrestartingtheengine.Do
notcontinuedrivingifitdoes.
@)Tips
Ifthe1orlindicatorlightonlystayson
forashorttime,youmaycontinuedriving.
ALLwheeldrive(quattro)
Appliesto:vehicleswithallwheeldrive
Inallwheeldrive,allfourwheelsarepowered.
Generalinformation
Inallwheeldrive,thedrivingpowerisdividedbe-
tweenallfourwheels.Thishappensautomatical-
lydependingonyourdrivingbehavioraswellas
thecurrentroadconditions.Alsosee>page84,
Electronicstabilizationcontrol(ESC).
Theallwheeldriveconceptisdesignedforhigh
enginepower.Yourvehicleisexceptionallypow-
erfulandhasexcellentdrivingcharacteristics
bothundernormaldrivingconditionsandon
snowandice.Alwaysreadandfollowsafetypre-
cautions>A\.
Wintertires
Byusingallwheeldrive,yourvehiclehasgood
forwardmotionwithstandardtiresinwintercon-
ditions.However,inwinterwerecommendusing
winterorallseasontiresonallfourwheels,be-
causethiswillimprovethebrakingeffect.
Snowchains
Iftherearesnowchainlaws,snowchainsmust
alsobe usedonvehicleswithallwheeldrive
=>page263,Snowchains.
Replacingtires
Forvehicleswithallwheeldrive,onlywheelswith
thesamerollingcircumference should beused.
Avoidusingtireswithdifferenttreaddepths
=>page255,Newtiresorwheels.
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Isthisanoffroadvehicle?
YourAudiisnot anoffroadvehicle-thereisnot
enoughgroundclearance.Forthisreason,avoid
difficultterrain.
Z\WARNING
—Also,invehicleswithallwheeldrive,adapt
yourdrivingstyletothecurrentroadand
trafficconditions.Donotlettheincreased
safetyprovidedtemptyouintotakingrisks,
becausethisincreasestheriskofanacci-
dent.
— Thebrakingabilityofyourvehicleislimited
tothetractionofthewheels.In thisway,it
isnotdifferentfromatwowheeldrivevehi-
cle.Donot betemptedtoacceleratetoa
highspeedwhentheroadisslippery,be-
causethisincreasestheriskofanaccident.
—Notethatonwetstreets,thefrontwheels
can“hydroplane’”ifdrivingatspeedsthat
aretoohigh.Unlikefrontwheeldrivevehi-
cles,theengineRPMdoesnotincreasesud-
denlywhenthevehiclebeginshydroplaning.
Forthisreason,adaptyourspeedtothe
roadconditionstoreducetheriskofanacci-
dent.
Rearspoiler
Appliesto:vehicleswithretractablerearspoiler
Theextendablerearspoilerincreasesdrivingsta-
bility.
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a.
Fig.89Centerconsole:buttonfortherearspoiler
Therearspoilerretractsandextends.Itcanbe
activatedinvariousoperatingmodes(manual
modeorautomaticmode).
838
Automaticmode(normaloperation)
—Automaticextension:therearspoilerwillauto-
maticallyextendwhenspeedsexceedapproxi-
mately75mph(120km/h).
—Automaticretraction:therearspoilerwillauto-
maticallyretractwhenspeedsdecreasetoun-
derapproximately50mph(80km/h).
Manualmode
—Extendingmanually:brieflytapthe>fig.89
buttontofullyextendtherearspoiler.
—Retractingmanually:whendrivingatspeeds
belowapproximately10mph(20km/h),press
andholdthebuttontoretracttherearspoiler.
Whenatspeedsbetween10mph(20km/h)
and75mph(120km/h),therearspoilerwill
completelyretractwhenyoutap thebutton.
Indicatorlights
8if8Rearspoiler:malfunction!Pleasecon-
tactService
Therearspoilermaynot haveextendedduetoa
malfunction.Thiscouldchangethevehicle'sdriv-
ingcharacteristicsathighspeeds.Donotdrive
fasterthan85mph(140km/h).Drivetoanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilityimmediatelytohavethemalfunctioncor-
rected.Thecoloroftheindicatorlightdepends
onthevehiclespeed.
ZAWARNING
Drivingathigherspeedswithouttherear
spoilerdeployedcanimpairhandlingcharac-
teristics,makingthevehiclehardertocontrol.
—Alwaysmakesurethatthespoilerisde-
ployedwhendrivingatspeedsover85mph
(140km/h).Iftherearspoilerwarning/indi-
catorlightintheinstrumentclustercomes
on,therearspoilermaynot havedeployed.
—Neverdriveatspeedshigherthan85mph
(140km/h)ifthespoilerisnotdeployed.
Havethespoilerinspectedassoonaspossi-
blebyanauthorizedAudidealerorqualified
workshop.
—Alwaysobeyspeedlimitsandothertraffic
laws.
MultiMediaInterface
Selectionmenu:throughtheselectionmenu,
youcanopenadditionalfunctionswithinamenu
item(suchas Radio).
Requirement:theselectionmenusymbolmust
bedisplayedintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay
>fig.94.
Openingandclosingtheselectionmenu:press
theleftcontrolbutton>fig.94.Thenyoucanse-
lectandconfirmafunctionusingthecontrol
knob.
Optionsmenu:usingtheoptionsmenu,youcan
selectandconfirmcontext-dependentfunctions
aswellas settingswithinamenuitem(suchas
Radio).
Requirement:theoptionsmenusymbol[+]must
bedisplayedintheInfotainmentsystemdisplay
>fig.94.
Openingandclosingtheoptionsmenu:press
therightcontrolbutton>fig.94.Thenyoucan
selectandconfirmafunctionusingthecontrol
knob.
Informationaboutmenupaths
Thisguideshowsyouataglancethepathsfor
openingadesiredmenuanditssettingsand
functions.
Exampleofapath
>Select:[RADIO]button>leftcontrolbutton>
FM.
Followingthepath
>Pressthe[RADIO]button.
> Presstheleftcontrolbutton.
>Turn thecontrolknobtotheFMmenuitemto
selectit.
>Pressthecontrolknobtoconfirm theselected
FMmenuitem.
>Theselectedandconfirmedfunctionisexecut-
ed.In thisexample,theFMfrequencybandis
set.
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MMItouch
MMItouchcontrolpad
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
You canenterdatausinghandwritingrecogni-
tionontheMMItouchcontrolpad.
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TheMMItouchcontrolpad@)>page90,fig.90
islocatedonthecontrolknob@)>page90,
fig.90.
Enteringletters,numbersandsymbols
Appliesto:vehicleswithMMItouch
TheMMItouchallowsyoutoenterdataonthe
MMItouchcontrolpadusinghandwritingrecog-
nition.
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Fig.96DisplaywhenMMItouchisactive