Childsafety
rearseatingpositionandhavetheairbag
systeminspectedbyyourauthorizedAudi
dealer.
—Alwaysbucklethechildseatfirmlyinplace
evenifa childisnotsittinginit.Aloose
childseatcanflyaroundduringasudden
stoporinacollision.
—AlwaysreadandheedallWARNINGS
wheneverusinga childrestraintinavehi-
cle>page180,Safetybelts,>page188,
Airbagsystemand=page212,Important
information.
@)Tips
Alwaysreplacechildrestraintsthatwerein-
stalledinavehicleduringacrash.Damageto
a childrestraintthatisnotvisiblecouldcause
ittofail inanothercollisionsituation.
ONETeteReeerenealCle)
Yourvehicleisequippedwithafront“Advanced
AirbagSystem”incompliancewithUnitedStates
FederalMotorVehicleSafetyStandard(FMVSS)
208,aswellasCanadaMotorVehicleSafety
Standard(CMVSS)208asapplicableatthetime
yourvehiclewasmanufactured.
TheAdvancedAirbagsysteminyourvehiclehas
beencertifiedtomeetthe“low-risk”require-
mentsfor3-and6-yearoldchildrenonthepas-
sengersideandsmalladultsonthedriverside.
Thelowriskdeploymentcriteriaareintendedto
reducetheriskofinjurythroughinteractionwith
theairbagthatcanoccur,forexample,bybeing
tooclosetothesteeringwheelandinstrument
panelwhentheairbaginflates.Inaddition,the
systemhasbeencertifiedtocomplywiththe
“suppression”requirementsoftheSafetyStand-
ard,toturnoffthefrontairbagforinfantsupto
12monthswhoarerestrainedonthefrontpas-
sengerseatinchildrestraintsthatarelistedin
theStandard.
EventhoughyourvehicleisequippedwithanAd-
vancedAirbagsystem,allchildren,especially
those12yearsandyounger,shouldalwaysridein
thebackseatproperlyrestrainedfortheirage
andsize.Theairbagonthepassengersidemakes
214
thefrontseatapotentiallydangerousplacefora
child
toride.Thefrontseatisnot thesafestplace
forachildinaforward-facingchildsafetyseat.It
canbeaverydangerousplaceforaninfantora
largerchildinarearward-facingseat.
Thevehicle'sAdvancedAirbagSystemhasaca-
pacitivepassengerdetectionsysteminthefront
passengerseatcushionthatcandetectthepres-
enceofababyorachildinachildrestraintsys-
temonthisseat.
Thecapacitivepassengerdetectionsystemregis-
tersthechangesthatresultinanelectricalfield
whenachild,achildrestraint,andababyblanket
areonthefrontpassengerseat.The changein
themeasuredcapacitanceduetothepresenceof
achild,a childrestraint,andababyblanketon
thefrontpassengerseatisrelatedtothechildre-
straintsystemrestingontheseat.Themeasured
capacitanceofachildrestraintsystemvariesde-
pendingonthetypeofsystemandspecificmake
andmodel.
Theelectricalcapacitanceofthevarioustypes,
makes,andmodelsofchildrestraintsspecified
bytheU.S.NationalHighwayTrafficSafetyAd-
ministration(NHTSA)intherelevant safety
standardarestoredintheAdvancedAirbagSys-
temcontrolunittogetherwiththecapacitances
typicalofinfantsanda1-yearoldchild.Whena
child
restraintisusedonthefrontpassengerseat
withatypical1year-oldinfant,theAdvancedAir-
bagSystemcomparesthecapacitancemeasured
bythecapacitivepassengerdetectionsystem
withthedatastoredintheelectroniccontrol
unit.
CeCMeeewealiasle)
system
Regardlessofthechildrestraintthatyouuse,
makesurethatithasbeencertifiedtomeetSafe-
tyStandardsandhasbeencertifiedbyitsmanu-
facturerforusewithanairbag.Alwaysbesure
thatthechildrestraintisproperlyinstalledat
oneoftherearseatingpositions.Ifinexception-
alcircumstancesyoumustuseitonthefront
passengerseat,carefullyreadalloftheinforma-
tiononchildsafetyandAdvancedAirbagsand>
8S1012721BA
Childsafety
heedalloftheapplicableWARNINGS.Makecer-
tainthatthechildandchildrestraintarecorrect-
lyrecognizedbythecapacitivepassengerdetec-
tionsysteminthefrontpassengerseat,thatthe
frontpassengerairbagisturnedoff,andthatthe
airbagstatusisalwayscorrectlysignaledbythe
PASSENGERAIRBAGOFF4;ON@light.
Manytypesandmodelsofchildrestraintshave
beenavailableovertheyears,newmodelsarein-
troducedregularlyincorporatingnewandim-
proveddesignsandoldermodelsaretaken outof
production.Childrestraintsarenotstandardized.
Childrestraintsofthesametypetypicallyhave
differentweightsandsizesanddifferent“foot-
prints”,thesizeandshapeofthebottomofthe
childrestraintthatsitsontheseat,whenthey
areinstalledonavehicleseat.Thesedifferences
make
itvirtuallyimpossibletocertifycompliance
withtherequirementsforadvancedairbagswith
eachandeverychildrestraintthathaseverbeen
soldinthepastorwillbesoldoverthecourseof
theusefullifeofyourvehicle.
Forthisreason,theUnitedStatesNationalHigh-
wayTrafficSafetyAdministrationhaspublisheda
listofspecifictype,makesandmodelsofchild
restraintsthatmustbeusedtocertifycompli-
anceoftheAdvancedAirbagSysteminyourvehi-
clewiththesuppressionrequirementsofFederal
MotorVehicleSafetyStandard208.Thesechild
restraintsare:
SubpartA-Carbedchildrestraints
ModelManufacturedonor
after
EvenfloFirstChoice
204
December1,1999
GracoInfant8457December1,1999
GracoSnugrideSeptember25,2007
Peg PeregoPrimoViag-
gioSIPIMUNOOUS
September25,2007
childrestraints
Subpart C-Forward-facingandconvertible
ModelManufacturedonor
after
BritaxRoundabout
E9LO2xx
September25,2007
CoscoTouriva02519December1,1999
CoscoSummitDeluxe
HighBackBooster
22-262
September25,2007
CoscoHighBackBoos-
ter22-209
September25,2007
EvenfloTributeV
379Xxxx
September25,2007
EvenfloMedallion254December1,1999
EvenfloGenerations
352xxxx
September25,2007
GracoComfortSportSeptember25,2007
GracoToddlerSafety
SeatStep2
September25,2007
ModelManufacturedonor
after
GracoPlatinumCargo
September25,2007
AngelGuardAngel
RideAA2403FOF
September25,2007
SubpartB-Rear-facingchildrestraints
ModelManufacturedonor
after
CenturySmartFit4543|December1,1999
CoscoArriva
22-013PAWandbase
22-999WHO
September25,2007
EvenfloDiscoveryAd- |December1,1999
justRight212
ZXWARNING
To reducetheriskofseriousinjury,makesure
thatthePASSENGERAIRBAGOFF%;light
comesonandstaysonwheneverachildre-
straintisinstalledonthefrontpassengerseat
andtheignitionisswitchedon.
—Takethechildrestraintoffthefrontpassen-
gerseatandinstallitproperlyatoneofthe
rearseatpositionsifthePASSENGERAIR
BAGOFF#¥;lightdoesnotstayon.
— Havetheairbagsysteminspectedbyyour
authorizedAudidealerimmediately.
215
8S1012721BA
Wheels
distributingtoeachaxleitsshare
ofthemaximumloadedvehicle
weightanddividingbytwo.
Vehiclenormalloadonthetire
meansthatloadonanindividual
tirethatisdeterminedbydistrib-
utingtoeachaxleitsshareofthe
curbweight,accessoryweight,
andnormaloccupantweight(dis-
tributedinaccordancewith>ta-
bleonpage260)anddividingby
two.
Occupantloadinganddistri-
butionforvehiclenormalload
forvariousdesignatedseating
capacities
Refertothetireinflationpressure
labelforthenumberofseating
positions.Refertothetable>ta-
bleonpage260forthenumber
ofpeoplethatcorrespondtothe
vehiclenormalload.
Newtiresorwheels
Audirecommendshavingallwork
ontiresorwheelsperformedby
anauthorizedAudidealerorau-
thorizedAudiServiceFacility.
Thesefacilitieshavetheproper
knowledgeandareequippedwith
therequiredtoolsandreplace-
mentparts.
>Newtiresdonotyethavethe
optimumgrippingproperties.
Drivecarefullyandatmoderate
speedsforthefirst350miles
(500km)withnewtires.
>Onlyusetireswiththesamede-
sign,size(rollingcircumfer-
ence),andas close tothesame
treadpatternas possibleonall
fourwheels.
>Appliesto:RSmodels:Onlyuse
tireswiththesamedesign,size
(rollingcircumference),andthe
sametreadpatternonallfour
wheels.
>Donotreplacetiresindividually.
Atleastreplacebothtiresonthe
sameaxleatthesametime.
>Audirecommendsthatyouuse
AudiOriginalTires.Ifyouwould
liketousedifferenttires,please
notethatthetiresmayperform
differentlyeveniftheyarethe
samesize>A.
>Ifyouwouldliketoequipyour
vehiclewithatireandrimcom-
binationthatisdifferentfrom
whatwasinstalledatthefacto-
ry,consultwithanauthorized
AudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilitybeforemakinga
purchase>A.
255
Wheels
Ncwdeeme]dc
Pleasenotethattheinformation
containedinthefollowingtable
wascorrectatthetimeofprint-
ing,andtheinformationissub-
jecttochange.Ifthereareany
differences,youshould always
followthetirepressuresticker
>page258,fig. 191.
Makesurethatthetiredesigna-
tiononyourtirematchesthedes-
ignationonthetirepressurelabel
andthetirepressuretable.
Thefollowingtablelistsrecom-
mendedtirepressuresincold
tiresaccordingtotheloadand
thesizeofthetiresinstalled.
Model/TiredesignationTirepressure
EngineNormalloadMaximumload
(upto2people)
FrontRearFrontRear
PSI|kPA|PSI|kPA|PSI|kPA|PSI|kPA
TI:245/45R1795Y32|220|29|200|33|230|30|210
2.0L245/40 R1893H32|220|29|200|33|230|30|210
4-cylinder245/40 R1893Y32.|220|29|200|33|230]30|210
245/35R1993Y35|240|32|220|35|240|32|220
255/30 R2092Y35|240|32|220|36|250|32|220
TTS:245/35R19 93Y35|240|32|220|38|260|32|220
2.0L255/30 R2092Y35|240|32|220|39|270|33|230
4-cylinder
TTRS:245/35R1993Y33/|230/|29|200|39/|270/|33|230
2.5L362|250412|2802
5-cylinder255/30R2092Y35|240|29|200|39/|270/|33/|230/
422|2902]352|2408
a)Thevaluebeforetheforwardslashappliestovehicleswithamaximumspeedupto
155mph(250km/h);thevalueaftertheslashisforupto174mph(280km/h).
Z\WARNING
limits>page260.
Pleasenotetheimportantsafe-
typrecautionsregardingtire
pressure>page258andload
260
Tiresandvehicleloadlimits
Therearelimitstotheamountof
loadorweightthatanyvehicle
andanytirecancarry.Avehicle
thatisoverloadedwillnothandle
wellandismoredifficulttostop.
Overloadingcannotonlyleadto>
Wheels
thetreadtoseparateandevencausethetire
toburst,increasingtheriskofanaccident.
—Thetirepressuremonitoringsystemdoes
notwarnaboutdamageordefectsinthe
tireconstructionthatcouldcausethetireto
burst,forexample.Inspectyourtiresregu-
larly.
@)Tips
—Iftiresarereplaced,thesensorsandvalves
donotneedtoberemovedorreplaced.Only
replacethevalvestemand,ifnecessary,the
valveandthewheelelectronics.Ifyouhave
questions,seeanauthorizedAudidealeror
authorizedAudiServiceFacility.
—Anincorrectdisplayoramalfunctioninthe
tirepressuremonitoringsystemcanoccur
afterusingthetiremobilitykit.Havethe
sensorsreplacedby anauthorizedAudi
dealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacility.
—Foranexplanationonconformitywiththe
FCCregulationsintheUnitedStatesandthe
IndustryCanadaregulations,see
=>page291.
Displayingtirepressuresandtemperatures
Appliesto:vehicleswithtirepressuremonitoringsystem
Requirement: youmustbedrivingthevehicle.
> SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Service&checks>Tirepressuremonitor-
ing>Displaytirepressure.
Thecurrenttirepressuresareshowningreen,
yelloworrednumbersintheInfotainmentsys-
tem:
—
Green:thecurrenttirepressureandthespeci-
fiedtirepressureareapproximatelythesame.
—Yellow:thecurrenttirepressureislowerthan
thespecifiedtirepressure.
—Red:thecurrenttirepressureismuchlower
thanthespecifiedtirepressure.
Thespecifiedtirepressureisthelasttirepressure
that
wasstored>page269.
Notethatthetirepressurealsodependsonthe
temperatureofthetire.Thetirepressureincreas-
esastheenginebecomeswarmerwhiledriving.
268
ZAWARNING
Readandfollowtheimportantinformation
andnotes>page267.
(i)Tips
Thetirepressureortemperatureisnotdis-
playedwhilethevehicleisstationaryandin
adaptationmode.Dashes--.--areshownin
placeofthepressureandtemperature.
Obiieyyescetiess
Appliesto:vehicleswithtirepressuremonitoringsystem
Ifthe@indicatorlightturnson,thepressurein
atleastonetireistoolowornewsensorswere
notadapted:
@indicatorlightsturnsonafterturningthe
ignitionon
Thetirepressureistoolowcomparedtothe
specifiedpressure.
>Checkandstorethetirepressure(s)thenext
timeitispossible>page269.
@indicatorlightturnsonwhiledriving
Wheelswithnewsensorswerenotadaptedor
thetirepressurehasreachedacriticallevelcom-
paredtothespecifiedpressure.
>Avoidunnecessarysteeringandbrakingmaneu-
vers.
>Adaptyourdrivingstyletothesituation.
>Stopassoonas possibleandcheckthetire(s).
>Ifitispossibletocontinuedriving,seeanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilityimmediatelyandhaveyourtire(s)re-
pairedorreplaced.
ZA\WARNING
Readandfollowtheimportantinformation
andnotes>page267.
8S1012721BA
Fusesandbulbs
Fusesandbulbs
Fuses
Replacingfuses
S 6
= o
_AB8V-0171
Fig.209Leftsideoftheenginecompartment:fusecover
Afuse thathasblownwillhavemetalstripsthat
haveburnedthrough.Thefusesarelocatedinthe
interiorandintheenginecompartment.
Fusesintheinterior
>Switchtheignitionandallelectricalequipment
off.
>Checkthefollowingtable toseewhichfusebe-
longstotheequipment>page286.
»Removethecover>fig.208.
>Removetheplasticclipfromthefusepanel
coverintheenginecompartment©fig.209.
>Removethefuseusingtheclip.
>Replacetheblownfuseonlywithafusethat
has thesamecurrent rating.
>Installthecover.
Fusesintheenginecompartment
>Switchtheignitionandallelectricalequipment
off>A\.
>Checkthefollowingtable toseewhichfusebe-
longstotheequipment>page287.
>Removethefusepanelcover>fig.209.
>Removetheplasticclipfromthefusepanel
cover>fig.209.
>Removethefuseusingtheclip.
>Replace theblownfuseonlywithafuse that
hasthesamecurrent rating.
Fusecoloridentification
ColorCurrentrating
inamps
Black1
Purple3
Lightbrown5
Brown15
Red10
BlueIS
Yellow20
Whiteortransparent[25
Green30
Orange40
Z\WARNING
Donotrepairfusesandneverreplaceablown
fusewithonethathasahigheramprating.
Thiscancausedamagetotheelectricalsys-
temandafire.
CG)Note
Ifanewfuseburnsoutagainshortlyafteryou
haveinstalledit,havetheelectricalsystem
checkedassoonaspossibleby anauthorized
AudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacili-
ty.
@)Tips
—Thefollowingtabledoesnotlistfuseloca-
tionsthatarenotused.
—Someoftheequipmentlistedinthefollow-
ingtablesappliesonlytocertainmodelver-
sionsorcertainoptionalequipment.
285
Accessoriesandtechnicalchanges
Accessoriesand
technicalchanges
Warranty
Yourvehicleiscoveredbyvariouswarranties:
—NewVehicleLimitedWarranty
—LimitedWarrantyAgainstCorrosionPerforation
—EmissionsControlSystemWarranties:Federal
EmissionsControlSystemDefectWarranty,
FederalEmissionsPerformanceWarranty
—Appliesto:USAmodels:KansasSafetyBelt
LimitedWarranty
—Appliesto:USAmodels:CaliforniaEmissions
ControlWarranties:Short-termEmissionsDe-
fectsWarranty,Long-termEmissionsDefects
Warranty,TZEVmodelsEmissionsDefects
Warranty,CaliforniaEmissionsPerformance
Warranty
YoucanfinddetailedinformationinyourWarran-
ty&MaintenanceBookletandintheCalifornia
EmissionsBooklet*.
AudiLiteratureShop
Serviceinformationismadeavailableassoonas
possibleafteramodelisintroducedandcan be
orderedintheAudiLiteratureShop:http://
literature.audiusa.com
Drivinginother
countries
GovernmentregulationsintheUnitedStatesand
Canadarequiremotorvehiclestocomplywith
emissionsregulationsandsafetystandards.
Therefore,vehiclesthatwereproducedforthe
U.S.andCanadianmarketsaredifferentfromve-
hiclesproducedforothercountries.
Ifyouplantouseyourvehicleoutsideofthe
UnitedStatesorCanada,itispossiblethat:
—Fuelmayhaveasignificantlyloweroctanerat-
ing.Unsuitablefuelscancauseenginedamage.
—Propermaintenanceandrepairworkmaynot
bepossiblebecausespecialserviceequipment,
tools,ormeasuringdevicesneededforyourve-
hiclemaynotbeavailable.
288
—Replacementpartsmaynotalwaysbeavaila-
ble.
—Navigationsystemsforvehiclesbuiltforthe
U.S.A.andCanadawillnotnecessarilyworkin
Europe,andmaynotworkinothercountries.
()Note
Audiisnotliablefordamagetothevehiclere-
sultingfromthesecountry-specificdifferen-
ces.
Maintenance,repairs,
andtechnicalmodifi-
cations
Notethesafetyprecautions>page235,General
informationand>page280,Raisingthevehicle.
Generalinformation
Duetotheincreasingcomplexityoftechnologyin
thesevehicles,aswellasthesafetyandenviron-
mentalstandardsthatapply,youcanonlyper-
formaverylimitedamountofrepairsandmodifi-
cationstothevehicleyourself.
Proofofmaintenanceworkmayberequiredto
submitaclaimwithinthewarrantyperiod.
Werecommendthatyouhaveyourvehicleserv-
icedbyanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacilityandthatAudiGenuineParts
andAudiGenuineAccessoriesareused.This
helpstoensurethatyourvehicle'sfunctionality,
performance,andsafety arenotimpaired.
Maintenanceandrepairs
Yourvehiclewasdesignedtohelpkeepmainte-
nancerequirementstoaminimum.Someregular
maintenanceisrequiredtohelpensurethatyour
vehiclerunsina safe,economical,andreliable
manner.PleaserefertoyourWarranty&Mainte-
nanceBookletformoredetailedinformation
aboutvehiclemaintenance.
Whenoperatingthevehicleundermoreextreme
operatingconditions,forexamplewhenoutside
temperaturesareveryloworinverydustyenvi-
ronments,certainmaintenanceshouldbeper-
formedbetweenthespecifiedintervals.
Index
Audivirtualcockpit
refertoInstrumentcluster..............10
AUTO
Automaticclimatecontrolsystem........49
Automaticheadlights..................32
Auto
Lock(centrallocking)...............21.
Automaticbeltretractor...............-184
Automaticclimatecontrolsystem
refertoClimatecontrolsystem(automatic).49
Automaticpost-collisionbrakingsystem....84
Automatictransmission.................-58
DEVINGCPSis65wssinsowom@ 6eae3oHRUER660
Emergencymode..............-.00005564
HilldeSCEntCONntOlaasx 2weesyowees¢ 2eee62
KiCKOWMisiass5&sewsensomamasawaan«avecne63
Malfunction.......2...ceceeeeeeeee59
Selectorleveremergencyrelease.........65
Selectorleverloka22awwom= 2wowsaowen59
Selectorleverpositions...............0.58
Shiftingmanually..................0..62
Steeringwheelwithshiftpaddles........62
BIDEROMIGE5ecw
Automaticzoom(navigation)............140
AUXINPUEsavesx 2eves7 8caeen+eee+em8157
Averagefuelconsumption............000515
AVETAGESPECass 3saree¢ §sarew§eeeEyEe15
B
BACKbutton...................00ceee90
Balance(Sound)............00000eee eee173
Band
refertoFrequencyband...............145
Bass(sound)................000000eee173
Battery.......0.0.0...eee244
CharginGwes= «seus« xsessxeeegceee246
Wintenoperations «cose+ounssccene6ine245
Beforedrivingsassx=nseeocosevewene¥o175
Betterroute(navigation)................143
BOWED":«savesawmnem2 ©neemx2ERNE28ame&49
Bluetooth
Audioplayer«svi2 5mee2 owea2semao153
Connectingacellphone...............108
Settings........0.0....00ceee eee171
BoOSt..2...eeeeeeeee15
BoosterseatS.....2...cee eee eee eee221
296
Boostpressureindicator.................Ls
Brakefluid
Checkingthebrakefluidlevel...........243
BRAKEScraneswessees5 2nexta©cmamens© aonemnh©some86
Brakeassist...0.6...cece84
BrakeassistsysteM..........-..-+--05-84
Brake:boosters«sesiss+osccsesea 6snecenea 6oeacese386
Brakefluid...2.2.6.0...0.eee eeeeee243
Electromechanicalparkingbrake.........55
Emergencybrakingfunction.............56
Indicatorlights....................00,16
Newbrakepads:«esassaiewssewssspees86
Break-insecurityfeature...............-.27
Breakingin
Newbrakepads..............---0eeeee86
INCWENCSine6 &secaa@semenw asomcame#0amenene@255
Browser
refertoMediacenter...............00.159
Bulbfailure(indicatorlight)..............20
Bulbireplacementievesx «sovvsusa 0savesw &savers7287
Buttons
Controlpanel(MMI)...............---.90
Cc
Cable(USBadapter/AUXconnectorcable)..156
CaliforniaProposition65Warning........236
Batteryspecific.................-.00.245
Calllist.0.0...eeeeee113
Calloptions..........2.0...eeeeeee eee120
Capacities
Fueltank................00000ceee293
Washerfluidreservoir..............0..293
CaiKeVecmx=way¢ 2seem©2ye GESeeooee22
Carwash....2...eeeeeeeeeeee270
Catalyticconverter.............--.0000.235
CD
drive(mediadrives).................152
Cellphone
PlayingmuSiC.....6.6...ceceeee eee eee153
alsorefertoTelephone................108
Cellphonecompartment
refertoAudiphonebox............... Lit
Genter-armMVresteicos2 2sacsowienswean«se
Centrallockingix.+ 2sews+
Conveniencekey
Convenienceopeningandclosing.........29