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AdjustingtheIndividualmode
Appliesto:vehicleswithAudidriveselect
Youcanadjustthevehiclesettingstoyourpersonalpreferences.
>Pressthesistbutton>Individual>rightcon-
trolbutton,or
>SelectintheInfotainmentsystem:[MENU]but-
ton>Vehicle>leftcontrolbutton>Audidrive
select>Individual>rightcontrolbutton
Afteryouhaveclosedthesettings,youwillauto-
maticallydriveintheIndividual*mode.
Theequipmentinyourvehiclewilldetermine
whichsettingsyoucanadjust.Thefollowingta-
blegivesanoverviewofthecharacteristics.
Systemscomfortautodynamic
Engine/transmissioncomfortablebalancedsporty
Steeringcomfortablebalancedsporty
Suspensioncontrol*comfortablebalancedsporty
Enginesound*subtlebalancedsporty
quattro*balancedbalancedsporty
Appliesto:TTRS:quattrobalancedneutralsporty
G)Tips
YourIndividual*modesettings areautomati-
callystoredandassignedtotheremotecon-
trolkeybeingused.
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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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—Acceleratecarefullywhendrivingoncondition.Differenttiresizescanleadtoa
smooth,slipperysurfacessuchasiceandreductioninenginepower.
snow.Thedrivewheelscanspinevenwhen—Youmayhearnoiseswhenthesystemsde-
thesecontrolsystemsareinstalledandthisscribedareworking.
canaffectdrivingstabilityandincreasethe
riskofacollision.
G)Tips
— TheABSandASRonlyfunctioncorrectly
whenallfourwheelshaveasimilarwear
ScaleLiemelal
TheESCisautomaticallyswitchedonwhentheignitionisswitchedon.
functionislimitedorswitchedoff.Theamountof
stabilizationcontrolwilldifferdependingonthe
level.
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Thefollowingexamplesareunusualsituations
whereitmaymakesensetoswitchsportmode
oninordertoallowthewheelstospin:
—Rocking thevehicletofreeitwhenitisstuck
—Drivingindeepsnoworonlooseground
—Drivingwithsnowchains
Fig.88Uppercenterconsole,53OFFbutton
The ESCisdesignedtofunctioninlevels.Depend-
ingonthelevelselected,theESCstabilization
SportmodeonESC/ASRoffSportmodeofforESC/ASR
on
BehaviorThe ESC andASRstabiliza-|Thestabilizationfunctionis|Thefullstabilizationfunc-
tionfunctionsarelimitednotavailable>A\.ESCand_|tionoftheESC andASRis
>A.ASRareswitchedoff.availableagain.
OperatingPressthe2OFF]buttonPressandholdthe|&OFFPressthe2OFF]button
briefly.buttonlongerthan3sec-again.
onds.
IndicatorBiturnson.BBandaaturnon.BiturnsofforFJand
lightsaaturnoff.
MessagesStabilizationcontrol(ESC):|Stabilizationcontrol(ESC):|Stabilizationcontrol
sport.Warning!Limitedoff.Warning!Restricted(ESC):on
stabilitystability
AWARNING—Thestabilizationfunctionislimitedwhen
sportmodeisswitchedon.Thedriving
wheelscouldspinandthevehiclecould
swerve,especiallyonslickorslipperyroad
surfaces.
Youshouldonly switchsportmodeonor
switchESC/ASRoffifyourdrivingabilitiesand
roadconditionspermit.
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—Thereisnovehiclestabilizationwhen
ESC/ASRareswitchedoff.
@)Tips
—Whenthecruisecontrolsystem*isswitched
on,ESC/ASRcannotbeswitchedofforsport
modecannotbeswitchedon.
—MalfunctionsintherearspoilerortheAudi
magneticridemaymakeitimpossibleto
switchtheESC/ASRoffor toswitchsport
modeon.
Brakes
Youcanapplythevehicle'sbrakesusingthebrake
pedal.
Operatingnoise
Noisesmayoccurwhenbrakingdependingonthe
speed,
brakingforce,andoutsideconditionssuch
astemperatureandhumidity.
Brakingeffect
Theresponsetimefromthebrakesdependson
theweatherandenvironmentalconditions.To
ensuretheoptimumbrakingeffect,thebrake
systemiscleanedatregularintervals.Thisis
donebyapplyingthebrakepadstothebrakero-
torsforashortperiodoftimewhendrivingat
highspeedswhenthewindshieldwipersare
switchedon.
Ifthebrakesystembecomesdamp,forexample
afterdrivinginheavyrain,thebrakingeffectmay
bedelayed.Otherfactorsthatcouldtemporarily
increasetheresponsetimeofthebrakesinclude:
—Wetconditions
—Lowtemperatures,ice,andsnow
—Roadscoveredinsalt
—Dirtybrakepads
Corrosion
Corrosionmayformonthebrakerotorsifthereis
noheavybraking,ifthevehicleisnotdrivenfor
longperiodsoftime,orifthevehicleisnotdriv-
enfrequentlyorforlongdistances.Inthiscase,
brakingheavilyseveraltimeswhiledrivingat
highspeedscancleanthebrakerotors>A\.
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Brakepads
Newbrakepadsdonotachievetheirfullbraking
effectduringthefirst250miles(400km).They
mustbe“brokenin”first.However,youcancom-
pensatefortheslightlyreducedbrakingforceby
pressingfirmlyonthebrakepedal.Avoidheavy
brakingduring thebreak-inperiod.
Brakepadweardependslargelyonthewaythe
vehicleisdrivenandonoperatingconditions.
Brakepadwearincreaseswhendrivingfrequently
inthecityorshortdistancesorwhenusingavery
sportydrivingstyle.
Ceramicbrakes
Appliesto:vehicleswithceramicbrakes
Ceramicbrakesprovideexcellentdeceleration
rates.
Thebreak-inperiodfornewceramicbrakesmay
besignificantlylongerthanforstandardbrake
rotors.Duetothepropertiesofthematerial,
theymaycausenoisesatlowerspeeds.Ceramic
brakesalsoabsorbmoremoistureinwetcondi-
tions.Therefore,therewilltemporarilybeless
brakingforcethanwhenthebrakesaredry.You
cancompensateforthisbypressingthebrake
pedalharder.
AWARNING
—Onlyapplythebrakesforthepurposeof
cleaningthebrakesystemwhenroadand
trafficconditionspermit.Youmustnoten-
dangerotherroadusersandincreasethe
riskofanaccident.
—Duetotheriskofinjury,onlyhaveanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilityworkonthebrakesystem.
Incorrectrepairscouldimpairthefunction.
—Neverletthevehiclerollwhiletheengineis
stoppedbecausethisincreasestheriskofan
accident.
— Depending onvehicleequipment,thebrake
pedalmaymovedownwardautomatically
duringautonomousbrakingmaneuvers.To
reducetheriskofinjury,donotplaceyour
footunderthebrakepedal.
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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).
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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.
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ZA\WARNING
Improperoperationoftherearspoilercan
causecrushinginjuries.
—Alwaysmakesure thatnobody,especially
children,isinthewaywhentherearspoiler
isdeployedorretracted.
()Note
—Neverpushonthevehicleontherearspoil-
er.Thiscouldcausedamage.
—Topreventdamagetotherearspoilerdo
notleanorplaceanythingonit.
—Onlyoperatetherearspoilermanuallywhen
theluggagecompartmentlidiscloseand
therearspoilermovingpartsarenot
blocked.Otherwise,damagecouldoccur.
@Tips
Cleantherearspoilercompartmentevery2 to
3
months.Tofunctioncorrectly,therear
spoilermustbefreeofice,snowandleaves.
Energymanagement
Yourvehicleisequippedwithanintelligentener-
gymanagementsystemfordistributingelectrici-
ty.Thissignificantlyimprovesthestartingability
andincreasesthevehiclebatterylife.
@Tips
—Ifyoudriveshortdistancesfrequently,the
vehiclebatterymaynotchargeenough
whiledriving.Asaresult,conveniencefunc-
tionsforelectricalequipmentmaybetem-
porarilyunavailable.
—Thevehiclebatterywillgraduallydrainif
thevehicleisnotdrivenforlongperiodsof
time,orifelectricalequipmentisused
whentheengineisnotrunning.Toensure
thatthevehiclecanstillbestarted,the
electricalequipmentwillbelimitedor
switchedoff.
Informationaboutdata
recordedbyvehicle
controlmodules
Yourvehicleisnotequippedwithacrashdatare-
corder.Thisdeviceisinstalledbysomevehicle
manufacturersto recorddataaboutcrashesso
thatitcanbeanalyzedlater.Crashdatarecorders
arealsocalled“EventDataRecorders(EDR)”.
Insomelegaljurisdictions,itisnotpermittedto
accessordownloaddatarecordedbypre-instal-
ledcrashdatarecordersinordertoevaluatea
crashwithoutclearconsentofthevehicleowner.
Yourvehicleisnotequippedwithacrashdatare-
corder.Howeveritdoescontainavarietyofelec-
troniccontrolmodulesforvariousvehiclesys-
temssuchasenginefunction,exhausttreatment
orairbagsandsafetybelts.
Theseelectroniccontrolmodulesrecordvehicle
dataduringnormaldrivingfordiagnosisandre-
pairpurposes.Therecordingcapabilityofthe
electroniccontrolmodulesislimitedtodataonly
-nosoundisrecorded.Ifthecontrolmodulede-
tectsasystemmalfunctionorotherchangein
status,averylimitedamountofdataisrecorded
foranextremelysmallperiodoftime.Datathat
isrecordedinsuchacasemayincludevehicle
speed,drivingdirection,theloadonthe brakes
andheadrestraintsandperformanceintheevent
ofanaccidentorotherchangeinstatus.Thestor-
eddatacanonlybereadordownloadedwithspe-
cialdevices.
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Telephone
Telephone
Introduction
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone
Tomakephonecallsinyourvehicleusingthe
MMI,connectyourcellphonetotheMMIvia
Bluetooth.
Handsfree
Afteryouhaveconnectedyourmobiledevice to
theMMIviaBluetooth,youcan use thehandsfree
systemandoperatetelephonefunctionsthrough
yourMMI.Youcanmakecallsusingtheantenna
onyourmobiledevice.
Z\WARNING
—Medicalexpertswarnthatmobiledevices
caninterferewiththefunctionofpacemak-
ers.Alwaysmaintainaminimumdistanceof
about8inches(20cm)betweenthecell
phoneantennaandthepacemaker.
—Donotcarrythemobiledeviceinapocket
directlyoverthepacemakerwhenthe
phoneisswitchedon.
—Switchthemobiledeviceoffimmediately
ifyoususpectitmaybeinterferingwith
thepacemaker.
—Donotusethevoicerecognitionsystem*
=page102inemergenciesbecauseyour
voicemaychangeinstressfulsituations.The
systemmaytakelongertodialthenumber
ormaynotbeabletodialitatall.Dialthe
emergencynumbermanually.
—Switchyourmobiledeviceoffinareaswhere
thereisariskofanexplosion.Theseloca-
tionsarenotalwaysclearlymarked.This
mayincludegasstations,fuelandchemical
storagefacilities ortransportvehicles,orlo-
cationswherefuelvapors(suchaspropane
orgasolinevaporinvehiclesorbuildings),
chemicalsorlargequantitiesofdustparti-
cles(suchasflour,sawdustormetal)may
bepresentintheair.Thisalsoappliestoall
otherlocationswhereyouwouldnormally
turnyourvehicleengineoff.
— Thedemandsoftrafficrequireyourfullat-
tention.Alwaysreadthechapter>page90,
Trafficsafety information.
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@)Note
Alwaysfollowtheinformationfoundin>@in
Generalinformationonpage123.
@Tips
—TolearnwhichBluetoothconnectionsand
whichofthefunctionsinyourmobiledevice
aresupported,checkwithyourmobilede-
viceserviceproviderorthedatabaseformo-
biledevicesatwww.audiusa.com/
bluetooth.
— TheBluetooth connectionrangeislimited
toinsidethevehicle.Itcanalsobeaffected
bylocalconditionsandinterferencewith
otherdevices.
Setup
ConnectingacellphoneusingBluetooth
Appliesto:vehicleswithtelephone
MyPhone
DoesthisPINmatchtheoneon your
Bluetoothdevice?PIN:967536
Fig.106DisplayingthePINforenteringinthecellphone
Requirement
Thevehiclemustbestationaryandtheignition
mustbe switchedon.
TheBluetoothsettingsmustbeopenonyour
mobiledeviceduringtheconnectionsetup.
TheBluetoothfunctionandvisibilityoftheMMI
=page171andmobiledevicemustbeswitched
on.
Themobiledevicetobeconnectedmustnotbe
activelyconnectedtoanyotherBluetoothdevice.
TheMMImustnotbeconnectedtoamobilede-
vice.
Connectingamobiledevice
>Select:[MENU]button>Telephone>Connect
mobiledevice>Next.TheavailableBluetooth>