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Redindicatorlights
Anti-lockbrakingsystem(ABS)
=>page19
Safetysystems¥
=>page18
Brakepads
=>page16
Electromechanicalparkingbrake
>page17
Tirepressure
=>page265,or>page267
Tirepressure
=>page265,or>page267
BrakesystemY
=>page16
Brakesystem4
=>page16
Electromechanicalparkingbrake
=>page17
Electromechanicalparkingbrake
>page17
Coolingsystem
=>page17
Engineoilpressure
>page239
Electricalsystem
=>page244
Enginestopwhiledriving
>page18
Safetybelt
>page18>page18
ElectromechanicalsteeringV
=>page87
Steeringlock
>page18
Centralindicatorlight
=>page19
Enginestartsystem
>page18
Transmissionmalfunction
=>page64
Enginecontrol
=>page19
MalfunctionIndicatorLamp(MIL)Y
=>page235
Enginespeedlimitation
=>page11
Engineoillevel(MIN)
=>page239
Engineoilsensor
=>page239
Electricalsystem
=>page244
Tanksystem
>page19
Washerfluidlevel
>page19
Windshieldwipers
Rearspoiler=page 19
=>page88Remotecontrolkey
=>page55
Yellowindicatorlights
ElectronicStabilizationControl(ESC)
v
=>page19
ElectronicStabilizationControl(ESC)
Vv
=>page19
Batteryinremotecontrolkey
=>page23
Bulbfailureindicator
=>page20
Headlightrangecontrolsystem
=>page20
Adaptivelight
Anti-lockbrakingsystem(ABS)¥>page20
=>page19
Light/rainsensor
=>page20
Instrumentcluster
Instrumentcluster
Instrumentclusteroverview
Theinstrumentclusteristhecentralinformationcenterforthedriver.
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12/5/2018
Fig.3Instrumentclusteroverview(Audivirtualcockpit)
Enginecoolanttemperature~E...10
Leftdial
—Tachometer..........-..200-11
Tabarea
Centralarea
Statusline(oneortwolines)
Rightdial
—Conveniencedisplay
FuellevelDY«
ometer
Leftadditionaldisplaywith:
IGEss«sisi«2semeowTa658
—Audidriveselectmode.........75
@)Tips
—Youcanselecttheunitsusedfortempera-
ture,speedandothermeasurementsinthe
Infotainmentsystem.
—Speedsaredisplayedinmph(milesper
hour)orkm/h(kilometersperhour).
—Ifthereisamalfunctionintheinstrument
cluster,DEFwillappearinthetripodometer
display.Havethe malfunctioncorrectedas
soonaspossible.
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10
Coolanttemperature
indicator
Thecoolanttemperaturedisplay@page10,
fig.3onlyfunctionswhentheignitionisswitch-
edon.Toreducetheriskofenginedamage,
pleaseobservethefollowingnotesaboutthe
temperatureranges.
Coldrange
IfonlytheLEDsatthebottomofthegaugeturn
on,theenginehasnotreachedoperatingtem-
peratureyet.Avoidhighenginespeeds,fullaccel-
eratingandheavyengineloads.
Normalrange
Theenginehasreacheditsoperatingtempera-
tureoncetheLEDsuptothecenterofthegauge
turnon.Ifthe&indicatorlightintheinstru-
mentclusterdisplayturnson,thecoolanttem-
peratureistoohigh>page17.
@)Note
—Auxiliaryheadlightsandotheraccessoriesin
front oftheairintakeimpairthecoolingef-
fectofthecoolant.Thisincreasestheriskof
theengineoverheatingduringhighoutside
temperatures andheavyengineload.
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Instrumentcluster
—Thefrontspoileralsohelpstodistribute
coolingaircorrectlywhiledriving.Ifthe
spoilerisdamaged,thecoolingeffectwill
beimpairedandtheriskoftheengineover-
heatingwillincrease.SeeanauthorizedAu-
didealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacility
forassistance.
Tachometer
Thetachometer(2)>page10,fig.3displaysthe
enginespeedinrevolutionsperminute(RPM).
Thebeginningoftheredzoneinthetachometer
indicatesthemaximumpermissibleenginespeed
forallgearsoncetheenginehasbeenbrokenin.
Beforereachingtheredzone,youshouldshiftin-
tothenexthighergear,choosethe"D"or"S"se-
lectorleverposition,orremoveyourfootfrom
theacceleratorpedal.
Enginespeedlimitation
Appliesto:vehicleswith centerarmrest
IftheByindicatorlightturnson,theenginewill
beautomaticallylimitedtotheRPMdisplayedin
theinstrumentcluster.Thisprotectstheengine
fromoverheating.
Theenginespeedlimitationdeactivatesoncethe
engineisnoLongerinthecriticaltemperature
rangeandyouhavereleasedtheacceleratorped-
alonce.
Iftheenginespeedlimitationwasactivatedby
anenginecontrolmalfunction,theBindicator
lightalsoturnson.Makesuretheenginespeed
doesnotgoabovethespeeddisplayed,forexam-
plewhendownshifting.Drivetoanauthorized
AudidealerorauthorizedAudiServiceFacilityim-
mediatelytohavethemalfunctioncorrected.
@)Note
Theneedleinthetachometermayonlybein
theredareaofthegaugeforashortperiodof
timebeforethereisariskofdamagingthe
engine.Thelocationwheretheredzonebe-
ginsvariesdependingontheengine.
Odometer
Fig.4Instrumentcluster:odometerandresetbutton
Thetripodometerandodometeraredisplayedin
thestatusline©)>page10,fig.3.
Thetripodometershowsthedistancedriven
sinceitwaslastreset.Itcanbeusedtomeasure
shortdistances.Theodometershowsthetotal
distancethatthevehiclehasbeendriven.
Resettingthetripodometer
>Presstheresetbutton[0-9]ontheinstrument
cluster.Thetripodometerwillberesettozero.
G@)Tips
Distancesaredisplayedinmi(miles)orkm
(kilometers).
Outsidetemperature
display
Theoutsidetemperatureisdisplayedinthesta-
tusline©>page10,fig.3.
Ifyourvehicleisstationaryorifyouaredrivingat
verylowspeeds,thetemperaturedisplayedin
theinstrumentclustermaybeslightlyhigher
thantheactualtemperatureoutsideduetoheat
radiatingfromtheengine.
Attemperaturesbelow41°F (+5°C),asnowflake
symbolappearsinfront ofthetemperaturedis-
play>A.
ZA\WARNING
Donotassumetheroadsarefreeoficebased
ontheoutsidetemperaturedisplay.Beaware
thattheremaybeiceonroadsevenwhenthe
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Warmandcold
Warmandcold
Climatecontrolsystem
Theclimatecontrolsystemwarms,coolsandre-
moveshumidityfromtheairinthevehicleinteri-
or.Itfunctionsmosteffectivelywhenthewin-
dowsareclosed.Ifthereisabuild-upofheatin-
sidethevehicle,ventilationcanhelptospeedup
thecoolingprocess.
Pollutantfilter
The
pollutantfilterremovespollutantssuchas
dustandpollenfromtheair.
Keyrecognition
Certain settings areautomaticallystoredandas-
signedtotheremotecontrolkeybeingused.
ZA\WARNING
Poorvisibilitycanleadtoaccidents.
—Forsaferdriving,keepallwindowsfreeof
ice,snowandfog.
—Becomefamiliarasquicklyaspossiblewith
thecorrectuseandfunction oftheclimate
controlsystem,especiallywiththedefrost-
inganddefoggingfunction.
—Whenthetemperatureisbelowfreezing,
onlyuse thewindshieldwashersystemafter
thewindshieldhasbeenwarmedbythecli-
matecontrolsystem.Thewasherfluidcould
freezeonthewindshieldandimpairvisibili-
ty.
@)Note
—Ifyoususpectthattheclimatecontrolsys-
temisdamaged,switchthesystemoffto
48
preventfurtherdamageandhaveitchecked
byanauthorizedAudidealerorauthorized
AudiServiceFacility.
—RepairstotheAudiclimatecontrolsystem
require specialtechnicalknowledgeand
specialtools.Haveitinspectedbyanau-
thorizedAudidealershiporaqualifiedelec-
tronicsstore.
()Forthesakeoftheenvironment
Reducingtheamountoffuelusedalsore-
ducestheamountofpollutantsthatenterthe
alr.
G)Tips
—Topreventinterferencewiththeheating
andcoolingoutput andtopreventthewin-
dowsfromfoggingover,theairintakein
front ofthewindshieldmustbefreeofice,
snow,orleaves.
—Condensationfromthecoolingsystemcan
dripandformapuddleofwaterunderthe
vehicle.Thisisnormalanddoesnotmean
thereisaleak.
— Theenergymanagementsystemmaytem-
porarilyswitchoffcertainfunctions,suchas
theseatheating*orrearwindowdefogger.
Thesesystemsareavailableagainassoonas
theenergysupplyhasbeenrestored.
— Theflowsthroughtheventsundertherear
window.Makesuretheopeningsarenot
coveredwhenplacingclothingonthelug-
gagecompartmentcover.
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Warmandcold
Automaticclimatecontrolsystem
Fig.53Automaticclimatecontrolsystem:controls
Youcancontrolthefunctionsthroughthedial,
buttonsinthedialandthebuttons.Pressthe
buttons
toturnthefunctionsonoroff.TheLED
inabuttonwilllightupwhenthefunctionis
switchedon.
PressingtheAUTObuttonandsettingthetem-
peratureto72°F(22°C)isrecommended.The
automaticclimatecontrolsystemautomatically
maintainsatemperatureonceithasbeenset.
Theairtemperaturecomingfromthevents,the
blowerspeed,andtheairdistributionarealso
automaticallyadjusted.Inallheatingmodefunc-
tionsexceptdefrost,thebloweronlyswitchesto
ahigherspeedoncetheenginecoolanthas
reachedacertaintemperature.
8Blower
Theblowerspeedcan beadjustedinsmallincre-
mentsusingthedial(@).Theblowershouldal-
waysrunatalowsettingtopreventthewindows
fromfoggingandtoensureacontinuousex-
changeofairinsidethevehicle.Youcanadjust
thevolumeofairgeneratedbytheblowertoyour
preference.Tohavetheblowerregulatedauto-
matically,presstheAUTObutton.
A/CCoolingmode
Youcanturnthecoolingsystemonoroffby
pressingtheA/Cbutton.Theairisnotcooledand
humidityisnotremovedwhencoolingmodeis
BFV-0218
switchedoff.Thiscan causefogonthewindows.
Coolingmodeswitchesoffautomaticallywhen
theoutsidetemperatureisbelowzero.
@/@Temperature
Thetemperaturecanbeadjustedinsmallincre-
mentsusingthedial(2).
AUTOAutomaticmode
TheAUTObuttonturnsonautomaticmode.AU-
TOmodeswitchesoffonceabuttoninthecli-
matecontrolsystemispressed.Automaticmode
maintainsaconstanttemperatureinsidetheve-
hicle.Airtemperature,airflowandairdistribu-
tionarecontrolledautomatically.
Airdistribution
Theairdistributioncanbeadjustedwiththecon-
trol@).Tohavetheairdistributionregulatedau-
tomatically,presstheAUTObutton.
Theroundairventsinthecockpitareadjustable
=>page50.
Tokeepthefrontsidewindowsfromfoggingup
indampweather,werecommendopeningthe
sideairventsandtiltingthemtotheside.
lyorautomatically*.
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>
CheckingandFilling
reason,followallthewarningsandgeneral
safetyprecautionsprovidedinthefollowingin-
formation.Theenginecompartmentisadan-
gerousarea.>/\.
ZA\WARNING
—Turntheengineoff.
—Switchtheignitionoff.
—Settheparkingbrake.
—Selectthe“P”(Park)selectorleverposition.
—Allowtheenginetocool.
—Keepchildrenawayfromtheenginecom-
partment.
—Neverspillfluidsonahotengine.Theseflu-
ids(suchasthefreezeprotectioncontained
inthecoolant)cancatchfire.
—Avoidshortcircuitsintheelectricalsystem.
—Neverreachintotheradiatorfan.Thefanis
temperature-controlledandcanturnon
suddenly,evenwhentheignitionisswitched
off.
—Neveropenthehoodwhenthereissteamor
coolantescapingfromtheenginecompart-
ment,becausethereisariskthatyoucould
beburned.Waituntilnosteamorcoolantis
escaping.
—Neveropenthe caponthecoolantexpan-
siontankwhentheengineiswarm.The
coolingsystemisunderpressure.
—Toprotectyourface,hands,andarmsfrom
hotsteamor coolant,coverthecapwitha
thick clothwhenopening.
—Donotremovetheenginecoverunderany
circumstances.Thisincreasestheriskof
burns.
—Duetotheriskofelectricshock,nevertouch
theignitioncableorothercomponentsin
theelectronichigh-voltageignitionsystem
whentheengineisrunningorisstarting.
—If agearisengagedwhilethevehicleissta-
tionaryandtheengineisrunning,donot
presstheacceleratorpedalinadvertently.
Pressingtheacceleratorpedalwillcause the
vehicletomove,andthiscouldresultinan
accident.
—Ifinspectionsorrepairsmustbeperformed
whiletheengineisrunning,movingcompo-
nents(suchastheribbedbelt,generator,
andradiatorfan)poseanadditionalrisk.
—Set theparkingbrakefirstandselectthe
“P”(Park)selectorleverposition.
—Alwaysmakesurethatnopartsofthe
body,jewelry,ties,looseclothing,and
longhaircanbecaughtinmovingengine
components.Beforeanywork,alwaysre-
moveanyjewelryandties,tiebacklong
hair,andmakesureallclothingfitsclose
tothebodytotoreducetheriskofany-
thingbecomingcaughtinenginecompo-
nents.
—Payattentiontothefollowingwarningslist-
edwhenworkonthefuelsystemoronthe
electricalequipmentisrequired.
— Donotsmoke.
—Neverworknearopenflames.
—Alwayshaveaworkingfireextinguisher
nearby.
—Allworkonthebatteryorelectricalsystem
inyourvehiclecanresultininjuries,chemi-
calburns,accidents,or burns.Becauseof
this,allworkmustbeperformedonlybyan
authorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacility.
—Limityourexposuretoexhaustandchemi-
calsto asshortatimeaspossible.
ZA\WARNING
CaliforniaProposition65Warning:
—Engineexhaust,someofitsconstituents,
andcertainvehiclecomponentscontainor
emitchemicalsknowntotheStateofCali-
forniatocausecancerandbirthdefectsand
reproductiveharm.Inaddition,certainflu-
idscontainedinvehiclesandcertainprod-
ucts ofcomponentwearcontainoremit
chemicalsknowntotheStateofCalifornia
tocausecancerandbirthdefectsorother
reproductiveharm.
—Batteryposts,terminalsandrelatedacces-
soriescontainleadandleadcompounds,
chemicalsknowntotheStateofCalifornia
tocausecancerandreproductiveharms.
Washhandsafterhandling.
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CheckingandFilling
>Addengineoilifnecessary>page240.
Areasontheoildipstick>fig.183.
@)]Iftheengineoillevelisjustbeforethe
See>.
marking@),thenengineoilmustbeadded.
@]|Donotaddengineoil.
@)Note
— Theengineoillevelmustnotbebelowthe
marking@),becausethisincreasestherisk
ofenginedamage.
—Afteraddingengineoil,theoillevelmust
not beabovethemarking@)>fig.183,be-
causethisincreasestheriskofcatalyticcon-
verterand/orenginedamage.Iftheoillevel
isabovethemarking@,drivetoanauthor-
izedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilityimmediatelytohaveanyengineoil
extracted.Avoidhighenginespeeds,fullac-
celeration,andheavyengineloads.
@Tips
Theengineoilconsumptionmaybeupto
0.5quart/600miles(0.5liter/1,000km),de-
pendingondrivingstyleandoperatingcondi-
tions.Consumptionmaybehigher duringthe
first3,000miles(5,000km).Theengineoil
levelmustbecheckedregularly.Itisbestto
checkeachtimeyourefuelyourvehicleand
beforelongdrives.
—
Becauseofthelubricationandcoolingof
theengine,combustionenginesconsume
oil.Theoilconsumptionvariesdepending
ontheengineandmaychangeduringthe
servicelifeoftheengine.Enginesgenerally
consumemoreoilatthebeginningduring
the
break-inperiod.Thenoilconsumption
stabilizesafterthebreak-inperiod.
—Undernormalconditions,oilconsumption
dependsonthequalityandviscosityofthe
oil,theengineRPM,theclimateconditions,
andtheroadconditions.Thedilutionofoil
fromcondensationorfuelresidueaswellas
theageoftheoilalsoplayarole.Because
enginewearincreaseswithmileage,oilcon-
sumptionwillincreaseagainovertimeuntil
240
itmaybenecessarytoreplaceworncompo-
nents.
—Becauseallthesevariablesplayarole,itis
notpossibletodefineanoilconsumption
standard.Therefore,theoillevelmustbe
checkedregularly.
—Ifyoubelievethatyourenginehasin-
creaseditsoilconsumption,contactanau-
thorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAudi
ServiceFacilitytodeterminethecause.
Pleasenotethatanexactoilconsumption
measurementmustbedonewiththeneces-
sary careandaccuracyandmaytaketime.
AnauthorizedAudidealerorauthorizedAu-
diServiceFacilityistrainedinaccurately
measuringtheoilconsumption.
—Youcanfindinformationonengineoiland
engineoilcapacitiesfortheUSAatwww.
audiusa.com/help/maintenance,orforCan-
adaatwww.audi.ca/ca/web/en/
customer-area/care-and-maintenance/
audi-service-schedules.html,orcall
800-822-2834.
Addingengineoil
B8K-2120
Fig.184Enginecompartment:engineoilfilleropening
cover
Observethesafetyprecautions>A\inGeneral
informationonpage236.
>Turn theengineoff.
>Openthehood>page237.
>Unscrewthecap7fortheengineoilfiller
opening>fig.184.
>Carefullyadd0.5quart(0.5liter)ofthecorrect
oil>page238.
>Checktheoillevelagainaftertwominutes
=page239,Checkingtheengineoillevel.>
CheckingandFilling
—Draintheoilintoacontainerdesignedfor
thispurposethatislargeenoughtoholdthe
fullamountofoilinyourengine.
—Engineoilispoisonous.Alwaysstoreoutof
reachofchildren.
—Prolongedcontactofusedengineoilwith
theskinmaycauseskindamage.Always
washoiloffimmediatelywithsoapand wa-
tertoprotectyourskin.
@)Note
Donotmixanyadditiveswiththeengineoil.
Additivesmaycauseenginedamagethatis
notcoveredbyyourNewVehicleLimitedWar-
ranty.
@Forthesakeoftheenvironment
—Beforechangingtheengineoil,makesure
youcandisposeoftheusedengineoilcor-
rectly.
—Engineoilmustalways bedisposedofcor-
rectly.Donot dumpitintheyard,inthefor-
est,orinopenwater,riverchannels,orsew-
ers.
—Haveyourusedengineoilrecycledbybring-
ingittoausedoilcollectionsiteorcontact
agasstation.
Coolingsystem
Theenginecoolingsystemisfilledwithamixture
ofpurifiedwaterandcoolantadditiveatthefac-
tory.Thiscoolantmustnot be notchanged.
ThecoolantlevelismonitoredthroughtheBin-
dicatorlight>page17.However,occasionally
checkingthecoolantlevelmanuallyisrecom-
mended.
Coolantadditive
Thecoolantadditiveismadeofanti-freezingand
corrosionprotectionagents.Onlyusethefollow-
ingcoolantadditives.Theseadditivesmaybe
mixedwitheachother.
242
CoolantadditiveSpecification
G12++TL774G
G13TL774)
Theamountofcoolantadditivethatneedstobe
mixedwithwaterdependsontheclimatewhere
thevehiclewillbeoperated.Ifthecoolantaddi-
tivepercentageistoolow,thecoolantcanfreeze
anddamagetheengine.
CoolantFreezeprotec-
additivetion
Warmmin.40%min.-13°F
regionsmax.45%(-25°C)
Cold min.50%max.-40°F
regionsmax.55%(-40°C)
()Note
—Beforethestartofwinter,haveanauthor-
izedAudidealerorauthorizedAudiService
Facilitycheckifthecoolantadditiveinyour
vehiclematchesthepercentageappropriate
fortheclimate.Thisisespeciallyimportant
whendrivingincolderclimates.
—Iftheappropriatecoolantadditiveisnot
availableinanemergency,donotadd any
otheradditive.Youcoulddamagetheen-
gine.Ifthishappens,onlyusewaterandre-
storethecorrectmixtureratiowiththe
specifiedcoolantadditiveassoonaspossi-
ble.
—Onlyrefillwithnewcoolant.
—Radiatorsealantmustnotbemixedwith
thecoolant.
Addingcoolant
RAZ-0539
MIN
Fig.185Enginecompartment-coolantexpansiontank
(diagram):@cover;@)markings