power steering AUDI A6 2017 User Guide

Intelligent Technology
- For addi tional in format ion on dynamic
steering, refer to
c:> page 104.
ALL wheel drive (quattro)
Applies to: vehicles with all wheel drive
In oil wheel drive, all four wheels ore powered.
General information
In a ll wheel d rive, the d rivi ng power is divided be­
t ween a ll four wheels. Th is happens au tomatical­
ly depending on your driving behavior as well as
the current road cond itions. Also see
c::> page 120, Electronic Stabilization Control
(ESC) .
A center differentia l distrib utes the driv ing power
variably to the front and rear axle. It works to­
gethe r with selective wheel torq ue control, which
activates when driving through curves
c::> page 120. With the sport differentia l", power
d istr ibut ion to the rear wheels is variable and can
be ad justed w ith drive select
c::> page 104.
The a ll wheel drive concept is designed for h igh
engine power. Your ve hicle is exceptionally pow­
erful and has excellent driving characterist ics
both under normal dr iv ing condit ions and on
snow a nd ice . Always read and fo llow safety pre­
cautions
c::> ,& .
Winter tires
By us ing a ll wheel drive, your vehicle has good
forward mot io n with standard t ires in winter con ­
d itions . However, in winter we recommend using
w inter or all season t ires on all fo ur wheels, be­
cause th is w ill improve the b raking effe ct.
Snow chains
If there are snow chain laws, snow chains must
also be used on vehicles with all wheel drive
c::> page 226, Snow chains .
Replacing tires
For vehicles w ith all wheel dr ive, only whee ls with
the same rolling circumference should be used .
Avoid using t ires with different tread depths
c::> page 217, New tires or wheels .
124 Offroad vehicle?
You
r A udi is no t an off road vehicle -there is not
eno ugh ground clearan ce . F or this reason, avoid
difficult terra in .
_&. WARNING
- Also, in veh icles with all wheel drive, adapt
your driving sty le to the current road and
traffic conditions. Do not let the increased
safety provided tempt you into taking r isks,
because this inc reases the risk of an acc i­
dent .
- The b raking ab ility of your vehicle is limited
to the t raction of the whee ls . In this way, i t
is not different from a two wheel d rive vehi­
cle. Do not be tempte d to accelerate to a
hig h speed when the ro ad i s slip pery, be­
cause th is increases the r is k of an accident .
- Note that on wet s treets, the front wheels
c a n " hyd ropla ne" if driv ing a t spee ds tha t
are too h igh. Unlike front wheel drive
veh icles, t he engine does not rev higher sud ­
de nly when t he vehicle begins hydroplan ing.
For this reason, adapt yo ur speed to the
road conditions to reduce the risk of an acci­
de nt.
Energy management
The starting ability is optimized
The energy management system manages the
elec trical energy distribution and optimi zes the
availability of electri cal energy for starting the
engine .
When a vehicle wi th a conventiona l energy sys­
tem is no t driven for a l ong time , the veh icle ba t­
te ry is d raine d by equ ipment ( fo r example, the
immo biliz er). In certa in circ umstances, there
could may not be enough energy to start the en­
gine.
Yo ur vehicle is equipped with an inte lligen t ener ­
gy management system fo r dist ributing elec trici ­
ty. This significantly improves the starting ability
and increases the vehicle battery life . .,.

Fuses
Front passenger side
cockpit fuse assignment
Fig. 206 Front passenger side cockpit: fuse panel wit h
plastic bracket
Fuse panel @ (red)
No. Equipm ent
1 Infotainment, CD changer
2 Inf
ota inment (display)
3 Emergency call
Fuse panel @ (brown)
No. Equipment
1 Climate control system
2 Climate control
system (blower)
3 Diagnostic interface
4 Electrical ignit ion lock
5 Electronic steering column lock
6 Steering column switch module
7 Power steering column adjustment
8 Light switch
9 Head-up display
10 Instrument cl uster
11 Infotainment, DVD
changer
246
Luggage compartment
fuse assignment
Fig. 207 Luggage compa rtme nt: fuse panel with plast ic
bracket
Fuse panel @ (black)
No . Equipment
1 Tra
iler hitch/220 volt socket
2 Trailer hitch/climatized cup holder
3
Trailer hitch/adjusting front passenger's
seat from the rear
4 El ec trom echan ical parking brake
5 Electromechanical parking brake
6 Front door (front passenger's side)
7 Rear exterior lighting
8 Central locking, closing aid
9 Seat heating (fro nt)
11 Seat heating
(rear), climate control system
12 Trailer hitch
Fuse panel @ (red)
No. Equipment
1 L
eft safety belt tensioner
2 Right safety belt tensioner
3 Ad Blue tank (diesel engine)/fuel pump
4 Ad Blue tank (diesel engine)/engi ne mount
(gaso lin e eng ine)
5
Se nsor-controlled luggage compartment
lid
6 Air suspension, adaptive dampers
7 Rear door (front passenger's side)
8 Tail lights
9 Luggage compartment lid

Index
Maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . . 25
Massage function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Mirror Dimming ... .. .. ................ ... .. 45
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Mirrors Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 159
Multifunction steering wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
N
Natural leather care/cleaning
NHTSA
Contacting . ..................... .. .
Night vision assist ............. ...... .
Cleaning the camera ................ .
Nitrogen oxide (NOx) catalytic converter
refer to Ad Blue .. ............. .... .. .
Number of seats ..................... .
0
Occupant seating positions 234
135
101
232 194
139
129
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
OFF (4-zone deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
OFF (deluxe automatic climate control) 61
O il
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
also refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Oil change interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD)
Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 25
Opening..... ......................... 27
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Hood ........ .. ................ .... 200
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Sunroof. ..... .................. ..... 38
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
270
Opening/closing
With the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . 31
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Opening and closing
On the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Other consumers (efficiency program) . . . . . 23
Overview (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
p
Paint damage
Paint number
Parking aid 233
255
Cleaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Parking brake
refer to Electromechanical parking brake . 75
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Parking system Adjusting the display/warning tone
... .. 118
Cleaning the rearview camera . ....... ..
110
Malfunction
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 118
Parking system plus ................. . 109
Periphera l cameras
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 113
Per ipheral display
.... ............. .. 109
T railer hitch
... .. .... ............. .. 118
also refer to Parking systems . . . . . . 109, 110
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Rearv iew camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Parking (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 79
Parking (Valet Parking function) . . . . . . . . . . 39
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
PASS ENGER A IR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 159
Passenger protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Pedestrian detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Physical p rinciples of a frontal collision . . . 140
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Pollen filter
refer to Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Pollutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Power Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

co
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.... N
" N .... 0 0 <..:l '<t
Speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Sport differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Star button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Start-Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Start/Stop system Engine does not switch off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Engine starts automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Starting/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Switching off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
START ENGINE STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Starting (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70, 73
Steering Electromechanical steering ..... .. ... 123, 0
I ndicator light .. ............. .. .. 15 , 123
L ock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
also refer to Electromechanical steering . 123
Steering wheel Buttons .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ... .. .. .. .. .. 22
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Manual adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Power adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Shift padd les (automatic transmission) . . . 80
Steering wheel heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 224
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71, 73
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Storage hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
S tronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 77
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 47
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Symbo ls
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
T
Tachometer .... ............... .. . 9, 10, 21
Tail lights Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Index
TOI clean diesel
refer to Ad Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Temperature display
Coo lant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Exterior temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
T ether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 135
Time ......... ... .. .................. 24
tiptronic mode (automatic transmission) . . . 80
t iptronic (automatic transm iss ion) . . . . . . . . 77
Tire pressure (tire pressure monitoring sys ·
tern) .. ... ... .. .. .. ...... ....... .. .. 229
Tires........ ... .. .. ................ . 210
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
T ire pressure monitoring system . . . 228, 229
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Unidirectional....................... 212
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 227
T ires and wheels
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 212
T ires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
T owing
Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Towing loop .. .. .. .. ............. 251,252
TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) . . . 229
T railer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Operat ing instruct ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Parking system... .. ................ . 118
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 , 84
T ransmission malfunction (indicator light) . . 81
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
u
ULSD No . 2 (Diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
273