AUDI A4 2017 Owners Manual

Owner's Manual
2017 Audi A4
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Foreword
Thank you for choosing an Audi -we value your trust in us
Your new Audi will allow you to experience the best in g roundbreaking technolo­
gy and p rem ium quality equipment a vehicle has to offer. We recommend that
you read your Owne r's Ma nual thorough ly so that you qu ickly become acquaint­
ed wi th your Audi and make use of all of i ts featu res.
In addition to explaining how the different features work, we p rovide many use­
f u l tips and informa tion concerning your safety, how to ca re for yo ur vehicle and
how to mainta in your veh icle's va lue. We also g ive you use ful tips and informa­
tion on how to dr ive your ve hicle more efficiently and in an e nvironmen tally
frie ndly manne r.
In add ition to the ope rating gu ide, you will f ind a maintenance schedu le in the
owner's manua l.
We hope you enjoy driv ing your Audi and we wish you safe and pleasant motor­
i ng.
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Table of contents
About this Owner's Manual ... .. .
Cockpit ... .. ............... .... .. .
Cockpit overview ................ .
Controls at a glance ... .......... .. .. .
Instrument cluster .. .......... .. .. .. .
Multifunction steering wheel plus ... .. .
Multifunction steering wheel ......... .
Driver Informat ion System ..... .. .... .
H ead-up Display .... .. .. ..... ... .. .. .
Camera-based traff ic sign recognition .. .
O n Board Diagnostic System (OBD) .... .
I ndicator l ights .............. .... .. .
Starting and driving
Opening and closing Cent ral Lock ing .............. .... .. .
L uggage compa rtment lid ... ..... .. .. .
Child safety lock .... .......... .. .. .. .
Power window ... .. .......... .. .. .. .
Sliding/tilting sunroof ......... .... .. .
Valet parking function ............. .. .
Garage door opener (Homelink) . .. .. .. .
L ights and Vision .............. .. .
Exterior lighting . .. . .......... .. .. .. .
Interior lighting ...... ........... ... .
V1s1on ....... .. ................ ... .
Windshield wipers . ... .... .... .. .. .. .
Digital compass . ............. .... .. .
Seats and storage ............ ... .
General information .......... .. .. .. . 6
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so so
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Front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
H ead restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Warm and cold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
3 zone deluxe automatic climate control . 69
Steer ing whee l heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Driving ..... .. .. .. .. ... .......... . .
General information . ... ........... . .
Steering .......... .. .. . .......... . .
Start ing and stopping the eng ine ..... . .
Start/Stop system .. .. ............. . .
E le ctromechanical parking brake ...... .
Automat ic transmission
Trailer towing ... .. ... .. ..... ... . .
Driving with a trailer .. ........ ..... . .
Trailer towing information
Driver assistance .. ............ .. .
Assist ........... ... .............. .
Electronic speed limiter ... .. ... ... .. . . 73
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Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Predictive efficiency assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Audi adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Predictive control (efficiency assist) . . . . .
102
Congestion assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Distance ind icator and distance warning 105
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Audi pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Audi pre sense basic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Audi pre sense front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Audi pre sense rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Audi pre sense city . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Settings in the Infotainment system . . . . 111
Driver messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Audi sid e ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Rear parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Parking system plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Peripheral cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Adjusting park assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
T railer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Intelligent Technology . . . . . . . . . . 134
Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . . . . 134
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

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Electromechanical power steering,
dynamic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
All whee l drive (quattro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Notice about data recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and vehicle control
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Infotainment system . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Traffic safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
MMI On/Off knob w ith joyst ick function. . 141
Infotainment system display . . . . . . . . . . 142
Operating the MMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Control knob with joystick function . . . . . 146
Shortcut keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Letter/number speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Free text search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Menus and Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . 153
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Command overview information . . . . . . . . 154
Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Using the telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
F avorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
List ening to voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Additional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Troubleshooting ..... .... .... ... .. .. . 171
Audi connect (Infotainment) . . . . 172
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Using a personal Wi- Fi hotspot . . . . . . . . . 172
Configuration through myAudi . . . . . . . . . 173
Opening Audi connect (Infotainment) . . . 173
Aud i connect (Infotainment) services . . . . 173
W i-F i hotspot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Configuring the data connection . . . . . . . . 178
Audi connect (Infotainment) informat ion 178
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
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Audi connect vehicle control . . . .
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Locking/unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Vehicle status report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Parking location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Geofencing Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Speed Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Valet Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Stolen Vehicle Locator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Audi connect emergency call
and service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
184
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Online roadside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Online Audi S ervice enquiry . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Accessing navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Entering a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Personal route assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Home address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Directory contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Alternative routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Additional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Map...... .. .. . ... ......... ...... .. 196
Online map view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Map update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Accessing traffic information . . . . . . . . . . 201
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Radio ........ .. .. ................ . 204
Opening the radio function . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Radio functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20S
Radio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Additional settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
T roubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Media ........ .. .. ... ........... ... 209
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Notes .. .. .... .. .... ............. .. 209
Media drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Bluetooth audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Wi-Fi audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Online media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
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Multimedia connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
P laying m edia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Addit iona l sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Suppo rted media and file formats . . . . . . 223
Troubleshoot ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Audi smartphone interface . . . . . . 227
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Troubleshoot ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Sett ing the date and time . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
MMI sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Con nection manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
System update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 2
So und setti ngs .. .... ......... .... .. .
Volume sett ings .... .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
R estarting the M MI . .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
Software license information 233
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Safety first .
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Driving safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Correct seating position for passengers . . 23 7
Driver's and fron t passenger's footwell . . 240
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Storing cargo co rrectly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Repo rting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Gene ral information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 5
W hy use safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Safety bel ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
B el t tensioner ... ... ... .... ... .. .. ... 251
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 3
I mportant inform ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Fr ont ai rbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
M onitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 265
K nee airbags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Side curtain airbags ........... .... ... 274
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Secur ing ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
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LATCH system (Lower anchorages and
tethers for c hildren) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Additional informat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Checking and Filling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Diesel fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Se lective catalytic reduction (AdBlue) . . . 300
Emissions control systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
En gine compartment .. ............. . .
E ngine o il ... .. .. .. .. .. ........... . .
Cooli ng sys tem . .. .. .. ............. . .
B rake fl uid . ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ... . .
Battery ... .. .. .. .. .. ... . .. .... ... . .
Windshie ld washer system .. ..... ... . .
Service interva l display 304
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Wheels .. .. .. .. .. .. ... . .. .... ... .. 317
Wheels and t ires . .. .. ............... 317
Tire pressure monitoring indicator . . . . . . 334
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Cleaning and care information . . . . . . . . . 338
Plac ing your vehicle out of serv ice . . . . . . 342
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 343
T runk escape latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
E q ui pment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
T ire mobility kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Replacing wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 45
Space -sav ing spa re tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Fuses and bulbs ... ... . .. .... ... .. 351
Fuses.. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ... .. 351
Bul bs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Emergency situations . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Genera l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Start ing by push ing or tow ing . . . . . . . . . . 356
Start ing with j umper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Using the jump start cable . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

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Towing wit h a tow tr uck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Accessories and Technical Data . 361
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Ve hicle specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
We ights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Capac it ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Consumer information ... .. .... . 363
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Operating your veh icle outs ide the U .S .A.
or Ca nada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Aud i Serv ice Repair Ma nuals and
Li ter ature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
M ain tenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Accessories and technical changes . . . . . . 365
Declarat ion of Compliance,
Telecommun ications and E lectronic
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Index ... .. .. .. .. .. .... ... .. .. .... . 367
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About this Ow ne r's Manual
This manua l contains important information,
tips, suggestions and warnings for using your ve­ h icle.
Keep this manua l in your vehicle at all times. This
is especially important if yo u loan your vehicle to
others or sell it.
This owner's manua l describes the
equipment
rang e
specified for this mode l at the time of
printing. Individual equipment options described
may on ly be available at a later date or may on ly
be offered in certain countries .
Some se ct ions in this manua l do not apply to all
vehicles. In this case, the beginning of the sec­
tion indicates the
v alidit y, for examp le "Applies
to vehicles: w ith Audi side assist". Optional or ve­
h icle-specific equipment is also identified w ith an
aster isk "*".
The
illu st ration s in this manual are a guide.
Some of the detai ls in yo ur vehicle may differ
from the illustration .
There is a
Table of Content s at the beginning of
this manua l that lists a ll of the topics covered in
the order that they appear. There is also an
al ­
phabetical Inde x
at the end of this book.
All
direct ions , su ch as " left", "right", "front" and
"rear", are based on the vehicle's direction of
travel.
* Optiona l or vehicle -specific equipmen t
..., The section conti nues on the next page.
c::> A Cross reference to a "WARNING" within a
section . If a page numbe r is indicated, the
WARNING is located outs ide of the section .
.&_ WARNING
Text with this symbol contains information
a bou t safety and how to reduce the risk of se ­
r ious persona l injury or death .
@ Note
6
Text with this symbol contains info rmation
about reducing the r isk of damage to your ve­
hicle.
-
® For the sake of the environment
Text with this symbol contains information on protecting the envi ronment .
@ Tips
Text with this symbol contains additional use ­
ful information.

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Cockpit overview
Cockpit overview
Controls at a glance
Fig. 1 Cockpit : left section
F ig. 2 Cockpit: rig ht sect ion
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