battery location AUDI A4 2017 Owners Manual

Sea ts and stor age
button or the buttons @or@ <* page 61,
fig. 59.
Sockets
Fig. 65 Center console: 12 volt socket
Fig. 66 Rear center console: 12 volt socket*
The 12 -volt sockets can be used for electrical ac­
cessories. The power usage must not exceed
120 watts.
There is an additional 12 vo lt socket* located on
the side trim panel in the luggage compartment .
_& WARNING
The sockets and the electrical accessories con­
nected to them only function when the igni­
tion is switched on. Incorrect usage can lead
to serious injuries or burns. To reduce the risk
of injuries, never leave ch ildren unattended in
the vehicle with the veh icle key.
(D Note
- To reduce the risk of damage to the vehicle
electr ica l system, never attempt to charge
the vehicle battery by connecting accesso­ ries that provide power, such as solar pane ls
or battery chargers, to the 12 Volt sockets
or the cigarette lighter.
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- To reduce the risk of damage to the sockets,
only use plugs that fit correctly .
Storage
Cup holders
Fig. 67 Section o f th e rear bench seat: rear cup holde rs *
Your vehicle has cup holders in the front center
console and in the center rear seat .
Cup ho ld ers in the cent er rear seat*
.,. Fold the center armrest downward .
.,. To open the cup holders, pull the top cover of
the cup holders toward the rear<=>
fig. 67 .
.,. Set your beverage in the holder.
.,. To close the cup holder, fold the cover back un­
til it clicks into place .
_& WARNING
-
-Do not put any hot beverages in the cup
holder while the vehi cle is moving. Hot bev ­
erages could spill, which c an cause injury.
- Do not use any b reakab le beve rage contain­
ers (for examp le, made out of g lass or por­
celain). Yo u co uld be injured by them in the
event o f an accident .
(D Note
Beverage containers in the cup holders should
a lways have a lid. Otherwise, beve rages could
sp ill and cause damage to vehicle eq uipment
or stain the seat covers.
Other compartments
You will find a var iety of storage compartments
and holders at various locations in the vehicle. ..,.

Driving Starting the engine when there is a
malfunction
It may not be possible to start the engine under certain circumstances, for example if the battery
in the vehicle key is drained, if interference is af­
fected the key or if there is a system malfunc­
tion.
Fig. 78 Center console/remote contro l key: starting the
eng ine if there is a m alfunction
Requirement: the message Remote control key:
hold back of key against the designated area.
See owner's manual must display and the D)in­
dicator light must turn on.
.. Place the remote control key on the location
shown in the illustration
y>l) ~ fig. 78.
.. Press the brake pedal~ A in Starting the en­
gine on page
76.
.. Press the l~S_T_A_R_T_E_N_G_I_N_E_S_T_O_P_I button . The
engine will start .
.. Drive to an authorized Audi dealer or author­
ized Audi Service Facility immediately to have
the malfunction corrected.
(D Tips
You can view the message again by pressing the
I START ENGINE STOP! button.
Start/Stop system
Description
App lies to: ve hicles w ith S ta rt-Sto p system
The Start/Stop system can help increase fuel
economy and reduce CO2 emissions.
l ) Market -spe cific
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In Start/Stop mode, the engine shuts off auto ­
matically when the vehicle is stopped, such as at
a traffic light. The ignition remains switched on
during this stop phase. The engine will restart automatically when needed.
The Start/Stop system is automatically activated as soon as the ignition is switched on.
Basic requirements for Start/Stop mode
-The driver's door must be closed.
- The driver 's seat belt much be fastened.
- The hood must be closed .
- The vehicle must have driven faster than
2 mph
(3 km/h) since the last time it stopped .
- A trailer must not be hitched to the vehicle .
If you leave the vehicle during a stop phase, the
engine can be restarted within approximately 30
seconds if the following requirements are met:
- The driver's door must be closed , the driver
must be wearing the safety belt and the brake
pedal must be pressed . Or:
- The driver's door must be closed, the brake
pedal must be pressed and a gear must be se­
lected.
({D Note
Always switch the Start/Stop system off when
driving through water
~page 78.
(D Tips
The engine stops shortly before the vehicle
comes to a stop
l). The full function of the
brake booster and the power steering is still
available.

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What you should know
Maintaining the starting ability is the highest
priority.
A lot of stress is placed on the battery when driv­
ing short distances, in traffic, and at cold times
of the year . A lot of energy is used but little is
generated. It is also critical when the engine is not runn ing but elect rical equipment is switched
on. I n this case, ene rgy is used but none is gener­
ated.
In s ituations l ike this, energy management will
actively regu late the distribution of ene rgy.
Long pe riods without use
If you do not drive your vehicle for several days or
weeks, e lectrical equipment is gradually scaled
back or switched off . This reduces energy use and
ensu res the veh icle w ill be able to start afte r long
pe riods of time. Some convenie nce functions,
such a s in te rior lighting or powe r seat adjust­
men t, may not be available under certa in c ircu m­
stances . These convenience functions will be
ava ilable again once you switch the ign ition on
and start the engine .
With the engine switched off
The ba tte ry will d rai n if you use Infota inment
functions s uch as listen ing to the rad io whi le the
engine is switched off .
I f t he vehi cle's ability to start may be impaired by
the energy use, a mess age will appear in the In­
fotainment system disp lay . The message indi ­
cates that the system will sw itch off automatica l­
l y soon . If you would like to continue using the
f u nctions, yo u m ust start the eng ine.
With the engine running
A lthough elec trical energy is gene ra ted wh ile
d riving, the ba ttery can drain . This can happen
when little energy is generated, and m uch is used
and the charge leve l of the battery is not optima l.
To restore the ba lance o f energy, components
that requ ire large amo unts of energy a re tempo­
rari ly sca led back or switched off. Heating sys­
tems in particu lar require a great deal of energy .
If you notice, for example, that the seat heating *
Intelligent Technology
or rear window defogger is not work ing, t hen it
has been temporarily limited o r switched off.
These systems are availab le aga in as soon as the
energy supply has been restored .
In add ition, yo u may notice tha t the idle speed
has slig htly increased. That is normal and no
ca use for concern . Due to the increased id ling
speed, the additional required energy will be generated and the battery will be charged .
Notice about data
recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and
vehicle control modules
E v ent Data R eco rder
This vehicle is eq uipped with an Event Data Re ­
corder ( EDR) . The ma in purpose of an EDR is to
record, in certain crash or near crash-like situa­
t ions, such as an airbag deployme nt or hitt ing a
road obstacle, data that w ill ass ist in understand­
ing how a vehicle 's systems performed . T he EDR
is des igned to record data related to vehicle dy­
nam ics and safety systems for a short per io d of
t ime, typ ic all y 30 seconds or less . T he ED R in this
vehicle is designed to record such data as:
- How va rious systems in your vehicle were oper ­
ating;
- Whethe r or not the d rive r and passenger safety
be lts were buckled/fas tened;
- How far (if at all) the driver was depressing the
accelerator and/or bra ke pedal; a nd ,
- How fast the vehicle was traveling .
These data can help p rovide a bette r understand­
ing of the circumstances in w hich crashes and in­
juries occur . NOTE: EDR data are recorded by your
vehicle on ly if a non-tr ivial crash situation occurs ;
no data are reco rded by the EDR un der no rmal
driv ing cond itions and no persona l da ta (e.g.,
name, ge nder, age, and cr ash location) are re­
corded. However, ot her parties, such as law en ­
forcement, co uld combine the EDR data with the
type of perso nally identifying data routinely ac­
quired d uring a crash investigation .
T o read d ata recorded by an EDR, special eq uip­
ment is required, and access to the vehicle or the ..,.
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Index
Audi connect ( Infotainment) .. ... .. . 172, 178
Data protection
Pe rsonal hotspot 179
172
Services overv iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Aud i d rive select
refer to Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Aud i Enterta inment mobi le ...... .... .. . 217
Aud i mus ic interface ............ .... .. . 215
Aud i m usic s tream
refer to Wi -Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Aud iofi les ..... .. ................ ... . 217
Aud io player
Bluetooth audio pl ayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
W i-F i aud io player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Audio track 220
Aud i Serv ice Repair Man uals and Lite rature 363
Aud i smar tphone interface ...... ... 227,231
Aud i virtual cockp it
refer to Instr ument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
AUTO Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Climate con trol system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Auto Lock (central locking system) . . . . . . . . 3 7
Automatic belt ret ractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Automatic transm ission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
E me rgency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
H ill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Kick -down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Launch contro l program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Manual sh ifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Parking lock emergency re lease . . . . . . . . . 89
Selector lever pos itions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Auxiliary heater (climate control system) . . . 71
AUX inp ut . .. .. .. ............. .... .. . 215
Average consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
B
BACK button
Balance (sound)
Basic
Bass (sound)
368
141
233 108
233 Battery .
... .. .. .. .. .. ... . .. .... ... .. 312
Battery location inside the luggage compart-
ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Charge leve l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 314
E nergy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Impo rtant warnings when working on the
batte ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Ind icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Jump start ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Winter operation ... .. ... . .. .... ... . .
Working on the battery . ... .. .... ... . .
Befo re dr iv ing
Be lt tens ioner
. .. .. .. .. ............. ..
B lended gasoline . ... .. .. .. .. .... ... . .
Blind
......... ... ... ............. ....
3 12
313
236
251
296
56
B lower (climate control system) . . . . . . . . . . 70
B luetoot h
Audio p layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 12
Connecting a cell phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Booster seats
Brake flu id 28
7
Changi ng the brake flu id .. ... .... ... .. 311
Check ing the brake fluid level ......... . 311
Brakes Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
B rake system
B rake flu id
311
Brake fl uid spec ifications for refill and re­
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Fluid reservo ir . .. .. .. ............. .. 311
B raking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
A utomat ic post-collision braking system . 134
Brake assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
E me rgency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 33
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Wo rn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Braking in New brake pads 136
B re aking in
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
New ti res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

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Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 247
High beam headlights Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
High beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Hill hold ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
H ome address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189, 194
Homelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 48
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
H ow are child restraint system anchors re lat-
ed to chi ld safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 260
How safety belt pretensioners work 251
I
Ignition
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Switching on and
off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Immobili zer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
I mportant things to do before driving . . . . 236
Importing/exporting (contacts) . . . . . . . . . 169
Improperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 251
I ndicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
PASSENGER AIR BAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
I nput
Using MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
using the speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Input level (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Inspection interval ........... .. .. .. .. . 316
I nstall ing the upper tether strap on the an­
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adjusting illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Index
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
.......... ... .. .. ................. . 54
Front...... ... .. .. ................. . 53
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Intermittent mode (windsh ield wipers) 56
Internet
refer to Audi connect (Infotainment) . . . . 172
Internet radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
iPod
refer to Audi music interface.......... . 215
iTunes tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
J
Jukebox 211
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Jump start cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
K
Key......... ... .. .. ... ........... ... . 38
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 , 39
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 42
V ehicle code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Kick-down (automatic transm ission) . . . . . . . 87
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . 271
L
Lane assist
refer to Active lane ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
LATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Installing a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook .... ... .. .. .. ...... ....... .. .. 293
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Left control button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
License agreement (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
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