Control AUDI A4 2018 Owners Manual

Consumer Info rmation
today's a utomo biles, have steadily reduced the
scope of maintenance and repairs which can be
carried out by veh icle owners.
Also , sa fet y and
en vironmental
concerns place very strict limits
on the nature of repairs and adjustmen ts to en­
g ine and transmission parts wh ich an owner can
perform .
Maintenance, adjustments and repairs usually re­
qu ire special tools, testing devices and other
equ ipment available to specially trained work ­
shop personnel in order to assure proper per­
forma nce, re liability and safety of the veh icle and
its many systems .
Improper maintenance, adjustments and repairs
can impair the operation and reliab ility of your
ve hicle and eve n void your vehicle warranty .
Therefo re, proof of se rvicing in a ccordance w ith
the m aintenance sched ule may be a condition for
up ho ld ing a possible wa rranty claim made within
the wa rranty pe riod.
Above all , ope rational safety can be adversely af­
fected, cre ating unne cessa ry risks fo r you and
your passengers.
I f in doubt about any servicing, have it done by
your author ized Audi dealer or any other properly
eq uipped and qualified workshop . We strongly
urge you to g ive your author ized Audi dealer the
opportunity to perform a ll scheduled mainte ­
nance and necessa ry repairs. Your dealer has the
facilities, origina l parts and tra ined specialists to
keep your veh icle runn ing prope rly.
Performing limited maintenance yourself
The fo llow ing pages describe a limited number of
procedures whic h can be performed on your vehi­
cle with ordinary tools, should the need arise and
tra ined personnel be unava ilable. Before per­
forming any of these procedures, always thor­
ough ly read all of the app licab le text and carefu l­
ly follow the instructions g iven . A lways rigorously
observe the
WARNINGS prov ided .
Befo re yo u check anything in the engine com ­
partment, always read and heed all WARNINGS
c::> & and c::> & in Working in the engine compart­
ment on page 323 .
384
A WARNING
-
-Ser ious personal in jury may occur as a result
of imp roperly performed maintenance, ad­
justments or repairs .
- Always be extreme ly careful when work ing
on the vehicle . Always follow commonly ac­
cepted safety practices and general com­ mon sense. Never r is k personal in jury.
- Do not attempt any of the mainte nance,
checks or repairs described on the following pages if you are no t fu lly fam iliar with these
or other proce dures with respect to the ve­
hicle, o r are uncert ain how to p ro ceed.
- Do not do any work wi thout the prope r tools
a nd equi pmen t. H ave the necess ary wo rk
done by your authorized Au di dealer or an ­
other properly equipped and qualified work­
shop.
- The engine compartment of any motor veh i­
cle is a potentially hazardous area . Never
reach into the a rea around or touch the radi­
ator fan. It is temperature controlled and
can switch on suddenly - even when the en­
gine is off and the ignition key has been re­
moved. The rad iator fan switches on auto­
mat ica lly when the coolant reaches a certain
temperature and will con tinue to ru n until
the coolant temperat ure drops.
- Always remove the igni tion key before any­
one gets u nder the vehicle.
- Always support your vehicle with safety
stands if it is necessary to work underneath
the vehicle. The ja ck* s upplied w ith the vehi­
cle is no t ad equate fo r thi s pu rpose and
could collapse causing se rious personal in ­
jury .
- If you must wor k underne ath the vehicle
with the wheels on t he ground, always make
sure the vehicle is on level ground, that the
wheels a re always sec urely blocked and that
the engine cannot be started.
- Always make sure the transmission se lector
lever (automatic t ransm iss ion) is in P (Park
position) and the park b rake is applied.

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A
A/C MAX (button) ................ .... .. 78
A/C (button) ... .. . ..... ..... ... ... .. . 77
ABS .. .. ... . .. .. ............. .. .. .. . 146
Accessories 68 ,385
Active lane assist
Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . .
355
also refer to Audi active lane assist . . . . . 125
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Cleaning sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Distance indicator and distance warning . 118
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Predictive control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Traffic jam assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
AdBlue .. .. .. .. ............... .. ..... 319
Messages
Additional accessories
Adjusting air distribution (automatic climate
control)
. .. .. .. ............... .. .. .. ..
Adjusting the sound ............ .. .. .. .
319
385
78
252
Adjusting the temperature (automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
78
Advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Airbag .. .. .. .. ............... .. ..... 271
Airbag system . ................. .. 271,291
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 278
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Components (front airbags) .. ..... ... .
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat ................ .
D. l 1sposa ... .. ............... .. .. .. .
Front airbags . .. ........... .. .. .... .
H ow do the front airbags work? ....... .
How many airbags does my vehicle have?
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together ........ .. .. .... .
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system .... .. ..... ..... .. .... .
Indicator light ............ ...... ... .
Knee airbags .. ............ ...... ... .
Monitoring . .. ............. .. .. .... .
PASSENGER AIR BAG light ....... .. .. .
Repairs .. .. .. .. ........... .. .. .... .
278
272
286
276
281
278
280
289 283
287
283
283
286
Index
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
When must the system be inspected? 283
Air pressure
Tires ..... .. .. .. .. ............. .. ..
344
Alignment pin (changing the wheel) . . . . . . 360
All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
All weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
All wheel drive
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35
also refer to quattro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
AMI
refer to Audi music interface . . . . . . . 233, 234
Android Auto
refer to Audi smartphone interface . .. ..
Anti -freeze
Windshield washer system ........... .
Anti- lock braking system
refer to ABS ..... .. ................ .
Anti-Slip Regulation
refer to ASR ... .. .................. .
Apple CarP lay
refer to Aud i smartphone interface ... ..
Arrow view
ASR
Audi active lane assist Messages
Audi connect emergency call and service ..
Online roadside assistance .......... . .
Audi connect vehicle contro l ........... .
Parking location .. .................. .
Remote locking and unlocking ..... .. . .
Vehicle status report ............... . .
246
332 146
146
246 23
146
125
127
202
203
198
199
199
199
Audi connect (Infotainment) . . . . . . . . 188, 195
Data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Services overview ' .. ................ .
Starting ...... .. .. ................ .
Audi drive select
... .. ............. .. ..
Audi Entertainment mobile ...... ... .. . .
Audi music interface
.................. .
Audi music stream
refer to Wi-Fi .... .. ............... . .
Audio files
. . .... .. .. ............... . .
Audio player
B luetooth audio player .............. .
Wi-Fi audio player . ................. .
Audio track
189
189
133
235
233
231
236
230
231
239
387

Index
Audi p re sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Aud i Serv ice Repair Ma nuals and Literature 383
Aud i side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Aud i smartphone interface . . . . . . . . . 246, 250
Aud i virt ua l cockp it
refer to Instr ume nt cl uster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
AUTO Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Auto Lock (centra l locki ng system) . . . . . . . . 37
Automatic belt ret ractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Automatic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Aud i drive select. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Automatic climate control system Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Automatic transm ission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 1
E me rgency prog ram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Hill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Kick -down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Manual sh ift ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Parking lock emergency re lease . . . . . . . . . 97
Selector lever pos itions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 1
AUTO (button) Automatic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Auxiliary heater (automatic climate control) 79
AUX input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Average consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Ave rage spee d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
B
BACK button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Balance (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Bass (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Ba tte ry
J u mp starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
also refer to Veh icle bat tery . . . . . . . . . . . 33 1
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Belt tensione rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Blower (automatic cl imate control) . . . . . . . . 78
388
B luetoot h
Audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Connect ing a cell phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2SO
Boost...... .. .. .. .. .. ............. ... 11
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Boost pressure indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
B rake fl uid
Check ing the b rake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 330
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Brake ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
B rake fl uid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
El ec trome chanical parking b rake . . . . . . . . 88
E mergency b raking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Breaking in New bra ke pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
New t ires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 41
Browser
refer to M edia center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Bu lbs ............................... 373
Buttons Cont ro l panel (M MI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Multifunctio n steering whee l . . . . . . . . 13, 16
P rogramming (multifunction steering
whee l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
C
Cable ( USB adapter/AUX connector cab le) 233
Californ ia Pr opos ition 65 Wa rning . . . . . . . 3 24
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Call list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Call options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Capacities AdBl ue ... .. .. .. .. .. ... .......... .. 319
Fuel t ank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Cargo area
refer to Loading the luggage compart-
ment .............................. 259
C atalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
CD d rive (med ia d rives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

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Cell phone refertoTe le phone ...................
175
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Certificat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Changing engine oi l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Changing the scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Charging the battery (mobile devices) . . . . 234
Child restraints
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
272
Where can I get additional information
about child restraints and their use? . . . .
314
Child restraint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 309
Chi ld safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Important safety instructions for using chi ld
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
299
Install ing a child restraint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
311
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . ... .. .. ................ ..... .
311
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Tether straps . .. ........... .. .. .. .. . 312
Child safety lock
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
48
Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Ch ild safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Convertible child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
272
How do I prope rly install a child safety seat
in my vehicle? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
299
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
LA TCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Unused safety belts on the rear seat 301
Child seats
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
310
C lassic view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Index
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Cleaning artificial leather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Cleaning carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356, 357
Cleaning decorative parts/trim . . . . . . . . . . 356
Cleaning decorative parts and trim . . . . . . . 356
Cleaning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Cleaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Cleaning textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Climate control system
refer to Automatic climate control . . . . . . . 76
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 248
Cockpit (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Collapsible spare tire Inflating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
367
Collapsible ti re
refer to Collapsible spa re tire . . . . . . . . . . 367
Command (voice recognition system) . . . . . 168
Compact spare t ire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Connection manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Connect ions
refer to Media .. ... ....... ... ... 227, 236
Con sumer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261, 383
Consumption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Addi tional directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Importing/exporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Memory capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Stor ing as destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Control buttons (operating the MMI) . . . . . 15 7
Control knob with joyst ick function (MMI op­
eration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
160
Convenience key
Switching the ignition on . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
83
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Convertib le child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Convertible locking retractor
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
308
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Using to secure a ch ild safety seat . . . . . . 308
Cooled glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
389

Index
Cooling mode (automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
77, 78
Cooling system
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
329
Coolant temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . 11
Crosshairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Cruise control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cup holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
D
Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196, 227
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Date ..... ..... .. ................ . 17,248
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Declaration of compliance
Audi adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . .
386
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Ce ll phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Electronic immobilizer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Garage door opener (Home Link) . . . . . . . .
386
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
D EF
refer to AdBlue ... ............ .... .. . 319
Defrosting (windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
DEF (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Demo mode
refer to Presentation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Destination on the map
Using the MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
206
Determining correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 348
Diesel
Diese l particulate filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
322
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF)
refer to AdBlue.. ................ .... 319
Diesel fuel ... .. .. ... .......... .. .. .. . 316
Digita l compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Digital Rights Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Dimming the exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
390
Directory
refer to Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
D isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Infotainment system display . . . . . . 156, 249
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Versions (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
D istance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Doors
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Changing views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Energy consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Driver seat
refer to Seating position 255
Drives
refer to Media ... .. .. ........... 227, 236
Drive select
refer to Aud i drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
80
Driving offroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Driving safe ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Driving through water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
DVD drive (med ia drives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Dynam ic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Dynamic volume
refer to System volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
E
E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Economical rou te .. .. .. ............. .. 211
eco (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
EDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Electromechanical parking brak e . . . . . . . . . 88
Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 SO
Electronic immobili zer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38
E lectronic stabilization control
refer to ESC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146, 147
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Index
Fue l filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
F ue l gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 12
Fue l tank capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Gasoline . .. .. ...... ......... .... ... 315
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Saving fue l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80, 134
Fueling Fue l gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fuel tank capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
O pening the fuel fille r door . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Fuses Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Replac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
G
Garage doo r opener
refer to Homelink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Garment hoo ks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Glossary of tire and loading terminology .. 336
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
V al et par kin g f unction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1
Gross Vehicle Weight Rat ing (GVWR) . . . . . 380
H
Handsfree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
H ead -up display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
H eadlight range control system . . . . . . . . . . 54
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
C lean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
H eadlight range control system . . . . . . . . . 54
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66, 25 7
Adj usti ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
H ea ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
H eavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 265
High beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Hi ll descent ass ist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 8
Hi ll descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
H ill hold ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
also refer to Hill hold ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
H ome address .. .. .. .............. 206, 2 12
392
Homelink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Hor n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How are child restraint system anchors relat-
ed to c hild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
How many a irbags does my vehicle have? . . 278
How safety belt pre tensioners work . . . . . . 269
I
Imbalance (whee ls) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Immobilize r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Important things to do before dr iv in g . . . . 254
Importing and expo rting (contacts) . . . . . . 185
I mprope rly wo rn safety bel ts . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
PASS ENG ER A IR BAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
I np ut
U sing the M MI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
U sing the speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
I np ut level (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Inspection interva l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Installing the upper te ther s trap on t he an ­
c h o rage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Instrument illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Internet
refer to Aud i connec t (Infotainmen t) . . . . 188
Internet radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Interval mode (wipers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
i Phone
refer to Aud i m usic interface . . . . . . . 233, 234
J
Jukebox 229
Jump-start ing . .. .. .. .. .. ........... .. 374
Jump start cable . .. .. .. .. ........... .. 375

K
Key....... .. .. ................ ..... .. 38
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
85
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
38, 39
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 42
Vehicle code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Kick-down (automatic transmission) . . . . . . .
95
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Important safety instruct ions . . . . . . . . . . 289
L
Lane assist
refer to Audi active lane assist . . . . . . . . . 125
Lap timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Evaluating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
LATCH · · · · · . .... ............. .. .. .. . 309
Descr iption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Install ing a child restraint ............ . 311
Location
· · . .. ..... ....... ... .. .. .. . 310
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook
. . .. .. .... ............. .. .. .. . 311
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Left contro l button ............. .. .. .. .. 14
License agreement (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
253
Lifting points (vehicle jack) ....... ..... . 364
Light/rain sensor
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
54
Interval mode (w ipers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Light functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
High beam assistant
55
Instrument illum ination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Lighting
Exterior
· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · . .. .. .. 54
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7
Lights
~ Headlight range control system . . . . . . . . . 54
;::; Listening to mus ic ,....
8 refer to Media .. ............. .. . 227 , 236
3 Loading the luggage compartment . . . . . . . 259
Index
Locking/unlocking
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
With the centra l locking switch . . . . . . . . .
41
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
With the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42
Low beam headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Luggage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Cover..... .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. . 70
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Socket.. .. .. .. . ............ .... .. .. . 68
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Val et parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
also refer to Loading the luggage compart-
ment ..... .. .. .. ................. ..
259
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Maintenanc e intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Making an emergency call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Malfunc tion indicator lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . . . 24
Map
Display
219
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Update . .. .. .. .. ............... .. ..
204
Mapupdate ... .. .. .................. . 217
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 39
Media ... .. .. .. .. ............... 227, 236
Drives · · · · .. .. .. .. ....... ........ .. 228
Supported formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Media center .. .. .. .. ............... .. 237
Memory buttons
refer to Shortcut keys . . . . . . . . . . . . 155, 162
Memory capa city
D. ,rectory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Memory card SD card reader (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
228
Supported types/formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
MENU button
· · · · · · · · · · · · ·........ ... 155
393

Panorama glass roof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Emergency operation........... ..... .. 51
Parental control
DVD ... .. .. .. .. ........... .. .. .... . 239
Parking aid
Cleaning sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . .
355
Parking brake
refer to Electromechanical parking brake . 88
Par king lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Parking location Audi connect vehicle control . . . . . . . . . . .
199
Parking system
refer to Parking systems ....... .. . 137, 138
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Peripheral cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
138
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Trai ler hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Particulate filter (diesel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
322
Partition net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
PASSENGER AIR BAG light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Paths (Owner's Manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Pause (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Peripheral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Personal route assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Phonebook
refer to Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Physical princ iples of a frontal collision . . . 264
Picture format (video) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
239
Playback (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Point of interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Point of interest search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
also refer to Point of interest . . . . . . . . . . 207
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Pollutant filter (automatic A/C system) . . . . 76
Predictive efficiency assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Pregnant women Special considerations when wearing a safe -
a ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 co .... ~ pre sense
:::l refer to Audi pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 0
3 Presentation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
co
Index
Presets list
refer to Favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Presets (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Pressure
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . .
352
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Program guide
Radio .... .... .. .. ............... ..
223
Prompt
refer to Command (voice recognition sys -
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
167
Proper occupant seating positions . . . . . . . 255
Proper safety be lt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Proper seating position
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
256
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Q
quattro
Se lective wheel torque control ....... . .
Question 150
146
What happens to unbelted occupants?
264
R
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Additional station information . . . . . . . . . 224
Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Radio text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Station list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Rain/l ight sensor
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Interval mode (wipers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
377
Random
refer to Shuffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Range (fue l level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Rear lid Escape latch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
also refer to Luggage compartment lid 43, 44
Rear Seat Entertainment preparation
refer to Audi Entertainment mobile . . . . . 235
395

Index
Rearview camera
re fer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . 137, 138
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Rear window sh ade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60
Rear window washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
REAR (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Recircu lation mode (automatic climate con-
t rol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Refueling ....... ........... ........ .. 317
Fuel filler door emergency release 319
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Remote control operation Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . 52
Remote locking and unlocking
Audi connec t vehicle control . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Removing the caps (wheel bolts) . . . . . . . . . 363
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Replacing Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Replacing wiper b lades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 63
Reporting Safety Defects . . . . . . . . . . . 261, 262
Reset
refer to Restart (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Residual heat (automatic climate control) . . 79
Resta rt (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Reverse gea r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Reversible cargo floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Rewinding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Right control button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rims ..... .. .. .... ... ... ..... .. .. .. . 349
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Ringtone settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 85
Roaming
refer to Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 95
Roof emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
396
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7 4
also ref er to Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4
Route criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Route guidan ce
refer to Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Running direc tion (tires)
s
Safe driving habits
Safety 366
254
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
P edal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
T ele phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Safety belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Safety belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 268
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 268
Safety belt pretensioner Serv ice and d isposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263, 266
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Danger to passengers who do not w ear a
saf ety b elt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Fas tening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . .
306
Special considerat ions for pregnant wom -
en .......... ..... .. ............... 268
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Worn p roperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Safety instructions for side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
for using child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
for using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System 285
Saving fuel Energy consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

a co .... N ,....
N .... 0 0
3 co
Scan (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Screen
refer to Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 16
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
SD card reader
(MMI)
SDS
refer to Voice recognition system ...... .
Search area (point of interest) .... .. .... .
Search function 228
167
207
refer to Free text search
Seat adjustment 164,238
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Sea t belts
refer to Safety bel ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Seat heating/ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Seating capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Seating position Driver
... .. .. ............... .. .. .. .
Front passenger ................. ... .
How to adjust the front seats .... ... .. .
Incorrect seat position ............. . .
Occupants .. .. ............... .. .... . 255
256
256
258
255
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Seats Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Secondary phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177, 249
Selecting a source (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Selection menu . ... .. ..... ... .. 14 , 157 , 161
Selective ca talytic reduction
refer to AdBlue ............... .. .. .. . 319
Selective whee l torque control . . . . . . . . . . 146
Selector lever
Selector lever posit ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Self-learning navigation
refer to Personal route ass istance . . . . . . 210
Serv ice and disposa l
Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Servi ce position
refer to Replacing wiper blades . . . . . . . . . 62
SE T REAR (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Index
Settings
Directory ... ... .. .. ................ .
Map ....... ... .. .. ................ .
Media
Navigation .... .. .. .... ....... .... . .
Radio
....... ... .. .................
System (MMI) .. .. .. ...... ....... .. . . 186
21S
239
212
2 25
248
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Vo ice recognit ion system ... ... ... .. . .
Set ting the language . ....... ........ . .
Shad e 248
248
Rear window/rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Sh ift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Shor tcut keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 , 162
Shuffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Side assist Cleaning the sensors 355
Rear cross-traffic assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
also refer to Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
SiriusXM alert notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
68
Software update
refer to Map update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
refer to System update (MMI) .. .. .. .. .. 251
Softw are (MMI)
License agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Update .......... .... ........... ... 251
Version 251
Sou rces of info rmation about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Space-saving spare tire (compact spare tire) 3.67
Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Spare wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Speed dependent volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Speed limit info
refer to Traffic sign recognition
Speed limits
refer to Traffic sign re cognition 104
104
397