airbag AUDI A4 2018 Repair Manual

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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)
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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
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Emergency call f unction
Au di connect emergency ca ll and service . 202
E me rgency flashe rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
E m issions cont rol sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 2
E nergy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Eng ine
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Starting/stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Starting w it h jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Eng ine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Opening and clos ing the hood . . . . . . . . . . 324
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
E ng ine oi l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Adding . ... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. .... . 327
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Checking the oil leve l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Consumption . ............. .. .. .... .
D. t· k lpS IC .. ... ............. ...... ... .
327
327
O il consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Specification and viscos ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
T empe rature d isp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Eng ine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Eng ine Start/Stop mode
refer to Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
E nter ing cha racters/numbers (speller) . . . . 162
Enter ing letters (speller) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
E n terta inment s liding me nu . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
E ntry/ex it lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Environment Proper disposal of drained engine o il ... .
Unleaded fuel . .. ........... .. .. .... .
E S C
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Hill descent assist ... .... ... .. .. .... .
Offroad mode ... .. .. .... ... .. .. .... .
Sport mode 328
315
1 46
148
147
147
E v asive steering suppo rt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Expanded view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5
E xterio r ligh ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
E xternal voice operat ion.... ... .. .. .... . 173
Index
F
Factory default settings
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Fader (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Fastening Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Convertib le child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 303
I n fan t seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Fast forwarding/rewind ing (a udio/video
file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
F ast forwarding ( aud io/v ideo file) . . . . . . . . 236
Fast route
Favorites Media 211
239
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
F ile formats (media drives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Floor ma ts ..... ... .. ................ .
Foot peda ls . .... .. ................. . . 259
259
F o r the s ake o f th e e nv ironmen t
E nvironmenta lly-friend ly driving . . . . . . . . 80
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Leaks ... .. .... .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. 324
Warming up the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
F ree text search . .. .. .. .
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Media .. .. .... .. .. .... . ..... ... .. ..
Navigation .... .. ... .. .. ..... ... .. . .
Radio
. . .. .. ' . .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. . .
Telephone . .... .. ................. . .
F ree ze p ro tect ion 164
2 38
205
223 184
Coo lant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 9
Freq uency band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222, 225
Front airbags Desc ription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
F rontal collisions and the laws o f physics . . 264
Front passenger 's doo r eme rgency locking . . 42
Front seats Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Child restra ints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 272
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Fuel Additives
.. .... .. ................. .. 315
B lended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Current consumpt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17
D iesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
391

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

Index
Menu language
refer to Setting the language 248
Menus/symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Mirrors Adjusting exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Compass ... .... ................ ..... 63
Dimming .................... ........ 59
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
MMI
refer to Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . 155
MMI search
refer to Free text search . . . . . . . . . . 164, 238
MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
MODE button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Monitor ing the Advanced Airbag System 283
MP3
refer to Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Multifunction steering wheel
Changing views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 16
Switching tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 16
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Music collection
refer to Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Mute
refer to Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Muting ... ..... .................. .... 252
myAudi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188, 208
Logging in in the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
PIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
N
Natural leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . 357
NAV/MAP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Navigating (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . 21, 22
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Better route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Driver information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
also refer to Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Navigation (instrument cluster) . . . . . . . . . . 21
Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Network connection (W i-F i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
394
NH TSA
Contacting
N itrogen oxide (NOx) catalytic converter 261
refer to Ad
Blue. .. .. .. ............... 319
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
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Occupant protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Occupant seating positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Octane rating ........................ 315
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Offroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Offroad mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
OFF (button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Oil
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325, 327
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) Data Link Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
E lectronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . . 24
On/Off knob (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Online destinations
refer to Point of interest search . . . . . . . . 208
Online map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Online map update . ................... 218
Online media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Online roadside assistance Audi connect emergency call and service 203
Online serv ices
refer to Aud i connect ( Infotainment) . . . . 188
Opening...... .... .... ..... .... ....... 37
Fuelfillerdoor ...................... 317
Operating Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 13, 16
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Voice recogn ition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Options menu ... .. .. .. ........ 14, 157, 161
Other consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Outside temperatu re display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Overv iew (Cockp it) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
p
Paint damage
Paint number 356
379

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

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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

Index
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
267
What happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 264
What impairs driving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Wheel bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Wheel replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 336
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . . . . . 352
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Wheel wrench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
When must a safety belt be replaced? . . . . 265
When must the airbag system be inspected? 283
Where are lower anchorages located?
310
Wi-Fi
Audi music stream .. .......... .... ...
231
Audio player .. ... ............ .... .. . 231
Hotspot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Online media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
also refer to Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Windows
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Cleaning/removing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
356
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Windshield Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
also refer to Windshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . 60, 332
Reservoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
W indshield wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60
Winter operation
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
354
Cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Defrosting the windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Removing ice from w indows . . . . . . . . . . .
356
Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
350
Steering wheel heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Vehicle battery .... ........... .... ... 331
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Winter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
400
X
Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
z
Zooming (map) .. .. .. .. ........... 206, 214