lights AUDI A4 CABRIOLET 2009 Workshop Manual

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Front seats
Adjusting .... ........... .... .... 149
Adjusting the manual seats ........ . 94
Child restraints in the front seat .... 170
Heated seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics 160
Fuel Additives ............. .... .... ... 244
Blended gasoline ................. 244
Capacity ................. ....... 314
Consumption ..................... 37
Filler neck .. ...... .... ...... ... .. 245
Fuel gauge ...... .... .... ... .... .. 16
Gaso li n e ... .. .... .... ... .... .... 244
Gaso line additives ..... ... .... .... 245
Low fuel level ... .. .... .... .... . 16, 33
Octane rating ............. ....... 244
Recommendation ................ 244
Refuelling ..... ... ....... ..... ... 246
Reserve . .......... ............... 16
Unlocking the fuel filler flap by hand 248
Fuel filler cap . ...... .... .... ... .... .. 27
Fuse arrangement ... .... .... ... .... . 30 1
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Garage door opener .. ...... .... .... . 139
Garage door opener {Homelink®) ..... 139
Gas discharge lamps .. ...... ... .... . 302
Gauges Eng ine coolant temperature ... ... .. 13
Fuel gauge ....................... 16
Speedome ter . ....... ..... ... .... . 15
Controls and equip­
ment Safety first
T
achometer .... ... .. ... ... .. .... . 13
Trip odometer ...... .. .... ....... . 15
Genera l illus tration
Instruments and controls .... ... .. .. 11
Generator Warning/ind icator lights ...... .... .. 22
G lossary of tire and loading terminology .. .
268
G love compar tment . .... .... .... .... 107
A ir vent ilat ion . ........ .... ....... 108
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating {GVWR) ... 313
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Head restraints .. .... ...... ... ...... 151
Adjusting .......... .......... 95, 151
Rear seats ... , .. , ...... , ........ , 101
Headlight range c ontr ol
Defective ... .. ... .... .... .... .... . 34
Headlights ...... ... .... .... .... .... . 76
adaptive ligh t .... ... .... .... ..... . 79
De fective ... .. ... .... .... .... .... . 35
Fr ont fog light s ...... .... .... .... . 79
Swi tching off .... .... .... .... .... . 76
Switching on .... .... .... .... .... . 76
Washer system .... ........ ........ 86
Headrest
See Head restrain ts . ...... .... .... . 95
Heated rear seats ....... ....... ... .... .. 117
Heated outside mirrors .... .... ....... . 89
Heated seats rear ... .. .... ...... ... .. .... .... 1 17 Heated washer jets
Wiper and washer system ... .... ... . 85
Heavy cl othing and safety belts .. ...... 162
High beam ....................... 76, 83
Warning/ind icator lights ............ 22
High vo ltage warning label ........... 312
Home link® ...... .... ... .... .... ... 1 39
Homelink® universal remote control .. . 139
Hood Release lever ... ........ ... ..... .. 249
Horn . ...... .... .... .... ... .... .... . 11
How many airbags does my vehicle have? ..
175
How often should I check my tire pressures?
275
How safety be lt p retensioners wo rk .... 166
Hydroplaning ....................... 279
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Ignition key ............ ........ .... . 119
Ign it io n l ock
Positions ...... .... ... .... .... ... 11 9
Immob ilizer ...... ....... .... ....... . 15
Important things to do before driving .. 146
Imp roperly w orn safety be lts .. ....... . 166
Indicator light
Airbag system ............... 179, 180
PASSENGER A IR BAG OFF .......... 180
Indicator lights ... .... .... ..... .. .... . 18
Vehicle operation Vehicle care Do-it-yourself service Technical data

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Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
How do I properly ins tall an infant seat in
my vehicle? ...... .... .... .... .. 195
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Inside rear view mirror ..... .. .... .... . 88
Installing child safety seats
Sa fet y bel ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Instruments and controls ............. 12
Genera l ill ustration .... ... .... .... . 11
Illumination ...... ... . ......... 15, 81
Interior lights . ...... ... ........ .... . 84
Luggage compartment .. ...... ... .. 84
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Jack and tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Jumpe r cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Jump -starting 304
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Key ...... ... .... .... .... .... ....... 47
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Coded sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Conveni ence op ening and closing of pow -
er top . ... .. .... .... .... ........ 63
Convenience opening and closing of w indows ....... ........ .... ... . 53
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Master key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Valet key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Key coded s ettings
Clima te con trols ... ...... ... . .... 110 Keyless
entry remote control
Kick -down 48, 51
multitronic® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
tiptronic® ............. .... ... ... 129
Knee airbags . .... ..... .. .... .... ... 184
Description ... ... ... ... .... .... .. 184
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Important safety instructions 186
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LATCH .................. .... .... .. 205
Description ... ... ... ... .... .... .. 205
Guidance fixtur es for lower anchorages .
206
Installing a child restraint .. .... ... 208
Location ... .. .... .. .. ... .. .. .... 205
Mounting and re leasing the anchorage
hook .... ... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. ... 209
Leather .. ... .. ... .. . ..... .... .... .. 239
Cleaning .............. .... .... .. 240
Leaving-home-function ...... .... .... . 80
Lifting jack .. . ... .... ... .. ...... .... 296
Lifting vehicle . .... ................. 308
Light sensor defec tive . ...... ...... ... 33
Ligh t se nsor package
Auto mat ic headligh t control ... .... . 77
Lights Coming -home /leavi ng-home -function 80
Emergency flasher .......... ...... 82
Front fog lights . ...... .... .... .... 79
Headligh ts . .... ....... .... .... ... 76
High beam .... .... .... .... .... 76 , 83 High bea
m wa rning /indicator light ... 22
Ins trumen t panel illum ination ... .... 81
Side marker lights ..... ... ........ . 76
Turn signals ... .... ... ... . ... ..... 83
Xenon headlights .. .... ... .... .... 82
Load ing the luggag e compartmen t 153
Locking Power locking switch .............. 54
Rear lid .... ... .... ............... 55
R emote control .. .. ........... .. .. 51
Using the key ...... .... ... .... .. .. 53
Lower anchorage locator button ...... 205
Lower universal anchorage (Canada) ... 205
Lower universal anchorage bars (Canada) ...
205
Luggage
Stowing 153
Luggage compartment
Light .......... ....... .. .. .... ... 84
Sk i sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
S ee also Loading the luggage
c ompartment .......... . ... .... 153
Lumbar support . ........... . ... ..... 98
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Maintenance .. ..... .. .... .... ...... 316
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIU .. .. 19 , 27
Manual operat ion
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Manual s eats
Adjus ting the h ead restra ints ... .... 95
Fold ing the seatback forward ... ... . 95

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Opening and closing the windows 53
Operating locks with the fold-out key 53
Rear lid .......................... 55
Remote control ................ 48, 51
Un locking and locking vehicle ....... 51
Power outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Power seats Adjusting the seatback ............. 97
Adjustment . ...... .... .... .... ... 96
Folding the seatback forward ...... . 99
Power steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Care and cleaning ...... .... .. .... 233
Closing ........................ .. 62
Convenience close/open feature .. ... 63
Conven ience opening/closing ....... 63
Correcting a malfunct ion . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Display messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Genera l information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Malfunction ...... ..... .. .... .... . 64
Manual operation . .... .... ...... .. 68
Opening ..................... .... 62
Variable storage bay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Warning/indictor lights ........ .... 21
Wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Power window switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
In the driver's door ... .... ... ...... 59
In the front passenger's door . . . . . . . 60
Reactivating the system . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Pregnant women Special considerations when wearing a safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Programming
the Homelink® universal re-
mote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Proper occupant seating positions .... 148
Proper safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Proper seat ing position
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Occupants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Rear passengers 150
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Quartz
clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
quattro®
See All Wheel Drive ............... 218
Question
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What happens to unbelted occupants? ..
161
Why safety belts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Radiator fan ......... ............ ... 260
Radio Replacing . .... ... .... ........ ... 319
Rain sensor defective .. .... .... ....... 33
Reading lights .... ............. ...... 84
Rear ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Rear lid Locking/unlocking ............. ... . 55
Rear light
Defective ... .. ........ .... .... ... 35
Rear view mirror Inside rear view mirror .. .... ....... 88 Rear window defogger
..... .. ... .... . 116
Rearview mirror
See Mirrors ............ .... .... ... 88
Red symbols .. .... .... ... ........ ... 30
Refuelling .......................... 246
Release lever for engine hood ......... 249
Remote control ........ ...... .... . 48, 51
Resetting remote control ... .... .... 52
Un locking and locking . .... .... .... 51
Remote control garage door opener (Homelink®) ...... ... ..... .... . 139
Remote master key Battery replacement ..... ....... ... 48
Check light ....................... 48
Remote rear lid release ........... .... 56
Repair manuals ....... .... .... ...... 316
Repairs Airbag system
Replacing 182
Wheel rims ..... ................. 281
Replacing a fuse ...... .... .... ...... 300
Replacing a sound system .. .... ...... 319
Replacing light bulbs ...... .... .... .. 302
Replacing tires and wheels . ....... ... 280
Reporting Safety Defects ... .... ...... 155
Reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 18
Resetting remote control ...... .... .... 52
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Rims Cast a lloy .. ........... .... ...... 237
Replacing .. ........... ........ .. 281
Stee l rims ...... .... ......... .... 236

Alph ab eti ca l ind ex -____________ _,_ __ _
Trailer towing .. ... .... ..... .. .. ... . 224
Operating instructions ....... .... . 225
Technical requirements ....... 224 , 225
Trailer tow ing tips ................ 226
Transmission tiptronic® .... ... ... ..... .... .... 126
Transport Canada ... .... .... ...... .. 155
Tread Wear Indicator
(TWll ........... 278
Trip computer Fuel consumption .... .... ... .... .. 37
Mileage .. .... ..... .. .... ...... ... 37
Trip odometer . ...... .... ...... .... .. 15
What does it mean when dEF appears in
the trip odometer display? ......... 15
Trunk Escape handle .. .... .... ......... 290
Trunk lid
See Rear lid .... .. .... ...... .... ... 55
Turn signals . .............. .......... 83
Warning/indicator lights ... ......... 21
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Undercoating ..... .. .... .... ... .... . 237
Unfastening safety belts ... .... .... .. 165
Unidirectiona l tires ...... ...... .... .. 267
Uniform tire quality grading .. ..... ... 283
Universal Remote Control (Homelink®l . 139
Unlocking Power locking switch .............. 54
Rear lid . ... .. .... .... ...... ...... 55
Remote control .. .. .... .... .... ... 51
Using the key . ... .. .. .... ...... ... 53
Controls and equip­
ment Safety first
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Vanity
mirror .... ..... ........ ..... .. 84
Vehicle electrical system ....... .... ... 22
Vehicle Identification !Number (VIN) .... 312
Vehicle jack .................... 290, 296
Vehic le literature .. .... ... .. ...... ... .. 5
Vehicle -care products .... .... .... .... 230
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Warning lights ....................... 18
Warning/indicator lights .... .... ....... 12
Airbag system ............ .... .... 20
Anti-lock brake system (ABS) ... ..... 20
Brake system ....... .... .... ..... . 23
Cruise control .... ... .... .... .... .. 20
Electronic power control ............ 22
Electron ic stabil ization program (ESP) 22
Generator .. ........ .... ... .. .... . 22
High beam . .... ........... .... ... 22
Malfunction lndica11:or Lamp (Mill . ... 19
Parking brake ...... .... ....... .... 23
Power top .... ...... .... .... . ... .. 21
Safety belt ... ....... .. .. .... .... .. 21
Tire pressure monitoring system ..... 20
Turn signals .. ..... .. .... .... .... . 21
Warranty coverages ........... .... .. 316
Washing ..................... ...... 230
Automatic car wash ... ...... .... .. 231
by hand ......................... 231
Power top cleaning ......... ..... . 233
w ith a power washer .............. 232 Washing
the vehicle .... .... ... .. .. .. 230
Waxing .... .... .... ... .. ...... .... . 233
Wear indicator ...................... 278
Weatherstrips .... ... .... .... .... ... 236
Weights .... .... ... .. .... ...... ..... 313
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . .... .... ... .. ...... .... . 164
What happens to unbelted occupants? . 161
What impairs driving safety? .......... 147
What should I do after changing a wheel? . .
275
What should I do after replacing whee ls?
275
Wheel bolts Torque ..... .... .... .... .... ..... 286
Wheel change .... .... ... .... .... ... 293
Wheels .. .. .. .......... ....... ..... 267
Cast a lloy ..... ... ..... ...... ... .. 237
Checking tire pressure ............ 274
Cold tire inflation pressure . .... .... 271
Genera l notes .. .... ... .... .... ... 267
G lossary of t ire and loading terminology
268
New tires and wheels ........ .... . 279
Rim ............................ 267
Steel whee ls ..................... 236
Tires and vehicle load limits ........ 275
When must a safety belt be replaced? .. 162
When must the airbag system be inspected? 179
When should I adjust the tire pressures? ...
275
When should I check the tire pressures? 275
Vehicle operation Vehicle care Do-it-yourself service Technical data

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Where can I find the tire pressures for my y
car? ...... ... .. .... .... ....... 274
Why safety belts? ..... ........ .. 159, 160 Yellow symbols ..... .. .... .... ....... 32
Wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Cleaning .......... ... ........... 233
Installing ..... ............ ....... 67
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Unfolding . .... ... ... .. ... ..... ... 66
Windows Cleaning ...... .... ... .... ...... . 235
Convenience close/open feature ..... 53
Defogging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Defogging as quickly as possible ... 115
Defrosting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Defros ting as quickly as possible ... 115
Windshield wipers Installing new wiper blades ....... .. 87
Int ermittent wiping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Low fluid level ......... .... ...... . 34
One -tap wiping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Winter operation
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Coolant system .................. 257
Tires ...... ............... ... ... 218
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Winter tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
All -wheel drive ... .. .... ...... .... 284
Wiper and washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
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Xenon headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82, 302