warning AUDI A5 CABRIOLET 2017 Owners Manual

Consumer inf orm ation
@ For the sake of the env ironment
- Changing the engine settings wi ll adversely
affect emission levels. Th is is detrimental to
the environment and increases fuel con­
sumption.
- A lways observe environmental regu lations
when disposing of old engine o il, used brake
fl ui d, d irty engine coolant, spent batteries
or worn out tires.
- Undeployed airbag modules and pretension­
ers mig ht be classified as Perchlorate Mate­
rial -special handl ing may apply, see
www.dtsc .ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlo­
r ate. When the vehicle or parts of the re­
straint system including airbag modu les
safety be lts wi th pretensioners are scrap­
ped, all applicab le laws and regulations
must be observed. Your authorized Audi
dealer is familiar with these requirements
and we recommend that you have your deal­ er perform this service for you.
Accessories and technical changes
Additional accessories and parts replacement
Always consult an authorized Audi dealer before
purchasing accessories.
Your vehicle incorporates the latest safety design
features ensuring a high standard of active and passive safety.
This safety could be comp romised by non-ap­
proved changes to the vehicle . For this reason, if
parts have to be replaced, please observe the fo l­
lowing points when insta lling addit ional accesso­
ries:
Approved Audi accessories and genuine Audi parts are available from author ized Audi dealer.
These dealers also have the necessary facilities,
too ls and trained specialists to install the parts
and accessories properly.
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A WARNING
-
Using the wrong spare parts or using non-ap-
proved accessories can cause damage to the
vehicle and serious personal injury.
- Use only accessories expressly approved by
Aud i and genuine Audi spare parts
- These parts and accessor ies have been spe­
cially designed to be used on your vehicle.
- Never install accessor ies such as telephone
cradles or beverage holders on airbag covers
or w ith in the airbag deployment zones. Do­
ing so will increase the risk of injury if a ir­
bags are triggered in an accident!
- Before you check anything in the eng ine
compartment, always read and heed all
WARN INGS
Qpage 193.
(D Note
-If items other than genu ine Audi spare
parts, add-on equipment and accessory
items are used or if repair wor k is not per­
formed a ccording to specified methods, this
c an resul t in severe damage to you r vehi­
cle's eng ine and body (such as corrosion)
and adve rsely af fect your vehicle's war ranty.
- I f emergency repai rs must be performed
elsewhere, have the vehicle exam ined by an
authorized A udi dealer as soon as possib le .
- T he manuf acture r ca nnot be held liable for
damage which occurs d ue to failure to com ­
ply with these stipulations.
Technical Modifications '
Our guidelines must be complied with when tech ­
nical modifications are made .
Always consult an a uthorized Audi de aler bef ore
sta rt ing work on any modifica tions.
This will help ensure that vehicle fu nction, per­
fo rmance and safety are not impaired
Q ,& .
Attempting to work on electronic components
and the software used with them can cause mal­
funct io ns. Because of the way elect ronic compo­
nen ts a re interconnected with each othe r, such
malfunc tions c an also have an adverse affect on
othe r systems that are not d irectl y involved. This ..,.

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means that you risk both a substant ia l reduction
in the operationa l safety of your vehicle and an
increased wear of vehicle parts¢
A.
Author ized Audi dealers w ill per form this wor k in
a professional and competent manner or, in spe­
cial cases, refer you to a professional company
that spec ializes in such modifications.
A WARNING
Improper repairs and mod ificat ions can
change the way veh icle systems work and
cause serious personal injury.
(D Note
If emergency repairs must be performed else­
where, have the vehicle examined by an au­ thorized Audi dealer as soon as possib le.
Declaration of
Compliance, Telecom­
munications and
Electronic Systems
Radio Frequency Devices and Radiocommunica ­
tion Equipment User Manual Notice .
The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio
or TV interference caused by unauthor ized modi­
fications to this equ ipment .
Devices
T he fo llow ing devices each comp ly w ith FCC Part
15.19, FCC Part 15.21 and RSS -Gen Issue
1:
- Adaptive cruise control*
- Convenience key*
- Side assist*
- Cell p hone package*
- Electron ic immobilizer
- Homelink universal remote contro l*
- Remote contro l key
FCC Part 15.19
This device compl ies w ith pa rt 15 of the FCC
Ru les. Opera tion is subjec t to the following two
conditions :
Consumer inf ormation
(1) This dev ice may not ca use ha rmf ul inter fer ­
ence, and
( 2 ) this devi ce must ac cep t any inte rference re­
ce ived, in clu ding in terference tha t may ca use un­
desired ope ration.
FCC Part 15.21
CAU TION:
Changes or mod ificat ions not express ly approved
by the party responsible for compliance cou ld
vo id the user's a uth ori ty to operate t he equ ip­
ment .
RSS-Gen Issue 1
Operat ion is subject to the following two cond i­
t ions:
(1) this device may not cause interference, and
( 2 ) this devi ce must accep t any inte rference, in­
clud ing interference that may cause undes ired
operation of the device .
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Index
A
A/C (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 67
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Active lane assist
Cleaning the camera a rea . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Active rollover protection system . . . . . . . . 119
Retracting rollover protection . . . . . . . . . . 120
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Cleaning the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . . 93
Setting the driving program . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Adapt ive Light (defective) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Adding Engine coolant .. .......... ........ . .
Engine oil .. .. .. ................ ... .
W indshield washer fluid ..... .. .... .. .
Addition al acces sories
Additives Engine oil .... .. .. .............. ... .
Adjustable steer ing column . ..... .. .. .. . .
Adjusting 200
197
206
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197
71
Air distribu tion (automatic clima te control) .68
Instrument illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Steering column ... . .. .... .... .. .. .. .. 71
Temperature (automatic climate control) . 68
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Advanced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 1 36
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Fr ont airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134, 135
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 138
How many airbags do es my vehicle have? 136
How the Advanced Airbag System compo -
nents wo rk together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Impo rtant in formation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
250
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Knee a irbags. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
PASSENGER AIR BAG O FF light . . . . . . . . . 140
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 43
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Warn ing/Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Weight-sensing mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
When must the system be inspected? . . . 140
all-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
All s eason tir es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Alternator
refer to Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Anti -freeze
refer to Engine coolant system . . . . . . . . . 199
Anti-lock braking system Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 17
Anti-Lock Braking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Anti-slip regulation Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 7
Ant i-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Anti -theft systems
E lectronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Armrest.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ....... .. . 60
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Audi braking gu ard
refer to braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Audi drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Dynami c steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Setting the driving mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Sport differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Audi Service Repai r M anuals and Literature 246
AUTO Automatic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Automatic climate control Air ven ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Automatic power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Automat ic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

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Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Kick -down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Manua l shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Removal lock (ignition key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Automatic wipers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Battery location inside the luggage compart-
ment ..............................
203
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Important warnings when working on the
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
203
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Replac ing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Work ing on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Belt positioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Bio -ethanol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Blower (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . 68
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Brake fluid
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
202
Checking the brake fluid l evel . . . . . . . . . . 202
Brake system
Anti-lock brak ing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17
Brake fluid specifications for refill and re­
placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
202
Brake light defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Brake power assist unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Brakes. .. .. .. ............... .. ..... 170
Ceramic brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Electromechan ical parking brake . . . . . . . . 76
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Worn brake pads symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Index
Braking
Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
167
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Break-in period
Brake pads .. .. .. .. ............. .. . .
Tires ..... .... .. .. ........ · · · · · · · · ·
Breaking in ... .. .. .. ............... . .
New tires
Bulbs
C
170
175
175
214
237
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 194
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Cargo area
refer to Luggage compartment ...... 63, 116
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
C en tral locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
27
Central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Ceramic brake rotors
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
170
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Checking
Engin e coolant level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
199
Child restraints
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat.... .. .. .. .. .. ............. ....
131
Where can I get add itiona l information
about child restra ints and their use? . . . .
166
Child restraint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 163
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Impo rtant safety instructions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
153
Installing a c hild restraint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
165
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Index
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
165
Child safety seats
Boost er seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
158
Convertible child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Dang er of using child restraints in the front
seat.... ... .. .. ................ ....
131
How do I properly install a child safety seat
in my vehicle? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
153
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
LATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Unused safety belts on the rear seat . . . . 155
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Cleaning/removing ice from windows . . . . . 184
Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cleaning artificial leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cleaning carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184, 185
Clean ing contro ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cleaning decorative parts/trim . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cleaning decorative parts and trim . . . . . . .
184
Cleaning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cleaning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Clean ing plast ic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cleaning rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Cleaning seat covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Clean ing textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cleaning the tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Cleaning the wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Automatic recircu lation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Supplementary heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
synch ronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Closing/opening
at the lock cylinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
with the central locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . .
31
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Compact spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
also refer to Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
252
Compass in the mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Consumer Information .. ............. . .
Contacting NHTSA
Convenience key 118
118
Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Starting engine (START ENGINE STOP but-
ton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
73
Stopping the engine (START ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74
Switching on ignition ............... .. . 73
unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Convenience opening/closing
Conv ertible child safety seats
Convertible locking retractor
35
156
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Deact ivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 161
Coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Cooling mode (automatic climate control) . . 67
Cooling System
Expansion tank. .. .. .. .. ........... ..
199
Cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Cruise control
Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Presetting your speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
79
Cruising range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
(upholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Dayt ime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 , 49
Declaration of compliance
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
249
Audi side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Cell phone package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Electronic immobilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Homelink universal remote control . . . . . 249
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Defective light bulb warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Defrosting (windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

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Determin ing correct load limit . . . . . . . . . . 22 1
Dig ita l clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Dig ita l compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Di mensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Dimming the rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Doors emergency lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
D river information system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
Open doo r o r fron t lid wa rn ing . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
Outside temperature d isp lay. ... .. .... .. 21
Sound system display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Dri ver seat
refer to Seat ing pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Driving safe ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
D riving through wate r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Driving t ime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
D us t filte r
refer to Pollutant filte r (au toma tic A/C sys -
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Dynamic stee ring ............. 101, 167 , 17 1
E
E85 (Fue l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Easy entry function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
E ff iciency p rogr am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Fu el economy messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
M emory levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
E lect ro-mechan ica l powe r ass ist . . . . . . . . . 17 1
Electromechanica l parking brake
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Re leas ing and closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
St arting assis t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
S tarting from res t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Starting off w ith a t railer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
E lect ronic d ifferen tial lock
Wa rn in g/i nd ic ator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Electronic Differential Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
E lect ronic diffe ren tial lock ( EDL)
Wa rning/indicator lights.. ... .. .. .... .. 1 7
E lect ronic immob ilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 33
Index
El ectron ic powe r contro l
(EPC) warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . 18
El ectron ic spee d lim ite r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
E lectron ic stabilization control
Spo rt mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
E lectron ic Stab ilization Contro l . . . . . . . . . . 167
El ectron ic Stab ilization Contro l (E SC)
War ning/ indica to r li ghts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Emergency actuation
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Ign it io n key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Emergency braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
E mergency f lasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
War ning/ in d ica to r li ghts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Start ing engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Emergency operation
Emergency braking function (parking brake) .7.7
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
En ergy manage men t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
B attery power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
D rive r notific ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
E ngine
Compartment .. .. .. ................. 195
Coo lant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 99
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Start ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71, 73
Starting wi th ju mpe r cab les . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Stopping . ... .. . ... .... . ..... ... .. 7 3, 74
E ngine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 95
S afe ty in str uctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Working the engi ne compa rtment . . . . . . 193
Engine coolant Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Engine coolant system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Checking coolant level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Checking the engine coo lant level . . . . . . . 199
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Engine coolant temperature
Temperature gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
E ngine hoo d
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
How to release the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
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Oil
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195, 197
O il consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) Data L ink Connector (DLC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Electronic speed limiter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 25
Open door or front lid warning . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Opening. .. .. .. ............... .. .. .. .. 27
Opening/closing at the lock cylinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
with the central locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . 31
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Other equipment (efficiency program) . . . . . 24
Outside temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
p
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Paint No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Vale t parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Parking aid
C leaning sensors/camera lenses . . . . . . . . 183
Parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
also refer to E lectromechanical
parking brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Parking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Parking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Parking system (rear)
Adjusting the warning tones . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Parking system (rear, with rear view camera) Parking mode 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Parking mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Sw itching rear view camera on/off . . . . . . 110
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 140
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 123
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Pollutant filter (automatic A/C system) . . . . 66
Index
Power
seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Power locking system
Emergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Se lective unlock featur e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Power steering
refer to Electro-mechanical power assist . 171
Power top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Convenience closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Variable power top storage bay . . . . . . . . . 42
Wind deflector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Power window Convenience opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Power windows
Malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Pregnant women Spec ial considerat ions when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Proper occupant seat ing positions . . . . . . . 112
Proper safety be lt pos ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Proper seating position Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Occupants ....... .. ................. 112
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Protecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Q
Quartz clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
quattro
refer to all-wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Question What happens to unbelted occupants? . . 123
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Index
R
Radiator fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Ra in/lig ht senso r
H eadlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
I n termittent (w indshield wipe rs) . . . . . . . . 53
Sensor defect ive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Ra is ing the veh icle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Rea r fog lights . .. .. . .......... .. .. .... 48
Rea r lid
Escape hand le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Opening and clos ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Rear light Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Rea r par kin g sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Rear parking system w ith rearview camera . 105
Rear view came ra
Pa rking mode 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Parking mode 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Re ar view m irro r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Rear window heat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Recirc ulat ion mode (automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Ref uell ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Re lease lever for hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Pe rsonalizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
un locking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Remote con trol ope ra tion
Garage doo r opener (Home link) . . . . . . . . . 36
Remote rear lid release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Repair man uals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Repairs Ai rbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 43
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacing b ulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Replac ing wiper b lades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Reporting Safety Defects ........... 118, 119
Reset button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Right hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
R ims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 1
Rollbar
refer to Act ive ro llover p rotection system 119
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Safe d rivi ng habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Safelock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
S afety
A irbag sys tem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Co rrect seat ing pos it ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Pedal area ..... .. .. .. ............... 116
S afety be lt pos it ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 27
Safety be lts worn by pregnant women . . . 127
Safety be lt prete nsione r
Se rvice and disposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122, 125
Be lt pos itioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Fas tening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
I m prope rly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 28
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Safety be lt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7
Safety instr uctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Spec ial considerat ions for pregnant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Un fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
War ning/ indicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
War ning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Wo rn prope rly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4
Safety be lt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Safety compliance sticker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Safety eq uipme nt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Safety features fo r occupant restraint and
protect ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Safety gu idelines
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Safe ty instr uctions
En gine compartmen t.. ............. .. 193
for using ch ild s afety sea ts . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
for using sa fety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Monito ring the Advanced Airbag System 142
Seat adjustment Hea d rest raints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4
Seat belts
refer to Safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

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Seat heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Upper cabin heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Seating capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Front passenger . ................ ... . 113
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 113
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Occupants .. .. .. ........... .. .. ..... 112
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Seats Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Adjusting in the MMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Convenience s ide view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Dr iver's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
F olding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Front passenger's seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Power easy entry function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Seat ventilat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Seat (upper cabin heating) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Selective unlock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Selector lever emergency re lease . . . . . . . . . 87
Service and disposal
Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Service position
refer to Replacing w iper blades . . . . . . . . . 54
SET button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Shutting down vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Side airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
side assist Adjusting the brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Side assist Activating and deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Index
Snow chains
222
Sound system display ................... 21
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use
.... .. .. ............... .. 166
Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Sport d ifferent ial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
START ENG INE STOP button (convenience
key ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
S TART ENGINE STOP button (Convenience
key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Starting from rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Start ing off with a trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Starting the engine ................. 71, 73
Steering Locking the steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
also refer to Electro-mechan ical power as-
sist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Steering wheel Adjusting steering column . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 171
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 221
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73, 74
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
S tronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
S tronic transmission Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Launch Contro l Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Symbols
refer to Warning/i ndicator lights . . . . . . . . 11
T
Tachomete r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
T echn ical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Tie-downs 64,118
t iptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Manua l shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
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