airbag AUDI A5 CABRIOLET 2017 Workshop Manual

It is only possible to turn off the ASR up to 30
mph (SO km/h) for vehicles with front wheel
drive. At about 45 mph (70 km/h) it automatical­
ly turns on again. It is possible to turn off the
ASR at any speed for vehicles w ith all whee l
drive .
A WARNING
You should only switch sport mode on o r
switch ESC/ASR
off if your driving abilities
and road conditions permi t.
- The s tabilization function is limited when
sport mode is sw itched on. The driving
w heel s co uld spi n and the vehicle cou ld
swerve, es peci ally on s lick o r slip pery road
s u rfaces.
- T here is no vehicle st abiliz ation when ESC/
ASR a re swi tched of f.
{D) Tips
ESC/ASR cannot be sw itched off or sport
mode can not be switched on when c ruise con­
t rol or adaptive c ruise contro l* is switched on .
Notice about data
recorded by the Event
Data Recorder and
vehicle control modules
Event Data Recorder
This vehicle is equipped wi th an Event Data Re­
corde r (E DR). The main purpose of an EDR is to
reco rd, in ce rtain c rash o r ne ar cras h-like sit ua ­
tions, such as an a irbag deployment or hitting a
road obstacle , data that will assis t in understand ­
ing how a vehicle's systems performed. The EDR
is designed to record data re lated to veh icle dy­
namics and safety systems for a short period of
time, typically 30 seconds or less. The EDR in this
vehicle is designed to record such data as:
- How vario us systems in you r vehicle were oper­
at ing;
- Whether or not the driver and passenger safety
gi belts were buckled/fastened; ......
~ - How fa r (if at all) the driver was depressing the
N ~ acce le rato r and/o r bra ke peda l; and,
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- How fast the vehicle was traveling.
T hese data can help p rovide a bette r understand­
i ng of the circumst ances in w hich cras hes and in­
ju ries occu r. NOTE: EDR data ar e recorded by your
vehicle on ly if a non -trivial crash s ituation occurs;
no data are reco rded by the ED R under norma l
driv ing cond itions and no persona l data (e .g .,
name, gender, age, and crash location) are re ­
corded. However, other parties, such as law en­
forcement, could comb ine the EDR data with the
type of personally identify ing data rout inely ac­
quired d uring a c rash investigation .
To read data recorded by an EDR, special equ ip­
ment is required, and access to the vehicle or the
E DR is needed . In addition to the ve hicle manu­
factu rer, other part ies, such as law e nfo rcement,
t h at have the special equipment, can rea d the in ­
f o rmat io n if they have a ccess to the vehicle or the
ED R.
Some sta te laws restrict the retrieval o r down­
l oad ing of data sto red by ED Rs ins talled in a veh i­
cl e for the exp ress p urpose of re triev ing da ta af­
ter an acci dent or crash event without the own­
er 's consent .
Audi will not a ccess the EDR and/or sim ila r data
o r g ive it to o thers -
- unless the veh icle owne r (or lessee if the vehi­
cle has been leased) ag rees; o r
- upon the official request by the police; or
- upon the order of a court of law or a govern-
ment agency; or
- for the defense of a lawsuit through the jud ic ia l
discovery process.
-Aud i may a lso use the data fo r research abo ut
veh icle operation and safety perfo rmance or
prov ide the data to a third party for research
purposes witho ut ide ntify ing the specific veh i­
cle or i nfo rmat ion about the ident ity of its own­
er or lessee and only afte r th e re co rded veh icle
d ata has been a ccessed.
Vehicle control modules
You r vehicle is also equ ipped w ith a number of
electronic cont rol modules for various vehicle
systems, such as e ngine ma nagement, em iss ion
c o ntro l, airbags , a nd safety be lts . .,,.
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Fuse panel @ (black)
No . Consumer
1 Dynamic steering
2 Electronic Stabilization Cont rol (mod ule)
A/C system press ure sensor, elect rome -
chan ica l park ing brake , Homelink, auto-
3 mat
ic dimming interior rear v iew mirror,
air q uality/outside a ir sensor, Electronic
Stabili zation Cont rol (button)
5 Sound actuator
6 Headlight range control/
headlight (cor-
ne ring light)
7 Headlight (cornering light)
Con trol modules (e lectrom echan ica l par k-
8 ing brake, s hock ab so rbe r, q uattro s port),
DCDC converter
9 Adapt ive cru ise control
1 0 Shift ga te/clu tch se nsor
1 1 Side assist
12 Headlight range control
, p arkin g sys tem
13 Airbag
14 Rear wiper (a
llroad)
1 5 Auxiliary fuse (instrument panel)
1 6 Auxiliary fuse terminal 15 (engine area
)
Fuse panel@ (brown)
No . Consumer
2 Brake light senso r
3 Fuel pump
4 Clutch sensor
5
Left seat heating w it h /w it h out seat venti-
l a tion
6 Electronic Stabili zation Cont rol (e lectr ic)
7 Ho rn
8
Front left door (window regulator, central
locki ng, mirror, switch, lig hting)
9 Windshield wiper moto r
10 Electronic Stabilization Cont rol (va lves)
Fuses and bulbs
No . Consumer
Two-door mode ls: rear left w indow reg ula-
1 1 tor; Four-door mode
ls: rear left door (w in-
dow regu lator, central locking, switch,
li ght ing)
1 2 Rain and
light sensor
Fuse panel © (red)
No . Consumer
3 Lumbar support
4 Dynam ic steering
5 Inter
io r ligh ting ( Cabr io let)
6 W
indshie ld washer system, headlight
wash er system
7 Vehicle e lectrica l system control module 1
8 Ve hicl e e lec trica l sy stem con trol module 1
9
Left rear window regu lator motor (Cabr io-
l et)/s unroof
1 0 Vehicle e lec tric al system con trol module 1
1 1 R
ight rear window regulator (Cabriolet)/
su n shade motor
1 2 A
nti- theft alarm warning system
Right cockpit fuse assignment
Fig. 194 R ig h t cockp it : f use pane l wit h plast ic cl ip
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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
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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 ..,.

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
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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
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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

Index
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Addit ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Check oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 18
Oi l consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Pressure malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Specification and viscosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Engine speed limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Environment Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Disposing of your vehicle battery . . . . . . . 206
Driving at high speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Fuel ...... .... ........... ........ . . 190
Leaks under your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
L ett ing the veh icle stand and warm up . . . 177
Proper disposal of drained brake fluid . . . 202
Proper disposal of drained engine coolant 200
Proper disposal of drained engine oil 197, 198
Recycling used engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Unleaded fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
What should I do with an old battery? . . . 206
EPC
refer to Electronic power control . . . . . . . . 18
Ethyl alcohol (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
E vent Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Expansion tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Exterior mirrors Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
He ating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
F
Fan
Radiator 201
Fa sten ing
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 156
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
f lexible fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Floor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Fog lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Folding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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Foot pedals .......................... 116
For the sake of the environment Environmentally-friendly driving . . . . . . . 177
Gasoline fumes and the env ironment . . . . 190
Letting the engine warm up . . . . . . . . . 71 , 73
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Saving fuel by early upshifting . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 123
Front passenger's door emergency locking . . 32
Front seats Adjust ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Child restraints in the front seat........ 131
Upper cabin heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Fuel Additives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
B lended gasol ine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Low fuel level symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Saving fuel ......................... 177
T ank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Tank system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Unlocking the fuel filler flap by hand . . . . 192
Fuel economy messages (efficiency program) .24
F u el filler flap
Unlocking the fuel filler flap by hand . . . . 192
Fuses Assignment ... .. .. .. ....... 234, 235, 236
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
G
Garage door opene r (Home Link) . . . . . . . . . . 36
Gas discharge lamps ................... 237
Gauges Engine coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
General illustration Instruments and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

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Generator Wa rni ng/indicator lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4
Glossa ry of tire and load ing term inology .. 209
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
G PS controlled clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
Gross Vehicle Weight Rat ing (GVWR) . . . . . 24 3
H
Head lights
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Headlights Cleaning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
H eadlig ht range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
L eft hand dr ive, right hand dr ive . . . . . . . . . 50
T rave l mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Headlight washe r reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
H ea d restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Ad justing .. .. .. ... . .... ... .. .. .. 60, 1 14
H eated
exte rior m irro rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1
rear w indow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
se ats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
windshie ld washer spray noz zles . . . . . . . . 53
H eating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 124
H igh be am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
H igh voltage war ning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
H ill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
H omelink (garage door ope ne r) . . . . . . . . . . 36
Hood Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Re lease lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
H orn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
H ow are child res tra int sys tem anchors re lat -
ed to ch ild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
H ow many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 136
H ow safety belt pretensioners work
128
I
Ignition
switch ing on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
I gnition key
E me rgency un loc king. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Index
Ig nition loc k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
I n dicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Imbalance (whee ls) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Immobilize r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Importantth ingstodobefo redriv ing . ... 111
Imprope rly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Dynam ic steeri ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
PASS ENG ER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
also refer to War ning/ indicato r lights . . . . 11
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Inf lation press ure (t i res) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Adjust ing the light ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Instruments and contro ls
Genera l illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Inte rior ligh ts
F ront ... .. .. .. .. ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. . 51
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Inte rmit ten t (windsh ie ld w ipers) 53
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Jump-starting 238
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
K
Key... ... .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. . 28
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Check lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 72
Ig nit ion/eng ine on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Mecha nica l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29
r emov ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
u nlocking/lo cking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0, 32
K ick-dow n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Knee a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Desc ription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Important safety instr uctions . . . . . . . . . . 146
255

Index
L
Lane Change Assistant
refer to side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
LATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
I nstalling a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Launch Control Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Left hand drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Lifting jack .......................... 231
Light adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Coming/Leaving home............. .... 49
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 49
E xterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Fog lights/rear fog light(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Low beam .. .. .. ................. .. .. 48
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Light/rain sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 53
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Lighting Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Lights Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Interior/reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Locking Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Locking/unlocking at the lock cylinder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
by remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
with the central locking switch . . . . . . . . . . 31
with the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Lower anchorage locator button . . . . . . . . . 164
256
Luggage compartment
En larging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Loading..... .. .. .. .. ............. .. 116
Ski sack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Tie-downs ... .. .. .. .. .... .... .... 64, 118
Valet parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Luggage compartment lid Emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . 18, 25
Mechanical key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 29
Memory function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Mileage Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Instantaneous . .. ... ............. .. .. 22
Mirrors Adjusting the exterior mir rors . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Compass.... .. .. .. .. .... ............ 55
dimming .. .. .. .. .. .. ............. ... 52
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 140
multitronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Automat ic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Selector l ever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
N
Natural leather care/cleaning
NHTSA 185
Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Numbe r of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
0
Occupant seating pos itions 112
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
OFF (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 67

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
258
s
SA FE
10
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

a:,
a:,
...... N r--. N ...... 0
0
LL 00
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
259

Index
Tires.... .. . ... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. .. . 20 7
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Rep lac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Tire pressure . .... .............. 217, 226
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . 224, 225
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
T readwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 15
Unid irec tional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Uniform t ire quality g rad ing . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Tires and wheels
Glossary of tire and load ing termi nology .
209
T ires and veh icle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 2 19
Tool k it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
To rn o r fr ayed safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Towing
Front eye let . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
240
Rea r eyelet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1
Tow tru cks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
TPMS (tire pressure mo nitoring system) . . . 225
Trailer towing .... ... . ...... ... .. .. ... 179
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Operating instr uctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 179, 180
T ransmission malfunc tion ( indicator ligh t) . .
86
Transport Ca nada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 19
Trave l mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Tr ip computer
F ue l cons umption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 2
Mi leage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Sing le -trip memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Tota l-trip memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Tr ip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
Trunk
refer to Luggage compartment ...... 63, 116
Trunk escape hand le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
T runk lid
refer to Rear lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Turn signa ls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Wa rni ng/ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
u
Unfasten ing safety be lts 128
Uniform t ire quality grad ing . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Unlock ing
Rea r lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
33
260
U nlocking/locking
at the lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32
by remote contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
with the central lock ing switch . . . . . . . . . . 31
with t he conven ience key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
U pper cabin heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
U se of jumpe r cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
V
Valet park ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Vanity mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Vehicle
Care/cleani ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
182
Ou t of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Vehicle electrica l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Vehicle iden tifica tion labe l . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . 243
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 31
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Vehicle shut -down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 76
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 7
Vent ilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
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Warn ing/ indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Anti -lock braking system (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . 17
B rake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 14
El ec tron ic powe r contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
El ectronic St abilization Contro l (E SC) . . . . .
16
Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Malfunc tion Ind icator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 18
Safety be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14
Safety systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20
War ning/Ind ic a tor lights
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 0
War ranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
246
Washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Washing m atte fin ish p aint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
What happens if yo u wear your safety belt too
l oose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127