warning lights AUDI A6 2018 Owner's Guide

Safety belts
Safety belts
General information
Always wear safety belts!
Wearing safety belts correctly saves lives!
This chapter explains why safety be lts are neces­
sary, how they work and how to adjust and wear
them correctly.
.,. Read all the information that follows and heed
all of the instructions and WARNINGS.
A WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them im­
properly increases the risk of serious personal
injury and death.
- Safety belts are the single most effective
means available to reduce the risk of serious
injury and death in automob ile acc idents.
For your protection and that of your passen­
gers, always correctly wear safety belts
when the vehicle is moving.
- Pregnant women, injured, or physically im­
paired persons must also use safety belts.
Like all vehicle occupants, they are more
likely to be serious ly injured if th ey do not
wear safety belts. The best way to protect a
fetus is to protect the mother
-throughout
the entire pregnancy.
Number of seats
Your Audi has a total of five seating positions:
two in the front and three in the rear. Each seat­
ing position has a safety belt.
A WARNING
Not wearing safety belts or wearing them im­
properly increases the risk of serious personal
inju ry and death.
- Never strap more tha n one person, includ­
i ng small children, into any belt. It is espe­
cially dangerous to place a safety belt over a
child sitting on you r lap.
- Never let more people ride in the vehicle
than there are safety belts available.
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Be sure everyone riding in the vehicle is
proper ly restrained with a separate safety
belt or child restraint.
~ Safety belt warning light
Your vehicle has a warning system for the driver
and front seat passenger (on USA models only) to remind you about the importance of buckling­
up .
Fig. 140 Safety belt warn ing lig ht in the instrument clus ­
ter
-enlarged
Before driving off , always:
.,. Fasten your safety belt and make sure you are
wearing it properly .
U) N
"' 9 N .,. Make sure that your passengers a lso buckle up
and properly wear their safety belts .
.,. Protect children with a ch ild restraint system
appropr iate for the size and age .
The warning light . in the instrument cluster
lights up when the ign it ion is on as a reminder to
fasten the safety belts . In addition , you will hear
a war ning tone for a certain period of time.
Fasten your safety belt and make sure that your
passengers also properly put on their safety
belts.
A WARNING
-
- Safety belts are the single most effective
means available to reduce the risk of serious
inj ury and death in automobile accidents.
Fo r your protection and that of your passen­
gers, a lways correct ly wear safety belts
when t he vehicle is moving .
- Fai lure to pay attention to the warning light
that come on, cou ld lead to personal injury.

Care and cl eaning
Component Situation Solution
Tex tile s
Deposits adhering to Vacuum cleaner
art ifici al l eat her, the surface
A lca ntara Water -based deposits Absorbent cloth and mild soap solut
iona>
such as coffee, tea,
blood, etc.
O il-based deposits Apply a m ild soap solution
a), blot away the dissolved oil or
such as oil , make-up, dye, treat afterward with water, if necessary
etc.
Special deposits such Special stain remover, blot with absorbent material, treat
as ink, na il polish, la- afterward with mild soap solution, if necessary a)
tex paint, shoe pol-
ish, etc.
Natural leathe r Fresh stains Cotton cloth
with a mild soap so lutiona >
Water-based deposits Fresh stairns : absorbent cloth
such as coffee, tea, Dried sta ins : stain remover suitable for leather
blood, etc.
Oil -based deposits Fresh stairns : absorbent cloth and stain remover suitable
such as oil, make-up, for leather
etc. Dried stains : grease dissolving spray
Special deposits such Spot remover suitab le for leather
as ink, nai l polish, la -
tex paint, shoe pol-
ish, etc.
Care Regula rly apply cond it ion ing cream that p rotects from
lig ht and penetrates into the material. Use specia lly-co l-
ored conditioning cream, if necessary .
Carbon part s Deposits clean the same way as plastic parts
al Mild soap solution: maximum two tablespoons of neutral soap in 1 quart (1 liter) of water
_& WARNING
The windsh ie ld may not be treated wi th wa­
ter-repelling windshield coating agents. Un ­
favorable conditions such as wetness, dark ­
ness, or low sun can result in increased glare.
Wiper blade chatter is also possible.
@ Note
-Headlight s/tail light s
-Never clean headlights or tail lights with a
dry cloth or sponge.
- Do not use any cleaning product that con­
tains alcohol, because they could cause
cracks to form .
-Wheel s
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- - Never use any paint polish or other abra­
sive materials.
- Damage to the protect ive layer on the
rims such as stone chips or scratches must
be repaired immediately.
- Cam era lens es
- Neve r use wa rm or hot water to remove
snow or ice from the came ra lens . This
could cause the lens to crack .
- Neve r use ab rasive cleaning m aterials or
a lcohol to clean the camera lens . This
could cause scratches and cracks .
-Door wind ow s
- Remove snow and ice on windows and ex-
terior mirrors with a plast ic scraper. To

Bulbs
Bulbs
Replacing light bulbs
For your safety, we recommend that you have
your authori zed Audi dealer replace burned out
bulbs for you.
It is becoming increasingly more and more diffi ­
cult to replace vehicle light bulbs since in many
cases, other parts of the car must first be re­ moved before you are able to get to the bulb.
This applies espec ially to the light bulbs in the
front of your car wh ich you can only reach
through the eng ine compartment.
Sheet metal and bulb holders can have sharp
edges that can cause ser ious cuts, and parts
must be correctly taken apart and then properly
put back together to help prevent breakage of
parts and long term damage from water that ca n
ente r housings that have not been properly re­
sealed.
For your safety, we recommend that you have
your author ized Audi dealer replace any bulbs for
you, s ince your dealer has the proper tools, th e
correct bulbs and the expertise .
Gas discharge lamps (Xenon lights):
Due to the high electrical voltage, have the bulbs
replaced by a qualified technic ian . Headlights
with Xenon light can be identified by the high
voltage sticker.
LED headlights*
LED headlights require no maintenance. Please
contact your authorized Audi dealer if a bulb needs to be replaced.
A WARNING
Contact w ith high-voltage components of the
electrical system and improper replacement
of gas d ischarge (Xenon) headl ight bulbs can
cause se rious personal injury and death.
- Xenon bulbs are pressurized and can ex­
plode when be ing changed .
- Chang ing Xenon lamps requires the spec ial
train ing, instructions and equipment .
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-On ly an authorized Audi dealer or other
qualif ied workshop should change the bu lbs
in gas discharge lamps.
A WARNING
There are parts with sharp edges on the open­
ings and on the bulb holders that can cause
serious cuts .
- If you are uncertain about what to do, have
the work performed by an author ized Audi
dealer or other qualified workshop . Ser ious
pe rsonal injury may res ult from improperly
pe rformed wor k.
(D Tips
- If you still prefer to replace the light bulbs
yourself, be aware that the engine compart­
ment is a hazardous area to wo rk in
~page 189 ~.&.
-It is best to ask your authorized Audi dea ler
w henever you need to change a bulb.

Emergency situations
@ Tips
The discharged battery must be properly con­
nected to the vehicle's electrical system .
When jump starting or charging the battery,
never connect the negative ground cable to
the battery negative post because the battery
manager system must be able to detect the
battery's state of charge. Always connect the
negat ive g round cable to the negative ground
post of the battery manager control unit.
Use of jumper cables
Make sure to connect the jumper cable clamps in
exactly the order described below!
Fig . 205 Engine compartmen t: connecto rs for jump start
cables and charger
@
F ig . 206 Jump starting w it h the battery of anot her vehicle :
@-booster battery, @- discha rged vehicle battery
The procedure described below for connecting
jumper cables is intended to provide a jump start
for your veh icle.
Vehicle with discharged battery:
• Turn off lights and accessories, move lever of
automatic transmission to N (Neutral) or P (Park) and set park ing brake.
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Connect POSITIVE(+) to POSITIVE(+) (red)
• Open the red cover on the positive terminal
i:!.> fig. 205.
1. Connect one end of the red positive cable on
the
jump start bolt ~ fig. 206@ (bolt under
the red cover= "positive") of the vehicle to be
started @.
2. Connect the other end to the positive termi-
nal @of the booster battery @.
Connect NEGATIVE(-) to NEGATIVE(-)
(black)
3. Connect one end of the black negative cable
to the negative terminal @ of the booster
battery @.
4. Connec t the other end to the
jump start pin
@ (bolts with hex head bolt= "negative") of
the vehicle to be started @.
Starting the engine
• Start the eng ine of the vehicle with the booster
battery @. Run the eng ine at a moderate
speed.
• Sta rt engine w ith discharged vehicle battery@
in the usual manner.
• If the engine fails to start, do not keep the
starter cranking for longer than 10 seconds.
Wait for about 30 seconds and then try again.
• With engine running, remove jumper cables
from both veh icles in the exact
reverse order.
• Close the red cover on the pos itive terminal.
The battery is vented to the outside to prevent
gases from entering the vehicle interior . Make
sure that the jumper clamps are well connected
with their metal parts in full contact w ith the
battery terminals.
A WARNING
To avoid serious personal injury and damage
to the vehicle, heed all warnings and instruc­
tions of the jumper cable manufacturer. If in
doubt, call for road service .
- Jumper cables must be long enough so that
the vehicles do not touch.
- When connecting jumper cables, make sur e
that they cannot get caug ht in any moving
pa rts in the engine compartment.
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a co .... N
" N .... 0 0 \.J ' Numbers and
Symbols
4-zone deluxe automatic climate control 58
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Key recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Residual heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
A
A/C (4-zone de luxe automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
A/C (deluxe automatic climate control) 59
ABS
refer to Anti-lock braking system . . . . . . . 119
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52, 249
Active lane assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Adjusting the vibration warning . . . . . . . . . 97
Clean ing the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Adapt ive a ir suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Adaptive cruise control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Braking guard ................. ..... .. 91
Cleaning the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . . 91
Stop -and-go traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Adjusting air distribution (4-zone de luxe auto­
matic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Adjusting air distribution (deluxe automatic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Adjust ing the temperature (4-zone deluxe au­
tomatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Adjusting the temperature (deluxe automat ic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Advanced key
refer to Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Advanced Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 149
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Ch ild ren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Index
Child r estraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Danger of fitting a child seat on the front
passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146, 14 7
How do the front a irbags work? . . . . . . . . 152
How many a irbags does my vehicle have? 149
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work togethe r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Important safety instructions on the knee
airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 154
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
S ide a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
S ide curta in a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Warning/Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
When must the system be inspected? . . . 154
Air suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Alarm system
refer to Anti-theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . 30
Alignment pin (tire changing) . . . . . . . . . . . 226
All -weather lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
All season ti res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
All wheel drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Alternator
refer to Alternator (indicator light) . . . . . . 14
Alternator (indicator light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Amb ient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Anti-freeze Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Anti- lock braking system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti-Slip Regu lation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Anti -theft alarm system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
ASR
refer to Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Audi braking guard
refer to Braking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Audi drive select
refer to Drive se lect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
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Index
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 24 7
AUTO 4-zone deluxe automatic climate cont rol . . 61
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
D eluxe automatic climate control . . . . . . . . 59
Auto Lock (central locking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7
Automatic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Key recogn ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Automatic key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Automatic post-collision braking system . . 119
Autom atic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Em ergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
H ill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Selector lever emergency re lease . . . . . . . . 80
Selector lever pos itions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5
Shifting manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Steer ing whee l with shift paddles . . . . . . . . 78
tiptronic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . .
44
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Average consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
B
Battery
Ju mp starting ...... .......... .. .. .. .
also refer to Vehicl e battery .......... .
Before driving
Belt tensioner 239
19 7
125
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Blower (4-zone deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Blower (deluxe automatic climate control) . . 59
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Brake assist .. .. ............. .... .. . 119
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Ceram ic brake rotors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
E lect romechan ical park ing brake . . . . . . . . 72
252
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 17
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Braking guard ..... .. .. ............. ... 91
93
Messages
Settings ............................ 93
Break-in security featu re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Breaking in New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
N . ew engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Bu lbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
C
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 190
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Capacities Fuel tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Cargo area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Cata lytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
C . k onvernence ey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Mechanically locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Su nroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
C entra l locking switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Ceramic brake rotors
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 20
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Changing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Child res tra ints
Danger of using child res traints in the front
seat............................... 143
Where can I get additiona l information
abo ut child restraints and their use? . . . . 184
Child res traint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 180

Index
Cylinder management
refer to Cylinder on demand system . . . . . . 20
Cyli nder on dema nd syste m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
D
Data recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Date display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Daytime runni ng lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Declaration of compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
D efective light bulb warning
Indicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7
Defrost ing (windows)
4- zone deluxe au toma tic climate con trol . . 6 1
D eluxe a utomat ic cli mate contro l . . . . . . . . 59
D EF (instrument cluste r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
De luxe a utomatic climate contro l
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Determin ing cor rec t load l imi t . . . . . . . . . . 215
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Dimming the rea rview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Distance dr iven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Door/rear lid warn ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Doors Chi ld safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
C losing aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Mechanically lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Dr iver inform ation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
C D/rad io disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9
D oor/l uggage compartment lid warning . . 19
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
E xterior temperature disp lay . . . . . . . . . . . 19
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Serv ice i nterval d isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
D river seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
D rive se lect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Driving economically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Dr iving safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Driving throug h water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Driving time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Dus t fi lte r
refer to Po llutant filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Dynamic steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Indicator l ight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
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E
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Economy tips (efficiency program) . . . . . . . . 21
E DL
refer to E lectronic D ifferent ial Lock . . . . . 119
Effic iency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
E lectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . . 72
E lectromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
El ectron ic Diffe renti al Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Ind icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
E lectron ic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
E lectron ic stab ilization control . . . . . . . . . . 119
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Sport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
E mergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Emergency b raking fu nction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
E mergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
E mergency ope ra tion
Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Se lector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Su nroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
E mergency release
Fuel f iller door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Emissions control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
En ergy managemen t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 23
Ind icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Engine Coo la nt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Start ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Start ing wi th ju mpe r ca bles . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Warming up/cooling down . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
E ngine compartment
Open ing/clos ing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Overv iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Safety precau tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
E n gine contro l (ind icator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 16
E ngine o il
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Chang ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Checking o il level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Index
Opening/closing
Using the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
W ith the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
also refer to Unlock ing/ locking . . . . . . . . . . 24
Othe r consumers (eff iciency p rogram) . . . . . 2 1
Overview (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
p
Paint damage
P a int number
Park ing aid 223
2 4 5
C lean ing senso rs/camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Parking brake
refer to Electromechanical parki ng brake . 72
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Park ing system
refer to Par king systems . . . . . . . . . . 108, 109
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Ad justing the display/warning tone . . . . . 117
Clea ning the rearv iew camera . . . . . . . . . . 109
Ma lfunct io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
P a rk ing system pl us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
P e riphe ral c ameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
P e riphe ral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
T rai ler hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
P a rk ing (automat ic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 76
Parking (valet parking function) . . . . . . . . . . 36
P a rts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 9
Pass-throug h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . . 154
P asse nger protec tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Pedestrian detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Pe riphe ral display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Phys ica l pr inc iples of a frontal collision . . . 135
P olishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Pollen filter
refer to Pollutant filte r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Pollutant fi lter .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 58
P owe r
Seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
258
Power windows
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Convenience open ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Preg nan t women
Spec ia l considerat ions when wearing a sa fe -
ty be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
P re sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Pressure Tire pressure mo nitor ing system . . . . . . . 219
T ires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
P retensioners
Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
P reve nta tive passe nger protec tion . . . . . . . . 94
Proper occupant seat ing pos itions . . . . . . . 126
P roper safety be lt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
P roper seating position
Front passenge r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7
O ccu pan ts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 26
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
P rotecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Q
quattro (all whee l dr ive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Se lective wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . 119
Question What happens to unbe lted occ upants? 135
R
Radio Standards Specification ( RSS)
250
Rail car rie r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Rain/ light sensor
Head lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Intermittent (windsh ie ld w ipers) . . . . . . . . 44
Raising the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Range (fue l level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Reading lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Rear lid
refer to L uggage compa rtment lid . . . . . . . 30
Rear light Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . 108, 109

Index
Seating position
Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
How to adjust the front seats . . . . . . . . . . 127
Incorrect seat posi tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Occupa nts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Seats Ad justing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Convenience s ide v iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
M assage f unct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Seats (number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Seat venti lation (4-zone de luxe automatic cli­
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Select ive whee l torque contro l . . . . . . . . . . 119
Selector lever (automat ic transmission)
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Serv ice and d isposa l
Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Serv ice inte rval d isplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 44
Shift padd les (automatic transmission) . . . . 78
Ship carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Side airbags Descr ipt io n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
H ow t hey work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Adj usting the br ightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Clean ing the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Sw itchi ng on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Descr ipt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
H ow they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Safety instruct ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Ski bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Secur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Snow chains
Socket ...... .. .. ................ ... . .
So urces of information about c hild restraints 2
17
52
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
260
Space -saving spare t ire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Spare t ire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4
Sport different ial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Star button
. .. .. .. ' . .. ... .. ..... ... .. . 20
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
E ngine does not swi tch off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Engine starts automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Indicator lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Start ing/stopping the eng ine . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Switc hing off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
STAR T ENG IN E ST OP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Start ing to drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Start ing (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 70
Stee ring
E lectromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Indicator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 122
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
also refer to Electromechanical steering . 122
Stee ring w heel
Buttons ... .. .. .... .. ... .. ..... ... .. . 20
Easy seat entry ..... .. ... .. ..... ... .. . 67
Manua l adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Power ad justment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
S hi ft paddles (automatic transm iss ion) . . . 78
Steering wheel heat ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Steps for determining cor rect load limit ... 215
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 70
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Stor age hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
S tronic (automat ic transmiss ion) . . . . . . . . . 74
La unch control p rogram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Suns hade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 44
Su n visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Symbols
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10, 19

a co .... N
" N .... 0 0 \.J ' Tail lights Cleaning 222
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Technical modifica tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Temperature disp lay
Exterior temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Temperature ind icator
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
T ie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 , 132
T ime . .. .. .. .. ............... .. .. .. .. 22
tiptron ic mode (automatic transmission) . . . 78
tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 74
Tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
All whee l driv e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Low -profile ti res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Repl acing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Tire pressure monitoring system .. . 218 ,219
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Tire pressure (trailer towing) . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Unidirectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Uniform tire quality grading ..... ..... . 217
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 204
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Towing Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
T owing loop ... ................ .. 241 ,242
TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System) .. 219
Trailer tow ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Parking systems .............. .. .. .. . 117
Trailer load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Transmission malfunction (indicator light) . . 79
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
u
Unfastening safety belts 139
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Index
Unlocking/locking
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
With the centra l locking switch . . . . . . . . . 28
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
V
Valet parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Out of serv ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Spec ificat ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24S
T ransporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 198
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Winter operat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Vehicle care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Vehicle jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226, 229
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
VIN ........ ... .. .. ................ . 245
Warming up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Warning/Indicator lights Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Warning lights
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Warning triangle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Warranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Washer fluid level (indicator l ight) . . . . . . . . 17
Washing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 1
Weights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
What happens if you wear your safety belt too
loose? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Wha t happens to unbelted occupants? . . . . 135
What impairs driving safety? . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Whee l bolts .. .. .. .. ................ . 216
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