ignition AUDI A6 2021 Owner´s Manual

Emergency assistance

(50 km), then transport the vehicle ona
special carrier.
— If the vehicle is towed by a tow truck at the
axle that is not permitted, this can cause se-
vere damage to the transmission.
— The vehicle must not be tow started for
technical reasons.
@) Tips
— If the power supply is interrupted, then it
will not be possible to move the selector
lever out of the "P" position. The parking
lock must be released using the emergency
release before towing the vehicle
=> page 101.
— Switch Audi pre sense* off > page 153 when
loading the vehicle onto a vehicle carrier,
train, ship, or other type of transportation,
or when towing the vehicle. This can prevent
an undesired intervention from the pre
sense* system.
— Follow the local legal regulations for tow-
ing.
Read and follow the important information under
=> page 295.
Preparations
> Only secure the towing cable or tow bar at the
designated towing loops > page 296,
=> page 297.
> Make sure the towing cable is not twisted. Oth-
erwise it could disconnect from the towing loop
while towing.
> Switch the emergency flashers on in both
vehicles > page 56. However, do not do this if it
prohibited by law.
Towing vehicle (front)
> Only start to drive when the towing cable is
taut.
> Press the brake pedal very carefully.
> Avoid sudden braking or driving maneuvers.
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Vehicle being towed (rear)
> Make sure the ignition is switched on so that
the steering wheel is not locked and so that you
can use the turn signals, the horn, and the
windshield wipers if needed > /A\.
> Switching it off before the vehicle has stopped
may
impair the function of the brake booster
and power steering. You would then need to
use more force to steer and brake the vehicle.
> Release the parking brake > page 107.
> Select the “N” selector lever position.
> Make sure the towing cable is always taut.

ZA\ WARNING
— Never tow a vehicle using a tow bar or tow-
ing cable if the vehicle does not have electri-
cal power.
— If the vehicle runs out of power while it is
being towed, stop towing the vehicle imme-
diately and consult an authorized Audi deal-
er or qualified repair facility.
Front towing loop


Fig. 183 Front bumper: installing the towing loop
The threaded opening for the towing loop is lo-
cated on the right side of the front bumper.
> Remove the towing loop from the vehicle tool
kit > page 286.
> Press the cap inward with brief, strong pressure
> fig. 183. The cap will loosen from the bump-
er.
> Tighten the towing eye as far as it will go into
the mount. Use a suitable object to tighten the
towing eye completely and securely in the
mount.

Fuses and bulbs



Fig. 186 Driver’s side footwell (left-hand drive vehicles):
footrest @, front passenger’s side footwell (right-hand
drive vehicles): cover @)

Fig. 187 Left side of cockpit: cover @), luggage compart-
ment floor: fuse panel cover @)
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A fuse that has blown will have metal strips that
have burned through.
The fuses are located in the left footwell under
the footrest (left-hand drive vehicles) (4) or be-
hind a cover (right-hand drive vehicles)
left front side of the cockpit @), or in the luggage
compartment floor (4).

> Switch the ignition and all electrical equipment
off.
> Check the table that follows to see which fuse
belongs to the equipment.
> Remove the screwdriver from the vehicle tool
kit > page 286.
> Remove the appropriate cover.
> Remove the colored plastic clip from the fuse
panel, if necessary.
> Remove the clamps from the fuse panel cover
in the footwell @ or @)
> Remove the fuse using the clip.
> Replace the blown fuse only with a fuse that
has the same amp rating.
> Reinstall the plastic bracket.
> Install the cover.

Fuse color identification









Color Current rating
in amps
Black 1
Gray 2
Purple 3
Pink 4
Light brown 5
Brown 1.5
Red 10
Light blue 15
Yellow 20
White ortransparent |25
Light green 30
Teal 35
Orange 40
Z\ WARNING
Do not repair fuses and never replace a blown

fuse with one that has a higher amp rating.

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Fuses and bulbs


This can cause damage to the electrical sys-
tem and increases the risk of fire.
() Note
If a new fuse burns out again shortly after you
have installed it, have the electrical system
checked as soon as possible by an authorized
Audi dealer or authorized Audi Service Facili-
ty.
G@) Tips
— The following table does not list fuse loca-
tions that are not used.


— Some of the equipment listed in the follow-
ing tables applies only to certain model ver-
sions or certain optional equipment.
Fuse assignment - left footwell
Fuse panel @® (black)

4 |Engine components



S| Brake light sensor
6 |Engine valves
7 |Engine components
8 |Engine components
9 Engine components, 48 V water pump, 48
V drivetrain generator

10 | Oil pressure sensor, oil temperature sensor

Engine components, 48 V water pump, 48
11 |V drivetrain generator, 12 V drivetrain gen-
erator

12 | Engine valves, engine mount

13 | Engine cooling

14 | Engine control module, fuel injectors

Engine sensors, ignition coils, oxygen sen-
sors
15

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Fig. 188 Left footwell: fuse panel with plastic clip
The fuse assignment @) and @) is in the opposite
order on right-hand drive vehicles.
16 | Fuel pump






Fuse panel (2) (red)
No. | Equipment
1 |Anti-theft alarm system
2 | Engine control module
3 | Left front lumbar support
5 |Horn
6 | Parking brake
7 | Diagnostic interface
8 |Roof electronics control module
9 | Driver assistance systems control module
10 | Airbag control module
iW Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC), An-
ti-Lock Braking System (ABS)

12 | Diagnostic connection, light/rain sensor

Climate control system, vehicle electrical
1
3 system control module

14 | Right front door control module


Fuse panel (@) (black)
No. | Equipment

Climate control system compressor, vehi-
15
cle electrical system control module


Catalytic converter heating
Auxiliary battery control module, brake
16 ;
system pressure reservoir


2 |Engine components


Engine components

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Fuse panel @) (red) (
No. | Equipment 9 |Adaptive cruise assist, front wheel sensors
1 | Engine ignition coils 11 Intersection assistant, driver assist sys-
3 |High-voltage heating, compressor tems
5 |Engine mount 12
| Exterior sound generator
6 |Automatic transmission 15 [USB input
7 |Instrument panel
8 |Climate control system blower Fuse assignment - left side of cockpit
9 |Windshield wiper control module











10 | Dynamic steering
11 | Engine start
12 | Electric oil pump
Fuse panel @) (black)
No. | Equipment
1 |Front seat heating
2 |Windshield wipers
3 | Left headlight electronics
4 | Panoramic glass roof
5 | Left front door control module
6 | Sockets
7 |Right rear door control module
8 |All wheel drive control module
9 | Right headlight electronics

Windshield washer system/headlight

























10 Fig. 189 Left side of th kpit: f L with plasti
washer system control module fin Oe a
11 | Left rear door control module
12 | Parking heater Fuse panel (d) (black)
: No. | Equipment
Fuse panel (5) (brown) a P -
= 2 |Steering column adjustment
No. | Equipment
— - > 3 |DVD drive
Seat ventilation, seat electronics, rearview -
-
1 mirror, rear climate control system control 4 | Steering column electronics
panel, diagnostic connection, traffic infor- 5 |Light switch, switch panels
mation antenna (TMC) 6 |Volume control
2 Vehicle electrical system control module, 7 |Instrument cluster
diagnostic interface 8 |Upper/lower display
3_| Sound generator 9 | Steering wheel heating
4 |Transmission heating valve —
5 [engine start Fuse panel) (Gravn)
7 |Active accelerator pedal No. equipment
8 | Night vision assist 2 |Infotainment system
3 | Audi music interface
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Data privacy

typically 30 seconds or less. The EDR in this vehi-
cle is designed to record such data as:
— How various systems in your vehicle were oper-
ating;
— Whether or not the driver and passenger safety
belts were buckled/fastened;
— How far (if at all) the driver was depressing the
accelerator and/or brake pedal; and,
— How fast the vehicle was traveling.
These data can help provide a better understand-
ing of the circumstances in which crashes and in-
juries occur. NOTE: EDR data are recorded by your
vehicle only if a non-trivial crash situation occurs;
no data are recorded by the EDR under normal
driving conditions and no personal data (e.g.
name, gender, age, and crash location) are re-
corded. However, other parties, such as law en-
forcement, could combine the EDR data with the
type of personally identifying data routinely ac-
quired during a crash investigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR, special equip-
ment is required, and access to the vehicle or the
EDR is needed. In addition to the vehicle manu-
facturer, other parties, such as law enforcement,
that have the special equipment, can read the in-
formation if they have access to the vehicle or the
EDR.
Assist system monitor
This vehicle is equipped with an Assist System
Monitor (ASM). The ASM collects data that is not
stored by the EDR in the event of an accident. The
main task of the ASM is to make it possible to un-
derstand the role and the behavior of the assist
systems in these accident situations. In addition
to the data that the EDR stores, the ASM records
data related to the assist systems starting sever-
al seconds before the accident or near-accident.
The data collected by ASM depends on the equip-
ment and may include the following information:
status information of the assist systems (for ex-
ample, if they are switched on or off, system
events, etc.), control interventions (for example,

D_ System availability may be limited depending on the mar-
ket.
2) In preparation at the time of printing.
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by ESC, ABS, Audi pre sense’, etc.), and assist
systems settings (such as speed settings).
Special devices and access to the vehicle or to the
ASM are necessary in order to read the data from
the ASM memory. In addition to the vehicle man-
ufacturer, third parties such as law enforcement
authorities can also read and analyze the stored
data if they have access to the vehicle or to the
ASM.
Data usage
Audi can read out the information stored in the
data memories or similar data, or give this infor-
mation to third parties, especially in the follow-
ing situations:
— If the vehicle owner or lessee agrees
— If there is an official request from the police
— Ifa court or authorities request it
If legally permitted, Audi can also use the data
for analysis of vehicle operation and safety per-
formance or provide this data to third parties for
research purposes.
Data memory for autonomous driving!)
Applies to: vehicles with data memory for autonomous driv-
ing
When park assist plus is active > page 170, data
is stored in a memory in the vehicle. This data is
continuously overwritten by more current data
after a few seconds. The data is erased when the
ignition is switched off.
In certain situations, such as if an airbag has
been triggered or a parking process was ended,
the corresponding technical data may be stored
in the data memory for autonomous driving. The
data memory for autonomous driving is a read-
only memory that has a limited amount of stor-
age space. If the storage space is full, the oldest
data will be overwritten with the newest data. >

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Exporting data
You can read out the data memory for autono-
mous driving and export this data to a USB stick.
The settings depend on the vehicle equipment.
Requirement: the vehicle must be stationary, the
automated systems must not be active, and the
ignition must be switched on. A USB stick must
be connected to the USB input.
» Applies to: MMI: Select on the home screen:
SETTINGS > Data management > Statistics.
> Follow the instructions in the MMI.
The export will be canceled if you switch menus,
for example.
Recorded data
— Driver interactions (such as the driver pressing
the brake pedal)
— Vehicle dynamics (such as speed)
— Status of automated systems
— Control requests
— Relevant measurements from monitoring the
surroundings
— Image data from monitoring the surroundings
— System status, timestamp, and vehicle location
when deactivating/activating park assist plus
You can find additional information in the MMI:
— Applies to: MMI: Select on the home screen:
SETTINGS > General > Legal notes > About the
data memory.
@) Tips
— The data is processed and stored locally in
the vehicle. It is not automatically transmit-
ted to Audi or other third parties, for exam-
ple through the cloud. The owner or driver is
responsible for the data. Audi does not have
access to it.
— For additional information and the evalua-
tion of data, please contact Audi Customer
Care.
Transmitted information
Data collection
Applies to: vehicles with data collection
Depending on the country, Audi may collect data
for the following purposes, for example: offer
and product optimization, public safety, provision
of Audi connect remote vehicle services, and
adaptation to customer expectations. For exam-
ple, various technical function data, environmen-
tal data, driving data, and usage data will be col-
lected for a specific purpose and forwarded to
Audi. The data will be sent from the vehicle at
the time the data was collected.
Applies to: MMI: You can find additional informa-
tion about data collection in the MMI. Select on
the home screen: SETTINGS > General > Legal
notes > About Audi connect.
If you would like to deny data transmission to
Audi, contact an authorized Audi dealer or au-
thorized Audi Service Facility for more informa-
tion. You also have the option to deactivate data
transmission within the privacy settings.
Privacy settings
Applies to: vehicles with Audi connect
> Applies to MMI: Select on the home screen:
SETTINGS > Privacy settings.
When using Audi connect services or during data
collection, data will be transmitted from the ve-
hicle.
> To display additional information about the pri-
vacy settings and the associated symbols in the
status bar, press @ in the MMI.
Requirement: the ignition must be switched on.
Setting the maximum privacy settings
When the Activate privacy mode function is
switched on, the data connection is deactivated
or sending of data is restricted, but all safety-re-
lated, legal, or contractually required Audi con-
nect
services remain activated. The majority of
the Audi connect services are deactivated.
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Index

Head restraints
Adjusting ...... 0... 69
Removing and installing................ 69
Heated rear window.............02.000 ee 93
Heated steering wheel...........-.000 eee 94
Heating .... 2.0... 66. cece cece eee ee eee 91
HFP
refer to Hands Free Profile............. 181
High beams
High beam assistant................... 54
Highway lights; «s+ secs 2+ seeues verses 53
Hill descent assist..................00. 110
Hill descent control.............0000 00 109
Hill hold assist... 02... ee eee eee eee 98
Home
refer to Home address................ 206
Home address............- 00 eee eee ee 206
HomeLink
refer to Garage door opener............. 50
Home screen......... 000.0000 cee eee eee 19
HOM... ee eee 6
Hotspot
FEPEPEO WI-ELs s x wave & 2 gees s i oeles & 2 ee 195
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Ignition
Switching onvand Off’: «sass a & wows so warns 4 96
Imbalance (wheels). = 5 seas ss peas ss sees s 265
Immobilizer
refer to Electronic immobilizer........... 39
Inclinometer:s « « s<0s s ¢ exes ss mews ov eee 109
Indicator lights = saws ss wees = x wees ee wees eee 7
IASPeCtion interval ss cece « x wows sy Des Ze 255
Instrument cluster...............00000 ee 12
Adjusting the layout.................0. 14
CLEAN’. 5s sexes ao ornare os ummens © a enon ee 283
Engine code.......... eee eee eee eee 236
Failut@ws : sees s pee & s quem & ¥ HORE EERE 12
On=board: compute siicss se sees sv cress oo vw 17
Operating............... 0.00.00. e eee 13
Service interval display................ 255
Software information................. 236
Switching tabs............... 20.0. 0005 13
Switching the view...............-000 05 14
Vehicle Functions « sss + exes oe omens ee oer 16
Version information..............0005 236
320
Instrument illumination................. 58
Integrated assistance. ..............000. 20
Integrated Toll Module................. 133
Intelligent search
Navigation cis « cesses x ruses wo cause ao amuse 201
Interior lighting..................00- 57,58
Interior MONItoring:. « s geass ¢ cows oe cows oe 38
Intermittent mode (windshield wipers) ..... 60
International travel sc i. ssas ss eeas teens 196
Internet
refer to‘cOnnect, « : sevus s een sy ees ees 192
Internet radio
refer to Online radio.............. 216, 217
Intersection assistant.................. 157
TOMIZEP ie: ¢ 3 sees 2 ees ¢ ¢ eee § 2 ee ce ees 93
iPhone
refer to Audi music interface........... 222
J
JUMPIStArtING ccsssne 5 was es wees eo wou 6 3 oe 293
K
Key's « cows = v gees oy cas = Corea gz ne a 35,39
Convenience opening and closing......... 48
Key replacement......... 0c eee eee eee 39
Mechanical key.............--0-e eee eee 39
NOt reeogmized «i sess + o suinaus a o manasa 6 oneumis 97
PANIC button.............-.....000000 39
Replacing the battery.................. 4l
Unlocking and locking...............005 40
Vehicle code... . 0.2... eee eee eee 39
Key user... 2... eee eee eee 33
RiGKSGOWIE « o sss « cases 6 o caeenie w & etomege wo 0 4 100
L
Lane assist
refer to Lane departure warning......... 149
refer to Lane guidance................ 149
Lane departure warning................. 149
Cleaning the camera area.............. 281
Lane guidance............ eee eee eee eee 141
Lap EIMers « = seas = 2 aes 7 e mee ce eee ta: 130
LASEF LIQHtiNG css asc ¢ ¥ aces ¢ o Ges > F Oe 55
Laser scanner........ 20.00 eee eee eee 123
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