seats AUDI A7 2018 Workshop Manual

Wheel s
Glossary of tire and loading
terminology
Accessory weight
means the combined weight (in
excess of those standard items
which may be replaced) of auto­ matic transmission, power steer­
ing , power brakes , power win­
dows , power seats, radio, and
heater, to the extent that these
items are available as factory-in­
stalled equipment (whether in­
stalled or not).
Aspect ratio
means the ratio of the height to
the width of the tire in percent. Numbers of 55 or lower indicate a
low sidewall for improved steer­
ing response and better overall
handling on dry pavement .
Bead
means the part of the tire that is
made of steel wires, wrapped or
reinforced by ply cords and that is
shaped to fit the rim.
Bead separation
means a breakdown of the bond
between components in the bead.
208
Cord
means the strands forming the
plies in the tire.
Cold tire inflation pressure
means the t ire pressure recom­
mended by the vehicle manufac­
turer for a tire of a designated
size that has not been driven for
more than a couple of miles (kilo ­
meters) at low speeds in the
three hour period before the tire pressure is measured or adjusted.
Curb weight
means the weight of a motor ve­
hicle w ith standard equipment in­
cluding the maximum capacity of
fuel, oil, and coolant, ai r condi­
tioning and additional weight of
optional equipment.
E x tra load ti re
means a tire designed to operate
at higher loads and at higher in­
flation pressures than the corre­
sponding standard tire. Extra load
tires may be identified as "X L",
"
l" "EXTRA LOAD" or "RF" on X I I
the sidewall. .,.

Fuses
Fuse panel© (brown)
No. Equipment
1 I nfota inment system
2 Infotainment system
3
Infota inment, automatic dimming inter ior
rearv iew mir ror
4 Rearview camera/per ipheral cameras
s TV tuner
6 Tank leak detect ion system
7 Sockets
8 Park ing heater
10 Lumbar support (front passenger's seat)
11 Emergency call
12 Infotainment system
Fuse panel @ (black)
No. Equipment
Air suspens ion, adapt ive dampers , sport
1 different ial, elect romechan ical pa rking
brake
2
Clutch pedal position sensor/automat ic
transmission
3 Seats
4 Rear wiper (Avant)
s Side assist
6 Engine sound
7 Infotainment/sound amplifier
8 Gateway
9 Sport differential
10 Climate control system
1 1
T ire pressure monitoring system, parking
heater
12 Sta rt/Stop system
Fuse panel ® (black)
No . Equipment
1 Special purpose vehicles/rear seats
Fuse panel ® (black)
No . Equipment
1 Rear window defogger
246

Index
ASR
re fer to Anti-Slip Regu lation . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Aud i b raking guard
refer to B raking gua rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Aud i drive select
refer to Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 255
AUTO 4-zone deluxe automatic climate control . . 6 1
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
D eluxe automatic climate contro l . . . . . . . . 59
Auto Lock (centra l locki ng) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 41
Autom atic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Key recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Automatic key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Automatic post-co llision brak ing system . . 120
Automatic transm ission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Hill descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Overboost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Selector lever emergency re lease . . . . . . . . 80
Selector lever pos itions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Shifti ng manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Steer ing whee l w ith shift padd les . . . . . . . . 78
tiptron ic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Ave rage consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
B
Battery
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
also refer to Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Belt tensioner Dr ive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Blower (4-zone deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Blower (de luxe automatic climate contro l) . . 59
Boost display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
260
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Boost p ressure ind icator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Brake ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Brake booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Ceramic b rake roto rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
El ectromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 72
E mergency b raking fu nction . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Ind icator lig ht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 , 18
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
B raking guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Set tings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Break -in security feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Breaking in New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
C
Californ ia Propos ition 65 Warning . . . . . . . 194
Battery specif ic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Capacities Fuel tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Cargo area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Cata lytic conve rter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Centra l locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Convenie nce key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Mechan ica lly locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Power w indows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Remo te control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Centra l locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Ceramic brake rotors New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Chang ing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

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" N .... 0 00 \,;J ' Child restraints Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Where can I get additional information
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 188
Child restraint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 184
Ch ild safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
I mportant safety instructions for using chi ld
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
I mportant things to know when driving with
children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
T eth er straps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Ch ild safety lock
Power windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Child safety seats .................. .. . 176
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Convertible ch ild seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Convertible locking retractor . . . . . . . . . . 183
H ow do I properly install a child safety seat
. h' l
7 174 in my ve ,c e . ................. ..... .
Infant seats . ................. ..... . 176
Installing a child restr aint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
LA TCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
h ook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Secur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Unused safety belts on the rear seat . . . . 176
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
C leaning/remov ing ice from windows . . . . . 230
Cleaning Alcantara ................. .. . 231
C leaning artificia l leather......... ..... . 231
C leaning carbon parts ........ .. .. . 230 ,231
Cleaning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
C leaning decorative parts/trim . . . . . . . . . . 230
Cleaning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Cleaning exhaust tail pip es . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
C leaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Cleaning rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
C leaning textiles ................ ..... . 231
Index
Climate contro l system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Automatic recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Basic settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Closing Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Closing/ opening
By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Closing a id (doors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Cockpit (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136, 255
Consumption (fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Convenience key Start ing the engine (STAR T ENGINE S TOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Stopping the engine (STAR T ENG INE ST OP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Switching the ignition on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Convertible locking retractor
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 183
Cooling down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Cooling mode (4-zone deluxe automatic cli-
mate contro l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Cooling mode (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Cooling system Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Coolant level checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Coolant temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . . 9
I ndicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4
Cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Crossing water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
261

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" N .... 0 00 \,;J ' Engine compartment
Opening/closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . .
195
Overview ..... ................ ..... . 196
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Engine control (ind icator light) . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Engine oil Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
196
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Temperature indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
En gin e sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Engine speed limitation (indicator light) 17
Engine Start/Stop mode
refer to Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Engine warm-up request
I ndicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Environment Proper disposal of drained engine oil . . . .
198
Unleaded gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
EPC (engine control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
E SC
Automatic post-collision braking system . 120
also refer to Electronic stabilization con-
tro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
120
ESP
refer to Electronic stabilization control . . 120
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39
Exterior mirrors
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Dimming . .. .. ............... .. .. .. .. 43
Heating .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. .. .. 43
Exterior temperature display . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
F
Fastening
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 178
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Federa l Communications Commission (FCC)
258
Fl oor mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Folding the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Index
For the sake of the environment
Environmentally-friend ly driving . . . . . . . .
65
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Leaks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Warming up the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Freeze protection
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
199
Front airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
150
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 139
Front center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Front seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
131
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 14 7
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
189
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Current consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9, 10
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
190
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
65, 105
Fueling
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Opening the fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Fuses
Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
243
G
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . . 37
Garment hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
53
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
GAWR
refer to Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR) 254
Glasses holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . . 208
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
cooled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
263

Index
Gross Axle Weight Rating (GAWR)
Gross Vehicle Weight Rat ing (GVWR)
GVWR
refer to Gross Veh icle Weight
Rating (GVWR) .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. .. .
H
254
254
254
Head -up display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
H eadlight range con trol system . . . . . . . . . . 39
I ndicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
H eadlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
H eadlig ht range contro l system . . . . . . . . . 39
W asher system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
H ead restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Adjusting .. .. .. .............. 48, 49, 132
Removing and installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heated Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear window (4-zone deluxe automatic cli­
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Rea r window (deluxe automat ic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Sea ts (4 -zone deluxe automatic climate con -
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Seats (de luxe automatic climate contro l) . . 60
Was her nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
H ea ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
H eavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 140
H igh beams
Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Hi ll descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Hill hold ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
also refer to H ill hold ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Homelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
H ooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
H ow are child res tra int system an chors re lat-
ed to chi ld safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
H ow many airbags does my veh icle have? . . 153
How safety be lt pretens ioners work
144
I
I gnition
Indicato r light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5
Sw itching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
264
Imbalance (whee ls) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 14
Immobilize r ... ... .. .. ............. 23, 27
Important things to do before driving . . . . 129
Imprope rly wo rn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4
Ind icator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Inspection interva l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Installing child safety seats Safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Installing the upper tether strap on the an ­
c h orage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Instrument clus ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Ind icator lig hts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Adjust ing illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Interio r light ing
Amb ient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Front and rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Intermittent (windshie ld wipers) . . . . . . . . . 45
J
Jump-sta rt ing 247
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
K
Key.......... .. .. .. .. ............. ... 27
Ind icator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Mechan ica l key . .. .. .. ............. 2 7, 28
Replacing the batte ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Unl ocking/locking .... ... .. ..... ... 29, 31
Key recognit io n (climate control system) . . . 58
Kick -down (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . 78
K nee a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Desc rip tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Important safety instr uctions . . . . . . . . . . 164
L
Lane assis t
refer to Active lane ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

a co .... N
" N .... 0 00 \,;J ' Lap timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Evaluating times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Stopping timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
also refer to Lap timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
L ATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Installing a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
L eather care/clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
L ight
Ambient lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Coming/Leav ing home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
H eadlight flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
High beam assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Low beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Parking lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Light/rain sensor
Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Intermittent (windshield wipers) . . . . . . . . 45
L ighting
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
L ights
H eadlight range control system . . . . . . . . . 39
Interior/reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Locking/unlocking By remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the door lock cylinder . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
With the convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
L ow beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
L ower universal anchorages (Canada) . . . . . 184
Luggage compartment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
12 Volt socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Cover .. .. .. .. ................ ... .. .. 56
Increasing the size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Index
Luggage compartment net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Ski bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Storing cargo correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Stowing luggage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Tie -downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Luggage compartment lid
Closing button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Movement-activated opening . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Opening/closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Lumbar support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
M
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Maintenance intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) . . . . . . . 193
Massage function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Mechanical key .. .. .. ............... 27,28
Mechanica lly locking the front passenger
door........ ..... .. ................ .. 31
Memory funct ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Mirrors Dimming .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. . 43
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . . 158
Mult ifunct ion steer ing wheel.......... .. . 21
N
Natural leather care/clean ing
NHTSA 231
Contacting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Night vision assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cleaning the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Number of seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
0
Occupant seating positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Octane rating (gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
OF F (4-zone deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
OFF (deluxe automatic climate control) . . . . 59
265

a co .... N
" N
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rear light
Indica tor light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Rear shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Rear spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rearview camera
refer to Parking sys tems ....... .. . 109, 110
Rearview mirror dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear window defogger (4-zone deluxe auto ­
matic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Rear window defogger (deluxe automatic cli­
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Recirculation mode (4-zone deluxe automatic
climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Recirculation mode (de luxe automatic climate
control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Fu el filler door emergency release
192
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Personalizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Unlock ing/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Remote control operation Garage door opener (Home link) . . . . . . . . . 37
Removing the sid e trim pane l in the luggage
compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Replacing windshield wiper blades . . . . . . . . 46
Reporting Safety Defects ........ .. . 136, 137
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Resetting the trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Residual heat (4 -zone deluxe automat ic cli-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Reverse gear (automatic transmission) . . . . . 75
Rims . .. .. .. .. ............... .. .. .. . 220
Road carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
.... 0 ~ Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54, 254
' Index
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
also refer to Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
s
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Correct seating pos it ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Safety be lt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Safety belt height adjustment . . . . . . . . . 143
Safety belts worn by pregnant women . . . 143
Safety belt pretensioner Service and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Saf ety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138, 141
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Danger to passengers who do not wear a
safety belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Fastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Height adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Improperly worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Indicator light (front) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Not worn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Securing child saf ety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Special considerations fo r pregnant wom-
en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Unfastening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Warning/indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Worn properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Safety be lt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Safety instructions for side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
for using child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
for using safety b elts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System 160
Sav ing fuel
Cylinder on demand system . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Efficiency program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Seat adjustment Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
267

Index
Seat heating (4-zone deluxe automatic cli-
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Seat heating (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
60
Seating position
Driver
.. ... .. .. ................ ... .
Front passenger ................. ... .
H ow to adjust the front seats ... .. .. .. .
I ncorrect seat position ............ .. .
Occupants .. .. .. ............. .. .. .. . 130
13 1
131
133
130
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Seats Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Convenience s ide v iew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
F olding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Massage function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Seats (number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Seat ventilation (4 -zone deluxe automatic cli ­
mate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Selective wheel torque contro l . . . . . . . . . . 120
Selector
lever (automat ic transmission)
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7 s
Service and disposal
Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Shifting indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Shift paddles (automatic transmission) . . . . 78
Ship carrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Side airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Adjusting the br ightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Clean ing the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Sensor range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
D .. escnpt 1on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
How they work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Ski bag ...... .. .. ................ ... .. 57
Secur ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
268
Snow chains
Socket
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use .. .. .. .. .. ............. . . 221
52
188
Space-saving spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Spoiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Sport differential Indicator light 105
18
Star button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Engine does not switch off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Engine starts automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Starting/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Switching off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
START ENGINE STOP button . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Starting to drive ..... .. ................ 74
Start ing (engine) 68, 70
Steering Electromechanical steering . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 124
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
also refer to Electromechanical steering . 124
Steering wheel Buttons ......... .. .. ................ 21
Easy seat entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Manua l adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Power adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Shift paddles (automatic transm iss ion) . . . 78
Steering wheel heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Steps for determining correct load limit ... 219
Stopping (engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 70
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Storage hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
S tronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . . 7
4
Launch control program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Convenience opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44