phone AUDI A8 2017 Repair Manual

Consumer inf orm ation
@ For the sake of the env ironment
- Changing the engine settings wi ll adversely
affect emission levels. Th is is detrimental to
the environment and increases fuel con­
sumption.
- Always observe environmental regu lations
when disposing of old engine o il, used brake
flu id, d irty engine coolant, spent batteries
or worn out tires.
- Undeployed airbag modules and pretension­
ers might be classified as Perchlorate Mate­
rial -special handl ing may apply, see
www.dtsc .ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlo­
r ate. When the vehicle or parts of the re­
straint system including airbag modu les
safety be lts wi th pretensioners are scrap­
ped, all applicab le laws and regulations
must be observed. Your authorized Audi
dealer is familiar with these requirements
and we recommend that you have your deal­ er perform this service for you.
Accessories and technical changes
Additional accessories and parts replacement
Always consult on authorized Audi dealer before
purchasing accessories.
Your vehicle incorporates the latest safety design
features ensuring a high standard of active and passive safety.
This safety could be comp romised by non-ap­
proved changes to the vehicle. For this reason, if
parts have to be replaced, please observe the fo l­
lowing points when insta lling addit ional accesso­
ries:
Approved Audi accessories and genuine Audi parts are available from author ized Audi dealers.
These dealers also have the necessary facilities,
too ls and trained specialists to install the parts
and accessories properly.
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A WARNING
-
Using the wrong spare parts or using non-ap-
proved accessories can cause damage to the
vehicle and serious personal i njury.
- Use on ly accessories expressly approved by
Aud i and genuine Audi spare parts
- These parts and accessor ies have been spe­
cially designed to be used on your vehicle.
- Do not use license plate brackets in the
front area that are d ifferent from the one
installed at the fac tory, or add additional li­
cense plate brackets.
- Never install accessor ies such as telephone
cradles or beverage holders on airbag covers
or w it hi n the airbag deployment zones. Do­
ing so will i ncrease t he risk of injury if a ir­
bags are triggered in an accident!
- Before you check anything in the eng ine
compa rtment, always read and heed all
WARN INGS ¢page 271.
(D Note
-If items other than genu ine A udi spa re
parts, add-on equipment and accessory
i t ems are used or if repair wor k is not per­
formed according to specified me thods, this
can resul t in severe damage to your vehi ­
cle's eng ine and body (such as corrosion)
and adve rsely affect your vehicle's warranty.
- The innovative aluminium concep t of your
Audi AB means that all servicing, repairs or
other work on the veh icle body must be car­
ried out exclus ively by an Audi workshop.
- If emergency repairs must be performed
elsewhere, have the vehicle exam ined by an
authorized Audi dealer as soon as possible.
- The manufacture r cannot be held liable for
damage which occurs d ue to failure to com­
ply with these stipulations.
Technical Modifications
Our guidelines must be complied with when tech­
nical modifications ore mode.
Always consult an authorized Audi dealer
befo re
starting work on any modifications .

This will help ensure that vehicle function, per ­
formance and safety are not impaired¢& .
Attempting to work on e lectronic components
and the so ftware used with them can cause ma l­
f u nctions. Because of the way electronic compo­
nents are inte rconnected with each other, such
malfunct ions can also have an adve rse affect on
other systems that are not directly involved . This
means that you risk both a substantia l reduction
in the operationa l safety of your veh icle and an
in creased wea r of ve hicle parts¢ .&,.
Author iz ed Audi dealers w ill perform this work in
a profess ional and competent manner or, in spe­
cial cases, refer you to a professional company
that spec ializes in such modifications .
A WARNING
Improper repairs and mod ificat ions can
change the way veh icle systems work and
cause damage to the veh icle and ser ious per ­
sonal injury.
([) Note
If emerg ency r epairs must be pe rformed else­
where, have the vehicle examined by an au­
t hori zed A udi d ealer as soon as possib le.
Declaration of
Compliance, Telecom­ munication or Electronic
Systems
Radio Frequency Devices and Radiocommunica ­
tion Equipment User Manual Notice .
The manufacturer is not respo nsible for any radio
or TV inte rferen ce caused by unauthor ized modi­
fications to this equipment .
Devices
The follow ing devices each comp ly w ith FCC Part
15. 19, FCC 15.2 1 and RS S-Gen Issue
1:
- Adaptive cruise control
o -Audi s ide ass ist co ....
~ - Cell phone pac kage
N 8 -Convenience key
0 :c -Electron ic immobilizer ' Con sumer inf ormation
- Head phones
- Homelink u niversa l remo te cont rol
- Remote cont rol key
- S8 plus : tire pressure monitoring system
FCC Part 15 .19
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC
Rules. Ope ration is subject to the follow ing two
condit ions:
(1) This device may not ca use ha rmf ul interfer ­
ence, and
(2) this devi ce must accep t any inte rference re­
ceived, incl uding interference that may cause un­
desired ope ration.
FCC Part 15.21
CAU TION:
Changes or mod ificat io ns not express ly app roved
by the pa rty responsible fo r compliance could
vo id the user's a uth o rit y to ope rate the equ ip­
ment.
RSS-Gen Issue 1
Operat io n is subject to the following two cond i­
t ions:
(1) this device may not cause inte rference, and
(2) this device must accep t any inte rference, in ­
cluding interference that may cause undes ired
operation of the dev ice .
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Index
A
A/C (a utomat ic cl imate contro l) . . . . . . . . . . 70
Accessories .. .. .. .. . .. .... .. .. .. .. 60 ,338
Active lane assist ( lane depa rture ass ist) . . 102
Clean ing the camera a rea . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Mes sages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Adapter cable (A udi music inter face) . . . . . 185
Adapt ive a ir suspension/sport . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Adapt ive c ru ise control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Clean ing the senso rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Adj usting the so und . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Ad justing the so und (tone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Adj usting the tempe rature (automatic climate
control system ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Ad justing the vol ume
R SE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
A irbag .. .. .. .. .. ............. .... .. . 226
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234, 244
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Ch ildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Ch ild rest raints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Compo nen ts (front a irbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 232
D anger of fitting a child seat on the fron t
p a ssenger sea t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 7
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
F ront airbags ..... . .. ..... ... .. . 230,23 1
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Mon ito ring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
PASS ENG ER AIR BAG O FF light . . . . . . . . . 237
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Safety ins tructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 3 Ant
i-free ze
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Ant i- L oc k Bra king System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . 126
Ant i-Slip Regu lation (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Audi connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Data p rotection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Se rvices (ove rview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Audi music inte rface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Adapter cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Connec ting and dis connect ing . . . . . . . . . 185
Screen settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Audio player
refer to Blue tooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Audio trac k (DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
A udi Se rvice Repair Manuals and Literatu re 33 6
A UTO
Automat ic climate control system . . . . . . . 70
Automat ic head ligh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Auto Lock (central locking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7
A utoma tic belt re trac tor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Automat ic climate contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Automat ic traffic rerouting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Automat ic transmission (tiptron ic) . . . . . . . . 83
E mergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Hill descent co ntrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Overboost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Parking lock emergency release . . . . . . . . . 88
Automat ic w ipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Auto Safety Hot line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Average economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 5
We igh t-sens ing ma t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
B
Aircraft
Tra nsport ing you r vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Air distribution (a utom atic cl imate cont ro l) . 71
Ai r pressure (T ire Pressu re Moni to ring Sys -
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
A ir suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Alignment pin (changing the whe el) . . . . . . 312
All seaso n tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Alter nat ive route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
340
BACK butto n 134
Ba lance (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 05
Be lt tens ioners . ... .. .. .... .... ... 216,224
B lended gaso line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
B lowe r (a utoma tic climate contro l) . . . . . . . . 71
B luetoot h
Audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Connect ing a cell phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

0 co .... N ,..._
N .... 0 0 :c ' Brake fluid
Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 279
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 79
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 81
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Braking Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Brak ing guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94, 99
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Break-in period
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
B reak ing in
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
N ew engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Ne w tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Browsing through album covers . . . . . . . . . 190
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
But tons
Mul tifunc tion steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 11
C
Cable (Audi music interface)
California Proposition 65 Warning ...... .
Battery specific .............. .. .... .
Call .. .. .. .. .. ............... .. .... . 185
272
280 149
Call list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Call options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Capacities Fuel tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Washer fluid reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Car carrier Transporting your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Cargo area
refer to Luggage compartment.. .. ..... 213
Caring for and cleaning leathe r . . . . . . . . . . 309
Catalytic converter
CD 271
refer
to Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180, 189
Ce ll phone
Playing music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
also refer to Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Index
Center conso le lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Centra l locking sw itch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Em ergency locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Luggag e compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Remote contro l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Chang ing engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Changing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Charging and chang ing the battery . . . . . . . 198
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Child restraint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 261
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Gu idance fixtures for lower anchorages . . 262
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Child safety seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Child safety seats Convertib le child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Installing a child restraint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
LATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Safety instruc tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Securing ........................... 258
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Cleaning/removing ice from windows . . . . . 308
Cl eaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Cleaning art ificial leather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Cleaning carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308, 309
Cl eaning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Cleaning decorative parts and trim . . . . . . . 308
Cleaning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Cleaning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Cleaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Cl eaning tail lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Cleaning textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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0 co .... N ,..... N .... 0 0 :c ' Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) . . . . . 126
Emergency assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Em ergency flashe rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Emergency locking the front passenger 's door .3.2
Emergency operation
Front passenger's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sliding/tilt ing sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sun shade (roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Emergency release
Parking lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
88
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Emissions data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Energy consumers (efficiency program) . . . . 13
En ergy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Engine
Start/Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
78
Starting/stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Engine compartment ......... .. .. .... . 271
Opening/closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Engine oil
Changing 274
277
Specification and viscosity...... .. .... . 274
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Entering a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165, 169
Entering an address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
From the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
La st destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Starting point (presentation mode) . . . . . 172
Entering letters (speller) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Entering numbers/symbols (speller) ..... . 137
Entry assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 76
Environment
Catalytic converter . ... .. .... .. .. .. ...
271
Envi ronmenta Uy-friendly/ economical driv-
ing ...... ... ............. ...... ... .. 74
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Proper disposal of drained engine oil . . . . 277
Unleaded f uel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
EPC (engine control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
ESN
refer to Serial number (radio) . . . . . . . . . . 178
Index
Event Data Recorder (EDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7
F
Factory default settings
Multi Media Interface
................
RSE ...... .. .. .. .. ............... ..
Fader (sound)
Fastening Booster seats
.. .. .. ... ........... ...
Convertib le child safety seats ...... .. . .
Infant seats
... .. .. ............... ..
Fast forwarding/rewinding (audio/video
file)
......... ' . .. .. ................ .
206
196
205
256
255
254
190
Fast forwarding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . 190
Favorite (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168, 172
File format (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Floor mats.. .... .. .................. . 212
Folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Free text search
T elephone. .... ................... ..
151
Freeze protection
Coo lant add itive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
277
Front airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
230
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 219
Front passenger seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . 58
Front seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
209
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 227
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Fuel
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
267
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Current economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Gasoline additives 268
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Saving fuel .... .. ................ 74, 110
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Index
Fue ling
F ue l filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Fue l gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
Fue l tank capac ity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
F ull screen displ ay (DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Function buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
F uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
G
Garage doo r opener (Home link) . . . . . . . . . . 41
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Gas statio n mes sage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . . 285
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Va let parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Gross Vehicle Weight Rat ing (GVWR) . . . . . 334
H
H D radio (digital radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Head -up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
H eadlights
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Headlig ht range contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
H eadpho nes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Conn ections (RS E) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
H eadphones connected by ca ble (RSE) . . . 199
W ireless headp hones (RSE) . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
H ead restra ints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Ad justi ng .. .. .. .. . .......... .. .. .. . 210
H eating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
H eavy clo thing and safety bel ts . . . . . . . . . . 220
H ex socket. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .... .. .. .. .. . 312
High beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Hi ll descent contro l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
H ill hold ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
also refer to Hill hold ass ist . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Ho ld assist (hi ll) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
H ome address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2
H omelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 41
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
344
I
Ign ition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Imbalance (whee ls) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 28
I mpo rting and expo rting (cont acts ) . . . . . . 153
Improperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Infan t seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Inflation pressure (Tire Pressure Mon itor ing
System) ........ .. .. .. ............. . .
I nflation press ure (t ires)
Info rmation 302
293
Audi music inte rface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Infotainment display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Inp ut
U sing the M MI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
U sing the speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
I n pu t level (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Inspection interva l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
I nstalling the upper tether st rap on t he an -
cho rage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
I nstr ument clus ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Interior light ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
I nterior re arview mirro r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Intermitten t mode (winds hield wipers) . . . . SO
Internet
refer to Aud i connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
i Pod
refer to Au di music interface . . . . . . . . . . . 185
J
Jukebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Jump-start ing ..... ... ...... ....... ... 327
Jump start cable 328
K
Key.............. .. .. .. ........... ... 28
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
K ick-down (au tomatic transm ission) . . . . . . . 86
Knee a irbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
L
LAT CH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Leav ing home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Index
Starting/canceling route guidance . . . . . . 170
also refer to Entering a destination . . . . . 165
also refer to Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Network connection (W i-Fi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Next/previous track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
NHTSA
Contacting
N' ht . . .
19 v1s1on assist ................... .
Clean ing the camera .......... .... .. .
Number of seats .. ................ ... .
0
Occupant seating positions
Octane rating .. .. ................ ... .
Odometer
. .. ... ................... ...
214
107
307
218
208
267 10
OFF (automatic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . 70
O il
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
O il change interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) . . . . . . . . 25
On/Off knob
MMI control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
134
RSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Online services
refer to Audi connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Opening. .. .. .. .. .. ... ........ .. .. .. .. 27
F uel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Luggag e compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 36
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sunroof .. .. .. ............... .... .... 38
Sun shade (panoramic sunroof) . . . . . . . . . 40
Sunshade (sliding/tilting sunroof) . . . . . . . 38
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Operating
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . .
11
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
RSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Overboost (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . 87
Overview
Menus and symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
138
Overview (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
346
p
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Paint number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Panorama glass roof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Panoramic sunroof
Sun shade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40
Parental control
DVD ......... ... ... .............. ..
190
Parenta l control (DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Parking brake
refer to Electromechanical parking brake
Parking system Adjusting the display/warning tone .... .
Cleaning the sensors/camera ........ . .
Malfunction
. . . .. .. .. .. ........... . .
81
124
307 124
Periphera l cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Trail er hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
alsorefertoParkingsystems ...... llS, 116
p k' ar mg systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
R . earv 1ewcamera . .. .. .. ........... .. 116
Parking (valet parking function) . . . . . . . . . . 40
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Pass -through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light ........ ..
237
Passenger protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Pause (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Pedals 212
Phone book
refer to Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 219
Point of interest search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Po lish ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Pollutant filter (automatic A/C system) . . . . 69
Pregnant women
Special considerations when wearing a safe-
ty belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
223
Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Presentation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Preventative passenger protection (pre
sense) ..............................
216
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Prompts (settings)
refer to Voice guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

0 co .... N ,..._
N .... 0 0 :c ' Q
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Selective wheel torque control 126
R
Radio clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Rain/light sensor Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Intermittent mode (windshield w ipers) . . . SO
Range (tank level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear lid
refer to Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . 33
Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) . . . . . . . . . . 193
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems ..... .. .. . 115, 116
Rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Rear window sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Recirculation mode (automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Refrigerator Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Remote control
refer to Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Remote control operation
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . 41
Repair manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Repairs Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacing Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Reporting Safety Defects ......... .. 214,215
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Reset (restart) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Residual heat (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Restart (reset) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Index
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Reverse gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Rewinding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Rims ...... .... .. .. ............... .. 298
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Road noise compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Route
refer to Route plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Route criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Route guidance
refer to Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Route list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Route plan Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Route list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
Storing 169
s
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Pedal area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Safety belt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Safety belts . .... .. ............... 218,221
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Safety belt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Safety equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Safety features for occupant restraint and
protect ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Safety instructions for side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
for using child safety seats ............ 251
for using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 238
Screwdriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
SD card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Seat adjustment Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
347

Index
Seat heating/ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Seating position Driver · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·.... ....... 208
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
I ncorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Seats Adjusting the front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Adjusting the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S5
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Convenience side view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Massage function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Seats (number) ... ................ .... 218
Selecting a source MMI control panel
Selector lever 189
Selector lever position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Serial number (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Service and disposa l
Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Settings
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Media .............................
190
System (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Setting the frequency band . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Shades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 49
Shift padd les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Ship (transport ing your vehicle) . . . . . . . . . 330
Shuff le (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Side airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SIM card reader .. ... .......... .... .. . 157
Sirius (satellite radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
348
Ski bag........ ... .. .. ................ 66
Sliding/tilting sunroof Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Socket 115 volt .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
12 volt . · · · · .. .. .. .. ............. ... 60
Software update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
also refer to System update (MMI) . . . . . . 205
Software version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Software (MMI) Update ..... .. .. .. .. ............. .. 206
Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Solar operation (automatic climate control
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use .. .. .. .. .. .. ........... . .
Spare tires .... .. .. .. . .
. ..............
Spare tire (compact spare tire) ......... .
Speed-dependent volume increase ...... .
Speed warning system .. ............... .
Speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . ............ . .
Sport differential ... ' .. ..... ......... .
266
319
319
204
92
137
110
Start/Stop-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Switching off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Station list
Steering 177
129
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Shift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Steering wheel heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
also refer to Multifunction steering whee l. 11
Steps for determining correct load l imit . . . 297
Stopover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Subwoofer (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Sunroof · .. · · ... .. .. ............... ... 38
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sun shade Emergency operation (panoramic sunroof) 40
Panoramic sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sunshade Rear window, rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

0 co .... N ,..._
N .... 0 0 :c ' Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Swapping (telephone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Switching the audio output off (RS E) . . . . . 195
Symbols
r e fer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SYNC (Automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . 71
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
System update
(MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
System volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
T echnical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Telephone ... .. ............... 14, 146, 149
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Dialing a number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Memory capacity (directory) . . . . . . . . . . . 1S4
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Storing a number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
T emperature disp lay
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Tie-downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 214
r ,me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 83
Tire mobility kit ................ ..... . 312
Tire Pressure Monitoring System . . . . . . . . . 302
r ,res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Low aspect ratio tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Service life 291
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Tire pressure monitoring system . . . 301 , 302
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Treadwear indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Unidirectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Tires and wheels Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 285
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 295
TMC/TMCpro
refer to Traffic information (TMC) . . . . . . 175
Index
Tone (sound)
refer to Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Torn or frayed safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
touch
refer to MMI touch
136
Towing Tow trucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Towing loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329, 330
TPMS (tire pressure monitoring system) . . . 301
Traffic information (TMC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
RSE .... .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. 201
Switching reports on and off . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Trailer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Trailer towing Operating instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
p k' ar ing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89, 90
Train (transporting your vehicle) . . . . . . . . . 330
Transmission malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Transporting your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Trip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
Turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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Unfastening safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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Valet parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Vanity mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, SO
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 1
Raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
V ehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Vehicle data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Vehicle jack ..... .. .. ......... 312,315,316
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