phone AUDI A8 2018 Repair Manual

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" N .... 0 0 :c ' -The manufacturer cannot be held liable for
damage which occurs due to fai lure to com­
p ly wit h these st ipulat ions .
Technical Modifications
Our guidelines must be complied with when tech­
nical modifications are made.
A lways consult an author ized A udi dealer b efore
starting work on any modifications .
This will he lp e nsu re that veh icle function, pe r­
forma nce and safety are not
impa ired ¢.&, .
Attempting to work on electron ic components
and the software used w ith them ca n cause ma l­
functions . Because of the way electron ic compo­
n ents are inte rconnected with each other, such
malfunct ions can also have an adve rse effect 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 vehicle and an
increased wear of vehicle
parts ¢.&, .
Authorized Audi dealers wi ll per form this work in
a professional and competent manner or, in spe­
cial cases, refer you to a professional company
that spec iali zes 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 emergency repa irs must be performed else­
where, have the vehicle examined by an au­ thor ized Audi dealer as soon as possible.
Con sum er In form ation
Declaration of
Compliance, Telecom­
munication or Electronic
Systems
Radio Frequency Devices and Radiocommunica­
tion Equipment User Manual Notice .
The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio
or TV interference caused by unauthorized mod i­
ficat ions to this equipment.
D ev ices
T he following dev ices each comply wi th FC C P art
15. 19, FCC 15 .21 and RSS -Gen Issue 1:
-Adapt ive cru ise control
-Aud i side assist
-Cell phone package
-Conven ience key
-Electronic immobilizer
-Head phones
-Homelink u niversa l remote cont rol
-Remote cont rol key
-S8 plus: tire pressure monitoring system
FCC P art 15 .19
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC
Rules. Operation is subject to the follow ing two
condit ions:
(1) This device may not cause harmfu l interfer ­
ence, and
(2) this device must accept any interference re­
ceived, including interference that may ca use un­
desired operation.
FCC Part 15.21
CAU TION:
Changes or mod ificat ions not expressly approved
by the pa rty responsible for compliance could
vo id the user's aut ho rity to ope rate t he eq uip­
ment .
RSS-Gen Issue 1
Operat ion is subject to the following two cond i­
t ions:
(1) this device may not cause interference, and
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A
A/C (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 70
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 , 338
Active lane assist (lane departure assist) . . 103
Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Adapter cable (Audi music interface) . . . . . 186
Adaptive air suspension/sport . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Adaptive cruise control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Adjusting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Adjusting the sound (tone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Adjusting the temperature (automatic climate
control system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Adjusting the volume RSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235, 245
Care .. .. .. .. ............... .. .. .. . 240
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Components (front a irbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Danger of fitting a child seat on the front
passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
PASSENGER A IR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 237
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
We ight-sensing mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Sl
Aircraft Transporting your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Air distribution (automatic climate control) . 71
Air pressure (Tire Pressure Monitoring Sys-
tem) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Air pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Air suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
u. ~ Alignment pin (changing the wheel) . . . . . . 312
N ~ All season tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 ......
g Alternative route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
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Anti-freeze
Windshield washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Anti- Lock Braking System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . 127
Anti-Slip Regulation (ASR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Audi connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Data connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Data protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Services (overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Audi music interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Adapter cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Connecting and disconnecting . . . . . . . . . 186
Screen settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Audio player
refer to Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Audio track (DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Audi Service R epair Manuals and Literature 336
AUTO Automatic climate control system . . . . . . . 70
Automatic headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Auto Lock (central locking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Automat ic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Automatic traffic rerouting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Automatic transmission (tiptronic) . . . . . . . . 83
Emerg ency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Overboost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Parking lock emergency release . . . . . . . . . 88
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Average consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
B
BACK button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Balance (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Belt tensioners . ..... ............. 217,225
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Blower (automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . 71
Bluetooth Audio player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Connecting a cell phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 7
Brake fluid Checking the brake fluid level . . . . . . . . . . 279
341

Index
Brakes Brake assist
Brake fluid
129
127
279
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 81
Emergency braking function . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
New brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Worn brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Braking g uard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95, 100
Messages 102
Brea k-in period
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
73
Break ing in
New b rake pads
129
New engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
New tires 290
Browsing through album covers . . . . . . . . . 191
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Bu ttons
Mul tifunction steeri ng wheel . . . . . . . . . . .
11
C
Cable (Aud i mus ic interface)
California Proposition
65 Warning .... .. .
Battery specific . ............. .... .. .
Ca ll
.. .. .. ...... ... .. ..... ... .. .. ...
Call l ist
186
273
280
150
149
Ca ll opt ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Ca pac it ies
F ue l tank
....... ... .. ..... ... .. .. ... 334
Washer fluid rese rvoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Ca r ca rr ie r
T ra nsport ing you r vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . .
330
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Ca rgo area
refer to L uggage compartment. ... .. ... 2 13
Cata lytic conve rte r
CD 27 2
refer to Med ia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181, 190
Ce ll phone
P laying music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
184
also refer to Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Ce nte r console ligh ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7
Central locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Central lock ing switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1
Conven ience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
E me rgency lock ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2
342
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Remote control key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Certification .. .. .. .. .. ............. ..
Ch . · ·1 anging engine 01 •• •• •.. .. ..... ... ..
Changing the battery ... ... .. ..... ... . .
Charg ing and chang ing the battery ...... .
Child restra ints .. .. .. .. ............. . .
Danger of using child restra ints in the front
339
277
199
199
267
seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Child restraint system anchors . . . . . . . . . . 262
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
G ui dance fixtures for lowe r ancho rages . . 2 63
Child safety lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Child safety seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Convertib le child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Infa nt seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 55
Installing a c hild restraint using t he LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
264
LATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Lower anchorages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Mounting and re leas ing the anchorage
hook ..... .... .. .. .. ............. ..
264
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Securing
Cleaning 259
306
Cleaning/removing ice from w indows . . . . . 308
Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Cleaning artificia l leather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Cleaning carbo n pa rts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308, 309
Cleaning cont rols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Cleaning decorative p arts and trim . . . . . . . 308
Cleaning disp lays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Cleaning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Cleaning plastic pa rts . .. ............. . .
Cleaning tail lights . .. .. ............. . . 308
307
Cleaning textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Closing
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
273
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Su nroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Su nshade (panorama glass roof) . . . . . . . . 40
Sunshade (slid ing/t ilting sunroof) . . . . . . . 38
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7

Index
Emergency operation
Fr ont passenger 's door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Panoram a glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Sliding/tilting sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sunshade (roof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
E mergency re lease
Parking lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Emergency starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Emissions control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Energy consumers (efficiency program) . . . . 13
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
E ngine
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Starting/stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Starting with jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . 327
E ngine compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Opening/closing the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Engine oil
Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Checking oil level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Con sumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Engine sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Entering a destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166, 170
Entering an address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
From the map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
La st destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Starting point (presentation mode) . . . . . 173
Entering letters (speller) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
E ntering numbers/symbols (speller) . . . . . . 138
Entry assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 76
Environment Environmentally-friendly/ economical driv -
ing ..... ... .. .. ................ ... .. 74
Fueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Proper disposal of drained engine o il . . . . 277
Unleaded fu el . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
EPC (engine control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
ESN
refer to Serial number (radio) ... .... .. .
Event Data Recorder (EDR) ........ .. .. .
E xterior lighting 179
133 43
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
344
F
Factory default settings
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
R5E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Fader(sound) ... .. .. .. ............. .. 206
Fastening Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . 256
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Fast forwarding/rewinding (audio/video
file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Fast forwarding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . 191
Favorite (navigation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169, 173
File format (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Floor mats.. .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. 213
Folding table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Foot pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Free text search
T elephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Freeze protection Coolant additive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Front airbags
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 220
Front center armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Front passenger seat adjustment . . . . . . . . . 58
Front seats
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Child restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 228
also refer to Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Fuel Additives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Current consumpt ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Fuel filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Saving fuel ...... .. .. ............ 74, 111
Fueling Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Fuel tank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Full screen disp lay (DVD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Function buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
G
Garage door opener (Homelink) . . . . . . . . . . 41
Garment hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Gas station message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . . 285
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Valet parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 334
H
HD Radio (digital radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Head-up display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Headlights Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Connections (RSE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Headphones connected by cable (RSE) . . . 200
Wireless headphones (RSE) . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
H ead restra ints. ............... .. .. .. . 211
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 221
H ex socket. .. .. ............. .. .. .. .. . 312
High beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
H ill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Hill hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
also refer to Hill hold assist . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Home address .. ............... .. .. .. . 173
HomeLink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 41
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
I
Ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
~ Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 28 ....
~ Importing and exporting (contacts) . . . . . . 154 N .... g Improperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 225
:c ' Index
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Inflation pressure (Tire Pressure Monitoring
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Information Audi music interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Infotainment display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Input Using the MMI touch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Using the speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Input level (media) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Inspection interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Installing the upper tether strap on the an-
chorage .... .. .. .. ................. .. 266
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Interior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Interior rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Intermittent mode (windsh ield wipers) . . . . SO
Internet
refer to Audi connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
iPod
refer to Audi music interface . . . . . . . . . . . 186
J
Jukebox 183
Jump-starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Jump start cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
K
Key........ .. .. .. .. ............... .. . 28
Key not recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Kick-down (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . 87
Knee airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
L
LATCH
262
Leather care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Lifting jack ... .. .. .. ............. 315, 316
Light Coming/Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Daytime running lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Headlight range control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Low beam . .. .. .. .. ............... .. . 43
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" N .... 0 0 :c ' Night vision assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
C leaning the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Number of seats ............... .. .. .. . 219
0
Occupant seating pos it ions 209
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
OFF (automatic climate control . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Oi l
refer to Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
O il change interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
On-board computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
On-Board Diagnostic System (OBD) . . . . . . . . 25
On/Off knob MMI control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
RSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Online services
refer to Audi connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Opening ..... .. ................ ..... .. 27
Fuel filler door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 70
Hood .. .. .. .. ............... .. .. .. . 273
Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 36
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Sunshade (panorama glass roof) . . . . . . . . 40
Sunshade (sliding/tilting sunroof) . . . . . . . 38
W indows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Operating Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Multi Media Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
RSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Overboost (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . 87
Overview Menus and symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Overview (Cockpit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
p
Paint damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Paint number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Index
Parking brake
refer to Electromechanical parking brake . 81
Parking system Cleaning the sensors/camera . . . . . . . . . . 307
o/sorefertoParkingsystems ...... 116,117
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Adjusting the display/warning tone . . . . . 125
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Peripheral cameras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Rearv iew camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
T railer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Parking (valet parking function) . . . . . . . . . . 40
Particulate filter (diesel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Parts replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Pass-through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
PASSENGER AIR BAG O FF light . . . . . . . . . . 237
Passenger protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Pause (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Pedals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Phonebook
refer to Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Physical principles of a frontal collision . . . 220
Point of interest search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Polishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Pollutant filter (automatic A/C system) . . . . 69
Pregnant women Spec ial considerat ions when wearing a safe-
ty be lt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Pre sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Presentation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Preventative passenger protection (pre
sense) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Prewarming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Prompts (settings)
refer to Voice guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Q
quattro (all wheel drive) ................ 131
Selective wheel torque control 127
Panorama glass roof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
R
Parental control
Radio clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
DVD ..... .. .. ................ ... .. . 191
347

Index
Rain/light sensor
H eadlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Intermittent mode (windshield wipers) . . . SO
Range (tank level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Reading lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear lid
refer to Luggage compartment lid . . . . . . . 33
Re ar Se at Entertainment (RSE) . . . . . . . . . . 194
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Rearview camera
refer to Parking systems ....... .. . 116 ,117
Rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rear window defogger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Rear window sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Recircu lation mode (automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Recuperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Refrigerator Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Refueling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Replacement key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacing Light bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Reporting Safety Defects ........... 215,216
Reset button (trip odometer) . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Reset (restart) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Residual heat (deluxe automatic climate con-
trol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Restart (reset) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Reverse gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Rewinding (audio/video file) . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Rims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Clean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Road noise compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Roof load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
348
Roof rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Route
refer to Route plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Route criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Route guidance
refer to Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Route list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Route plan Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Route list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Storing 170
s
Safe driving habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Airbagsystem ... .. .. ............. .. 227
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Cargo .... .... .. .. .. ............. .. 213
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Pedal area ....... .. .. ............... 213
Telephone. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. 147
Safety be lt position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Safety belts . .. .. .. .. .. ........... 219,222
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Securing child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Safety be lt warning light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Safety instructions for side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
for using child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
for using safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Monitoring the Advanced Airbag System . 239
Sc rewdrive r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
SD card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Seat adjustment Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Seat heating/ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Seating position Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Front passenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Incorrect seat position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Occupants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Rear passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Seats Adjusting the front seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Adjusting th e rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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" N .... 0 0 :c ' Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Convenience side view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Correct seating position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Massage function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Seat symmetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Seats (number) ................. ..... . 219
Selecting a source MMI control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Selector lever
Selector lever position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Serial number (radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Service and disposal
Safety belt pretensioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Service interval display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Settings Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
System (MMI). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Setting the frequency band . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Shades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 49
Shift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Ship (transporting your vehicle) . . . . . . . . . 330
Shuffle (media) ................. ..... . 191
Side airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Cleaning the sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
also refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Side marker lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SIM card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Sirius (satellite radio) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Ski bag............................... 66
Sliding/tilting sunroof Emergency closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Emergency operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Socket 115 volt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
12 volt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Index
Software update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
also refer to System update (MMI) . . . . . . 206
Software version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Software (MMI) Update ... .. .. .. .. ... .. ..... ... .. .. 207
Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Solar operation (automatic climate control
system) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Sources of information about child restraints
and their use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Spare tires...... .. .. ................ . 319
Spare tire (compact spare tire) . . . . . . . . . . 319
Speed-dependent volume increase . . . . . . . 205
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Speed warning system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Speller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Sport differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
111
Start/Stop system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting/stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Switching off/on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Starting to drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Sta tion list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Steering wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Shift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Steering wheel heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
also refer to Multifunction steering wheel. 11
Steps for determining correct load limit . . . 297
Stopover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Storage compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Subwoofer (sound) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sunshade Emergency operation (panorama glass roof) .40
Panorama glass roof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Rear window, rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Sun visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Swapping (telephone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Switching the audio output off (RSE) . . . . . 196
Symbols
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SYNC (Automatic climate control) . . . . . . . . . 71
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
System update (MMI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
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Index
System volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Technical modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 , 14 7 , 1 SO
Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Dialing a number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Memory capacity (directory) . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Storing a number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Temperature indicator
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Tether anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Tether strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Tie-downs ... .. .. ............. .. .. 66, 215
Time . .... .. .. .. ............. .... .. . 205
tiptronic (automatic transmission) . . . . . . . . 83
Tire mobility kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Tires.. .... .. .. .. ............. .... .. . 283
Low-profile tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
quattro (all wheel drive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Service life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 91
Tire pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Tire pressure monitoring sys -
tem ..... .. .. .. ............ 300,301,302
Tire pressure table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Treadwear indicators ................. 291
Unidirectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Tires and wheels
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . 285
Tires and vehicle load limits . . . . . . . . . . . 295
TMC/TMCpro
refer to Traffic information (TMC)
Tone (sound) 176
refer to Adjusting the sound
. . . . . . . . . . . 205
Tool kit ............................. 312
Torn or frayed safety be lts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Touch
refer to MMI touch 137
Towing Tow trucks
Towing loop
350
329
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329, 330 TPMS (
Tire Pressure Monitoring System) . . 301
Traffic information (TMC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
RSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Switching reports on and off . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Trailer towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Operating instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Parking systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
T echnica l requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 , 90
Train (transporting your vehicle) . . . . . . . . . 330
Transmission malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Transport Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Transporting your vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Tr ip odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Turn signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
u
Unfastening safety belts 224
Uniform tire quality grading . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Unlocking/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
V
Valet parking function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Vanity mirror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, SO
Vehicle Care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
D imensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Out of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Raising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Vehicle control modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Vehicle jack . .... .. .. .. ....... 312,315,316
Vehicle key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Vehicle tool kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Vehicle transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Vent ilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Version information .. .. ........... 197,207
Video image settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Video playback combinations (RSE) . . . . . . . 203
V IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Voice guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

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" N .... 0 0 :c ' Voice recognition system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 42
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
I nput level . .. ............. .. .. .. .. . 191
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Wa rni ng/Indicato r lights
A irbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
P ASS ENG ER AIR BAG O FF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Warning lights
Index
Vehicle battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 80
Windshie ld washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Win ter tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Wiper b lades .. .. .. .. ............... .. . 51
Wire less headphones (RS E) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
X
Xenon-Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 26
Xenon plus headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
refer to Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 z
Warning triangle .. .. ..... ... .. .. .... . 3 12
Wa rranty coverages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Was hing matte finish paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Wheel bolts Rep lac ing a wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Wheels . .. .. .. ............... .. .. .. . 283
C lean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Glossary of tire and load ing term ino logy . 285
Rep lac ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
T ire press ure mon itor ing system . . . . . . . 30 1
T ires and veh icle lo ad lim its . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Wheel wrenc h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Wi -Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 1
M edia player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
W indow reg ulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
W indows
C lean ing/remov ing ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Defrost ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
W indshield
C lean ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Defrost ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
also refer to W indshield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Windshield was her system . . . . . . . . . . 50, 28 1
Rese rvoir capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
W indshield w ipe rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
W inter operation
Car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Cooling system ................ ... .. . 277
D efrost ing t he w indows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
Removing ice from w indows . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Se at hea ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1
Snow chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Steering whee l heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Zoom (map)
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