child restraint AUDI Q5 2017 Owner's Guide

/! WARNING
-
Improperly ins talled chi ld safety seats in­
crease the risk of serious personal injury and
death in a collision.
- Never unfasten the safety belt to deactivate
the convertible locking retractor for child re­
straints while the vehicle is moving. You
would not be restrained and could be seri­ ously injured in an accident.
-Always read and heed all WARNINGS when­
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used ¢
page 168. Special precaut ions
apply when installing a child safety seat on
the front passenger seat¢
page 149, Child
restraints on the front seat -some impor­
tant things to know .
LATCH system (lower
anchorages and tethers
for children)
Child Restraint System anchors and how
are they related to child safety
T o provide a simpler and more practicable way to
a ttach the child rest raint on the vehicle seat ,
Federal regulat ions require special lower ancho­
rages in vehicles and devices on new child re ­
stra ints to attach to the veh icle anchorages .
In the United States, the combination of the
tether anchorages and the lower anchorages is now generally called the LATC H system for
" L ower Anchorages and Tethers for C hildren ". In
Canada, the terms "top tether " w ith "lower uni­
ve rsal anc horages" (or "lower un iversal anchor­
age ba rs") are used to describe the system.
In other countr ies the term "ISO FIX " is used to
describe the lowe r anchorages.
Forward-facing child restr aints man ufactured af­
ter September 1, 1999 , are required by U.S . fed ­
eral regulations to comply with new child head movement performance requi rements. These
new perfo rmance requirements make a tethe r
~ necess ary o n most new child seats . ..... N
~ Instal ling a child restraint that requi res a top .....
g tether wi thout one can serio usly impair the per­o: co
Ch ild sa fety
formance of the child restraint and its abi lity to
protect the child in a co llision. Installing a child
restra int that requires a top tether without the
top tether may be a violat ion of state law .
Child restraint manufacturers offer LATCH lowe r
anchorag es on th eir child seats with hook-on or
push-on connectors attached to adjustab le
s t raps.
In addition to the LATCH lower anchorages, these
c h ild restraint systems usua lly require th e use of
tether straps to help keep the child restra int
firmly in p lace .
A WARNING
Improper insta llation of child restra ints w ill
in crease the risk of injury and death in a
crash .
- Always follow the instructions prov ided by
the manufactu rer of the ch ild restraint you
inten d to insta ll in your vehicle .
- Never install a chi ld restraint without a
proper ly attached top tether strap if the
chi ld restrain t manufacture r's instructions
require the top te ther s tra p to be used.
- Improper use of chi ld restraint LATCH lower
anchorage poin ts can lead to injury in a coll i­
sion . T he LA TC H l ower anchorage poi nts are
des igned to w ithstan d only those loads im­
posed by correctly fitted child restrain ts .
- Never mo unt two child res traint sy stems o n
one LA TC H lowe r anchorage po int.
- Never secure or at tach any luggage o r other
item to the LA TC H l owe r an chor ages.
Location
F ig. 177 Sc hemati c overv iew: LATCH ancho rage po in t loca ·
ti on s
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Child safety
The illustration shows the seating locations in
your vehicle which are equipped with the lower
anchorages system.
Description
The lower anchorage positions ore marked for
quick locating.
F ig. 178 Lower anchorages, covers marked
Fig. 179 Rear seats: lower anchorage bracke t locations
Lower anchorages
The lower anchorage attachment points are lo­
cated between the rear seatback and rear seat
cushion.
Remove the covers
Q fig. 178 to access the lower
anchorage attachment points.
The lower anchorage attachment points are visi­
ble
~fig. 179.
Lower ancho rages secure the child restraint in
the seat without using the vehicle's safety belts.
Anchorages provide a secure and easy-to-use at­
tachment and minim ize the possibility of improp­
er child restraint installation.
All child restraints manufactured after Septem­
ber 1, 2002, must have lower anchorage attach­
ments for the
LATCH system.
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Remember that the lower anchorage points are
on ly inten ded for insta llation and attachment of
ch ild restraints specifically certif ied for use with
LATCH lower anchorages. Child restra ints that
are not equipped with the lower anchorage at­
tachments can still be installed in compliance
with the ch ild restraint manufacturer 's in struc­
tions on using vehicle safety be lts .
.&_ WARNING
Im proper use of LATCH lower anchorages can
cause serious personal injury in an accident.
- Always carefully follow the child restraints
manufacturer's instructions for proper in­
stallat ion of the chi ld restraint and proper
use of the lower anchorages or safety belts
in your vehicle.
- Never secure or attach any luggage or other
items to the
LATCH lower anchorages .
- Always read and heed the important infor­
mation about child restraints in this chapter
and WARNINGS
Qpage 168, Child safety.
Installing a child restraint with LATCH
lower anchorages
When ever you install a child restraint always fol­
low the child restraint manufacturer's instruc­
tions.
Fig. 180 Lower anchorages: proper mount ing
Mounting
.,. Make sure the seatback of the rear seat bench
is in the upright position and securely latched
in place .
.,. Attach both hook-on connectors wit h the spring
catch release on the child safety seat onto the ..,.

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LATCH lower anchorage so that the connectors
lock into place
¢ fig. 180 .
.. Pull on the connector attachments to make
sure they are p roperly attached to the LATCH
lower anchorage .
.. Pull straps tight following the child restraint
manufacturer's instructions .
Relea sing
.. Loosen the tension on the straps following the
c hild restra int manufac turer 's ins tructions .
.. Depress the spring catches to release the an­
chorage hooks from the lower anchorages .
Remember: Use tether straps to he lp keep the
child rest raint firmly in place .
A WARNING
Improper use of the LATCH system can in­
crease the risk of serious pe rsonal injury and
death in an acc ident.
- These anchors were developed only for child safety seats using the "LA TCH" system .
- Never attach other child safety seats, belts
or othe r objects to these anchors .
- Always make sure that you hear a click when
latch ing the seat in place. If you do not hear
a click the seat is not secure and could fly
forward and h it the interior of t he vehicle,
o r be ejected from the vehicle.
A WARNING
Improper installatio n of child rest rai nts will
increase the r is k of injury in an a cc ident.
- Always follow the child restra int system
man ufacturer's inst ru ct ions for proper in­
sta llation of the child res tra int system and
pro per use of tether straps as well as the
lower anchorages or safety be lts in your
ve­
hicle.
- Always read and heed the important infor­
mation and WARNINGS about child safety
and the insta llation of chi ld restraint sys ­
tems
¢ page 168, Child safety. Ch
ild
sa fety
Tether anchors and tether straps
F ig. 181 Tet her anch ors : attachmen t hook loca tion s be­
hin d the rear seatbacks
T he tether anchors for the rea r seating pos itions
are located on the backside of the rear seatbacks
¢ fig . 181 .
A tether is a straight o r V-shaped strap that a t­
t a ches the top p art of a ch ild rest raint to spe cial
anchorage points in the ve hicle .
T he purpose of the tether is to reduce the for­
ward movement of t he ch ild restrain t in a crash,
in order to help reduce the risk of head inju ry
that co uld be caused by striking the vehicle inte­
rior.
Forward facing child restra in ts manufac tured af­
ter September 1, 1999, are requ ired by U.S . fed­
er al reg ulations to comply with new child head
movement performance req uirements. These
new performance requ irements mak e a t ether
necessary on most new chi ld safety seats.
A WARNING
-
Improper installation of child restra ints w ill
i ncrease the risk of injury and death in a
crash .
- Always follow the instructions prov ided by
the ma nufact urer of the ch ild restraint you
i n tend to install in your Audi .
- Improper use of chi ld restraint anchors ( in­
cluding tether anchors) can lead to injury in
a co llision . The anchors are designed to
withstand only those loads imposed by cor­
rectly fi tted ch ild rest rain ts.
- Neve r mo unt two child restraint systems o n
one LA TC H lowe r anchor point.
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Child safety
-Never attach two child restraint systems to
one tether strap or tether anchorage.
- Never attach a tether strap to a tie-down
hook in the luggage compartment.
- Never use chil d restraint tether anchorages
to secure safety belts or other kinds of occu ­
pant restraints.
- Never secure or attach any luggage or other
items to the LATCH lower anchorages or to
the tether anchors.
- If a tether or other strap is used to attach a
child restraint to the front passenger seat,
make sure that it is not so tight, that it
causes the we ight-sens ing mat to measure
more weight than is actually on the seat.
- The heav ier we ight registered can make the
Advanced Airbag System work as though an
adul t were on the seat and deploy the Ad­
vanced Airbag when it must be suppressed ca using se rious or even fatal inju ry to the
child.
- If you must install a rearward fac ing ch ild
safety seat on the front passenger seat be­
ca use of exceptiona l circumsta nces and the
PAS SENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay on, immediate ly install
the rear-fac ing chi ld safety seat in a rear
seat ing pos ition and have the airbag system
inspected by your Audi dealer.
Installing the upper tether strap on the
anchorage
F ig. 18 2 Tether strap : proper routing and mount ing
184
Fig. 1 83 Tether strap: proper routing and mount ing
Installing the tether st rap
~ Release or deploy the tether strap on the ch ild
restraint accord ing to the ch ild restraint manu­
facture r's instructions.
~ Guide the upper tether s trap under the rea r
head rest raint and in to the rear cargo area
~ fig. 183 (raise the head restraint if necessa ­
ry). For child restraints with V -tet her straps, al­
ways make sure that the head restra int guide
rods do not interfere with any pa rt of the top
tether strap.
~ Slide the tether strap hook over the anchor
bracket .
~ Pull on the tether strap hook so that the spring
ca tch of the hook engages.
~ Tighten the tether stra p firm ly following the
child restra int manufacturer's instruc tions .
Attaching to the cente r seating position
~ Slide the rear seat forward ~ page 63 .
~ Pull the anchor bracket forward and con nect
the tethe r strap hook.
~ Tigh ten the te ther strap a nd move the seat
backward.
Releasing the tether strap
~ Loosen the tension following the child restra int
manufac turer's instr uctions .
~ Depress the spr ing catch on the hook and re­
lease it from t he a nch o rage.
(D Note
If yo u leave the child restraint w ith the tethe r
strap firmly installed for severa l d ays, this
could leave a mark on the upholstery on the
seat cushion and backrest in the area where
the tether strap was installed. The upholstery
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would also be permanently stretched around
the tether strap. This applies especially to
leather seats.
Using tether straps on rearward-facing
child restraints
Currently, few rear-facing child restraint systems
come with a tether . Please read and heed the
child restraint system manufacturer's instruc­
tions carefully to determine how to properly in­
stall the tether.
A WARNING
A child in a rearward-facing child safety seat
installed on the front passenger seat will be
seriously injured and can be killed if the front
airbag inflates -even with an Advanced Airbag
System.
- The inflating airbag will hit the child safety seat or infant carrier with great force and
will smash the child safety seat and child against the backrest, center armrest, or
door .
-A tight tether or other strap on a rearward­
facing child restraint attached to the front
passenger seat can put too much pressure
on the weight-mat in the seat and register a
heavier weight in the Advanced Airbag Sys­
tem. The heavier weight registered can make the system work as though an adult
were on the seat and deploy the Advanced
Airbag when it must be suppressed causing serious or even fatal injury to the child.
- If you must install a rearward facing child
safety seat on the front passenger seat be­
cause of exceptional circumstances and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not
come on and stay on, immediately install
the rear-facing child safety seat in a rear
seating position and have the airbag system
inspected by your Audi dealer.
Child safety
Additional information
Sources of information about child
restraints and their use
There are a number of sources of additional in­
formation about child restraint selection, instal­
lation and use:
NHTSA advises that the best child safety seat is
the one that fits your child and fits in your vehi­
cle, and that you will use correctly and consis­
tently.
Try before you buy!
U.S National Highway Traffic Safety Administra­
tion
Tel. : 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153)
http://www.nhtsa.gov
http:/ /www.safercar.gov
National SAFE KIDS Campaign
Tel. : (202) 662-0600
http://www.safekids .org
Safety BeltSafe U.S.A
Tel. : (800) 745-SAFE (English)
Tel. : (800) 747-SANO (Spanish)
http://www.carseat.org
Transport Canada Information Centre
Tel. : 1-800-333-0371 or call 1-613-998-8616 if
you are in the Ottawa area
http://www.tc.gc.ca/ eng/roadsafety/men u. htm
Audi Customer Relations
Tel.: (800) 822-2834
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Index
A
A/C (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Active lane assist
Cleaning the camera area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Adaptive cruise control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Cleaning the sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Indicator lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
M essages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Request for driver intervention . . . . . . . . . 114
Setting the distance............... ... 113
Setting the driving program . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Adaptive dampers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Adaptive light .. .. ............. .... .. .. 51
Defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
AdBlue .... .. .. .... ........... ....... 214
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Opening the tank door ............... . 215
Refilling . .. .. .... ........... .... ... 215
Adding Engine oil .......................... 221
Windshield washer fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Additional accessories
Additives 278
Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Adjusting Air distribution (climate control) . . . . . . . . 78
Instrument illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Steering column manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Temperature (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . 78
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Advanced Airbag-System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Advanced Airbag System components . . . 154
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Child restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Components (front airbags) . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Danger of fitting a child safety seat on the
front passenger seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Front airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152, 153
How do the front airbags work? . . . . . . . . 156
How many airbags does my vehicle have? 154
How the Advanced Airbag System compo-
nents work together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
280
Important information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light . . . . . . . . . 159
Repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Side airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Side curtain airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Warning/Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Weight-sensing mat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
When must the system be inspected? . . . 158
Air transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
All-wheel drive ....................... 192
Selective wheel torque control . . . . . . . . . 186
All season tires
Alternator 245
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Anti-lock brake system Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 14
Anti-Lock Braking System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Anti-slip regulation Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Anti-Slip Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Anti-theft alarm warning system . . . . . . . . . 35
Electronic immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Approach/departure angle....... ..... .. 198
Ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Audi braking guard
refer to Braking guard 115
Audi drive select Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
also refer to Drive select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Audi parking system plus with rearview cam-
era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Adjusting the display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Adjusting the warning tones . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Rearview camera -parking mode 1 . . . . . . 128
Rearview camera -parking mode 2 . . . . . . 129
Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Trailer hitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Audi Service Repair Manuals and Literature 276
Auto-Check Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Auto locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Automatic belt retractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Automatic driving light control . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Automatic transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Automatic Shift Lock (ASL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Emergency mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Emergency release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
H ill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Kick-down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Manual shift program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Removal lock (ignit ion key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Selector lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Shift paddles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Automatic wipe/wash system . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Auto Safety Hotline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
AUTO (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Average speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Avoid damaging the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
B
Bass box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Battery location inside the luggage compart­
ment .. .. .. .. ...... ......... .. .. .. . 225
Charge level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Charging . .. .. ............... .. . 107,227
Energy management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Impor tant warnings when working on the
battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Jump starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Winter operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Working on the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Before driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Belt tensioners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Bio-ethanol (Fuel)....... ..... ... ... .. . 210
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Blower (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
B ra ke fluid
Changing the brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Checking the brake fluid l evel . . . . . . . . . . 224
Brake system
Anti-lock brake system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
~ Brak e booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 ....
~ Brake fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
8 Brake fluid specifications for refill and re-
~ placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 00
Index
Brake light defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Electromechanical parking brake . . . . . . . . 86
Fluid reservo ir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Worn brake pads symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Braking Brake assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Braking guard . .. . ... ............. 109, 115
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Break -in per iod
Brake pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Ti res . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Breaking in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
New tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Breakover angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
C
Californ ia Proposition 65 Warning 218
Battery specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
AdBlue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Engine oil ....... .. ................. 219
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Cargo area
refer to Loading the luggage compart-
ment...... ... . ... ................. 136
Cargo floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Catalytic converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Cente r armrest
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Storage compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Centra l locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Changing Engine oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Child restraints
Danger of using child restra ints in the front
seat...... .... .. .. ............... .. 149
System anchors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Where can I get additional information
about child restraints and their use? . . . . 185
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Index
Child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Important safety instructions for using child
safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
171
Installing a child restraint using the LATCH
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
182
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook
. ... .. .. .. ... ... ... .... .. .. .. . 182
Tether anchors .. ................ ... . 183
Tether straps ... .... ......... .... .. . 183
Child safety locks
Rear doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Child safety seats
Booster seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
176
Convertible child seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Danger of using child restraints in the front
seat ..... .. .... .......... ...... ... .
149
How do I properly install a child safety seat
. h' l ? in myve 1c e .... ................ ... . 171
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
L ATCH system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
182
Lower anchorages ............ .... .. .
Safety instructions .................. .
Unused safety belts on the rear seat ... .
Ch ild seats 182
171
173
174
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Cigarette lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Cleaning/removing ice from windows . . . . .
206
Cleaning Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Clean ing artificial leather. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Cleaning carbon parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206, 207
Cleaning controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Clean ing decorative parts/trim . . . . . . . . . . 206
Cleaning displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Cleaning exhaust tail pipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Cleaning plastic parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Cleaning rims 205
Clean ing textiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Climate control
Air vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
79
Automatic recirculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Supplementary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Synchronizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Climate control system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Climatized cupholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
72
282
Clock 10
Closing
Panoramic sliding sunroof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Coat hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
76
Compass mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Contacting NHTSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Convenience
Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Convenience key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
85
Locking and unlocking vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Starting engine (START ENGINE STOP but-
ton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
84
Stopping the engine (START ENGINE STOP
button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
85
Switching on ignition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Convertible child safety seats . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Convertible locking retractor
Activating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
180
Deactivating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Using to secure a child safety seat . . . . . . 180
Cooled cupholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Cooling box in glove compartment . . . . . . . . 75
Cooling mode (climate control) . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Cooling system
Adding coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
223
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Coolant level checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Cruise control
Changing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
93
Preselect speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Switching off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cruising range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
(upholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71, 73
Heated and cooled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
D
Data recorder
Date display 188
10

Reducing engine noise by early upshifting . . 9
Refueling .. .. ............... .. .... . 212
Saving fuel by early upshift ing . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Freeze protection
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Front airbags Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Howtheywork .... . .......... .. .. .. . 156
Frontal collisions and the laws of physics . . 141
Fr ont ashtray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Front seats Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Ch ild restraints in the front seat . . . . . . . . 149
Fuel Additives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Blended gasoline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Filler neck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Fu el gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Gasoline additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Octane rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Recommendation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Refuelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Saving fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
T ank capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Unlocking the fuel filler flap by hand . . . . 213
Fuel economy messages (efficiency prog ram) .22
Fuel filler flap
Un lock ingthefuelfillerflapbyhand . .. . 213
Fuel supply too low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
F uses
Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
G
Garage door op ener (Home link) . . . . . . . . . . 45
Gas discharge lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Gauges Engine coolant temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Fuel gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
General illustration
~ Instruments and controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
....
~ General rules and driving tips . . . . . . . . . . . 198
N 8 Befor e driving offroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
~ Driving off road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 00
Index
Glossary of tire and loading terminology . . 232
Glove compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Coo ling box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Glow plug system Indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
GPS controlled clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Gradient ang le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) . . . . . 272
Ground clearance 198
H
Headlights
Adaptive light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S 1
Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Headlight range control def ective . . . . . . . 31
Left hand drive, right hand drive.... .. .. . 51
Rear fog lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Washer reservoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Washer system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Head restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Front se ats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Heated (upholder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Exterior mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Rear window. .. .. .. ............. .. .. . 79
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Washer fluid nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Heavy clothing and safety belts . . . . . . . . . . 142
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Warning/indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
High voltage warning label . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Hill descent assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Hill descent control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Homelink (garage door opener) . . . . . . . . . . 45
Hood Open ing .. .. .. .. .. ............. .. .. 217
Release lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
How are chi ld restraint system anchors relat-
e d to child safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
How many airbags does my vehicle have? . . 154
285

Index
How safety belt pretensioners work ..... .
Hybrid drive .. .. .. ................ ... .
12 volt batteries .. ........... .... .. . 146
100
107
Consumption display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Efficient drive mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Energy flow display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
EV mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
High voltage battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100, 107
High voltage system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Operating modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Power meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Starting the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Transport 108
I
Ignition
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Ignition key Emergency unlocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
I gnition lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Malfunction .... ................ .. 27, 31
Imbalance (wheels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Important things to do before driving . . . . 131
I mproperly worn safety belts . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 102
Airbag system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Infant seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 4
I nflatable spare tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
I nflating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Inflation pressure (tires) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Installing the upper tether strap on the an­
chorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
I nstrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
I nstrument illum inat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
I nstruments and controls
General illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
I nterior lights
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Interval wiping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Rain sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
286
J
Jump-starting 266
Jumper cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Jump starting 107
K
Key...........
... .. .. ................ 33
Battery replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Check light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Emergency key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
lg n ition/ engine on/ off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Key replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Master key with remote control . . . . . . . . . 33
Mechanica l key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Kick-down tiptronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
L
Lane Change Assistant
refer to Side assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
LATCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Installing a child restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Mounting and releasing the anchorage
hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Lateral angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Leather care/cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Lefthand drive .. .. .. .. ............. ... 51
Lifting jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Light Coming home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Dayt ime runn ing lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Driving light control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Emergency flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Exterior lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
High beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
High beam warning/indicator light. . . . . . . 14
Leaving home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Sensor .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .... ... .. . 49
Sensor defective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Switching on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Travel mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Turn signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52